i'm in for wendy. >> and i'm jim handly. we begin with new details about the virginia man suspected of shooting a security guard at the family research council. der echas the latest. >> reporter: first of all, the man who police have taken into custody has been i filled 28-year-old floyd corkens from northern virginia. sources tell us that he was carrying a nine-millimeter handgun that he purchased legall

i'm jim handly, and i'm barbara harrison in for pat lawson muse. you assume everything is fresh at the grocery store, but there's a hidden hazard. >> nbc's jeff rossen found trucks carrying unsafe food bound for your table. as he reports, police say the situation is getting worse. >> reporter: we're on patrol with the indiana state police. >>> radar gun. instead, sergeant rich kelly is armed with a food thermometer, randomly checking food delivery trucks units initial temperature of 53 degrees inside your trailer. >> reporter: for unsafe temperatures. >> this summer has been exceptionally bad. >> reporter: they call indiana the crossroads of america. if you eat it, chances are it was hauled through here. but in this brutal midwest sun if the cooling units are off, food can turn foul even before it hits store shelves. >> are you having problems with your refrigeration unit? police say this refrigerator isn't working proper. it should be at a cool 41 degrees. some of it was pushing 60. >> we have sour cream, queso, dairy drinks. >> reporter: these ar

i'm pat lawson muse. >> and i'm jim handly. at 4:30, now in the news, an early-morning fire destroyed the mount pleasant baptist church. fire officials say it likely began at the back of the church and flames spread to the roof. they're looking to determine what caused the fire. >>> today hundreds gather to pay their final respects. attorney general eric holder and wisconsin governor scott walker spoke at the memorial. tonight dozens of people will hold a candlelight vigil at a sikh temple in silver spring. >>> on the second half the mitt romney's ticket, he's up in boston meeting with advisers behind closed doors. analysts say the choice of the vp may be especially important now that three new polls show he's trailing president obama by seven points or more. romney will be campaigning here in virginia tomorrow. >>> stocks turned higher in the final minds despite more worries about world economic growth. the nasdaq went many two points, and the s&p had a six-game winning streak for that index. >>> the survivors of a small plane

i'm jim handly. snooim i'm wendy rieger. we're going to begin with breaking news from prince george's county. a violent crash involving their cruiser. >> it happened near i-95 and powder hill mill road. chris gordon joins us live at the hospital where police officers gathered this evening. chris? >> behind me you see officers from various law enforcement agencies are still here and will be here into the evening. standing by the families. the name of the victims have not been released at this point pending notification of next of kin. the officer who was pronounced dead here, his mother is on the scene. other family members are expected and the other officer suffered multiple injuries but

. >> i'm jim handly in tonight for v jim vance. >> we are learning more about what led up to a shooting. the suspect is 28-year-old floyd corkins jr. police say he made negative remarks before opening fire on a security guard. and he volunteered at a community center for lgbt people and may have targeted the business over its views on gay marriage. shomari stone is outside the suspect's home in herndon, virginia with the latest on the investigation. >> reporter: first of all, tonight, we have new information. the director for the d.c. center for the lgbt community confirms, tells us that the suspect in this case, floyd corkins volunteered with the organization for at least six months. now the director describes him as kind, gentle and unassuming, part of the reason why folks in this neighborhood are stunned by all of this especially when they see fbi agents walking in and out of this house. the suspect is bind bars tonight. floyd corkins jr. is in jail. neighbors are stunned. ed lives across the street. >> it's surprising to hear. >> reporter: floyd walked into this building this mornin

i'm jim handly. >> and i'm wendy rieger. we're going to begin with new details on that deadly train derailment in ellicott city. the ntsb still at the scene and we now know the freight train was traveling at 25 miles per hour when it derailed yesterday. an engineer in training was at the controls. meanwhile, funeral services for the two teenagers killed has been scheduled for this friday. darcy spencer live in ellicott city with more to prevent the tragedy from ever happening again. darcy ir darcy. >> reporter: wendy, i want to bring you up to date on what's happening right now. we're a little bit further up the tracks. a lot of heavy equipment has been brought here to ellicott city. you can see a piece of track hanging in the air. they are basically putting these tracks together piece by piece as part of this reconstruction and this continuing investigation. there's been a lot of talk over the last couple of days about the danger of these tracks. young people going on the tracks and up on the bridge. today a commitment from

. >> i'm judge jim handly. the victims have been identified as elizabeth nasa, a junior at james madison used and university of delaware student accident rose mare. then sitting on the ledge of the are bridge when that derailment occurred. police say they were facing away from the csx train. investigators are looking into twitter photos that appear to show the girls damaging their feet over the bridge just before the crash. authorities believe they were posted by one of the girls. a long stretch of main street in baltimore county is still shut down right now. news4's megan mcgrath as more on how the accident happened. >> reporter: it was just after midnight when the sound of screeching brakes shattered the peace. >> i heard this tremendous noise. and it really frightened me. so i thought, oh, my gosh, the train just derailed. >> reporter: it happened on the railroad bridge that crosses the main street. two people were on the bridge at the time, just what they were doing there in the middle of the night is part

i'm not looking at you on purpose, jim handly. i'm just here casually gazed over this way. >> it is all that way. it is all about the class of 2016. this book documents the mindset of students who are becoming college freshmen this year. the author says students in this year's class grew up listening to mp3 player or iripod, not th rye. they've never really seen an airplane ticket. before they purchased an assigned textbook they'll see if it's available for rent or online as an e-proportionally. i want to know what they know what am

i'm jim handly in tonight for jim vance. >> and i'm doreen gentzler.e have a changing campaign landscape. congressman paul ryans's addition over the weekend is

. >> and i'm jim handly. where were you on that date 15 years ago today that princess diana was killed in a car crash in parys. >> admirers around the world are still paying their respects. nbc's michelle kosinski records from london. >> reporter: rain or shine, you still find flowers for diana at her palace gates. it's hard for those who knew her like the journalist, to believe it's been 15 years since the world mourned her passing and came here. >> just so silent. that's what made it so poignant and sad. >> the memories of diana that have lasted are the same quiet ones, reaching out to an aids patient, cradling a child, walking through minefields to help their victims. today it's stunning how much prince william carries her easy manner. prince harry has started a foundation for children in her honor. they, her living legacy. >> she insisted they should live free lives. william and kate are preparing to move in where prince harry has an apartment. where they spent their early lives, and where diana lived unt

good evening, i'm in for jim handly. >> and i'm wendy rieger. on this first day of school, a student opens fire at perry hall high school near white marsh in maryland. pat collins joins us with more. >> it started at a foot fight, a student gets upset, goes out, gets a gun and comes back firing. gun fire at perry hall high, on this, the first day of school, in the cafeteria, a 15-year-old shoots and critically wounds a 17-year-old. both the gunman and the victim are students.

at 4:30, i'm jim handly. >> and i'm barbara harrison.saac's aftermath is threatening communities in south louisiana now. >> thousands are fleeing the rising floodwaters around lake pontchartrain. south of the city some are still traps in the homes 09 miles north of new orleans. just within the last hour, louisiana governor bobby jindal took to the air waves to warn residents to take evacuations seriously. the 2012 paralympic games kicked off last night. >> as michelle kosinski reports, one member was notably absent. >> i declare open the london 2012 paralympic games. >> another global sporting celebration, another night for london to shine, as well as the royal family. the queen, prince edward, princess ann, william and kate back in olympic stadium supporting the world paralympians. >> ever since the dawn of civilization, people have crave for an understanding of the underlying order of the world, why it exists as this, and why it exists at all. >> not present, prince harry, though monday he will be back in the. >> he's at balmoral in sc

at 4:30, everybody, i'm jim handly. >> and i'm pat lawson muse. authorities say three people are dead after a shooting near the campus of texas a&m. police confirm the gunman is among the three who died after an officer shot him. an officer and male civilian are the other two victims. we're told two others are injured. this is an active investigation with officers on the scene. we'll have the latest at the top of the hour. >>> new research from the centers for disease control about the country's rising obesity rate. in the district court 22% of residents are considered obese. virginia has a 26% obesity rate amount maryland ace rate is 26% is. here is more about why -- >> reporter: the cdc report says overall a third of american adults are obese, which comes as no surprise to most of us. >> i think we're rushing around, a lot of fast foods. >> when you're spending so much of your day inside the car, you're not out, not walking. >> you go to the grocery store, healthy food is actually a lot more expensive. >> reporter: the centers' state obesity map

. >> i'm jim handly, and i'm angie goff in for pat lawson muse. it's still packing a punch as it's parked along the gulf coast. 3,000 people in louisiana's plaquemines parish are under evacuation orders. in new orleans there's a curfew from dusk to dawn. >> louisiana's governor tonight says crews might need to intentionally breech a levee to relieve the pressure. our. >> the latest, as you said, downgraded to a tropical storm, but still a sizable storm, this is just one of the reasons why you can never unity estimate a category 1 storm. this thing is huge. take a loot at it on radar. this system for the most part is stalled, and of course deluging the area with the wind-driven rain, and the 18 to 16 foot storm surge. you can see where the eye is, to the southwest of new orleans, the system moving very slowly off to the west and southwest. there's another big band the rain right now around biloxi. that will be rotating through spots like slidell and new orleans as the sim makes its way to the west and northwest very slowly. >> look at the rainfall

i'm jim handly. >> i'm wendy rieger. social media has been buzzing after chik-fil-a's ceo made controversial remarks. chris gordon joins us with more on chik-fil-a appreciation day. >> this is the latest salvo in the battle over same-sex marriage. chik-fil-a finds itself at the center of a highly publicized, political debate. >> louden county supervisor gene delgado telling residents he would be eating breakfast, lunch and dinner at this chik-fil-a. >> i have asked people in sterling to turn out and support our chik-fil-a in response in response to the outcry against the head of chik-fil-a, who has embraced traditional marriage. >> reporter: the lunchtime crowd was bigger than usual. not all the customers became because it is appreciation day, but many did. >> i'm to show support for the owner and president of chik-fil-a, and his right to speak against what he deems is rig right. >> it's not about discrimination. it's just saying that they support families we are very much supportive of the biblical definition of the fam

jim handly is at the super screen can more how this had be an opportunity for americans. >> team usa has had its share of missteps. >> you know, we did start off slow, and had our mistakes, but we never, ever lost that fight, never lost that usa spirit, which is always fight and always go for the ultimate gold, which is to win. >> reporter: that was danel lisl danell leva. he was born in cuba, and moved to florida. he is the 2011 world parallel bars champion, and he won his first u.s. all-around championship last year. john orozco is also one to watch. he was a black belt in tae kwon do by the age of 10. his dad decided to get him started in gymnastics. >> my main motivation, my main source of motivation is my family. the reason i have taken this so far is because i wanted to create a better line. >> a 19-year-old new yorkers, 5'5", with a less may that includes being the u.s. all around champ. find out took at 8:00 on news4. >>> and you'll learn more about john on "nbc nightly news with brian williams." orozco is a gymnast who has beaten incredible odds. his story is coming up. >>>

jim handly with more. >> katie ledecky is officially a team swimming sensation at the summer olympic games. we saw her swimming the qualifying meets this morning. and out of 36 competitors she had the third fastest time. a hair under 8:24. what is also impressive about katie is her age, at 15, she's the youngest olympian on team usa this year. no doubt about it, her local fans are excited to see her swim tomorrow. she's from bethesda, maryland, a student at the stone ridge school at the sacred heart. now let's take a look back at the race that got her to london. this is the video that we remember. ledecky won the 800-meter trials with an even faster time, 8:19.78, now their daughter could be standing on that podium. she swims in the 800-meter freestyle final tomorrow. jim and doreen, back to you. >> wow. >> katie's friends and neighbors here at home are planning a big watch party for tomorrow's final. >> they told news 4 that they've had their eyes on her for years and are confident she's going to do great things. >> reporter: a bethesda teen now america's swimming sweetheart. 15-yea

. >> i'm jim handly. aaron gilchrist is in tampa. right now people are cleaning up from tropical storm isaac. but it's the people in louisiana, mississippi, and alabama who are brace for a direct hit. an update on isaac just ahead. >>> but right now, though, a look at the sky over our area shows cloudy once again. some of you also getting rained on perhaps. >> yeah. meteorologist tom kierein is not. he is out on storm weather deck. you are not getting rained on. is it even warm out there yet? >> oh, yeah, it's steamy and mild and we have a few sprinkles trying to come down. cloudy sky. the clouds are sort of a steel gray. they are producing some scattered sprinkles around the region now as we look at storm team4 radar, the areas are moving. that's where we're getting a few showers. where you see the yellow, moderate showers there in southern loudoun county, northern prince william. that's about to enter fairfax county. another moderate shower now just moving out of northern prince george's county and northern anne arundel. a few spri

i'm jim handly. 7:26 this monday, august 27. and it is back to school monday for thousands of students in the d.c. area. classes back in session for students in the district and in loudoun county, virginia. maryland, it is the first day of school for kids in carroll, charles, frederick, howard and montgomery counties. storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein is here with what kids can expect as they head out the door and on to the bus. >> no problems weatherwise, off to school this morning, temperatures in the low 70s now. later today mid and upper 80s. storm team 4's 7-day outlook. evening possible bill of thundershowers and pleasant weather after that. >> already. thank you, tom. look at the morning commute next. stay with us. >>> good morning. sluggish in our area. let's see a live look traveling 50 inbound and to the city at landover road. heavy on the brakes and under speed in maryland from if beltway as you head to 295. the drive will take you nine minutes and 395 as well jammed from the beltway all the way to 14th president