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We want to go to Amelia Siegel for your morning forecast. Looks like summer a making a comeback. Yeah. Were going to notice increasing humidity. And talk about High Temperatures in the 90s. Today the weather having a low impact on your day. More clouds than we had around yesterday. And youll notice by the afternoon hours the humidity in the air. Were looking at partly sunny to mostly cloudy skies throughout the day today. A little bit more sunshine for the afternoon hours. Today it will be the most comfortable of the three days this Holiday Weekend. For tomorrow, hot and humid with some afternoon and evening rain and thunderstorms. For labor day, a few more thunderstorms in the forecast. Coming up im going to have the timing when youll likely be dealing with rain on sunday when you could be dealing with rain on labor day. Thank you ameliamelia. In the last half hour we learned three people are expected to survive after they were in this serious crash overnight. This happened in Montgomery County at the intersection of mcguff avenue. The car that was involved there very badly damaged. The people in the car were taken to different trauma units. Stay with news4 for updates throughout the morning. And right now Labor Day Travel is in full swing. If you are planning on leaving today, you should get a move on to avoid the rush. Lets get a look at traffic right now on the Chesapeake Bay bridge. Traffic is not very heavy. Officials expecting 50,000 cars and trucks to cross this bridge alone. And to avoid the backups like this one, experts say the best time to leave town will be this morning before 7 00 a. M. So youve got just under an hour. And sunday before 10 00 a. M. Aaa says travelers may want to cut their trip short to beat the thunderstorms which could roll in through monday afternoon. Most of us think they can handle the rain, but most accidents in washington metro area that are weather related are in rainfall. You can also see what the roads look like before you head out the door. We have cameras throughout the region. Check them out live any time of day by clicking on the traffic tab on our home page. This morning power is back for hundreds of people in alexandr alexandria. Check it out. You can see the poles snapped bringing down lots of wires. Its not clear how it happened. They said the poles were not hit by a car and weather wasnt a factor. But it is reopen this morning. School has just started and already theres a serious sickness going around Montgomery County schools. Jackie bensen tells us how you can keep your kids safe from whooping cough. Reporter this video shows the effect of whooping cough. This letter was sent to four schools informing them a dozen kids have been found to have the contagious disease. It was found at robert frost middle school, julius west middle school, and cabin john, and cold spring elementary. Plus two private schools. The illness can be traced to a science camp. Well, i had no idea. Im really very surprised to hear it especially at the beginning of the school year. Reporter the symptoms of whooping cough include a runny nose, cough that lingers then worsens, and the whooping sound. Its treated with antibiotics. Jackie bensen, news4 today. Right now doctors are seeing the biggest spike in whooping cough since the 1940s when a vaccine was first made against it. Some new strains of whooping cough have been resistant to those vaccines. D. C. Police are reversing a controversial policy to put detectives on street duty. The first would pull them from their cases one week a month. Now the chief says detectives from individual districts will be included. But other investigating crimes will still be assigned to street duty. And some say the program could interfere with investigations. The police union has not commented on the changes. Today separate events are planned in honor of the unarmed teen killed by a Police Officer in ferguson, missouri. First after noon, a prayer will take place at the mg memorial. And later at 7 00 p. M. There will be a rally for Police Reforms in front of union station. Thats going to be followed by a march down h street. If you are heading downtown today, some metro stations are closed on the red line. First 4 traffic gives us the full rundown on the rails. Metro is not taking a break from track work this Holiday Weekend. There are some station closures you should know about. On the red line two stations are closing for the weekend. The bethesda and Medical Center stations shutdown and closed through monday. Orange and silver line trains will run every ten minutes. Green line trains will run every 15 minutes. And blue and yellow lines will operate normally. Monday metro will operate on a sunday schedule. Stations open at 7 00 in the morning and then shut down at midnight. Back to you. Thanks, melissa. Two local areas are blasting back to the past this weekend in Montgomery County. Costume volunteers are commemorating the war of 1812. James madison fled to brookville as the british stormed the capital. The town will reenact president madisons ride into town. Then tomorrow the town hosted 200 anniversary for the descendents of people who were there. Today in alexandria, a memorial will honor all of those who died in service to their country. The ceremony will begin at 4 30 p. M. Recently maryland did award 5. 5 million in grants for these celebrations for more research on a war they say was forgotten. One that nobody knows about that looks like theyre remembering it today. Great events. Plenty of time to check them out. And some great weather. Thats going to come up. Still ahead on news4 today, Retail Health clinics. Well look at one retailer thats adding a Health Clinic in some of its stores. Well examine the pros and cons. Youve got a great degree and a mountain of debt. How do you start chipping away at it . Well explain coming up next. And if you are on the go this weekend, take us with you. We are always online. Twitter and facebook. We posted a link to the worst traffic spots in the area that youre going to want to avoid. Were back in a moment. Supporters are saying a final goodbye to one of the oldest art galleries. They are asking those who hold hands around the building for a moment of silence today. The museum will be dissolved by George Washington university and the National Gallery of art now. Todays farewell hug begins at 2 00 p. M. On 17th street near the white house. If you want to ditch that Student Loan Debt, there are a number of things you can do. News4 consumer reporter Erika Gonzalez shars what you should do to attack the debt one payment at a time. Reporter do you think its an amount you think youll pay off in this lifetime . I think it will be. I am confident that that will happen. In how many years . Thats the bigger question, i think. Reporter adela is just one of many students we talked to about student debt and lots of it. She currently owes 80,000. Many students like her say it can be hard to focus on classes at hand knowing how much of the red youre in and counting. We sought the expertise of kiplingers personal finance to show you how to reduce your Student Loan Debt as fast as possible. First, youve got to know what you owe. You want to use the National Student loan data system to find out where all of your federal loans are and get them in order. Then pick a payment plan. Just remember the longer that you make the plan for, the more interest youre going to pay. The best way is to give a fixed amount every month or a graduated plan where you build up the amount over the ten years. And finally save for a sizable drop in the bucket. Once you make at least the minimum payment, put a few dollars aside to make a big payment. You make a dent in the debt and you buy yourself a little cushion room too. Erika gonzalez, news4. This Years College graduating class is walking away with the highest Student Loan Debt ever. An average of about 33,000 and its only going up from there. Hard to believe. I know. Were all feeling it, i think. The college debt thing. But theres one thing my father told me. He said your education is one thing nobody can take away from you. Try to keep that in mind. All right. We have a warning for you on metro today. Thats right. Police say two men are flashing people. We hear from one victim who describings what happened. The temperature right now 71 degrees in washington. Many other locations in the 60s. Coming up, ill let you know how warm it will get in your neighborhood. Neighborhood. Plus where there could be an to prove a point about internet speeds, we slowed down an up escalator this is crazy like i dont get it, this one is working ladies, shouldnt up be as fast as down . Yeah. Shouldnt internet speeds match as well . Yes. Do your socks match . My socks match. Do your eyeballs match . Yes. Cable does not match the speeds. Makes you want to go mad. Erggggh. Only verizon fios comes with speed match. Upload speeds as fast as your download speeds. Join now at fiosspeedmatch. Com. Verizon. Heads up. Stay away from the water in rock creek park. More than 1200 gallons of raw waste spilled into rock creek. A backed up sewer line overflowed. Everyone is now being told to avoid the water in Rock Creek South of the national zoo to georgetown. They are working to clean up the spill. Metro Transit Police now say they believe two men are behind a series of flashings on the metro. After our reports, more victims came forward to complain about the crime. Were told its often underreported. We spoke to one victim who didnt want to show her face. I looked up to check what station i was on. When i looked back down to what i was watching and then i looked over and i saw, you know, his genitals were out. Well, take a look. This is one of the men Police Believe exposed himself to women on the train. If you think you recognize him, please call police. In news for your health this morning, as the country deals with a big shortage of doctors and the high cost of care, more of you are turning to those quick care clinics. Now walmart is joining the mix saying it wants to be a primary health care provider. Dr. Nancy snyderman tells us why parents should be cautious. Reporter in this hectic world you may feel youre on call 24 7, but your doctor is not. I work in the Health Department and i see people every day that dont have access to medical care. Reporter its that frustration retailers are banking on as more are opening lowcost, instore medical clinics. And today americas biggest retailer walmart opened two new clinics in georgia. Making a move to deliver primary care to its 5,000 u. S. Stores. Walmart is focused on opening these clinics in rural areas where there isnt as much access to care. Reporter with walkin visits costing patients and their Insurance Companies just 40, analysts say these clinics could be a game changer. These could have ripple effects and also challenge hospitals and doctors to reconsider their pricing as well. Reporter there are merely 2,000 retail clinics in stores like target, walgreens, and cvs. They are staffed by Nurse Practitioners or physician assistants. Most are open seven days a week and have evening hours. They are used for treating common colds and flu, treating some infections, minor sprains, and vaccinations. Experts caution retail clinics should not be the primary source for primary care. Especially for children. We dont recommend that parents take children under the age of 18 months to a retail clinic. Reporter when you do go to a retail clinic, heres what you need to know. Bring a list of medications and get a complete record of your visit. If possible, ask the clinic to send your doctor a report. And that was dr. Nancy snyderman reporting. Walmart is launching the Pilot Program in three states that denied expand medicaid. Those states also had a high concentration of uninsured residents. If you didnt buy your labor day supply yet, get ready for a bigger price tag. Pork is higher priced this year. Youll pay 10 more for it than last year. Steaks also more expensive. And hot dogs up 7 as well. Chicken is the winner here. 3 more expensive. I guess if you want to save the money, got to eat the bird. Prices going up. Temperatures going up as well. Quite the labor day we have. Heat and humidity. Its all returning. Absolutely. Summer unofficially comes to a close, the temperatures, its not going to feel like that. Doesnt make sense, does it in. Absolutely not. Notice how many 90s there are when you see the temperatures. It will also be humid. With the heat and humidity comes shower and thunderstorm chances. Is this Holiday Weekend going to be a washout . Absolutely not, but there are some rain chances in the forecast. Starting tomorrow, you could be dealing with a few afternoon thunderstorms but its really looking like rain will hold off until the evening and overnight hours. So you can make it through at least your entire sunday all dry. Some rain late during the afternoon hours. The threat of Severe Weather this weekend is quite low. However, any thunderstorm or cell we do see moving through the area could contain some heavy rain. Especially later in the day on sunday. Again, talking about our fourth heat wave of the year. Now, temperatures right now for the most part are in the 60s. 66 in camp springs, 64 in frederick. Washington one of the more milder locations coming in at 71 right now with plenty of clouds across the area. Today mostly cloudy then partly sunny skies. Here are the High Temperatures in the metro area. For the most part in the mid80s. 86 for a high today in washington. Keeping it dry for those of you in the metro area. A little bit further back as we head to northern virginia, there could be an isolated shower or thunderstorm in parts of louden county today. And well down south around fredricksburg but only a 10 chance of that happening. The best chance will be those of you in the mountain areas. Where you have a 30 chance of dealing with the lateday shower or thunderstorm. Most of us going through our saturday dry. If youre at the Football Game today, kickoff at 3 30. Partly sunny cskies. It will be humid with temperatures in the mid80s. Future weather walking you throughout the later part of today. Notice that thunderstorm threat around the i81 corridor. Most of us are dry. Here we are at midnight. As we work our way throughout the day tomorrow, this is sunday. Its a dry start. Stopping it at the midday hours, were still dry across the area. Here we are at 3 00 in the afternoon. Notice that rain threat still for the most part west of the d. C. Metro area. Once the sun starts to go down around 7 00, 8 00 p. M. , that threat enters the d. C. Metro area. Again some heavy rain is possible. Otherwise its hot and humid. A High Temperature of 92. Rain mainly late in the day. For monday a High Temperature of 91 degrees. A shower possible during the morning. Into the afternoon, scattered showers and thunderstorms. You dont want to cancel your outdoor plans, but be ready to move back indoors. Tuesday, could be dealing with lateday showers and thunderstorms. Wow. Heat wave. Our fourth one of the year if we get at least three 90degree days in a row. Thanks. There are plenty of events this weekend as we mentioned. Dont fesht about the eighth annual lake anne jazz festival this weekend. Starts at 2 00 this afternoon. Goes until 8 00. A variety of regional and National Blues artists will take the stage. The adrian duke project is headlining. Pets in the park. You can now see animals any day in northern virginia. Well explain whats behind this hey can you fix this . You bet thats our new interactive speaker wall. sup . Thinks its a speaking wall. This can even dim your lights. Your 3dprinted girlfriend will love that. Real mature. There you go. A laser drone for cats. I wish i had lasers. I dont. Pew pew pew. The new radioshack is finally here. The store of your past is now the store of your future. Come see one of our remodeled stores and save 50 percent off skullcandy headphones. Or get a 20dollar gift card with air raid speaker purchase. Joan rivers daughter released a statement saying the comedian who is 81 is receiving the best treatment possible right now at mt. Sinai hospital in new york city. However, she also said her mom is in serious condition. Rivers heart stopped during a minor procedure at the doctor on thursday morning. Today the dog days of summer exhibit is unleashed at the National Museum of the marine corps. The Event Features dogged trained to sniff out bombs and to attack on command. But this is an event for animal lovers of all types. Furry, feathered, even scaly creatures are featured this year. It runs until 2 00 in the afternoon. A prominent wall in herndon, virginia, has gone to the dogs. Literally. You can now see pets in the park on the side of this building on station street. It was painted by heath maclin. It depicts 23 animals. Reallife pets belonging to some of your neighbors right there. You can see a cat on a swing. And that one belongs to the mayor of herndon. Its very cool. You know, im from herndon, so going through downtown youd often see keith out there just sitting on a stool painting away with his brush. Its amazing to see it come to luf. Its huge. Beautiful. The time now is 6 27. Both sides rest their case in the corruption trial of Bob Mcdonnell and his wife. Find out when the jury will decide their fate. If you have not been to the beach this summer, gas prices may give you a new reason to go on a weekend road trip. Lets look outside right now. Amelia segal is tracking our fourth heat wave of the year. Right now a dozen students at Montgomery County schools have whooping cough. Doctors believe they contracted the disease at summer camp. D. C. Police are reversing course and will exempt some detectives from street duty. But others investigating financial crimes, missing persons, internal affairs, and other issue wills still be pulled from their cases monthly to be assigned to street duty. Metros busiest line will be slower today. The bethesda and medical stations are closed. If youre planning to make metro monday, the system will be on a sunday schedule. Good morning. Welcome back here to news4 today. Im richard jordan. And im angie goff. Meteorologist amelia segal is here with what we can expect. Theres a heat wave coming. Youre right. Good morning to you. I hope so far your Labor Day Weekend has started off great. For today were not talking about any rain really in the forecast, but we are going to notice the heat and humidity increasing throughout the day today. Temperature right now in washington at 71 degrees. 68 in college park. 64 for those of you in gaithersburg. Plenty of clouds around right now and well have mostly cloudy then partly sunny skies throughout the day today. Now, the heat wave it doesnt start today. It starts tomorrow. So heres your running forecast. If youre planning on going running during the midday hours. Temperatures in the low 70s at 9 00. By noon at the 80degree mark. The best time to run will be earlier in the day today. Heat wave starts tomorrow. With it comes shower and thunderstorm chances. More on that coming up. Thank you. As many of you hit the roads for the Holiday Weekend, youll see more police on the virginia roadways. They are stepping up patrols through monday like here on i95 in woodbridge. They are on the lookout for drunk drivers. Nine people died in crashes that weekend last year. You want to avoid the heavy traffic this weekend. Were told about some of the best ways you can get around all that holiday traffic. We all know of our three big trouble spots around the area, so were going to try tote get u through. Best thing you want to do is if you want to take an at mat, route 1 or bw parkway. Either of those check ahead of time to make sure youre not going to get stuck in traffic there. Talking about 95 southbound through virginia and alternate if youre coming from d. C. Or prince georges county, 301. Of course you can take it all the way to richmond. Its longer, but you wont be stuck in traffic. Beltway at 270 can get very, very slow. If youre headed north, the best alternate is going to be 355. I hope all of this has helped. Back to you. Thanks to melissa for that. And right now thousands are hitting the highways for a labor day getaway. Whether youre staying in town or not, people are happy at the pump. Lowest at the holiday since 2010. In maryland 3. 38 this year. Thats almost 20 cents cheaper. And in virginia you can fill up for less than a quarter than you could this time last year. Not too bad. They were more expensive toward the beginning of the summer. So its better now. Makes things easier. Heres a few reasons for the lower prices. Few hurricanes and disruptions at refineries. But were about to switch to summer gas which is generally thought to be cheaper to produce. The secret Service Looking into a possible threat against the president. Police are looking for a person driving a vehicle with connecticut plates. As president obama was flying to rhode island for a fund raiser, the secret service issued a statement saying they asked Connecticut State Police for a man who had allegedly threatened the president. They said the suspect was driving a blue volkswagen jetta. As concerns about isis continues to grow, metro officers are told to watch out for threats. We are told there are no dangers to the system right now, however, the chief of Transit Police put out a warning for metro. Tension in the middle east is a cause for concern along with the coming anniversary of the september 11th attacks. Even though he uk has raised its terror level threat to severe, the u. S. Doesnt expect their threat to be raised. Theyre worried from british extremists in isis. They have the fear 500 citizens have gone to fight in iraq and syria. Everyone is on break for labor day as the jury will not begin to deliberate the case against Bob Mcdonnell until tuesday. He faces decades in prison if he is found guilty. Lawyers gave their closing arguments on thursday. The remarks took up the whole day. Prosecutors say mcdonnell and his wife traded political favors for more than 150,000 in gifts from businessman johnny williams. Williams testimony is unreliable, they say. And that the former couples marriage was too broken for them to conspire together. The job they did were terrific. Combined the law and facts and emotion of this case. They did a very, very good job. And even after the jury receives its instructions, it could be awhile before we hear a verdict. Julie carey will be there to tell us when it comes. Follow her online on twitter. The cameras will be at the courthouse when chris brown goes back to d. C. To enter a plea deal. He and had his bodyguard were charged with an assault after a homecoming last year. Now the singer has reached a plea deal in the case that will allow him to avoid jail time. Browns hearing is set for tuesday morning. A young father meets the people who saved his life. We have that emotional reunion. Were in flight aboard one of the last b17 bombers that still flies around. And its over our area. Im adam tuss. Well take you along for the wild ride coming up. Plus the skies are clear now, but when can we see some rain . Storm t well, this is a very special story that came out of a very scary situation. A young father finally met the woman who saved his life after he collapsed in Montgomery County. Were told how without her help he never may have met his daughter. Reporter he hugged Heather Vonn Kirk for saving him with cpr. That she would help a complete stranger, that she would stop and help me who she doesnt know. Reporter lu was jogging here in rockville with his 2yearold son mark in a baby jogger. At the park where he brought his son to play, michael collapsed in cardiac arrest. She called 911. Heather, listen heather you need to start doing cpr right now. Reporter michael was brought here to the hospital where he lay in a coma. At first he had almost no brain activity. Then after ten days miraculously he woke up. His wife mary has been pregnant throughout this ordeal. To always think of the memories nathan wouldnt remember with his dad. And this baby potentially never meeting her father was really heart breaking. But, you know, its a miracle hes alive. And we are just so thankful. Reporter michael got to celebrate with birthday cake. To know i played any part in him being here on his 32nd birthday and being able to experience his daughter being born, you know, in a few months. I mean, thats nominal. Really proud that we saved someones life. Im just so thankful that hes alive. Reporter Montgomery County fire and ems Officials Say we should all learn cpr because it saves lives. Chris gordon, news4. What a story. I know. And really that last line, so important. Because we always say we should know it, we should know it. It wasnt until recently i took the course. I encouraged you. Yeah. Because of my children. And it was a threehour course. You can find them all across the d. C. Region. And it is so valuable. Not only to do the adult version but also the infant version. As you can see, you never know when you are going to be needed and you can save that life. Unbelievable. All right. Time now is 6 42. And you can take a wild ride aboard a b17 bomber. We get a firsthand look. Speaking of stuff in the sky, lets check in with amelia. Tracking clouds across the area this morning. Not really rain in the forecast today, but thats not the case tomorrow and labor day. Ill walk you through your Holiday Weekend forecast coming up. Tradingin or selling your car, truck or suv . Webuyanycar. Com takes the hassle out of selling in just 3 easy steps. One, get your free online valuation. Two, book an appointment. And three, pick up a check at your nearest buying center. Find out how much your car is worth at webuyanycar. Com a piece of hollywood is here and available for you to experience. You can take flight on the b17 bombers used in the movie memphis bell this weekend. This is one of the last in the united states. Adam tuss goes on board. Reporter a Living Legend right here in our area. Weve been invited to go along for the ride. Step inside the memphis bell and you quickly realize this was not comfy quarters and you had to be brave to be a member. Youll find the cockpit above the nose of the airplane and room below. This plane available to the public to raise awareness about the sacrifices our world war ii vets truly made. Now its go time taxiing out to the ruay. The engines have started. Its starting to get noisy in here. Wouldnt you know it we picked a seat with a view. Theres no roof to the room that were in. This is the radio room. Full blast and takeoff. 150 miles an hour and you can peek out the roof of the b17. An incredible sight. We were even able to stick our head out for a second. We moved about the plane just like the crews did during their mission. You might notice these guys flying around. Theyre flying around baltimore and virginia. Take a look out the window right now. We just passed the harbor of baltimore as the world goes by outside the window. The flight lasts about 15 minutes. Showtime over, time to come back down. Bob hill the captain of our flight today. You can see why the b17 lived up to its reputation as a flying fortress. It was well known for coming back with incredible amounts of combat damage sustained and still making it back to base. And thats where its legend started to grow. Reporter you can also go along far ride if you want or check it out on the ground. Flights and ground tours available at Martin State Airport this weekend. At Martin State Airport, adam tuss, news4. Wow. Well, the real memphis bell that flew in combat is being renovated at the National Museum of the u. S. Air force in dayton, ohio. What a neat ride. What an assignment for adam. First time ive seen him with hair out of place. So lucky. Hate that guy. No, we dont. But really nice skies out there. Its going to be hard to top what we had yesterday, but todays not bad. Youre right. Yesterday was beautiful. The humidity was low. High temperature of 84 degrees. The skies early in the morning were such a beautiful shade of blue. Today were looking at plenty of cloud cover. Mostly cloudy skies into the afternoon hours. I think well see more sunshine at that point. So heading out early this morning youre really going to be noticing those clouds. Satellite and radar loop showing clouds across the area right now. A little breakup into the afternoon hours just a little bit though. Were not talking about fullon sunshine today. Heres your hourbyhour planner. Temperatures in the low 70s at 9 00. By noon were at 80 degrees with increasing humidity. 3 00 partly sunny skies, warm. Temperature of 86 degrees. Thats going to be our high for today. Just a touch warmer than it was yesterday. Now, as we get into the evening hours for the most part everybody stays dry except for those of you well west of washington. Areas like frederick, loudon, and faulkner county. Those areas could see an isolated shower or thunderstorm. The metro area, Southern Maryland do remain dry today. Temperatures this evening in the low 80s around 6 00. So a nice night for grilling out. If youre heang to the beach, the water temperature now coming in at 73 degrees. Today at the beach, humid. Temperatures there around 80 degrees. Theres a chance of an afternoon thunderstorm on sunday. Temperature of 84. By storms more likely on labor day. Grilling out this evening its going to be mild. Temperatures in the low 80s for the most part through 7 00, 8 00 temperatures in the upper 70s. So good night to do that. For tomorrow a High Temperature of 92 degrees. Heres your planner for sunday. Humid with temperatures in the low 80s. As we get into tomorrow afternoon, your sunday afternoon, scattered thunderstorms are likely. Hot and humid otherwise. The High Temperature tomorrow of 92 degrees. It marks the beginning of our heat wave. And heavy rain is possible for sunday night. So dont set up for your party on sunday thinking youre getting ahead of the ball. For labor day monday, a High Temperature of 91 degrees. Theres a chance of a shower early as we get into our labor day afternoon and evening. Likely be tracki ining some scattered showers and thunderstorms across the area. Be ready to move indoors. Should you cancel your outdoor plans . Absolutely not. Im going golfing on monday and not planning on changing that. More showers and thunderstorms in the forecast. So today is probably your pick of the three. Absolutely. All right. Enjoy. Thanks. The national zoo celebrates its 125th anniversary with the return of its first species on display. Were going to take a look at the american good saturday morning, everyone. If youre a College Football fan it is a great saturday morning for you. Maryland kicks off the season against James Madison at 3 30 with a new season and conference. This team is excited to finally goat on the field. Anxious to watch the guys go ut out and perform. And get out there and just see what kind of team were going to be for 2014. Maryland will be without wide receiver lavern jacobs. Theyve been suspended for the season by the team after violating the student code of conduct. Last season jacobs led the team in receptions. The head coach said in a statement that the players showed poor judgment and failed to uphold the standards of a student athlete at university of maryland. The virginia cavaliers host ucla at noon. Up state, navy takes on ohio state. And down in blacksburg, Virginia Tech host william mary. It will be a miracle if anyone makes it off the couch today. Hope your saturday is a good one. And some say it is a punishment that fits the crime. Last weekend we showed you this video of a man who climbed the Brooklyn Bridge and started walking on its cables. That man was a russian tourist who was quickly taken into custody. He faced a judge who recommended community service. Then suggested cleaning the bridge. Its the second time this summer weve seen a breach at the iconic bridge. Last month someone raised two white flags at the top. Well, today is the library of Congress National book festival. After ten years on the national mall, it is moving inside. It will run from 10 00 this morning to 10 00 tonight inside the Washington Convention center. Authors will be there signing their books. New events this year include a discussion with writers whose books were made into movies. Plus cooking demonstrations by some of the areas top chefs. And starting today you can go to a new exhibit at the national zoo. With these guys here. Theyre bison. They came here from montana. One is named zora, the other is wilma. The bison is the mascot of both schools. Bison are among the animals in the zoos very first exhibit 125 years ago. The zoo brought them back to honor its birthday this year. So another fun attraction. Another large attraction at the zoo. Thosguys are big. We did want to mention that on benyon road near mcduff avenue, that is where we had a fire this morning. And so were going to be looking more into that when we bring you the news coming up at 8 30. But everyone not injured. Thats the good news. Absolutely. Talk about our holiday weather. Today is looking like the best of the three days. It wont be super hot. Youll notice increasing humidity throughout the day. Heres a live look outside as were seeing the area down around the National Harbor there. And were looking at mostly cloudy, then partly sun sni skies today. I want to jump ahead to tuesday. This is when students are heading back to school. There are some showers and thunderstorms in the forecast. Mainly around the dismissal time. Some rain and thunderstorms late many the day. All right. Thank you. Thats going to do it for news4 today. We are back here in 25 minutes with a local news update. And join us again at 8 30 this morning. Until then make it a great saturday, everybody. Good morning. Severe threat. Britain remains on high alert this morning after the Terror Threat that abruptly came friday. The public warned an attack is highly likely. What does that mean for us in the u. S. . We are live with the latest. Trapped underground. Rescue crews working to save gold miners trapped in an avalanche of mud and rock. They received t

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