Triggered by China Economic fears and also some Computer Trading and theres fear as well. But investment analysts are saying this is no time to panic or jump out of the market or anything like that. In fact, some, wendy, are saying this is the time to double down and find some investment opportunity. One analyst today was saying they only know two speeds on wall street, fear and greed. So i think we saw that in action today. Yeah. Great. Thanks, brian. This afternoon, we are also tracking a highflying plot that police uncovered using drones in an apparent tip attempt to smuggle drugs, porn and more into a prison in maryland. Reporter im derrick ward. Prison officials here in maryland are concerned about a plot they say they have uncovered not to get someone out of a facility like this, but to get something in, over the fence. Synthetic drugs, porn on dvds a cell phone and even more troubling, say police, a weapon. How were they to be delivered . By drone. This past saturday, Corrections Officers at the western Correctional Institute in cumberland, maryland, noticed a suspicious car on a public road outside the state prison complex. Officers confronted two men with the vehicle and arrested them and thats when they found the contraband and the drone and a connection to an inmate on the inside. Upon the arrest of the two men with the drone, that inmates cell was searched and contraband was discovered. Reporter charges are expected against the inmate as well as the two men with the drone. Officials say this is still under investigation so theres not a lot they can say but they do think they nipped it the bud. Im derrick ward in jessup, maryland. That break from the 90s sure didnt seem to last all that long. The heat and humidity came back in force. Doug, you told us this was coming all the way back on friday. We got any storms heading our way . We got a couple of storms but nothing severe. I also told you on friday that this would be the one day we saw temperatures back into the 90s, then we go right back down into the 80s. Some great weather coming in later this week, right now, we do have those storms out there. Lets take a look, storm team4 radar tracking those storms for u you can see where they are, louding county getting hit, northern portion around the luckets, lovetsville area, those areas getting rain and thunderstorm activity. Nothing around d. C. Just yet this whole line is moving that way. Heres leesburg, again, if you live in northern portions of loudoun county, getting it pretty good, bluemont area, you are seeing it. That line extends toward front royal, toward luray. Continue to move off to the east fairly slowly here. You can see a little bit in the way of lightning, not a lot, but we are going to see that chance for more storms as we move on through the evening hours. Ahead of that front, 90 degrees in d. C. , the who the side for sure, but look behind this frontal boundary, 74 in columbus, ohio, 78 in pittsburg, thats with sunshine. We have got much nicer air moving in over the next couple of days. Dont want to miss this forecast. Vj is back up in a couple of minutes. All right, thanks, doug. Wow, this is a day so many parents have been waiting for all summer, the new school year has begun. And in the district, newly hired teachers greeted kids coming in today and in Prince Georges County, a fight over funding is now over ahead of the new school year. Our county bureau chief, tracee wilkins, it is aa look at one program that made it through despite some hefty cuts. Reporter it was a tough budget battle for the Prince Georges CountySchool System and in the end, they had to lose some things but what they were able to hold on to are the two International Schools that are opening up, we are here inside of one of them here in largo. Students are starting to acclimate to their new digs here, had the opportunity to come here for orientation. Coming up on news4 at 5 00, we speak with Prince Georges County ceo Kevin Maxwell about some of his disappointments and some of his successes expected for the Upcoming School year. In largo, im tracee wilkins, news4. Kids are back in the classroom in frederick, mary latched the School District tweeting out this welcome message today. They are back in school in howard county. First through sixth graders in anne arundel returned to school as well. We have some breaking news from centerville, virginia, this afternoon. One person has been shot out there. This is happening on cool oak lane, which is just off i66, route 29. Police say they have one person in custody. We are hearing the victim was shot three times and is being taken to the hospital. We are making some calls right now to figure out why this happened. And our Northern Virginia bureau chief, julie carey, on her way to the scene. We will be having updates for you from the live desk as they come in. Chris . Thanks, when police are investigating a string of assaults on women in Northern Virginia. They have been attacked in various parks in arlington, all after dark. The most recent assault was friday in the park off george mason drive. Police say a mother was with her 3yearold daughter when a man tried to throw the woman to the ground. News4s mark see graves will have more on how they are doing and how police are trying to protect women. And no cause yet on that fire that injured two firefighters, left about 60 people homeless. This is in Prince William county. It started before midnight at the dominion middle Ridge Apartments along me anding way in lake ridge. The red cross is now helping those homeless find temporary shelter. If your loved one uses vre to get home, expect them to be late. There are schedule changes because of deadly pedestrian accident this morning. Trains 305, 309 and 313 are not running. All trains on the fredericksburg line were delayed this morning after a person was hit just south of leyland road. And someone hit and killed a physicians assistant as she was crossing the street in front of the d. C. Hospital where she worked. Police say the woman died when a chevy tahoe struck her. This was along southern avenue in southeast d. C. It happened just outside the United Medical center on friday evening, an area where there is no crosswalk and there is no stoplights. The victims daughter called her mother an incredibly kind and hard working woman. Her only goal in life was to see her family happy and to see her family be able to live well and to help as many people as she could. Police did release this image of a man considered a person of interest in this crash. We are told they have identified him. They have recovered the vehicle thats involved but at this point, no one is facing any charges. Stopping a possible terrorist in his tracks, how three americans were honored today overseas. A major fast food chain announces it is going to be hiring thousands of workers in the coming weeks. We will tell you how you can get your foot in the door. And we are on panda watch. Why caring for the new cubs is touch and go. We are now following some breaking news in new york. A casino bus has crashed into a building in queens. Our sister station in new york says six people have been injured. The chopper saw several people being taken away on stretchers. The bus ran right through the corner of this brick building, even taking out part of the second floor. We dont know if this is an Apartment Building or its a business. But we are going to keep an eye on it for you and g and here we are, the first day of school, back to school for many and we are tracking some wet weather right there west from frederick, thurmont area, through areas like front royal, there around lees, you see heavy rain, bluemont, tracking east, rainfall rates in this area, an inch, close to two inches in some areas. So going to be bringing down quite a bit of rain, moderate rain in that area. Chance of rain continues until about 11 p. M. Meanwhile, for Prince Georges County tomorrow morning, temperature the kids going back to school about 68 to 70. And yes, they are going to be warming up very nicely. As a matter of fact, by the time they get to around 9 a. M. , temperatures will be around 72. Doug will have a fourday forecast in just a few. Three americans and a brit are wrapping up their day in france having received the countrys highest honor. President Francois Hollande presented them with a legion of honor for helping to stop a terrorist attack on a train to paris. We will have more on how they helped subdue the heavily armed suspect in the next hour. An outpouring of grief and anger in louisiana where a state trooper died after he was shot in the head, allegedly by a driver he was trying to help. That shooting happened yesterday in lake charles, louisiana. Trooper Steven Vincent was responding to reports of an erratic driver in a pickup truck and when he arrived on the scene, he found that truck informs a ditch. Thats when the driver reportedly got out of the vehicle with a sawedoff shotgun and fired, hitting the officer multiple times. He did everything right, everything we teach him, everything we talked to him about, he was simply trying to do. Passing motorists stopped, tackled and handcuffed the alleged shooter, kevin daigle. They used the police radio to call for help. Today, one of those drivers got emotional when he was honored by the state police. In a separate development, police found daigles roommate dead at the house that they shared today. And investigators saying dayle is suspected of killing him. Students in our area may not want to hear it, but it is time to dig into that homework again. We will show you the changes in the district as kid goes back to school. A high schools name in a high schools name in Northern Virginia is under fire. Whats the most important thing your parents do for you . They buy me food. A high schools name in Northern Virginia is under fire. They make sure im never lost. Well. They pay my allowance. Encourage me. They sing us a lullaby at night. A lullaby at night. Oh now i remember. Why does it matter that cigna covers Preventive Care . Because the next most important thing you can do for them is take care of yourself. Cigna. Together, all the way. A lot of students in our area now wrapping up their first day of the new school year. In d. C. , the kids are seeing a lot of changes. Thats right. Students are going to see more ap courses and get free rides on metro traipse. Molette green spent the morning at one of the four new schools opening this year. Reporter a brandnew modern School Opening in northeast. Students and parents arrive early for the first day at brook land middle school, ready to learn. Its great. We should keep it clean. Hopefully the curriculum matches how the school looks on the outside. Reporter a tall art piece out front catches your eye with lights that kind of look like rain drops and weatherrelated terms etched in the design. He is coming from john burr Rose Elementary School and that it is new for everyone. Reporter brook land is one of four d. C. Schools opening, a nearly 60 million design to prop up middle school options. School leaders combine middle grades to create this 540seat facility and anticipate parent demands for arts integration and projectbased learning, just what special Education StudentTony Grady Rose is looking for. Its a big school, so they will have lots of classes and also i think i will like the labs and we will be able to do some experiments. Reporter at hd woodson, the head of schools and d. C. s mayor announced the rollout of two new career acad his i. T. And engineering schools chancellor heardson says will promise a prosperous future. The combination of the industry, part negotiations internships and course work means that we have a greater chance of getting our young people jobs in these areas. So we kind of gave me how to work with the ap classes and things like that. Reporter the first time in four years, d. C. Public schools are seeing its highest numbers of enrollment and they have hired a bunch of new teachers, but the chancellor admits theres much more work that needs to be done to improve those test scores and increase Graduation Rates even more. In northeast d. C. , outside hd woodson, molette green, news4. Outside the classrooms, the district kicked off the first day of school with a new safety campaign, reminding drivers to slow down, keep kids safe. About 30 volunteers stood at some of the busiest intersections this morning and held up signs to get the word out. The campaign is being promoted on social media under t the slowdown. As more students head to class, we want you to show us your scholars. Tweet wuss that hashtag, email i see at wenbcwashington. Com an we will be posting backtoschool pictures online. Celebrities are are joining the fight to to change the fight of a high school. Julianne moore went to the school in the 70s, named after a confederate general and under fire since the deadly shooting in charleston. Moore and cohen start and online petition to rename the school and just checked about an hour ago, there are now nearly 30,000 signatures on it. We had a refreshing weekend but the humidity is starting to creep in a little bit, doug. It is creeping up there. The temperatures going up to around 90 degrees, but dont worry just yet. It is not the start of another heat wave. As a matter of fact, this is the start of much cooler air coming in over the next couple of days. Right now, a pretty nice shot as we look out toward the cat need draft. You can see the Washington Monument back there in the distance. Got some cloud cover across the region but also some sunshine, too. Thats helped us to barge up to 90 degrees at the airport today. Winds out of the south at 12 Miles Per Hour under those partly cloudy skies a very warm and little bit on the humid side as far as the day is concerned. Earlier, 91 in frederick, now down to 84 as a result of rain 39 in fredericksburg. We do have some very warm temperatures. A little bit on the hot side today but this is the reason why its on the hot side. We have got a cold front coming through. Ahead of that cold front we get that very warm and humid air. With that cold front though, it brings in some thunderstorms. Look at the line, bigtime storm right here around the Rappahannock County area, come through, drop a lot of rain here, see that line extending toward frederick county, maryland, we do have fairly strong storms coming through, nothing severe, i dont anticipate anything severe this is the strongest storm here over the leesburg area, from leesburg up into frederick county, buckeys town, back toward brunswick, seeing reports of very heavy rain, a little bit in the way of lightning and thunder. Wind, possibly, but not going to see too much. The biggest factor today will be the rain from this storm. Satellite and radar together showing what is happening around our region. Here is the cold front, very clearly defined. Behind this, we have got nothing. You can see the front back to the west, not much at all, just some much cooler air, minneapolis, minnesota, right now, only in the low to middle 60s. Thats the kind of air we have got coming in the next couple of days much wont get that cold, but the humidity will be gone, so, with temperatures like this 86 in d. C. , 85 on your wednesday, 85 on thursday, low humidity, another couple of fantastic, fantastic afternoons, friday also looking good, friday, of course, our backyard weather on thursday and another great day in store for that a little bit later. Veronica takes a look at that weekend forecast. The heat not quite done with us just yet. Guys . Thanks, doug. Well, data leaked, lives ruined and tragic fallout this afternoon in the hacking of that adultery website. The new panda cubs are doing well but admit there have been a few hiccups caring for them. Well, we know many of you, we are excited here, too we know you are excited about the new panda cubs at the national zoo. Right now, these first days are critical as to whether these new cubs are going to survive. The zookeepers caring for the pandas faced their biggest challenge so far just last night. News4s Meagan Fitzgerald has the latest. She is at the national zoo. Reporter we are told the cubs are doing fine but last night was a built of a challenge for the veterinarians. Zoo offing officials tell us t werent able to switch the cubs out from their mother from 11 p. M. Last night to 7 05 this morning, which means one of the cub also to receive the supplemental formula instead of being news nursed by mei xiang. No reason to be concerned. Had it hasnt tempered the excitement here. People have been coming and going all day long. Veterinarians say take a listen and what they are about to hear is one of the reasons they know the cubs are doing fine. Both cubs have been very vocal and and appeared active and healthy since they were born on saturday. Zoo Officials Say they cant stress enough just how critical this first week is for the cubs survival. [ squawking ] panda keepers and vets have been caring for them around the clock while excited fans say they have been watching all the moments unfold on the panda cam. Investigation sided. We have been watching it on the news and learn about pandas this summer and its just exciting to see that the babies made it and hopefully, they will survive. Well, we were actually on our vacation. So we came here to see the pandas. Reporter we have been getting a lot of questions on social media from people wanting to know when zoo officials are going to release the name of the cubs and we asked them, they tell us theres no specific timeframe but at this point, they are just focused on the survival and health of the cubs. Now, we are expecting to get updates all throughout the day. Be sure to download our nbc washington