meagan fitzgerald joins us tell us how this happened. >> reporter: pat, first i want to tell you a little bit about what neighbors are saying. they tell us this homeowner has lived here foreveral years. he has a total of four dogs that lived with him along with is fiancee inside this home just behind us here. everyone who encountered these gs said they were very friendly and they were never aggressive. but for some reason this morning police say one of those dogs snapped. >> i can't believe it. i can't believe it. i can't. i just don't understand it. i can't -- i don't know. like i said, i've never seen him even be aggressive. nothing. >> lori is one of several neighbors who are shocked o to fi that a dog who lived inom this he brutallyttacked the fiancee of its owner. policeay just after 7:00 thisg mornin drivers p passing by on highway 4 saw a dog viciously attacking something so they called 911. when police arrived, they found a dog of thego breed which looks similar to this image. its victim was-o a 28-ye woman. >> the trooper approached 9 scene and as he did so the dog stopped wt he

meagan fitzgerald, news 4. >>ri autes say the investigation into what caused the death of those brothers from silver spring could take several weeks. >>> if you called 911 from your , soon emergency services will be able to see exactly where you are apple says it will automatically share your location when you call for help. the new feature is part of the nepe iphone oting system. it's set to come out this fall. the feature will not give out more information than your phone already does. apple simply claims the location will be more accurate. one criticism, though. the information will only go to the 911 call center and not to individual responders. >> that's amazing. wherever you go it seems like they know where you areike in a small or restaurant. it just pops before you know it. >> they track you. >> they do. >> sometimes that can be a good thing, though? >> it can be a good thing. >> not all the time. >>re w all hot here and you've been tracking not record breaking temperatures. >> no, but the thing putting

if a tip leads to an indictment, someone could receive up to $45,000. >> meagan fitzgerald reporting live. >>> you hav until 8:00 tonight to get in line to vote in the district. ters will decide on several, but perhaps the most contentious decision is initiative 77 which nuld impact you if you don't live in the district. it would raise the minimum wage for workers including those who tips like servers and bartenders. sors restaurant wor oppose it concerned it could lead to more expensive meals andewer tips. count on news 4ouo bring the very latest results tonight at 11:00 and in the nbc washington app. >>> how to find teachers to fill classrooms. that's the dilemma facing a lot of school districts across theu y, including in prince george's county. they've got a job fair coming u. this thurs news 4 aimee cho has more on the county's growing need for educators. >> reporter: it's the start of summer. the last thing on most people's mines right now is school, as we speak, prince george's county school says they're working to get createe to m sure every classroom has a teher in the fall.

. >> meagan fitzgerald sat down with thehe m today. >> he was just 1 years old, but he and his dad w. >> he was just learning how to talk. he was very curious. >> reporter: his mom mary says he was also special. it's why they named him after a civil rights leader. >> we wanted him to have b a impact on his community, on the world. >> reporter: but he already made a big impact on his family. on june 13th of 2017, just days before hisbi seconhday, his mom dropped him off to this day care on 17th street in northeast before headingo work. not long after mary got a call from her husband. >> heei had rd a call from children's hospital that he had been in an accident and we rushed to the hospital. >> reporter: the ball he was playing with in the back yard of the day care went into this kiddie pool and he drowned while trying to grab it. >> it' i a pain tha don't wish on anyone and in my healing i wanted to do something to help other parents. >> reporter: the day care was never charged but no one saw him fall in.nt mo later mary started a nonprofit called parents against negligent day care.

news 4 meagan fitzgerald has reaction from neighbo after awa woman mauled by a family pet. >> neighbors tell us the dog would always come down to the edge of the driveway and was always friendly and never aggressive, but this around 7:00 this morning they say they heard sirens and first responders rushing to that pole right near the highway and were shocked to find out that dog had ansnapped. >> i believe it. i can't believe it. i can't. i justit don't understan >> neighbors are stunned. they say the dog who lived here was always friendly and that its owner knew how to handle dog zbls he juta >> he justed working with a canine. >> the owner is a prince george's county corrections officer who is training with the canine unit. gloria says the dog is a dogo which looks similar t this image. she says it lived here for several years with its owner his 28-year-old fiancee. >> never ever showed any aggressive or nothing. never. >> reporter: this morning that wasn't the case. marylaay state police the dog violateently attacked the owner's fiancee. a driver passing by saw the vicious encounter,

. >> reporter: i'm meagan fitzgerald where tsa officials expect today to be the busiest travel dayy've's what you need to know. arrive at the airport at least two hours early. parking and traffic around airports will likely be a lot busier than usual. >> we also have the construction project happening. >> we are trying to mitigate the traffic impact as much as we possibly can, for example, if you're a passenger being dropped off or ifbe you're going t picking someone up, we're offering people the opportunity to park for free for 50 minutes. >> as far as thosets aligna line concerned,haiey've fluctuated all day. be prepared to wait a little longer, but officials say they're ready for the rush to pefully make your holiday travel experience uneventful. >>> some dangerous heat movin in for our weekend. somara is back to tell us how long it will feel and how long it will. be with >> zeroing in on a suspect. how facial recognition technology helped police identify t allegedhe >>> the maryland analysis center ran that picture and that was able to identify thepi ure. we would have been much lo

news 4's meagan fitzgerald is in theiborhood in shaw with new information. >> reporter: according to police, this woman sta fire herself, inside her a presidentment. if you look behind me, fire officials say she lived here where you see this boarded up window. if youreook down he you'll notice other windows were knocked out because be ear told intense. was so it was a frightening evening on thursday for neighbors who live inside this apartment building in shaw. >> i was inhe bed when it happened. somebody knocking on my door telling me fire, fire, fire. >> reporter: julia wilson says she ran out when a neighbor knocked on her door. meanwhile firefighters rescued a woman who was inside this bottom floor unit, but according t a police report, that same woman stted the fire inside. >> she has had some issues. >> reporter: geraldine fields says she's knownhe woman who lives here for years and says she was dealing with several sersonal issues. field s she wasn't home when the fire started buttuhe rned home today. >> the fire department had to break my window because of the smoke. >> repor

news 4 meagan fitzgerald joins us with cser look at the crimes as police work to track down the suspect. >> reporter: police s this m was targeting women who were cleaning hotel rooms. one of the victims was 68 years old. she r worksht behind me here at the jefferson hotel. for nearly 20 years police have been searching for a man they say has terrorized women in cities thraghout the a including washington, d.c. investigators believe he looks like but they don't know who he is. >> between august of 1998 and february of 2006 there were a o series violent sexual assaults. >> reporter: many of those victims were hotel housekeepers. they were sexually assaulted while cleaning hotel rooms in silver springs, greenel arlington, here in the district. >> six of these attacks have been linked byna evidence to a single assailant. and there is suspicion that he may be involved additional incidents in the region. >> reporter: in may of 2003 a c housekeeperaning a room at the renaissance hotel in d.c. was sexually assaulted. at victim managed to take this ring from the suspect before he took off. this

. >> meagan fitzgerald, news 4. >> that day care provider lost its license for three years,ut again, no charges were ever filed. mary's nonprofit willold its first annual festival tomorrow son..c. to honor her you can find more information in our nbc washington app. >>> summer safety comes in different forms. before heading o to summer camp, exper with the association of camp nursing suggests children get a pre-camp physical. this will ensure that your child is healthy and upto date on all vaccines. of course,wi s before going to camp. don't forget the sunscreen. encourage your kid to actually put it on. i don't know how much sunscreen we're going to need this weekend. >> you're not going to hit the pole either. in fact,ou say we're already seeing some flooding in parts out there, right? >> yh. and i've reached out to folks on twitter, so if you are seeing ooding, please let me know. i love to talk about that. we're getting reports of flooding down around south and west of fredericksburg. getting reports of flooding in culpeper, warren. the temperatures on the cool we're in the 60s r

meagan fitzgerald is live in d.c. there is also something else similar about many of these crimes. tell us about that. >>> pat, that's exactly right. many of these victimsere housekeepers inside hotels and they were cleaning the rooms when they were attacked by this suspect. one of the victims was a 68-year-old woman. she worked behind me here at the jefferson hotel. this is the latest image of what police believe the so-called hotel rapist looks like. between 1998 and 2006 investigators say he terrorized women in virginia, d.c. and maryland. many of the victims sre targeted they were cleaning hotel rooms in silver springs, green belt, hyattsville. >> six of thesee attacks h been linked by dna evidence to a hngle assailant and there is suspicion that may be involved in eight additional incidents in the region. >> reporter: in may of 2003 a housekeeper cleaning a room at ie renaissance hotel d.c. was sexually assaulted. that victim makaged to this ring from the suspect before he took off. this red box cutter with debbie written on the side was used in another tack. >> d. currently h

news 4 meagan fitzgerald has their story. >> reporter: stokley andrews was just one year-old. >> he s just learning h to talk. he was very curious. >> reporter: his mom said he was also special. it's why they named him after civil rights leader stokley carmichael. >> we wanted him to have a big impact on his community, on the world. s> reporter: on june 13th of 2017, just d before his ay d g aar b cartheda by,efore mor a g lhetoin from her husband. >> he had received a call from children's hospital that stokley had been in an accident. >> the ball he was playing with in ohe back yard a day care went into this kiddie pool and he drowned while tryingo ab it. >> it's a pain that i don't wish on anyone and in my healing i wanted to do something to help other parents. >> months later mary started a nonprofit called parents against negligent day care. they educate parents onow to pick the right provider and remind them to never leave a child alone around a pool. the grief is still overwhelming, but mary says she comes here to her son's room to find peace. his life was short, but his family

news 4 meagan fitzgerald is monitoring the crowd at the airport. how busy?you know what, jim, i've got to tell you, it h been pleasant surprise for these travelers who were preparing for a mess. t we're seen some long lines. that was earlier today, but they were movingdi st. i want to show you what things look like now. it doesn't seem like it's the siest travel day. you can see the ts align behind me m ving alongy steadily. tsa officials also say we prepared for this day. traveling can be a headache, but seeing lines likeak this it more bearable. >> it was okay. >> reporter: tsa says they've increased their staffing across the country and plenty of employees are working overtime so traveling is as pleasant as b po. but even still, long lines should be expected even for tsa precheck travelers, although airport officials want everyone to be. prepar >> make sure you leave yourself enough time to get to the plane. >> i've got teme. >> repor time is something you want to have your side, especially here at reagan where construction is under way which is creating

defy going to be crowded, so your walk through security could be a very, very slowne one. 4 meagan fitzgerald with how things are look s looking so far. it doesn't really look all that bad behind you. >> you know, it isn't. everything you said, though, it's true. the tsa is saying today is expected to be the busiest travel day they've ever seen, but i'm going to step aside and see for yourself it really doesn't look that bad at this hour. i definitely want to emphasize that. there's really not much of a line. but if wein rew and go back earlier, lines extended beyond those res and all the way to that restaurant. >> i don't even know what to -- don't even knowhat to say right now. >> reporter: the stress of traveling on what's said to be the busiest d in tsa history hit some folks harder than others. >> well, the line , like, super long and i'm hoping i don't miss my flight. >> olivia has tsa precheck, but the line was a lotn longer t she expected. tsa officials said they're ready for the nearly three million travelers hitting thekies. they've maximized staffing and many agents are working ov

meagan fitzgerald joins us from the bay she talked to the investigators. >> reporter: that's exactlygh immediate natural resources police which is the lead investigator tell us that franklin and his brother roberto didn'tave life jacke on when they went out on the potomac. here's what they say happened. i want to step aside and draw your attention to the day marker you'll see? the distance. you'll notice it by the red triangle. investigators believe they crashed into one of those day markers and they went overboard. ch chopper 4 flying above the island of the location wherewo boaters were discovered sunday morning. maryland natural resources police captain brian rafkin says the men were fibbishing is the night. >> neither were wearing life dackets. it was. it was night. there may have been alcohol involved. >> reporter: the captain and his teamays this type of accident is a common occurrence even though they're constantly monitoringatheways making sure boaters have life jackets on board. he says 18 boaters have died in the last 18 months. nine of tse deaths occurred this year. no one w