vincent gray has banned containers. exempt.stores will be trashal is to cut down on in the anacostia river. they are banning foam food containers. some of the smallest fans stole the show during kids day. they spoke to the fans as they ran on the field to meet their favorite players. >> the beauty, if you are a redskins fan, of coming out to training camp is to reach out and touch the players. in the case of the youngest, the closest encounters. morning and afternoon practices and players go to the sidelines to bring children out of the crowd. >> we have been in the field and play catch. >> we got it. >> and makes for quite a moment. for quite a moment. >> what is his name? >> peter. >> it is cool. >> memories that last a lifetime take root for and seven-year-old -- four a seven-year-old. >> this is awesome. it makes an unknown rookie a superstar. >> yeah. >> oh my god! >> after the work is done, the guys who play a kid game for a living let the kids take center stage. >> throw the ball a little bit and see what he's go

burial bowser won the democratic nomination after defeating mayor vincent gray and the april primary.- muriel bowser. the first debate has been to.ed larry brown and gary holman will in the debate one month inore going to the polls december. >> is it raining tonight? at nats park it looks pretty good. could be a stray shower later on. let's get into it here with the change iscause a big way.e some increasing cloudiness. august 6, it was just fine and now skies are a little darker an ahead of ating cold front and even then in areas like fairfax there could be some showers a little bit. chevy chase and 81, 80 in woodbridge. lows this morning in the 60's big differencee will be the lower humidity levels coming into the area. these seem to be weakening of it. in strikes the last 20 minutes and another shower coming through berryville. everything moving to the southeast in this cold front with a few more little showers. just west of hagerstown. the action pretty much west or southwest of the metro area. there could be a shower tonight but most of the activity staying just of the south and

mayor vincent gray returning for classes at eastern high school on east capital street in northeast dc. with more than 47,000 students in 111 schools, the year begins with the highest number of students in the dc public school system for five years. >>> experts will be standing by wusa9 has them to answer any questions you might have. they will be here wednesday with advice during a live web chat during our noon newscast. we'll have panel discussions and interviews during our 5:00 newscast. we hope you can join us. >>> police are investigating a pedestrian accident in fairfax county. a man was struck on fairfax county parkway near west objection road. sky 9 was over the scene. no word at this point on how the victim was doing, but he was transported from the scene in critical condition. >>> a contractor is being called in to fix the problem with the striping on i-66. look how crooked it is. it started peeling off the pavement. the striping was put there over the weekend on a bridge rehab project and then it just came loose during rush hour. the contractor went out after rush hour this

vincent gray is on a mission to renovate 40 playgrounds. he broke ground today at trinidad playground in northeast. it will include a zip line, a skate spot and a fitness center. the playground will have a superhero theme and feature a neighborhood inspired superhero named captain trinidad. renovations are scheduled to be completed in november. another political figure is redskinsin on the name today. terry mcauliffe attended redskins training camp this morning. when asked about the name, governor mcauliffe basically said it boils down to business and its economic impact. tois not up to a governor tell a private business what to do. diversifying our economy. i see fans in the stands and i see the local businesses that are here, that is my job as governor. grow and diversify the economy. they are creating economic activity. i am not in the business of telling private businesses what to do. >> governor mcauliffe did say he understands why some people would be offended by the team's name. taking a look outside. a little bit sticky outside for

. >> earlier today, mayor vincent gray dedicated the chuck brown memorial park in northeast d.c., includingthis abstract sculpture, all featuring images of the legend, all carved on rhode island avenue. the sprinkles did not dampen the spirits. >> did not stop them from enjoying the music. not so great weather overnight into tomorrow. by sunday, i think a lot of will be smiling. those of you who are putting off going to the beach tomorrow, put it off, but make sure you are there on sunday. easy forecast so far. outside right now come the clouds hanging over the city. cloudy skies overnight, along with patchy fog in the morning. right now, 76 degrees at reagan national, the wind out of the east southeast at three. that low wind allows for the fog to develop. high, aes the daytime couple degrees below average this time of year. yesterday, the high was 90 degrees at reagan national. hit 90e second time we or better in august. children's hospital at 71, 80 degrees the high, just a touch of rain in springfield, 72 degrees. higher amounts of rain towards montgomery county. , now 70burg, .2 inches

mayor vincent gray sign ad bill -- sign ad bill banning d.c. restaurants from using styrofoam packaging. it is part of an environmental cleanup approved by the d.c. council. that means restauran ad trucks will have to use compostable or recyclable containers only. the fishermen we spoke to said they hope lit keep litter out of the water. the ban goes into effect in 2016. the grocery storehaevyo wants in their neighborhood. more locations are coming to our area. when we come back, find out if wegmans is coming to your town. what a better way to celebrate. we are going to show you the special way this woman decided to mark a milestone birthday. that's all next on "news4 this week." we showed people a survey that stacked fios up against comcast. what's it like paying for internet rated 6 out of 7 in customer satisfaction? not good, it's not the best. no, it's not fun. look at it this way, you're kind of on top. if i was like this, all day. switch from the bottom to the top and see why millions of satisfied customers have made fios #1. sign up for

today vincent gray had something that very few politicians get these days, a captive audience. the mayor read a children's book toe libraries part of an annual book festival the teachers union organizes and gave 2,000 books to first, second and third graders. >>> her family calls it a miracle. more than ten years after a little girl was swept away in awe tsunami, she has been reunited with her mom and dad. she was just 4 years old when a tsunami hit indonesia in 2004. she and her brother were holding on to a plank of wood with parents and children were washed away and her parents thought they had died. it turns out a fisherman found the girl on a remote island and been living with his family ever since. the parents say it gives them hope their son might also be alive too. >>> tourists are enjoying their hawaii an vacations after iselle rolled through. people on the big island were not is lucky and the storm shredded trees and destroyed homes and took down power lines. it could be days before some people get the lights back on and everybody is looking for hurricane julio expecte

mayor vincent gray promoted the non-violence. >> hi, iimvincent c. gray. the national week of non-violence is august 16 through august 23rd sponsored by black women for positive change ,the purpose of the national weefk non-violence is to focus on changing the culture of violence in america. far too many innocent people are killed through senseless acts of violence. i invite you to aten the national summit on non-violence on saturday, august 23rd, from 9:00 to 5:00 p.m. watch the press conference that encourages community leaders to sponsor their own events on non-violence, anger management and conflict resolution. go to channel 16 or on demand at oct.dc.gov. to register for the summit to post your own event on a master calendar, go to blackwomenforpositivechange.org. during this national week of non-violence, do your part to help stop the violence. do your part and be a leader. >> dr. myers, according to the council of government's annual report on crime, this region's non-violent crime rate but rape, assault and homicide rates continue to climb. what are

mayor vincent gray. mr. mayor, could you please stand? he signed a sister city agreement with the executive mayor of -- both cities are national capitals of their respective nations and we are pleased to recognize them today as sister cities. ladies and gentlemen, thank you again for coming today. thank you especially to aur very special guest of honor and pleased to thank you once again and to say we are adjourned. >> a couple of live events today on on c-span 3. the sner center for strategic and international studies looked at how to expand solar energy. at noon, the alliance for health reform hosts a forum on so-called navigators of sisters and broker in the open enrollment in the health insurance marketplace. in a few moments a look at today's headlines, plus your calls live on "washington journal." just after 11:00 eastern, live coverage of a u.s.-africa business forum discussion on infrastructure. we'll return to that event at the commerce department at 1:50 p.m. eastern when secretary of state john kerry moderates a panel with the

mayor vincent gray reacted to the news. >> it almost was an attack on what we think they thought was private citizens because neither one of those officers was in uniform. >> one suspect was captured. two others escaped after they crashed their stolen nissan altima on hunt terrace northeast. the car crashed with the victims' vehicles and parked cars. >>> just a few more days left for our give joy operation backpack, the only area virtual online backpack drive. we want to introduce you to two reasons why you might want to donate now. debra alfarone introduces us to two big procedures with some pretty big dreams. >> this is mine. >> i want to be a judge and actor and a singer. >> i want to be a cop. >> reporter: 10-year-old kaloni and 7-year-old kamori aren't allowed to play with their school supplies until -- >> august 26th. >> reporter: but today mom sashi mason is making an exception, these crayons, this paper, these notebooks and backpacks were all donated by wusa9 viewers who gave to operation backpack, our partnership with volunteers of america chesapeake. >> it makes me feel gre

mayor vincent gray released a statement calling phillips a dedicated journalist and public affairs mennor and tireless advocate -- mentor and a tireless advocate for our city's downtrodden and disadvantaged. he was 76 years old. he was also a great guy and a friend of mine and i'll miss him. we'll be right back. tt2w t5nh)%!ous" u60 tt2w t5nh)%!rás" s-0 tt2w t5nh)%!4ps" < t tt2w t5nh)%!w%s" wr0 tt2w t5nh)%!yjs" %jh tt0w t5nh)#!a)@&yqt tt2w t5nh)%!ñbs" w,8 tt2w t5nh)%!@hs" /?, tt2w t5nh)%!c=s" é'x >>> a texas man admitted to deliberately driving a $1 million bugatti. i had to look this up because i'd never seen 1, but this guy apparently drove it into a swamp to collect on a $2 million insurance policy. >> what andy haas did not figure on was that they videotaped him. another driver saw the bukaty speeding down the road and was impress -- bugatti speeding down the road. he originally told cops he drops his cell phone and was distracted by a low flying pelican and when he went to get it, he drove into the water. >> he was trying to find an accident somehow. >> he was trying to find an exit.

mayor vincent gray. >> one of the fundamental principles is to have a strong neighborhood-based system of schools in the city. >> reporter: the big announcement in mayor gray's big revision to school zones can be ripped up by any one of these three people running to succeed gray who lost the democratic primary. >> there's no question that those kind of changes can be made, but given the fact that this was a painstaking lengthy process that we engaged in, it just doesn't make sense to have our parents and our children have to wait another year before this even can be announced. >> reporter: or put another way, gray pushing forward right now may make it virtually impossible for muriel bowser, david catania or carol schwartz to completely unravel what may be one of his last touted accomplishments in office. now muriel bowser, the democratic nominee for mayor, had implored mayor gray to halt his plans and wait for the next mayor. the election is in november. the new mayor takes office in january which in theory would give time to reverse course on the school assignment plan. >>> tonight tw

those words tonight from vincent gray on this show.the brown family, speaking tonight asking us to convey those words to everybody in ferguson as a sixth straight night of protests continue there on this rainy sixth night. week ends with alex witt starts now. . >>> violence returns to ferguson, missouri with outrage and looting overnight. it ig nated after police released surveillance that michael brown's family is calling character assassination. did it make matters worse? >>> texas governor rick perry accused of using his power. >>> unthinkable crime against a woman's own

earlier this year mayor vincent gray sign add law decriminalizing marijuana. >>> an f.b.i. forensic computer expert is expected to tat stand again today in a corruption trl of former virginia governor bob mcdonnell and his wife, maureen. mcdonnells are charged in a 14- count indictment for receiving gifts and loans from businessman jonnie williams. peggy fox has been following that trial which is now in its eighth day. peggy joins us from richmond with more. hey there, peggy. >> reporter: hey, debra. yeah, the most interesting thing going on right now is mary sutherland is on the stand. she is the former chief of staff for the first lady, the former first lady. she's delivering some pretty damaging testimony. here's the video of maureen mcdonnell walking into court this morning. every morning bob mcdonnell comes in first and then maureen mcdonnell comes in. but anyway, mary sutherland talked about that shopping trip, that infamous shopping trip where jonnie williams dropped $20,000 on maureen mcdonnell. she said that maureen mcdonnell was having a great time. she was so hap

. >>> dc mayor vincent gray's plan is in jeopardy tonight for public schools. wusa 9 reporter jim osmond tells us the mom who helped draft that plan may have to fight the next mayor to keep that plan. >> it's a very important stand. >> reporter: faith hubbard literally dc public schools in her hands. her son is one of the reasons she helped draft the boundaries plan. the first revision in almost 50 years. >> it was challenging and really good work and i think i worked with a lot of people that were really great and passionate about their communities and trying to move the need on education. >> reporter: but a good portion of what she and others drafted could be ripped up. >> the fact that a new mayor could unravel it is unnerving. >> there's no question that those kind of changes could be made. >> reporter: gray allowanced last wednesday for a redrawing of the new boundaries. we won't be in office because he lost his primary re-election the mayor's plan on school boundary changes is not ready. his plan serves to exacerbate educational inequality and does little

there was gunfire there, too, a relieved mayor vincent gray. >> it almost was an attack on what we think they thought was a private citizen because neither officer information uniform. >> reporter: the suspects were in this banged up and apparently stolen red nissan altima pursued by the first officer when she lost sight. the carjackers picked a new target, the off-duty detective in his suv. they fired when he resisted. deputy mayor paul quander. >> he was not able to draw his own weapon, but he was able to strike the vehicle in which the perpetrators were riding and follow that vehicle obtaining tag numbers so that others could join in. >> reporter: cathy lanier at the scene. >> they tried to carjack him and in response he tried to pull his vehicle away and they pursued him. >> reporter: gloria bland witnessed the ending here at hunt terrace northeast after another 4 miles of pursuit briefly in and out of prince george's county. bland's parked car was hit, too. >> they ran across to my neighbor's yard across the street and they were like trying to get over the fence. >> we have the niss

locally, vincent gray adopted some school boundaries from an advisory committee that will go into effect for the 2015 school year. right now thousands of students have rights to attend multiple schools. the new plan will change that. be assignedll now to one elementary, one middle, and one high school. some parents expressed concerns it will affect their children's opportunities. >> it is putting in place a multiyear process so there will be predictability and ,rderliness in how parents where parents will have their children go to school. >> the plan is the first comprehensive overhaul of the school boundaries in more than 40 years. the rain does not know any boundaries. seeingmetro area is light rain. they are playing through the rain. the heaviest is west of town. this was the area under thunderstorm warning through portions of fairfax and loudoun county and now as we look, just kind of easy right now. look how warm, 87 degrees. it feels a little bit warmer than even what the thermometer indicates with some light rain falling. this slow-moving storm brought over an inch of rain, almost

now he is planning to retire at the end of mayor vincent gray's term, january 2nd. he began when sharon pratt-kelly was involved. he went on to capture marion barry's last four years, and the famous amages, there they are, of former mayor anthony williams cannonballing into a city pool. >> my job is trying to catch the best picture of him hitting the water with his cannonball stance. >> if you can't feel it, then it's not your picture. >> he isn't putting the lens cap on his photography career for good. he will keep taking pictures and plans to release a book chronicling his years of covering d.c. mayors. that's coming out next year. >> captured a lot of history. >>> caught on tape, a mail carrier tossing out letters in the dumpster. how the crime was uncovered. >>> a local high school undergoing a major renovation, but crews got a lot more than they bargained for. the remarkable find buried behi zirchlg the people who planted white flags top of the brooklyn bridge may end up in handcuffs. the nypd has four persons of interest in the mystery, but the department hasn

including mayor vincent gray. the federal prosecutors office told the news 4 i-team, they do in the intend to -- others whom he says he conspired. mayor gray denied the accusations and says he's innocent. >>> he's a star in the nascar world and leader on joe gibbs racing team. we'll tell you what is next for tony stewart after running over and killing a fellow driver. >>> find out why some students may get an extended summer break. >>> we have rain coming and a lot of it. much of maryland now 50% below average rainfall over the last 60 days. the rain we are expecting to move through the area, some one to two inches. to two inches. when will the worst fall, i'll sure... hey canyou bet! this? that's our new interactive speaker wall. 'sup? thinks it's a speak-ing wall. this can even dim your lights. your 3-d-printed girlfriend will love that. real mature. there you go. a laser drone for cats. i wish i had lasers. i don't. pew pew pew... the new radioshack is finally here. the store of your past is now the store of yo

mayor vincent gray has given a green light to a plan to change school boundaries.it would affect thousands but the plan is set to take effect next year. what about the changes from this year? we talked with the chancellor. >> we have more technology in our buildings for this year. we have about 150ap courses that we're offering. we have put $17 million in to enhance middle grades. this is going to be a barn school year. >> 25 schools will also offer a longer school day. the first day of school in d.c. is monday. >>> if you prefer some quiet at metro stations get ready to be driven crazy because a federal judge has issued a ruling allowing performers to work for tips outside the stations. a street performer challenged metro's rules saying they infringed on his free speech rights. >>> not quite a complete copy of yesterday's forecast, but you are tracking some storms. >> we are. most of you can after cook-out tonight if you want it, but there are some storms along i 270. nothing severe, just some heavy downpours. let's start with a live look outside. downtown is actu

mayor vincent gray and d.c. school's chancellor, kya henderson greeted students in northeast. this year more than 47,000 students are enrolled in d.c. public schools. that is the most students in five years. >>> with the buses back on the roads, now is a really good time to refresh ourselves about the rules. >> this is always a good time, drivers on both sides of the road must stop when a school bus turns on its flashing lights or when that stop arm comes out. maryland county has had stop arm cameras. if you get caught on camera passing one, it's going to cost you $125. it is a $570 fine if an officer catches you. so do not do that. it's a big no-no. >> our experts are going to be standing by this week to answer any back to school questions you may have. dr. melissa is going to be here wednesday with advice during our live web chat during the noon newscast. also, a panel of doctors will also join us for panel discussions and interviews during our 5:00 newscast. so, we certainly hope you can join us then. >> trending now, creepy or savvy? how retailers are using mannequins in a

they are talking about a >> mayor vincent gray declared today chuck brown day. he and his family participated in a special dedication to the musician this morning. >>> plus, a permanent tribute to honor brown was unveiled. news 4's malette green has more from northwest d.c. >> chuck brown memorial park is now unveiled in this northeast neighborhood. he. ♪ >> this is the sculpture who watched her larger life life image whose fans spanned generations and into other countries. >> the chuck brown figure, he is 17 feet tall representing, you know, oversized in flows that chuck has had on d.c. >>> the langdon park community is nestled in northeast with houses all around. >> this is the sleepy little neighborhood. we bought it because it was so quiet. >> reporter: which is why katie ford moved here almost two years ago. she joined other neighbors who did not approve of the memorial's original design for a 900 seat amphitheater after seeing it all done ford still has questions. >> my biggest concern is it looks like they took out the amphitheater that they designed it.

vincent gray's administration fired the management team in spring. spring.avid cantania has criticized the handling of the situation. >>> exxon corporation and pepco holdings have filed an application to merge. >> if approved it could mean -- exelon corporation and pepco holdings have filed an application to merge. >> if approved it could mean millions in benefits. exelon says it sip proved -- it is committed to improving -- [indiscernible] >>> howard joins us live on the weather terrace. >> in the shenandoah valley, storms could move in 2:00, 3:00. here in d.c. if it happens, probably 5:00, 6:00, maybe 7:00 by then. we still have to watch a line of storms to develop out west and move toward us for the late afternoon and evening. right now still no yellow alerts up but monitoring it careful. there's the sunrise coming up through the broken clouds on the east, northeastern horizon this morning. it is going to be a decent day. we'll get into the lower 80s by lunch time. so warm, humid. highs upper 80s. 88. with the threat of thunderstorms starting out west by

those words tonight from vincent gray on this show. attorney for the brown family, speaking tonight asking us to convey those words to everybody in ferguson as a sixth straight night of protests continue there on this rainy sixth night. that does it for us tonight. we'll see you again monday. thanks for being with us. >>> america's prisons. dangerous. often deadly. there are 2 million people doing time. every day is a battle to survive and to maintain order. >> down on your feet, down! >> among the nation's most notorious institutions, san quentin state prison. our cameras spent months documenting life on the inside. where gangs, drugs, and sheer boredom make up a violent mix. this is "lockup san quentin: extended stay." >> san quentin is home to more than 5,000 inmates ranging from the most violent offenders in california. >> i'll rob you in a minute. don't get me wrong. >> i pulled a gun on this man and shot him six times in his chest. >> to the all too common parole violators flooding the system. >> i do drugs. that's my violation.

those words tonight from vincent gray on this show.torney for the brown family, speaking tonight asking us to convey those words to everybody in ferguson as a sixth straight night of protests continue there on this rainy sixth night. that does it for us tonight. we'll see you again monday. thanks for being with us. >>> america's prisons. dangerous.

mayor vincent gray will break ground on a new play space at trinidad playground in northeast.in trinidad. the renovations are expected to be completed in november. we'll be back at noon. kellye and michael are up next.