words will not bring 19-year-old jordan mcnair back to life. action and chang will add more meaning to his member research the university of maryland did accept responsibility forr' mcn death from heat stroke amid allegations afternoon espn report oic a t culture in the football program. they are being taken seriously according t the athletic director. >> we will not tolerate any behavior from any employee within maryland athletics that is detrimental to the mental or physical well-being of our student athletes. as a father there are no words to say to jordan'sarents that are good enough. en will honor jordan's life, and we will re that a tragedy such as the this never happens on our campus again. >> the school preside wlace met with mcnair's parents. to ensure it never happens again a committee of four people were sent tte investi the football program as a hole and the committee will be talking to students and athletes to get a therer picture of h football program operates. the investigation scheduled to ntinue and by then we could know more a

administrative lead with a number of other lks on the team after the death of 19-year-old jordan mcnair, football player foriv t sity of maryland, who suffered heat stroke during a practice in may a d thenied due weeks later. today the university saying that the d training sta not do the proper thing, that they did not render the kind of emergency care that mcnair needed and that they fell short on the job. hear now from president wallace love. >>eased upon what know at this time, even though the final report is not completed, i said to the family the university owes you anpogy. you entrusted jordan to our care, and he is never returning home again. >> he said that he and the hletic director forhe university of maryland visited the mcnair family before having is press conference. he also said that when their internal investigation is tmplete in september thay plan on sharing the outcome of that investigation with the mcnairamily first. he also said that they found out about what wasappening with the university of maryland football team and the allegations of a toxic and abusive environm

today the school's president apologiz family.lly to mcnair's >> the uversity assessed legal and moral responsibility for the mistakes that our training staff made on that fateful workout day. >> reporter: bureau chief tracee wilkins ie l in college park to explain the other ways the school is addressing this case. tracee? >>ter: well, as you just mentioned one coach gone and others onadmin leave. the university of maryland is investigating exactly what went wronghere, and they are saying they are determined to make sure this never happens again. >> we will do everything possible, that the situation that jordan mcnair foundse h in will never happen again. >> reporter: university of maryland president wallace lowe accepted some responsibility toda for the death of umd football player jordan mcnair. >> the university assessed legal and moral responsibility for the mistakes that our training staff made onwo that fatefuout day. >> mcnair suffered heat stroke during an off summer summer practice and two weeks later he di according to an espn report a 911 call was peacedy an eaur after mcnai

players at the university of marylandootball team explain how they'll remember jordan mcnair as the university deals with the investigation intois death. >>> plus, fixing the commute. plans for a major n oject at a notorious bottleneck pointrginia. >> announcer: welcome to this week." >>> hello, everyone. i'm leonharris. summer is over for tens of thousands of kids in our area now. students in the district went back to class this week and that included a numbeof little ladies in south d.c. the excel academy used to be a charr school but n it's public. aimee cho got a chance to han out with some kindergarteners as they check out their new >> welcome to kindergarten. >> reporter: there's nothing quite like the first day of school. the brand new books. >> i'm so glad you're happy. >> reporter: freshly sharpened pencils, fun new frien. and for the little ladies of miss mccoy's kindergarten class -- >> beautiful, it's looking goode >> reporter:have another first to look forward to. d.c. public schools fir all-girls school. >> do you guys like school? >> dyes. >> whyyou like school? >> because it's

that training staff, them people, they killed my nephew. >> reporter: with the mcnair family attorney calling for the firing of the head coach, the team's first game is next month. a season dedicated to a standout freshman who had a promising future on and off the field. miguel almaguer, nbc news. >>> we're going to take a short break and be back with the latest on the queen of soul, aretha franklin and the prayers pouring in for her tonight. ♪ >>> take a look at the massive damage from a reported natural gas explosion. the blast destroying a multifamily building in denver. it injured at least ten people. one person was rescued by firefighters after becoming trapped inside. officials are ing th the biggest home explosion denver has seen in a decade. >>> how much is a baseball signed by the likes of babe ruth, ty cobb and cy young worth? if you guess anything like a half million, you're not in the ballpark. the ball signed by 11 legends when the hall of fame opened in 1939 sold at auction for $623,000, which shattered the previous record for a ball signed by ruth and lou gehrig. >>> fr

the school says trainers never took mcnair's temperature or iced him down. both steps some experts say could have saved his life. the university investigating the football accusations head coach d.j. durkin and members of his staff berated players when showing signs of exhaustion. >> we have >> reporter: with durkin and members of his staff placed on leave, the school is parting ways with conditioning coach rick court amid allegations of a toxic culture. the university president meeting with mcnair's family today to apologize. >> university of maryland killed my nephew. that training staff, them people, they killed my nephew. >> reporter: with the mcnair family attorney calling for the firing of the head coach, the team's first game is next month. a season dedicate today a stand-out freshman who had a promising future on and off the field. miguel almaguer, nbc news. >> just ahead, paying tribute to the one and only aretha franklin as she battles illness while fans plan vigil s for her later this morning. stay with us. you're watching "early today." ♪ and i'l

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this would be a good time for both of them to exit. >> mcnair died in june. he suffered heat stroke after practice weeks earlier. they have been placed on leave and today we learned that the players are going to honor mcnair by wearing his number,, 79on their helmets. they will encaseis locker in glass and they're going to hold a moment of silence before two games this season. >> next at 11:00. a new reality on the first day of school. bullet-proof back packs. >> we definitely want to protect our children. >> are they protecting kids or profiting off parents fears? >>> new tonight answering your questions and t puttim to the test. >> there's a lot o b.s. in this indury. procstla >>> if a new back pack for your child is on your school shoing list, there is more to consider for parents than just what you put in that bag. >> yeah for the first time major retailers are stocking their w shelvh bullet-proof back packs, a response to the rise ineadly school shootings across the country. >> are parents buying it and with will they really stop a bullet fired at your c

mcnair died in june after k during heat sdr practice a few weeks earl ier. several members of the administration including the head football coach been placed on live now. the university system's board has taken control of investigation into mcnair's death. wendy and jim, back to you. >> thanks, leon. >>> the trial for the killerve eople at the kazzel newspaper and lawyers for jarrod ramos were given until october to decide if they will file an insanity plea on behalf. ramos is accused of using a shotgun to blast his way into the newspaper's newsroom. june.as in h killed five people. prosecutors say had a grudge against that newspaper. ramos pled not guilty last month. >>> now to a hair-pulling neck-wrangngattle royale for baby formula. >> surveillance video shows tme attack a clerk at a germantown grocery store earlier this month. >> news 4'sd derrick w explains this is not the first kif fight over formula that investigators ve seen. >> surveillance video from the shopr's grocery store in germantown shows the clerk and the customer caught in a this hair-pul

the president of the university and the athleticet director with mcnair's parents today. they apologized andm told t the university accepts "legal and moral responsibility for the youngman's death." >> you entrusted jordan to o care. and he is never returning home again. >> head coach d.j. dkin and other assistants coaches are on leave right now after an espn report detailing widespread abuse in the program. umd president announced ate comm will investigate the death and the practices of maryland athletics. >>> metro's largest union says tonight that metro leader assumption is lying. and that it in ct, didive special treatment to white supremacists during sunday's unite the right rally. the uon claimsnite the right supporters were gen a train to themselves and that the train at the vienna station was marked special. operatorserican train say threw weren't given a heads up they would be transportinha the group directly targeted them. >> there are rallies here all time. d that.rst we are a first amendment rights city. but there's no time that we are have allowed any group t

. >>> new fallout involved in the death of mcnair. >> boomer esiason ripped into the handling of mcnair's death. ke a listen. >> the heartbreak that i share over the mcnair's family unspeakable tragedy is only matched by the disgust toward one university leadership. they are reportedlhaky ground. this could be a good time for them to exit. >> mcnair died in june after sufferina suspected heat stroke during practice. several members of the administration, including the head football coach are on leave. the players plan to honor mcnair by wearing a dec of his 79 on their helmets and holding a moment of silence before two mes this season. the first game is september 1st. >>> we learn new detn a murder mystery that has the country's attention. the colodo father accused of murdering his family says he didn't kill his kids. he said his wife killed their daughters after finding out he had an affair. he asked for a separation and that's when she killed the two girl r osecutors say he killed and buried all three bodies in an oil field near where he worked. >>> in nar nashville, police are question

that number will be retired until after what would be mcnair's senior season in 2020. he'll be honored at senior day that year. maryland will also hold a moment of silen before their first two home games. mcnair's locr will be encased in glass and the school has a s scholarship fund in his name. always the team hopes to keep mcnair's memory alive. >> we come here today as the university of maryland football players to change the convimsation. it's to get back to what is important and that is honoring our fallen friend, brother a teammate, jordan mcnair. the moment that we stop saying his name and t b moment wein to forgot, his legacy will begin to fade, but we plan to have his legacy live on forever. this season jordan's spirit will be living within each and every e of us. every play we make, every snap we take will be inn's honor. >> reporter: and the mllyland footeam did have practice today and had extra cooling stations and water stations that the practice. from the newsroom, sherree bu rruss, news 4 sports. >> turning now to our forecast and storm team 4 is trackin

this is just weeks after jordan mcnair collapsed during a workout and later tied. one coach is o of the program, but as tracee wilkins explained, more could come out of the case. >> there are no words to say to jordan's parents. >> reporter: university of maryland athleti director damon epans and also the university president will ang some responsibility for the death of umd football player jordan mcnair. >> the university accepts legal andoral responsibility for the mistakes that our training staff made on that fateful workout day. >> reporter: mcnair suffered heat stroke during an offseason summer practice. two weeks later, he died. according to an espn areport, culture of toxic and abusive behavior may have contributed to the death. espn also reported someone called 911 after an hour after mcnair showed signs o a health emergency. >> we have individual on hfieldhouse drive that ier vent lating after exercising and unable to control their breath. >> you'the athletic training st did nojo take an's temperature and did not apply a cold water treatment. >> reporter:

y ed're -- the mlly ph ne from an uncle after losing his nephew, jdan mcnair. he suffered heatstroke during a summer practice. two weeks later, he died. according to an espn report a cultoxe of and abusive behavior may have contributed to mcnair's death. espn also reported swup caomeon called 911 nearly an hour after mcnair showed signs of a health emergency. >> we have an individual at 4068 fieldhouse drive that's hyperventilating after exercising and unable to control their breath. >>eporter: tuesday, university heesident lowe accepted some responsibility fordeath. >> the university accepts legal and moral responsibility for the mistakes that our training staff made on that fateful workout day. >> reporter: as some are calling for lowe to step down the board who has the authority to fire the president met by phone today. the chanc of the board of regents for the university system of marand said in part the board was shocked and saddened by the tragic death of jordan mcnair and has found subsequent relations to the university of maryland terrapins football pro

but the most serious thing is mcnair's death. this is something that most likely was avoidable by the school's own admission and something they have to making sure it doesn't happen again in the future. >> thank you. >>> after a stormy evemeng for f us, the showers are coming to an doug kammerer is tracking the possibility of more storms into e weekend. doug, what can we look forward to? >> doreen, a lot o us went through severe weather earlier today. 36 report three dozen reports of trees down. into portions of the valley. d.c.etro high and dry.ac shower tivity, a little bit of rain. now tracking more storms back to our west. nd even storms up around the frederick county area. storms in carroll county toward frederick, back towards the winchester area, too. we're tracking these showers as they make their way north and tracng what's coming next. these will enter is the shenandoah valley. we could see those producing lightning overnight tonight. wa till y see what to expect for the weekend. we'll see you back inew a minutes. >> th

, who died from heatstroke, according to the jordan mcnair foundation set up in his memory. maryland has committed to making blic theesults of the investigation and athletic director david evans said we'd be hearing from him, in his wos, as work continues to rebuild the culture of respect in our football program. offensive coordinator matt canada has been named interim coh. >>> redskins back at work and dealing wit painful reminders of the thursday. alex smith is all right, he didn't play, but matt aianitus will be lost, but derrius guice, torn acl, gone for the season. >> i'm going to honest, this is my firstime ever, so ourou gr we've become so close to each other. i guess because i'm the oldery gun the room now, it hurts even more. i feel like, you know, like that's my little brother. >> heartbreaking. heartbreaking. imean, not only for the team, you know, because that was a major asset that we had planned on, you knib, contring to winning games. somedy who's so happy, you know, and enjoyed the game of football as much as he does, you know, it really is a loss. >> he was

mcnair's family wan the same thing. >> the university killed my nephew. they're trained -- theymy kille nephew. >> reporter: powerful words from a heartbroken uncle after the death of his 19-year-old nephew, university of maryland football player jordan mcnair.d mcnair suffe heatstroke during an offseason summer practice. two weeks later, he died. according to an espn report, a culture of toxic and abusi h behavior me contributed to the death. espn also reported someone called 911 nearly an hour after mcna showed signs of a health engine. >> we have i anividual at 4068 fieldhouse drive that's hyperventilating after exercising and unable to control their breath. >> reporter: on tuestyy, univerf maryland president wallace loh, and the athletic direct, accepted some sponsibility. >> the university accepts legal and moral responsibility for t mistakes that our training staff made on that fateful workout day. a >> reportesome are calling for loh to step down, the board who has the authority to fire e president, met by phone today. the chancellor of the board o

jordan mcnair collapsed during practice this year. his family has called for the head coach toose his job. prince george's county bureau chief tracee wilkins has reactior today. >> rr: the board of regents for the university system of maryland oversees all of the universities in marynd. they mett 10:00 a.m., wrapped up just before 2:00 a.m. ey focused on what happened to mcnair. what the university is doing and what could have done. the university of maryland is saying they wantme the sa the university of maryland is cused on making improvements to its football program after the death of 19-year-old player jordan mcnair. mcnair suffered heatstroke during an offseason summer practice. two weeks latest he died. a culture of toxbu andve behavior may have contributed to the death.pn lso reported someone called 911 nearly an hour after mcnair showed signs of a health emergency. >> we have an individual at 4068 fieldhouse drive. hyper vent hating after exercising -- hyperventilating after. exercisi >> reporter: president wallace loh, athlet

college officials admitted to mistakes that led tot the h stroke death of jordan mcnair, a player who collapsed at praice in may. nbc national correspondent miguel almaguer has the story. >> reporter: as the ndniversity of mary football team resumed practice, today the president of ity says e the school accepts legal and moral responsibility fmi akes made in the death of a star elayer. >> yrusted jordan to our care and he is never returning home again. >> reporter: in may, 19-year-old jordan mcnair died of heat stke following a preseason workout in college park. the school says trners never took mcnair's temperature or iced him down, both steps some experts say could have saved his life. the university investigating the football team's culture aftercu tions head coach d.c. durkin and pembers of his staff berateyers when showing signs of exhaustion. >> we have chaed how we practice and also how we train our staff. orter: with durkin and members of his staff placed on leave, the school is now parting ways with conditioning coach t amid allegations of a toxic culture. the university pres

. >>> boomer esiason looked into e handling of mcnair's death. take a listen. >> the heartbreak that i share ov t mcnair's family unspeakable strategy is only matched b the disgust toward the university leadership. they are reportedly on shaky ground. this could be a good time for them to exit. >> mcnair died in june after suffering a suspected heatg stroke dur practice. several member of the the istration, includi head football coach are on leave. the players plan to honor mcnail by wearing a decal of his 79 on their helmets and holding a moment of silence before two games this season. the first game is september 1st. >>> we learn newdetails in a murder mystery that has the country's attention. the colorado father accused of murdering his fdnily says he 't kill his kids. he said his wife killed their children. he asked for a separation and that when she killed the two girls. prosecutors say he killed her and buried all three bodies. neighbors who knew the family e stunned. imagins hard to manua >> prosecutors say, they're not buying his story. h

. >>> new fallout involved in the death of mcnair. >> boomer esiason looked into the handling of mcnair's death. take a listen. >> the heartbreak that i share over the mcnair's fa unspeakable strategy is only matched by the disgust toward the university leadership. they are reportedly on shaky ground. this could be a good time for them to exit. >> mcnair died in june after suffering a suspected heat in stroke dpractice.se ral members of the administration, including the head football coach are on leave. the players plan to hor mcnair by weari a decal of his 79 on their helmets and holding a nt momef silence before two games this season. the first game is ptember 1st. >>> we learn new details in a murder mystery that has the country's attention. the colorado father accused of murdering his family says he l didn't ks kids. he said his wife killed their er daughters a finding out he atd an affair. he asked for a sepn and that's when she killed the two girls. prosecutors say he killed her and buried all three bodies in an oil field near where he worked. >>> microsoft has disabled sites. it's

what would that plan -- how could that plan have protected jordan mcnair? we're focusing on jordan mcnair, 19 years old, because we can get into the football aspect and fans get involved and whatever, but this is about a young man who obviously died under the care of the maryland football team, coaches and trainers, and this is what the president of the university, wallace loh, decided not to do, what he went ahead and turned down this particular request by the old athletic director, the former athletic director, would have set up an independent medical system for the athletes at the university of maryland. so, you wouldn't have had the training staff and the coaches involved with the reporting of the trainers up to the athletic department staff. it would have gone to the medical side of the university of maryland and their medical school in baltimore county. so that would have been the plan, and what does that do? and lots of other schools are doing this around the country. it makes it independent. it says, hey, if an athlete is sick or hurt, then you don'

they said they simply wanted to make a statement on jusjohow importanan mcnair was to this program. they say his spirit lives in them now, and they will honor him with every play and every snap. a strong showing by the university of maryland football players filing in to make a powerful statement. >> we come here today as university of marylanderootball plto change the conversation. >> reporter: nothing short of a difficult summer forrp the mourning the loss of their teammate, jordanor mcnair. >>n was fearless. he was a dreamer. he would do anything for his ghammates. he f until his very last breath for his teammates. ensive rter: the o lineman died in june afterea suffering a stroke two weeks earlier. the head coach dkin on leave following mcnair's death with matt canad at the helm. >> since matt's passing we have been grieving andourning in our own way together. >> reporter: while the iversity system assumes control of the situation players want to control how they honor mcnair. >> no number of the university of maryland football team will wear the number 79 and he will be remembe

coming as maryland reviews the circumstances around the death 19-year-old offensive lineman jordan mcnair. died of heat stroke june 13th after going through a team workout. this developing late in the afternoon. david evans plang h on leave. in a statement, extremely oncerned about allegations of unacceptable behavior by members of the football staff. due to recent media reports committed to fully investigated the program and safety of student athletes. alleged behaviors not consistent with the values he expects from the staff to adhere to and says that maryland must do better. ccording to espn, athletic trainer's wes robinson and steve n norwell on leave as well and matt canada will serve as interim coachf the maryland terrapins just starting preseason practice and have to ge to theottom of the circumstances around the death and the head coach of maryland placed on leave. more coming up in sports >>> a breaking story coming in minutes ago. >>> meanwhile, pushing gears, charlottesville, virginia, on lockdown. ds of police officers on patrol making their presence seen and felt as charlotte

it comes on thls h of the death of jordan mcnair, a student who died june after he died in may after football practice during the emmer. and suffered a heatstroke. now, in the ensuing investigations that hav happened, what happened the latest news is that the t university state board of regents has taken over a two-track investigation. t the ks at the culture university as well as the circumstances around the t practice andhe decisions made. dee university presint has said the university accepts legal and moral responsibility for the disions of its athletic training staff. and theoach is on leave now officially as the investigation ensues into the circumstances. there's a closed scrimmage later today. it's likely it will be among the topics discussed here and maybe assuaging some of the concerns of the parents as their students take the field in this program which is under intense scrutiny right no we'll have more on this later. right now we're live at the university ofla ma. news 4, back to you. >>> 9:05 is your time on saturday. they are not related by blood, but they came together

mcnair, as you know, died two weeks after suffering heat stroke during a spring workout. the board of regents says the commission will have time and independence to do the right job. a separate investigation specifically dealing with mcnair's dea could be completed as early as next month. >>> search tonight under way in montgomery county at this hour for the man responsible for shooti another man inside this apartment building. this happened on lockwood drive in the white oak area. news4's jackie bensen tells us investigators believe this is not a random crime. >> reporter: crime scene investigates are from themo gomery county police department could be seen going in and out of the ground floor apartment for hours. officers were called to the apartment in the 11,500 block of lockwood drive just after 5:30 p.m. they found a man wit a gunshot wound to his upper body. no indication detectives are investigatin any typef forced entry into the apt. the investigation appeared confined to the interior. video from chopper 4 shows an area at the back of the apartment surrounded by

mcnair's locker will be encased in glass. wear 79 on the back of their helmets throughout the season. >>> we had high draw in in the little legal world series. georgia was down to their last strike against texas. this is a game-tying two-run home run. the kids jump around going crazy as does jansen's dad in the stands. he started running around he was so excited. georgia pops out to right but the umpire is going to get in the way. the winning run comes in to score for georgia. they win a thriller, 7-6 to stay alive in the little legal world series. you know what, guys, there's two types of little legal parents. those who can sit there and cheer and those that run around and go crazy when their kids do something good. full confession, i'm just like jansen's dad. i run around and go crazy. my son only plays t ball. >> i can't play the umpire got in the way of the play at the end of the game. >> i felt so bad. what could have been, you never know. >> next time we'll ask to see some of that dancing here. >> yes, a demonstration.

mcnair died back at june weeks after collapsing at a pract e inmay. the family calls this as an obvious case of heat stroke that could have been prented. the director of athletics here at maryland says he's committed to investigating these allegations, come surface in an espn rreort. tions are coming in, as well democrat evans says in a statement that durkin and the director of athletics arepo ultimately rible for mcnair's death. govern larry hogan weighing in, too, calling it itg.eeply troubl d president loh said this is profoundly disturbing. get answers as to what happened on that field that day. those results are going to be i du september 15th and the family has yet to file suit t agains university for the death of mcnair. i'm justin finch, new 4z. >>> it's 5:50. new video out of lancaster, pennsylvania, showing sinkhole expanding. you can see the parking lot f crumble al into that sinkhole. the nkhole first opened on friday swallowing six cars. no one was hurt. look, those cars are goners, too. if yhink that's bad. check out thesi nkhole in chin

mcnair died two weeks after suffering a suspected heatstre during practice. the board of regents says the commission will have a lot of me and independence to thoroughly look into the program. we do know a separate investigation dealing specifically with mcnair's death is underway and that may wrap up next month. >>> another long-time presidential a has been granted immunity. we confirmed the allys allen wiselberg, the chief financial officer of the trump organization. the invoice was actuallyen reimburs for the hush money paid to stormy daniels, they say. david pecker, the president's friend and publisher of the national inquirer was also granted immunity. >>> president trump is not commenting on thoses developme but he did speak at a republican fundraiser in ohio last night. he calond for investiga into james comey. his comments echoed tweets from earlier that morning directed at attorney general jeff sessions.t the presi demanding sessions investigate comey and called out conflicts of interes in the mueller investigation. >>> today marks one year since hur

looking inton is the program following the death of jordan mcnair in june.e died two weeks after a suspected heatstroke during practice. the board says the commission is going to have a lot of time and independence so as to properly look into this program. a separate investigaon dealing with mcnair's death, that could wrap upext month. >>> another long-time presidential ally has been granted immunity. nbc news confirming that ally is allenwiselberg. they say he signed off on an invoice to the president's former attorney michael cohen. they say the invoice was reimbursement for hush money paid to stormy daniels. david pecker was also granted immunity. >>> president tcomp not enting on the developments, bupe he did sak at a republican fundraiser in ohio last night. he called for investigations into the former fbi director james comey. his c ementschoed tweets from earlier that morning directed at attorney generaleff sessions. the president demanding sessions investigate comey and called o conflicts of interest in the mueller investigation. >>> today marks one

in causing this death. >> reporter: bill murphy is the mcnair family attorney. he says coaches should have seen the warning signs. >> is this man suffering from the symptoms of heat stroke? the answer to that would have been yes, yes, yes. and he would have been taken into the training room and iced down. >> reporter: in june, the coach responded to news of mcnair's death. >> my heart is broken. it's not reasonable that a 19-year-old should pass away. >> reporter: but several current and former football players and staffers, including mcnair's family, believe a coaching style defined by intimidation is partly to blame. a cording to espn, there was often extreme verbal abuse. coaches would throw weights towards players. and some players claimed if a teammate was on the ground from exhaustion, staff would drag them off the ground and make them run. a player was once allegedly belittled for passing out during a drill. the mcnair family is now considering legal action. >> our suit is absolutely probable. the question is when are we going to do it. >> reporter: now,

it took him producers to be able to talk about the loss of jordan mcnair, so i think there is the culture there is the mind seth and we all can lead into it and encourage it because, of course, if you are buying season tickets, are you cheering your your team. there can be love of college football and sanity in terms of how we treat these players. >> is there any board crafting a plan or protocol for all universities to deal with this? >> no, there is not. i thought the penn state story broke the jerry sandusky stories, i thought we'd see people come together and say, okay, this is broken, we need to fix this that was all around the football program at penn state. no, never happened the ncaa tried to punish penn state, immediately people pushed back. i'm not throwing up my hands saying there was nothing to be done him i'm saying our leaders around the country, they seem to be reticent to do anything. maybe it takes a tragedy like this, this young man and his parents see him on tv, such wonderful people, you see their hurt, their pain, maybe it's jordan mcnair that reads that bell loud eno

jordan mcnair died in june after aea suspected stroke. his father now is against any talk of terminating the university president, dr. wallace lowe. lowe announced earlier that the university doeccept responsibility for mcnair's death. mcnair's father released a statemen that says in part, quote, it would be a complete shame if after such a display of decency and humanity dr. lowe were to be let go. wacency and transparency are the only paths f for our family, the university and its sports programs to heal a emerge as safe places for families tone trust their children. he goes on to say that dr. lowe's leadership is critical to this happening. the mcnairs did not talk about the team's head coach d.j. durkin who still remains on administrative leave. >>> a new plan for in the suburbs. a partnership that the local sheriff is forming withrs membe of his community. >>> and some maj you wanted to save on prescriptions... so you went online... and got so lost in a mumbo-jumbo of co-pays, coupons and codes that your brain went offline. next time

because it had been two months since jordan mcnair died. and so what some critics are saying is that it took that espn investigation into the culture of the kbrufuniversi of marylan that prompted the university to do what it should have done weeks and weeks ago. while the statements are very strong and unusual for the president to tak thisind of responsibility, some feel it's a little too late and it's sothing that should have been done immediately. >> and maybe we would nev have known about it if not for the espn investigation that uncovered this. >> this young man died two months ago, why is it this week that we heard from the univer bty? this is look and it impacts the university in ways we don't know yet. l> mcnair said he found out about the footb program from this investigation by espn. he and the athletic director who was a part of the football program at one point are both saying we didn't know. e question is that good enough to say you didn't know? therwas a kinf culture, and we have to wait until forst the ination to be completed.

mcnair's parents who appeared on boood morning america" have strong feelings durkin.ditioningth and coach has resigned. the head coach is on administrative leave. do you guys resign as well?d >> yes. absolutely. he shouldn't be able to work with anybody else's kid. you don't send your kid away to college, michael, you send your kid ay toollege for them to be dev yoped intong people, physically, emotionally, spiritually, and just teach our young kids, our young people that we worked so hard to get there to, hey,g i'm givy child to you. keep him safe. >> the university's president and aletic director met with mcnair's parents earlier this week. they andlogized said the university accepts, quote, legal and mor responsibility for thede 19-year-old'sh. >>> the fallout in the church sex abuse scandal rea es all the way to the vatican. reportter an explosi revealed hundreds of catholic priests in pennsylvania got away with abusing children for decades, pope francis has yet to address the crisis. for many, his silence is deafening. anne thompson reports. >> reporter: in his f

mcnair died in june after a suspected heat stroke.is dad is against any talk of terminating the school's president dr. waace lowe who announced earlier the university accepts responsibility for mcnair's dth. mcnair's father released a statement in part today. it would b a complete shame if after such a display ofeccy and humanity dr. lowe were to be letdeo. ncy and transparency are the nly path forward for our family, the university and its sports programs to heal and emerge as safe places fores famione trust their children. dr. lowe's leadership is critical to this happening. the father didn't mention theh coac d.j. durkin, who remains on administrative leave. >> pap smears could become a thing of th past forost women. there are new guidelines on screening for cervical cancer, and they wer released today. for the first time the u.s. preventive servicesce task is recommending a method f some women that does not include a pap smear. instead, women betweens the a of 30 and w65 are not at a high risk for cervical cancer can opt to be scr

apologizing to mcnair's parents.rents speaking out and said head coach durkin should be fired. >> he shouldn't be able to work with anybody else's kid. you don't send your kid away to college. you send them to college for them to be developed into young people. that is physically and emotionally and spiritually. teach our young kids that we worked hard to get there, hey, i'm giving my child to you. keep him safe. they did anything but that. of course he should be fired. >> durkin is on administrative leave while the school is investigating the circumstances around mcnair's death. espn reported that maryland football program had a toxic culture with verbal abuse and bullying and disregard for the players' well being. durkin has not commented on that report. tune in to "new day" when mcnair's parents will be on to speak about what happened to their son. >>> the nfl preseason continuing last night with a super bowl rematch with the eagles and patriots. eagles fans having fun trolling pats fans. a plane overhead with the

that is honoring our fallen friend, brother and teammate, jordan mcnair.top saying his name, the moment we begin to forget, his legacy will begin to fade. we plan to have his legacy live on forever. >> maryland's players say no one will wear 79 until 2021, which would have been the season after mcnair would have graduated. mcnair's locker will be encased in glass and they will wear the 7 decal on the back of their helmets this season. >>> hydra igh drama at the litt league world series last night. jansen kenty getting ahold of this one. all of his teammates go nuts, as good kenty's dad in the stands. he couldn't control himself he was so excited. running around. the game would go to extra innings. in the ninth, georgia pop out to right field. the umpire gets in the way. the winning run comes in to score for georgia. they win a thriller, 7-6 to stay alive. >>> mets and giants playing extra as well. the mets may need to go back to little league. two outs in the top of the 13th. the easy popup drops to the ground allowing the game-winning run to score. that p

thing honoring our friend and teammate jordan mcnair. the moment we stop saying his name, the moment we begin to forget, his legacy will fade. we plan to have his legacy live on forever. >> maryland's players say no one will wear the number 79 until 2021 which would have been the season after mcnair graduated. the locker will be encased in glass and the terps will wear details of 79 on the helmets. >>> the little league world series. georgia and texas. he gets a hold of this one for a game-tying two-one home run. all the kids start going nuts as does his dad in the stands. check him out. he starts running around everywhere. he could not control himself. the game would go to extras. in the 9th, georgia pops out. the umpire gets in the way. the winning run comes in to score. georgia wins to stay alive in little league world series. >>> mets and giants playing extras last night as well. the mets may need to go back to little league. two outs in the top of the 13th. rosario and smith collide. easy pop up. drops to the ground. allowing the ga

jordan mcnair died at a pract e practice. they called for the coach to be fired. >> absolutely. he shouldn't be able to work with anybodyelse's kids. you don't send your kid away to college, you send your kid away developed as young people, that's physically, emotionally, spiritually. they teach them. hey, i'm giving my child to you. did himself and they anything but that so of course he should be fired. >> umc president wallace low said on tuesday that the university accepts, alquote, l and moral responsibility for mcnair's death. >>> it took 12 years for the families of three missing women in d.c. to find out what happened to their love ones. they've been identified as murder victims after being missing in 2006. they want to know if their loved alive.ad been found we spoke with the family member of verdelle jefferson. she didn't wanter faceo be shown on camera but take a listen. >> it's hard when you can't -- when no one hears your vce basically. i don't think that the family was heard. >> the bodies were found in and abando building on wayne's place southeast. police are tryi

. >> player jordan mcnair died after collapsing on the field from heat stroke. now accusations of toxic and abusive coaching are plaguing the big tschool. >> let's get some new information now. bureau chief tracy wilkins is talking tonight to mcnair's family about his life and his school. >> i had just cut his hair that saturday before that friday a before he wey. never thought i would never see that boy alive again. >> reporter: william tarrant is hearroken over the death of his nephew, umd football player jordan mcnair. >> next tim saw him is when i was cutting his hair to get him ready for the epfuneral. >>ter: he's very clear on what happened to his 19-year-old nephew. >> the university of maryland killed my nephew. the training staff and peopl killedhim. >> reporter: mcnair suffered heat stroke during a may football practice at the university o maryland. two weeks later he died. the university of maryland has placed a fewcoaches, including the head coach d.j. durkin, on administrative leave. an attorney representing durkin's family called for him to be fire

he cites a preliminary autopsy report that shows mcnair die of heatstroke. he collapsed in may and died in june. seral members of the school's athletics department are now on administrative leave.nd >>> we're in storm team 4 weather alert mode with northern virginia and parts of u west virginer a flash flood watch until 11:00 p.m. u'ill tracking showers out there. see here with your first weather headline, you want to have the umbrella handy againow tomoith some scattered showers at times. a few isolated thunderstorms as well. we'll also get dry time, but for your monday, rain is really possible at any point. not the case ouesday. dry for the morning, midday, and early afternoon hours. then somete ay showers and thunderstorms will impact the area. it's finally completely dry out there on wednesday and thursday, but it is looking hot with higm atures around 90 degrees. here's the latest on storm team 4 rad s. i'rt you off with some of the heaviest rain continuing to fall around area, mechanicsville, and st. george island. you can see oranges and reds there. e

while no official cause of death has been released, a lawyer for mcnair's family says coaches showeda disregard for jordan's health. coach durkin and three other staffers, including strength and conditioning coach rick court, were suspended saturday, one day after an espn report detailed "a coachng environment based on fear and intimdation," including "extreme verbal abuse mant to player was "belitted after passing out during a drill." the university of maryland says it's investigating these charges, with athletic director damon evans saying "we must do better." elaine, durkin denied the charges in a letter to parents, saying safety is a daily priority. >> quijano: all right, tony dokoupil, thank you. we go inside the secret hiding place where removed confederate monuments are stored. >> quijano: last year's rally in charlottesville, virginia began as a protest against the removal a statue of confederate general robert e. lee. that statue still stands in charlottesville. other cities have removed confederate monuments, but as mark strassmann reports, they're finding that doesn't end

today, mcnair's dad, marty mcnair said in a statement that lo displayed decency and humanity last week. the family's attorney reiterated that feeling today. >> family feels very strongly mafter having with dr. lo that they appreciate his leadership and want it tot continue they think that is the clearest, strongest most efficient path to uncovering the facts. >> jordan mcnaiie in june after his family says he suffered a heat stroke weeks earlier during teamwork yous. several coaches including head football coach d.j. durkin now on paid leave pending an investigation. >>> an undocumented immigrant has been charged with killing tu iowa collegent molly tibbetts. during questioning with police with her death, christian rivera told detectives he remembers approachinn her, eve running beside her but allegedly tells police he became angry when she threatened to call 911. he said he blacked out and doesn't remember what happened next. >> i can just tell you that it seemed that he followed her and seemed toe drawn to her on that particular day. he for whatever reason, chose to abduct her. >> ri

that program under review in may when jordan mcnair collaps during practice. a preliminar taptopsy report shows he died of a heat stroke. his family says coach durkin should be fired. other members a on administrative leave, as well. >>> prosecutors in the paul m a manafort trial plan to rest their case. a trial weresume inco federal t in alexandria. >>> former white house aide omarosa kicked off her book tour on "meet the press" yesterday. >> she released a secret recording she made in the highly secure situation room in the white house the day she was fire s chief offf john kelly said he wanted to make her departure friendly a without any difficulty in the future. she said she was complicit in helping the white house deceive the country. >> i had a blind spot when it came to donald trump. i wanted to see the best in him and, obviously, i failed miserably. >> the white house says her book is full of lies. press secretary shara huckabee sanders called it blatant disregard for our security. you can hea more later on "tod "today" show. >>> federal investigators

because of the scrutiny from jordan mcnair's death. teammates have ce rward a said, there is a culture problem. it's toxic. there is a lot of verbal abuse, mockery, belittling of players. you cover a lot of college football. you've seen a lot of teams through the years. was it excessive in some way based on tports you've seen? what's different? >> if the espn report was true, and they were th ones who broke the story, then it was clearly excessive. there was emotional players who,0ñ didn't perform wo forced toer in the shower room. players who were forced -- who were overweight, they had to ea cars to humiliate them. players who were underweight had to eat until they threw . football is a macho sport. players are pushed and challenged, particularly by the stngth coach who they work with almost every day, even during the off season.st usuallength coaches are as close to the players as anybody on the staff, but there is a line. there is a line between pushing someone to do their best to get better to push themselves to the limit, and goi

an nvestigation into the program continues after the death of player jordan mcnair earlier this year. the memories of mcnair will bey clearl visible at fedex field during the teen's opener against kxas this weekend. the interim head coach has players lean on each other when times get toug >> we deal with grief differently. every player and person does and every famil does so we're never going to be done with that. it's not that we're asking for it to go away. >> mcnair died of a heat stroke after collapsing at football practice. maryland and texas kick off at noon saturday at ac. >> when we come right back on news 4, insults or an inadvertent mistake and w it has this man doing a reality. >> break from tradition. how how welcome guys! hi! you are gonna love the neighborhood! it's totally wired for fios. is that a good thing? good? fiber-optics can move crazy amounts of data at even crazier speeds. and fios is a 100% fiber-optic network, so you can stream, game, and watch 4k shows all at once. kid's right about that! see! we are gonna have so much fun here. 100% fiber-optic network. 10

the commission is looking into the program following the death of lineman jordan mcnair in june. he died two weeks after suffering a suspected heatstroke during practice the board of regents says the commission will have time and in pendence to thoroughly look into this program. a separate investigation dealing with mcnair' death is underway, and that could wrap up next month. >>> right now in montgomery county, a search for the man responsible for shooting someoni an apartment complex. this happened on lockwood drive in the white oak area yesterday afternoon. jackie bensen tells us investigators believe this not a random crime. >>> crime scene investigators from the montgomery county police department could be seen going in and out of the ground floor apartment hours. officers were called to the apartment in the 11500 block in the lock wood white's park area. they found a man with a gunshot wound to his upper body. the investigation appeared to be confined to the interior. video fromhopper 4 shows an area at the back of the apartment surrounded by yellow tape. k-9s were brought

school will take full responsibility for the death of football player jordan mcnair. at least for now, head coachj durkin is still the head coach. mcnair died from a heat stroke in june after collapsing during a foball workout in may. rick cou resigned over this. they apologized and said the university accepts, quote, legal and moral responsibility for his death. >> you entrusted jordan to our care. and he is never returning home agai >> head coach d.j. durkin and other assistant coaches are on paid leave following an espn report claiming widespread abuse in the proam. williamloh will investigate. >> metro leadership is lying and that it in fact did give special treatment to white supremacists during sunday's ute the right rally. supporters were given a trainseo themes and the train at the vienna metro station was marked special. furthermore, they were not given up. >> rallies here all the time. we understand that. we are a fir amendment rights city. but tre is no time that we have allowed any group to come an deens the t system. >> the union says it will hold a truth