County, southbound at 15, motters station road, were still closed box of that motorcycle crash, this morning, northbound at liberty road at 15 has the right lane blocked there. So thats not slowing things down too much. Penn south, 15 minutes behind at this point. Grab that extra cup of coffee, perhaps. Bw parkway in and out of town just fine. 95, everything looking good. Big look at the beltway and travel times coming up. Developing right now, a massive manhunt in illinois for three accused cop killers. Hundreds of officers have been searching through the night after they found a popular officer gunned down. News4s angie goff is at the live desk. Aaron, that largescale search for that three now stretching into day two, after the killing of lieutenant Joseph Gliniewicz known around town as g. I. Joe. The veteran officer and father of four was shot and killed after calling for backup by three men he called suspicious. We know that schools are closed. We also know that the faa is sticking to a nofly zone over the search area this morning. The story is developing. And we will continue to keep you posted throughout the morning. Eun. Today, well be live at the hearing of Six Police Officers charged in the death of freddie gray. Theyre facing charges of assault, murder and for one, depraved heart murder in this case. The motions will have a major impact on their trial. The big one whether to remove states attorney Marilyn Mosley from the case. Officers believe shes biased against them. Lawyers for the officers want the trial moved for that same reason. They also want their charges dismissed. Prosecutors dont believe that will happen. The judge will consider whether to try the officers together in one trial or separately. The trial is scheduled for next month. Today, baltimore Police Officers are not allowed to take leave as theres several protests planned. Several occupant groups said they plan to gather outside. Courthouse. At least one group is calling for nonviolent acts of civil disobedience there. Be sure to download the app to make sure everything stays peaceful. News4s Mark Segraves will deliver a report from the courthouse. You can speak directly to d. C. Police chief cathiy lanier today. That is the third meeting like this in three days. This will be at the 5th Police District at north d. C. The meeting starts at 7 00. A 13yearold girl who was shot near the southwest water front metro station spoke at last nights meeting. Take a look here, she and her mother and a lot of other residents went to a Community AdvisoryCommittee Meeting to talk to officers and city leaders. There have been 105 homicides in d. C. This year compared to 73 at this point last year. Police in Prince Georges County are trying to figure out how a mans body ended up in the potomac river. The body was spotted last night around 7 00 near the Woodrow Wilson bridge. Theres no word who the man is or how he died. Were working to figure out more. Former governor mandels body will try lie in state. A Funeral Service will take place tomorrow. Mandel died on sunday. He was 95 years old. Huge crowds expected here for pope francis visit next month. Now, the federal government is making moves to make it easier for everyone to get around. News4s Kristin Wright is live at the basilica of the National Shrine with details. Good morning. Reporter good morning. Thats right, pope francis will celebrate mass here at the basilica three weeks from today. And you nome, his visit is obviously going to be very memorable, very meaningful for a lot of people. But it will also have impacts that will be a little more challenging. Were talking logistics here, really. This is the plan for federal workers. The u. S. Office of Personnel Management just put out a letter to federal agencies yesterday, encouraging that they really treat the popes visit kind of like a snow day. This is a quote from the actor director on the letter, opm encourages employees to telework or work from home, to keep the government operating while helping to minimize traffic and support Law Enforcement efforts. The letter also says employees may request to adjust their Work Schedules to use their alternative work scheduled day off to take leave. During the popes visit. To be clear, the federal government will remain open during the popes threeday visit to washington. Hes going to be here from tuesday, september 22nd, through thursday, september 24th. Back to you. Kristin, thank you. 6 06, your time right now, a Public Meeting happening in arlington. And county leaders could decide could decide to extend how long you have to park. The county is considering extending the meters. The county says the change will help to manage parking during peak time better. It as wants parking rules to be more in line with alexandria and d. C. A police are monitoring a man who robbed a woman in d. C. He even had a tracking device on his leg. Two big problems on 15. Shut down at motters station. And im just hearing about brandnew delays on metro. Coming up. First, certain foreign developing story out of iraq right now where 16 turkish and one iraqi workers were kidnapped as they worked on a Sports Complex in baghdad. Now, the workers were using security uniforms, they were wearing masks. Well continue to fill you in. Fairfax county students go back to School Next Week but you may see buses out there doing practice runs. Lets check in with storm team 4s tom kierein with the forecast. Reporter yes, were at the fairfax middle school, its empty now, but going to be next week 188,000 students go back in Fairfax County next week. Theyre going to be starting 50 minutes late. So school buses will be on the roads testing out the new times. And otherwise, hazy and sunshine, and warming fast by midmorning, it will be around 80 degrees and quite humid as we get into the afternoon. Lets check on the roads. Yecks, right now, we do have problems, red line to shady grove, delays. As far as roads go, 15 southbound at motters station road, all lanes blocked. Traffic being pushed on to st. Anthony road. Travel times, no problems, 270 south, and germantown, looking good. And in town and out of town looking quite good. Remember to listen to our friends at wtop 105 p. M. In the car. And an American Hero telling jimmy fallon on the tonight show. In your workout, turns out its not all in 6 15 now, developing this morning, the son of a Baltimore Police commander is in jail, accused of murdering his roommate. Police tell the Baltimore Sun that Melvin Russell got into a fight with his roommate on monday and both suffered stab wounds. Russell survived, the roommate died. Russell is the son of lieutenant kernel Melvin Russell who leads the neighborhoods outreach efforts. As Court Hearings begin in the officers charged with freddie grays death. Anthony betts will be part of the Panel Discussion tonight. Batts was fired after a rise in crime following grays death. The panel will follow accountability and racial issues in the justice system. A man is waking up in Police Custody this morning in fairfax, accused of robbing a woman at gun point. John hudspeth is accused of robbing a woman at an atm last month. But the twist in the story is that hudspeth was wearing a county gps monitoring bracelet. They say it was meant to track his whereabouts, not what he was doing. The victim says more should have been done to keep him from striking again. He got there, and i turned around and looked, he has a gun on me. Then he was like, empty your account. Hudspeth was provided latitude by the courts for travel for his job as an i. T. Professional because he had no fixed office location. A new report this morning says more than half of the nations immigrants received some kind of federal welfare. The center for Immigration Studies say that more than 51 of immigrants use benefits like medicaid, food stamps and housing. Compare that to 30 of those born in the united states. Now to decision 2016, an update for you, a change in the criteria means republican hopeful Carly Fiorina has a better chance of getting a spot in the next president ial debate. Cnn will host it on wednesday, september 16th in prime time. Fiorina will likely not score among the top ten candidates based on National Polling in july. But cnn said its going to take data from last month instead. It will announce participants a week from tomorrow. Vice President Joe Biden is not made a decision yet on the president ial race of 2016, but he is expected to speak at Miamidade College on the partnerships that employers play in helping americans join the workforce. Tonight, meet the presss chuck todd will be part of a decision on 2016 at George Washington university. Starting at 7 00, a series of panelists will evaluate the candidates. They will also talk about the country and how people feel ahead of the election. Seats are first come, first served. Happening today, officials in Loudoun County are considering using 50,000 in funding for a war statue. County leaders recently built a similar revolutionary war statue. And many of you are not happy with plans to limit Affordable Housing in arlington county. A group criticized not happy with building one on colonial pike. They say it will have no access to highachieving schools. Demonstrators say county officials are ignoring their concerns. Sweet Briar College is making good on their payments. The payment is one installment to save the college in closure. The nonprofit formed after the former leader said the college would close because of financial challenges. Friday, it will finally be back to school for several teachers in stafford county. They will be allowed into the brandnew high school at 8 00 a. M. Last month, we started telling about the series of construction delays that kept them out of that school and pushed the start of classes back a week. County officials gave the building its first occupancy permit yesterday, meaning they think the facility is safe. Classes will start countywide on the 8th but september 15th at that particular high school. Today marks 70 years since the japanese formally surrendered marking the end of world war ii. A tribute to members of the greatest generation and celebrate the victory in the pacific. One of three americans hailed a hero for taking down a gunman on a train in france is getting some celebrity treatment, if you will. Anthony sadler appeared on the tonight show with jimmy fallon and relevelled the moment that he and other Service Members decided they had were going to act. My friend got up and ran, my friend alec got up and ran. And then i got up. I fully expected a gunshot to go off before we got there, but it never did. Thank god. Spencer hopped on him. A few seconds later, me and alec were there. n a little bit and championship. Sadler said his friend spencer then helped another injured passenger despite being slashed by the shooter. We know the other passenger attempted before them to take down the shooter. Hes from virginia, as a matter of fact. Incredibly courageous men. Just the quick thinking. All that training at the moment to save the day. 6 21 the time right now. Lets check in with storm 4 Team Meteorologist chuck bell. Good morning, chuck. Well done by those american folks in france. My other half and i were on a highspeed train in france the very day before that happened. You know when youre in a foreign country, youre always looking around to know that everything is on the level. So nice that people are ready to jump in when Something Like that happens. You just never know. Outside, you know, the temperatures are mid70s. A little fog in some spots, indicative of how many humidity is in the air. The overall impact on date between low and moderate. The impact is how much the heat slows you down. There will be a chance of thunderstorms coming our way later this afternoon. 66 in gaithersburg, thats one of the school spots. 76 in annapolis. 69 at joint base andrews. 72 at reston center. Planning out your day, temperatures hovering around 70 now. 92 at 1 00, 94 by 5 00. There will be a chance for some showers and storms after 3 00 or 4 00 here in the metro. Humidity forecast, heat index did near i100. So as we head towards the weekend, most important, humidity levels going down. Heres future weather for today. Shower chances bubbling up well after 2 00, 3 00, the best chance foreseeing rain in the metro area comes between 5 00 and 8 00 in the evening. Deep that in mind. Storm team 4 forecast, 90 on the way. Looks awesome with highs in the 80s for the weekend. Red line delays at shady grove, sticking around because of an earlier problem at wheaton. Southbound at motters station road. Were still shut down. This is going to last for at least 15 minutes. All lanes right there blocked box of a fatal motorcycle crash. Traffic being pushed on to st. Anthony road. 15 northbound at liberty road. We have the right lane blocked with an overturned tractor trailer. Again just blocking the right lane. Thats not so bad. 270 south at old hundred road, you see a bit of volume there as youre headed around the bend. A big look at the beltway, beltway behaving nicely. Inbound as youre passing. 50 headed into town a little slow. Well have travel times in a few minutes. Los angeles now the official u. S. Candidate trying to land the 2024 olympics. Boston dropped out of the running a few months ago. The mayor there saying hosting the game would bankrupt the city. L. A. Hosted one in 1992, again in 1984, it will be two years before the host for the olympics will be announced rome, budapest and germany in the running. New Virus Testing ordered in rio after athletes got sick after swimming in contaminated water. Testing is expected to be made in the bay where wind surfing and other water competitions are to be held. They will clean up the water rather than find a new place to compete. You see how fast colds can spread in the office, and its true for major league baseball. Two players have chickenpox. Its dangerous for adults to get chickenpox and can lead to more severe symptoms than in children. Well, if you dont hear it from your running friends enough there is proof that running makes you happy. Scientists at the university of montreal say the hormone may be here at play. The primary purpose is to regulate your Energy Stores when your running level drops and sends signals to the Pleasure Center of your brain. They dont think its the only factor here, but they say that people with lower levels of it could potentially get a better runners high and be more inclined to get out there. I start to feel better after you finish. Not during. During, youre thinking, oh, my goodness, when is this going to end. Panda lovers, we have an update for you, seems that mom and baby are doing just fine. Were learning that meisan is eating and drinking. Here he is, sleeping. Mouth open, snoring. But they say meisan is also making happy sounds. Captured in this video of the baby panda when she left the cub briefly. They expect her to be more comfortable leaving her cub a little longer in coming weeks. Sneak peeks of the cub. Eating and drinking. After having all those babies well, you can have ice cream anytime of the year, if it definitely helps keep you cool on a day like today. And if you have kids, you know how much fun it is to clean up the ice cream face. The new ice cream of the future. Researchers found a new protein that can be added that helps slow down how fast ice cream melts and help keep it cold. Researchers say that ice cream makers could certainly have that new additive as early as three years. Its a story generating a lot of outrage this morning, a special needs student left alongside the side of the road after the first day of school. What Montgomery County is saying about this mistake. And a plan to protect the identities of millions of employees. What the government is doing to protect the victims and the price tag, you, the taxpayer, will be stuck with. And a live look at the national harbor. 73 degrees outside of our doors. Chuck is preparing you with the heat wave new information just into our fuse room, a plan to honor a young reporter killed at an onair ambush. How students at Madison University plan to honor alison parker. Plus, the summer weather isnt ready to break away yet. Even a chance nfor a thunderstorm. Chuck bell tracking where you live in the hourbyhour forecast. A hazy and some places a foggy start. So reduced visibility in some pockets. Six mile visibility in gaithersburg, three miles in culpepper. Temperatures in the upper 60s to low and mid70s. Planninging out your morning, temperatures near 80 before 9 00 a. M. And near 90 by noon. Afternoon planner, hot, chance of showers and storms west of the metro as early as 2 00 or 3 00. Temperatures in the mid90s. Storms likely in the metro area between 5 00 and 8 00 p. M. Do plan on it being a sweat box. Thats not too appetizing. I wish i could make it sound better. Southbound at motters station road. And traffic being push on to st. Anthony road. A fatal motorcycle crash. 15 north at liberty road, right lane blocked there. And telegraph, that one just popped up. 66, looking good, eastbound and westbound this morning, remember, we have red line