this trial could last two months. >>> muriel bowser is opening up about her life as a newth .n with hoda kotb to talk about the experience. you can hea about her journey and her daughter coming up on the "today kwlg" show. >>> yesterday's hot temperatures forced an earlyisssal for every county school due to several problems with central cooling system. you can read about the issue in the nbc washington app. >>> there's a look at the ve-day forecast. good chance to download your app. you can track the heat index in your hometown. and you can track the rain chances and the cooler weather, just in time for the weekend. >>> and taking a look at the roads. 270 southbound, that falls in the main lanes. we have a delayf because the crash on the t.ri lo call. >> look at that. >> thank you. that's the news for today. we appreciate you waking uph us. >> the "today" show is next. we will see you in 25 minutes nyr weather and traffic and local news. >> that's a pretty picture. the sun is just angry. for top-quality floors at rock-bottom prices, there's no place like floor & decor. you'll

s mayor muriel bowser there's more to life than the climb. there's the view. you've gotta stop and look around a little. come. shed life's layers in asheville. asheville. discovery, inside and out. >>> hot and humid conditions continue across ourmrea. lso tracking the tropics. what's left of tropical storg gordon makts way into parts of arkansas. flash flood watches there. florence.tching we've been talking about it the last couple of days. it's now a categoryca hur. much more on the path that that one -- that coming up in about ten minutes. >> that has gained some steam there. e'ug, thank you. >>> new tonight, learned a local school district is considering additional safety measures after the death of a third grer. >> 9-year-old wesley was killed last may after he w caught between a mechanical door and the wall in the gym of his school. consumer investigative reporter susan hogan is in our newsroom with details you're only going to see here on news 4. susan? >> wendy,hhis is s heart breaking story. the 9-year-old was helping a teacher operate the motorized pa

mayor muriel bowser announced thatpt e had a a newborn and had become a mother. >> this morning she's opening up about the experience on the "today" show. she recently sat down with nbc's hoda kotb to talk about being a single mother with a busy schedule. >> come , hoda. >> oh, my god. i don't know who to hugt, fi the mayor. >> you look beautiful. thanks for coming. >> hi, littleone. >> this is miranda. she's looking forward to meeting you. >> at onl 14eeks old, miranda elizabeth bowser is already shaking up washington. >> she's yours. >> she's my > and giving mom, mayor muriel bowser, her most important job yet. >> you are running for re-election, you're running a major city. >> yes. >> you have a new ba. >> i do. >> how are you handling this avalanche of goodness? >> well, it couldn't be more perfect, i have to tell you. >> mayor bowser started the adoption process late lt year keeping it private from most family and friends. and then in ma she broke the news, she was a mom. >> did you always kind of picture youelf as a mom? did you see yourself that way when you were younger? >> i

mayor muriel bowsers surprised with the violence. >> dramatic,ra oous and it happened across the city. all non-randomacts. all people lely who knew each other. >> as of this morning there have been at least 119 homicides in d.c. that numbe has already surpassed all the killings in 2017 when there were 116. >>> it's 434. today the jury will begin deliberating in the case of avi inia man accused of killing his wife and a police officer who tried to help. he opened fire on thefficers wh responded to the scene. prince williams county oicer ashley winden was killed. it was her first day on the job. o other officers were hurt. hamilton's attorney argued hisu client snapped and didn't intend to kill anyone. if convicted of capital murder hamilton could face the death penalty. >>> these are the stories we're following for you today. four people are in the hospital after a head-on crash in dale city. it shows the fire that started seconds after impact. a silver chrysler jumped the median and slammed head on into the jeep. good samaritans ran in to help the passengers. all four people seriously

thre months o, mayor muriel bowser announced she was adopting a newborn and becoming a mom. >> mayor o bowserned up to the "today" show's hoda kotb about her bundle of joy but she talked to us first and w she's finally ready to introduce miranda to the world. >> reporter: this is the first time mayor bowser allowed news cameras to see her baby. >> we're settled in and miranda will be baptized on sunday. she'll have a party and then she's going back to being a normal baby, i bowser chose to hare her and miranda's story with the "today" show's hoda kotb. >> i enjoyed watching her on the "today" show. go to share how her story meant so muc me and a lot of women. >> there's a moment where that child is put in your arms.ha describe moment for me. >> i think the moment that really sticks out to me was literally looking down at miranda and those eyes looking back at me and knowing that i orwas her entire and when i had that feeling i knew we would be tonight forever. >> when she looked at you did you see? >> i saw my baby girl. ion had no hesita no -- the feeling was that it was going to be

. >>> mayor muriel bowser cut the ribbon on the secon of several new homeless slters for families across the district. she took a pretty surprise guest with her. >> one, two, three. >> reporter: the distrt took a big step toward closing the old d.c. general shelter for homeless families wednesday morning when mayor bowser cut the ribbon on the second of a series of smaller family based shelter. she showed up wit her adopted may b baby miranda. the district is opening similar family shelter across the city while the . while these new shelters will do away with the need for d.c. general, more than 470 families still remain living in hotels. bowser administration is working to move allho of families to permanent housing. in the district, mark seagraves. news >> that's a treat to see the baby, right? look at her. how adorable is she. the mayor adopted miranda back in may. she took a little time off. she's been talking about it. sheold hoda about the challenges of balanng work and life. we all know that. it's not easy. >> it's tough. and we're not the mor of.c. >> no, no. although, you know,

. >>> we want to go back live toy muriel bowser's pre conference. >> we want to give you a briefing on the very significant fire we had here i want t acknowledge the presence of the ward 6 council member charles allen. earlier today, there were calls for smoke at thisng buil they arrived to find a building actively involved in fire. this is a 162-unit apartment building for seniors. 161 occupied units. our firefighters, members of the united states marine corps and neighbors bunt into this ding to make sure that everyone could g out safely. we have scanned this building and we believe that everyone has gotten out of the building. the building management has also contacted all a tenants and tenants have been accounted for. fire and ems wil go back in tomorrow when it's safe to do so to continue the search of the building. i want to thank all of our fire and ems personnel who went into a very dangerous situation and made sure that our residents could get out safely. i'm going to ask chief dean to give you the operations briefing for how this depard.ent respon >> good evening. so, the fir

. >> look at the social media shoutouts from may muriel bowser about them telling them their future is bright and council member charles allen praising them f representing d.c. so well. >> keep it up. you're doing well. >>> the numbersre still coming in from alex's lemon aid stand. folks jumped in to buy the frozen ice. they raised 500 bucks selling lemon ice. it's raised $173,000. >> everyit le bit counts. >> and clarence goodman, aka ite chocolate. everybody calls him that. nobody knows him by his real name. he's even a bigger star at the wharf. p we him on tv the friday before labor day. that story resonated big. arence says jesselo tay has never opened early in the 43 years we were there. >> i brought my own table and chairs. >> you can sit out there, lay the newspaper out and be hagood >> day you didn't come back to work. ou stayed out there all morning. >> i was working, angie. and quick update, they're not getting a lot of business because of the storm. once the storm's over, sho the guy some love down there, buy some clams. >> order double. >>> 6:19. letting you know before you

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muriel bowser is august smiles on the "today" as she introduces the worldo baby miranda elizabeth. the mayor says she began the adoption process y late lastr after realizing that something was missing from her life. mayor bowser welcomes miranda to her >>mily. a single mom is a term that some peouse will shy away from. you have gone in head first and embraced >> the message that i hope to send is that families are made and n. all kiin all kinds of wa. and we should celebrate familyt in wr way children are loved. >> she is beautiful. hoda kotb did the interview. mayor bser says sherher emotion story helped inspire the mayor begin thept an process. >> what a cutie. >> she is beautiful. and mayor bowser looks just perfect holding her. >> she is beaming too. >>> a local s landmarkd, details behind the multi million dollar deal that could challenge and change theca lan in silver spring. s >> reporter: ae huge changes are coming to a bridge you may use every day for your t comme. i'll detail the work for you next.'m >>> and i tracking a hurricane out in the middle of the atlantic ocean,

s may muriel bowser is concerned about what's been happening all over the city. >> dramatic.geous. and it happened in different city.s across the all non-random acts. all people likely who kw each other. >> as of this morning there have been at least 119omicides in d.c. that number has alreadysu rpassed all of the killings in last year when there were 116. > take a look at this e.scen a man braved this fire and smoke to save four sangers from a ba crash in dal city. it happened yesterday on ridgefield road. witnesses say a silver chrysler jumped the mediannd slammed head on into the jeep. david ayello was driving a jeep. he went through the sun roof to pull the driver from the burning jeep. >> we tore down the jeep's sun roof to get him out a he was just completely hurt. so far he had a broken leg. the steering wheel was compressed on his chest. he couldn't breathe. i hope everyone is okay and everyone wants to go back homed every >> ayella was able to pull the driver out of theer chry firefighters rescued the trapped passenger. all four people wer seriously hurt and medivace

>> there she is, three months ago mayor muriel bowser announced she was adopting a newborn and becoming a mother. >> and earlier this week she opened up to the "today" show's hoda kotb about her bundl of joy. but before that, who else did she talk with? she w talked about she's finally ready to introduce miranda to the world. >> this is the first time mayor muriel bowser has allowed fuse cameras to see her new baby. >> now we're happy to kind of be out and we're settled in and miranda will beaptized on sunday. she'll have a little party and then she's going back to being a normal little baby. >> reporter: bowser chose to share her and miranda's story with the "today" show's hoda kotb after kotb talked about her journey of being a single mom with a bus schedule. >> i enjoyed watching her on the "today" show, gotow to share her story meant so much to me and a lot of women. >> there'st a mom where that child is put in your arms. describe that moment f me. >> i think the moment that really sticks out to meas literally looking down at miranda and tho -- just those eyes looking back at me and

washington, d.c., mayor muriel bowser, she's had a long and successful career in politics.adopted a baby girl back in may. she hasn't talked to anybody about it, but this week she did invite us to meet her brand-new daughter. >> come in, hoda! >> oh, my god. i don't know who to hug first, the mayor -- >> you look beautiful. thanks for coming. >> hi, little one! >> this is my baby, miranda. >> hi, little girl! >> she's looking forward to meeting you. >> at only 14 weeks old, miranda elizabeth bowser is already shaking up washington. she's yours. >> she's my baby. >> and giving mom, mayor muriel bowser, her most important job yet. you are running for re-election. >> yes. >> you're running a major city. >> yes. >> you have a new baby. >> i do. >> like, how are you handling this avalanche of goodness? >> well, it couldn't be more perfect, i have to tell you. >> mayor bowser started the adoption process late last year, keeping it private from most family and friends. and then in may, she broke the news. she was a mom. did you always kind of picture yourself as a mom? did you see

at least two different lists of residents and originally said everyone was accounted for.mayor muriel bowser's information, we already know one case, this case, where it didn't match up with what they said."once the man was found unidentified mayor's office staffer:"today they acknowledged that they had not laid eyes on him personally." the 74-year-old was taken to the hospital with non-life- threatening injuries.allen kilsheimer/structural engineer: "very lucky man." (catherine) the mayor says that search crews will do one more sweep of the building, to make sure no one else is there. (catherine) among the victims of hurricane florence.....stranded animals. hundreds of them.....cats, dogs, chicken and others......were left in rough conditions.(vicki) some survived...some did not. it's happening in robson county...north carolina. a community about two hours east of charlotte. animal rescuers there say they found hundreds of animals left behind at the storm...in unbearable conditions.

mayor muriel bowser says this in outraged community. the police chief, peter newsham, called this an unprovoked, attaery unsettling, very isolated in what he called a safe neighborhood. 35-year-old wendy martinez was an avid jogger. she was running tuesday night, west on "p street and at the intersection of 11th and "p" she was tabbed multipletimes. she came into the asian-american restaurant where cus in vain to save her. the suspect was captured on video. it appears that this was the same suspect we've been suwing n tv. he was wearing a very distinctive mustard-colored shirt and carrying a knife. we'll hear now from the mayor and police chief about today's -- about the arrest made yesterday. >> wendy's murder has been devastating to her family and friends. people in this neighborhood. and certainly damaging to all of our sses ofsafety. >> i live in this city. i think that it is unsettling for anyone who lives in this city to see something like this happen. is is a very isolated instance. you don't seee crimes l this very much, even du

. >> reporter: this is the first time mayor muriel bowser has allowed news cameras to see baby miranda elizabeth. the mayor admits to being caught off guard by all the interest in he and her new baby. >> i didn't think that peopled woeel personally touched. people have shared with me that they're adoptedr they're adoptive parent. >> reporter: bowser invited the "today" show's hoda kotb to meet miranda and talk about being a new mom. >> there is a moment where that child is put in your arms. deribe that moment for me. >> i think the moment that really sticks out to me was literally looking down at miranda and those just eyes looking back at me and knowing that i was her entire world. >> reporter: bowser has a nanny who helps to care for baby miranda while she's aut work also gets a lost of help from her family,er including parents. >> miranda spends one day a week with them. she's with them right now. they're very excited. >> reporter: the mayor has been working o a limited schedule this summer while the council is on recess but sheays that's about to end. > i've been criticized for not

. > mayor muriel bowser cut the ribbon on the second of several new homeless shelters for families openingcross the distmuct. the comty based family shelters will open over the next cw years, and it's a big step towardsing the old d.c. general shelter for homeless families. while these new shelters will do away with the need for d.c. general, more than 470 families still remain living in the bowser administration is working to t move allhose families to permanent housing. and mayor bowser took a surprise guest with her to the ribbon cutting. that is her daughter miranda. easy to see why she stole the show. mayor bowser announced in may she became a new mom through adoption. she says she brought miranda with her today so miranda could meet her ward four neighbors and see whahappens when a community comes together. >> she looks pretty. a little smile. >> that's a good baby. >>> bryce harper may have played his las game with the nats. so sad to imagine he'd be gone. >> last night he t k the field one more time this season against the miami marlins. before the game, he was recognized as nats p

. >>> three months ago, muriel boer announced she had adaopted a newborn and was amother. this is the first time that mayor bowser chose tohare her child with the dia. there's a moment where that child is put in your arms. describe that moment for >> the moment that sticks out to me is looking down at miranda and those eyes looking back at me and knowing i was her entire world. >> whatde a wul bond. excited to hear what she has to say. in our 6:00 hour, hoda will be joini u joining wit with a preview for the conversation with mor bowser. >>> why the sale of coffee and sandwiches may increase the me value of your >>> if you have the flu, you can be knocked out for days. but a game-changing drug promises to do just that. >>> thursday is here. it's no more than a c. minus today. unusably hot and humid temperatures. heat index is over 100 again this afternoon. it will nhi be hot tomorrow orver the o for tile, wood, and stone, come to the nationwide anw-price leader: floodecor. the prices are the lowest you will find. not only did we find lots of options, but we were like, oh my gosh, it's so affordable. it's affordab