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Positive things about the police department. Reporter the police union has fought with chief cathy lanier over staffing and assignments and says it has worked well with newsham. Whoever that chief is going to be, they want a chief that is going to back the working officer. I think our number one priority as an organization is public safety. I want people to feel safe. He was named assistant chief in 2002. Hell replace lanier who citywide has been very popular and visible. I intend to be very visible. I intend to be as visible as i can be. Im not cathy lanier. Im Peter Newsham and i hope that the community will see me for what i am. Again, he officially takes over on september 17th and hell be spending a lot of time in the next couple of weeks with chief lanier as she gets ready to be the security chie she has a lot to share with him and leave with him. One thing im thinking of and im curious to know what you think, that he will not follow from the chief. Ive never seen any police chief who hugs more people than cathy lanier people, especially in wards seven and eight. I dont think theres somebody in the city that hasnt been hugged by chief lanier. I have not been hugged by chief lanier. Now we understand what your problem is. I shook the chiefs hand today, though. Thats all good. Its a tough job. Crime rises and falls and hes the mayor wants somebody who will know whats going on in the city, doesnt want someone to come in and have to learn what is happening. Its just too important of a job. And newsham has that experience. I should get that hug before lanier leaves town. Or nfl tickets. May be too late. Thank you, tom. President obama getting a firsthand look today at the damage left behind in the president hugged people today outside their homes in east baton rouge parish. Piles of debris, once that belonged to them, still stacked up in their yards. The president says the federal government is there to help people rebuild. Sometimes when these kinds of things happen, it can be too much to bear but what i want the people of louisiana to know is that youre not alone on this. Even after the tv cameras leave, the whole country is going to continue to support you and help you until we get folks back in their homes and lives are rebuilt. Floodwaters killed atc leas 13 people in louisiana. It damaged or destroyed about 60,000 homes there. Virginia may not be much of a political battleground anymore and a new poll shows clinton is leading trump by nearly 20 points. The nominees were tied back in may. Clintons lead shrank. Roanoke college poll found while clinton is gaining popularity among democrats, trump is losing the support of republicans. Todays poll has a margin of error of 3. 5 . And also tonight, both candidates face new scrutiny. Clinton for the donations or Family Foundation when she was secretary of state and trump for backing away from one of his most Controversial Campaign promises. Steve handelsman is live on capitol hill with the latest. Steve . The promise that trump has made again and again, summing it up by saying theyve got to go, theyve got to go. The deportation plan has appalled a lot of white suburban republican women who trump has to win back if hes going to beat Hillary Clinton. So now hes flipping. Trump is pointing to another leader who he says plan for deportation. Its president obama who he says will now emulate and adopt the obama plan. Donald trump vowing only to build his wall. The wall will go up so fast, your head will spin. And youll say, you know, he meant it. Reporter trump says he does not mean anymore to quickly deporting 11 million people. He flipped on fox. The existing laws are very strong. The existing laws, the first thing were going to do, if awhen i win, is were going to get rid of all of the bad ones. Reporter the criminals known to police. The rest, trump says, will now go through a process like what president obama is already doing. What people dont know is that obama got tremendous numbers of people out of the country. Reporter meanwhile, trump demands a special prosecutor to investigate Hillary Clinton and her emails, a reminder of the investigation in the 90s that an analysis from a. P. Finds more than half of the people who met or spoke by phone with clinton while secretary of state, 85 individuals, gave or pledged money to bill clintons charity, as much as 156 million, supporting the charge that a big check to the Clinton Foundation could buy hillary face time. She joked on jimmy kimmel. Jimmy, my emails are so boring. And im embarrassed about that. Reporter as new batches of emails are made public, they will be searched for conflicts of interest or coverups. As for a special prosecutor, its obamas attorney general Loretta Lynch that will have to decide. Thanks, steve. Now, a wild and crazy midday shooting that left a woman wounded here in the district. It started as a carjacking. They say a the victims had to drive more than two miles to get help. Pat collins is right now near the langston golf course. Reporter jim, a woman passengers and pickup truck shot and wounded. The driver goes two miles before flagging down cops for help. Scary lunchtime violence in our city. Police say the gunman wanted a fancy motorcycle on the back of the pickup truck and when he couldnt get it, they say he opened fire. A woman in the passenger seat shot and wounded twice. I think it shows how desperate people are. Its ridiculous. Reporter the shooting happened in the 4600 block of benning road southeast. The driver of the pickup drove about two miles until he cops on benning road northeast. He hailed the cop for help and came to an end right in front of the langston golf course. He saw all of the commotion on the street. Youve got to be conscious of where you are and what you are doing, be mindful of what is going on in your surroundings, you know. So just life in the big city. Things like this happen. Reporter the woman is expected to be okay. The gunman, hes still at large. And police, they are still working the case. Jim, back to you. Pat collins, thanks. Federal Law Enforcement officials have yet to find any isis connection with a knife attack in roanoke, virginia. A man and woman were seriously injured in an assault on saturday outside of an Apartment Building there. Some witnesses say the suspect shouted allah akbar. One official says there are conflicting accounts and that may not be the case. The suspect was known to the fbi, though. They say he may have traveled to syria in the past. He told authorities he was hearing voices. At this point, investigators say they think the man might be mentally diurbed. A county parks employee is accused of killing a wedding caterer. Police have seized his cell phone after he told them it contained video of the incident. Investigators say that bonds stabbed johns with a pocket knife after a wedding in chantilly earlier this month. They were fighting over chairs used during a ceremony. Bonds is due back in court in october. Still ahead, a Dramatic Police chase involving a pregnant passenger and a child. What we know about the pursuit that started at a wegmans and ended on a busy interstate in virginia. Come members of the Prince Georges County School Board Say that after the alleged mishandling of an investigation into the Head Start Program, its time for its leadership to step down. And quite a people are most upset over the soaring costs of a lifesaving drug. What lawmakers are demanding from the people who make that drug. And lots to talk about. Were talking another heatwave moving in andin luann bennett. 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Reporter he says hes angry about reports of 3 to 5yearolds being able to wander away from head start and for being physically abused. Hes not going so far as removing the school board leadership. I have all of the confidence in them both. Reporter in a letter, five Prince Georges County School Board Members are calling for the chair and its vice chair. This, after federal investigation into the systems Head Start Program caused the system to lose funding for the start. The threepage letter says that, while legally individual members of the board cannot and must not make unilateral board decisions, they must fully inform the board. This is after they allege that the board knew about the mistreatment at the countys head start but did not brief the board on the allegations of the ongoing investigation. I got the same call on that same friday that mr. Baker called saying that it was going to be terminated and it was a surprise to me, too. Reporter today, dr. Kevin maxwell says while he knew the countys Head Start Program was under investigation for allegations of teachers abusing and mistreating students, he didnt be taken away. He also says the infractions are not a reflection of the entire school system. Weve had a very small number of people who have made a very large number of people look fairly poorly. Reporter a School Spokesman released this statement to the board of education, as board leadership, carolyn boston and i will remain focused on doing everything in our power to ensure continuous and he did not address federal Board Members calling for him to remove him. As you heard there, the county executive saying he has no intention on doing that. Reporting live, im tracee wilkins. Back to you all in the studio. Thanks, tracee. A number of u. S. Senators demanding now answers from the people who make epipen. A Company Recently raised the price of that drug by consumer reporter susan hogan joins us now with the new development. Susan . The chairman of the Judiciary Committee sent a letter to the maker of the epipen. Senator Chuck Grassley of iowa said that he was concerned that the substantial price increase could limit access to a much needed medication and required Additional Information on the price increase from the company. The senator joins other lawmakers calling for a hearing to investigate this price hike. They have also asked the federal trade commission to investigate mylans trade practices. Mylan did not respond to us and earlier said, wholesale prices changed over time to better reflect important product features and the value the product provides and ensuring access to part of our mission. The cost went up from 100 in 2008 to 500 today. The cost of an epipen isnt the only thing climbing, though. So are executive salaries. Nbc news found that the ceo of the company that makes epipen got a 671 pay hike while the company was raising prices. We have a link to that story in our nbc washington app. To check it, search epipen during the break. Thanks, susan. A question we asked today, do you think the government should do more to limit the Prescription Drug prices . An overwhelming number responded that you in fact do believe the government should do more. And now to an update on a story youll see only on news4. Those private ambulances hired by d. C. To help reduce Response Times to 911 calls are not meeting expectations. Records provided to news4 by ambulances show up in ten minutes or less about 82 of the time. Records also show about 9 of amr calls take 15 minutes or more. The contract with amr requires that private ambulances to arrive within 10 minutes 90 of the time. Now, despite the shortfall, chief gregory deem says the private ambulances are helping. We actually have time to do patient care and to ensure our people are getting more training. We actually are available to be able to respond to our citizens and thats really the bottom line. Reporter chief dean could impose monday tar penalties on missing the Response Time requirement but says he wont. The zika virus is spreading in florida as officials there have issued a travel warning to yet another popular tourist destination. This is chris gordon in ahead, why the parent of a 5yearold kindergartner is complaining about his theres a sign of progress in ellicott city. Parts will reopen. The flooding destroyed several businesses along main street. Tomorrow, some of the streets will open again. Howard county Officials Say crews still have to repave two surrounding streets. They hope to have part of the Downtown Parking lot back opened by saturday. I want to check in with doug with a look at our forecast. Really loving this low humidity. I am. Can you keep it like this . You cant keep it like this, can you . No. Youve got power but not that much, do you . Thats how that works. Its just such a Beautiful Day out there across our region. Temperatures below average. No humidity to talk about. The humidity will creep back but not for the next couple of 85 in leesburg. 83 degrees in Prince Georges County. Nothing on the radar. The radar is all clear. And dominating the region. You say dominating, from chicago to boston and down towards raleigh, not much in the way of clouds at all. Were watching the system back to our west. It will give us a little bit more in the way of cloud cover and bring in more heat and humidity as well. Friday looking very, very hot. Something else were tracking, the tropics. This is normally the time the tropics heat up. We have Tropical Storm fiona. That is just gone. We have gaston off the coast of africa. Thats not going and now this storm right here, not a storm yet, its an open wave. The computer models are starting to hone in on this and bringing it very close to the bahamas and close to florida. Not exactly sure where it will go after that. Will it be a depression or a hurricane . Still a lot of questions to ask and its something that we will be watching very closely. Not ready to have a name. If it does, it will be hermine. Temperature 188 degrees and getting hot tomorrow. With low humidity, its still very comfortable. 93 on thursday. 95 on friday. Look at the heat that comes back all the way through the weekend and into early next week. Good chance of next week, a better chance of that storm moving in. Could possibly impact our area. Well talk more about that at 6 45. Thanks, doug. Coming up, the imteam was alerted about a potential breeding ground and what it took to clean it up. Complaints from a parent after a kind dergartner is told that he has to walk more than a mile to school. A sped away with a pregnant woman and toddler in the car. What weve learned about the its what the National Debt could do to our economy. If we dont solve our debt problem 19 trillion and growing money for programs like education will shrink. In just 8 years, interest on the debt will be our Third Largest federal program. Bad news for small businesses. The good news . Theres still time for a solution. Ask the candidates for a plan to secure our future. Now at 6 30, a police chase through the streets of Northern Virginia. Pregnant woman and a toddler in the car. Only on news4, a father says his 5yearold son is being forced to walk about a mile to school. No sidewalks and downhill so cars are flying down the road. Why School Officials made the call. New questions surrounding a Deadly Police shooting. The victim was unarmed. And see what the iteam found when they started asking questions. A man accused of driving away from police with a pregnant woman and toddler in the car. The man who has had plenty of runins with the police is locked up again for a dangerous drive through virginia. It started in fairfax corner and ended on a ramp of i66. Bureau chief julie carey is joining us. Julie, this is so disturbing considering the children are involved. Reporter well, the 29yearold suspect appeared to be making a dash back to the district on i66 where he lived but he crashed into one of the police cars that was set out to stop him. Tonight, he faces a host of charges and an expectant mom with him could be in trouble, too. The police fair oaks mall. The man who was behind the wheel was a 29yearold, rico taylor, under arrest. Not only was he eluding the officers, he was endangering the public. Reporter store security spotted him using counterfeit bills. Suspicious person used counterfeit money. The Police Showed up quickly and the suspect took off turning from Government Center parkway off to monument drive, even traveling in the wrong lane for a time. Today, crossover tire marks are still evident. Reporter the driver went over the median and was driving on the wrong side of the road, had actually struck one of our Police Cruisers when we tried to box it in. It was reporter the suspect cut over fair oaks mall and made his get away. On the ramp, police were able to box the jaguar in and bring it to a stop. Alongside the driver, a surprise. The woman with him was pregnant and there was a 2yearold child also in the car. The woman was taken to the hospital to be checked out. The toddler, uninjured. And now he face as host of felony charges, including speeding to elude and child endangerment. Reporter rico taylor has had runins with the law back in january, convicted in fairfax county. Hes been charged with theft, destruction of property and traffic offenses and police tell us the woman who was with him might still face charges, too. As for the counterfeit money, its up to the secret service to investigate that. Back to you in thanks, julie. Today, officials identified two victims in the explosion. They are continuing to identify the remaining victims. Seven people were killed at that blast two weeks ago. Officials say it was caused by a natural gas buildup in the basement room where the gas meter was found. A little boy was told he had to walk nearly one mile to get to school along a dangerous road and hes only in kindergarten. Tonight, the father reached out to chris gordon for help and chris is live in beltsville. Chris, youre also hearing from the school . Reporter thats right. Well hear from t just a moment. First, youre about to hear from a very surprised little boy. Today i asked him why he feels he shouldnt have to walk here to school. Because its dangerous. Theres no sidewalks and its downhill so cars are like flying and if cars are on both sides of the road and one is coming, then you could get hit. Reporter anthony flowers had to leave work in the middle of the day to pick up his 5yearold son. He also drove anthony jr. To school this morning for his first day of kindergarten. Since july, hes been asking the Prince Georges County Public Schools Transportation Department to assign anthony jr. To a school bus but they say he lives in a walking zone, 1 1 2 miles for Elementary School students. His father says he wont let his 5yearold walk to school. As you can see, people are walking in the streets. This is afternoon time. In the morning, theres cars here because they havent left for work yet. Reporter today, we found another parent walking her 5 and 8yearold sons home through the same neighborhood. Today, news4 called Prince Georges County schools and a superintendent with the department of transportation came here to walk the route and determine if its dangerous for a 5yearold to walk. He said he will let mr. Flowers know what he can do by friday. He came out and i appreciated it. He said hell do something for me. I appreciate that. Mr. Flowers hopes to hear that his son will be riding the bus to school soon. Thanks, chris. The centers for Disease Control and prevention has added the locations because of the zika virus. This comes as the zika outbreak in florida appears to be spreading. Health officials there announced five new cases that do not appear to be connected to travel. Those cases include one in the tampa bay area. More than 250 miles from miami where the other case was reported. There have been at least 42 cases so far in florida that are considered to be what they call local transmissions. Still ahead, a disturbing discovery after a man is found dead near a local college campus. Also, controversy over the death of a driver who is deaf. The case is Getting National attention. They are calling for new training for Law Enforcement officers. And a Beautiful Day out there today. Get ready. Mother nature is bringing us the heat. Im talking about yet anoth er the police in Prince Georges County are trying to figure out what led to a mans body being in college park behind a burger king this morning. The man appeared to be in his 20s but hes not a student. There are no signs of any foul play. The body was taken to a medical examiner. A memorial is growing tonight in honor of a deaf man who was shot and killed by a state trooper. Daniel harris young son lit a candle in memory of his father last night. Harris did not pull over. One neighbor heard that shot and says he should have known he should have been known to realize. And the trooper involved is on standard administrative leave. Still, growing concerns about standing water and green muck in a local fountain. Well report what happened hours after the news4 iteam started making calls. Its its not just zika that has officials concerned in Montgomery County after Health Officials here discovered the west nile virus in bugs. Most people dont develop symptoms of west nile. The cdc has reported 42 cases so far this year. And plenty of you are worried about standing water and you have contacted our iteam, including a federal employee who warned us about an unsightly fountain near his workplace. Reporter lunchtime at la fountain plaza, time for a quick walk and for joe rawlins to make quick music. But theres nothing beautiful about this. It will stay like that for five months. Its consistently full of algae. Reporter floating around in this pool of green gunk, a lot of dead bugs. Yep, thats mosquito larvae. With so many worried about the spread of zika, the news4 iteam has received emails about the standing water prompting Health Officials to spread larvacide. The cases have jumped year. In fairfax, Officials Say they have gone in to overdrive trying to help folks understand where mosquitos breed. We can actually go out and help them look around their yard and provide guidance. Reporter fairfax countys joshua smith says it takes about a week to develop into the pests that we so despise. If you can toss water on a weekly basis, that should help control mosquitos around your home. Reporter smith says its easy to overlook places that mosquitos like to breed like that tray under a flower pot and on top of tarps behind wood piles. One of the more common ones that we can find in peoples yards are the corrugated downspouts. Reporter so what happens when theres this much green sludge . A call from you and your viewers look. Reporter he says the National Park Service Takes care of all the of the waterways and reflecting pools are treated with clor nated or objectixygen water. The National Park service sent a crew out here less than 24 hours after we called and said the fountains motor kept overheating allow the algae to grow. The health and safety of our visitors is a priority. Reporter he says to call them if you see any more problems. We take that very seriously. Reporter because it was your tip that made all of that green gook finally disappear. Tisha thompson, news4 iteam. Thompson says it wants you to let it know when something doesnt look right at one of their properties. Tweet them. The information is on our nbc washington app. Doug, ive got to Say Something to you. I find it fascinating that earlier that you guys will be in the atlantic and say that could be a hurricane in the next ten days or Something Like that. Whats that thing, the perfect storm in galveston . The galveston storm of 1900 and then you mentioned the perfect storm. But, yes. How big of an impact will it have . Its still going to be scene. It could be our way late next week. Firsf, 83 degrees. The highest temperature in d. C. The official number came in at 84. Thats below average for a change. We saw so many hot days. Not today, though. A very nice afternoon. Nothing on the radar. Take a look at the temperatures around the midatlantic. Tonight and tomorrow, waking up to very nice numbers around 68 early tomorrow morning. Tomorrow, a nice day. High temperatures in the midto upper 80s. Now, we talk about the tropics and whats going on down here. Heres the massive clouds that were talking about. Its called an open tropical wave. All indications are and theres very good consistency, that its going to come into the bahamas and potentially into florida. How strong it is, that a is huge question. We have no idea just yet but its something that well watch very closely. Again, some of the computer models bring it up and in week. No need to worry just yet but something that well deal with and talking about the next couple of days. And its in our forecast next wednesday and thursday to come our way. Something to watch out for and something that we know for sure is coming, the 90s. A lot of 90s, once again, on the tenday forecast. Were dealing with sunshine for the weekend. And a fishing day on the weekend, doug. Its too hot. A lot of smiles at Pointer Ridge Elementary School in bowie. Nbc 4 was handing out school supplies. Theres still time to donate and help out other students. Nbc 4 and Apple Federal Credit Union are gearing up for our backpack for school drive. Meet Erika Gonzalez at the Kingstowne Branch in alexandria. You can donate money just search backpack for kids. Weve got sports coming up. And kraming that hes the best cornerback on earth, josh norman is now responding to his critics and he knows hes got critics. First, heres lester holt with a look at nbc nightly news. Angie and jim, ahead for us tonight, homegrown zika no longer just in the miami area but now across the state. The new worry for florida Health Officials. Why Donald Trumps appeal to africanamerican voters may be falling flat. And they are lifesavers to and they are lifesavers to Award Winning interface. Award winning design. Award winning engine. The volvo xc90. The most awarded suv of the century. 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I had to drive, drive, drive and continue to work hard and do everything that i, you know had gotten to this point. But now, no longer the underdog. Now im no longer that person. Im the guy that, you know, has to take on a new face, on a new mask and beat somebody that is always going to be the standard and look at that weve got to go after him. Those things come and ive got to understand that. Dont forget, you can watch the redskins take on the bills on nbc 4. The preseason game known as the dress rehearsal. Kickoff against the bills set for 7 30. Following the game, stick around for the post game report for myself and carol maloney. Getting back to josh norman very quickly, i dont mind if you talk as long as you back it up on the field every sunday. Yes. Hes done that the last two seasons. Well see if thats the case this year with the redskins. A few more skins updates for you. Josh dotson this year, hes improved, according to jay gruden. He is expected to be ready for game one against the steelers. The nationals are hoping that bryce harper will in the series opener. His 175 batting average versus baltimores the lowest against any team hes faced more than five times. He struck out 14 times in 17 games against the os. On the other side of that, mark trumbeau, he has homers in four of the last five games. I spoke with the rightfielder. He just wants to help his ball club. Its been a year of power from that perspective its gone for me. Ive been able to drive in some runs. Second half hasnt been quite as good as the first. That stuff can happen. Im just looking at contributing the rest of the way and ultimately, more importantly, is for us to get to the playoffs and do some of the things that we are trying to do. All right. From rio to Nationals Park tomorrow, the beltway moves from baltimore to d. C. And katie ledey first pitch. Shes done this honor before, had this honor before in 2012 returning from london. Shes won five medals, four of them gold. Im sure shes going to be outstanding. Before we go, the georgetowns soccer program, is a hot dog a sandwich, i say, yes, it is a sandwich. Fans will be dressed in a hot dog costume and get free admission into the game and oscar mayer fames most people dressed up as hot dogs. Well see if they do that. A hot dog is not a sandwich. It is. Its a bread. Corn dog is not a sandwich but a hot dog is. Do we care . Do we . Somebody does, i guess. Go ahead, angie. Katie ledecky has a big night at nats park tomorrow. Its been coming back from rio. Developing news tonight. New homegrown zika, for the first time, confirmed outside of south florida, on the other side of the state. Expectant mothers are fear ing and pay for play. Donald trump calls for a special prosecutor to investigate the clintons as new questions arise about the Clinton Foundation and trump faces questions about his new controversial outreach to black voters. And the price of epipen skyrocketing over 400 . Drug executives under fire and parents worry about how to afford it. Is there an alternative . And medical miracle. The little boy with a double hand transplant