. >> and i'm erika gonzalez in for eun yang anks for joining us today. we're expects a hot one today. >> and then things take a bit of a turn. first up, chuck and sheena parveen areat checking th weather for you are. >> good morning, we won't see ntlief late friday today, still in the 90s. >> get theold compresses out. >> that really does work. >> oh, my gosh iteels so good. get ready to try to beat the heat the best you can. we're going to well above 90 degrees. there's a live look at the national airport where it's steamy. 73 degrees at the airport. 69 in dulles. 69 at manassas, notice not as many locations are down belowor5 6 degrees. a noticeably muggy start. and another h one this afternoon. we made 92 yesterday. forecasting 93 for downtown locations. 89, gaithersburg, 90 in leesburg. it will be a hot one. good news , rain chance staying away from now. you can get the car washed next chance rolls in late on the day on friday.ou here's what need to know. hot and humid. let's go to melissa mollet. we want an easy commute, melissa. >> i know, i give it

see what you might savat cvs pharmacy. >>> i'm erika gonzalez.n, the's four things to know, beginning with breaking news in the district. human remains found earlier this year near an apament in southeast d.c. have been identified as three women. wel king, jernel jefferson, and darlene butts, all in their 40s, all disappeared in 2006. police say they do not have a person of interest. we're closely watching to see what fallout comes after yesterday's grand jury report in pennsylvania. yesterday the report accused 300 priests of abusing 1,000e children in ast 70 years. cardinal wuerl, now the archbishop of washington, was criticized for mishandling cases. attorney general josh shapiro ys wuerl's comments contradict documents in the grand jury report. >>> presi that he is revoking the security clearance of former cia direcr john brennan. white house press secretary sarah huckabee sanders says it's because of brennan's, quote, erratic behavior. brennan has harshly criticized the president recently. >>> traffic is back to normal on the key bridge afte

erika gonzalez at t live desk with what we know. >> jin jing ma has been fou safe with her parents in queens up in new york. the news breaking minutes ago. accohiing to the wton airport authority the 12-year-old was found today after an aer alert was issued thursday. mom was part of a tour group visitings the sta from china. the fbi is now leading the investigation as to how and why the young girl became separated from the group. from the live desk, i'm erika gonzalez. >>> an emotional plea from the parents of a 25-year-old man. >> the 25-year-oldan was killed back in november. tonight their family is taking the quest for answers back to couur >> he was my best friend. >> david culver joins us now to explain what the family is in dema money. >> reporter: certainly part of this. a lot, $25 million. the man's mom, sifather and sisr filing the d wrongfulth suit. the 25-year-old accountant was rear ended on theg.w. parkway and continued driving even as the police pursued. what you're looking at here dashcam video that showsep his jetopping twice. the final stop, two u.s. park police offic

news 4's erika gonzalez talked problem. rt about the >> reporter: in we go to the d.c. georgetown and curled up with a good book isn't who or what, i should say, you might think. snak. over the weekend several gar ter snakes were found inhe library basement. >> i would just wet my pants. i just wouldn't -- >> here is the typef snake we're talking about. while they're not the actual ones found in the library, these are garter snakes. a library spokesperson says the snakes were found here by meeting room, steps away from the children's section. found,d four snakes were three alive and one dead. >> i think garter snakes are terrific. >> reporter: why so many and how did they get in? i'm not a meteorologist or snake expert, but i would suggesthey're trying to get out of the rain. >> reporter: matthew evans is assiant curator of rep piles at the smithsonian. >> they're coming up looking for a cool dry place. they're good for the environment, tating all creepy crawley things that we don't like. they're okay.or >>ter: the library closed a few days for pest control but peis onc

. >>> i'm erika gonzalez at the live desk with breaking news in the district. police say they have arrested a suspecteial groper. 34-year-old santiago rodriguez campos of alexandria has been arrested in connection with at least four cases across northwest. the most reasons ent happened back in june near p and 15th street. police are asking for anybody who knows him to reach outorith him f information. wendy, back over to you. >> erika gonzalez, nanks. >>> a twist on an old scam. they claim to reveal the skeletons in ytr close if you don't pay up. we're going t see how people are being ptargeted. >>lus a surprising statement from metro. why theransit agency surging some commuters to find another way to travel. >>> a we've got that chance for rain over the weekend, but n't cancel those plans just yet. i'm back in a couple of minutes with more on what to expect on your saturday and your sunday. th >>> e's a new scam targeting our neighborhoods. scammers send you an e-mail or a letter claiming to know you're deep dark secrets, something that could embarrass you or

havertys life looks good >>> i'm erika gonzalez at the live desk. we're getting news.m d public schools that elliott hine ormiddle school ineast d.c. will be closed today because of flooding inar multiple of that building. we've been talking about theon floodingrns all morning long. the heavy rains that we had yesterday. this is one of those effects.dl elliott pine mschool. if you have a student at elliott hine middle scol. it will be closed today. if you have a student that receives a meal there,hey can get those at eastern high school today. back over to you in the studio. >> eri t,nk you. >>> it's 5:46. back to our top story. two menart of president trump's inner circle are facing fedel prison time. michael cohen pleaded guilty to campaign finance violations and his former campaign chair, paul manafort was found guilty on eight financial crime charges. la night at a campaign rally in west virginia, the president did not mention them. instead, he slammed the russia investigation. >> fake news and the russian witch hunt. we got a whole bigin coion. where is the collus

. >> i'm erika gonzalez. >> let's look at the fecast with chuck bell and sheena parveeez a little b outhere. >> it's nice. it feels crisp. it feels like fall. some people might want a jacket when they walk main. e. melissa had one on. did i just call you out? >> i don't thinkit's jacket-worthy. >> you won't be hot. >> fair enough. i think you should i enjoy and say to yourself, i'd rather be a little chillyn august than the alternative, which, by the way, is coming back next week, when you have to go outside and flop sweat falls all over you. you never heard of that? temperatures this morning are comfortable, inhe 50s in most of the suburbs, which is often fhe case. the heat island the downtown buildings keeping washington at 66. dulles, ten degrees cooler than that. a perfect d g to out to the pool and enjoy it. don't forget the spf. afternoon highs in the low to mid 80s. that will be great weather, for sure. if you're headed to the nationals ballpark, the phillies and t nats have a 7:10 game this evening. perfect nig for baseball. if you're going to fedex field for football tonight, g

erika gonzalez in our newsroom with new ndetails that story. erika? actually, we're having a problem with erika's microphone. stand by. we'll get back with more on that because it was a very interesting development with the young girl being found in new york with family. we'll check back in with you later on. >> news 1 was first to tell you about major problems about the concrete that's along the second phase of the silver hine project to dulles. ioday t subcontractor who said he did falls yu the reports on that concrete, he pleaded guilty. the florida s residenays he doctored those reports to show that the concrete panels h an acceptable air contempt. now metro has to sreplacee of those panels and paint over thousand of others with al speccoating, and all of this is delaying this multi-billion dollar project. >> summer is winding down and back-to-school shopping is gearing up. you can get a breakin from p sales taxes on school supplies now, but you've got to keep an eye on the prices because there are some rules on what qualifies for the exemptions t

erika gonzalez joins us now in the newsroom. who is at risk here, erika? >> the fbi sayss could happen to just about anybody but they have noticed a lot of repos coming from wealthy neighborhoods. it starts as a letter. snail mail or mail, and in it it claims somebody knows your deep dark secrets, something that could embarrass you or ruin your marriage even i if ever got out. but it will be kept under wraps if you cough up o thousan dollars in bitcoin. special agent matthew disarno says the letters include step-by-step details on how t t mahat kind of transaction, breaking with what a lot of scams used to do. >> so where in the pas financial scams, blackmail schemes, extortion schemes utilized wire transfers or other types of funds trsfers, now we're seeing a significant rise in the use of crypto currenc to facilitate financial scams. >> so you hear that, and you go i would never fall for something like tvet and you read a letter and say look at all these typos. >> righ p >> and thison says they are from another country. >> sure. >> these letters don't lo

from the live desk, erika gonzalez. back to you ladies in the studio. >> another -- another moment at today's white house press briefing is getting lot of attention this evening. cnn's jim acosta asked press secretary sarah sanders if she tuld sayt the press is not the enemy of the people. president trump has used those words to describe journali ms and thining his daughter ivanka said she did not feel the same way as her father. s whenders was asked about it, however, she accused the press of attacking her. >> the media has attacked me personally on a number of occasions, including your own network, and actually harassed as a life sentence that i should be choked. when i was hostedy the correspondents association almost all of you brought a comedian up to attack my attendance. and as fars i know i'm the first press secretary in the history of the uted states to require secreteervice. we h role to play but the media has had a role to play for ountry asurse in this well. >> i'm sorry that that happened to you. i wish tha

erika gonzalez is live in the newsroom with a look at who is at risk. >> reporter: this could happen to anybody, but they have noticed numerous reports from people in wealthy neighborhoods. itletarts as a er, snail mail or e-mail. in it there areeb claims sody knows your deep dark crets, something that could embarrass you or ruin your marriage if it ever got out, but it will be kept under wraps if you cough up thousands of dollars in bitcoin. >> the method of delivery isn't net and often letter through the mail. >> reporr: special agent matthew disarnh e w thite lettep details on how to make the transaction, breaking with what a lot of scams used to look like. >> whereas in the past manyl financ scams, blackmail schemes, extortion schemes utilized wire transfers or other type of funds transfers, now we're seeing a significant rise in the use of cryptocurrency to facilitate financial scams. >> reporter: you may be thinking i'd never fall for that, but fbi says the letters include personal information like a user na or password, likely stolen from the web to make you second guess wheth

. >> i'm erika gonzalez here at the live desk with breaking news. we have an wful situati happening right now in new mexico. we can show you someia a from the scene where we understand from authorities that multiple people are dead and several morenjured in an awful crash on i-40 dealing with a greyhound bus and a semi truck. what you're seeing there is debris, and it looks to be the o truck's c all over the place. we are hearing als from the hospital there that at least four to six people were transported to higher level trauma centers. we're hearing that multiple people have died in this. as many as0 people involved in this awful crash on ewi-40 in mexico. from the live desk, i'm erika gonzalez. >> more than 200 discovery communications employ eds have gotten pink slips, and more layoffs are possible. the company is relocating its ilver spring from where it's been since 2003 new york city next year. the remaining staff will move to new york or to other offices in tennessee. no word on how many of the remaining employees might be affected. >>> stud

. >> i'm erika gonzalez. it's friday. the weather was stunning yesterday. >> the big question today, can we doagt n? we're going to head over to melissa for a look at the roads in second. first, we turno chuck and sheena. can we do it again? >> yes, we can. that should be our slogan day. yes, we can. >> the nice weather, beautiful weather yesterday. this morning, a crisp, fall-like feel. >> just the way we likeit >> drive with the windows down this morning. the kids will lovere ss. big area of high pressure that's funnelsg in t air mass from canada. we're going to have this humidity and sunshine. if you were watching yesterday, e did not have this many 50-degree temperatures on this map. this morning, we have a lot more. the air h d coolen here at the surface. it's 56 degrees in rsgaitrg. 59 in warrington. and the district, at 66 one of the warmer spots but it feels incredibly comfortable outside. the kids going to the bus stop, they could get away with long sleeves. they won't be hot. we'll see itki l perfect and back in

i'm erika gonzalez. we begin with breaking news in oklahoma, where a structure collapd on fans awaiting a backstreet boys concert, sending 14 peopleo e hospital. we are now getting pictures from the scene. e collapse happened as severe weather passed through thackerville. it is a small town near the state line. it's about il80 north of dallas of that's the locate of the winstar world casino and resort. with the storm 30 minutes thene casino w everybody to find shelter testimony casino says about 150 people didn't heed that warning, and the storm hit, knocking a metuc sre onto several people there. the casino says theinds were between 70 and 80 miles an hour. but the natiol weather service tells storm team 4 it cannot confirm that. a short time ago band member kevin richardson tweeted with the trouble. just a few mutes agoe announced that the stage was too damaged and that the show would have to be rescheduled. >>> all right. turning to the weather here in our backyard,in wata few isolated showers right n

i'm erika gonzalez. the school is under fire following the death of a playerd a maryland b has taken over investigations into the player's death and noon an alleged toxic culture. 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 spo

i'm erika gonzalez in for p lawson muse. the school year is already off and running. joining us this morning is d.c. public schoolsinrim chancellor dr. amanda alexander. thank you so much for being here with us th morning. >> thanks for having me. >> this is an exciting time.tu congtions on getting through your first full week of the school year. i'm sure you've beenyo making rounds trying to get to as many campuses as possible. >> i have visited tons of schools this past week. f >> i thi some people you may be a new face but really you are not. d.c. is -- these are your stomping grounds and youte st-- you've risen through the ranks and started as an elementary schoolteache can you tell our viewers about where you come from and why d.cs so much of your heart? >> yeah, well, i've been here the past 25 yeaif of my actually, my entire adulthood has been spent in washington, d.c. so i beganmy career as kindergarten teacher at walker jones elementary school in 1998. >> the little ones. >> it was a wonderful experience and i learned a lot at that school. i later became an a

. >> goodmorning, i'm erika gonzalez in your eun yang. thanks for joining us.are expecting another hot one today. >> but this are going to take a rough turn to the weekend.li a mollet has been having a look. chuck bell, sheena parveen tracking the weather. what do you guys see? >> well, this morning, we don't see too much but as we head into the weekend, we're going to see some rain approach area, but, man, it's going to be another hot day. >> kyeah, wew it was coming up. half the battle's knowing it's coming. >> and we knew which is good. we knew how long and when it will leave. >> that's right. a hot one. we made 92 yesterday at reagan national airport.

good evening, i erika gonzalez. hundreds of white supremacists coming to ourre nbc4's darcy spencer is outside the foggy bottom metro, where counterprotesters say they are getting ready to meet hate with love. darcy? >> reporter: that's right, erika, those that are coming from the unite the r tht rally plmeet up at the vienna metro station tomorrow afternoon. wheny get off the train, they are going to g off right here at the foggy bottom metro station. when they walk out, he they'll be greeted by these messages, including love conquers all. they come to the foggy bottom metro, that's where white a nationalistsending the unite the right rally will begin their ma when they come up theto escar, they'll find this, handwritten messages of love. >> the firsty steps the make here in washington, d.c., will be on these messages, so that they get their first rencounte here of messages of y see the words here, of love, of hope, of peaccl inion, acceptance. >> church members and people of the communityrote messages in chalk. amo

throu erika gonzalez has the story that might make your skin crawl. >> in we go to the d.c. public library in georgetown. and curled up with a good book isn't who or at, i should say, you might think. snakes. over the weekend several guarder snakes were found in the library basement. >> i mean, i would just wet my pats. i jouldn't -- >> reporter: here is the type of snake we're talking about. while they are not the actual ones found in the library, these are guarder snakes. a library spokesperson said the snakes found down here by the meeting room, steps away from the childr's section. i'm told four snakes were found. three alive and one dead. >> why so many and how did they get in? >> i not a meteorologist or snake expert but i suspect they are trying to get out of the rain. >> reporter: matthew evans is a assistant curator of reptiles with the smithsonian national zoo. >> with the whacky weather and flooding, they are looking nice cool dry place to hang out and they are harmless. they are good for thend environmenthey're eating all kinds of creepy crawly things we don't li

erika gonzalez alive desk. >> good morning, aaron. the crews working throughout the night to rescue a lot of folks. take a look at these pictures from montgomery fire andue re officials say they conducted multiple water rescues throughout the region due to one of those rescues happening near the intersection of glenn mill road andle road in potomac. another one, kwins orchard road in north potomac. the national weather servic says each year have flooding than any other storm-related hazard. a goodeminder as chuck was mentioning. turn around, don't badrown. over to you in the studio. >> erica, thank you. weurn to two developing stories. washington is watching closely. a gui plea and guilty verdict. once former mainstays of the trump cagnmpai, both facing time in federal prison. first in new york. michaecohen, the president's former attorney pleaded guilty to tax evasion and two counts of mpaign finance violations. cohen's plea never names president trump but acknowledges payment to two women for the purpose of influencing the 2016 elec

. >> and i'm erika gonzalez in for eun yang anks for joining us today.ne today. >> and then things take a bit of a turn. first up, chuck and sheena parveen areat checking th weather for you are. >> good morning, we won't see ntlief late friday today, still in the 90s. >> get theold compresses out. >> that really does work. >> oh, my gosh iteels so good. get ready to try to beat the heat the b

i'm erika gonzalez. a march and vigil tonight days after the releasef body cam video of the shooting. news4's darcy spencer in silver spring with the emotional gathering. >> this is something i'll never, never get over. >> reporter: for the first time, he sister of robert white is speaking publicly about the police shooting that claimed her brother's life. >> we all have our problems. e have our issues, but he didn't deserve to die the way hd . he didn't. >> reporter: irene thompson says she has not viewed p theice body cameraideo showing the officer shooting white in a silver spring parking lot last june. that video shows a viole confrontation, white knocking the officer to the ground and the oinicer f several shots. >> maybe in time, when my heart is healed, i may agree with it. not right now. not right now. >> reporter: thompson came to silver spring from north carolina for a rally demanding justiceic for white and p reform. >> we must have a voice. we must speak out. >> reporter: the shooting has bee

i'm erika gonzalez. tomorrow, cardinal donald wuerl the have a meeting with council of priests. the gatheng was originally scheduled for august 27th, but the archbishop moved the date o. we wanted know why. we're told cardinal donald wuerl changed the date of the meeting after the explosive report from the pennsylvania grand juryle ng widespread priest sex abuse and because of the cardinal mriccarck scandal. mccarrick resigned as cardinal after a seriesl of sexua misconduct allegations. wuerl was a bishop in pittsburgh and was named more than 200 times in that grand jury reportr theort said wuerl covered up the clergy abusing children. wuerl has denied the allegations. >>>ik new tonight, scenes l this playing out on the streets of d.c. and in northern virgini today. a large group of riders on dirt bikes and atvs popping wheelies, weaving in and out of traffic. one rider even crashing. as you know, atvs are illegaln d.c. news4's darcy spencer is live at logan circle with more on the disruption that they caused today. darcy? >> reporter: erika, it really is a sight to see. we were

. >> i'm erika gonzalez. it's friday. and the weather was stunning yesterday. melissa for the commute here. but chuck bell and sheena parveen will tell us what the weather is going to do. >> like he doesn't kno our names if it's not front right it of him. >> wow. what a fantast morning it is. >> yes. yesterday was sbeautiful, t morning, a little cooler in some spots. a lot of people will think it feels like fall. look at the numbers. 56, dulles and manassas. we were not i t 50s yesterday morning. as you're ready to walk out the door, you knowit's going to be a little cooler. washington. here's your wake-up weather. many suburbs by 7:00

i'm erika gonzalez.t. in the news this morning, the queen of soul is gone, and today the national portrait gallery will add aretha franklin's portrait to the inmemoriam space on the first floor. the lithographic poster was designed by milton glazer. franklin passed away yesterday after battling cancer. >>> four months after the devastating floods, ellicott city will have a party main street. back in may, ellicott city's main streete experienced sever flooding that left a lot of hedamage. it w second time in two years main street was destroyed by flooding. the block party begins at 6:00 tonight. >>> all righ now let's check on the morning commute with melissa. >> good morning. alexandria outer loop near eisenhower avenue connector, crash on the left shoulder. that one just popped up. take a look at the delays, northbound ho305. lanes on the 14th street bridge, we have a crash. seeing real slowdownsthere. east capitol street after southern avenue, left lane getting by the accident there. eun? sorry, erika.

news 4's erika gonzalez joins us now with more on the@eear ivanka campaign.r erika. >> some big names-- i feel very stronglybout that,Ñi and -- and i amry v vehemently against family pa tion. >> now if you'll remember,lp hundreds of kids are still separated fromheir parents as a result of the administration's zero tolerance immigration policy. al the instagram letters begin by saying the low point it f separated families saying ivanka trumpf ípoke in ta past tense the crisis is ongoing. they are all calling for ivanka to demand the rossying nationfáf homeland suritye1 secretary kirste kirstjen nielsen. no comment from the white house. >> backi#zez ice. this man says he's not letting the crash that killed 16ñe( of tes and paralyzed him from the waist down to keep him from ahead. humidity. officially ate1 90 degrees righ now and with thein muss only feeling at 92. that bad, but as we lookxd to t weekend it's muggy, and we also of charlottesville. >>> disturbing new details this afternoon about what was going inside this makeshift compound in the new mexico desert. investigators now sayi

. >> i'm erika gonzalez.elissa is keeping an eye on the friday morning commute. >> first, let's look at the forecast and know what is ahead today. d morning. one thing i loved about yesterday, less bugs. >> rely? >> did you notice less bugs out? i did. >> i got bit by mosquito. >> you did? >> yeah. that's rare for me. >> i'm just really sweet. >> talking on the radio a second ago,nd they said, chuck, is there a way that today can be as nice or better than yesterday? course. the weather is similar. it's friday. that adds something to the enjoymentfa or. as soon as you're outside the beltway and away from thearm waters in the potomac. 55 in martinsburg, winchester, and leesburg. a l of55s out there this morning. much warmer, 66 downtown. it's inside the downtownnd concrete the warm waters of the potomac, keepingtihe al airport a bit warmer. there's your hour-by-hour planner today. it will be nice through the weekend, toit a b of a warming trd. more on that in a few. let's goa. over to meli >>> here in silver sp

. >> i'm erika gonzalez.t's the first day of school for some of you. >> kidngare slowly rolut of bed. if you're bummed about summer being over, this might cheer you up. >> might not, though. >> you can laugh it up for a few minutes. our days in the classroom. >> that's the cutest girl i've .ever se >> all you do is look in the mirror, right? >> oh, it's me. >> that's sheena parveen. >> tha was first grade or kinlder guakinld kindergarten. look at my necklace. >> that's the fakest smile i've ever seen. >> that's back in the days when you had to crank t the phoneo make a phone call. >> looks like a part of "the brady bunch" in that picture. t >>re we go, melissa, before she joined the use 4team. she was a student and a construction worker. >> a teamster. >> i'm pretty sure her dad gave her a tool box for alu hbox. >> that's what construction workers take to the job. >> i don't kno what's the

. >> and i'm erika gonzalez. urgent search for this baby police say the baby's mother gave theno child away toer woman willingly on monday and the two haven'teen seen since. >> megan mcgrath has what the police have learned. >> reporter: well, the search is on here. if you take a look hebd mbehinds eou canee all the activity. we have polic officers as well asadets from the police officer aseing in the arch. and quite a few people have beee talking to t officers looking at the picturesrying to provide information. now, they are looking for a missing 7 month old nehemiah ha ha hann rd. he was last seen monday when his mother gave him to nettina thomas. and thomas has not yet returned the baby. so the search is on. police have spent t morni handing outnd flyers a asking residents if they have seen either the baby or thomas. nehemiah's mother cald police wednesday night right about 10:45 wednesday night because she was worried since thomas had not yet returned the baby. >> it is our understanding that the mother and

from the live desk, i'm erika gonzalez. studio. >> thanks, erika. >>> heading out of town for the long holidayke w? take comfort in the fact that there are teams of road crews ready to help you in an emergency. this afternoon transportation reporter adam tuss took a ride with one emergency responder who is looking to make a difference one incident at a >> reporter: imagine responding to roadside issues in this environment all the ti. >> ande're right there on the side of the road, and sometimes it gets a little bit scare and people will come right at you, because they areistracted. >> reporter: as you make your way around this last unofficial weekend of summer. >> copy disabled. >> reporter: think about these these are the guys that will be making sure the roads are safe. meet steve manias with t maryland department of transportation emergency patrol. >> i'm looking for anything odd, like somebody could need help. >> reporter: it doesn'tlo take before he finds an issue on the road. >> all right. >> reporter: and then goes t

erika gonzalez is in our ewsroom with that part of the story. erika? >> we know g.w. is closing several businesses because the ral and today we're hearing from restaurant managers who work in the same area and say that employee safety their top priority. just outside the foggy bottom metro stop the grocery chain and numerousrestaurants, like district commos, this assistant manager says business hours will not change. he says he's been talking all week about the rally and encourages them to speak up if they don't feel safe. >> anybody who doesn't want to work and doesn't feel comforta e workingfinitely has a right and can let us know and somebody whoikoesn't feel working on their day off can take that day off as well. >> for now he anticipates having a fully staffed restaurant. wendy? >> thanks, erika. stay with us for complete coverage and on the day of y sun demonstrations get the latest updates any time in our nbc washington aw. >>> you khat feeling waiting for a metro train to arrive only to find it iscked with no room to get in. well, metro warns those days are co

erika gonzalez has the story. reporter: in we go to the d.c. public library in georgetown.urled up with a gd book isn't who or what, i should say, you might think. snakes. over the weekald, sev garter snakes were found in the library's basement. >> i mean ius would wet my pants. i mean i just wouldn't -- >> reporter: here's the type of snake we'reoualking while they're not the actual ones found in the library, these are garter snakes. a library spokesperson says the snakes were f hnd downe by the meeting room steps away from the children's section. i'm told four snakes were found. three alive and one dead. >> i think garter snakes are terrific >> reporter: why so many and how did they get in? >> i'm not aeo mlogist or a snake expert but i suspect they're trying to getut of the rain. >> reporter: matthew evans is assistant curator of reptiles with theso smian national zoo. >> i think with all the wacky fl weather and thding, they're coming up looking for a cool, dry place to hang out. they're harmless. they're good for the environment. they're eating all the creepy crawly th

. >> and i'm erika gonzalez. the queen of soul, arethain fran has died. she passed away this morning eatic a battle with pan cancer. >> she was 76. marc barger has a look back on the legend's life. >> reporter: the queen ofsoul, a disk jockey bestowed that nickname on aretha frankl., and it stu ♪ feel like a natural woman >> reporter: through a musical reign that has few rivals. in a career spanning more than 50 years, rranklinorded 40 albums, and put 45 songs on the tstop 40 ch more than any other female artist ever. one song became her signature. that chart topper was n only her first number one hit, but the i recordingustry association of america named it one of top five songs of the 20th >> it's incredible. i mean out of all of this music, i couldn't fallenth over o floor. >> reporter: franklin was born in memphis in 1942, but her ngsical journey began in detroit, sin gospel in her father's baptist church. >> i had no real formal training.ng my formal traias my ear. >> reporter: franklin recorded r first gospe album at the age of 14, but early motherh

erika gonzalez is in the newsroom to explain how our city is preparing. >> reporter: pat, the specifics being made public,ut today the d.c. police chief vowed the violence seen last ye in charlottesville will not happen in the district of columbia. one counterprotester died when cite supremacists and counterprotestershed last year in charlottesville. chief peter newsham told us all officers will be s deployedunday and he also saidy our c has experience with high-tension rallies and knows how to separate groups. they're always in communication with surrounding policit something that didn't happen in charlottesville. they will hold a briefing to plain how to keep the mick safe. the police chief briefed the d.c. council o the detai today but the public was not allowed to hear the information. >> the public has reason to be concerned. residents worried because the group organizing sunday's rally has a history of deadly olence. >>> reassurances from police may help calm some fears but a topic many people are talking about forsure. here with today's talk around tore. whatour lynners having to

news 4 on your sunday erika gonzalez sat down about a new report that revealed at least 900 teachersack certification. >> the vast majority of about 4,000 teachers are licensed. i also want to let the public know d.c.ne has of the most rigorous processing in the nation in addit to your paper application process, our candidates have to submit video footage of them actually teaching a lesson. >> you can watch the entire interview sunday morning at 5:30 on "news for your sunday" right here on nbc 4. >>> let's head outo fedex field and take the chopper. this is a live look from chopper 4 as the redskins are ready to take on the broncos. >> a dress rehearsal for the gular season and we like dress rehearsals. >> and the tailgaters are in mid-season form >> no doubt. >> live oside the stadium with the burgundy and gold faithful. excitingene is really out here. this is the first time that i have sat at a bar in a parking lot by fedex field. let me come right over here. you can see all these fans they've been out here since early toy. this is michael and brien and they are playing what is called

. >> goodmorning, i'm erika gonzalez in your eun yang. thanks for joining us. we are expecting another hot one today. >> but this are going to take a rough turn to the weekend.li a mollet has been having a look. chuck bell, sheena parveen tracking the weather. what do you guys see? >> well, this morning, we don't see too much but as we head into the weekend, we're going to see some rain approach area, but, man, it's going to be another hot day. >> kyeah, wew it was coming up. half the battle's knowing it's coming. >> and we knew which is good. we knew how long and when it will leave. >> that's right. a hot one. we made 92 yesterday at reagan national airport. probably a degree or two warmer than that today. currently in upper 60s lower70 s. even this morning, as you step out the door, you'll notice it's two or three degrees warmer than the same time yesterday. visibility, not too much of an issue. there are a few areas of fog. warrington down to a half-mile visibility c the wind im and the atmosphere is loaded up with humidity. that's the reason for the slight

. >>> i'm erika gonzalez. the judge overseeing the ur ordered reunification of families separated at the bordet sa government must appoint a person or team to reunite t remaining children with their parents. the number was initially 2,500 t close 600 children today remain in custody. the trump administration says only 13 parents have been located by e aclu, something the judge called unacceptable at this point adding that for every located there ot will be a permanently orphaned child, and that is 100% the responsibility of the administration, end quote. from the live desk, erika gone les, ndy, back over to you. >>> a 12-year-oldl chinese gir declared missing from reagan natial airport that sparked an amber alert after being found with her parents in queen. jin jing ma was part of a group traveling from question. there' an investigation to determine how and why she was separated from the tour group and her parents say ts was a just a misunderstanolng. >>> thege lake dam in lynchburg, virginia fails, parts of l

. >> and i'm erika gonzalez.eloping this morning, c montgomenty officials investigating a deadly pedestrian crash. it's the second time in a weekt at a pedestrian has been killed along georgia avenue in wheaton. we're told that a man who has not been identified was killed. >>> metro says it is ahead of schedule with a 45-day shutdown along the red line. for the last few weeks, that shutdown has closed the rhode island avenue and brookland stations for majorre irs. riders still have to wait unty eaeptember for the station to reopen. let's check the morning commute now. lissa mollet has your "first 4 traffic." >>> an alert, a fatal pedestrian crash and closure because of that. georgia avenu closed between university and veers mill. if you travel southbound georgia, take veers mill instead. inbound 66 near 50, we are very 66.w inbound allow extra time, an eight-mile backup at this point this >>rning. guys? ll right, melissa, thank you. a check your forecast coming up after this >>> temperatures running in the mid-to

erika gonzalez joins us with that part of the story. erik >> none administrators are expected to board trains in vina around 2:00 and get out around foggy bottom where they will march to the white house c rosures will be in effect even before that time. here's a look at the s that will be blocked off starting at 9:00 sunday morning nd running until 8:00 that evening. that includes just about everything around oue white hse as well as most of the streets in foggy bottom south of pennsylvania avenue. outside the tro there. there's a grocery chain, numerous restaurants like district common. assistant general manager says business hours will not continue that day andin has n talking to staff about the rally all week and encourages them to speak up if they don't want to ork that day. >> anyone who doesn't want to feel like working has the right to say so and take t day off. >> reporter:nd doreen, back to you. >> erika, thank you. >>> the parents of first lady melania president trump a now naturalized american citizens. the first lady's famil

. >> erika gonzalez reportinÁ there.se will be very tight and there will be numerous road closures. wege en you to join us on erre stream it liv through our nbc washington app. >>> now we're going to turn our aention to the weather hot out there, but not as hot. things are changing. is that correct, amelia? >> things are changing a little bit. we're going to hit 90s today, but tomorrow will be in the80s. however, those humidity levels, well, unfortunately they're not dropping. currently our temperatures are generally in the 80s across the entirearea washington one of the warm spots coming in at 88. we have 82 degrees up in hagerstown, 83 in gaithersburg and a high today around 92, potentially a few degrees warmer here in washington, but highs today on your thursday in the low to mid-90s and humid out there as well, so it's going to feel like00 degrees. we will have some late-day showers and thunderstorms. or widely chance scattered thunderstorms during the afternoon hours but it's really during the evening and overnight