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 CountySchool 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 CountySchool 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 exp