Victims of this violent summer. Thanks for joining us. Im jan jeffcoat. Im derek mcginty. The 7th grader is standing up as tough as it is with a bullet still in her leg and fighting back against gun violence and it is clear at this hour Taije Chambliss is still recovering physically and emotionally from her ordeal. Our ellison barber has the story of her powerful public appearance tonight. Ellison . Reporter chambliss was in the hospital less than 24 hours ago, but instead of resting at home the 13yearold chose to come here to the First DistrictPolice Headquarters and sit through a Community Meeting on crime. Why wont you support stopping violence and shooting . Im a victim of it and i dont want it to happen to anybody else. Reporter Taije Chambliss still has a bullet in her leg and hasnt forgotten how a sunday braiding hair almost turned deadly. I dont come outside much anymore, but all i remember is having flashbacks of what happened. Its the most tragic thing in my life. Reporter her story is what brought so many people into the First Districts police station. Just got next to me. So i said i have to come down here to the meeting to listen to what was going on. Reporter theyre all sick of the violence. My concern is that the kids in this neighborhood are not getting a fair chance at life due to the crime. Reporter but even this room not everyone agrees on how to fix it. In the middle of the meeting one person got up to leave. For a moment everyone stopped. Once chambliss got outside she realized her leg was bleeding. They sat her in a chair and called for help. As the room talked about gun violence, the reality of it was right outside in the face of a brave 13yearold and a mother overcome with emotion. Chambliss is doing well. She went home after the paramedic checked her out. Derek, im told normally this meeting has maybe about five people. It happens monthly. Tonight i counted well over 50. This is a 13yearold that people are certainly paying attention to. Reporting live in southwest im ellison barber, wusa9. Certainly pulling for her full recovery. Thank you, ellison. Now remember the cops are offering reward money for any information in these cases over the violent summer, up to 1,000 in serious cases like this one and 25,000 for a homicide. Call the Police Tip Line if you can help. You can remain anonymous, 202 7279099. A lot of you tonight trying to cool off from a sweaty start to september. The heat is serious and it is not over yet. Lets get right over to our chief meteorologist topper shutt for the latest on what youll be feeling when you get up in the morning. Top . Its going to be sticky in the morning almost like august or july, mid70s downtown, maybe 69 in gaithersburg or maybe rockville, maybe damascus, maybe bowie, maybe around 70, 71 in leesburg, hagerstown 71 at 10 00. By 1 00 some showers starting to fire to the west of us, hagerstown, martinsburg and particularly along i81. These showers will move into the metro area as we go through the afternoon hours tomorrow. Well come back and track that for you. In the meantime well look ahead a little bit. No organized storms until friday. A cold front rolls through. Hot and humid all week, 90s. Friday might just be below 90 because of more clouds and right now the Holiday Weekend looks cooler and mainly dry. We will come back and talk about the 3degree guarantee in a minute. Thanks, topper. New information tonight in the case of a music teacher facing child pornography charges. Not a lot of parents are concerned after a 23yearold volunteer woodwind teacher at two manassas schools was arrested. Andrea mccarren visited osborne high, one of the two schools where the suspect worked. Reporter this is a very disturbing case. There were pornographic videos involving infants found on this teachers laptop. Wow, im almost at a loss for words. Its really like mind blowing. Its horrendous. Its a shame. Reporter stunned reaction on the case against david battle who worked from august, 2014, until his arrest in june on local child pornography charges. My sister had him. So just to know that she was in his class is really disturbing. I didnt expect this to happen at osborne. Its very surprising and very unfortunate. Reporter according to court records, battle posed as a teenage girl online and sent naked pictures of a girl to teenage boys. He asked them for similar graphic and sexual photos in return. Some boys complied. One even sent video of a sex act. My god. No, that is just awful. Its very terrifying because you send your child to school and you would imagine that they would be safe. Its not just here. Its everywhere, so they have to find some way to rectify this whole problem. Reporter School Officials confirmed that battle chaperoned Metz Middle School students on three band trips last year. One student sent a message to battle, but the student was clothed. A spokeswoman told us battle went through a background check before he was approved as a so, but it did not reveal any criminal convictions or prior criminal history. Battle does remain in custody tonight. We have posted the affidavit detailing the federal charges against him on our new wusa9 news app so you can check it out for yourself and were going to have more on that new app in just a moment. New tonight d. C. Police asking for the publics help in identifying a person of interest in a sex assault and of armed robbery. Take a look at and armed robbery. Take a look at the Surveillance Video released of that man. The assault and robbery took place last friday along the 1500 block of Michigan Avenue southeast and police say this same man may have attacked another woman july 28th along riggs road also in northeast. You can put a name to that face, contact d. C. Police and you could be eligible for a 10,000 reward. In Prince Georges County tonight investigator working to figure out what happened to a machine whose body was pulled from a man whose body was pulled from the Potomac River tonight. He appears to be in his 30s but no evidence of who he is or how he died. The body was spotted south of the Woodrow Wilson bridge. A massive manhunt underway tonight after a veteran Police Officer was shot to death while out patrolling in a quiet suburban community. This is the fourth time in just nine days that a Law Enforcement officer has been killed in this country. This time in its fox lake, illinois, a community of just over 10,000 people halfway between chicago and milwaukee. At least six federal, state and local agencies are on the hunt for the three men suspected of killing Fox Lake Police blue tenant Charles Joseph glenowicz. He was shot to death after he radioed in he was chasing three suspicious suspects, two white males and one black male. He was with the Fox Lake Police department over three decades and is the father of four sons. We lost a family member. Many residents in here knew him as gi joe and remember him as someone deeply committed to fox lake, to the profession and his fellow officers. The lieutenant is the 26th officer killed by gunfire this year according to the officer down memorial page. Four of them have been gunned down in just the last eight days. This past weekend a texas sheriffs deputy was shot to death at a gas station near houston, but overall Law Enforcement gunfire deaths are down compared to last year. Now in fox lake tonight perhaps a lot of folks not sleeping so well. The local commuter trains still shut down and Police Officers have been taking residents dogs out for them so they can stay inside. A Maryland State Commission is now offering recommendations regarding police bode cameras. The panel says body cameras. The panel says recordings should be press released as the Public Information act. The group said it will recommend state lawmakers review privacy matters relating to body camera footage next year. We are just a few hours away from the first court date in the freddie gray case in baltimore. Gray died back in april after suffering a spinal injury in police custody. There were protests over a week and a riot the day of his funeral, six Police Officers facing a variety of charges, the most serious Second Degree depraved heart murder. Several activist groups are organizing protests outside the courthouse and all city officers are on standby just in case there is more violence. Now the officers do not have to appear before the judge tomorrow, but we will have a crew in that courtroom. Well also have a crew in baltimore tomorrow. So join us for coverage all throughout the day. Also in baltimore Officials Say two dogs working for the maryland Correctional Department died of heat exhaustion. The dogs co jack and dingo were shut in a vehicle when the air conditioning failed. Now its still not clear how long the dogs were stuck in the car, but it did happen in august when prisoners were being transferred out of the Baltimore City detention center. The department is now investigating whether any policies or procedures were violated. In roanoke, virginia, today family and friends shared both laughter and tears as they said their final good byes to adam ward, the wdbj tv news photographer shot and killed while live on the air. Wards funeral took place at the First Baptist church in roanoke. Long time reporter joe deshield told us both ward and the slain reporter Alison Parker left a Lasting Impact on the entire wdbj team. They were youthful, enthusiastic. They went about their jobs in the best way they could. They lived their personal lives in just a beautiful way and i think were all going to look to them as an example as we try to find our better self. Police officers from several different agencies also came out to pay their respects to ward and his family. A private Funeral Service for Alison Parker will be held at some later date. If you are one of those people who needs a lot of caffiene to get through your day, stay with us because tonight a very serious warning about deadly doses. And who would call a girl with a rare bone disorder lazy . A mother and daughter fighting back after somebody leaves a nasty note on their van. And two stories about bears coming up. Yeah. One might break your heart, but the other will probably make you laugh. Stay tuned. And president obama continuing his postcard perfect tour of alaska. Even though it may look pretty hes talking tough. Well tell you more. We want to take a quick second to tell you about the all new wusa9 news app. During weather you can use interactive radar to track storms with our first alert weather team. You can plan your morning commute using a live traffic map. Download the app. Search wusa9 in the app store. It is free and available pretrial motions begin tomorrow in the freddie gray case in baltimore and you can count on us for a complete preview. Plus were tracking september heat. If you thought today was hot, its only going to get hotter, but join us tomorrow morning. Ill be tracking some showers and thunderstorms to help cool you off. Now to a health alert about pure powdered caffiene. The food and Drug Administration is issuing a warning in the form of a letter to five companies that distribute the pure powder caffiene saying the product puts consumers at risk. Last summer the fda warned consumers to avoid the stuff and last year two young men actually died from overdosing on the pure powdered caffiene, one of them Logan Steiner of la grange, ohio, only 18 and the other victim was from georgia. So look at this. The fda says a teaspoon of pure powdered caffiene is roughly equivalent to 28 cups of coffee. Thats a whole lot of java. So the difference between a safe and a toxic amount is just so tiny that you cant really measure it with your common kitchen tools. Theyre just not Accurate Enough to calculate how many milligrams of caffiene are in the serving. So the fda does not actually have the Legal Authority to pull the stuff off the market. So its using the bully pulpit instead. One tactic . Those warning letters that have now been sent to the five distributors. A county clerk in kentucky faces a contempt of Court Hearing thursday for refusing to issue marriage licenses to same sex couples. Under Whose Authority are you not issuing licenses . Gods authority. Kim davis refuses to issue the licenses because she said doing so would go against her religious beliefs. Pope francis says hes letting all priests in the upcoming year of mercy absolve what he calls the sin of abortion if a woman seeks forgiveness with a contrite heart. Francis says hes met many women bearing the scars of this agonizing decision. Pope francis will be in d. C. September 22nd to the 24th and we have an entire section dedicated to his visit on our wusa9 news app. Youll find everything from the popes schedule to the issues hes expected to address. And a young girl is speaking out after a stranger left a nasty note on her familys van parked outside target in colorado. The note said in part, i observed you parking in this Handicapped Parking place today. It appears that you were not really handicapped. These spots are reserved for people who are truly handy capped and because of idiots like you they have to park further away. Guess what . 10yearold kaitlin bearenger is handicapped with a rare genetic disorder that leaves her bones brittle and has had 13 bone fractures and has had dozens of fractures since then. Heres kaitlin and her mother. I think people should be a little bit more nicer about it. I can understand if youre confused, but i think they should be nicer. Just because somebody doesnt look disabled it doesnt mean that that disability doesnt exist. Wow. They could be a little nicer, right . Kaitlin says it was a ready made typed out note and hopes this note does not get placed on someone elses windshield. In evergreen, colorado tonight a sheriff investigating possible charges against a homeowner who shot and killed two bear cubs. Mat ma bear and her cubs were fishing the mama bear and her cubs were fishing for a meal in the mans trash can. He tried to scare them off with his rubber bullets, but then his dog got out, so he fired a love round and it hit one of the cubs and it died right away. The other one had to be euthanized by the wildlife crew. The neighbors said those bears were around all summer long and not a harm to anybody. If people are ignorant not to have bear cued a garbage cans or keep their garbage barracuda garbage cans or keep their garbage in a safe place, stuff like this happens. At last check mama bear was still up the tree. The road is blocked off hoping to give her space so shell come down. Take a good look and listenx to this. [ panda noises ] the story about a panda bear, latest video from the national zoo. Zookeepers say the little guy is grunting and whining, music to their ears because that means hes got a healthy pair of lungs. Mama panda mei xiang were cuddling when mama decided to eat for the First Time Since giving birth. The cubs black markings are starting to come in. You can see it around his eyes, ears and back. Wow. During his visit to alaska today president obama turned a nature walk into a science lesson. Topic . Climate change. Accompanied by park rangers and news crews the president made the hike to the exit glacier and then turned referencing reporters referencing signs turned to reporters referencing signs how far that glacier has resided. This glacier has lost a mile and a half and the pace of the reduction of the glacier are accelerating rapidly each and every year. The Obama Administration has set a u. S. Goal of cutting Carbon Dioxide emissions up to 28 over the next decade and has urged other World Leaders to make similar procedures. Always watching always tracking, wusa9s first alert weather, d. C. s most accurate. All right. Ready for the 3degree guarantee . Yes. He was sweating it out. It was 95 at 3 00. Okay. And we went 92. Fortunately it held at 95. So im 11 for the month of september. Nice. Very cool. Actually its not cool. Its hot. Lets start with a live look outside, our live cam canal, still 80 downtown, dew point in the low 70s, very uncomfortable, but suffice to say if you want it do some exercise, do it in the mornings, not in the evenings. Bus stop temperatures 68 to 80, muggy, dry, hot with some thunderstorms tomorrow. So we saw two today, two yesterday. Well have a little more tomorrow. Isolated storm on thursday, possible could affect the game at fedex and nats park, but we have to be lucky to have it affect both areas and certainly the best chance of showers and storms will be friday as a backdoor front begins to sink down from the north. That also may set the stage for a very nice weekend. 6 a. M. In the morning on futurecast, 69 gaithersburg, maybe 69 in olney and bowie but only 71 in leesburg and 70 in la plata. Now by 9 00 it warms up quickly. Were in the upper 70s just about everywhere and low 80s downtown and by 12 30, 1 00 showers start to fly romney, cumberland down toward orange just to the southwest of culpeper with temps nearing 90 downtown around the lunch hour and by 5 30 its 91 downtown, showers and storms on either side of 95, the bulk of which will still be across i81. Some of these make their way eastward into the metro area. We do