passengers with deadly allergies. beating the odds. this is a passion for me. >> formerirst lady michelle obama visits howard university. we'll share her message to the students. plus, heat and humidity gone. the rain moving out. i'll show you what's moving in next. >> the pat's prized pet winner. we're giving this babywa a coming up on news 4. first at 4:00, a drastic change in our forecast. >> that's right. from a monsterat multi-day h wave to now temperatures in the 70s, and this stuff here, rain on the radar. you can see that behind us here. >> we're kicking off tee hours of team weather starting with doug kammerer in the storm center. this looks like a ton of rain out there, doug. >> a lot to our south. most of it is moving out of the d.c. metro area. that's the good ns and really, guys, the amazing thing about this is we've sn a major ttern shift from where we were

over the past week to two weeks, and, boy, do we need it. this is what's happening right nowhe you can see rain just down to our south. this is the last 12 hours. a lot of shower activity and not a lot of real heavy rain. we did not see a lot of rain from the system last night. a lot of rain in the southern zones, and even up to the north can't rule out a couple of showers coming down from the north. all down to the south. we're talking about areas south of washington. , lvert county, northern ne fairly heavy rain at that, while the rest of us for the most part are remaining on the dry side. here's the big thing. we hit a high temperature teye rds ay76 in d.c. look at the pawtuxet river, 69 degrees and 71 in fredericksburg and 78 back towards martinsburg. big time cooler weather moving on in here. that's some welcome relief after 12traight days at 90-plus. leon? >> didn't want to hit that two-week mark with the heat wave, so now that the change has

come here, what's behind it? what exactly happened? >> the amazing thing about this we were so warm for so long jet stream was way up to the north. take a look at the latest trend. what we've seen is this jet stream has dropped all the way to he tmoh.st of the country well be average. that includes all the way down towards the south. there's only a few 90s left along the coast because of this pattern change that we've seen come in here. it is going to last for a couple of days. ye tomorrow, we get back into the 80s and eventually we get back into the 90i's and tracking yet another heat wave and we get a couple of nice days over the next few to kind of dry out and kind of get a little reprieve from all that heat and storminess. >> yeah. let'sust chill and savor this for a little tile. >>t's right. thanks, man. >> a reminder that you can find the forecast for your neighborhood any time anywhere in ourtobc washing app. it's free and also the fastest way that we can get our alerts to you when we're not on ther. ai wendy? >> we have some breaking news now. that bill to permanently fund

the 9/11 victim's compensation fund has just passed the senate. it compensates vicms who were injured andtve on after the attacks on nis. comedian jon stewart and the late luiz alvarez, a first nd respo, helped get national attention for this bill pushing lawmakers to vote on permanent funding. president trump is expected to signhis bill in a ceremony this friday. a professional boxer who was severely injured during during t harbor hatas died. maxim dadashev's death is making international news. it's rock the sports world.rg prince gs countyu bur chief tracey wilkins spoke with the fighter's trainer about the loss of up of his best fighters. >> i'm going to stop the fight. >> you could see and feel the intense concern buddy mcgirt has for his fighter maxim dadashev he tells him it's time to

stop friday's fight. >> 139.2 for dadashev. >> reporter: after all his preparation, subrie matias was getting the best of the 28-year-old fighter in the ring at mgm national harbor. mcgirt stopped the fight in the 11th round. >> if i don't, they are going to do if. >> reporter: but it was too la r. dadashev wshed from mgm national harbor to print george's medical center where he had surgery for bleeding on his brain. this morning he died from those injuries. today we spoke with his trainer, former boxer and hall of famer buddy mcgirt by phone. >> you know, my heart and soul and prayer go out to max's family. >> reporter: dadashe wife released a statement that reads in part saying he was a very kind person who fought until the very end. our son will continue to be raised to be a great man like his father. according to a spokesperson with prince george's medical center, dadashev's fa tly was able make it from russia other to the hospital. his wife has declined on-camera comment. his trainer, mcgirt, sayshat he was fighting here in the u.s.

to provide a better life for his family in russia, and now he's concerned about who will take care of them now. tracey wilkins, news 4. >> d.c. fire is looking for a man who ignited a car in flames. a surveillance camera captured this fire outside the homes on sixth and f street in northwest on saturday. the arsonist doused boxes in some kind of lighter fluid and s them on fire. they are asking you to call police if you have any tips on him. bernard betts-king's job was to care for disabledlt adu but today he pleaded guilty to raining two women at a northern virginia facility where he worked. betts-king was a behavioral technician at a place called mvle community center, a nonprofit that helps the disabled, but last year two interintel ctually disabled women in that program there gave birth, and dna from the babies identified betts-king as the

father. he was charged with rape. prosecutors say that neither woman was capable of even giving concept. today in a fairfax county courtroom betts-kingded guilty to both rape charges and is facing up life in prison when he's sentenced in november. we're leaing more about the fatal crash on the beltway that backed up traffic for six miles. this is what it lood like around 4:00 this morning. this is near university boulevard and new hampshire avenue in white oak. maryland state police say a passenger was killed after a vehicle rolled over. three other people were hurt and taken to the hospital. no word on what caused this crash. montgomery county police are trying to rebuild public trust after several controversialc inents. officers seen on video using racial slurs, violent force, and there was onely de police-involved shooting. news 4 owes derrick ward explains what the department is doing now to turn things around. >> reporter: montgocory ty's acting police chief didn't leave ything to the imagination when

the council asked him today about how he felt about some incidents involving county o ricers lately. lly aggravation and disappointment on our performance. >> reporter: this past mao an icer in an exchange with several man outside a white oak mcdonald's caught using the "n" word and he and several others remain under investigat >> these investigations take time. >> reporter: earer this month during the arrest of a drug suspect at another county mcdonald's, an officer is seene knng the suspect in the head and cuffing him on the ground. the suspect is facing drug charges, and the officer is facing assault charges. >> there wilntbe no iernal review started until the criminal case has been adjudicated. >> reporter: it would seem that this would be a department in turmoil, but that's not the case, according to the chief as well as members of the county council. the chief testified today. >> they riskheir lives to make certain that our lives are safe, and for that i don't think that should get lost at all in any of our discussions. >> reporter: it doesn't come without screw any and requests

forlarity. in montgomery county hear more and expect to get it written dowe >> everyonas a slightly different idea as to what community policing means. >> reporter: the search for a permanent chief continues, the acting chief has eme tos among those not being considered. >> it would be my honor and pleasure to be the lead-in but some people understand that we should go in a different way. derstand that. >> reporter: in montgomery county, news 4. >> the recent outbreak of violence in the district has residents get up. news 4's shomari stone attended a rally attended by community activists. they are asking localsi rents to help investigate in the shootings. >> reporter: they walk against gunfire in the district. and four days of fatal shootings. seven people murded including 11-year-old karon brown.

>> when i heard about the last one with the little kid, i was disturbed. >> reporter: antoine jones is a community activist. it's hurting me that we're hurting each other. in the story seen on four, people who live in southeast pray for peas. >> it's about all of us standing together in unity so that we can stop the violence in our communities and we can reclaim our communities, and that's going to take ace ced effort from each and every person surrounded in this circle right here? e circle, or cycle of violence is seemingly endless. e ief peter newsham says can't recall such a violent four days. >> i think in recent memory i don't so this is particularly disturbing to have this many r homicides ovehe course of the weekend. >> a vigil will be held tonight for 11-year-old karon brown. it starts at 6:00at staten elementary in southeast. organizers are asking the entire community to come out tonight to show suppo for the family and to standgainst gun violence

>> tomorrow, former special counsel robert mueller will be in the hot seat before two house committees, judiciary and intelligence, and you can expect lawmakers there to ask questions about whether president trump obstructed the president has rereceipted that the report found, quote, no obstruction or no collusion. the department of justice has trned mueller to stic what's in his public report. we'll have team coverage of what's expected coming up and tune into news 4 before coverage of the live testimonyom trow. our coverage will start at 8:15 tomorrow morning. still ahead, michelle obama viits howard university. >> we'll share the former first lady's message to local students. >> hey,hey, you got a minute? you've heard of pat's prized pets,ck gets a special bowl. well,e've got a winner. they are going to get the bowl coming up on news 4. >> he's is not the snow stick in

the winter and the bowl in summertime, and we've got the fein making its way through. doesn't really like the summer. feels a little bit more like late september around our region. and that is going to change thoug the rain down in our southern zones today. i'll show you what's coming in next. i think you're going like this, at least for the next few this, at least for the next few days before the heat returns. i switched from dodge. we switched from ford. ched from ram. i switched to chevy.

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showers are moving out of the area t on stormeam 4 radar. doug is back in three minutes to tell you what's coming next. >> we had somfun coming to the studio today. >> i heard. >> the question that was going to appear on the new nbc show "bring the funny." comedians battling to become the country's nextbig comedy star. >> andrea lopez stopped by our studio today and gave her impression of sarah palin for adam tuss. >> check it out. >> we're waving to the russians on the foreign policy so i love that we can get in touch with -- what was the question again? i don't know. >> can you see russia from your house. >> let's get back to that point. i can, indeed, see russia from the house. >> pretty good there.it give to her. watch "bring the funny" right here on nbc 4 at sock and root on the home girl here. born and raised here in d.c. >> there you go >> buried the lead. >> they may not have done impressions. maybe they had some other skills to show off, bu there were

plenty of talented pets here in the dmv t who haveir own skill to show off. >> all so very cute, and we get red for clear the shelters next month, pat collins asked all of you to show us your pet's best trick, and yesterday we narrowed the field to the final four and to meet winner of his challenge pat traveled for an hour and a half to boyce, virg. ♪ >> it's. >> pat's. >> >> pets. >> congratulations, kathy and maggie, winner of pat's prized pet bowl. it's all yours now. >> thank you so much. thank you. you get the bowl. yay! >> a-choo. >> it wasma ggie's a-choo tissue trick that put her in the winner's circle. >> maggie's an 8-year-old golden lab mix. she lives with kathy hall in

boyce, vginia. now to make sure everything was okey-dokey. >> a-choo. >> maggie did the tissue trick again for our cameras. >> kathy can do all sorts of things with maggie. in fact, they are so good maggie has become an akc certified trick dog. >> these two. >> why these two are real close. how much does she mean to u? >> i don't know what i'd do without her, i really don't. she's gotten me through a lot of difficult times, and when we train together, it just brings us so much closer. she's like had a bestfriend. are you my best friend? are, yes. >> now, we got dons of entries, dogs and cats and even some birds. our award-winning panel of

judges used an olympic scoring method to find the winner. it was close, but that tissue trick won them over. >> fetching the kleenex, that's practical skill right there. >> the dog was able to get one clean "x," not the entire box tich some humans ca even do. >> delivers the tissue without making it all slimy. >> to m a that's differentiator right there. >> i bet next year when we do that that dog is going to vacuum. >> congratulations once again to kathi hall and her doggi mag winn of the best pet trick and pat's prized pet bowl. in boyce, vginia, pat collins, news 4. >> i can go for some fun. >> can do even more. maggie can do even more tricks. >> you didn't see all the tricks. >> just saw the tissue thing which i liked because it had a verbalcue, a-choo and the dog went and would do it and i liked the dog that could pull off the observer's sock. >> that's the one ihought would win. >> that's real cool. >> after a long day.

>> the dogakomes and t them and -- and in with the squeaky toys. all so very cute,so thank you so much for sharing your animals. >> they all have one trick in common. they were good at stealing your hearts. >> oh, look at you. >> that was good. >> good for you.mo importantly, we have a clear the shelters on august 17th, so if you don't have a wonderful pet in your house or youed another one, now that's the time to do it, august 17th. there you go. >> what's the weather going to st like not then but even j the rest of the evening? >> much better. >> i really think that everybody is really enjoying the little break in the heat t ht we've out there. i mean, after many, many days in a row, 12 in a row above 90. dulles hit 100 and bwi heat 100 degrees and heat index of 110. there's no heatndexoday. still a little warm and humid, but, i mean, we're ten degrees

below average. mperatures right now 76 degrees. our average high is now 88 degrees. ctually 12 degrees below average. winds out of the east at five miles per hour. can you kind of tell what's happening around our area. w you've gotmer temperatures to the north and upper 70s. 78 degrees in martinsburg and the warm spot, annapolis 78. pawtuxet river, 79. what's the difference? it's the rain. all down to the south. no rain to the north. can't rule out a couple of showers. we do have one enhanced shower right here along the border of hardy county and moving in towards partsed of shenando of county. here in st. mary's county you're going, wait, it's not nice here. we've seen rain all day and as expected rain to the south d. ., most of the day, down towards the northern neck, thar sticks ound for the next couple of hours here, and can you see what's kii of happ. still heaviest down to the south athe heat istill just down to our south right now.

but you also notice this. look at the flow here. see the clouds coming from the north. that's a clling f and something else that happened a little bit earlier. we saw a really big storm. a little spin in the atmosphere going through our area around 1:00. way same spin moved all the up towards boston. there it is right there. bringing a tornado today to cape cod. the second tornado since77 in that area. kind of amazed that we'll have a little video on that come up atlater. look he rest of the country. cleared out. this strong was such a strong dyont. cleared everybout. not only that. look at the temperatures across the eastern part of the country. 78 chicago and mississippi at 84 degrees. orlando at 77. this is some really cool air making its way on in here because of the changn the jet stream. a big-time change. cold front or a big dip in the jet stream bringing c inl air all across the east. last week, this is what we had. we had the heatmi and hudity all across the country. yeah, that pattern does return as we make our way into next

week so let's take a look at that forecast for you the next couple of days. 85 on your wednesday. don't forget a.m. rain. there's no rain at all tomorrow. looking great as we make our way into thursday, friday andrd satu. all looking nice. now, remember, thursday, backyard weather day. take a look at this. >> stone gaiwim clugate swim cl me out there. i was in swim club at that age, too, so i'm ready to go and take on some of the 11 and 12-year-ds to see how we do. we'll be out there for backyard weather come up on thursday. >> you'll be racing them? >> you kn i'm going to do it. definitely will get in the pool, and i'll be racing some of those

kids. that will be a fun thing to do so tune in and search for backyard weather. want me to come out, a couplere mo to do this summer. >> that will pack the house. doug in a pool >> we'll check for the kammerer cannonball. >> we look forward to that. >> folks, flyer beware. all week the news 4 i-team is safety.in on travel many expect that airlines need to do more torotect passengers with allergies. >> coming up next, celebrities on campus. howichelle obama is celebrating the success of local students and her

ifyour child uses facebook messenger's kids' app there's an alert you need to know abouty the companays a technical errors allowed kid to join group chats with friends of friends who had not been appred by their parents. facebook has turned off that it a in hefect the group chats and has sent parents more information on this. not known how long the flaw was active. >> ffimer t lady michelle obama was at howard university this afternoon hosting the fifth annual beating the odds summit. that event is part celebration,

part frank conversation about the hardships of being a first generation college student. news 4's corey smith shows us, mrs. obama's method for these local students. it was simple but >>werful. i sat in that same seat five years ago. >> reporter: for darrius it was surviving the south side of chicago and michelle lost her parents. each personh on t howard university stage and the fst generation students have beat the odds to get here. now as they aim to reach higher they are getting some sound advice from a group who knows theirstruggle, including a very familiar face. former first lady michelle obama started the reach higher organization in 2014 with the goal ofde inspiring stunts to go to and finish college. first generation college graduate herself she knows the expectations and obstacles facing these students. >> this is not a mistake. you know, are you here because you are more than capable of doing it. >> reporter: many in this haowd friends and family who couldn't go to college or didn't

finish once they got there. the message from mrs. obama, the transition will be tough, but you cannot quit. >> the people in my life woul were afraid of that feeling of insecurity during transition, those are the people who were stuck. >> reporter: as she prepares for her first year atll spen, nadia williams is determined to keep moving forward. she will do so and the first ce lady's advin her mind and heart. >> the this is the path i'm supposed to take. that's going to help me do better and study and make sure that i show people i belong here. >> reporter: an important message for anyone trying to beat odds. rey smith, news 4. >> going above and beyond. >> world changers in that world. her back here. >> she's drawn to this town. >> yes. >> and the energy and all that s still do. >> good to see her. >> we hope you can stick around for "news 4 at 50. >> comin up, we'll share a

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>> now as we head to 4:30, a dramatic shift in the forecast. oudy skies and an all-day drizzle are giving us a break from the days of monster heat. >>tihe big queson of what's going to come next? let's ask doug. what do you think? >> i think this weather is perfect oute ther for or soccer game tonight, n justlking about any soccer game. take a look at what we've got out there at fedex field. real madrid taking onrs aal. are you serious right here at fedex field. i mean, this is going to be amazing, guys. take a look at the field. 's all set up, and weather-wise it rally could not be better out there. what's that? oh, we don't have a shot. oh, okay. i'm looking at it. never mind. you can't see it, but i can so mazing for ld looks real madrid. there's the rain going down to the south. going to the game, no problem at all. the rain down to the south and heavy rain at, that and that's kept temperatures down all across our region today. only in the 70s and even the 60s in some location. take a look at where this rain is right now down towards

st. mary's county and around the northern neck. look at these numbers, okay. yeah, yesterday, highs in the 90s. 96. right now we're at 76. look at richmond, rain and 66 degrees. wow. considering that yesterday they were close to 100. >> if you're just now joining us, let's get you caught up on n four things yeed to know this afternoon. rofessional boxer maxim dadashev died this morning after he was severely injured during thatight at mgm national harbor friday night.hi fight inr stopped the the 11th round after dadashev took several blows to his head and body. he was rushed to prince george's medical center where he had surry for bleeding on his brain. a man whose job was to take care of the men plly disabledaded guilty today to raping two women irginia.ern bernard betts-king was a behavioral technician at mvle community center. that's in springfield.

both of the women he rapedec me pregnant and delivered babies last year.de dna evince led investigators to betts-king. he faces up to life in prison when he's sentenced in november. d.c. fire is searching for a man who lit boxes on fire causing a car to explode. take a look at this video from saturday. can you see the man push boxes in front of a husband on sixth and s streets northwest. latein the day you can see him dousing the boxes and lighting them on fire. no one was injured. [ applause ] >> and breaking news just in. nevin first responders and supporrs breaking outn applause today. the moment the senate voted to permanently fund the victims' compensation fund which compensates victims injured and families who lost loved ones inr the septemb11 attacks. president trump is expected to sign the bill in aer cemony on

friday. back in to you guys in the studio. >> you got it. thanks, jim. >> all eyes will bess on congre tomorrow as robert mueller takes the hot seat before t house committees. >> will be the biggest show in town. justice department officials tri to li just what mueller can talk about. >> nbc's craig boswell joins us live to give us more on that. to eporter: yeah, it's down final preparations, including democrats holding a mock hearing today as both sides prepare for -- bh sides actually preparing for what's anticipated, highly anticipated testimony. former special counsel robert mueller stepped into this hearing room wednesday to be questioned for the first time s about his rus report. the department of justiceng citi executive privilege is warning mueller to stay within the boundaries of the report. >> pgot of the onng cover-up by the administration to -- to keep information away from the american people. >> the house judiciary committee will question mueller first followed by the house lligence committee. >> the administration is making

the broadest most abunsustain claims of executive privilege that i think any president has ever made. it is a stonewalling and delay i t >> reporter: the former special counsel has previously promised he will not veer from his findings. >> any testimony from this office would not go beyond the report. >> reporter: if that's mueller's intent, what's the democrat y? strateg >> get mueller to say in his own wordly exa what he found in the hopes that that will shift public opinion. >> reporter: according to the two-thirds h center of americans and for the first time a majority of republicans conducted a fair investigation into russian interference in the 2016 election. read his report and accept the findings. i don't think it will change public opinion. >> reporter: though president trump says ore wire, the report did not clear him onn trucks of justice. >> there's no collusion, no obstruction, and yet it goes on, and they think this is helping them. >> reporter: we'll find out what robert mueller has to say when he takes this seat tomorrow

morning. mueller made a last-minute request to have counsel with him at the witness table. so far the judiciary committee has agrond. le, back for you. >> all right. you got t.craig boswell reporting live. wendy? >> andn very d.c. fashion, bars around town are taking full advantage of mueller's testimony. news 4's team mcfly is scoping out the bar scene so you can see where you can go early to watch with maybe an irish coffee or two. >> tomorrow is the day special counsel robert mueller testifies in front of congress and many local bars are hoping that you enjoy some mueller time. i'm tommy mcfly with "the scene." first up, shas tavernn florida avenue in northwest opening up their doors at 8:00 a.m. in case you want to get a prime spot. the booze starts flowing there at 11:00 a.m. in compliance with their liquor license but they are promising specials all day long. n h street intheast duffy's

has a mueller time facebook event, and they are promising f eight giat screen tvs for your viewing pleasure and union pub right by t capitol on mass avenue inrt noheast says that they are going to be serving early and also they have got specials on moscow muellers,t ge it, and buckets of bud light if you need a bucket of bud light to watch the testimony. however you're viewing tomorrow, lyease do it responsibly. i'm tommy mcf with "the scene" on news 4. >> and if you're looking to tune into tomorrow's mueller testimony, we'llhave live coverage starting in the morning at 8:15 here on nbc 4. testimony begins at 8:30. >> straight ahead here this evening. >> the news 4 i-team shows y how common allergies can impact any flight at any time and why some think airlines should be dong more to protect their passengers. >> and a number 12. t that's number of consecutive days that we were just at 90

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much more common, and they are lasting longer, and that's partly because of our changing climate. inelia draper is here to exp that >> reporter: >> well, wendy, the number 12. this is how long our last heat wave was 12 consecutive days at 90 degrees or higher. now, even a tiny shift in temperatures can make a bi difference, and here's what we know. the earth's temperature has risen 1.5ee de fahrenheit over the last century with much of the warming happening within the last 30 ndyears, a human activity is to blame. the change has caused the world extreme weather patterns toco be more extreme. according to the u.s. global change research program, heat waves are becoming more frequent from an average of two heat waves per year during the 1960s to nearly six per year during the 2010s. at temperatures soar they are staying in place longer. the average heat wave season is lasting 45 days longer thant d in the 1960s, and as i

always say we can curb this by reducing our greenhouse gas emissions. guys. >> all right. thank you amelia. >> thanks. we should enjoy this break from the stifling storm team 4 is tracking yet another heat wave on the ten-day forecast. dowling will be joining amelia next to tell us how long th one isgoing to last. >> first, a woman says she nearly died from an allergic attack in the sky, and now she wants airlis to do more to protect flyers like her with foodle alrgies. >> have you flown since? >> no. oh, no. >> next, the i-team shares what l ngressiona ♪ we buy any car dot com ♪ ♪ we buy any car dot comuy♪ ♪ we bny car dot com ♪ ♪ any any any any ♪ did you know trading in your car

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if you're just joining us showers are moving ou of our area on storm 4 radar. there's another heat wave on the horizon however. doug and amea have theiming on that in just a few minutes. all this week the news 4 i-team is taking a close look at safety on the skies. >> today a mom her flight

home from vacation says she suffered a another-death experience. >> she said she had an allergic ane and on the p believes it could have been prevented. an investigation by scott macfarlane and the news 4 i-team is raising questions about whether or not it's being done to prevent it from happening to someone else. >> reporter: patricia powell, a ther with severe food rg alles, preparing to fly takes a whole lot more effort than erst. >> we we heading back from disney. >> reporter: bere her family flew home from a florida vacation in 2017 she says her husband placed a call to the airlines and asked that nuts not be served. >> i thought the airline actually listened to our request. >> reporter: and then the flight attendants startedhanding out snacks, and she's holding these little trays of nuts. >> what runs through your mind? >> oh, my god. i'm praying to god, please. >>eporter: within minutes she had trouble breathing. she used her epipen but her airways continued to close. >> i'm struggling. struggling to breathe.rt >> repoer: with her young son

beside her. >> he's calling me, momma, momma, momma. >> the crew made an emergency landing in north carolina where medics rushed her to the hospital. >> i thought i'm going to die here on the plane, and i will leave my kids withoutt a moher. >> we know it's a public health orrisis. >> rr: lisa gable says acute food allergies areas incgly common. >> 32 million americans have food allergies. that's 10% of the population and the number is growing. >> the news 4 i-team wanted to know how often is this happening td we investigaed and found that the federal government is not keeping count. in 2017nd 18 and again in 2019, congress ordered the federal aviation administration to detra how many allergic incidents were recurring onht flig for the first two years they received no response. frankly it's puzzling to me that the faa is not responding in an efficient way and providing the

information which we've requested. >> house appropriations committee chair nita lowey requested the itdata. > essential that we know. >> reporter: in june after the news 4 i-team began asking questions the faa issued a response to congreying there are no regulations currently or statutes that require the airlines toreport allergic reaction events. the faaat est 90 allergic reactions a year due to data that's step years old. >> as far as i'm concerned, it's unimaginable that the airlines can't respond appropriately. >> we asked the major airlines how many allergic incidents they have hanoved. none pride is us a number and many did tell us they stock emergency kits, some with benadryl anden pens and they have varying policies when it comes to foods they serve ever and though many airlines allow passengers to pre-board to

sanitize their seat the i-team found all airlines are required that's because the u.s. department of transportation considers food allergies a disability that warrants special accommodation. >> different airlin have different policies. >> reporter: she's hoping the industry will come to some agreement about how to protect people with food allergies. >> we want to get in there, be swift, buckle up. >> if you think the flight hadn't been diverted would you have died in the air? >> i do. patricia wants better tracking. a >> i don't wnt an incidenthe wre somebody to die on a poane. >> rerter: and uniform policies to helpiv everyone arr safely and on time. scott macfarlane, news 4 i-team. >> many airlines told the i-teao safety is a priority, but they cannot guarantee an alleen-free cabin. to see more of the i-team's flyer beware series or to send a tip to the i-team visit our bc washington app andfo search investigations. >> all right.

after 12 days of nasty stinking stuff. >> a blast furnace. >> nice weather moving in for your backyard weather. nice for you to arrange that. >> that's the way to dot. i i'm always looking for a pool. this one on thursday is going to be amazing because it's not just a backyard pool, it's a i communty's backyard, and it's going to be a lot of fun. can't wait to do that with the swim team out there in silver spring. today for us not the best pool day but not bad for everybody acss the region. clouds, got the clouds for sure, and we've got much cooler weather, and this is really almost countrywide here across the east at least. 76 degrees right now. dropping into the 70s. much or like what we would expect in late september or itober, the 70-degree temperatures, that. as we move on through the rest of the evening, looking really nice. 76 rockvle and 78nnapolis and 72 huntingtown. we still have shower activity down in our southern zones here.

southern parts of myland and down around the northern neck and fredericksburg. can't rule out that some of these showers are coming your way. i do think they will make their way into your area. the rain is moving out for most of us. to the continue down south over the next couple of hours. again, we have the whole system and there it is right here coming on through. one more shower for parts of the region and then look back to the west. nothing but sunshine tomorrow. winds are out of the north tomorrow. a little breezy, but it'sto goi be some really nice weather, and amelia after what we saw, the 12 days of heat, tomorrow is looking great and so is the rest of the week. >> absolutely. the humidity levels stay in check and the temperatures are comfortable. it's a greatre night out tor a soccer game. we have real madrid versus arsenal tonight out at fedex field. we have cloudy skies out there, but look at these temperatures. it does not get any better out there than 74e dees at 7:00 p.m. as the game is wrapping up around 9:00, 10:00 p.m.

we're in the low 70s. look at the chopper right now over the stadium. i mean, two awesome teams out there tonight. it's a great night for a soccer match out there, and really we are looking fantastic through the weekend. i love what chuck bell said earlier today. it's smooth sailing today on into the weekend as far as the weather is concerned. our average high is 88 degrees. tomorrow, thursday and friday we're running below normal. we deserve it. our air conditioners deserve it. everybody needs a break from the heat and humidity. the weekend, we do start to warm up a little bitbove norm a.m. it's not stilling, the humidity is not that bad. this is the perfect timt to get car washed. you're all clear there. no rain is in the forecast and starttomorrow morning, we off at 67 degrees. i think a lot of us feel like we've got cabin fever. been too hot to run outside and even outdoor exercise. 82 degrees at noon and high temperatures of 85 on wednesday.

who would have thought wednesday, a gorgeous wednesday is middle of the week. usually it kind of like let's get through this. >> exactly. tomorrow is looking that nice. same deal on thursday, and that is our back-yard weather day. tune in fo that. 87 on friday and 89 on saturday, but, yes, guys. we're expecting the heat to come being ba. starting on sunday another heat wave. take a look at what y 've got earlxt week. temperatures in the low to mid-9, and we're not expecting this one to be as long as the last one. we have maybe four, maybe five days before we geter cool weather in there. also dry over the next week or so until we get more storms and that's something we're talking about in the next week, too. our lawns will get kind of dry real quick. >> i wet they will. >> check this out. >> you've seen scooters, they are everywhere and sometimes people abandon them everywhere. you see the scooters on the sidewalk are dumped on someone's property. >> we're betting you've never seen a scooter like this. take a look.

>> are you on a scooter on the highway? >> bro! >> check him out. he's weaving his way through t traffic on highway on a scooter. >> oh, my god. >> the commuter even has, he's wearing a backpackaged has headphones on. he's a confident guy. this was yesterday rning's rush hour in dallas. wow. >> thank goodness he made it through here. city ordinance does not actually prevent scooters from being used on the inrstate. >> common sense would, you would think. >> well, unless your interstate is so jacked up that nobody can drive more than ten miles an hour. >> that's a statement about the traffic there. >> sure, right. >> wow. oh, my goodness gracious. >> he's got great balance even if he's ala little imed there. that's just not right. i'm sorry. all right.: ahead at 5 you guys, a police officer is praised for going above and beyond to reach out to

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if you're just joining us am storm te 4 is tracking rain moving out of the region. doug is back at 5:00 with what >>comes next. bethesda's hometown olympian is struggling this week at the world championships in south korea. here's some video from katie ledecky's past olympic races. what we know at this point is some kind of medical issue forced her to pul out. the 200 and 1,500-meter freestyle. her coach says they are waiting for test results toe what's going on with her. there'sope that she could compete later on this week. >> we're getting excited around here because today marks exactly one yearhe until t opening ceremonies for the 2020 olympics. rig now tokyo is busy preparing to host the world. a look now at how team usa is agetting red and look at some of the new sports making their olympic debuts. >> reporter: in y oneear

athletes from 2 countries will compete in tokyo. the summeret olympics rn to the japanese capital. the 1964 games were the first in asia. >> i think this sports-loving nation will embrace it, will be encouraging the athletes. >> reporter: more than 11,000 athletes in all, and the 20 to games will sport a brand-new look. four new sports debut in tokyo, illustrating the past, present and future. karate, a martial art dating back centuries. the rock climbing, surfing and a boarding. american snowboard olympic legend shawn white among the hopefuls. >> i've been watching the competitions lately. got real inspired. o doing a lotf skating myself this rsummer. orter: olympic champions including gymnast simone bilds and swimmer katie ledecky are expected to lead largest american contingent ever and new faces will emerge on the track, like americanprinter noah

lyles. >> everything is olympic. that's all we'll be thinking about. >> reporter: tokyo olympic organizers are thinki about the finish nes and thinking about the new permanent venues and distributing enough tickets to match record demand. a venerable city and country ready to celebrate bo the old and the new. kirk gregory, nbc news. >> speaking of the new, we have a look at all the new sports come in 2020. can you find it on the nbc washington app. >> as you know, thsere'so stadiums being built now for the games. just search olympics. >> yes, exciting times. "news 4 at 5:00" is starting right now. >> good evening, everyone. first up at 5:00 tonight, a man whose job was taking care of disabled adults is now admitting he rap two women at a springfield facility. >> bernard bets king entered a guilty plea those crimes today and might have gone

undetebtd except both women became pregnant and gave birth. >> our northern bureau virginia chief julie carey is live for us in fairfax with what the defendant had to say there, julie. >> well, the judge had to ask bernard betts-king to raise his voice as he entered the guilty pleas and then answered many so of the judge's questions, and en though for a long time he denied these allegations, his decision today to own up to these crimes spared the victims of an impossible task taking part in a trial. obernard betts-king wrked as a havioral technician at the springfield nonprofit that helped disabled adults and two women he was supposed to carer became his victims. both of them intellectually disabled, one with down's syndrome and the other you aitivityic. >> certainly is shocking and it is -- it's one where the most vulnerable of ourociety is taken advantage of by someone

who is supposed to be taking care of them. fi>> the familiar lift rst victim discovered she was pregnant in october of 2017 and notified police. the womanf korean descent gave birth in february of 2018 to a bi-racial baby. but she was not capable of identifying her attacker. he second victim gave birth in november of that year. dna from t babies led to betts-kintw led to rape charges. prosecutors say when confronted by police tts-king claimede assaults were consensual saying that the women, quote, came on to me. >> consistent with how theseat predrs think and how they behave, i think at first it was met with denial and then trying to explain away thatt was consensual which is completely false. it was not even a possibility to have consent this case. >> today's guilty plea to both charges is significant because the victim's interintellectual disabilities left t unable to testify if the case had gone to try.