Now. Im Megan Mcgrath live in alexandria where you can see behind me the search continues for a 16yearold who went out fishing with friends on Little Hunting Creek. He went into the water to swim to the other side of the creek but he never made it back to shore. It is a beautiful spot where Little Hunting Creek meets potomac river, popular with anglers. This morning, there are police boats instead of fishermen, for the search of a missing 16yearold continues. The coast guard brought in their search and rescue chopper, boats equipped with sonar are searching the water. Shortly after 8 00 last night when a teenager went into the water trying to cross from one side of the creek to the other. He got about halfway before he began to struggle by the channel marker where the water gets deep. The current was going out at that time. He was drifting out. While he was struggling, he then submerged again and was not seen above the water. Complicating the search, underwater plants, quite thick in the spot making it difficult to see down into the water. You can see some of that submerged vegetation right behind me here. Im told that a swimmer could also get tangled up in it. Now, the search continues. Although, i was told by the captain who is in charge that this is now considered a recovery mission. Live in alexandria, Megan Mcgrath, news 4. As we come to this moment, we want to share what made these two both so special not just to us but all of our home down, wbdj. Please join us in a moment of silence. The tv station that had two of its Staff Members killed live on air. A moment of silence observed at wdbj in roanoke. It happened the same moment when photographer, adam ward and reporter, Alison Parker were killed yesterday. Ward was 27. Parker 24. She had just moved in with her boyfriend, who is an anchor at wdbj. I dont know if sharing these personal memories that she made for us and no one else that now i want to share is what she would have wanted. I know what she felt in her heart about being a journalist, which is that you want to share. You want the truth to get out. Chris said that he wanted to marry Alison Parker. Adam ward was engaged to the newscast morning producer who was in the control room when he was shot and killed. We are learning more about the man suspected of shooting the journalist. We told you that Vester Flanagan worked at wdvj before he was fired two years ago. We also learned he was fired from a station in tallahassee, florida. His family put out a statement saying our thoughts and prayers are with the victims familiar less and the wdvj news family. We can not expression the hurt that we feel for the victims. Our family is asking that you respect our privacies. The new concerns about social media. Well take you live to roanoke ahead. Well send push alerts to our smartphone as updates come in with the nbc washington app. Right now, president obama is on his way to new orleans. Today marks ten years since katrina. We have a live picture of air force one taxiing down the runway. The president scheduled to leave for new orleans right now. He arrives to joint base andrews just a few minutes ago. We have some pictures of him getting there. There he is arriving there in new orleans the president is going to meet with residents to talk about how they have rebuilt their lives but president obama is also supposed to speak at a new Community Center in the lower ninth ward where he could possibly face some frustrated people. The lower ninth is still struggling to recover after a decade. Business as usual as we take a live look at the Washington Monument this morning. It opened on time today. The monument closed early yesterday after the elevator broke down again. There were 23 people at the top of the monument at the time. They had to walk all the way down. There were similar problems tuesday night as well. If the president ial election had been held today, vicepresident joe biden would fair better than top gop candidates than Hillary Clinton would. Clinton edges trump, 45 to 41 . Despite these numbers, clinton leads the race with 45 of the vote. Temperatures across the area right now generally in the low to mid70s. Were at 73 in frederick and leesburg. 75 degrees in washington. A gorgeous day outside. Comfortably cool this morning. High this afternoon. Warm into the upper 70s to low 80s with plenty of sunshine and low humidity. A high today in washington of 83. A high of 82. Coming up in about ten minutes. Ill have your hour by hour planner for this afternoon and evening. What you can expect as the kids are getting home from school and you are taking a dog out for a walk later tonight. Thank you, amelia. This morning, social media concerns after that deadly onair shooting in roanoke and the people that said, technology let them see the violence, even though they didnt want to. The pays you can help pay tribute to the victims as a new debate opens up. Our coverage here continues in sdpr. We are closely following what you are clicking on. Reporters across the United States are showing support for the two journalists killed yesterday. Alison parker and adam ward were killed on air while they were doing a live shot. Buzzfeed is showing some tweets. Reporters and tv crews posting to twitter using the hashtag, we stand with wdvj. The use of video audio player on social media site in the line of fire. Many of you are not happy that you saw the disturbing video of the shooting on twitter and facebook before you had a chance to decide if you wanted to watch it. Twitter would not comment on the auto play feature. They did tell buzzfeed to check out the media policy. It says, video marked as sensitive does not auto play. You can change the settings to stop videos from playing automatically. Walmart says it will stop selling assault rifles. The reason is declining sales. It is not leaving the gun sales world completely. The Worlds Largest retailer will replace rifles with shotguns and other hun welcome back to news 4 midday. The latest look the at cloud cover. Looking at plenty of sunshine. Some cloudiness down around the Northern Neck and the most southern parts of st. Marys county. Cloudyness over the mountains. Mostly sunny skies throughout the day today. 75 degrees is the temperature at reagan national. By 2 00, we are at 80 degrees, 5 00 p. M. A mild 82. When the kids get home from school later today, great day for them to play outside. If they are still out, fabulous pool day. 8 00, 77 degrees. Overnight tonight, comfortably cool once again. Lows in the suburbs falling to around 60. Upper 60s for lows in washington. In ten minutes, im going to have the humidity forecast. The man that flew a gyrocop ter through d. C. s restricted air space is back in court. He is asking the judge whether he can fly a special attorney. He flew as an act of civil disobedience. Oscar pistorius could be released from prison. Review board set a parole hearing for september 18th. South africas Justice Minister decided to delay the transition from prison to house arrest. He has served ten months of his fiveyear sentence for shooting and killing his girlfriend z. Up in flames, the reaction for people that were forced out of their homes as they returned to find what was left. Were back in a moment. Comfort keepers can provide a variety of Inhome Services for your aging loved ones. Well assess their needs and create a custom care plan that can change as their needs change. A developing story. We are hearing from residentings that narrowly escaped an overnight Apartment Fire in landover hills. Derrick ward joins us with more on what happened. Derrick . Reporter First Responders have come and gone. Investigators were here a few minutes ago. Now, it is up to the reclamation, cleanup crew. They are trying to get these properties ready to be inhabited again. This is all after a fire that happened last night and by all accounts was pretty significant. Some of the residents at this apartment complex were just settling in for a nice rest. Sleep would have to wait. They knocked on the door and i looked at the people. Annie battle is not sure who it was that warned her. It soon became clear why. Firefighters rushed to the scene to find flames and people trapped on the upper floors. The fire was consuming the central corridor where the units and doors were. As for miss battle, her apartment was on the ground floor. I came out through my window right there. Three people had to be rescued by firefighters with ground ladders. Balcony the at the rear proved to be a saving grace. As bad as it looks, it is clear the Quick Response kept this from being much worse. We understand that three people were taken to the hospital just for observation, a child and two adults, because of their exposure to smoke. Some have been displaced. We have someone here to help those folks out. We are live. Derrick ward, news 4. Here is your humidity forecast for today on into the weekend. Low humidity levels not only today but tomorrow as well. Feeling pleasant outside. By saturday, slightly uncomfortable. It starts to feel sticky across the area on sunday. Also, noticing more cloud cover sunday versus saturday. Keeping the weekend dry. Predicting what the cloud cover will look like. Starting off at 7 00 a. M. As the sun comes up. Temperatures in the suburbs around 60. Beautiful to have your lunch outdoors for tomorrow to go for that afternoon walk. A temperature of 84 in washington and 81 in the suburbs. Coming up in about ten minutes, a look at the next seven days. The next time you could be dealing with showers or thunderstorms, aaron. See you in a little bit. James Madison University is remembering the tv reporter killed during a live report. Wdvjs Alison Parker graduated in 2012. They established a Memorial Fund in her honor. It will go toward the universitys school of media art and design. A reporter created a ribbon they are asking them to wear. It has both journalists favorite colors in it. The turquoise is parkers favorite color. Ward loved marine, because he graduated from virginia tech. We ask that you please join us in observing a moment of silence as we remember wdvj roanoke journalists, Alison Parker and adam ward. The team you heard the team marking that tragedy, a touching moment from that game as players an fans took a moment of silence to honor the victims. A new update about the third shooting victim. Vicky gardner was updated to good conditions. She was hit in the chest when the others were shot and killed. Her husband said he talked to her on the way to the hospital. She explained what had happened to her. She didnt know how she survived but she did and that she loved me. Parker was interviewing gardner for a feature on Smith Mountain lake. She is in charge of the chamber of commerce there. A gun show in roanoke is now the center of controversy because of this shooting. It was scheduled for this weekend. There is a petition going around to cancel it. It has about 290 signatures right now. Organizers are asking the Roanoke Center to cancel out of respect for parker and ward. They say it would show an immense disrespect for the victims as well as their family and friends. A man in louisiana shot and killed a Police Officer with the officers own gun. They also say the men were cousins according to police in sunset, louisiana. They stabbed three people before that even happened. One of those victims died as well. The others are in serious and Critical Condition right now. They say the attacker drove away and crashed into a Convenience Store after the shooting. He was arrested and charged with firstdegree murder. The city of baltimore preparing for court cases working with Law Enforcement agencies across the state. It is upgrading right here and conducting crowd control training. The first hearings start on wednesday. City and School Officials also planning law, educational sessions during the first week of school that starts monday. Right now, we are keeping a close eye on wall street. So far this morning, the rally continues. A live look at the board. The dow is up more than 200, up 283. Investors are still trying to make up losses from the giant dip on monday and tuesday. One kitchen staple joins a recall list an the surprising company that wants to help couples caught up in the today, indy car drivers will cross San Francisco golden state bridge to remember one of their own. Justin wilson died on monday after flying debris hit him in the head at the pocono raceway. Marco andretti will drive his car across the bridge. He drove for andretti auto sports they are offering to help Ashley Madison customers a chance to repair the damage with the spouse. Cheapair. Com is offering a 50 companion discount. All you have to do is email escape. You have to take your trip before new years eve and i imagine take that trip with your spouse. Probably, most likely. Thats the only way it would help. Check your kitchen shelves if you live in virginia or west virginia. We have a bread recall. 48,000 packages of bread being taken off store shelves, because they may contain fragments of glass. That covers seven different sachlt ra lee products. Look for natures harvest, great value and my favorite, loven fresh and bimbo. You are a professional for sure. A local university p tos the new list but not for grades or a man in Calvert County is going to face charges for keeping a coyote as a pet. That is illegal according to maryland police. Someone called the police to say they called this coyote wearing a collar and a leash around neptunes restaurant in north beach, maryland. Look at the teeth on this guy. That is scary. Common sense tells you this is illegal too. Police say the owner told him he received the coyote when he was a puppy. To prevent the risk of rabies, police sent the coyote to be inoculated. Beautiful sunshine and low humidity. A touch warmer tomorrow. A high of 86. A little more cloud cover specially on sunday. Were looking at a mix of clouds and sun. Also, nutsing the humidity by sunday. It is hot, humid on monday. With the chance of showers and thunderstorms, thats the only chance out of the next seven days. A high of 91. Low 90s continue for tuesday and wednesday. If we hit 90 degrees saturday through wednesday, we are looking at potentially a fiveday heat wave. Summer is not over yet. I dont want it to be over. Today, you can take a chance on owning a piece of top history. The piano played on many of abbas biggest hits they are set to auction the piano owned by a stockholm music studio. They said it is about to sell for 1 million. Thats a lot of money. Special piano, though. The hottest male undergrads are from George WashingtonGeorgetown University students according to the dating app, contin tinder. How do they figure out who is hot and who is not . These men are the most swiped right. Tinder ranked them based on the rate of swipe. The female undergrads are from Florida State university. Im glad i am not dating right now, because i couldnt figure it all out. I really could not. Which way are you going to swipe on that . It is an emotional tribute at at a local school before the classes even begin a newscast like no other. A day after the shocking loss of their colleagues, journalists at a roanoke tv station go back on the air to report the story d. C. Mayor outlining her plans to fight crime. The district has put more officers in the street, specially in areas hit hard by crime. She is also talking about guns from june 1st to august 10th, the Police Department took 435 illegal guns off the street. She is also speaking about body cameras saying she has proposed and will follow through on one of the most comprehensive body camera programs in the country. 103 homicides so far. There are actually protesters there who dont agree at all with what the mayor is saying. He is live tweeting and periscoping whats going on. Please follow his update. Eun, back to you. One day after two virginia journalists were gunned down, people are coming together to pay tribute to their lives. New details about the gunmans troubling past are coming to live now. Sarah dallof joins us now. Reporter Alison Parker and adam ward are being remembered in countless ways, big and small, including this growing memorial behind me. It is a tribute to two talented people who were killed going about their job. Please join us now in a moment of silence. A sombre moment of silence for the time of wednesdays Fatal Shooting that claimed the lives of reporter, Alison Parker and photojournalist, adam ward. We are doing okay. My greatest concern is about the news team. They are doing a marvelous job of holding it together. Reporter the pair skroibd not just by colleagues but as a Team Dedicated to bringing the news to the community they loved. Both were embarking on new chapters in their personal leaves. Ward was engaged to be married. Parker had recently moved in with her boyfriend, station anchor, chris hurst. She was looking forward to life. I was looking forward to a life wither had. They were interviewing Vicky Gardner life when ambushed by former reporter, flanagan. Her husband saw the shooting live on television. I immediately tried to call her on her cell phone. The next time i spoke with her was when she called me from the ambulance. It was a pretty bad few minutes. Reporter the shooting was not only broadcast live but also filmed by flanagan who later posted it. He went to the onair name brice williams. Management described him as an angry man that seemed to seek out con frofrontation. There were no scienigns that he planning this attack on his colleagues. The gunmans family released a statement expressing condolences to the loved ones of Alison Parker and adam ward as well as prayers for the continued recovery of Vicky Gardner. Aaron, back to you. Sarah dallof, live in roanoke. Thank you, sarah. You can go to nbcwalk. Com and the nbcwashington app for more coverage. Including the reaction from adam wards fiancee and look inside the personnel file of the gunman. A traffic report to let you know about. Crews are hauling in equipment to fix crumbling concrete. This shouldnt cause too many delays just yet. The actual construction will begin after labor day. How about our weather today, amelia . Looking gorgeous outside. When you are leaving work in about 30 minutes, this is lovely. I wish every summer day could be like this. The humidity is low. We are looking at comfortable temperatures, in the low to mid70s. 75, college park, washington. 73 degrees right now in manasseh as you are leaving town for the weekend heading to the beaches. You can expect current water temperature right around 79 degrees. High temperatures tomorrow through sunday at the beach in the low 80s. A little bit humid saturday and sunday with more cloud cover on sun. Partly sunny skies by sunday. All in all, looking good with dry weather in the forecast. Coming up in ten minutes, im going to have another look at your afternoon and evening planner, aaron. Prince William County students, parents and teachers will remember a fallen hero at chris young elementary. It officially opens on monday. Police officer chris young, was killed in a motorcycle crash in 2012 while he was working. Youngs family is expected at todays event. Alex rodriguez is facing a big lawsuit from his former brotherinlaw. According to the new york daily news, Constantine Curtis is suing arod for 100 million. He says the new york yankees star used the real estate business they own to come mitt insurance fraud. He forced him out of the company shortly after rodriguez nd ahis wife divorced. 12 Chinese Government officials and Company Officials have been rested in connection with the massive explosions where 139 died. The investigation is focused on how the warehouse received permission to handle dangerous chemicals despite being so close to homes and roads. Now, to decision 2016, president ial candidates making a big push to get the votes they need to be nominated. Right now, there are 17 republicans in the race. We are also learning that there may be a new democrat possibly entering the race. Nbc Edward Lawrence has the latest. Hillary clinton says she always thought that getting the democratic nomination for president will be competitive. They campaigned in iowa and for the first time, she is talking about the possibility of vicepresident joe biden entering a race. He should have the space and the opportunity to decide what he wants to do. The first woman president of the United States. She picked up a big endorsement from the former governor of iowa and Current Department of agriculture. Senator marco rubio told workers in New Hampshire he will not use the term anchor baby. He added. Ultimately, the Republican Party will reach out to all voters based on who our nominee is. We are going to have a process. Reporter former governor, jeb bush held an event for Common Ground with prochoice voters. There is Common Ground between pro life and pro choice that we should forge and make sure the country respects life from beginning to end. They look back at the issues. A lot of campaigning to be done. The first primary and caucus in New Hampshire and iowa are in february. In washington, Edward Lawrence, nbc news. Get ready, a popular treat gets ready for the change of sea cloud cover across the area. Areas in black seeing more clouds. A little cloud cover in parts of southern maryland, specially parts of st. Marys county, down around the Northern Neck. For most, a mostly sunny day. 75 degrees right now. By 2 00, we are at 80. 5 00, a mild 82. Great to have dinners outdoors as the sun starts to go down. It will cool nicely with clear skies and plenty of dry air in place by 8 00. A temperature of about 77 degrees. Coming up in just over seven minutes, im going to have the latest on Tropical Storm erika. Some of the stories buzzing on social media. Hiphop fans, listen up. The festival is heading back to d. C. Social media editor, britney johnson, has the scoop. Biggest Music Festival this weekend on saturday at meriwether post pavilion. I was able to speak to them ahead. Exclusive interview online. Check it out on our facebook page. Thanks to britney. Summer is not over yet. Guess what . Pumpkin spice mania has already arrived. Pumpkin spice latte flavored m ms will hit the stores. The packaging has a fall theme, featuring a chunky call. We are not ready to give up our flipflops or summers just yet. Do you remember the first generation nintendo d. C. It is still alive andic can kin is japan. A tweet asked people if they still had their gen 1. It added to photos being uploaded. For 11yearold electronics, many of them have stood the test of time. I still play the original nintendo like it is 1990. Thanks, eun. A daycare accused of the unthinkable. Wait until you hear how it is we are learning tragic details after the wild fire that killed firefighters in washington state. Another caller said several firefighters were trapped. The firefighters died after the engine rushed up a steep gravel road and crashed down a 40foot embankment. 40 other firefighters nearby were hurt when they tried to escape on foot an oklahoma day kair care i accused of drugging children to keep them asleep. They could barely keep their eyes open. The daycare was accused of giving children benadryl. Benadryl should not be given to infants unless by a doctor. It can cause small children to stop breathing. What she was doing was messing with our lives . Had something happened, it would have changed everybodys life forever. At least seven children have been identified. So far, no charges have been filed. The daycare is closed while the Sheriffs Office conducts its child abuse investigation. This morning, remembering a hurricane tragedy that began to unfold ten years ago today. How another hurricane could here is the latest on Tropical Storm erika. Maximum sustained winds right now at 50 miles an hour. Moving towards the west at 16 miles an hour. Now, not a lot of organization with the storm system right now. It is updated track has it impacting hispaniola and that will bring a lot of rain to parts of the Dominican Republic as well as haiti. It will also allow this storm to remain only a Tropical Storm through sunday. By monday, expected to strengthen to a category 1. Very little northward movement as it remains at category 1. A lot of uncertainty in the exact track. We want to stay with storm team 4. Well have new information in this afternoon. Doug and veronica will bring you the upstates. This morning, ten years since Hurricane Katrina slammed into the gulf coast. President obama is headed there right now. You are looking at he left joint base andrews less than an hour ago. Jay gray is live with how they are still rebuilding there. Jay . It is hard to believe it has been a decade since katrina made landfall since the levees gave way here in new orleans unless you live here, unless every day since that disaster has been spent trying to bring this city back. They had about 12 foot of water. Joshua felix is finally coming home. This is home . Oh, lord, have mercy. The lord blessed. It was a disaster. Reporter the most costly disaster and largest hurricane in u. S. History. Katrina had sustained winds of up to 140 miles an hour and more than 400 miles wide at landfall. Ravaging the gulf coast and ripping through the levees surrounding new orleans. One of the levees have broken and given way. It changed us. Those that have endured will tell you, when everything is slipping away, the natural instinct is to tighten your grip on that which used to be secure, struggling to host on to just what was. A decade later, a sense of security. You have to make the best bet of the cards that you have been dealt. You have to make the best bet out of your hand. I think thats what a lot of people have tried to do. An effort that continues in the french corridor. New orleans is on a roll. 78 of our residents, i am optimistic about our future. Future that survivors will not allow to be defined by the storm. Evidence of the commitment, the families continue to return ten years after katrina at a rate that makes this the Fastest Growing city in america right now. Thats the latest live here in new orleans. Im jay gray. He reported on the storm ten years ago and is taking a close look at the recovery. Join us for special live coverage starting at 4 00. The search continues for a 16yearold boy who went missing after fishing with friends in fairfax county. They were fishing for a Little Hunting Creek meets the potomac river. They say the boy tried to swim from one side of the creek to the other. He started to struggle as he made it halfway across. Heavy, thick plants are slowing down what is now being called a recovery mission. To a loving, affectionate boy who is waiting for a forever home. Barbara shows us more about what makes him special in this edition of wednesdays child. I hear you want to be a pastor when you grow up is that right . We are in the right place. This is the wesley theo logical seminary. Dr. , i want you to meet jeremiah. Jeremiah dreams of doing what you do someday. Wesley seminarians associate dean, dr. Asa lee, met us inside. Welcome to wesley. This is a place where we train pastors and teach them how to work. This is our chapel. Sg jeremiah has known for a long time that he wants to be a pastor. Faith is tremendously important to him. He has mentioned he is interested in something having to do with the ministry or practicing his faith. Social worker, michelle meddling is working to help him find an adoptive family to help him achieve his dreams. Dr. Lee led us on a tour. It included this statue of moses and part of a beautiful water fountain. This is an enactment in exodus where god instructs moses to speak to the rock so that water might flow from it. Below the campus bell tower, another beautiful water feature. A pastoral setting for prayer and reflection. These are libation bottles. Inside the seminariries art museum, many examples of religious art and artifacts. Jeremiah says he remembers first trying to preach when he was only about five years old. What did you preach about . About how god picked me up, spun me around and placed my feet on solid ground. Dr. Lee invited jeremiah to speak from the pulpit here. Jeremiah chose to read from scripture. Then, god said, let there be light and there was light. He added some words of his own. Those who know him, say jeremiah needs the encouragement of parents to be able to reach his goal. I think what jeremiah needs most is a family that can give him the sense of security and safety that he has been missing. Jeremiah concluded with a blessing of peace. Peace be with you. Amen. Reporter barbara harrison, news 4 for wednesdays child. If you have room in your home and your heart for jeremiah or another child, call 188to adoptme or search wednesdays child a blue house has a lot of people seeing red this morning. Why you might want to already think about starting your holiday shopping. We are not on board with that. Thats coming up in 60 seconds. Here at humana, we value sticking with things. When something works, people stick with it. More people stick with humana medicare advantage. Because we stick with them. Humana medicare advantage. The plan people stick with. Walmart is rolling out its holiday Layaway Program on friday, two weeks earlier than last year. 40 thousand items available. Including 500 star wars related products which will hit stores next week. A jumpstart on the holidays which are expected to be ultracompetitive. After seeing this business report, im landon doughty. We want to show you some incredible video. A car crashed into i afire hydrant in california. You see a giant waterfall, water shooting into the air several stories high raining down on commuters. Cars passing that hydrant got a car wash. Nobody was hurt there. Crews worked to turn the water off. A house in new jersey is rubbing neighbors the wrong way. During the day, it looks like any other house. When it all changes is when the sun goes down. The house known as the blue house, lights up at night an the neighbors are not happy about it. Neighbors say even with the shades drawn, he can see the splashing and spinning lights. One neighbor cant sell his house because the blue house is a turnoff to potential buyers. You could be driving on pavement that really isnt nasa is taking a big step to make on ellis island. There is a station on the north end and nasa is building one on the south hoping to reduce response time. The new station should open next summer a Traffic Alert you need to know about near great falls, virginia. The eastbound lanes have been shifted to new temporary lanes between rolling holly drive and reston avenue. This will let crews widen route 7 from 4 to 6. Closed until late september or early october. They can improve that. You can get around on the parkway. It should be done by december. The temperature now up to 77 degrees. A high today of about 83. Showing you dew points. This is all about humidity. Dew point temperature of 65 or higher. Thats when we start to talk about humidity. We are at 65. It is comfortable. Gorgeous outside. A touch warmer, still, lo he humidity. A high of 86. Mostly sunny skies. Saturday, a bit humid. A high of 91. A mix of clouds and sun on sunday. Noticing stickyness, a high of 92. Next chance of showers and thunderstorms. High of 91 saturday. A fiveday heat wave that will begin saturday and move on through wednesday. Veronica will have the latest. Were back on the air this afternoon, first at 4 00. You get all the news and weather updates. We leave you today remembering the fallen journalists, Alison Parker applause makes you feel real good meredith hi, everybody. We have a great show today. Mothers day may be sunday but we are starting the celebration right now. Adam, can you put the camera on the beautiful audience. The audience is packed with moms and their kids and we have so many surprises. Yeah, you want give aways. We have a lot give aways. And we have the ultimate gift guide that