Victims to come forward. In the meantime, an out of state contractor has been called in to take over head start which is supposed to begin at 51 schools in the county on monday. We have more on that. Reporter yeah, thats a big deal when a School System loses control of a program like this. But thats whats going to happen. Independent contractors coming in to run the program. Meanwhile, congresswoman edwards calling for a sweeping independent investigation today with the crisis of confidence going on with the board of education, she wants parents who think their kids may have been abused while attending head start, she wants those parents to come forward right away. So we can get to bottom of this. Edwards issued a statement saying incidents such as these do not exist in a vacuum. They are indicative of the break down with the leadership chain that has in danger. This after the board of education met in private yesterday to decide not to appeal a federal decision to take the Head Start Program away from the School System. Now a denverbased contractor is take over head start in the county. For the moment, teachers will remain employees of the School System but that could change. And ed wars is asking families who suspect kids were abused to step up, echoing the same appeal from the board of education member. If there are cases that have not been reported, i would and all parents to Contact Child Protective Services immediately. We must begin to break the culture of silence. And unless people have courage enough to come forward, this will continue to happen. We want these incidents to stop. We need everyone who knows anything to come forward and report. It is clear to me that our Board Leadership knew about the incidents early on and did to the board which limited our ability to provide oversight. Reporter it was thrown into turmoil after a federal audit turned up incidents of humiliation and abuse against children as young as 3 years old. The county has now lost its 6. 4 million grant to run this program and surprised everyone last night by deciding not to appeal the decision from the federal government. Some sources have told me one reason they dont want to appeal is because further scrutiny might turn up more incidents of abuse. Congresswoman Donna Edwards and others saying, shine the light, lets get to the bottom of it. People who think they suffer adobes should step forward. Thank you. The suffered abuse should temperature forward they suffered abuse should step forward thank you. A channel 9 photographer came upon a wild scene today. The drivers of two cars were shooting at each other at 50th and east capitol streets. One of the drivers got out of his vehicle and it drifted into a pole. And the two shooters took off before police could catch them. It was a Home Invasion that shocked the nation. A lawyer and his wife beaten, shot, stabbed and tazed and then left for dead. Today a judge imposed the sentence recommended by the jury for their attacker. And we are live in fairfax with the details. Reporter yeah, two life terms plus 98 years. That is the sentence that the jury recommended for the defendant and the judge said this crime was so callous, so cruel, so brutal and premeditated, he saw no reason to reduce sentencing guidelines called for far, far less. The police video gives you some sense of the bizarre nature of this crime. When Fairfax County police finally captured him and his wife in their getaway car. He was wearing only a diaper. He was a former army judge. He invaded the home in 2014. Looking for money and revenge. He had just fired her from his highpowered law firm. He hopped up on medications for back pain and depression slashed her throat and shot and stabbed his wife. Prosecutors say his plan was to leave two dead bodies and a burned down house. But his wife was able to punch a panic alarm. The community spoke on the crime. The Guidelines Court today, the commonwealth felt in this case were not appropriate. Reporter on the advise of his lawyers, he declined to plea for mercy. The judge said but for the miraculous work of doctors at the hospital, he and his wife would have died. But he says they have been left with permanent physical and emotional injuries. And he says he saw no basis or good reason to reduce the jurys sentence that will see him locked up for the rest of his life. Now his lawyer asked the judge to reduce the sentence to the 29 years which is the maximum recommended under the sentencing guidelines. He said life plus 98 far exceeds the penalty for similar crimes. But the prosecutors say there are no similar crimes. Live at the Fairfax County courthouse, wusa 9. All right, bruce. And he is appealing. His wife is exed trial in a couple weeks. Montgomery county crews are on the scene where a billing has partially collapsed. These are pictures from the fire and ems workers at the Mattress Warehouse on university west. Nobody was hurt but you can see significant damage. A Capitol Heights man has been formally indicted on triple murder charges. The 24yearold lawrence rouger ises charged with three counts of murder. One of the victims in this case was a 60yearold who worked for our parent company. Police say all five people were shot inside of a home this year in forestville. Rogers was seen in Surveillance Videos. The motive for the shooting is still under investigation. Landscapers staging another protest today at Arlington National cemetery. The workers who would normally be inside the cemetery are asking for a modest boost to their 13 an hour wage and for paid sick leave. Have worked 20 years without a raise. They have won the support of the Arlington CountyBoard Members who joined them on the picket line on july 19th. Rescuers are paying for a miracle as they search for survivors of the italian earthquake. Crews are working against the clock to find more people buried in the rubble. Several have been pulled if the debris since the rthqke struck on wednesday but rescuers can see that time is running out. Specially trained dogs are search through the piles of brick and stone that were once buildings and homes. This trainer says the dogs are brought to areas where they believe there are missing people trapped below the rubble. Aftershocks are slowing the rescue efforts. More than a thousand of them have shaken the already unstable ruins. The first of many funerals for the earthquake victims began today. Turning now to the latest from the president ial campaign trail. With 73 days to go until election day, don trying to appeal to minorities. And now as part of the outreach, donald trump will meet with hispanic Business Owners today in nevada. And Hillary Rodham clinton the still defending her ties to the Clinton Foundation while she was secretary of state. Neither my husband, my daughter nor i have taken a penny of salary if the foundation. The house of Sight Committee is looking into reports that more than half of the people who met with then secretary of state clinton donated to the Clinton Foundation. The Committee Chairman is trying to determine whether Hillary Rodham clinton violated ethics rules while at the state department. So it is National Dog Day. And to celebrate, we spent the day with dozens and dozens of dogs rescued from flooding in louisiana. Now looking for their forever homes. More than 60 of them are being cared for in maryland. At the last chance animal rescue. And volunteers are make sure the dogs have the best National Dog Day ever. Day, we love them and feed them and walk them and find them new homes. You know. If you are interested in apresident doing or foster the dogs, we can show you how. Weve got a link on our wusa 9 mobile app. After the break, what donors in the area are doing to help the people who have lost so much during the floods in louisiana. And dry and hot. Temperatures now 95. 94 at dulles. And thats just one shy of a record. And looks like this pat certain going to continue right through the coming weekend. We will have the sevenday forecast in a few minutes. Watching the football star pleads guilty in an assault case. And also ahead, the fda calls for all blood donations to be tested for zika virus. Plus, how you can be among the first people to visit the new National Museum of American History and culture. And as we head into the break, pictures of your pooches on this National Dog Day. Fios is not cable. Were wired differently. So we wired the wagners house with 100 meg internet. Which means in the time it takes mr. Wagner to pour a 20 oz. Cup of coffee, tommy can download 30 songs, and jan can upload 120 photos. 12 seconds. Thats the power of fiber optics. And right now, get our best offer ever. Super fast 100 meg internet, tv and phone for just 69. 99 per month online, cable cant offer internet speeds this fast at a price this good. Only fios can. The former washington football star was sentenced to 60 days in jail this week with all but two of the days suspended. This comes after a guilty plea to Second Degree assault. That charge followed an incident that occurred at an office where he worked a few months ago. He will serve the two days in a weekend work program. He will also attend anger management class and perform community service. As residents in louisiana try to clean up after the definiting floods there, there after the devastating floods there, there is one thing they say they could in, the quicker they can help people. People in our area are organizing clothing and supply drives to help those flood victims in louisiana more than a thousand miles away. We are live at americans pub where supplies will be on the way in a few hours. Reporter absolutely. Yeah, they need things in louisiana, things you may not think of. Perhaps dog food and diapers. Were here at americans pub. This is one of two spots where they can collecting all of these things. But the thing is, the owner says he is not surprised people here, theyre very giving. Every town has a main street. They have amazing parks. Theyre what america should be. Reporter but not every town has a spot like mackkys. There was no way we were going to get threat. Reporter this is the story of two men helping people thousand miles away they dont. People have been bringing things out of the goodness of their heart all week. We didnt know how to get it down there. Were going to drive through tomorrow all day. And we want to take care of everybody. We just wanted to help. It was sitting there. Reporter cindy cleaned out the closet and donated seven bags. Any time theres anything like this going on, im like, i have so much stuff. I just said, i have to share. Im thinking now our truck is too small. Weve got to pack tighter. We have to help people. These guys are in such bad shape down there. I want to know how were going to do it. But you know, when something is meant to be, everything falls into place. Reporter he says hes going to end up loading up all of this from here around 8 00 tonight. So if you still so you still have time if donate. Wusa 9. All right. And lets hope a whole lot of people come out. People donated cash and he is going to stop at walmart in knoxville on the way down to buy even more supplies. Definitely need as much as they can get. And theres the possibility now with n the mid to long range forecast, this tropical system thats hanging out there could bring more rain. Its a big if. A tough time getting its act together. If it does, it would be hermine. How do you know that . I know that because the World Meteorological organization puts up a list of names and puts out a pronunciation guide. Thats good. You got to be on the same page. Lets show you whats going on. Football in town at fedex. Sky 9 circling fedex. And boy,s the a warm one out there. Its going to be evening. 92 at 6 00 and fall through the 80s. 85 by 10 00. Lows tonight mostly in the 70s with a few 60s in the suburbs. Perhaps a good weekend to get away to the beach. Any weekend is a good weekend. 82 saturday. 82 sunday. And 86 on monday. And generally sunny. You will get a sun burn so protect yourself with the sunscreen. And while today was at least 94, we will know probably in the next 20 minutes or if we tied any record for the day. Monday, tuesday, wednesday, low maybe mid90s by wednesday. And after that, i think we finally get some relief. And speaking of the fedex field game, 7 30, kickoff, upper 80s to start. Low to mid80s by tend of the game. A very warm night at fedex. 94 in town. 91 across the bay. 89 in reedville. So everybody is on the toasty and one more shot of fedex sky but thats not going to be the case had a few hours. 94, feeling like 99. Heat index didnt get much above 100 today because we had a northwesterly wind of 13 miles per hour. So dew point is high but last night it was like 75, 76. So a tad less humid and thats the key the next few days. Not a big drop in humidity but just a touch. A lot of moisture. And this rain potential for louisiana. This is a very weak disturbance in the gulf of mexico. Not enough time to develop. But look at the moisture moving toward louisiana. They dont need that. For us, we had a trough push through and a front trying to get here. And theres nothing on radar. You may see something very isolated pop up. But were going to stay quiet today. Saturday looks to be a mostly sunny, hot and dry day. Any storms late saturday in ohio, virginia. But i se toward us. And even again on , a fairly quiet day. Gaston is getting sheered apart by an upper storm. Its in the middle 60 that. Still a tropical storm. And this disturbance, a low level cent, a weak one right here. Possibly if et gets its act together, it would head toward the florida straights and into then the gulf. These are big ifs. Look at them with the grain of salt because its yet to get its act together. 68 to 78 tonight, clear to partly cloudy, warm and muggy and rain chances stay low for the next seven days. Sunny and warm and dry. 70s and 80s in the morning. We top out in the low 90s in the afternoon with less humidity. And the winds out of the east at 5 to 10 miles per hour. And sunday, 92. Hot and dry. Monday, stray afternoon storms, 93. Tuesday, still hot, 93. Wednesday, hot with isolated showers and thunderstorms. And thursday and friday, guys finally were going to get back into the 80s. Cant finally. Thank you. Dozens of kids will be start the school year off right thanks to the Catholic Charities of the diocese of arlington. They donated three backpacks loaded with School Supplies to 56 children. Grateful families stopped by today to pick up those backpacks. Well, you could be among the first people to see the new National Museum of african American History and culture. The museum will be dedicated on the morning of september 24th. And it opens to the public that afternoon but you need a free timed entry pass to get in and you can start getting them tomorrow. Starting at 9 00 a. M. , theyll available at the museums website which you see on the screen. And its on our wusa 9 app. And passes will not be able at the museum on the opening weekend. If you want to visit, you got to start going to the website tomorrow morning. Apple fixes spy ware that could take control of your and hightech fashion that could keep you from spending money. And were going to tell you what this inspiring father does every day just to get his kids to school. The journey one father takes to get his kids to school is turning heads all over the country today. He walks his kids across the border from mexico to texas every day. More than a mile each way but he says he makes the trip to protect his son and daughter from drug violence and get them a better education. He is not alone. Through Charter Schools and tuition programs, many parentses in mexico are able to enroll their kids in american classes. He says its ugly across the border with kids being abducted. He prefers to come here where he knows its safe. Now his job at a Fast Food Restaurant on the border allows him to drop off and pick up the kids in the u. Go far enough for him to actually live in america. In tonights consumer alert, the fix is in. Apple issues an update for a serious security flaw in its operating system. It is the first known case of a Software Hack that can remotely take over an iphone 6. That spy ware can turn on the camera, microphone, record calls and track movement. Amazon launches a new Search Engine for car shoppers. It allows you to comparison shop for vehicles and parts and accessories. To be clear, you can buy them on amazon but the website is not actually selling cars yet. And fashion goes hightech. The ibag two is designed to help you save but not spend money. You set the purse to lockdown when the gps senses youre in stores where you frequently shop and spend the most money. It will flag and vibrate even if you take your wallet out. E fi. Ce prototype. Who would really want that . Still ahead, the controversy over the burkini. The french government rules on whether women can wear the bathing suits. Plus, get ready for major metro inconveniences this weekend. What you need to know about phase eight of the safe track plan. And the fda says all blood donations should be convened for zika virus. After the break, one area hospital says they are ahead of the curve. Big news from the food and Drug Administration today. It is recommended that all donated blood in the u. S. Be tested for the zika virus. But a local Hospital System says th