Schools head start in temple hills of last year. They told me they were on the playground playing, and somehow he went through the woods and probably got a good eighth of a mile maybe away from the school, almost hitting the street. They said he said he wanted to go to the train. He was trying to get to the train, trying to get home. Reporter her child was found standing on the edge of branch avenue. It would have been a bad accident. Reporter davis wrote a letter detailing what happened, but according to the federal head start office, they were not notified even though theyre supposed to be. Her child was transferred to the wheatley center, the same school where a child was alleged to have to mop his own urine. There she said she saw a teacher manhandle a child. Pulling a student through the hallway while another teacher, another special ed teacher watched. Reporter she says the child was placed in a dark classroom. She was saying something about behaving and if do you want me to leave you here and walk away . She was beginning to walk away. I stepped up and said whats going on here . Reporter she wrote about the incident in her letter and spoke with the principal. I dont know what took place, i dont know what the outcome was, what happened with the teacher. I was assured it would be taken care of. Reporter that was another incident head start says they were not told about. The people who work inside of head start programs have to do what they call mandatory reporting. Theyre supposed to let the regional and Central Offices of head start know and also Child Protective Services in situations like this. But head start tells us that they were not notified. The Prince Georges County board of education will be meeting tonight to discuss all of these issues with head start. Problems with reporting was part of what caused the feds to go ahead and pull that 6. 4 million that help fund the programs. County executive saying that he is vowing that head start will start on time on monday. Reporting live, im tracee wilkins. Back to you. Thanks. An offduty deputy was out for a morning jog when she was confronted by a guy with a box cutter. Today, the police in leesburg released a sketch of a suspect. Theyre also adding patrols in an effort to catch him. It is the second recent attack along the washington and old dominion trail. Our bureau reporter, david culver, has a look at what people are doing to protect themselves. David . Reporter as you mentioned, twice in less than a weeks time. The most recent victim an offduty deputy. So police, they wasted no time in getting out that suspect sketch. Along the scenic w od trail, bikers, jogger, those just out for a stroll. I came walking over here and looked around, and they were hovering right above here looking up and down the trail. Reporter evie showers walks unusual commotion. Helicopters searching for someone. We had officers here immediately on the scene. Reporter it started around 6 30 in the morning. An offduty deputy went for a run. On her morning jog, an unusual sight. This man holding a box cutter. It was in his hand. He was approaching with it in his hand. The deputy recognized it, turned, and ran. The suspect fled in the opposite direction. Reporter the attempted assault comes about a week after two men tried to sexually assault a woman further down the trail near sterling. Police now looking for all three men. Investigators dont believe the two incidents are connected. Some safety tips be careful listening to music or talking on the phone. While we cant tell them not to do that, its not a good idea. You cant hear when somebodys coming up behind you like on a bicycle or jogging. Reporter they suggest walking with a buddy. Evies got her husband with her. She and her daughters carrying someg. Have them on our keychains. Theyre running and walking. I said, ive got three daughters. Were getting them all. Reporter as you see out here live, a dad and son walking bikers also out here this evening. Police say to keep folks safe, theyre adding extra patrols to the trail. Back to you. A d. C. Judge says jumping the white house fence is not considered free speech. A man charged with jumping the fence on thanksgiving day last year had asked the judge to dismiss his case, arguing it was an exercise in free speech. The first family was inside when Joseph Caputo made that leap. He was draped in an American Flag and carrying a binder. Officers arrested him on the north lawn. Caputo is scheduled to go on trial next month and is facing a misdemeanor charge. Reporter im scott mcfarland. This just in to the live desk a bowie, for breaching security at the white house. Hes 22 years old, arrested yesterday morning, were told. Were told by secret Service Officers who filed Court Filings in this case, the man went over a barrier that said restricted area do not enter. He did so after being stopped initially by secret service and returned shortly thereafter. 22yearold man from bowie, maryland, charged with breaching a security barrier at the white house. Were told he has pleaded not guilty in this case. Were still trying to reach his defense attorney. At this point until we do so, well not name him. At the live desk, scott mcfarland. Thanks. The race for the white house got nastier today. Both candidates trading charge of bigotry. This comes amid a new quinnipiac poll. The poll result Shows Hillary clinton leading donald trump now by ten points nationally. Steve handelsman on capitol hill with the latest from the campaign trail. Steve . Reporter jim, thanks. Race and charge of bigotry h along. More prominent now possibly because of trump reaching out to minority voters because of his problem in the polls. Clinton today in a play on words said trump wants to make america hate again. In nevada, Hillary Clinton charged donald trump is peddling bigotry, pair no noa, and racism paranoia, and racism. Of course theres always been a paranoid fringe in our politics. A lot of it arising from racial resentment. Its never had the nominee of a major party stoking it, encouraging it, and giving it a National Megaphone until now. Reporter trump told supporters in New Hampshire clinton is talking about them. She lies. She lies, she smears and paints americans as raceyists. Hill reporter trump said she sees people of color as votes. Some were shocked. A bigot reporter he promised minorities safe streets and jobs. A very important part of the message for me is the Africanamerican Community because theyve really been let down by Hillary Clinton and the democrats. Reporter a reachout to white voters, too. There are republicans who dont want to vote for Hillary Clinton, but they dont want to vote for someone who they think might be ray raa racist. Reporter trump talked about his flipflop over deporting 11 million immigrants. Who does not want them thrown out . [ applause ] reporter trump openly looking for popular positions. Even if it makes the selfdescribed outsider look a lot more like all the politicians up here on the hill who trump says hes running against. Steve handelsman, news4. Back to you. Trumps running mate will be in Northern Virginia this weekend. Governor mike pe rally at Patrick Henry college in virginia on saturday. If youd like to go, register for tickets. Governor pence took the day off the campaign trail so he could tour the tornado damage in his home state of indiana. Speaking of that damage, just take a look at this. Wow. There is still so much cleaning up to do in the state of indiana. More strong storms in the forecast for tonight. Nbcs Chris Clackum takes a closer look at the damage and the effort to rebuild. Reporter theres more to clean up in kokomo because this is where the most damage was done. It will be okay. At least were all here. God. Reporter remarkably, all did indeed survive eight tornadoes that tore through indiana wednesday. We are very blessed to be able to tell you that we dont have any serious injuries or casualties as a result of the storm. Oh, my gosh. Starbucks just got blown over. Reporter no serious injuries even among customer inside a worked together and got the doors off, got them out. Reporter others also grateful to be alive today. I said, dear lord, its going to be my last moment. Make it quick and not very painful. Im your governor reporter indiana governor mike pence left the campaign trail to return home to talk to victims. The house was hit. Stuck in the pack closet. They texted you yeah. Reporter and toured the devastation left by what storm experts think was a powerful ef3 tornado. From the air, damage in the indiana countryside may be more widespread but just as severe. Here, too, though, neighbors are already pitching in to help in the cleanup. Chris clackum, nbc news. And as all those people continue to pick up the pieces from the storms, theres still the fear of more bad weather on the way. Doug, youve been busy in the storm Center Tracking this threat fhe we were watching this last night around this time. We started seeing the first tornado warnings coming out around 3 00, 4 00, 5 00 in the afternoon. We saw tornado on the ground. These were longtrack tornadoes, something that you do not get often especially in the month of august. In through portions of indiana and ohio, take a look at some of these, tornadoes continued through indiana into ohio. That was through the area last night. Tonight, not a lot going on at this moment. A couple of strong storms around st. Louis. Were tracking this area here and another area in through indiana and ohio one more time where we could see Severe Weather right on through the night tonight. The tornado threat is fairly low. But the strong wind threat fairly high. Those people are definitely going to be dealing with that again tonight potentially. Highs today, upper 80s to lower 90s. Tomorrow, we get even higher. Talking about another heat wave. Ive got the forecast in a minute. Thanks. Still coming tonight, more people pulled from the rubble from that earqu but the death toll continues to rise. And thousands of you rely on metro to get to school and to work. New concerns about safety have leaders lashing out. Why some say more needs to be done to protect riders on the rails. Reporter next on news4, elderly residents in this apartment complex say if the Management Company of this Development Gets their way, these people could be homeless. The death toll is rising after the earthquake in central italy. At least 250 people are dead with hundreds more injured. As nbc reports, rescuers are working tirelessly to find survivors. Reporter from the rubble, a small voice. Rescuers find a little girl trapped in the ruins. Come on, julia, they urge her, then pull her out. Julia is bewildered but alive, clinging to her rescuer. Amazingly uninjured. Life amid so much death in the broken town of almatrice that woke this morning to aftershocks and a rising death toll. They worked overnight to pull people out, but most threes bodies. They are going through the rubble here by hand, trying to with the possessions here to more easily identify them. Mostly theyre using these earthmovers. It is now the case here. More of a recovery than of rescue. A historic town, nearly every building cracked or destroyed. Its a small place where everyone knows everyone, and where they all know the death toll will rise again. The rescuers admit they dont actually know how many people here are missing because as well as the locals, there were hundreds of tourists in this area. They are working amid hundreds of aftershocks. There was one this morning, 4. 7 on the richter scale. That is enough to bring down fragile buildings. There is still real danger here. Back to you. Theres still no claim of responsibility for the deadly attack at the American University in kabul in afghanistan. At least 14 people were killed. Dozens more injured. Car bomb with a car bomb and two guys with hand grenades stormed do into a school. No americans were killed or seriously injured. The students that were there barricaded themselves in classrooms. Some of them desperately calling family members. She was worrying and crying. She was telling me, please pray for me because maybe this is my last time that i talk to you. Those two gunmen were killed. Officials say the crime underscores how militants are able to stage largescale attacks even in the countrys capital despite efforts by the afghan authorities to improve security there. Ryan lochte is being called back to brazil. Authorities want him to testify on that nowinfamous incident at a gas station. Lochte said he and three teammates were robbed at gunpoint in the early hours of august 14th. He eventually backed off the claims saying his drunken actions led to a if lochte does not show up to court, he would not face a penalty under brazilian law. However, he would be denied the opportunity for a plea deal. As the district becomes more and more popular with young couples, larger families are finding it more and more difficult to find a place to live. One new development coming to a neighborhood in northeast d. C. Has the current residents there afraid theyre going to be forced out. Our Mark Seagraves talked to families living at the Brookland Manor apartments. Reporter the Brookland Manor experiment in northeast are home to hundreds of mostly low and moderateincome residents. The company that owns the property, mid city financial, plans to redevelop the aging buildings. They dont plan on having any of the larger four or fivebedroom units in the New Buildings like they have now. Some current residents say thats discriminating against large families, and theyve gone to court to block the plan. Strained as it is. To then add just another reason to separate the family and support system, it would just be an injustice. Reporter lawyers for the residents say the law prohibits developers from discriminating against large families. You should be able to have access to housing regardless of whether youre one person living alone or a multigenerational family. Reporter loretta holliman says it leaves her and her family at risk. It takes a village. These Families Together make the community that is vibrant, that is happy and whole together. Reporter now a spokesperson for mid city financial, the development group, declined to comment because of the pending lawsuit. A person close to the developer told me that they are going out of their way to make sure there are plenty of Affordable Housing units when the new apartment buildings are built here. They say that most of the residents here will be able to relocate right back here into the new experimeapartments. Mark seagraves, news4. Its not just d. C. The downsizing trend is being seen across the country. For the First Time Since the end of the recession, the average size of newly built homes is shrinking. Experts say more entrylevel buyers who need mortgages are coming back to the homebuying market, and that means more demand for smaller homes. Its financing. It depends on the markets. In our market, its been financings driving the deals. And people builders are adjusting their product to meet the affordability issues. As for the youngest home buyers, millennials are doing more with less, from microapartments to tiny homes. As long as the place is totally tricked out with all the top techie amenities, bigger isnt always better. The makers of a lifesaving drug are under fire. Tonight, steps they say will help families cut the costs. 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Thanks to virtual wallet by pnc. Are you on snapchat . Angies trying to get me on what is snapchat, and why do i want to be on snapchat, doug . Im on instagram, snapchat, mayday, forum, pasta i dont know, man. Im hijacking his phone. Hes doing a number on me, man. Im not sure what im supposed to be doing on that snap things either. Ive got a couple tell us about the weather. You know, were talking about the same things today. I donnow ifou guys are listening about the heat on snapchat. The heat on across the region. High temperatures, upper 80s to around 90 degrees. Were still sitting in the upper 80s. 86 at the airport. Winds out of the south at 13 miles per hour. Not just hot, but very humid. Take a look at the heat index across the area. Here it is, leesburg, manassas, fredericksburg, 95 in d. C. Now tomorrow, i expect numbers to be even higher by about five degrees. 100, maybe 105 in d. C. 105 leesburg, maybe around 100 back toward dulles. Its going to be hotter tomorrow. Tonight, still a great night for a ball game as the nationals take on the orioles, trying to get at least one game not a sweet swooep, guys. 85 at not a sweep, guys. 85 at 7 00. Humid but nice for a ball game, especially once the sun goes down. No rain. High and dry. Going stay that way through the night. And really right on through the next couple of days. High pressure over us. You see that high pressure. We talked about this clockwise flow. Look at the clouds moving around the region. Underneath that, thats where the hot air is. Its going to be sitting over us for the next couple of days and