you can head to the nbc washington app and search panda. >>> a young man was the 100th person murdered in the district, identified as antonio dean. someone shot him before 3:00 this morning. they found his body along stevens road in southeast. investigators have not released information on a possible suspect or a motive. and then, not long after that, police responded to the 101 homicide. police say kenneth watson is the gentleman in this case. kenneth watson junior, i should say, was found shot to death. police have no suspects. they're offering a $25,000 reward to anybody who can provide any type of information that leads to an arrest. >>> news 4 crunched the numbers and this is the fastest the district has reached 100 homicides since 2008. last year and in 2013, d.c. did not reach 100 murders until december. for a map of the homicides and information on the, quote, pray for d.c. hash tag, you can search homicide in our nbc washington app. >>> medical examiners will conduct an autopsy tomorrow on a man who died at the arlington county detention facility. officials say 48-year-old ant

. >>> we have more information on our nbc washington app, including a map that can tell you if undergroundwork is happening below you. just search d.c. big dig. >>> neighbors are calling the fire devastating. flames ripped through a row of buildings in harper's ferry business district. the fire broke out early thursday morning, damaging at least four buildings that house shops and apartments. for one shop, the vintage lady, all that remains is the sign outside. the building is gutted. the shop owner says it's a ploe -- blow to a tight-knit community. >> the best thing is that no one was hurt. but what this has done to the -- not just me personally, but to the fabric that is harper's ferry is just -- it's devastating. >> we're told that some of the heaviest flames were in an area with long wooden stairs. investigators say it's still too early to know what sparked the fire. >>> well, a civil war era home up for auction in frederick will be preserved as a museum. the nonprofit group asherman family foundation bought the house. according to the frederick news post, the winning bid was $200,000. du

we posted that whole list on the nbc washington app. but here's some of the highlights for you. in washington, the 2002 dodge caravan was the most stolen car. that was followed by the 1996 honda accord and 2000 jeep grand cherokee. the 2002 dodge caravan also topped the list of most stolen car in maryland. the 1997 honda accord and 2006 ford full sized pickup also had high theft numbers. the '97 accord moved to the top of the hiss in virginia followed by the full size pickup. the 2014 toyota camry was the third most stolen car in virginia. last year, national insurance crime bureau released that list. >>> maryland is the fourth worst state for driving according to bank rate.com. as you know, maryland had some of the longest commutes and the highest insurance costs. the good news is that maryland has a low deadly car crash rate. louisiana was the worst state in the country for drivers. >>> for first time in months blue bell ice cream will be back on some store shelves today. the company is rolling out the popular ice cream in stages with starting some stores in texas and alabama w

find that on our nbc washington website and the app. you can see the majority happened in southeast. with the overwhelmingly majority of the victims being men. also on that map, number of homicide investigations. one of those open investigations is the killing of 24-year-old antonio dean. someone shot him several times on stephens road southeast yesterday morning. a $25,000 reward is being offered for anyone who may have information on who did this. around the same time, kenneth wilson's body was discovered. he was shot on a 54th street northeast. a motive as not been released. a 63-year-old woman was woman. roosevelt robinson shot and killed loretta carswell on 18th street northeast around midday. robinson then barricaded himself inside that same house. then a standoff lasted more than 24 hours later. news4's derrick ward has more. >> reporter: it appears to have ended peacefully after a nearly 30 hour standoff. a suspect handcuffed and placed into the ambulance. but it began violently. it started with the shooting. 63-year-old loretta

so here is a look at at future weather, i do want to remind everybody, down loetd nbc weather app, nbc washingtonalso doug and i were talking back and he is going to keep a look at this as we continue through the evening, because you can see we are dry tomorrow morning, but watch as we get into tomorrow afternoon. we are still calling for some isolated storms but a chance quo have a few, he is going to update the forecast as he sees fit for the 11:00 and as we get through the rest of the evening. better chance of storms on wednesday as well. it is going to be hot and humid if you're going to exercise tomorrow, hot and humid the rest of this workweek, increasing chances of showers and storms, maybe a few friday morning, a cold front moving through, the and the weekend, saturday looks good, as humidity starts to drop, another chance of storms on sunday and monday. >> thanks, lauren. >>> it is something many of us use every day and aaa says thieves are once again trying to target e-zpass customers. the auto club says thieves are sending bogus e-mails about unpaid tolls and they say it's a phishing s

you can get it on your nbc washington app. if you haven't downloaded it, you'll want to do that. >>> an all-out search for a cop killer. detectives are looking for a man that approached a sheriff's deputy from behind last night, shot him and kept on firing once the deputy fell to the ground. he served 10 years with the sheriff's office near houston. he was filling up his car at a gas station when he was shot. >>> a state of emergency in florida as tropical storm erika's path continues to fluctuate. right now, the storm as you can see here, about to make land fall in cuba. it passed through the dominican republic and haiti overnight. the prime minister says 20 people died after the storm hit. he said hundreds of homes, bridges, roads destroyed setting back the country some 20 years because of landslides, mudslides and flooding. rescue workers still trying to reach some communities. >>> for a closer look at the storm track, we want to send things to amelia segal. >> good morning. if you have been following erika, you know foreca

just down the load the nbc washington app. news 4 "this week" will be right back. >>> historic congressional cemetery in the district looked a little more like a zoo this week. about 30 dairy goats grazed in pens outside the burial areas. they get rid of invasive species including vines and poison ivy. all that chomping and chewing eliminates the need for chemicals. among those buried at congressional cemetery, j. edge jar ho edgar hoover and phillip souza. for more, head on onto to nbc washington and download the app. >>> you may have seen the crowds during your morning commute. possibly. hundreds of people turned out at the georgetown water front to run a 5-k with comedian kevin hart. the actor who this in town for a show, put on the run with the nike run club to promote healthy living. hart told the crowd it didn't matter if they ran, if they jog or if they walk, as long as they got through it. after leading the run, hart waited at the finish line to give a high five to everyone who took part. >>> stood on top of an office

more information on how to donate on the nbc washington app. as always one of our favorite convenients to put on every single year, it is wonderful to just everybody as a community be able to do their part, just do a little bit to make sure that all of our kids get off on the right start, have the pens, pencils, paper they need. >> heading back to school, such an excitement around it. >> of course. >> the good news is the weather is cooperating, a non-issue this week, so the families can focus on making sure the kids are getting to and from school just fine, getting that homework done. it was beautiful this weekend. i hope you got outside to enjoy t plenty of sunshine. comfortable humidity. tomorrow, the warmest day of the workweek, a bit humid as well. there is a chance of some rain tomorrow night for everybody, but it's pretty low about 30%, maybe a few embedded thunderstorms. going to be a weak cold front that moves through. that cold front clears out the humidity, not just for tuesday, but we will continue to track low humidity and plenty o

you can stay with the nbc washington app to get the very latest. erika, back to you. mark segraves, thank you so much. >>> as extra police flood the streets of d.c. this weekend, the police union is asking officers if they have confidence in their boss, chief cathy lanier. officers had until 6 p.m. to answer the online poll. we are working to find out the results. the question, do officers have confidence in lanier's ability to manage the department's resources and keep residents safe as the city grapples with a spike in violence. the chief and union have become increasingly at odds over a solution. >>> an emotional memorial service today for the two journalists killed in an on-air ambush in roanoke. family, friends, colleagues and community leaders came together at a church in roanoke to remember reporter alison parker and photographer, adam ward. some of the mourners were able to laugh through their tears as they watched a video montage of ward and parker. wdbj station manager, jeff marks, spoke about the pair's positive affect on everybody around them. >> adam and

washington, melissa millay, news 4. >> that's pretty amazing. well, you can join wendy this morning, as nbc 4 clears the shelters. two to the nbc washington appor tons of resources on our adoption campaign, plus, these tips to keep your pet safe and we have everything that you need, so that you can adopt a pet. just search clear the shelters. >>> well, they are some of the most impressive athletes on tv today. and six local men are headed to las vegas in hopes of becoming the first american ninja warrior. we'll show you their runs, coming up. softer, smoother skin after just one shower? dove body wash with a breakthrough formula. just one shower gives you softer, smoother skin. my skin is really silky smooth. dove body wash. softer, smoother skin after just one shower. >>> a dangerous game catching on around the world is now showing up here in our area. daredeviling leap from rooftop to rooftop, and other structures, like the folks you see in this youtube video. it's called free running. some georgetu town neighbors sa they see these runners around. >> they quickly admitted they were doing free running, which was running around on buildings a

nbc washington or our app is your one stop shop for everything you need to know.'t forget to snap a photo of your kids at the bus stop. >> "meet the press" right after this with chu >>> this sunday, the trump effect. when donald trump talks -- >> make america great again. >> -- the rest of the republican field listens. >> with your help, we can make this country great again. >> how donald trump is setting the agenda for the gop campaign. >>> also, hillary fights back. >> i'm not running for my husband's third term and i'm not running for president obama's third term. i'm running for my first term. >> hillary clinton letting joe biden know just how tough it will be for the vice president to jump in. >> the latest polls out of iowa. where things stand this morning will surprise you. >>> where have you gone, scott walker? expected to be a front-runner at this point. he's been lagging in the polls. can he make a comeback? scott walker joins me.

we sent you the news with an alert on the nbc washington app. we streamed the post birth zoo news conference live. darcie spencer joins us with all the excitement. darcie? >> that's right. the little cup is spending its first night here at the national zoo with its mom, if you're like me, you've been glued to the panda cam all night, you can't get enough of watching this little cub with his mom, unfortunately, the cam has gone down at different times today. the zoo officials addressed that at the press conference saying so many people are logging on from all across the world, they've had a hard time keeping the cameras up. i can tell you watching the camera, this little cub is active. you can hear the newborn cub squeaking on the panda cam. >> amazing. there's no other word for it, because there is nothing really to describe watching a baby panda. >> i've waited 44 years. >> people from all across the world were watching on the panda cam as she gave birth to the tiny cub inside her den at the national zoo. the zoo team says it's exciting. >> we'

check out the nbc washington app to see what's new. and we'll tell you all about the good things that are happening for back to school. how about that? >>> 6:15. a developing story in prince william county. firefighters there trying to figure out what sparked the flames at an apartment complex in lake ridge. the fire tore through the building along meandering way just before midnight. meagan fitzgerald joining us live from the scene. what's happening now? >> reporter: well, crews have remained on scene since that call came in at 11:45 last night. you can see they taped off the area behind us. secured the area. we're told they'll start their investigation in a matter of minutes now. if you look up here, you can see how that fire just tore through that unit there. investigators tell us it was behind that top floor unit they believe the fire started. now, we want to show you some pictures that were on the facebook page of the fire department. you can see flames shooting out of the roof. we are told the fire was able to be contained to one

we are putting everything we learned about the little ones on the nbc washington app right now. they're the size of sticks of butter right now. so we have two sticks of butter. we have news4's derrick ward live at the national zoo where they say everybody is excited. but you're hearing from officials and they're very cautious too, right? >> reporter: yeah, it's an important time. it's a relatively rare event and a critical time now. the first birth happened yesterday at about 5:30. then by 10:07 actually, they saw that there was another cub. so they're ecstatic about this. this means the beginning of a critical period. this has only happened twice before in the u.s. actually, lingling was a twin and they have to be careful now. let's hear from the chief veterinarian. >> -- maternal care, they have next to no fur. they're not able to thermoregulate very well. they need to constantly will receiving some calories and some fuel. >> reporter: so to take care of that, what they're going to be doing is periodically switching out the cub that is if mei xiang allows them to. that's the v

we have put the entire list of restaurants on the nbc washington app. so if there's some place you're thinking of trying and it's pricey, now is your chance. >> when it comes to dining, so this is the perfect excuse. we made it so easy you can just go to the app, aaron, book your table right there. it's that easy. no excuses. >> all right. finish this up. >>> all right, you want me to? it's your turn now. >> 6:26. a military drill comes to one local community. >> what you hear and see could be intense. molette? >> reporter: yeah, back to school before labor day. details on the new program that has alarm clocks sounding right now for first day of school. >>> plus, a disturbing shooting where anyone could have been hit by gunfire. the new details we learned overnight about violence at a loca >>> it's 6:30 and metro's week is off to a bad start. right as its newest train was ready to make its debut, one of the old ones got in the way. >> yeah, it's causing some monday morning headaches. we want to get straight to melissa mollet now with an update on this b

nbc washington swag. download our nbc washington app for a chance to win a mini cooper. we have it here at the fair it is awesome. so many great events going on. reggie rice the comedian, jurassic kingdom, the big bear show, so many fun things going on here. when you're not going to the fair this weekend, head to the pool. great pool weather, tomorrow, sunday, into monday. now on sunday, vj talking about changes, notice the humidity moving into the area. monday, talking about muggy conditions. a six-day heat wave starts on saturday, it continues on into the week, but fair plans, weather certainly cooperating, most days, not a lot of storm chances, just going to be talking about the heat and the return of the humidity. here at the fair on saturday, temperatures around 89 degrees. sunday here at the prince william county fair, the largest county fair in virginia, temperature around 91 degrees. so definitely going to be hot, vj. people bring their water, should be just fine. >> and we have got a couple of different fairs that are going to be taking place, you have got howar

nbc win this mini cooper. all you have do is go to the app store, google play and download our nbc washington app. there, of course, you can get the latest weathera2c;p forecas when you're checking it out, you will notice a bunch of 90s on the board. looking at six-day heat wave that starts tomorrow and continues on into the upcoming week. despite the heat though the weather having a relatively low impact on your day tomorrow, plenty of sunshine once again, the humidity is still on the low side. temperature right now at 87 degrees and heading out this evening, it is going to be nice and with low humidity and lack of cloud cover, temperatures drop quickly once the sun goes down, especially in the more rural areas. out here at the fair, refreshing later on tonight, as you look at our hour by hour temperatures across-the-board. 7:00, temperatures 84 by 9. 11 p.m., temperatures mid-70s. walking the dog tonight, really refreshing, great night to have dinner al fresco as well. now, looking at the humidity, it is a little bit uncomfortable this weekend but certainly manageable for washington standards. o

our coverage of this on-air ambush continues on the nbc washington app.invite you to go there and read more about the victims, alison parker and adam ward. >>> police released the picture of a suspect in the assault of a 12-year-old girl. this happened late friday night at the walmart on suddenly road in manassas near the wall. prince william county police say this man touched the girl inappropriately while she was shopping. she alerted another shopper who then called police. if you recognize this man here, call police. >>> this newly released photo shows prince george's county firefighters using ladders to rescue residents from a burning apartment building. the fire started around midnight on the top floor of the complex on 68th place in landover hills. people couldn't use the front doors to get out. at least three people were trapped and had to be rescued from their rear balconies. nobody was hurt and no word yet on the cause of the fire. >>> one of the nation's largest retailers plans to stop selling some high-powered rifles, but the reason here, now t

all you need is the nbc washington app. download that. >>> developing right now, an all-out search for a cop killer. detectives are looking for a man they say approached a sheriff's deputy from behind last night, shot him and kept firing once he fell to the ground. deputy darren goforth served ten years. he was filling up his car at a gas station when he was shot. >>> we just heard from amelia mentioning a few minutes ago, erika downgraded to a tropical depression.!4sxs despite that, a state of emergency in effect for florida as the storm continues to fluctuate. itis about to make land fall over cuba. overnight, it passed through dominican republic and haiti. meanwhile, the prime minister said 20 people died after erika hit. hundreds of homes, bridge, roads all destroyed. he estimates it sets the country back some 20 years because of landslides, mudslides, heavy flooding. because of what you see there, rescue workers -- you may remember watching some of these scenes. you saw them on your tv play out. gayle force winds, so m

you can always download our nbc washington app. you can get the radar there in the palm of your hand. if you are heading out this evening, you can track the rain moving through. i am starting to see some very heavy rain develop mainly to the east of i-95 impacting parts of southern maryland generally moving north/northeast ward. this moving out, not impacting the district. walkersville, right around the noontime air dwra. the real reaction will happen this evening when this cold front pushes through the area from about 5:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. high temperature of 86 degrees. that will hit at 3:00 p.m. through the evening hours. temperatures hang around in the 80s. another check at future weather coming up in about ten minutes >>> developing out west right now, wildfires raging outwest have forced hundreds of people from their homes. >> several firefighters are recovering from injuries. three firefighters have died. nbc's leanne gregg has the latest op th latest on this developing story. leanne. >> reporter: it is with a heavy heart f

we posted that number to call in the nbc washington app. >>> it's a beautiful day out there. it is a little on the hazy side but we're not seeing any rain. but overlooking our live tower camera over the nbc studios. it is a little on the hazy side. temperatures right now. we've stuck in the 80s. we're going to be stuck in the 90s as we get into the afternoon. 85 is the temperature in d.c. college park coming in at 88. loudoun county up to 90 degrees. well on our way to a warm forecast. not only today but for the rest of this workweek. i do believe we're going to be in the mid 90s today with plenty of sun shine but with the muhammad humidity, close to 100 degrees. >>> the white house just unveiled a new initiative to fight heroin use in the u.s. by speeding up how quickly public health data is shared among agencies. they will track where heroin is coming from, street level sales and where treatment is mostly needed. d.c. and baltimore are among the 15 areas where this program will be tested between 2001 and 2013, there are reports of a five-fold increase in the number of death

a good time to download the nbc washington app. >> right now, we want to go to the weather and we have storm team 4 meteorologist lauren rickets joining us. >> this could be a nice weekend. >> i think it is. it's going to be a nice workweek as we continue through the end of august. looking good out there, it is chilly. the sun comes up in about 25 minutes or so. temperatures across the region, kind of a crisp morning out there. 65 here in the district. once you head outside, that's where you are finding this. yeah, it's really nice out there. go ahead and open up the windows if you haven't done so already. in terms of the morning planner, temperatures that are going to be very nice. head to the farm market, looking good. at 6:00 a.m., the temperatures in the mid to upper 60s. looking good through mid-morning. the temperatures warming up into the 80s right now. we are going to have that seven day coming up and let you know if we have rain chances. guys. >> looking forward to thachlt. >> a homicide developing overnight. a man is dead

and we have a lot more content right now on our nbc washington app tonight, including a story from ourr station in the san francisco bay area with more about vester flanagan's background. >>> some breaking news right now in fairfax county. not far from mt. vernon. police and fire crews are searching the area around little hunting creek where there had been reports of a teen going into the water, and he hasn't been seen since. news4 shomari stone just got to the scene. shomari, what can you tell us? >> well we know that this teen is 16 years old. his family sought here, and they are desperately waiting to find out if crews are going to find him tonight. they continue to search. let me move right out of the way. you see all the bright lights and police cars there is a fire engine over there. right now authorities are working together. we are near the george washington parkway and stratford lane. let's roll you some chopper 4 aerials right now. three hours ago, the 16-year-old goes in the water. he is out here with his friends. he was last seen near a buoy in the channel near the potomac.

you can see it on the nbc washington app and click on investigations. >> you can get the weather on the nbc weather app. we have amelia now live in person. >> you're doing the live facebook stream. >> we are. go to our facebook page. we're live and we're showing you behind the scenes. >> i saw somebody ask about the weather. and there you can see her phone set up. ask about the weather at the nats game today. it will be humid there. right now, i'm tracking a lot of clouds mid and high level clouds across the area. i think these are going to thin out as we get into the midday and early afternoon hours, providing some sunshine. but overall, it's looking like we'll have more clouds and sun today. yesterday, was really nice. we had lots of sunshine. it was very comfortable outside. here you can see the latest satellite and radar image. the clouds streaming in from the south and the west. they're bringing in higher humidity. higher humidity not only today, but the entire workweek as well. having a pretty low impact on your day. try conditions for most of us. there's a chance of late day show

we put a link to that on the nbc washington app. we did check for you this morning, it's only raised about $190 so far. >>> well, a father facing murder charges for the death of his 5 week old son. police arrested 28-year-old robert smith sr. yesterday. news4 cameras were there when police responded to the home on 9th street northwest. it was for an unconscious baby at the time and the child's death we're told was suspicious. the infant died from blunt force injuries. >>> closing arguments start in a few hours in the case of a white north carolina police officer. officer randall kerik faces voluntary manslaughter charges. the officer didn't need to kill jonathan ferrell they say in 2014. they say he feared for his life when he responded to the breaking and entering call. >>> new debate this morning over how to keep the six police officers who face charges in the death of freddie gray. he died in april after a spinal injury he somehow got during this arrest. now "the baltimore sun" reports that a defense attorney for one of the offic

get a look inside in our nbc washington app. just click on investigations. >>> new tonight, d.c. police chief cathy lanier said tips from the public and good police work are hoping to close some of the city's open murder cases. police made three arrests for homicide in the last 24 hours. the most recent case just this past saturday. it was near howard university. chief lanier is urging people to continue sending those anonymous tips, and to engage with officers in your neighborhoods. >> i will not be shouted down because i'm telling the truth. >> meanwhile, a small group of protesters tried to interrupt mayor muriel bowser this morning while she was announcing her plan to fight the rise in murders in the district. protesters with the black lives matter movement say they fear a police crackdown on poor communities. bowser specifically denied reports that police would enter homes searching for guns. >>> president obama is back in the district tonight. he spent the day in new orleans marking ten years since hurricane katrina hit. thousands of people lost their homes. many lost their

we're posting these on nbc washington app. as we're getting back to school, you might need an umbrella. right now getting showers in central parts of ohio and kentucky. this is the main front arriving later on today giving us heavy downpours. near annapolis, moderate rain. it's pulling across the bay and pulling away from the metro area. we have some damp roads and we have the threat of high water late tonight. as we get the heavy downpours all the areas in green, much of montgomery county, nearby suburbs, prince george's, southern howard under the flash flood watch. virginia around the metro area we could get an inch or more or two inches in a short amount of time. that can cause problems with high water. the main storm activity doesn't get going until 4:00 or 5:00 p.m. the timing hour by hour is around 7:00 p.m. our western northern suburbs. in washington, by 7:30, 8:00 and then pulling into the eastern suburbs by 8:30. right near fedex field, some showers and thunder and lightning can interrupt the game. by 11:00 pulling ac

you can down load more from the nbc washington app. >>> d.c.'s mayor is expected to ask for more power to fight crime in the district. mayor muriel bowser took her plan to council members yesterday. and she'll make it public today at 10:30. part of the plan is to allow police to search and detain people who are on probation for violent and gun related crimes. 45% of suspects arrested for murder this year had a prior gun charge. 103 people have been killed on the streets of d.c. so far this year. >>> today, prince william county students and teachers will remember a fallen hero. the chris young school opens on monday. chris young was killed in a motorcycle crash in 2012 while he was working. young's family is expected at today's event. >>> we are waiting to hear whether the washington monument will open today after another elevator problem. here's a live look at the national mall there and the monument in the middle. hard to miss it. it closed yesterday after the elevator broke down. no one was in it, but 23 people were at the top of the monument

we sent an alert out to our nbc washington app earlier this month, when he was found guilty but spared from the death penalty. we expect the judge will formally give holmes the sentence. life without the possibility of parole. >>> this just in to the live desk. officials say the three stopped what could have been a bloodbath. u.s. airmen stone, anthony sadler and a national guardsman just spoke at a news conference. this after the french president gave them the highest citizen effort. the three men said they relied on their gut instinct when they took down a heavily armed man on a speeding train in belgium. authorities also saying that the suspect is an islamic extremist and may have spent time in syria. we'll bring you more as we get it. >>> all right. the kids will be getting free rides on metro. mayor muriel bowser expanded the free metrobus ride program for d.c. students to include the train. three says this allows -- she says this allows the students to save some money. they have to scan the d.c. one fare at the gate. >>> for all of you headed back to school, show us your scholars

be sure to download our nbc washington app for the latest information. rting at the national zoo, meagan fitzgerald, news4. >> and of course, bao bao, the last little cub born here in washington, is -- we have posted our top ten bao bao moments on our nbc washington app. just search bao bao. >>> that is not the only story we are covering. got few developing stories in the works, including two men who brought real weapons to a video game tournament. how police foiled a possible massacre at the pokemon world championship. >>> the fallout from the ashley madison hacking scandal reaching new lows. now police stay is costing some people their lives. >>> glass shah regards in baby wipes? >>> right now, we continue to work that breaking news story we told you about at this hour. one person has been shot in centreville. this is cool oak rain, just off i-66 and route 29. and these are live pictures from chopper4. police say they do have one person in custody. we are hearing the victim was shot three times, has been taken to the hospital and we are making some call

today, we are pushing out breaking alerts on the nbc washington app all evening long.ur facebook page to leave condolences for the victims. >>> i'm mark segraves in the district where mayor bowser spent today briefing council members about her new crime plan. after a fire alarm went off at city hall, the mayor brought them here to a local restaurant to brief them on what she is going to tell the public tomorrow that she wants to give more authority to police to search and detain people on probation or parole that have already been arrested for violent crimes and she has a plan to put what she calls a mobile force of more than 70 officers dedicated just to violent crimes out on the streets. coming up, you'll hear from police and council members what they think about this new plan. in the district, mark segraves, news4. >>> i'm darcy spencer in downtown washington. an emergency shutoff switch on metro buses that's supposed to be there for safety may actually be making these buses more vulnerable to potential criminals. officials confirm on at least a couple of occasions,

we have the list of locations on our nbc washington app for you. >>> this morning as you're dragging the kids out of bed and packing the lunches we want to let you know what is happening for the first day of school. news4's molette green is live at brook land middle school with more on changes for the coming school year. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, eun. i want you to check something out first here at brookline middle school. something striking. chuck bell will get a kick out of this. look at this art design that sits outside this newly renovated school. the lights look like rain drops and etched in the design are weather or climate terms like groundwater, condensation. it's pretty cool. it's well lit outside this brand-new building. nearly $60 million to build this site. they're still working on a few other things but beautiful inside. we had a chance to talk to the security company working out here this morning. watching over this. dcps takes over at 7:00 a.m. and on the first day back, you can expect to see the mayor, muriel bowser, and the school chancellor out greeti

we'll post the latest online and on nbc washington app. here's your seven day forecast. 80s today and tomorrow. then back into the 90s. the only real chance for rain in the seven day as of now is monday. we'll have to see if we get moisture from erika next week. that's the forecast. now time for a check on traffic with melissa mollet. >>> good morning. we are talking about the center lanes as you pass franconia springfield parkway, some volume. that's where we have the crash at this point this morning so it's going to be an issue for you if you're headed northbound until they get that out of the way. also this problem in lovettsville. route 15, we have the road closed in both directions. that could be some time. it is a semi that's on its side, so it will time some time to get that righted and out of the way. no problems on the beltway, looking quite good this morning. 66, as you're headed into town, then into centreville, slow and it opens up after that. as you head outbound here, nice and green. no big problems here. southbound parkway t

go to the nbc washington app for a list of all the dates and times that the schools start up again. of course, you can share your back to school photos on twitter and facebook as well. >>> developing in prince george's county, police are looking for a killer who they say shot a man at a rec center. we learned hours ago that j.r. franklin died. potentially hundreds of people were at the bradbury recreation center when a man shot franklin yesterday. that happened in the parking lot. the police are working this case. >>> a small bouquet of flowers now marks the spot where a university graduate died. someone shot matthew shlonsky near the metro station. it seems that shlonsky was just walking down the street and he was caught up in the shooting. he was on his way to meet a fraternity brother when someone started firing. >> he was a good person and he didn't deserve something like this. but you never expected it to happen to somebody you know. so it did. >> police say that the shooter was driving a burgundy chrysler with a maryland license plate. shlonsky graduated from a.u. last year an

download our nbc washington app. it will give you the latest tomorrow if you are heading out.pack the poncho just in case. heavy rain is possible, even during the game. it will not rain the entire game, but i do think those guys could be dealing with some wet fields out there, so, that could give us a little bit more of a test. 85 in leesburg, 89 down toward the fredericksburg area. most temperatures into the upper 80s again tomorrow. so, rather humid as we move on through the area. 87 on your friday, look at the next couple of day tomorrow, the chance of storms, then friday, saturday and sunday, beautiful, nice weather each day and it lasts all the way through next week. hot and humid on monday, look at those numbers. not too bad. >> very nice. >>> and now at 5:00, a barn explodes in southern maryland. firefighters in harm's watch we will tell you what we found when we return to the scene. >>> sweating it out on metro? you are not the only one y some stations are sweltering and what metro says went wrong. >>> and d.c.'s mayor talking about the violent sumner our city and what

if you are planning to attend, we posted a link on our nbc washington app now to help you get around. search papal visit. wendy? >>> some know her as the golden girl. we know her as bethesda's own, talking about katie la deck kirk the huge olympic debut in 2012 games she made now she is literally smashing records ahead of rio. news4's angie goff call the with the phenom in new york this morning as ledecky made her debut own the "today" show. >> reporter: here in the big.le we call the up with the swimming champ who has quickly become the one to watch in the water. from historymaker in the pool to fan favorite on the today show plaza, these days, anywhere katie ledecky goes or swims, she wins. >> the most i have ever had on. >> reporter: behind the hardware, a heart of a champion that dominated the world meet in russia. five metals, set three world record smashed some of your own records, won your long distance race, owned the short freestyle the 400, 800, calling it a ledecky slam. how does it make you feel? >> pretty cool. i had a really great meet and a great time about team usa and

also, another awesome event that we are doing here, we want you to download the nbc washington app. ? going to be for the chance to win this exact mini cooper here. of course, you download the app, you will see a lot of 90s on the board, vj talking about our heat wave, six-day-long heat wave, a great time to hit the pool this weekend as well. if your plans don't include going to the fair, not too humid tomorrow, humid on sunday, by monday, notice the mugginess. saturday here at manassas, temperature around 89. plenty of sunshine. on sunday, a little bit warmer and a bit humid. high temperature on sunday of 91 degrees. all right, vj, what do you think? time to think about it, burrito, turkey leg, cheese steak what do you want? i will bring it back for you? >> a cheese steak, like a really small one, half of one, split one with you. i love the fair food. i have got to get to one before they are all over. we do have a look at some more events coming up as well as that seven-day forecast, guys, a little later this hour. >> thanks, vj. >>> now at 5:00, northern virginia known for a lot mor

go to the nbc washington app.e than 20 shelters across the region are participating in this today. clear the shelters. i'm wendy rieger at nbc fur. back to you. >> love it. >> there's nothing like that first day you bring the pet home. just the excitement and joy you have ahead of you. >> fantastic. >>> a big win for future visitors to the mgm casino planned at national harbor. mgm allowed to have a bus stop near the casino. theriginal plan banned buses. according to "the washington post," mgm agreed to add a bus stop near the entrance. 3500 people are expected to work at the resort. >>> pick up today after winds so strong at the pga tournament. they knocked down the leader board. tens of thousands of fans had to find shelter. winds gusted up to 40 miles per hour. >> yikes. >> the wind is parallel. >> you are a golfer, right? >> yeah. >> you are probably better than i am. >> today a perfect day to go golfing. hot and nice. it is going to be dry this weekend. there's only the threat of an isolated thunderstorm for

you can track these away from your tv with the radar and the nbc washington app.later today, maybe a passing thundershower in the afternoon. a greater chance for a passing thundershower on wednesday and thursday and humid and highs in the upper 80s. lower humidity on friday into the weekend. nice break with highs in the ak 80s. another chance of storms on monday. that's the way it looks see you monday morning. >> that is it for us. thanks for joining us. back on the afternoon first at four. >> we'll see you tomorrow morning. ? [cheers and applause] [cheers and applause] ♪ ♪ >> meredith: hello, everyone. welcome. ashante is here today. we love her. we're going head to toe to find out who knows whose mom best. first headlines so outrageous it's hard to believe they are true, but they are. ♪ ♪ >> meredith: please welcome from oxygen's "funny girls" which airs tuesdays at

if you have the nbc washington app, you will get that. >> thanks, david. developing, an all-out search for a cop killer. detectives are looking for a man they say approached the sheriff's deputy from behind last night, shot him and kept on firing once that deputy fell to the ground. the deputy served ten years with the sheriff's department near houston. he was filling up his car at a gas station when he was shot. >>> a state of emergency in florida as tropical storm erika's path continues to fluctuate. it's about to make land fall in cu cuba. it's passed through the dominican republic and haiti. the prime minister said 20 people died after the storm hit. hundreds of homes, bridges, roads, all destroyed, setting the country back some 20 years because of landslides, mudslides and all that heavy flooding. rescue workers are trying to reach some of those communities. >>> it has been a decade, but people living in the gulf coast remember the exact moment hurricane katrina made land fall. you may remember scenes like this one on tv. gayle force winds and so much

search pope francis on the nbc washington app. >> if your kids are heading back-to-school as juniors or seniors they are probably already thinking about the new test but a kaplan survey announced that most parents don't know that the test is changing. the essay is optional and calculators are only allowed for one of the two math sections. >> and scoring smokes illegally. the i team goes undercover to explain why it may be getting easier. >> and a costume designed to >>> kids trying to buy cigarettes? nothing new. >> but more of them may be getting away with it. >> for many local communities there is less money to check to see if the stores are following the law. >> and we show you what kids are facing at the check-out counter. >> a few times a year this 16-year-old spends the day working for the city of frederick police. he's their undercover buyer. he carries a real id and goes store to store with an undercover officer and tries to buy cigarettes. in three out of five tries the teen gets his smokes and handed them over to police officers who issued a citation. >> he checked the mino

there are more photos on nbc washington app too. nd you can send us your e-mail, facebook, or twitter right now. use a hash tag send us your scholars in a post to nbc washington or e-mail ic at nbcwashington.com. >> there's a new poll that shows widespread support to pay for college. a poll found that 61% of americans support major new spending by the government to help students pay tuition. support was highest among democrats and voters between the ages of 18 and 34. a majority of republicans oppose this idea, and this is interesting. both voters with and without a college degree supported the idea equally. >> a lot of clouds are out now and it's humid as well. getting a few breaks in the clouds north an east but it's cloudy in washington with a storm team 4 radar. a few scattered sprinkles moving east. north and west, a few scattered sprinkles. temperatures hovering near 80 in the metro. 70s south, and it's in the low to mid 80s farther north and east, because a little more sun. the clouds are moving in there as well. during the af

or go to our nbc washington app. search the word backpack. it's going to be the first thing that pops up. coming up later this hour, we're going to talk about how this is going to impact students in fairfax county. back to you. >> angie, thank you. great to see the kids out there. >> yeah, i appreciate that. a lot of good stuff in those backpacks. >>> we want to get a look at the forecast, 66 degrees outside the studio. >> storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell can tell us what to expect. it's a beautiful day. >> it's a beauty. a little bit of a cloud deck outside of the tower view, across northern virginia, suburban, maryland. these clouds are not going to last much past sunrise. all eyes are on tropical storm erika right now. quite a ways off the leeward islands but what is most important is the forecast track over the next five days. expect it to be near category 1 hurricane strength. and somewhere very close to the southeast coast of the florida as we get into sunday night or monday morning. if you have friends or relatives or travel plans

you can get that as long as you have the nbc washington app. >>> d.c. police is all hands on deck initiative just ended as we came on the air this morning. that program flooded every part of the district with extra police to serve as a visual crime deterrent. the program also gives officers a chance to interact with community members. despite the extra officers there were more than half a dozen shootings and two men died. >>> with the rise in homicides in the district, the police department is now facing a lot of pressure to close cases. news4's darcy spencer takes a closer look at the families impacted. >> i still hurt. i still hurt. >> reporter: in the shaw neighborhood of northwest washington stands a memorial to one of d.c.'s unsolved murder victims. tamara gliss was killed when she was hit by stray gun fire not far from the convention center on memorial day. her mom is angry, no arrests have been made. three months after her death. >> not only are we feeling bad, you know, she has a son. she has brothers. it just hurts. >> reporter: there have been

download the nbc washington app. check out pictures of that and all the panda cubs. they're so cute. >>> well, d.c. has broken an unfortunate record this week with the 101st homicide of the year. both last year and in 2013, d.c. did not reach 100 murders until december. in fact, we have seen 13 more murders this year than we saw in all of 2012. and the last time the district hit triple digit homicides this early in the year was 2008. police have identified the 101st victim as 24-year-old antonio dean. he lived in southwest. police say around 3:00 in the morning yesterday someone shot him several times on stephens road in southeast. a $25,000 reward is being offered on who may have done this. and then police discovered that kenneth watson, jr., shot the 26-year-old. they haven't released a motive. >>> now, this deadly weekend began friday with the shooting death of a 63-year-old woman. d.c. police saying that roosevelt robinson shot and killed cardwell on 18th street northeast around midday. robinson then barricaded himself inside of a house on the same street. that b

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washington app. send the photos to nbc washington over the facebook or twitter accounts that we have, or e-mail at isee@nbcwashington.com. >> over the facebook. >>> 5:05. the so-called bicycle bandit will go on trial. wossen assaye was arrested in march and then sparked a manhunt after he escaped from the inova hospital. he has pled guilty to charges connected to the manhunt. he'll face the robbery charges in alexandria. >>> in d.c. today, we will learn whether d.c. police officers have no confidence in police chief cathy lanier. the d.c. police union is putting out the results of a vote it held this weekend. it comes amid a huge spike in crime and the highest homicide rate in the city in years. the vote also came at the tail end of the latest all hands on deck initiative to limit crime. chief lanier said it may have influenced the vote with so many officers called in. she said, quote, when we have violent crime we have to make the sacrifices that we all swore we'd make when we took this job. >>> we have new numbers from the all hands on deck campaign. d.c. police say they seized 21 illegal guns across

if you want to review the entire report, you can check it out at the nbc washington app, just search metro. along the national mall, mark segraves, news4. >>> the man charged in a deadly stabbing on a metro train will stay ijail for now a judge order jasper spires to under go a full comp tetency exam. he killed kevin sutherland on july 4th at the train station. he will be back in court in october. >>> cracking down on crime in the district. the mayor's plan is being rolled out as police begin their all hands on deck initiative this weekend. all this comes amid some troubling statistics. there have been 103 homicides in the city this year compared to 72 this time last year. news4's derrick ward live in northeast now with more on what you can expect to seen the streets will weekend. >> reporter: well, first of all, you can expect to see more officers. we are already in the midst of the all hands on deck. the next 48 hours or so, they will be saturating the city across all seven police district bus also are just on the cusp of another approach, another broader approach to the problem. d

you can see it by going to our nbc washington app and clicking on investigations.isha thompson, news4 i-team. >> thank you, tisha. >>> turning back to our weather now. doug is live in edgewater, maryland. you picked a great night for this, doug. >> oh, i picked a fantastic night. did you say doredoreen, i don'te to do the 11? >> no i did not say that i want you to come back and join us. bring some of that good food. >> she want knows come back so bad. >> no. >> uh-huh. yeah. yeah. oh. oh. >> tell her to come here. >> yeah, you come here. we will all do the news from here tonight at 11:00. well, with me right now, we have got renee, they call her nae nae, figure that out a second. i got it. and they call you jo jo, so i have been -- picking up all the nicknames here. and you were the one that asked us to come out here. this is your mother-in-law's house. why did you want us to come out tonight? >> because we are life-long washintonians so we are avid fans and is we thought -- i have been talking about doing this for years and years and hospital done it, this year wa

we'll stream that news conference live at 10:00 on the nbc washington app. carter announced that he has cancer last week after recent surgery on his liver. he's 90 years old. >>> today the redskins playing their first game at home since last december. the team takes on the detroit lions at 7:30. you can still buy a ticket right now, apparently. we'll have to see if rg3 delivers on his claims that he's quote, the best quarterback in the league. he said that earlier this week and wants to prove it this year, he said. you can watch the game tonight right here on nbc4. right after that, the redskins postgame report. if you want to watch our regular programming, it's airing on our cozi tv channel tonight. >>> they've meant to put your valuables in on when you're on vacation, but your baby? why police want to talk to a couple who recently rented a room at this hotel. >>> and it's a busy morning from the live desk. the video coming in from paris where it took hours to get the upper hand on a fire at a museum. kristin wright is back with the details on that. >>> if