Morning. Best chances for rain are early afternoon. Showers should be ending after 2 00 or 3 00. Temperatures up into the mid and upper 80s. Right around 89 downtown. Thats a check on traffic. Time for a i did the weather. Now melissa does the traffic. You do the weather, i do the traffic. To clarify morning. Southbound branch avenue at the beltway had two left lanes blocked. Road work kind of popped up here between the beltway and allentown road. Big look at the beltway. No problems, inner and outer loop. Everything is rolling along quite nicely. Do have the two right lanes blocked there, but not slowing anything. 270 at father hurley boulevard, rolling along nicely. Overall, 66 and 95 looking nice and green for us this morning. Weather and traffic always on the 1s. Thank you, melissa. Not long from now, a lot more students are waking up to go back to school. Loudoun, Prince William and charles counties are headed back today. Montgomery county schools are also starting today. And the biggest district in maryland is a little bigger this year. News4s Kristin Wright is live at Walt Whitman High School with more for us. Good morning. Reporter good morning. Thats right. A Record Number of students in Montgomery County, more than 156,000. As you said, eun, making it the Largest School district in maryland. Significant changes this year, one of them being the school start times. This is a big debate over the last several years. The idea that parents who wanted this wanted High School Students to get more sleep. So the school board voted to make these changes in february and here they are. So High School Students will start 20 minutes later this school year with School Starting at about 7 45. Middle School Students also shifting their schedule, 20 minutes with most of them starting at 8 15. Elementary School Students in Montgomery County will start at 9 00 or 9 25. Depending on the school. Thats about a ten minute shift. Now, also 800 new teacher, new educators in the School District this year. Some of them replacing those who left. Others are adding on for growth as we talked about earlier, adding on for growth in Montgomery County. The district lost about 380 positions due to some budget cuts. Now, the other big thing for families this year is new immunization requirements by the state of maryland. Those are for seventh and eighth graders. Of course very important. Everybody has to have those before they come back to school this year. Lots of change, lots of interesting stuff. Stick with us through the morning. Well bring you what else you need to know. Thank you, Kristin Wright. Also in maryland, Charles County students are back to school but spring break has been shortened this week. Theyll have free breakfast for all students next week to celebrate the growth of the Free Breakfast Program over the last five years. And its back to school today for 73,000 students in Loudoun County. Heres a change for some high schoolers. They will not have to take midterms or finals this year. Snow days from backtoback stormy winters have cancelled the tests. Today Riverside High School will be opened for first time. And storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein will be there live and hell join us in 15 minutes. Students in our areas Catholic Schools also go back today. Principal, teachers and staff gathered at the basilica at the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception to open with a celebratory mass. And take out your camera, send us a picture of your scholar. Were putting up the show us your scholars on the washington app. Send the photos to nbc washington over the facebook or twitter accounts that we have, or email at isee nbcwashington. Com. Over the facebook. 5 05. The socalled bicycle bandit will go on trial. Wossen assaye was arrested in march and then sparked a manhunt after he escaped from the inova hospital. He has pled guilty to charges connected to the manhunt. Hell face the robbery charges in alexandria. In d. C. Today, we will learn whether d. C. Police officers have no confidence in police chief cathy lanier. The d. C. Police union is putting out the results of a vote it held this weekend. It comes amid a huge spike in crime and the highest homicide rate in the city in years. The vote also came at the tail end of the latest all hands on deck initiative to limit crime. Chief lanier said it may have influenced the vote with so many officers called in. She said, quote, when we have Violent Crime we have to make the sacrifices that we all swore wed make when we took this job. We have new numbers from the all hands on deck campaign. D. C. Police say they seized 21 illegal guns across the city since friday night. They say they arrested 16 people for having those guns. Earlier this month, chief lanier blamed illegal guns in part for the citys spike in crime. A live look at the capitol for you this morning. Well tell you why you may see emergency crews or helicopters flying around. Were getting close to the end of summer. Chuck bell is back with a first look at your Labor Day Weekend forecast. Shes not a hurricane but the remnants of Tropical Storm erika are bearing down on the southeast. Southeast. The latest on her track and the take a look at these bbq best cracked pepper sauce. Most ribs eaten while calf roping. Yep, greatness deserves recognition. You got any trophies, cowboy . Whoomp there it is uh, yeah. Well, uh, well theres this one. Best insurance mobile app . Yeah, two years in a row. Well ill be. Does that thing just follow you around . Like a little puppy the awardwinning geico app. Download it today. Youre watching news4 today. Former Maryland GovernorMarvin Mandel has passed away at the age of 95. Governor larry hogan released a statement saying maryland lost a great leader and a friend. The General Assembly pointed mandel governor in 1969 after spiro agnew was elected nixons vice president. He was elected to two full terms but his career ended in 1977 when he was convicted on political corruption charges. He pass away surrounded by family. What is left of former Tropical Storm erika is dumping rain on the carolinas and well see some of that rain in our area today. But it wont be severe. Meanwhile, hard hit dominica is beginning to clean up now. At least 50 people are missing and 20 are dead. The Prime Minister says hundreds of homes, bridges and roads were destroyed. Coming up on 11 minutes after 5 00 now, i want to get you caught up on the weather and traffic on the 1s. I want to find out if the remnants are going to affect our forecast. Chuck bell is here with more. What do you think . I think you should have your umbrella in your hand before you walk out the door and head out to work or school this morning. Not a guaranteed washout of a day, but there are showers south of town from charlottesville to richmond. Those are all lifting northbound. A few sprinkles already this morning in parts of southern st. Marys county and up here in parts of western maryland. A lot of clouds outside. It is feeling a lot more like summer once again. Only in the low to mid 70s right now. Your hometown forecast, alexandria, virginia, today, plenty of clouds around. Maybe a passing shower. Temperatures up into the mid and upper 80s. All eyes on the weekend. Weekend looks like it will be dry for labor day. Seven day in ten minutes. For now, a check on traffic with melissa. I like sunday especially. Looking at 95 right now. Still a little bit slow even though this road work has cleared out of the way. Northbound as youre headed through stafford youre going to hit that. A little bit of a slowdown there and then it clears after that. Remember to listen to our friends on wtop 103. 5 f. M. When you hop in your car this morning. 95 in maryland, 29, b. W. Parkway, no problems there. Southbound connecticut avenue at baltimore street, two lanes are blocked in the southbound lanes. 66 east of compton road looks good this morning, no major problems there. Back in ten minutes, weather and traffic on the 1s. Lots of kids headed back to school today. Well take you to a brandNew High School in loudoun after the break. And plus the surprisingly young age doctors say you should Start Talking to your kids about this fall at dunkin donuts, get lost in pumpkin. Pick up your favorite pumpkinflavored beverages and baked treats, like the new pumpkin cheesecake square, while theyre still here. America runs on dunkin. I was about to head to thecheck. Bank, but out of nowhere it just started to rain. Like really rain. [clap of thunder] i did not want to gout. [clap of thunder] but then i was like duh, just use your phone. Mobiledeposittechnothingy to the rescue. Im rayna. And i bank human at td bank. A medium hot coffee, cream and two sugars, please . Medium hot coffee, cream, two sugars sounds good. At dunkin, we make your coffee just the way you like it. If not, well make it again on the spot. See you tomorrow. Thats the dd commitment. America runs on dunkin. 5 15. Back to school this morning for students in Prince William county. This is an extra special first day. News4s derrick ward is coming up to show some us some brandnew school named for a community hero. In leesburg, ashburn and sterling and all over virginia, d. C. And maryland this morning we want you to show us your scholars. Take a photo of your child in their back to school gear, getting on the bus or being dropped off by you going to class. You can send it to nbc washington over facebook or twitter or email us at isee nbcwashington. Com. Thats especially true for kindergarteners. Food luck with that. Police are ordering a psychiatric evaluation for man who breached the newark airport. The man entered the exit door yesterday and and then ran from tsa agents. Look here at the scene, it caused some big delays at the airport. But theyre pretty much all gone now. A lot of crowded terminals there and probably some confusion. According to police the man was upset when they arrested him. They also say that he didnt know why he was being detained. Developing story out of bangkok. We have two new suspects named in the bombing of the thai shrine two weeks ago. This as more bomb making material was just found during a raid of a second apartment. One man a foreigner was arrested in the same area this weekend. The bombing killed 20 people and it hurt dozens of others. Up to ten people are believed to have been a part of this plot. Eun . Thank you. 6 17 now. 5 17, rather. Youre not late. Today, Montgomery County police are looking to the county medical examiner to help solve a murder. A man died after being attacked in wheaton. Montgomery county police say the man had a fight in a parking lot on veirs mill road last night. The victim tried to run away from at least three attackers but they caught up with him. They beat him up and he died at the hospital. He may have been shot or stabbed. Theyre not sure. The medical examiners report will determine the cause of death. A young girl and a man are recovering from gunshot wounds in southeast washington. Evidence markers covered third and i streets last night. D. C. Police say both the victims should survive. Officers have not made any arrests in this case. Today, president obama heads to alaska for a historic threeday visit. Hell become the first sitting president to visit the Alaskan Arctic to bring attention to climate change. Hell land in anchorage later today. Ahead of the visit, the Obama Administration changed the name of mt. Mckinley yesterday. It will be called by the original name, denali. It means high one. Horror movie lovers are waking up today without a legend. Director wes craven died yesterday. He created the Freddie Kruger franchise. The nightmare on elm street movies. He really saw success years later for his work what the scream movies. He suffered from brain cancer. He was 76. You can wear maroon and orange today to remember one of the victims of last weeks onair ambush. Photographer adam wards family says that he loved his alma whatter, virginia tech. A disgruntled employee murdered him and Alison Parker last week. A Memorial Service will be held later today. And it may shift to Mental Health issues and how we care for those struggling with them. The man who shot parker and ward admitted he wrestled with those issues. The station manager said hes working with state lawmakers to better identify how to approach this case. Most Mental Illness is treatable. If we can get to the sufferer. In this case, we didnt. The Service Began with a video montage, a view of who ward and parker we are. Here you see them dressed up a and having fun during a live report. If you commute in maryland you know it can be rough on the roads out there. Theres a new steady that agrees with you. Maryland is the fourth worst state for drivers. The state made the list for the long commutes and high insurance rates. The good ns is that maryland has a very low deadly car crash rate. Louisiana was the worst state in the country for drivers. In news4 your health this morning, talking to your kids about alcohol long before they take their first sip. A new report from the American Academy of pediatrics shows nearly a quarter of kids say they try alcohol before their 13th birthday. You need to Start Talking about drinking by the age of 9. A time when most kids start thinking positively about alcohol. The report encourages pediatricians to question preteens about alcohol use. A new survey shows that alcohol and drug use is a significant problem among teens with chronic illness. Researchers surveyed a group of 400 children under the age of 18 with diabetes, arthritis, Cystic Fibrosis or crohns disease. They found nearly a third used alcohol and 17 used marijuana. Very few of the teens knew if the drugs or alcohol interfered with tests. And students in Loudoun County going back to school, some will start in a brandnew school. Storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein outside River Side High School in leesburg. How is it going out there . Reporter yeah, my brandn brandnew i mean, we still have some construction cones around here. Construction workers are doing the final finish up here of this brandNew High School, Riverside High School in Loudoun County. First day of school for Loudoun County. Over 70,000 students, hundreds of buses back on the roads in Loudoun County this morning. Heres the bus stop forecast. Going to be kind of a muggy morning. We might have a few isolated showers around between 7 00 and 8 00. Otherwise a dry morning. You will notice it getting more humid. Then between 8 00 and 9 00, a little sunshine coming and going. So it looks like sort of a summery start to the first day of school here in Loudoun County. Last day of august as we start off school here. Watch out for students at the bus stop this morning. Chuck, whats going on . Good morning, tom. Thanks for being out there. Looks like youre having a good time out in Loudoun County this morning. Temperatures around the region are on the mild side. We are mostly in the low to mid 70s as you mentioned. Looking out to the north and the east, a cloudy start here in washington. And we have a couple of chances for rain coming your way this week. First chance is today, a 40 chance youll get rained on today. Have your umbrellas ready to go. Sunshine, heat and humidity back tomorrow. Another chance of an afternoon shower coming our way on wednesday. Looks like our best chance for rain this week will be coming up on friday. But dont push the panic button just yet. I think most of the rain drops will be out of here before your Labor Day Weekend holiday gets started. A couple of light showers, southern st. Marys. Light rain in richmond. Our rain chances are creeping up as we go through the morning hours. I think well have a chance to dry out by later on this afternoon. Right now, 73 in gaithersburg and olney. 73 in reston and chantilly. 74 in rosaryville, maryland. Weather slowdowns not much. Maybe an occasional light sprinkle might slow you down, but not much in the way of slowdowns this afternoon. Have your umbrellas ready to go for a spotty shower around during the morning hours. Then by later on this afternoon, temperatures will rise into the mid and upper 80s. I do think well get breaks of sunshine in and around the place later on today. It will be hot, humid, around 87. Maybe if youre going out on the town for an evening plan on temperatures in the 80s. Hour by hour, then for tomorrow, another day, back into the heat and humidity. And back into the 90s for tomorrow. Start off temperatures mid 70s. Near 90 by lunch time. Up near 93, 94. So it will be a warm one for sure. Heres that seven day fore