Losing 205 points yesterday. Back to you. Its 4 31 now. Firefighters in Montgomery County say a massive barn fire was an accident. The Fire Department tweeted that the cause was most likely spontaneous combustion. Its a hay barn around damascus road that ig ignited around 7 00 last night. Its really back to school now for students at thomas jones element area at Prince Georges County school. A water main break and the main is fixed and that means classes start at 7 45. While youre running aerrands this morning you may want to pick up a backpack at backpacks 4 kids. You can go to Apple Credit Union and sir viceroy drive. If youre just waking up, good morning, we want to get you caught up on the weather forecast. Storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell is here with the forecast. I like the fact that youre looking forward to emilias forecast. Chuck, emilia, were just saying. We love you, chuck, we love you. 63 now gaithersburg. 70 annapolis. 69 at reagan national. A great day to get outside
Im aaron gilchrist. Im eun yang. We want to check your forecast right now. Meteorologist chuck bell telling about something to look forward to finally, chuck . Yes indeed. The cooldown is officially under way. Its going to be a warm one today. Upper 80s and low 90s. Compared to the upper 90s to 100 degrees it will feel nicer. Its dry, warm and humid outside. Most areas are inside the metro area will be above 90 degrees by a smidgen or two. Rain chances ramp up this afternoon and into this evening. Rain most likely from sundown to sunrise tomorrow. Currently, still in the mid70s in potomac. Bull run. Still 81 now in downtown washington. Highs today in your hometown, if you live in leesburg, it will be 91 today. 92 in manassas. 94 in fredericksburg. 95 into parts of southern maryland. Its going to be a warm one for sure. How about a wednesday morning commute. Lets go to traffics very o melissa mollet. I like all these adjectives. As long as theyre nice ones. Eastbound l street diverted a
Charity. This morning, why the Clinton Campaign is calling that report utterly flawed. And cashing in . A new twist in the controversy surrounding the skyrocketing cost of life saving epipens. The salary of the head of the company that makes them rising from 2 million to nearly 19 million in just eight years. The outrage and the companys explanation today, wednesday, august 24th, 2016. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning and welcome to today on a wednesday morning. A morning we have breaking news coming out of europe. The strong earthquake striking central italy this morning, the epicenter about 100 miles northeast of rome and one mayor sayg more. Lucy calf atphauf is in the heart of the city. Reporter good morning, matt savannah. It is a dark day for italy. At least 37 people were killed and we dont know how many injured. For the rescue workers that you might be able to see here behind me, i
We begin this morning with breaking news in the district. Our tom sherwood just broke this on twitter and we sent out a breaking news alert. Assist police chief is taking over as the interim chief. We told you last week the chief is retiring next month. He has served as the assistant chief for more than a decade. Her last day is september 17th. We are also following breaking news in college park. Right now police are in the 8,000 block of baltimore avenue for what is being called a death investigation. A man in his 20s was found in a creek in that area. News 4 is headed to the scene and well have an update later in the news cast. More than 100,000 students experiencing the energy of first day of class. Schools are back in session and its been a everyone. We are live at Pointer Ridge Elementary School, david. Reporter good morning. You may be able to hear it, or maybe not, its the silence. Its students who are actually in class now after summer break is over focussed on their studies im
Guard it. The search will resume at daybreak but theres no hope they say of finding any survivor survivors. The recovery soerpgs expected to last at least a week. The impact of plaep was so great the biggest piece of debris left is only about the size of a car. Jim handly has more with what we learned today. Nbc news is getting new information tonight from the former head of frances bureau of investigation for aviation. Its their version of the ntsb. He says tonight that the plane was flying very fast at impact, about 435 miles an hour. And he says its unusual that there was no distress signal sent from the cockpit. The black box that was recovered today has already been sent to paris for analysis. We should have some answers tomorrow morning about that planes final moments. French president Francois Hollande and german chancellor Angela Merkel will visit the crash site tomorrow. Meanwhile, grieving families of the victims are gathering tonight in spain and germany. Nbcs barry arent ha