we begin with meagan fitzgerald live on the crash approaching river road. meagan?> reporter: eun and aaron, this happened at 1:00 this morning. now that the sun is up, you can see better here what actually happened. that silver tractor-trailer tipped over on to the right shoulder of the northbound lane here. again, it happened around 1:00. crews have been out here for several hours trying to clean up this mess. want to show you video that we shot earlier showing you exactly whathe they were trying to off-load the contents of that tractor-trailer, which were hundreds of boxes of plastic bags that they were trying to push off into a dumpster. we're told crews are doing that so that they can pick this tractor-trailer up, put it on its wheels and haul it out of here. we're told that won't happen until 9:00 this morning. that's the important thing here. that's when they tell us that three lanes of the northbound 495 is going to be closed off while crews try and haul this tractor-trailer out of here. so anybody who can possibly avoid this area at 9:00, certainly advised

meagan fitzgerald, news 4. >>> i'm kristin wright at the live desk.maker mylan says it will make a generic version of the epipen and release it within the next few weeks. the generic version they say will cost $300 for that two pack which we've been telling you the drug maker raised to $600 over the past several years, prompting a lot of outrage everywhere. so some good news on that front. back to you. >>> all right. thank you. let's get right to chuck bell. 300,000-plus kids going back school today around here. >> get them on the bus. >> 179 days to summer vacation. you got to start that countdown early. outside is the good looking day for the first day of school. no rain to worry about across the area this morning. kids can leave the umbrellas at home. mostly sunny sky but man has it been warm. our fourth heat wave of the summer continues on into today, tomorrow, on into the middle of the week. august is still 4 1/2 degrees warmer than average and now still tied with august of 1980 for the warm he have august on record with a couple of hot days to f

meagan fitzgerald explains why. >> very scary.leep at night. >> reporter: it has been a week since life changed for the neighbors who live here. many are moving out. while other families like felicia are trying to figure out what to do next. >> this is the car that my son and i slept in. >> reporter: this car and a hotel has been where she and her family have stayed ever since that night. >> he said honey, honey, you need to get up. there's fire. >> reporter: felicia has nightmares, constantly thinking about the traumatic night she woke up to a fiery explosion yar yards away from her home. >> because all of us were so scared seeing what door to our neighbors. >> she and her husband come back only to get their belongings. they don't stay long. >> i told him, no. i can't do that. it's not time for me to do that. because i'm not sure what is going to happen. >> reporter: investigators haven't released a cause for what happened but say a gas leak hasn't been ruled out. it's why felicia said she's scared to cook and why she no longer f

news 4 megan fitzgerald is live this morning with more on the heated meeting with parents. meagan? >> reporter: parents were outrage, especially mom like shamika davis . she says her son managed to wonder from this play ground, make his way to branch avenue where he was eventually found, but she says nothing was ever done about that and that incident was never reported, and part of the reason the federal government took away that head start program because of allege abuse cases like davis 's that were never reported. the only incident they investigated was for a three-year-old who was forced to clean-up his own urine and teachers forcing students to hold objects over their head as punishment. when parents addressed the board for the first time at last night's board meeting, some accused them of criminal wrongdoing. >> the message sent every kay that the board cared, the vice chair, and ceo and any individuals who had full knowledge of that report remain in positions of employment and appointment saying prince george's county's children lives do not report. >>> they will continue to

. >> and i'm meagan fitzgerald. if you like a little steam outside, you are in for a treat.eam meteorologist tom kierein is standing by. good morning, tom. >> good morning. it has been a pleasant that's now gone and it's only moderately humid. temperatures are still comfortable. we're in the upper 70s to near 80 degrees now at 10:00 on this sunday morning. here's a live view from the storm team 4 reston camera overlooking the dulles tollway. you see a little bit of haze hanging in the air. temperatures by noontime, the mid 80s. lots of sunshine into the afternoon. haze afternoon. it's going to be getting hot. by 3:00, it will be hovering around 90 degrees. 3:00 to 4:00 p.m., by 6:00 p.m., down in the upper 80s. mid to late evening, back down to low 80s. we could use some rain. a look at our next rain chances is coming up in the next half hour. >>> right now, i want to tell you to avoid metro's yellow line. an emergency drill is under way there. service is fant flas za and pentagon station. it's simulating a derailment over the potomac river. they are going to practice rescue

news 4 meagan fitzgerald is live with more on what you can do in bethesda. >> reporter: good morning.t's the things a lot of us already know. wearing long sleeved shirts and pants and protecting exposed skin, but the temperatures we see in august not always practica practical. officials say use insect repellant. here's the issue. health experts say they are seeing mosquitos in prince george's and montgomery county that are testing positive for west nile virus. they confirmed one case, one person has been infected in the western part of maryland. so a lot of things that folks can do. if you've got some tires hanging around on the outside of your home collecting water, make sure you drain that water out and also say wading pools or trash can lids that might be upside down, flip those over and, of course, those baths thaw use for the birts - themselves, change those twice a week. get rid of standing water around your home or parks, that is a breeding ground for these mosquitos. it's certainly a way to try and prevent yourself from being infected. reporting in montgomery county, meagan fi

meagan fitzgerald is live in temple hills for us this morning. >> reporter: a lot of angry parents atast night's school board meeting. many folks waiting for months to address the board like the woman you just heard from whose four-year-old attended the elementary school here. he was on the play ground where he wandered off to branch avenue where he was eventually found. that incident wasn't that was part of the reason the feds took away the grant for the head start program. officials say they never knew about davis 's incident and it happened nearly a year ago. but they did investigate analogy incident involving a three-year-old who was forced to clean up his own urine when parents addressed the board the first time last night, they didn't mince words. >> the message sent every day that the board cared, the vice chair, the ceo and any individual that had full knowledge of that report remain in positions of employment and appointment is saying prince george's county children lives do not matter. >> reporter: now, despite that grant being taken away, the county says they still intend o

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news4's meagan fitzgerald is live outside overlook elementary in suitland to break down this story. >> reporter: yeah, aaron, the mother of a 4-year-old who used to go to this school said her son managed to wander away from the playground about a mile away before he was found. the mother reported it to school officials but nothing was done about it so a lot of parents attended last night's school board meeting where they sounded off, calling the actions of some board members reckless. heading back to school is supposed to be an exciting time of the year. >> she loves it. she looks forward to it. >> reporter: and so do a lot of kids. but for many prince george's county parents, that's not entirely the case. have a baby here. >> reporter: the concern is around the safety of students, after some school board officials were accused of not reporting alleged cases of child abuse in the county's federally funded headstart program. >> he went through the woods and probably got about a good eighth of a mile maybe away from the school. >> reporter: this woman says her 4-year-old son wandered aw

meagan fitzgerald, thank you so much. >>> coming up, new attacks from donald trump, why the republican candidate for president is now calling his opponent a bigot. >>> up next, women wearing full body swimsuits banned at this world famous beach. a look at who's fighting the ban not ready for the first day of school. the problem keeping the large dmount of ki >>> today france's highest court is deciding whether a ban on burquinis is illegal. several spots have banned the hijab or head covering, including these beaches in cannes. critics call it anti-muslim and discriminatory. the french prime minister says it's a symbol of the enslavement of women. the court will make a decision in the next two days. >>> new information following an attack at the american university of afghanistan. this morning the u.s. state department says they have no reports of any american citizens killed or seriously hurt. 14 people were killed in the attack at the school yesterday, including several students and police officers. two gunmen were also killed. the university has been closed until further notice. >>>

reporting on the national mall, meagan fitzgerald. >> thanks. >>> there's a party at the queens chapelber shop in hyattsville. the city was honoring the business for its 75 years operating at the same location. the shop has had four owners through the decades. >> thank you for making my family great and being a part of our family when you come here. >> one of the longtime barbers, 86-year-old sam benton, still lives in hyattsville. what a big day for them. congrats. >> like making history every time you get your hair cut there. cool. >>> its prices skyrocketed and stocks dropped. >> the last-ditch effort today by the makers of the epipen to quiet the outrage over price hikes on its lifesaving allergy injections. >>> then, all new at 6:00, the technical problems have been fixed, but the kmants keep coming in. -- complaints keep coming in. what a major utility company is telling customers after they got expensive bills and cutoff notices. >>> and our backpacks 4 kids phone-a-thon is wrapping up. call to don't -- call to donate. >>> the maker of epipen is responding to the outcry tonight

. >> good morning, everybody, i'm meagan fitzgerald in for angie goff. >>> tom kierein has the latest on our continuing heat wave. >>> good morning. i'm happy to report not as humid as it has been the last few days. we do have a little patchy fog in some of the rural areas starting off early on this sunday morning. we're a half ahour away from the sun rise. we've got a few clouds drifting over the metro area. sun will be breaking out and as the day progresses, we'll get increasing sunshine. temperatures are comfortable. we're down in the low to mid 60s, shenandoah valley, blue ridge and into the mountains. prince george's, montgomery, fairfax county, in the 60s. mid 70s right in town. right around the chesapeake bay, mid 70s. hour by hour, we'll jump up into the low 80s. mostly sunny. 2:00, upper 80s, near 90 by 3:00, 4:00. by 6:00, down to the upper 80s and 10:00 p.m., low 80s. a look at our week ahead. our next chances for rain is coming up in a few minutes. >> tom, thank you. now to a developing story in southeast. if you've been without hour for several hours, you might have to wa