Quake. She clings to a firefighter as rescuers all clap and say theyre happy shes alive. Thank you for joining us for the news at noon. The death toll from the earthquake is at 241. Here is the latest from the hardest hit village. Reporter powerful after shocks jolting, collapsing more buildings sending clouds of dust into the air a day after a massive 6. 2 earthquake flattened most of the historic village. There have been more than 400 after shocks, one as strong as magnitude 5. 1. Theyre making it much more difficult for teams to search for trapped victims. This firefighter says the focus is still on finding people alive. But its a race against the clock. Crews worked through the night sifting through the debris. Police are keeping this winding Mountain Road clear for workers who are bringing in more equipment to help in this massive rescue effort. In another rescuer went through the rubble with a search dog. This survivor retrieved a box of personal items from his destroyed home. He says last night we slept in the car. Tonight, i dont know. More than 1000 others have camped out in temporary shelters as they face an uncertain future. Italys premiere visited the devastation wednesday and vowed to rebuild. A woman jogging on a popular trail was able to get away after a man tried to assault her. This is according to the leesburg police. It happened this morning near south king street in lees burg. Earlier this week Police Say Two men assaulted a woman. Police are still looking for suspects in both cases but they say they do not believe the incidents are related. If you have to go near the pentagon, dont be alarmed if you see emergency crews flashing lights and sirens. This is only a drill. First responders are practicing mass casualty scenario. Reporter it all looks and feels very real but this is just a drill, an important one in case god forbid Something Like this ever happens. This is the aftermath of a helicopter crash, fire and mass casualty outside the pentagon. Radios calling in the incident and actors with fake wounds making it more realistic. The helicopter is going to crash. Theyre going to lose a fuel tank. Its going to catch fire and impact the building structure underneath this landing site. Reporter a drill like this is important to emergency crews so they can validate response capabilities to be sure theyre ready. To be able to practice what we do and what we train and plan for in a realistic environment. Reporter a lot goes into making a drill like this happen. One of the most important tasks, reassuring the public this is not real. It be sure we let the Community Know whats going on. It is a location of such great interest. Reporter if it were real, theyre prepared for the worst. These emergency drills are done periodically but one to this scale is done just once a year. That drill is almost over. It concludes at 1 00 this afternoon within the hour. Lots of questions for the top metro officials during an emergency meeting. It was called in response to recent safety oversights including a july Train Derailment and then the recent report on train drivers running red lights. The board pressed management on the inspection culture at metro. The general manager responded by saying we are taking a look at the entire organization. Metros safety chief says the agency is developing technologies that will provide automatic safeguards to stop lights. It may be back to school but summer is not over yet. It certainly is not. Wasnt it a nice teaser in the last couple days, a hint of fall with the lower humidity. But the humidity is back. You can already feel it on your lunch hour outside. The heat and humidity is going to build into tomorrow as well. Right now we are at 82 degrees. There is a south wind but it feels very muggy. A lot of spots are climbing through the 80s. In terms of this afternoon we are going to see the chance of a few isolated thunderstorms. The front that brought Severe Weather to indiana and ohio yesterday, that will try to make it to us late tomorrow. Its not going to bring the same set up but today and tomorrow it will bring the chance of a few thunderstorms. Otherwise it is hot and humid today, around 90. Tomorrow will be 95 with a heat index around 100. We will see 90s to kick off the weekend. Things are tropics. Not only here but also in the tropics. We are talking about a system that could have an impact on parts of the u. S. I will have the update in a bit. Did you know National Park service turns 100 today and theyre going big. This morning more than 1000 people showed up on National Mall to be part of the Worlds LargestNational Park service emblem. Participants held brown, green, white umbrellas to create the big arrowhead. We actually did a road trip of 10,000 miles in two months. We visited a lot of National Parks. We are here to celebrate this day. Its really important for us. We just got married. That was our anniversary. Very nice. You can get into parks and monuments across the nation for free. That runs today through sunday. Here is a live look at one monument. It is closed until the middle of september because of the continuous elevator problems. Eventually crews will close it for nine months to repair the whole elevator. We are hearing from witnesses after attackers storm American University in afghanistan. War words. The debate on who cares more about minority voters. Th welcome back. We are looking at news around the world. In afghanistan at least 12 are dead and scores wounded after a nine hour siege at an American University in kabul. Got closer and closer and i felt head. Two attackers were killed. No group is claiming responsibility so far. Seven students, three police officers, two security guards were killed. It looks like progress is being made in the fight against isis in syria. Turkish forces say theyre securing an area taken from the Islamic State yesterday. Meanwhile forces have started withdrawing east of the Euphrates River requested by Vice President joe biden yesterday. Tragedy in britain. Five men have drowned off a beach in southern england that had no life guards. Authorities say the riptides off the beach are very strong and swimmers can easily get into trouble. This is following more than a dozen water related deaths after the british coast lines in recent days. The impeachment trial entering the final stage. She was suspended in may for allegedly misleading brazilians about the economy. During a run up to the reelection bid, her government failed to make payments on social programs but claimed the payments were being made. Shes denying any wrongdoing. Were seeing new video from an incident that the United States navy says was unsafe and unprofessional. Yesterday the navy says four iranian small boats sailed near a u. S. Destroyer at high speeds on international waters. After multiple failed attempts to communicate with the small boat the naval ship changed course. The defense minister says the forces patrol to protect its territorial waters. Controversy rising over the cost of the penny pen and consumers, and what theyll have to pay in the long run. Now, what the drug maker is doing following a lawmakers and the general public. Its hot and humid today. What about your weekend . Well have your seven day outlook and a look ahead to next week coming up. Today National Park service is celebrating their 100th birthday. A nasa astronaut tweeted out this video from space. This National Park is in southern alaska known for the valley of 10,000 smokes and for Alaskan Brown bears. Tweet your favorite photo using luann bennett. After losing her husband to cancer, she raised three boys here in Northern Virginia and grew the family business. 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She called into cnn to respond. Donald trump has shown us who he is. We ought to believe him. He is taking a hate movement mainstream. Clinton defended her Family Foundation after an Associated Press report suggesting Clinton Foundation donors got special access to her while she was secretary of state. Get the latest access to campaign 2016 news. It goes right to your phone on the wusa9 app. A recall alert to tell you about especially if you are lactose intolerant. Giant food is voluntarily pulling popular snacks off shelves. Two flavors of Snack Factory pretty cell crisps may contain milk even though the ingredient is not listed on the flavor. Sihachi lime with best date july 21 are affected. The manufacturer issued the recall yesterday. These products are safe for individuals who dont suffer from a milk allergy. The company thats the target of outrage over the severe price hikes of the epi pen is trying at least somewhat to make amends today. Mylan says it will expand programs that lower out of pocket costs as much as half. It will reduced through a savings card that will cover for a two pack. Residents in Northern Virginia how to prevent zika virus. 33 cases have been confirmed in virginia. All are related to international travel. There is another case of locally transmitted zika. This is in Palm Beach County florida. A number of nontravel related cases in florida stands at 43 and the majority having occurred in miami dade county. Zika can lead to severe related birth defects if women are infected while pregnant. A mom doing her part to give back and helpless fortunate women at home and around the world. Shes doing it by collecting womens lingerie and Feminine Hygiene Products. The act of goodwill is going global. Reporter its not often you find yourself in a room stock piled with many things women can buy. Maternity bras, training bras. Reporter here its just another day at the office. These havent been counted yet. Reporter shes collected 20,000 bras and Feminine Hygiene Products for women in need like those affected by flooding in louisiana to those displaced by the national gas explosion. Sometimes the Little Things are really the big things. Having a bra can give someone dignity and make them stand taller, feel better. Reporter thats important for women dealing with challenging life circumstances. The need for the essentials dont stop because you are in crisis. A period is a period is a period, period. Reporter she thought the idea would be a fleeting moment no more than two weeks. I thought i was done july 30. We would collect bras, have at it. Then it became bigger. Reporter donations are constant and often leave her spare basement, bedroom, doorjamb packed. This is from north carolina. Reporter the idea has given support the girls which she founded and with affiliates worldwide she hopes support the girls continues to grow larger and support more people in need. Shes working on getting funding including development of stronger business relationships. Good luck. Thats a great cause. Turning to your weather headlines. Destruction is what people woke up to in the midwest. Residents of indiana are picking up after yesterdays devastating tornado outbreak. The storms tore apart apartment buildings, ripped roofs off of homes and cut power to thousands of people. The town of kokomo, indiana was one of the hardest hit towns with an ef3 tornado. I came out and it was like a whole new world out here. Nobody in president ial nominee mike pence is surveying the damage. That is serious. It really is. Interestingly, kokomo has been hit before. There was a tornado in 2013 in a different part of town. Thats a rough go. It really is. At home you step outside and you feel a little bit humidity but its still not bad compared to what we have had this summer. Compared to the first week of august. I know, right. It is getting more humid. Tomorrow it will feel near 100. That will be that augustlike heat we saw earlier this month. It will not last long. Humidity will not be a major factor this weekend. But it is summer time. It is one of summers last kicks. A lot of kids are going back to school. With the temperatures warming to the 80s, it sure is a nice day to be on the water. Lots of boaters i am sure will be out temperatures are in the 80s. Weve got a south wind. The dew point is 70. That is a sign that humidity is up significantly from what it was like yesterday. Looking to monday, tuesday, dew points were in the 50s. That was refreshing. Now weve got temperatures in the 80s but dew points in the 60s pushing 70s. Thats when it feels muggy. It will be muggy and hot tomorrow. There will be a chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon. Today is a slightly better chance than tomorrow. This weekend will be hot but the humidity drops off to take the thunderstorms out of the picture. It will be a very summerlike weekend. The High Pressure is east of us. This allows for the southerly wind to bring in higher humidity. Hot, hazy, humid is the story of today and tomorrow. This is the front that arrives tomorrow. It will try and drop the humidity but it will not successfully drop anything else. Storm chances will be dropping this weekend temperatures, theyre going to be hot. A chance of a thunderstorm this afternoon at 3 00 and 5 00. I think it will be mainly dry for the nats game this evening at 7 05 but temperatures make it to the low 90s. This is a few degrees warmer than yesterday. We will hand a handful add a handful of degrees for tomorrow. Tomorrow well be closer to 95. The humidity tomorrow factoring in with the heat, look at what it will feel like tomorrow afternoon. A lot of spots will feel like either side of 100 tomorrow afternoon. Thats not as bad as a cup a weeks ago but it will still be pretty hot. For the outdoor plans tomorrow, take it easy. We are at 90 today. Our heat wave lasts for more than a couple of days. Sunday and monday well be in the low 90s. We will add more chances of thunderstorms. Hurricane gaston will not affect the u. S. At there is this area of low pressure thats a potential developing storm. Thats what all eyes are on. Spaghetti models take it northwest over the bahamas and eventually towards florida. There are questions about exactly where it will go, intensity, rainfall and everything like that. Right now we dont know a lot about this. Models are struggling. Stay tuned to that. I have an article on our website that you can get on the mobile app as well with the latest information on what may happen to the system. Thursday, friday, saturday, we are in the 90s, 95 tomorrow. Well stay in the 90s for next week. What better way to celebrate National ParkService Centennial centennial . This nasa astronaut Jeff Williams tweeted this out. This is from outer coming up tonight at 5 00, a rash of day time burglaries in silver spring. We will have the latest on the investigation. Well be talking to a virginia woman who shot down a drone. She has an incredible story that you have to hear. New developments in that head start investigation in prince georges where teachers are accused of abusing young students. Weather wise it is in the 80s but here comes the heat switch. The weekend do that bad but its hot with temperatures in the low 90s. We will have to stay in the shade for the nats game. Good idea. That will do it for our news. Have a great day and we bell my parents created the show 43 years ago, and now, here we are celebrating 11,000 episodes. Paul [ yells ] davidson picking a favorite moment, 38 years its almost impossible. Bregman my hair alone that could be a story line just there. Leblanc it was the first bad boy i ever got to play, and i loved it. 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