Leshan, wusa9. It is a stunning development. The police chief says as far as hes concerned, the swimmers are free to leave brazil, after they finish talking to investigators but that may be up to a brazilian judge, not police. And the judge in charge of the special hearing says the case and the punishment for false Police Report is a small fine. Nothing that would keep them in the long run from leaving. Cassandra writes, not sure what to believe. I know the government of brazil does not want the shame of a robbery. This could be the truth or we might never know. And from lynn, unbelievable. They should not be allowed to compete in future Olympic Games if they are found to be lying about the whole incident. Log onto our wusa 9 facebook page. And tell us what you think. Following breaking news right now. From metro. Where the derailment of the train of the east falls they announced that the Metro Transit Police will open up its own probe. There were 75 people. One person was injured. Our Garrett Haake spoke with councilman jack evans. Evans says investigators will be looking into the possibility that criminal negligence by a metro employee contributed to the derailment. Well have more from garrett on this story, coming up at 6 00. Also breaking at this hour, the state department now says that 400 million in cash paid to iran was, in fact, contingent on the release of u. S. P risoners. Now, the money belonged to iran. It was frozen in u. S. Banks when american hostages were taken in 1979. Early ther month, president obama insist the pavement was not a ransom. And the administration repeatedly denied the money was part of any deal to get the hostages released. Was it Prince Georges County are c alling for an investigation into the handling of alleged abuses of preschoolers in head start. The federal government pulled its funding from the program, after the county failed to fix repeated problems of h umiliation, and corporal p unishment. Wusa 9s Delia Goncalves is live to explain the fallout from this one. Good evening. One alleged incident happened here at the Bishop Wheatley school. According to that report, the 3 yearold who was a student here, allegedly wet his pants and was forced to mop up his urine off a floor. Tonight, school board member, ed boroughs is calling for an external investigation. And he tells me, if that investigation proves that indeed there was a coverup, resignations should follow. Leadership starts from the top and should trickle down. Parents say outrage is not enough. They want school ceo, Kenneth Maxwell out. Thats not a sign of leadership. Something must be done sooner, rather than later. Dr. Maxwell delivered strong words, following yesterdays bombshell news. He calls a few accused of abuse, unacceptable. And a betrayal of trust. Those teachers do not deserve another job like that. They dont. They dont deserve to be around children. He said the teachers have been removed from head start and everyone has been retrained. Theres nothing wrong with different teaching methods. Its just to the certain extent that you do it to. But according to the federal report, the funding was pulled because the School System failed to immediately fix the problems. Ine discouraging a parent from filing a report. Many say this is not just the case of a couple of bad apples. Its the whole system that is rotten. I think its a huge problem, honestly. Im scared to send my niece to day care or even head start. Its really sad. Its unfortunate that the of this much sooner. They should do something q uickly. Reporter coming up at 6 00, hearing from ed boroughs who said the board was completely blindsided by these head start allegations. In fact, he said he learned about them after watching the news. Were live in capital heights, Delia Goncalves, wusa 9. Theyll be looking to improve communication among other t hings. They had no comment today. They will resume head start classes as schooled, next scheduled next monday. August 29th. Big questions about the apartment explosion in silver springs. They took over that investigation and seven bodies have been recovered from the rubble at Flower Branch apartments. Wusa 9s pete monteen is there for us tonight. Pete . Reporter investigators just left the scene here. They spent all day, huddled in this area. The southern edge of the blast site, near piney branch road. Tomorrow, theyll hold shedding light into this. Reporter investigators from the National Transportation safety board are now taking the lead. Its been more than a week since the Flower Branch apartments blew up. In a midnight fireball. Its very sad. Hilda shaw heard the explosion from a mile away. Ntsb pipeline explosions will see if gas was a factor. The people work so hard. And they need shelter in a home. Then you come home and these happen. Crowds watched investigators huddled around the crash site. For me, very hard. Very emotional. You know . Thirp were 30 were hurt. Many more now homeless. You smell the char and you realized how much burned last week. And what that meant in peoples lives. Neighbor Chris Barclay hopes accountability. This is montgomery county. This is the united states. Nobody should live in conditions where they have to fear Something Like this happening at their home. And tomorrow, very longs will also update us on the process of recovering victims. On tuesday, a 7th body was pulled from the rubble here. Live in silver spring, pete monteen, wusa 9. All right, pete. And police have not released the names of the people who died. Family members tell us they have been asked for dna samples. A potomac, maryland man is dead, after being hit by a car in the district. 45yearold armin tumadgey was hit in the logan circle area. He was the coowner of the restaurant chaplains. Thats in the shaw neighborhood. He was rushed to the report, but doctors arent able werent able to hit him. Drivers remained on the scene. Police have not indicated yet whether chaany charges will be file whether any charges searchers recovered the body today of a swimmer who went m issing in the potomac river. The victim was last seen t uesday, jumping in the water, in great falls on the virginia side. Friends say he came from the u. S. From afghanistan and didnt know how to swim. Because of the current, it is illegal to swim or even wade. The washington monumented will begin tomorrow. You can see tourists here. Perhaps disappointed that they wont be able to take a ride. Causing it to stop below the 5 00foot level yesterday m orning. Only worker was on board at the time. But there were tourists on top who had to trek all the way d own. Where police will be out in a neighborhood, where a man was killed last night. 37yearold oscar garcia was shot in feet pleasant. Offi outside his home on joplin street. He died several hours later at Prince Georges County hospital. Its still not clear why or who was targeting garcia. But police are offering 25,000 for information that leads to his killer. A mechanical issue is blamed for a car fire that caused a lot of damage today in rockville. Those flames spread to two other vehicles, some trees and the siding of a home. This morning, fire happened. And there was some issue with gas tanks. The total damage estimate is just about 100,000. Turning now to the p Residential Campaign trail, in a day after shaking up his campaign staff, donald trump was in the swing state of north carolina. During a fox news town hall, trump said american muslims who dont help root out terrorism, share the spoability for their acts. Meanwhile, his new Campaign Manager told republican president ial today will remain on message. Id rather lose a campaign, where we put it all in the field substantially, than win a campaign, based on style. Hillary clinton, meanwhile, continued to hammer away at trump. Her campaign released a new ad, highlighting the issues. Clinton also met with Law Enforcement leaders in new york. An outofcontrol wildfire in california now covers an area largary than the city of san francisco. The blue cut fire, east of los angeles, is one of nine major fires in the golden state. Tens of thousands have been evacuated. They are worried and uncertain about whether when theyll be alouded to return home allowed to return home. I dont want to start over with nothing. This fire ran up canyon, established itself in all of these canyons which carried the fire in a bunch of different directions. Fire offial luecut fire is just 4 c ontained. We are just Getting Started here on wusa at 5 00. Topper . Its comfortable in terms of humidity. So day planner. 6 00 tonight. Not quite 90. Mid80s by 6 00. And mid70s. Well come back and talk about how our streak of 90s will continue. And which day is safer to make plans over the weekend. Also ahead, residents finally aloud to get back in their homes in floodravaged Ellicott City to grab what they can. Families are out of their hos tonight after storms tore the roof off part of a d. C. Apartment building. And outrage over the s kyrocketing cost of the l ife saifsing epipen. Plus, new video from the national zoo tonight. Of our beloved panda and p its putting an economic strain on local families. The cost of epipen has jumped almost 500 over the past eight years. Wusa 9s hillary lane is here to talk more about this. For many kids and adults with severe allergies, their lives depend on this in medication. And now local families are struggling to pay the hundreds and sometimes thousands of dollars each year to make sure their kids are safe. No more after that, okay . If you ask 9yearold sophie, shell give you a long list of food she loves. Like pasta. A lot of types of dessert. And a list of foods shes deathly afraid of. Thats because sophie has severe allergies to those foods. Her throat started to close up. And she started drooling. And we had use the epipen and call 911. And mom no matter where i go, i carry an epipen. Said its likely the drug saved her life. But the cost of the drug has been soaring. Experts say the auto injectors price has risen from 100 to 600 over the past few years. We would do anything for our children. And so its almost as though were being held hostage. According to medical experts, epipen has a near monopoly over the market. So when the prices go up, families like the atias have no choice but to pay up. A matter of life and death. And its something we need to have with us. So regardless of price, were going to have to pay for it. For some families, the epipen is covered by insurance. But for the atias and other families, ey pending 600 for one epipen. They have to buy two sets. One has to be kept at school. The company does say most forms of the medication expire after 12 months. That hurts. Thank you. Some local families tell wusa 9, theyre traveling to canada to buy a generic forge of the epipen form of the e pipen. Another 3 1 2 inches of rain fell in a place that did not need it. This is waterlogged baton r ouge. The National Guard is still checking on people, hunkered down in their homes. This flooding has led to at least 13 deaths. And the high water has damaged 40,000 homes. We actually lost everything to katrina. Came here. And 10 years later, lost everything again. Sandbags are being piled up from the air in preparation of more flooding from those o verflowing canals. Closer to home, strong winds from last nights storms blew the building in southeast. About 50 people were evacuated from their homes and the building on k street. Inspectors say the building owned by the d. C. Housing authority is still structurally sound. Some residents were allowed to return to their apartments but not those living near the damaged roof. Fortunately, there were no injuries. Pretty active night last night. It was busy. Doppler indicated anywhere from 50 to 60mileperhour w inds in those areas. The good news is, its quiet tonight. Its less humid tonight. Its actually not a bad evening. Is it going to stay that way . Sort of. Well be in this pattern for a few days. And really, youll love next week. Lets start with the 3degree guarantee. I think were going to be okay. 92 today. And i think its going to be pretty close. Trying to get a bullseye t oday, quite frankly. Were looking at again, lower humidity. And a little more comfortable n terms of what your body s. Days. The record set back in 20 tenement were up to 42 now. We have 24 alone in july. And average is 36 for the year. Average for meteorological summer, which is june, july, and august, only 31. So were creeping up on last years 52. Probably see 43 tomorrow. Probably see 44, 45 over the weekend. Probably end with 45 over the weekend for a while. Live look outside. Courtesy of our michael and sons weather cam. Duplicate at 60. A little better. And the winds out of the north at 8. A hot evening will lead to a warm night. But quiet on radar. High temperatures now around 90 through sunday. Probably in the low 90s at that. Best chance of storms, though, will be sunday afternoon and evening. So if you want to pick a day n terms of making outdoor plans. Probably will be safer sunday. Possibly yellow weather alert as a cold front pushes through, some of the storms could be hefty. But i do think most of the s torms will be late in the day. The first part of sunday will be fine. 9 30, 10 00 tonight. Couple of sprinkles here and there. But generally just dry and t oasty. Low 80s downtown. Still 78 in silver springs. Still 78 in fairfax. By morning, were back in the 70s. Now were looking at 72 in fairfax. 71 in fredericksburg. And maybe 73, 72 in bowie. By 9 00, were back around 80 downtown. With 70s elsewhere. Then we get into the afternoon. Couple of showers possible tomorrow. Looks like a nice end of the week. Pretty typical for august. I think hagerstown, martins b urg, you folks around cumberland, will not make it to 90. You will stay in the upper 8 0s. By this time tomorrow night, again a couple of showers in the mountain, couple of showers south. But were okay. The game tomorrow is going to be toasty. This is 6 00. Youre getting to fedex for 6 00 around the game. It is still in the upper 80s. Will not fall much. Maybe still in the 80s downtown. But 70s in the bushes. Thats burbs. Thats what i mean, it will stay kind of hot. Winds in the west southwest at 10. And looks like its going to be dry. Day planner goes like this. 70s to start. Up to 85 by 11 00. And hal lieu hallelujah, not quite 90. 89 by 1 00 p. M. So saturday, same deal. No low90s. Isolated storms. Low 90s on sunday. Scattered storms. Better chance for storms on sunday with a cold front. And well monitor that for a yellow weather alert day. Next seven days. Behind this cold front. This will cool us off. Mid80son monday. Mid80s tuesday. Lows doubt will be in the 60s. That hasnt happened a lot in the last three or four weeks. Which means low 60s in the b urbs. Nats back in town. 90 on thursday. Even though it gets warmer next week, it stays relatively comfortable in terms of h umidity. Finally. Thanks, top. Well, he brought groceries for a woman having a d but what happened to a restaurant server, after that is worth more than money . Plus, a Cell Phone Company gets rid of a data overcharge fee. But theres a catch. And why mcdonalds is taking those fitness trackers out of the happy meal. Ill tell you in tonights consumer alert. Fios is not cable. Were wired differently. So we wired the wagners house with 100 meg internet. Which means that in the time it takes mr. Wagner to pour a 20 oz. Cup of coffee, tommy can download 30 songs, and jan can upload 120 photos. 12 seconds. Thats the power of fiber optics. And right now you can get 100 meg internet with equal upload and dowloads speeds, tv and phone for just 69. 99 per month online. Cable cant offer internet speeds this fast at a price this good. Only fios can. How about some painting lessons from bao bao,a the national zoo. You know those will go for millions. Participating in voluntary exercises, in addition to p ainting, she also knows some other tricks, including how to lie down. By the way, there will be a Birthday Celebration for bao bao this weekend. The zoo will be marking the p andas third birthday. In tonights consumer alert, at t is doing away with the o vercharge fees. But theres a catch. Theres always a catch, right . You have to shell oat for for the data plan. The cheapest will cost you 30. But it comes with th as much data. There is a recall of nearly 6,000 football helmets used by school teams across the country. The shell inside the zenith helmet can crack and cause cause serious head injuries. They were sold between may of last year and march of this y ear, in stores and online. Weve got a link to the recall notice on our wusa 9 app. And remember, we were talking about this adon those activity trackers in the happy meals. Well, not anymore. Mcdonalds is pulling them. After only two days . Yeah. Because some kids complained about skin irritation from the wristbands. You know, fitbit had problems with that initially, too. So mickey ds is looking into the issue and they plan to put Something Different in the happy meals. A mans random act of k indness ends with his own u nexpected surprise. To be honest with you, i dont remember what time it was. I just remember the reaction from the cashier. Reporter ca at a north Texas Grocery store, when he saw a woman crying. He walked up to the stranger and offered to help. To brighten her day, he paid for the womans groceries and told her she was beautiful and made her smile. Then he walked away. Casey is a server at arple b ees. Later that night, a Family Member walked in, completely u nconnected to the whole thing. They ordered one flavored water, worth everybody 37 cents. Cheapest thing on the menu. Then left a 500 tip and a note. Casey, i want to thank you for being the person you are. On one of the most depressing days of the year, the death of my fathers threeyear anniversary, you made my mothers day wonderful. Casey didnt know it, but that 17 grocery bill he paid obviously was worth so much m ore. Still ahead, a local wrestler picks up some olympic gold. And an errant elbow leads to a redo for u. S. Runners in rio. Thousands of wastewater. That sounds sanitary. Spilling into a creek in Prince Georges County. And right after the break, residents try