The way to germantown. Chuck . All right, outside, back to school. Everybody wants to know will you need to put the umbrella in the backpack . Yes, you will. Heres the live picture of the sky this morning. Still waiting on sunrise about 30 minutes away. But theres nothing on storm team 4 radar so were dry this morning. Current temperatures mid to upper 60s in the twes earn suburbs. Near 70 from the bayside area communities into the inside of the beltway. Commuter forecast, mild and dry here for the next hour or two. Sunny and plenty warm from 8 00 to 10 00 this morning. Nothing to worry about early on, but after lunch time today, after about 3 00 or 4 00, there will be a chance for showers and thunderstorms coming through as a cold front comes our way. Todays high up near 90 degrees. Back to you. All right, chuck, thank you. 6 01 now and today its back to school for thousands of students in the district. As you finish preparing the lunches and backpacks we want to let you know about some changes. Molette green is outside the newly renovated school. Good morning. Reporter good morning, brand spanking new, 540 at this school. The first thing that the kids will see when they arrive is this art structure behind me. The lights look like rain drops and etched at the top are weather or climate terms like groundwater and condensation. Nearly 60 million put in this school. A lot of money and a lot of focus on strengthening the middle School Options in the city. A lot riding on this to keep students in the age group from enrolling in the competition charter schools. Now on this first day back, youre going to see a city leaders out and about at the schools. Mayor bowser, the school chancellor, kaya henderson, greeting students. They will be at later this morning at woodson high school. Hd woodson in ward 7. We will catch up with them when they get there. Theyll be rolling out two precareer programs at that school this year. Information technology is one of them. Engineering is the other one. Those programs are said to be a very popular program, and of course will gain a high achieving jobs, high earning jobs. Also new this year, a new d. C. State superintendent. The eighth person to head up that troubled agency that oversees standardized testing in the schools. That is the latest live from northeast d. C. Back to you. All right, thank you. This morning your d. C. Student can board a metro train for free. Mayor Muriel Bowser expanded the free metrobus ride program for d. C. Students to include the trains now. She says this allows your family to save money. To get the free ride all students have to do is scan their d. C. 1 card at the fair gate. If they dont have the card they can get one at school. This morning you will see kids waiting at the bus stop in frederick, maryland. Theyre back in session today, so are Howard County schools. This morning first through sixth graders in Anne Arundel County head back to school. For all you have headed back to school we want to show you your pictures. Be sure to show us your scho scholars. Tweet us or whatever works best with the photo of the student headed back to school. Well share online and you might see your scholar photo on the air. Not all of them will be smiling like that. 6 04. Developing this morning, gratitude for the People Police say cuffed a man who tended to a trooper who had been shot. A trooper is in critical condition. A man with a long criminal record shot him in the head yesterday. They say two people nearby saw that shooting, pipped down the suspect and pinned down the suspect and put the troopers handcuffs on him. They think the shooter was driving under the influence. And new york police are questioning two people after bb pellets hit a member of the mayors security detail. This is not the first time that someone fired off a bb gun near mayor de blasios home near the east river. The mayor was not with the female officer when the shooting happened yesterday. New this morning, we are hearing from three americans and a british man just honored in france for taking down heavily armed man on a passenger train. You can see right here, frances president pinning the legion of honor medal on them. Its the countrys highest honor. The men said they relied on gut instinct and their bond when they decide to go after the decided to go after that suspect and as for the suspect this morning, were learning that Authorities Say he was an islamic extremist who spent some time in syria and eun, im working to get more on the story of the front page of our nbc4 app. A woman could soon Face Criminal Charges after running a man over with her car. Police tell us the two had an argument inside their home in lannan yesterday. The man walked out and the woman followed him in her suv, eventually running him over on seabrook drive. Neighbors helped the man, but it was too late. He died at the scene. Investigators say the charges against the driver are possible. More than 100 people have been killed this year so far in the district. The citys 102nd homicide happened yesterday on meade street in northeast. Police say someone stabbed bobby ellis to death and no suspects right now. 6 06. D. C. Is celebrating two brandnew baby panda cubs. We cant call them twins yet because we still dont know who the father is or who the fathers are. Mei xiang and the babies at the national zoo they were born on saturday. One of them is with her right now and the other in an incubator. Theyre switching them out at different points during the day to make sure theyre both healthy and both get enough quality time with their mom. You know i love this news so much. The baby pandas, yeah. Still wont let you touch them. I know. I want to. I want to hug them. A developing story in Prince William county after an intense fire overnight leaves extensive damage behind in an apartment complex in lake ridge. Well show you what the people who live there are dealing with this morning. Breaking news on the rails if you take the fredericksburg line on vre, avoid it today. Some major delays on that line. But first, the driver seriously hurt after the debris went flying after this crash during an indycar race. What were learning about his condition this morning. Breaking news on the rails right now. If you ride vre, fredericksburg line, all trains are late at this point this morning. This is because of Police Activity. Two hours behind at this point. Dont do it this morning if you can possibly avoid it. 66 inbound, 95 northbound dont have any problems there. 270 south and outer loop, looking quite good. Remember to listen to our friends on wtop 103. 5 f. M. When you hop in your car. Aaron . Melissa, thank you. An indycar driver in a coma after the crash you see here. A piece of debris broke off of a car during this wreck yesterday. It hit Justin Wilson in the head. Wilsons car was not the first one to spin out here. A helicopter took him from the track when it veered to get out of the way he veered to get out of the way of another car and hit an interior wall. Today the colorado Movie Theater shooter could address the courtroom. At least 100 victims of the witnesses will testify in front of james holmes. We sent an alert to our nbc washington app earlier this month when a jury found him guilty, but spared him from the death penalty. Over the next few days we expect the judge to formally give holmes the sentence of life without parole. We know youre up this morn, the kids are up. The folks are getting ready for schol and i think the weather will cooperate this morning. Lets check in with storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell. Weather and traffic on the 1s. Whats going on . Quiet weather early this morning. No need for the umbrella at the bus stops for the ride in to school, but have it ready because later on today there will be a chance for rain drops to impact your outdoor plans. Temperatures mid 60s in the Shenandoah Valley to near 70 degrees in and around washington right now. Timing out your best chances for rain, most likely between 2 00 and 5 00 west of the blue ridge. Most likely timing in the metro area between 5 00 and 8 00 this evening. The good news, less humid for tomorrow. And the rest of the week. The seven day forecast in ten minutes. A number of area kids will be adjusting to life back at school today. But well show you why a number of parents like you are unhappy about what theyre focusing on in the classroom. A two alarm fire it is back to school today for thousands of students in our area. D. C. Schools are back in session today. An theres a number of changes happening this year, a live look outside of the middle school in northeast. Check out the nbc washington app to see whats new. And well tell you all about the good things that are happening for back to school. How about that . 6 15. A developing story in Prince William county. Firefighters there trying to figure out what sparked the flames at an apartment complex in lake ridge. The fire tore through the building along meandering way just before midnight. Meagan fitzgerald joining us live from the scene. Whats happening now . Reporter well, crews have remained on scene since that call came in at 11 45 last night. You can see they taped off the area behind us. Secured the area. Were told theyll start their investigation in a matter of minutes now. If you look up here, you can see how that fire just tore through that unit there. Investigators tell us it was behind that top floor unit they believe the fire started. Now, we want to show you some pictures that were on the Facebook Page of the fire department. You can see flames shooting out of the roof. We are told the fire was able to be contained to one apartment building, but crews had to cut the roof away on the adjoining building in order to stop the fire from spreading. Now, the red cross is on scene helping some 60 residents and their pets who had to evacuate. Firefighters returned to the scene about 30 minutes ago to shut off the water after a pipe broke, contributing to significant water damage in units that were already damaged by the fire. If you look here, this entire row, this is where the people had to evacuate, again some 60 people being treated with the red cross. No injuries except for those two firefighters, but theyre expected to be okay. Back to you. Meagan fitzgerald live for us, thank you. Its 6 17. Today a hearing in the texting while driving case while a man died. Nadine hager is charged with manslaughter for john bushmans death. Prosecutors say she was texting at the wheel when she ran him over back in january. They say she then drove away. New calls for Police Reform in maryland. Today activists are asking lawmakers to revise the maryland Law Enforcement officers bill of rights. Its been under review since freddie grays death in Police Custody earlier this year. The activists say their voice is not being heard as much as police officers. Something on the korean peninsula, high level talks between the north and the south. The Korean News Agency is reporting that north korea deployed about 20 air cushion Landing Craft on the south korean border and sending lots of troops and submarines. Meanwhile, the president demands an apology from the north for planting land mines that seriously hurt many soldiers. Well bring you more as we get it. Back to you. Thanks, angie. We have more fallout now from the Ashley Madison hack. A florida prosecutor is the latest high profile person to admit that he had an account. I deeply regret my affiliation with the site which has caused a great amount of stress and heartache to my wife and children. Jeffrey ashton gained National Attention for prosecuting casey anthony. Ashton insists he signed up because he was curious and says he never had an affair. Meantime, two law firms in canada have launched a 578 million Class Action Lawsuit against Ashley Madison. Data breach exposed some 39 million members. 6 19. Its not only the young kids heading back to school today. Fall se memester begins at the university of mary washington. They have just over 1,000 students coming in. Its a big welcome back at Sweet Briar College today as students move in as well. It was a few months ago that the Womens College seemed destined to close. Alumni took matters into their own hands. They raised tens of millions of dollars to ensure that the liberal arts college would open this Academic Year in southwestern virginia. Classes begin on thursday. Students go back to school theres a new poll that says were putting too much emphasis on standardized testing. A newly released gallup poll shows theyre not the best way to judge the students or teachers. 64 share these views. The majority of them say the best way to measure success is to see how engaged students are and how hopeful they feel about the future. So maybe your children are planning to play sports in school this year. Youll have to stick to your own camera, maybe your phone instead of a drone if you want video of them. According to wtop, maryland and virginia prohibit drones from High School Sporting events. Maryland placed a full ban on drones at state tournaments. Virginia says its doing with faa regulations around any sporting events even ones with low attendance. The states say that the rule is for safety and to prevent any kind of cheating. We want to remind you about nbc4s backpack for kids drive. You can come to the Kingstown Branch on wednesday from 6 00 a. M. To 12 00 p. M. To donate a backpack. We have more information on how to donate on the nbc washington app. Breaking news right now on the rails. Vre, fredericksburg line, if you take it today, if you take it, period, dont take it today. Police activity, all trains about two hours delayed at this point. We are sending chopper right now to get above this and see exactly whats going on. Sounds like a train hit something there in fredericksburg. Southbound old georgetown at democracy, lane closures. Blue line delays to largo popped up. Yellow line service back to normal. And big look at the beltway, no major problems. Chuck . All right. A little good news at least for drivers if not train riders. Outside in our sky, Early Morning color is getting brighter and brighter. Sunrise a couple minutes away. We lost more than an hour of daylight since the summer solstice. Its still going to be a warm one day with temperatures back up to 90 degrees. The overall weather impact on your day is relatively low. But dont completely stray too far from your umbrella. More heat, more humidity than we had over the weekend and there is a 30 to 40 chance for a shower or a thundershower coming our way late this afternoon into this evening. Off to a dry start this morning. Temperatures are comfy in the western and northern suburbs. 64 in winchester, virginia. 68 fredericksburg. 67 now at Pawtuxet River air naval station. Showers to the west of i81 and by 2 00, shower chances on the western sides of the metro and highest rain chances along the i95 corridor between 4 00 and 7 00 this afternoon into this evening. Rain chances later than that as you get into southern Prince Georges County, Charles County and st. Marys county. Then well start to dry out tonight. Hour by hour, nice morning. 74 now. 89 at lunch time. Near 90 for a high later on this afternoon and again, have your umbrella ready to go because of that rain chance. Heres a quick check of the seven day forecast. Near 90 today, back into the 80s with full sunshine. Get into the weekend, a chance of a shower or two. No one wants rain on the weekend. Well get that tweaked between now and friday. Work on that. New this morning, nearly one in five new cases of cancer now involve someone who has had the disease before. It involves different tissue types or different sites, not a reoccurrence or spread of the original cancer tumor. Doctors say this proves that people with cancer are living longer. But some of the treatments like radiation raises the risk of developing a new cancer later in life. Well, days after revealing his cancer diagnosis, former president jimmy carter was back in front of the congregation. He said there are four spots left in the brain and then he spoke about the power of laughter, love and i wish him a speedy recovery. Well, today, president obama giving the keynote speech at the National Clean energy summit. That annual summit is happening in las vegas. It brings together clean energy leaders, Public Officials and theyll discuss ways to make clean Energy Supplies like solar panels more widely available and how to create jobs within the industry. If youre looking to do something tomorrow you might want to head over to the Shenandoah National park. Theyre offering free admission to celebrate the 99th anniversary. You will receive a 10 discount in the bookstores. A new call to make baseball games safer for fans. In detroit, a foul ball struck a woman above the dugout and medics had to wheel her out of the ballpark. Yesterday a foul ball at a cubs game hit a woman and she was taken off in a stretcher. Now, both fans are believed to be okay, but these incidents are causing concern for people who are paying attention, but the balls are flying out so fast. Remember the woman who was hit by the bat in boston. One of the pitchers one of the games said that Major League Baseball needs to do something about that netting to make it better. Before somebody really gets hurt. Right. It is 6 26 right now. A number of area kids heading back to school this morning. And that means a number of them will be crossing busy streets like the one you see here in northwest washington. The steps that d. C. Is taking to make sure that drivers are watching out for those kids. A live lookout side at national harbor. You see the capitol wheel there. Storm team 4 meteorol