we found d.c. assigned school hatource officers som differently with officers sharing responsibility at multiple schools. they do meet the national. standa for more, visit our nbc washington app and o click investigations. >>> with the new school year under way for most, there is no doubt kids will be using the internet more ten. angiegoff has tips and tools to help you keep you and your children safe online. >> reporter: alesha was 13 when she was tricked. on the intern >> on new year's 02, a man she thought was a boy met online kidnapped her, h taking from her home near pittsburgh to a house in herndon, where he held and tortured her for days. >> reporter: alesha was luckily rescued. cybersecurery expert dr. cole says parents should show real life stories like this to their kids and should never feel bad about checking their phones without warning. >> that's the part that parents miss is that it is not private. if you're monitoring your child's social media account and you see inappropriate pictu

today inside a d.c. superior courtroom a judge watched this video showing the moment 20-year-old mariana silva used a carjac to bash in the windows of a greyhound bus before she returned to her car on bladensburg road. ert long a the bus driver, who you see wring that blue shirt, hops on to the hood of her car as silva speedoff. >> oh, my orodness. >> rr: mental health disorder. genetics, not her schizophrenia is what she wasg deal is. >> reporter: her uncle was amo the family members in court today saying his niece has suffered from schizophrenia. >> notble to use her proper judgment because she did not have medicinen his system. >> reporter: her legal team pleaded for her to be released so she could be admitted into a behavioral health facility to get the treatment she needs, but her actions in this video ultimately led the judge to t order h stay in jail without bond. >> that greyhound bus driver is expected oak and as for silva she's expected to be back in courtn september 18. >> that's tough to watc

d.c. health oicials are working with the centers for disease control and d.c. water to investigate the source of t disease. residents are worried. >> they won't let us use our -- the water any place other than one bathroom. >> health officials sayhe problem is isolated to this retirement community and they installed filters on the faucets and showers there as a precaution and they're evaluating the water quality. >> it's 7 minutes after the hour now. we have been following a huge spike in synthetic drug overdoses in recent months. now the mayor says she will introduce emergency legislation to the d.c. council. it would change how synthetic drugs are classified. she says the legislation would make it easie for police to arrest people who make andell synthetic drugs. investigators are trying to figure out whether k-2ye p a role in the murder of a jogger on logan circle last week. the man charged with killing wendy martinez waswn a k k-2 user. >> district detectives hope surveillanideo will help track down the driver that hit a cyclist and koit on yesterday mornin

d.c. home. >>> i'm storm team 4 meteorologist, heat index values already over 100 degrees in annapolis. more heat and humidityo come before cooler weather for the weekend. complete forecast straight ahead. >>> right now supreme court nominee brett kavaugh taking questions from lawmakers. among them tough questions about gun control and d.c. assault weapons ban. >>> good morning, everyone. >> we begin this morning with breaking news. one person is dead aftereing pinned under a car in northwest d.c. >> news 4 chris gordon is live on the scene with more on how th happened. chris. >> reporter: d. police are calling this a crime sceav but it maybeen a tragic accident. i'm standing beside an alleyway. as you look down it, s you'll that in the 2300 block of tunl road, there are driveways that go downhl toward homes. it appears that a bmw rled down a driveway pinning a man against a wall. we heard that he was under the car. we have heard that he is pinned to the wall by car. now we are toldhat rel

d.c. fire and neighboring fire facilies, firedepartments, we are standing right next to an engine from the u.s. navy that hooked up to a fire hydrant here to run a hose -- looks like the length of a block or so through the construction site here on virginia avenue, over to the units that are already set up closer to the building trying to douse the flames a roof with water. >> aaron, you have shown us so mu into the ene. have you seen any ambulances coming in or any idea of any transports from some of the people who were pulled out of that building? >> reporter: so, when i drove up, i saw one ambulance coming into t scene. i'm told the ambulances have been lining up on the other side on l street so if you think the building is here at 5th and can, go over a block to l street, i'm told that's where some of the ambulances were set up, i don't know if they had totransport anyone. only sirens i heard as we stood here are sirens coming into the area. i ha been able to detect sirens leaving. i c

d.c. because that place is brutal. it's brutal. it's a lot of bad, bad things up here goi through peoples' heads. these are sick people. >> the president's nextsh event ld get around the way in half an hour when he stumps for the republican nominee for south dakota's governor. >>> breaking news -- this is connecteto the russia investigation. former trump campaign member george papadopoulos was just sentenced to 14 days in jail. papadopoulos pled guilty to lying to the fbi in connection with the mueller probe. in addition to the 14 days he was sentenced to a year's lepervised ree and 200 hours of community service. he'll also have pay a $9,500 fine. during today's hearing os papadopoul's lawyer accused president trump of influencing his client. he says with trump calling theti russian invtion fake news and a witch-hunt, he caused papadopoulos to lie instead of cooperate with investigators. >>> there is a troubling trend in t a district that has lot of parents keeping an extra close eye on t

great artists in d.c. and people who make amazing things. a lot of it has sor of the d.c. theme. i think people are really proud of d.c. and being from here, w living are. so much of what people make that has some referce to d.c., things like posters and t-shirts d things like that. a lot of it -- almost all of it is hanade by artists. it's been really fun to -- there's a whole team of us that take the applications and look at what people are making and figure out where to put people. it's so -es it m me really proud of d.c. the music is awesome, the people are creative. it's just a fun part ofeing part of this, getting to sort of see all that come through and ten get to present back to people who come. >> all right.or a lot of your is being done by volunteers. talk a little about that when we continuen our discuss about adams morgan day. stay with us. we'l >>> adams morgan day starts at noon ands rrough 6:00. josue, you're volunteering. i'mou assuming need more. >> of course, we can always use your help. just uhowearly. you can help out at the kid zone, family zo, lots of vendor

ee sure to stay with news 4 for continuing cover of the d.c. mansion murders. >>> d.c. police are investigating multiple shftings. twohose shootings happened overnight. take a look at the scene here from this video. detectiveso responded chesapeake street and souenern southeast around 8:00 last night and a few blocks away from the, twoeople were shot near atlantic andrd thi street also in southeast. we'll update you on the shootings as we learn more information. >> more developing news this morning, four people are recovering after an suv crashed into marie's diner last night. first responders in charlestown tweeted outhis video. no one was seriously hurt and no word on what caused the crash. >>> over the sast weekeone has been going around parts of d.c. tampering wh fire hydrants and it's putting thousands of people at risk. they have been opened half a inen times at feocations northeast. itre was so much water forced police to close an intersection and it's concerning police, firefighters and d.c. water. >> it's absolutely illegal. npd mpd is involved and looking for

the d.c. central kitchen. last night, she left her condo to go for a run, and she never returned. stabbed to death. just blocks away. today, herompany whehe worked for the past two years posted this statement,"t entire fiscalnote family is shocked and deeply saddened to learnt wendy martinez was killed last night. wendy was an beinvaluable m of our team and vibrant member of the community, our thoughts and prayers are with wendy's family and friends." news that one of their neighbors was stabbed to death sent shock waves through this community. >> as a runner, it's terrifying. you think running on lit streets yo are safe. >> someone just stabbed a random tjogger is,t's terrifying, that's, like, super scary. >> reporter: now, that family's statement goes on to ask community for their help in finding this suspect, of course, we have that picture and video of the suspect at the nbc washington app. that's the latest, doreen, back to you. >> all right, mark, thank you. >>> crimes like this are rare

the three were tortured andn killed their northwest d.c. mansion. the lone suspect has n plead guilty. dna evidence is going to be crucial in this ca. some key evidence may have been left behind at the crime scene. court documents show that a screwdriver hding a window open was not recovered and the f investigator was told the water bottles and gloves were discarded.n you atch our murders, inside the investigation special. it has been placed in our nbc washington app right now. aaron? nk> angie, t you. 4:34 right now. jury selection continues in the trial of a mancced of killing his pregnant girlfriend. tyler tessier is -- she was pregnant with his child she dis buried in a field in omery county. >>> it'now 4:35. the other top stories we're working for you this morning.to tropical gordon is blamed for the death of a child in pensacola, florida. the storm made landfall late iast night west of the alabama/mississiorder with wind up to 70 miles an hour. it knocked out power for thousands of people along the gulfecoast. storm is expected to weaken rapid

the d.c. department of health met with residents here at rock creek retirement community moments ago,he letting know about a resident that has been diagnosed with legionnaire's disease. let's roll video. getting a water sample at this retirement community. the department of health, the centers forisease control a d.c. water are investigating to derrell sourc of the disease. the health department said they found out about it on september 17th. they letesidents know over that time but also today, this evening, they had the community meetings. it is caused by bmiathing in the of the bacteria. there are full water restrictions. they said they will install o filter faucets and showers as a precaution. not everyone exposed gets sick some of the gros a at higher risk. >> if you're elderly, 50 years or older, 5 compromised immune system from illness or you're taking medications that m suppress your immune system. or you smoke or you're a former , it will put you at greater risk. >> reporter: now d.c.

we found d.c. assigned school resource officers somewhat differently, wi officers sharing responsibility at multiple schools. they do meetat thenal standard. for more, visit our nbc washington app and click on investigations. >>> well, when tew school year under way for most, there is no doubt kids will be using the internet more often. news4's angie goff has some tips and tools to help you keep you and your children safe online. >> reporter: alicia was just 13 when she was tricked on the >> on new year's day 2002, a man she thought was a boy she met online kidnapped her, taking her from her home near pittsburgh to a house in herndon, where he held and tortured her to days. >> reporter: alicia was luckily rescued. cyber security exper dr. eric cole said parents should show real-life stories like this to their kids and should never feel bad about checking their phones without warning. >> that's p thet that parents miss is that it's not private. if you're monitoring your ild's social media account an

we don't know how, but d.c. police say she suffered serious burns last week on vallete ace and southeast. she died in the hospital on monday. the medical examiner said it was a homicide. so far no arrests. >>> violent attack on a commissioner right on her own property. she participated in aal crime with d.c. police last week in the ivy city neighborhood. after the confrontation tuesday, she has bruises and swelling after she says two women and a man refused to get off her property. the suspects told police they were looking for a lost dog, and the attack was self-defense. officers say since there are conflicting stories, the suspects have not been arrested. >>> well, t morning we're mom ng from a heartbroken in d.c. after her 18-year-old son was murdered. he just graduated from high school in may. then on sunday afternoon, someone shot and killed him ona n road in southeast d.c. his mom tells our darcy spencer he left to get a drink and never came home. >> no parent should feel like that. that's a hurt to the co

the point being that the d.c. circuit is distinctly different as you indicated in netiquette a much higher level of caseload dealing with executive agencies and the kinds of things we've been talking about extensively here. it is important for that to be brought out. >> thank you. >> with a regard to the d.c. circuit, you spent how many years? 12 years and three months. >> how many decisions? you know the number of decisions? >> i think it's been well over 2000 cases including on the cases coming up together. >> how many of those we the author? i've written -- published the majority i believe in cases. >> glass questioning he received that the norm is, with your decision making. i will note before ask you this question that the active judges on the d.c. circuit are made up of seven nominees for democrat presidents and foreign nominees for republican presidents. the current make up of the active judges on the d.c. circuit is more democrat than republican in terms who nominated them. in the several thousand cases th

nicole is live in northwest d.c. with bfh sides the argument. >> this has been a highly debated issue for months now. those two are for initiative 77 and believe it put all minimum wage workers on a level playing field but tho that are against it say that it takes money out of service workers pockets because they're less likely to gedequate tips. either way, the majority of d.c. voters approved initiative 77 back in june and increasing minimum wage from $3.33 an hour to h15 anr and they could consider overturning the initiative but not everyone agrees with th. >> they're trying to actively suppress the vote of d.c. voters. >> council members are expected to meet at 11:00 a today we're told more than 100 people representing both sides are expected to have their voices heard. >> what finally lead to police to this suscted serial kill. >> anld notion about heart medicine is being debunked by a study. why taking an aspirinay a isn't helping as much as you may think. that's next on news 4 day. >> a flash flood watch has b

he came t d.c. to testify in favor of 77. >> i work in california where all service staff gets paid the full m wage in addition to tips, and that's exactly what i make. i mak m the fullimum wage and i still get the standard tips. and if i give really good service, i get 22%. >> reporter: hundreds of people have signed to testify for and against. darcy spencer, ns4. >>> all right. so there will be some dry ds in our ture, and they're not that far away. >> yes. ave to we're going to get through a good stretch of some wet rainy days. >> and everybody is going to wonder when florence is going to impact our area. and really, the day is going to be tomorrow. we saw a couple of showers today but most of the region remained on the dry side. we even saw sunshine out there. let's take a look outside and show you where the storm. it's down to the south. right now florence a 30 miles per hour tropical depression. yeah, it's still called florence, because once it's given a name, it sticks with that name. so even

you specifically argued that the d.c. assault weapons ban was unconstitutional, and i think because you said these weapons were in common use. what did you base your conclusion that assault weapons are in common use, and what evidence or study did you use to do that? >> thank you, senator feinstein, for the question. i understand, of course, your role on that issue and your long leadership on that issue and appreciate that. i faced a decision where, as in every other decision just about on the d.c. circuit, i had to follow a precedent, the precedent of the supreme court. i don't get to pick and choose which supreme court precedence i get to follow. i follow them all. and so in the second amendment context, the supreme court in the heller decision, written by justice scalia, had held that there was an individual right to keep and bear arms. and then in explaining what that meant and what exceptions would be allowed to that right, justice scalia's opinion for the court in part 3 of the opinion went through, this does not me

the d.c. police chief said progress is being made in se of those cases. >> we anticipate we will do everything we can to bring the folks that are responsible to these cases. for these cases to justice. >> these homicides, most of which happened, were last week. some nghborhoods and some victims may get more attention than others, some say. th chief said video helped with the p street murder. >> we regard the loss of life in our city and people's sense of safety beingd viola is our top priority. >> as for the son, he still feels the loss his father. they need to get their lives together>> now, we know that the numbers don't tell the whole story but they dout things in context. last year there were 82 rders. so far this year, li5. ve outside police headquarters. >> all right. thank you. >>> we are jt getting started. scammers have taken over people's homes and reputations. how you canf protect yours from becoming a victim. >>> and a look at the evidence in the mansion murders trial. one clue tha

in northeast d.c.,'m shamari stone, news 4. >> thanks shamari. >>> as we remember senator jn mccain we cannot forget his sacrifice and tonight he was honored. tribute. g >> reporter: it is the plight america has set aside to honor her vietnaman vet on this evening the memory of senator john mccain was honoredahonored in a touching event from the vietnam veteran's fund. some who picked up the red, white and blue candles and yaced them so t reflected in the memorial's polished granite had a reflection carved here. others have living family members who served in vietnam. >> we were over in the capitol today payingreents to senator mccain, so i thought i'd come over and pay myerments h r here. my father's a vietnam veteran. reporter: fewer the vietnam veterans themselves, and the late senator held in hanoi as a brother of arms. >> this represents a man of courage and stood by all ofs. his record is impeccable and i wanted to represent my family to john mccain. >> reporter: the event ended with the playing

d.c. police were on the scene almost immediately. a man was shot in the 1800 block. >> the chief gave me aon briefi hat happened over the weekend, which was dramatic, outreous. and i happened in different places across the city. all nonrandom acts., all pe likely, who knew each other. most people who have been involved with the criminal justice system. >> reporter: the itoestigation he double-shooting forced the temporary faulti ihalting o d.c. streetcar line. it's not clear if this dashboard camera captured the gunman as he ran from the scene. the two men who were shot on benning roadonight are described as being conscious and breathing when they were taken to local hospital by ambulance. >> jackie, thank you.on >>> the s woman accusing brett kavanaugh of sexual misconduct wants h to tell story to the fbi. tonight on twitter,ah deb ramirez's attorney asked why the judiciary committee isn't trying to make that happen this tweet came shortly after the committee announced it will take the vote on kavanaugh's supreme court nomination on

d.c. their protest centered around thhu ongoingrch sex abuse scandal, particularly with cardinal wuerl. they say he covered up abuse by priestsing his time asn bishop i pittsburgh. wuerl denies the allegations. >> we want clean leadership. we wt good people. you are supposed to be the moral ithority, then act like it. >> wuerl expected to travel to rome soon to ask pope francis to accept his resignation as archbishop of washington. >>> because of the child sex abuse investigation in pennsylvania, maryland's attorney general wants to know if that kind of thing is happening in maryland schools or places of worship. he tweeted out a form where victims of abuse or knowledgeover abuse can reportn inci to his office. recently, thousands of people signed an online petition calling for frosh to investigate the baltimorediocese. >>> it's been one year since hurricane maria. demonstrators marked the somber anniversary by protesting outside president trump's mar-a-lago resort. yesterday people honked

d.c. and u.s. capitol police were investigating a suspicious vehicle near union station and louisiana avenue this evening. officers used binocularse to scoput the area, as you see there. we saw a man get into that bomb suit there to inspect the e. vehi they took away some items from inside that car. investigators are not saying what they found, if anything at all. >>> the future ofdo cardinal ld wuerl's leadership of the catholic church in washington lies in the o hands pope francis. a spokesperson for the o archdioces washington confirmed today that cardinal wuerl will ask the pontiff to cept his resignation. a pennsylvania grand jury report suggested that wuerl did not do enough to protectictims from predator priests when wuerl was the archbishop in pittsburgh. some students we talked to at catholic university today say they're fed up. >> for meon pely, it's ompletely infuriating and frustrating situation. >> the holy father, the pope, is not required to accept it. he'll accept it at the

matthew's cathonc church d.c. is having another listening session in light of the on goinx church abuse scandal. there's allegations that cardinalonald wuerl covered up abuse by priests during his time in pittsburgh. share are invited to their con serns and feelings on the scandal as well as thoughts howhe church community can protect and assist abuse survivors. tonight's listening session i period hahhi happening at the same church where he celebrated mas on friday. he is expected to travel to rome. >> it's 4:49. the d.c. m mansionsder trial resumes this morning. so far we heard from 17es wis. last week in court we heard from a man that worked with a bank to get the $40,000 ransom money. another man had an appointment the day of the murder. he testified when he talked to her on the phone she sounded scared and nervous. stay with news 4 for complete coverage on this case. you'll find the latest information ithe nb washington app. search mansion. >> opening statements begin in the first-degree murder trial of the c

d.c. is an international city. de have tons of people coming and going from arohe world to the district. we've been recognized as a foo city. just in the year 2016, the bon appetitni recd d.c. as a restaurant city. we've been validated on that front. a lot of people here are experienced in going out to eat. they don't cook as much. >> we're busy. >> we work long hours and like to eat really good food. >> can you tell us about the companies and the goodies yout brouere that will be represented. >> this is my favorite part of the day. this is where you get an opportunity to taste all of the inlocal bses and you have cookies, doughnuts, we have pretzels. everything that you can get in d.c. will be at the convention center. it is an opportunity tod taste just have a great time. >> is there something in particular you're looking forward to, keith? the tasting lounge, as lori shared for folks being able to taste district doughnuts. withs. cook to actually learn from other people how they were able to get their fo in the

d.c. fire --e d.c. pol see units blocking access. again, this is to allow optimal access for the fire units coming infr here, as i can se where we are on 7th, near 7th and virginia, that the -- they are still flames coming from the roof of the building. i can see at leastad twor trucks that are trying to douse the flames extended above them. i tell ya, it looks likeha this just -- the flames have been really aggressive with effort from d.c. fire and now at least this fire unit cing in from the naval district of drews,gton, joint base navy yard as well, to help with the fire fight. >> hey, aaron, how many, exactly how many entrances are there to that facility? where the center is? >> reporter: pat, honestly, i don't know. driven by it many times. to be ables opened to try to access the highway here before they started the construction ongi va avenue, you'd drive by and there's one main door in the center of the building with a flight of stairs there well, 5th street side of the building. i don't know what other ways and exit doors the

d.c. and these are the areas that could have the highest chance of seeing strong to severe chance of a storm. let's head over to melissa mollet to checkn your commute, melissa. >> good morning. first 4 traffic, inner loop and outer loop of the beltway, nice and green. we don't have anything in our way. looks good. 95 does as well. we have an earlier slowdown southbound there from a crash yesterday. that's out of the way. no poor ris there. as we zm in here, 14 east all lanes blocked for a water main break there. aaron? >>nk melissa, t you. 5:02 now. following breaking news, new york avenue northeast is back open after that bad crash. >> police suv and another car collided. news 4's nicoleacobs isn the scene with the latest. what are you seeing? >> eun and aaron, we're live at the corner of new york avenue. u can see it's open after police were here on the scene for several hours investigating a serious crash. we want to get you right to some video showing you the extent of that crash. you

d.c. pole say on thursday, silver collidedle with a greyhound bus. sh took a tire iron and shattered the bus' and then, got in her car and tried to run over the bus driver. >> it's hard to watch that. wonder what made her so furious. >>> i'm getti our kids' backpacks and stuff ready. thousands of parents are ready to send their kids off to school tomorrow. >> do you wish you knew when the bus was coming so your kids didn't hav t to stand in snow or the rain? so, guess what. there's anor app that. parents inrince orge's county can use an app for the arrival andf departu school busses. the school system is encouraging parents townload it. through this app, they will be school find where t bus is, if it's on time or if the child missed the bus. ls can ao enable them to track one or more bus and they're arrival times at school. this is brilliant. great idea. >> i would love to have it. >>> a battle over a bible study is splitting a community in northern virginia. cording to "the freelance-star" in frederi fredericksburg," they may evict kenneth hauge if

. >> today, dozens of d.c. residentsacked the courtroom as lawyers on both sides begin the process of selecting a jury. >> that jury will rule on a case now more than three years old. three family members and their longtime housekeeper rdered, eir house then set on fire. >> they will decide the fate of the only person charged in this meagan fitzgerald is at d.c. >>perior court now. meagan? eporter: legal experts will tell you this is a very critical process ass entire both sides try to sort of weed through the potential biases that people have one way or another. so today for several hours the defense and the prosecution had a chance t spe with some of the 80 people who could serve. for the next several days, prosecutors and defense atrneys will try to make sure they seat a fair and impartial jury. the started by reminding he 80 people inside the courtroom that darren went is presumed innocent until proven guilty. turing and d with t killing a family of three and their housekeeper. the story has been widely rep

why that's important, right now d.c. is just one shy of the total homicide rate, 116 for all of last year. so we're not even out of the month and d.c. poised to hit mark it hit all of last year. we'll stay on top of this story. we'll still piece together how and when this happened and bring you more informationhroughout the hour. back to you. >> livs for u in northeast d.c. thank you. >> that shooting is the latest n a string of shootings that plagued the district since friday. four shootings happened yesterday all within hours of each other. the most recent, a man was found shot on downing place northeast last night. his was near the brentwood recreation center. >> an hour earlier another person was shot in the 180 block of benning road northeast. it's the same block where people were shot onfriday. it happened as peoplere ppared for a crime walk.gh the nborhood commissioner there was at that walk last night and said the community is sick of the violence and it must stop. >> now to a developing story, supreme court nomi

thousands of d.c. public schoo parents finding out their children's personal information was exposed online for months. no social security numbers bute of personal details. it's raising questions about privacy and how to keep this from happening again. shomari stone went to get answers about that. shomari? >> reporter: good evening. d.c.ps say they're determined to make sure itn doesn't hap again. >> it certaly is something at we take very seriously. >> dc public schools public chancellor explains how 2,000 ts stud personal information ended up posted online for anyone to see for six months. >> how could this happen? >> yes, well, i think as you are aware, we learned that this happened as part of an inadvertent submission. >> dcps sent this letter home to parents of affected students after a s trceped me off about the letter, i called dcps. they confirmed itta misnly included student information in a spread sheet it gave to the dc council in february thated incl students' names, dates of birth, student

. >> d.c. police are investigating at least five homicides and 8 separate shootings.st finch is live with how many people have been shot. >> well several shooting investigations are now underway and in many ofic them p are still looking for suspects and for leads. police were called there just after midnight. medics on scene did find the man shot. that victim later died. also in southeast, a fatal friday.g reported on two men were shot off the 5100 block of s street. a 41-ynr-old victim that case has died. 4:15 a.m. sunday a 42-year-old man was shot and killed. earlier that nit, also in southeast, a 28-year-old man died at the hospital after being shot off the 1,400 block in southeast. and in northwt, a 1600 eaock, ay shooting there just after 2:15 on saturday morning. eaa 28old man was shot and killed. a suspect, though, in that case, is now in custody. back out live, though, police are still looking for many more suspts in these investigations. again, five people have died. 8 shootingnvestiga

a d.c. rat pulls a firem. al details on that next. >> well, this morning be very careful as you're about to head out. we have dense fog around the area. half mile visibility. dulles, almost zero in the district. it will be tough to see this morning. take it slower on the roads. chuck is back to show you if we >>> 28% opioidsc sptions were given to patients with no history of pain. 115 americans died every day from an opioid overdose. in other health news, walking could help prevent memory loss. thomas jefferson university studied a group of older adults with mildognitive impairment. they had to make arrangements to meet a friend and go for a walk. the physical activity helps reduce further memory loss by 90 or 88% and i think walking witha someone, interaction probably helped o. >> as hurricane florence barrels toward the east coast major airlines have a plan to help avoid stranded travellers at airport. they're waving change a fee airports that could possibly be in florence's th. travellers can rebook their f

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d.c.'s fire chief explains why it is so easy for someone to illegally open a fire hide randal. >> during an emergency, wet it as simple as possible to get in there for the firefighters to do their job. time is of th essence. >> kordestani is expected to make his first crt appearance day. >>> right now, hurricace flors barreling toward the carolina coast. time is o running and communities are bracing for tastrophic flooding. >> and we have team coverage of the storm's projected path. >> florence could be one for the record books. as this powerfuatyeg c 4or the carolinas, people are being told to get out. it comes nearly a year after hush maria devastated puerto rico, killing 3,000. people tonight anxiety is very high up and down the east coast. this is an area that could bepu elled when florence roars ashore. >> let's start with toug adoug amelia tracking hurricane florence. >> and watching the latest on this, it makests way closer and closer to the east coast and one thing for sure it will

it's in washington virginia about 70 miles off western d.c. this is video of the chef that can be credited. there's only about 120 restaurants worldwide that earned that. >> patrick o'connell is a genius. she's inspired s many other local chefs. they were awarded two stars and pineapple and pearls. 13 were honored with one star and dozens others hhlights great restaurants that are more reasonable. like three soues for und $40. >> that's my kind of place. but amazing. ngratulations to all t awardees. hurricane florence now impacting the e >> hundreds of thousands of people, they don't have power now and the contions are only going to get worse. when we come back, jim handley joins us live from a place already experieing a dangerous >>> florence is here and the storm is only begiing. winds of over 100 miles per hour hit the east coast. the rain maybe tt m damaging aspect of this monster storm. up to 20 inches or more over the prxt few days and that will cause widd flooding and a lot of damage. that's why people are headiedin the warnings to get

for the d.c. metro, we're looking at showers and coastal flooding and that's theame dealor our friends in southern maryland. anybody ong the potomac river. that where we see coastal flooding from now until tuesday. by the time we get toes wey, thursday, friday, it's so nice. temperatures are going to be in the midos0s for the part. next chance of rain saturday. that's the first day of fall.e we have m news right after this. . i put criminals in prison during the day i'm jennifer wexton, and as a prosecutor, and changed diapers at night. later, when i had a law practice, i volunteered to help moms collect child support. then, as state senator, i worked across party lines to target sexual offenders and take guns away from domestic abusers. in congress, i'll stand up to president trump. i approve this message because, like every working mom, what's ahead is as important as what's in the rearview mirror. >>> our coverage of tropical storm florence continues next on the "today" show. and speaking of wh

but a former d d.c. and virginia inmate says all correctional agencies face a huge hurdle. >> they put me in a coldm r with a milgts buetal bunk, no m. >> reporter: she says ty hide it for fear of being targeted own inmates and risk of losing things which could be used in a suicide attempt. >> in aree world, you have all these numbers to call and all these services. butn,n pri all you have are those officers. >> reporter: the p countyice department conducts investigations of jail suicides in montgomery county and they completed one just a few months ago when a convicted killer committed suicide just before his transfer to a life sentence in state prison. scott macfarlane, news 4 iteam. >>> and to watch the original report, and that includesin lo at how local corrections officials ve responded to recent suicide attempts, you can visit our nbc washington app. >>> e-mails were front and second in the final day of questioning for brett kavanaugh. the hearing are were held up at the start as lawmakers on both

now to a violentth weekend i district. >> d.c. police are now vestigating 5 homicides and at least 8 shootings all since 11:00 last night.po ce only have a suspect in custody for one of those shootingng >>> happetoday, the logan circle community will hold a public meeting docuss the gruesome attack that left wendy martinez dead. theig meeting t is at 6:30. martinez was stabbed to deathdnn day while she was jogging. police have charged anthony crawford in her ath. >> also tonight there will be a safety walk in northeast d.c. residents will begin their walk at thene c of 19th and l street to show their concern about the recent violence in the area. >>t's now 6:34. this week the news 4 i team is looking into a wave of scammers said to be taking the district by storm. >> d.c.'s attorney general is warng all would be renters, potential buyers and realtorsab t becoming targets. >> it all starts when you lookl for a rental. this ad seems real enough but the owner told us a it'sually bogus so we went undercover and starte e-mailing the pe

i think it will be fine. >> d.c. collected more than $100 miion in revenue in the last 12 months from the cameras. now officials are considering raising the top fin from 300 to $500. >> i think that's just - like i said, we're targeted. >> reporter: well, the d.c. council will hold a public round tableer tomorrow aon at 1:30. folks can let theirme council ers know what they think about their proposal to hike the fines. >>ha you, chris. there is new reaction from the prosecutor in the bill cosby case. she talked about wst day's sentencing was show shocking to so many. >> and a crackdown on people not stronger is blasting her tumors... without risking her bones. it's training her good cells... to fight the bad guys. stronger is less pain... new hope... more fight. it's doing everything in your power... and everything in ours. stronger, is changing even faster than they do. because we don't just want your kids to grow up. we want them to grow up stronger. >>> we have breaking news in camp spring maryland. police are on

d.c. near this area police did find the area that he used to stab martinez. what they don't know is t motive here. it just appears at this time to be unknown why crawfor they say attackedmartinez. they have learned from witnesses that crawford is said to be ani user of the synthetic drug k-2. it relies heavily on witnessac unts, police patrols and the surveillance videos. crawford was trackedown to park in northwest d.c. not far from where he livee mayor here says yesterday she hopes this capture brings comfort to the community and to the martinez family. >> logan circle, we want some people to feel safe going about their normal activities and a woman jogging on our streets is a normal activity. >> candles and flowers and also messages from fellow runners telling wendy they will run the races that they know she can no longer run. as for crawford, he's being held without bond pending his trial eor martinez's murder. we're live her in northwest, i'm justin finch, news 4, back in to >> thank

d.c. police suv has been involved in a b cras here's a look at the scene. it happened overnight. we're, w to confirm exactly how this crash happened and the condition of the officeh and the driver. news 4's nicole jacobs will have a live rept comingp at 5:00. >>> it will be another difficult day foro people get around sixth street in southeast d.c. here's why. the big old sinkhole, cars teetered. tow trucks were called in the cars off the streeteyefore there swallowed up. all of this started when a water main break. crews will be out here. at 5:00 we'll be back with the latest on repair work. >>> to the latest on the controvercosupreme court controversy. the group ultraviolet projected a message onto the courthousen o constitution avenue where brett kavanaugh serves as a u. appeals judge. they don't want him confirmed. tomorrow brett kavanaugh and the first woman accusing him will lead the discussion. >> yesterday president trump praised kavanaug >>> an unexpected moment at the united nati

this is a theory jerejected by e d.c. circuit and a number of members of this committee in a recent vote, a bipartisan vote, advancing a bill that is predicated on the whied that congress can impose some restrictions on the executive's pow power to fire at will the executive branch to the officers. >> just with respect, senator, i think you're significantly overreading what i wrote in that case. i did not in any way say that the traditional independent agencies are in any way constitutionally problematic. i i took that as the baseline on which i said that this new agency departed from that traditional model. so i did not cast doubt on hum frits in that case. i explained in great detail why i thought this deviation from hum frit -- humphreys mattered. >> this is also something you have written about and smoke spoken about and it's related to this issue. back in georgetown on a panel in 1998 you said, and i quote, it makes no sense at all to have an independent council investigate the conduct of the president. if the presid

so if he's only going to get a few more years anyway on the d.c. case, it a-- it's a lot of time, a lot of efforts, a lot of resources and a lot of witnesses that you're putting on the stand that can be cross examined on their testimony later that you might want to avoid. there's a lot of reasons short of cooperation why bob mueller would want to avoid this trial and agree to this. >> glenn, i'm still hung up on this. manafort is only pleading guilty to two counts, although he's essentially admitting to everything, so what does that mean in legal terms? >> so here's what that means, when you read through criminal information that was filed today i agree that he was facing seven counts and he is now pleading guilty to two counts, but those two counts basically require him to admit his guilt of all seven counts, so when we read this criminal information, there is 38 pages cataloging paul manafort's crimes, and he is admitting to doing everything in those 38 pages of a criminal narrative, plus as dan said, some of the conduct that he was already tried

d.c. area, ande the chesape and potomac rivers. we'll see it tonight. if you s flooding yesterday, you will see it again this evening. and then talking about florence' impact on our area over the next couple days. what can you expect here? the big issues, once again, friday through about monday. this is a lon duration event. once it makes its way on than, it is expected to stall and sit fo days. >> wow! you'll be busy. we'll check back later on. inhe meantime, storm prep is focusing on north carolina.ar derek is taking look at how power company and customers around the area getting ready. >> and we are tracking florence around the clock. so be sure to tune in to news4 today for the latest on how may affect us. it all gets started bright and early at 4:00 a.m. >>> right now the vaticans preparing to address allegations that the pope covered up for cardinal theodore mccarrick. mccarrick resigned as cardinal in june amidst allegations that he groped a teenager. the pope is expected to comment

a southeast d.c. shooting and four others hurt in northeast. no arrest in either of the cases. >>> and the debate lived up to theheight. ted cruz and his opponent, a ss congreman taking the stage last night and pulling no punches. >> news 4 today starts now. >>> hi. we welcome you back into news 4 today on thisday morning. good morning. angie goff has the morning off. we want to update you on the crash thatt has p of 95 shutdown. this is i-95 in prince george's county. all northbound counties fromto 3 exits are shutdown. two second base lanes are shut well.s two people were rushed to the hospital after the crash. no word on when that r dway can reopened. we'll let you know as soon ase hear. it's 6:31. we want to start off with a check of theforecast. we have lauryn rickets with us. and this is the last few hours of spring. >> yes. we are -- summer. mmer. >> summer. what am i talking about? >> that's all right. >> i'm going to work on it in a little bit. >> it's all right. it feels like spring out there right now. thoser teures, 60s and 70s. a l

a all four victi expected to be okay. >>> a d.c. road proldct c start that will slow you down for a long time. the construction will provide commuters with malcolm x avee from both sides of i-295. it will create wider and safer access ramps. >>> one group of commuters in our areaan expect a quicker trip. metro ridersde won't witing with any major shutdown. for the past few weeks riders haven't been able to te the red line because of the emergency. schooe of the largest districts in our area kickoff a brand new school year today, county.george news 4 justin finch spent the morning at a newly renovated school. he's live in district heights where thecl ceo wile out her day with a very special visit. tell us about it. >> reporter: this is the olde forestvi here. now housing district heights elementary school.we l have more in just a second. in speaking with her and several parents and local leade that are looking forward to not only this being the first day of school but a new chapter for ince george school. >> are you excited? >> no. >

internal reports produced by the d.c. department of transportation show they have te fixed of adjhundreds of signs since 2016, signs that were either conflicting or confusing. some with arrows pointing the wrong direction, others that drivers indicated said it was both okay and illegal to park in a space during certain hours. a series of drivers told the i-team these signs cost them big money. it was still unclear how to read the signs. >> this is 7:00 to 6:30 p.m. twe figured we were betwet time. it's okay to park. >> you see the lower sign, you think that's the one to read. >> exactly. but lo and behold, t one above it says no parking 10:30 to 2:30. why don't they just make this 7:00 a.m. to 10:30?te >> rep d.c. officials are making fixes. they say wn it comes to signs, the rule for drivers is to read from the top down. >> even though it seems rather confusg, you might need a law degree, what we're doing is trying to give you a clear direction on when you can utilize that time. th>> reporter: tonight, wh signs are chang

they're working with the red cross and other d.c. agencies to figure out a more permanent housing solution for them. right now they're at that rec center. now, this was auge fire. take a look at the video here. flames ran across the roof of ic area cture in the a and would pop up from one spot to the next as it just spread h the entire building. at one point, the roof just collapsed. the flachmes at that point got everyone more intense. 161 occupiunits were occupied. many residents have mobility issues. th use walkers and wheelchairs. so the evacuation was a bit complicated. firefighters made rescues, but it was also a group efft. 100arines from the nearby navy yard came over and literally carried residents out of the burning bui ing. residents had told news 4 that the sprinklers and smoke alarms didn't go off. wasn't much wind yesterday, so the smoke filled the entire we spoke to one resident who thought his house was on fire.ug >> i t it was coming from my house. so i ran downstairs, and i look out t door. i was like, oh, it's a fi

the same for d.c. parents there's no online search for license in d.c. either. instead, requiring a call or e-mail to the da superintendent. >> it takes a lot to g someone's license revoked. parentsust be vigilant and do their homework. they do suspect somethingngs writh a teacher who suddenly left a school, because discovered school districts don't announce publicly when a teacher's license has been revoked. >> when you ha someone's license revoked for inappropriate conduct with children, it sould be taken very, very, very seriously. >> parents won't find any teachers with revoked licenses in the district. because d.c. officialsre still finalizing policies that will allow them to yank a liceige. oring states have been doing so for decades. >> it's important, these are the people that are shaping our kids minds. know that someone hasn't committed a felony. >> this summer, the i team found 900 d.c. public schoolteachers who are working without required licenses. and for hundre of d.c. charter schoolteachers. turns out licenses aren't necessary for the all. >> in

. >>> today, cardinal wuerl will meet with d.c. priests to discuss the growing sex abusel scan involving him and the catholic church. >> this comes after someone shouted and walked out on cardinal wuerl during mass. justin finch h more on that interruption and today's meeting. >> reporter: we know in a letter ahead of this meeting the priests that cardinal wuerl asked forrayers and support. he apologized for lapse inme ju that may have caused them shame. we'll center on thisrowingex abuse scandal, as well as the rebuke we saw here, very public and very vocal rebuke from the pews at annunciation on sunday. >> shame on you. >> reporter: that disruption came as cardinal wuerl asked for parishioners to pray for pope francis leading the church through anoth scandal. the outburst came from brian garfield who walked out, as well. he said afterwards, he felt as if he was being lectured to he felt there should be more outrage at what the cardinal had to say. wuerl is now under fire for handling ofla sex abuses against priests. you may roall