Police are keeping a close eye on a popular spot for joggers in loudoun county. Two women have reported attempted assaults and now police have released a sketch of one of the men theyre looking for. Megan mcgrath is in leesburg with the warning. Reporter well, the trail in virginia is very popular with people who exercise. Cyclists, joggers, walkers and the like. But there have been two attempted attacks here in the last week. Now, the last victim yesterday, she was able to give a good description of the suspect so police were able to come up with this composite sketch. The victim was an offduty sheriffs deputy taking her daily jog around 6 30 yesterday morning along the path in leesburg. A man approached her with a box cutter. She recognized the weapon and was able to turn around in time and run away. She was not hurt. I spoke to a cyclist who saw the police response. He said that itas impressive. I saw a police car coming down the trail with its lights on, which is really unusual to see a car on the trail is unusual. He stopped, he described the person theyre looking for. He asked if i saw anybody, i said no. Went up a little farther and another cop car came down the trail. Went up a little farther and theres a cop sitting there. Came back down, there was go out to dry mill, come back down. When im coming down dry mill, there is another cop waiting and then when i come into town, there is cops at every intersection. The response was amazing. Reporter and it was another cyclist that disrupted another attack that happened last week along the trail. That was in sterling. Two men came out of the woods and grabbed at a woman who was walking along the path. They grabbed at her clothing. They were startled and ran away when a cyclist came through the area. Now, police do not believe that these two incidents are related. They are looking for a total of three suspec the wond trail to be very careful, use the path in groups if possible and they have also increased patrols in the area. Megan mcgrath, news4. Will you please join us in this moment of silence as we remember the lives of adam and allison. At around 6 45 this morning, roanoke tv station wdbj paused to honor Alison Parker and aaron ward. A year ago the reporter and photographer were gunned down during a live interview while coworkers and viewers watched in horror. A former cowork killed them and later turned the gun on themself. The person they were interviewing was seriously injured but survived. Three minutes after the hour now. Get ready for a long, hot stretch of weather. Temperatures right now are in the 80s if youre lucky. 90s for some storm team 4 meteorologist Lauryn Ricketts is here. That heat index isnt helping things either. Not at all. Weve got the temperature moving on up, as you said. Youre lucky if youre in the 80s. Were not finding a lot of 80s, and its just a little bit after 11 00. What is going on. Well, summer is not done with us yet. 90 in manassas, 91 in dulles. 80s out in the Shenandoah Valley and frederick county, maryland. You factor in that humidity. You know its hot out there. Once you step outside, that humidity hits you like a ton of bricks and this is the number we get. Once we get that temperature and really the humidity, this is the feellike factor. My goodness, already up to 98 here in d. C. That just updated. You can see it feels like mid90s across the region. Were headed into the mid to upper 90s so that heat index going up into the triple digits. Could it relax as we get into the weekend and do we have any rain chances . Weve got that forecast coming up in ju here at the live desk were following the latest developments in italy where the death toll from that deadly earthquake has now risen to 267 people. Right now crews are searching for survivors, but between the aftershocks and the intense heat, that effort is even more difficult than they imagined. Those aftershocks have also damaged two crucial roads, and that could cut off the town of amatrice. That is one of the towns devastated in that quake. Today was the funeral for one of the victims. Italy is planning a state funeral for all of the victims of the earthquake tomorrow. Right now police are looking for a man who groped a student at georgetown university. The young woman said she was walking to her Residence Hall wednesday night when a man came up from behind and grabbed her back side. Police want to remind students to walk in groups or use georgetowns shuttle program. Today is sentencing day for a man responsible for torturing a couple inside their home. He was found guilty of holding them captive for hours back in 2013. Fisher had recently hired the mans wife from his law firm. The jury recommended two liechl terms plus 98 years. The judge will accept or decrease that sentence this afternoon. His wife goes on trial in september. Metro riders will have to make alternate plans this weekend. There is no rail service between franconia on saturday and sunday. During the week trains will single track between the two stations. The work runs the first couple of weeks of september. A water main break has closed a Prince Georges County school for the day. This is video from chopper 4 that spotted workers out there trying to repair that break. Is expected to take. New calls for members of the Prince Georges County board of education to step down. This all comes after the districts Headstart Program lost millions in federal funding, which came after major allegations of abuse. News4s Meagan Fitzgerald is live outside overlook elementary in suitland to break down this story. Reporter yeah, aaron, the mother of a 4yearold who used to go to this school said her son managed to wander away from the playground about a mile away before he was found. The mother reported it to School Officials but nothing was done about it so a lot of parents attended last nights School Board Meeting where they sounded off, calling the actions of some Board Members reckless. Heading back to school is supposed to be an exciting time of the year. She loves it. She looks forward to it. Reporter and so do a lot of kids. But for many Prince Georges County parents, thats not entirely the case. Have a baby here. Reporter the concern is around the safety of students, after some School Board Officials were accused of not reporting alleged cases of child abuse in the countys federally funded Headstart Program. He went through the woods and probably got about a good eighth of a mile maybe away from the school. Reporter this woman says her 4yearold son wandered away from overlook Elementary School and down branch avenue, but said nothing was done about the situation. But her story isnt unique. You broke the law. Reporter so parents didnt mince words when they addressed school Board Members on thursday night. That the chair and the vice chair resign. Reporter many calling their actions criminal, after the federal government pulled a nearly 6. 5 million grant for the countys Headstart Program. Officials say part of the reason is because alleged incidents were never reported to their agency. A lot of parents worry about the safety of their changes. I dont know, its scary. Reporter while hoping changes come after the tone of last nights board meeting. Now, county Officials Say they will continue to fund the Headstart Program, despite losing federal funding, but at this point they have not said where those dollars will come from. Back to you. Thanks, meagan. Montgomery county students also head back to class on monday and theres a big effort under way to keep them safe on school buses. Cameras are being installed that will record drivers who illegally pass a stopped school bus. That is a 125 fine if you are caught. It is nearly 600 and three points on your license if you are caught by a police officer. All 1200 buses in the county will have the cameras within three years. New this morning, a decision on a case we told you about at this time yesterday. Frances highest court overturned a ban on burkinis in a precedent there. A burkini is a fullbody bathing suit with a muslim hijab. Critics call it antimuslim and discriminatory. The french authorities said it was a symbol of the enslavement of women. More ugly accusations on the campaign trail. What tim kaine had to say about Donald Trumps immigration plans. Plus a major Security Breach at a nebraska airport. How a man wearing just boxer shorts was able to crash a pickup truck into a plane. And the World Health Organization has an update on zika cas during the olympicses police say he jumped a fence, hopped into a running pickup truck and then drove into a plane. I want to show you some dramatic pictures coming in from the International Airport in omaha, nebraska. The Airport Authority says the man was screaming that people were trying to kill him last night. Officers chased him into a parking garage and thats when he jumped that security fence, stripped down to his boxers. They caught him after he crashed that truck. Southwest Airlines Says a few crew members and one customer were hurt, but not seriously. The man was taken to the hospital and will face charges. An offduty maryland state trooper being credited with saving a woman from this burning house. It exploded, then got fire yesterday in rural western maryland. The trooper lives in the neighborhood and rushed to help the woman to get the flames under control. Investigators have not said why the house blew up. It was your generosity that will now help the families who lost everything in the Silver Spring apartment explosion. The Montgomery Housing Partnership will distribute more than 400,000 that was donated. All of the money will go to help the people whose lives were uprooted by the natural gas explosion at the Flower Branch apartments. In all, seven people died and more than 30 were injured in the blast and fire. Happening today, Vice President joe biden will help federal officials announce new funding to improve infrastructure along amtraks busy northeast corridor. Biden will make a scheduled stop at an amtrak station in wilmington, delaware, to make that announcement. Last week the federal Railroad Administration awarded 25 million for 11 projects. That includes 2. 6 million for the northeast corridor. The money will help implement positive train control and advanced technology aimed at preventing train collisions and derailments. I dont buy it because [ speaking spanish ] that is democratic Vice President ial candidate and virginia senator tim kaine using his appearance last night on late night tv to ridicule opponent donald trump. Kaine spoke about his running ma mate, Hillary Clintons health. Trump claimed Hillary Clinton is a bigot and you heard his response in spanish. The war of words on the campaign trail seems to be heating up. Tracie potts has the latest in decision 2016 from capitol hill. Theyre out, theyre out. Reporter donald trump on cnn overnight softening his immigration policy, promising to deport drug dealers first and work with lawabiding undocumented immigrants. But its what he said about mexicans, muslims, women and clinton tying trump to hate groups. These are racist ideas, racebaiting ideas, antimuslim, antiimmigrant, antiwomen, all key tenets making up the ideology known as the altright. Reporter trumps response. When democratic policies fail, they are left with only this one tired argument. Youre racist, youre racist, youre racist. Reporter clinton dogged by more emails and official meetings with donors to her foundation. Hillary clintons actions constitute all of the elements of a major criminal enterprise. You know it, the government knows it, and she knows it. Reporter clintons arguing trumps strategy and his team have changed, but his ideas havent. We know who trump is. A few words on a teleprompter wont change that. Reporter Neither Campaign has Public Events today. Donald trump has some p tracie potts, nbc news, washington. President obama is paying a visit to wounded veterans at Walter Reed Medical Center today. Hell also be celebrating the centennial of the National Park service by creating the Worlds Largest protected marine area. The white house says he will expand a National Monument off the coast of his home state of hawaii. So the marine National Monument will be quadrupled in size to more than twice the size of texas. More than 7,000 species who live there will be protected. Commercial fishing and mining arent allowed in National Parks. This weekend you can get a preview of the new Smithsonian National museum of africanamerican history and culture. We are already starting to see the unique history starting to take shape. Its not open to the public until september 24th, but news4s Barbara Harrison has your all access pass. Tune in exhibits, sunday morning at 11 0030 right here on nbc4. Ryan lochte has a major choice to make. Hes been summoned to brazil to face charges for the scandal during the olympics. Lochte said he and fellow teammates from usa swimming were robbed at gunpoint at a gas station. He later admitted that story was not true. Brazilian Police Charged him with filing a false robbery report. They also asked american authorities to cooperate with the case. Lochte can choose not to appear before a brazilian judge, but the case will proceed without him. There is some good news about the zika virus. The World Health Organization says that so far there are no confirmed cases of the illness from the olympics. That includes spectators, athletes and anyone associated with the games. The virus has a oneweek incubation period, so Officials Say a few cases could still pop up. The fight against zika is heading on its way to capitol hill. As soon as Congress Returns from its summer recess, Florida Governor rick scott says he will fight the virus. More than 600 zika cases have been reported in florida. 43 were contracted locally. The rest were travelrelated. If you watched the nationals last night, you know max scherzer pitched a great game, but it was his fielding ability that youll want to stick around to see. And you want to stick around to hear from Lauryn Ricketts. She is looking ahead to the weekend and will let usknow if my son has meningitis b. But how did we end up here . His mom thought he had the flu and that he was covered by the meningococcal meningitis vaccine he had received. Until 2014 there were no vaccines for meningitis b in the u. S. Now there are. Lead to death within 24 hours. Trumenba is a vaccine for 10 through 25 year olds to help prevent group b meningococcal disease. Trumenba should not be given if you had a severe allergic reaction after a previous dose. Most common side effects were injectionsite pain, fatigue. Headache, muscle pain, and chills. Ask your doctor or pharmacist about all the risks and benefits of trumenba and tell them if youve received any other meningitis b vaccines. Meningitis b can be spread by typical sharing like. A drink. A spoon. A kiss. It all started here. It might have been prevented with trumenba. Ask your doctor or pharmacist about trumenba. Now its our labor day sale. 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Yesterday the team held a special practice right here in our area. Carol maloney caught up with the team at joint base andrews. Reporter the redskins reaching out, right in the middle of joint base andrews. A moment for the military. A salute to their fans in uniform. Were honored to be here with them. Them putting their lives on t out and protect our country, man, im thankful just to be in their presence. Any chance we can to do anything like this and let them check us out, we can get some autographs and meet them. Everybody thinks they want to meet us, its the other way around, we want to meet them and thank them for all the service they give us. Reporter all ages drinking it in, amid the clicks of camera and the buzz of the base, the sounds of football, the delight of the crowd in camo. Whats your strategy to get them to come over