whittier ulevard. you cut through to get to bradley boulevard, you can from the map, whitman high school up the road. molette green is t headedt way and will have the latest in the 5:00 hour. we'll stay on top of it. >>> we're in for another day of blazingot temperatures. it feels like it's 200 degrees humidity. h the >> it might as well. >> we're in weather alert >> melissa mollet checking on the commute for us. we'll start with chuck and shna and a look at this forecast. they're still smiling but it's too hot. stopolt. >> it's n here. >> i still don't understand why i came backac fromion in the first place. it's so much cooler at the beach. >> because you had to. >> oh. >> it's okay. you'll get more days off. >> it was very hot and humid. if you go to the beach weekend, you'll be in for a shock. we're talking about cooler temperatures,elieve it or not. today not so much. we're mild and muggy outsidre 79 d in washington, 82. annapolis, low 70s i many suburbs. the humidity is there and patchy fog again

whittier boulevard, this is wher molette green will be live for us for a couple of minutes. fire response means we could have potential closures. we'll see how this ismpting things near whitman high school in bethesda. fairfax parkway. inbound on 66 no problems. inner loop and outer loop of the beltway rolling along nice and clear here this morning. and 270 southbound, nothing in your way there. eun? >> it's 4:32. oe second dayschool will be shorter for students and staff in prince george's county. schoolsoucross they will dismiss students two hours early today. >> that is because ofwehe heat. checked with several other school districts in our area. so far prince george's county is the onl county that has decided to dismiss students early because it's going to be so hot. >> hundreds of university of maryland students are really feeling the heat. four dormuiings swr no air conditioning. university leaders blame the age of the dor saying the old wiring cannot handle the ac. they've put o fans. hey students tell us provide literally. many are camping out in common rooms to stay

this large house on whittier, 69 block of whittier, was engulfed in flames when firefighters arrived here. several hours ago. about a hundred firefighters had c battle this thing at its worst. tell you, this home was under construction or under renovaon. the battalion chief told me a little while ago that the windows, som of them were actually boarded up. there is a car in the driveway that was not damaged i fire. but this thing was raging. there was one firefighter who was injured. he suffered somet dehydration the scene here. nobody believed to be inside the house at the time. now, when daylight comes, we'll see the fire investigators arrive on scene here to go inside and to figure outxahat the cause of this blaze was. we're notar -- as you take a look at the map for you, we're hot far from walt whitman high school, just a distance away from this house. no impact to the residents on this street other t the fact fat we're in the dark here on this street afteefighters battled a big fire here in bethesda. back to you. >> molette green live for us. thank you. >>> new this morning, anot

ta look at what's left of this large two-story home on whittier boulevard here in bethesda. we want you to look at what firefighters had toattle. yes, a lot of firefighters. about a hundred of them. in the last few o minut battling the blaze, they were hosing down hotspots concentr e concentrating on the rf area which caved in. one firefighter suffered from no one believed to be inside the home, although there is a car in th driveway. montgomery county police are still here on the what's next is the fire investigators who will come in when theun comes up to determine what caused thise masslaze here in bethesda. to give you a better idea of where we are, we are not verym far f walt whitman high school. that is the latest from the scen b here inhesda. back to you. >> molette, thank you. >>> we are i for another day of azing hot temperatures. i mean, it definitely feels like it's in the 100 degrees, right? >> yeah. >> i'm dripping. weather alert mode today. >> it will be later on. >> like 150. >> that's what it feels like. >> a lot. >> we want to point out for people this is go

whittier ulevard.ough to get to bradley boulevard, you can from the map, whitman high school up the road. molette green is t headedt way and will have the latest in the 5:00 hour. we'll stay on top of it. >>> we're in for another day of blazingot temperatures. it feels like it's 200 degrees humidity. h the >> it might as well. >> we're in weather alert >> melissa mollet checking on the commute for us. we'll start with chuck and shna and a look at this

it was just as wrong for whittier college to shut down left leaning officials as liberal professors tot down a conservative law professor at cuny. or for protesters at william and mary to shut down an a.c.l.u. speaker attempting to discuss of all things the importance of free speech on campus. this is not about political parties or a single policy debate. this is an issue of who we are as a country and who we want to be in the future. there are those who contend certain speech isn't deserving of protection, they say that some speech is harmful, who is to decide what an offensive and -- what is offensive and what is favorable, what is grating and what it good. and in which we call the a moment in time. it presupposes the wheel will turn and turn again. that the majority of you will change and when it does those newly in the minority will be free as the day before to speak and change mind, to listen and have their minds changed and so, as justice brandeis eloquently stated in 1927 in whitney versus california it will be time for discussion, avert the evil by the processes of education, t

it was just as wrong at protesters at whittier college to shut down left officials as it was at liberalive law professor or for protesters at william and mary to shut down aclu speaker attempting to discuss, of all things, the importance of free speech on campus. this is not about political parties or single policy debates. it's an issue of who we are as a country and we want to be in the future. there are those they some speech is horrible but who is to decide what is offensive or favorable and what is grading and what is good. the right of free speech does not exist to protect the ideas upon which we all agree at a moment in time. it presupposes the will return and turn again in the majority of you will change and when it does those newly in the minority will still be as free as the day before to speak and change mind and to listen and have their minds changed. and so as justice brennan i said in whitney versus california if there be time to expose fallacies will revert the evil by the processes the remedy to be applied is more speech, not enforced silence. the department of justice i

that home located on whittier boulevard. it had been under renovation.or investigat say the fire started in the kitchen, spread through the house, caused more than $1 million in damage, but theamily was not home at the time. one firefighter did receive some injuries. >>> a big consideration tonight for the prince william county school board. they'll talk about hiring armed retired police officers to protect your child inside elementary schools. the county gave the distrt $500,000 to launch a pilot program. it allows the district to hire five safety officers and one supervisor. the district already has safety officers in middle and high schools. >>> teacher of the year is mr. dan reichard. can you join us on the stage? >> virginia governor ralph northam announcing region th e's pick for teacher of the year. there he is rightic there. rei rei reichard goes up against oth winners to be considered virginia's teacher of the year. >>> smithsonian curators are clicking their heels. they are thrilled about this discovery. judy garla

the home is located on whittier boulevard in bethesd it had been under rent investigorion. investig say the blaze appears to have been an accident, they say it started in the kitchen and spread through the house. luckily the family was not home at the time. one firefighter was injured battling the blaze. >>> students' personal information accidentally posted online f. months >> we are working for you to get answers about how this happened> a sing -- we'll explain how local curators helped crack the case. >> it's a hot, humid afternoon.v looking over the district. doug will be back w >>> boy, the today's the kind of day where you startweating the second you walk outside or even think about it. here is a live look over district. doug is back soon with the big changes in the forecast you might like. pat? >>> as a parent, you certainly want yr child's personal information to stay private but d.c. school leaders admit the information sfdents was made public online for months. first on 4:00, news 4's shomari stone tells what the district is doing to make sure this never happens a

let's bring in whittier trust ci sandy bobbitt for his views.athleen was going through some of the central bank's decisions we have upcoming, which will you be watching? >> the likely fed action for the next two meetings suggests there will be a hike in the u.s. the fed is committed to a gradual trajectory of rate hikes. it is worth noting that the risk in the u.s. is not so much that the fed moves too quickly or aggressively, rather it is too slow and ends of behind the eight ball. let's look at what inflation is doing, it established or inflation is between 2.5% and 2%. the fed funds rate is at about 195, it has been 2%. when you do the arithmetic, the real fed funds rate is negative. that is stimulative. for all those that say the fed is too aggressive, they will choke off the recovery, forget normalizing, they are not even close to it. i think they are doing the right thing. in this g tvbring library chart. pricing to more rate hikes. you can see this greenline right here would actually show that this would be the kind of fed funds, plu