derrick ward, news4. >>> news4 is working for you to helpnt identity theft. we want to thank everybody who ca out to th all state community shred today. more than 200 cars came through. the event was held at the prince george'sni commu campus, and we were talking to folks about why they chose to come out. take a listen. >> we came out to get rid of the stuff in our use. >>ow long you have been keeping it? >> i think i saw something from 2012.hi >> why do you it's important to do something like this? >> you want to secure your mail yoidare getting of, credit cards and receipts. >> these events are free and open to everybody. please kckp cheg the nbc washington app for information on our next nbc 4 all state mmunity shred. >>> now yr storm team 4 forecast. >> i will tell you what. it's rare we get such beautiful weather several days in a row on the mon august, but we will pay the price the next couple of days and we will have at least one more heat wave thi summer. currently at reagan national we are at 81 degrees.l the offic high was 82 and fairly dry, humidit

derrick ward has more from the meeting and the search for answers. >> reporter: the meeting took place in the shadow of the stadium, called bile the university's athletic director and attended by university president wallace lowe. it was a chance for parents and players and staff and faculty ta talkut the football program's most pressing of matters. >> we all agree with jordan. we really miss the kid. >> reporter: jordan mcnair died earlier this summer 15 days after he suffered a heat stroke during a summer practice. one glaring absence from this meeting, the head coach, o leave since the incident. >> i hate this . happen >> reporter: anxiety always apparent behind tragedy. but a balance must be struck. >> we have to respect that. >> reporter: as of frida the quest for answers lies in the hapts hands of the state bort of ithgents now charged looking into this incident and the culture of the football program at the unty. the parents say they support the coach and the investigation whatever the outcome may be. >> it is a gradual process we are hoping our teams will be well in the . futu

derrick ward spoke to parents at that meeting. >> reporter: the meeting took place in thee shadow of stadium called by the university's athletic director and attended by universit president wallace loh, it was a chance for parents and players and staff and faculty to talk about the football program's most pressing oftt s. >> yeah, we all agree. we really miss theki d. he's a great kid. >> reporter: jordan mcnair died 15 days after he suffered a heat stroke during a summer practice. one glaring absence from the meeting, hea coach j. durkin on leave since the incident. >> i hates happened. >> reporter: even amid apparently sincere concern about a child's welfare, a balan must be struck. >> theyre grown men so we have to respect that. >> reporter: the quest for answers lie s in the han of the state board of regents. parents we spoke t say they support the coach but also support this investigation. and whatever the outcome may be. >> it's gradual process. we're hoping things will be w in the future. >> this program is not toxic. this progr is a great family environment. >> reporter: stil

service.voted to derrick ward, news 4. >>> and we are learning more about thens funeral p for senator john mccain on wednesday when he would have turned 82 years old, mccain will lie ine state at capitol in arizona. from there, his body will be flown to washington where nator mccain will lie in state at the capitol rotunda friday. then there is funeral service saturday at the national cathedral in northwest. former presidents obama and george w. bush wil deliver eulogies. and finally, mccain will be buried at the naval academyn annapolis. >>> all right. turnin now to the forecast. the storm center and tracking the return of humidity. i can already feel it creeping in. >> certainly. tomorrow throu wednesday we e tracking an impressive heat wave. temperatures in the 90s are going to feelikore 100 when you factor in that mugginess. now right now on srm team 4 radar, i'm tracking an isolated shower around the hagerstown area. you can see one just developing around mart inzbuinsburg as wel. we'll stay dry overnight tonighi withy clear skies. 86 degrees right now. and tomorrow morning at 7:

live on the campus of howard niversity, derrick ward, news 4. back to you. >> derrick, thank you. i remember the day. >> taking this alum down memory lane. >> i moved in just along that street there, my freshman dorm. >>> tomorrow is, as derrick mentioned there, is the white supremacist rally that's going to be here in the dist oct. this com year after the deadly rally in charlottesvillay >> police s they're doing everything they can to keep ysa fe. that is not stopping folks from getting uneasy. ite the right 2 will hold their rally in lafayette square across from the white house. counterprotests are expected nearby. many rally participants are u expected to the foggy bottom metro station. of course, george washington university hospital is just a few yards from that. some nurses there tell us they're concerned. >> hopefully we'll have people to walk ushe to t car if we need to. hopefully everything is peaceful. i don't know what's going to happen. >> last night an anti-hate teach-in panel was held at washington hebrew congregation. speakers encouraged the hundreds who attended t

derrick ward talked to her about the challenges and theex tement of the new year. >> reporter: summers over for .c. public school students. 13 schools are already open under ther extended y system. the remaining 300 schools, monday means back to class. >> message is welcome back to a brand new school year. we have tons of exciting tnengs pl for our students. >> reporter: they're putting the final touches on the new boon l elementary schn minnesota avenue in northeast. .t replaces the old orr elementary scho northwest, there is new life with someonew addi >> we always had outstanding teachers. but our facilities didn't always match what we were able to deliver. >> they're coming off a tough school year. it's interim chancellor's dr. amanda alexander's first full year. she prey served as the head of elementary education in the system. herdecessor left under a cloufd controversy. high schoolers were graduating with more absences than allowed and many were not prepared. this year begins with t own issues, a news 4 i team investigation un00vered teachers that have not been officially licen

in fairfa derrick ward, news had. >>> a major marijuana bust in an arundel county. police with a search warrant foundit marijuanaa street value of $104,000 inside a glen burnie home yesterday. the resident zachary blake and hjulian joiper were b arrested and face several charges including possession with intent to distribute. officers also found a loaded handgun with a serial number removed and $20,000 in cash. >> in just a few months timean alia schools mobilize to open the first new school in the city since 2000. only on news 4 tonight david culver takes us inside as the ty honors its past while embracing the latest technology. >> reporter: gwendolyn is personally connected here to her tther. >> walking intos building and seeing this board and wall with everything about his life and driving up and seeing his name is humbling. >> reporter: born in 1918 day grew up in a segregated society andng for a more inclusive alexandraia. gwendolyn says both her parents embraced this proverb. >> as for me and my home, i will serve. >> reporter: following brown verse the board

derrick ward, news 4. >>> disappointing is the way baltimore's police chief describes this video showing an officere punching a man and push tg him to ground here. this video surfaced online on saturday. that officer was suspended the same day a resigned on sunday. he served less than two years on the force. todayhe baltimore police department aitted this video shows there are, quote, deficiencies itheir training. >> we're trained. we should be trained to never act inn emotional way, particularly when it comes to engaging with citizens, and, again, it's simply not acceptable. i think that this situation actually shows us another deficiency in our training that we can learn from. >> reporter: a lawyeor the man who was punchedis says h client has several brokenan bon d was accused of assaulting the same officer earlier this year. >>> a female service member you likely haven't heard of leaves the legacy that affects thousands. ahead, the special tribute to the first woman to enlist in the marine corps. >>> and helping your kids get ready for schoong one t that could hurt their ability to le

in northwest, derrick ward, news 4. >> emergency bridgework over mtrak will close three southbound lanes in prince george's county. the area between state road 450 and u.s. lanes will be shut down from 9:00 until 3:00 a.m. >>> before we know it, kids in our area will be back in hhool. ane's your chance to make sure they have everything they need to be successful. the stuff a bus campaign is in full swing in prince george's county. folks stop by the school bus at bowie town center filling it up with supplies. the goal is to send 15,000ac students to school with new backpacks full of supplies. ♪ el salvadorian parade is part of the funn the campus parking lot of montgomery college. families got a chance tone j music, crafts. the food was delicious. it was such a beautiful day to be outside. >> i w surprised. i was expecting it to be more humid. little more sticky. it wasn't that bad. >> really? i was like oh, my gosh. it is so humid. >> iasxpecting worse. >> okay. good. i'm glad you -- we're going with. that i thought iid was h and you thought it was comfortable. >> i'm like all right. it'

derrick ward, news4. >>> news4 today has you covered on everything back to schoolti st at 4:00 a.m. we'll be keeping a close eye on traffic and so should you wbecause school bussl now be on the roads again. we continue our coverage later in this broadcast. >>> tomorrow there could be a verdict in the paul manafort trial. president trump's former campaign chair faces 18 vunts inginia including tax fraud, bank fraud, and folure t disclose foreign bank accounts. the case went to the jury last week as part of the special counsel's rush investigation. manafort will go on trial in d.c. next month on separate charges. manafort and accused russian agent maria butina are being held in the same alexandria jail. authorities sent us thisew mug shot of the american university mug shot after she left the d.c. jail. prosecutors say butina was tied to the kremlin and tried to merican political organizations like the nra. she's pleaded not guilty. >>> new at 11:00, the world is getting ready for final good-bye to the queen of soul, aretha franklin was surrounded bys loved o in the days before her de

derrick ward breaks down theh trut behind the picture. >> reporter: the tweet on cory stewart's officialer page features a picture of his opponent, tim kaine, seated among honduran fighters. the caption said that kaine worked in honduras to promote radical socialis etiology. problem is, that picture looks like this picture taken in eight 80s. the only other thing y see are mayan ruins in the background. makes you think there's some photoshopping. you'd be righ there has been. and the stewart campaign acknowledges that i >>s satire. a meme. >> reporter: the gop candidate stewart says he wanted to make a point -- kaine was indeed in honduras during the period but was doing missionary work. >> in central america in the 70 there was a liberation theology going on. the whole attempt to install marxist government -- >> reporter: kaine's campaign said the only thing the future governor was installing was a plumbi framing, teaching carpentry and building skills. his campaign asks so how that a radical agenda. the campaigning in central virginia, his campaign responded to stewart in a written t sta

derrick ward, news 4. >>> a maryland family up in arms.ter the death of a football star who died following a tough practice. >> everybody loved you. everybody loved you. >> his uncle's strong word for a local university. he talks only t news 4's tracee wilkins. >> and a look back at nbc's interviews with aretha she shares what she's most proud of about her career. doug, more updates on the storm chances? >> flood flash warning i effect and right now a severe thunderstorm warning in effect for fairfax county. tch out if you're around clifton or burke, this storm has had a history of producing quartesized hail. more storms developing back to thendulles airport down to the south. the south. a lot of storms and z2x55z z16fz y2x55y y16fy >>> and we have a newde thtorm warning in fairfax county and arlington county including the areas around alexandria. big-time storm right here. this has a history of r- quarzed hail and now we've just learned and put a tree into a house in prince william county. again, big time winds associated with us moving n

. >> we've got derrick ward and we'll check in with him a little later and we'll check in., meantiourunder way for tomorrow's white supremacist rally. it's going to be happening right outside >> d.c. officials say they're trying to avoid the deadly violence that broke outn charlottesville last year. organizers of unite the right 2 have a permit to rally in lafayette square across from the white house. at least five groups of counter proteste plan to rally and march to lafayette square. authorities are ramping up security to keep both sides t. apar but one top d.c. official won't be in town. mayor muriel bowser say she's going along with a long-timed trip to el salvador. >> i'll make a designation that the city administrator makes any decisions i'm not able to make. i should say that i will -- if d think i n to be here, i'll be here. >> and president trump won't be in town either. he's staying at the trump national golf course in new jersey while renovations are being made to the white house. >>> charlottesville and the rest of vginia already under a state of emergency ahead of the nee

derrick ward, newr4. >> sum vacation is over for students in the district as today mewkets start of aws 4's justin finch visited excel a sdemy intheast d.c. jitters werest day met with commitment. what a welcome here at excel academy. >> it's the first day of school! >> reporter: alexander has now seen 20 of these beginning as a walker jones elementary school teacher in 1978. sinc thenhe's seen the district schools make significant strides from new multi-million dollar overhauls of schools like bancroft elementary to boosting student achievement. >> we've made tremendous gains over the years, not only in civility but in terms of instruction. >> before the first bell mayor bowser joined the slow down campaign in southeast ater mart luth king jr. avenue and >>wever. then. whoa, whoa, whoa! whoa! >> reporter: so close to kids, a heminder that t new school year means all of us must adaptw and fol the rules. is it hard starting back after the summer?s. >> >> reporter: in southeast the back-to-school butter flies were ying for janiya ganny, both she and her mom retooling their back-to-schoo

video if theyco ize the two suspects to call our robbery >>detectives. eporter: in germantown, derrick ward, news 4. lly over for offic students in d.c. they returned to class today, but an investigation but scott macfarlane and the news 4 shows that 900 teachers are unlicensed which means they are not guaranteed to have all the required training. they also found some are newer teachers, but othersre veterans. safety advocates say unlicensed teachers are more difficult to ack if they are fired for misconduct and then try to cross state lines for a new job again teaching children. the first day of school for g prinrge's county students is september 4th, and this year new children will see som faces in the classroom. more than 1,000 new teachers will be welcoming kids back to the school. the new teachers started training today at bowie state. they will train through wednesday. teachers are going through all sorts of instructions which include literacy and class roam management. the first day of school for eeachers is this thursday. >>> and we h a video that's getting a lot of attention on soc

news 4's derrick ward has our story. >> reporter: this picture would be difficult to caption if youhetory behind it. it was tuesday morning. katherine daniel heard commotion in her fairfax neighborhood, squad cars on the street and a police helicopter above. >> and ited like they were right over our house. >> reporter: they wereoong for this man identified t keegan allen who ran off with police right behind. >> neighbors were directing officers, he went there. >> reporter: made his way to katherine daniels' property and sought refuge i a garbage can. >> and he flipped it open and just jumped right in head fir into the garbage can. >> reporter: now this might have seemed like a good place to hide but it wasn't for a couple of reempts fir onass. dogs sniffed the out and that's a good thing because what's in that case. one bag of garbage fullir of diapers so that man dove headfi t into hot dirty diapers. >> reporter: the canine police officer and his canine had no trouble finng him holding him at bay until other officers arrived and got him trash can and arrested him. a no extra force wa