. >> he's a 7th grader at north bethesda middle school.e explains why he watched the netflix series, 13 reasons why. >> it's about a girl who commits suicide and leaves 13 taipes wih a friend to tell why she did what she did. >> it's not intended for viewers younger than 17. it glorifies suicide. asher told his parents about it after he watched it. >> i didn't think it was a bad thing he watched it. i don't think it glorifies it. >> do you think it encourages other kids to do things like this? >> i mean, >> some montgomery county schools, such as julius west middle school sent home letters to tell parents about the series. >> we want to be proactive with our community. >> the north bethesda middle school letter states, mental health professionals are concerned that adolescents watching without an adult available could be at an increased risk of self-harm. we would be particularly concerned for any student who may be struggling emotionally and views the series without the opportunity to process the content. >> the parents should definite li

. >> reporter: some montgomery county public schools such as north bethesda and julius west middle school letters to tell parents about the series. >> we want to be proactive with our community. >> reporter: the letter states, mental health professionals are concerned about adolescents watching without an adult available to process the themes and their own feelings, could be at an increased risk of self-harm. we would be particularly concerned for any student who may be struggling emotionally and views the series without the opportunity to process the content. >> the parents should definitely look out if there are changes in behavior in their child. >> reporter: ellen shannon is the director with the and says parents should listen to their kids. >> if they talk about taking their lives, to take them seriously. we never want to diminish a child's feelings. >> reporter: asher told me the series shows the dangers of bullying and how it can lead to suicide. in north bethesda, shomari stone, news4. >>> for nearly four years, news4 has been dedicated to our changing minds initiative to focus on

tom costello, nbc news, north bethesda, maryland. >>> up next, four of a kind, quadruplets at the center of a tug-of-war between ivy league powerhouses. >>> finally tonight, it could be a big source of pride having your child accepted into an ivy league school, imagine multiplying that pride by four. nbc's rehema ellis has the story. >> reporter: the wade brothers have always been inacceptable, nigel, zack, nick and aaron born two minutes apart, two months premature. the quadruplets shared everything, a love of learning, sports and now an extraordinary distinction. each one accepted to both harvard and yale. the big news came on their cell phones during track practice. >> i remember i didn't even read the whole thing at first. i just saw the congratulations and my jaw dropped. i was like what? >> one by one they kept rolling in so it was amazing. >> reporter: by the end, they had acceptance letters from 29 top colleges. what was the lowest grade you ever got in school? >> a b in math. it was not a good time. >> one great thing about having brothers that are all intelligent, you compete t

this storm moving south and east, affecting the bethesda region, just to the north, around kensingtonille, right now and just parts of north bethesda, along 355 and it will come into play along the beltway too. so that's going to leave a lot of people going really slow once again. a lot of lightning, severe thunderstorm warning, montgomery, prince george's and d.c. until 5:15. >>> a teacher accused of taking guns, money, and his wife's car before kidnapping a teenage student and taking her on a cross-country journey. what happened today when he went to court. >>> and a local elementary school is going to be on jimmy fallon tonight. >> here she goes. >> there y go,ou there's the view. there's more to life than the climb. you've gotta stop and look around a little. come, shed life's layers in asheville. let the child inside you out to play. remember who you are. life is for the taking, not for taking it easy. asheville. discovery, inside and out. >>> take a look right now, a severe thunderstorm warning again until 5:15 for montgomery, prince george's county and parts of d.c. a lot of li

>> reporter: now we want you to take a look at a portion of a letter sent home to parents of north bethesdants. it states, mental health professionals are concerned that adolescents watching without an adult available to process the themes and their own feelings could be at increased risk of self-harm. now coming up a little bit later on, what experts say parents need to be looking out for. we're live this morning montgomery county. back to you. >> molette, thank you. >>> 5:49 now. we have a list of resources about suicide prevepgs in the changing minds section of the nbc washington app. >>> well, we want to give it up for northern virginia. big shout out. it has one of the best high schools jefferson high school for science and technology in alexandria. it came in six on the u.s. news and world report ranking. arizona has five schools in the top ten. winston churchill made it to number 75. thomas jefferson always comes out on top in these lists. >> alex ab dree yeah section of fairfax. >>> let's turn to sheena parveen and get up to speed on the forecast today. we dealt with the clouds. >>

take a look at a portion of a letter sent to parents of north bethesda school, mental health professionals are concerned that adult available to process these themes and their own feelings could be at increased risk of self-harm. experts say if a child actually is talking about taking his or her own life, you need to take that seriously. that is the latest live from rockville outside julius west middle school. back to you. >> molette, thank you. >>> for nearly four years now news 4 has been dedicated to our changing minds initiative to focus on mental health. we have a list of resources about suicide prevention in the nbc washington app right now. search changing minds. >>> there is a new call to change parole laws in maryland that allows killers to be released early for good behavior. stacy seaton was shot and killed behind a home in buoy in 2005. mcdonald abraham said he used a hit man to kill her and was sentenced to at least 15 years in prison. now after 7 1/2 years, he's eligible for parole for good behavior this week. her family pla >> there is a chance that he could get out and ther

bethesda. 54 in fairfax. is looking at the future cast for the day tomorrow, we start off with the showers north and west of d.cdry around the capital beltway early on. throughout the day. warmer temperatures on the way. we will see the rebound for the highs tomorrow. well in the 70's to the lower 80's. friday another warm day before a cold front moves through. this wants to show the daytime highs around 80 to 85 degrees. a big drop on saturday and sunday. the next big weather maker, the rain maker late saturday to sunday. that is going to give us a washout on sunday. in the day on monday. the weekend is looking ahead. 65 on saturday. upper 50's on sunday with the-years of heavy rain. >> thanks. homeland security secretary john kelly says we are homegrown terrorism. michelle: political correspondent scott thuman takes a look at what the government is doing about it as it faces biggest challenges. >> in his first wide ranging address since taking office, a sobering assessment from the d.h.s. secretary john kelly. >> homegrown is difficult to predict, detect and certainly almost impossible to control. >> there ar