hour. the outbound side and parts of 11th and 12th streets and several other streets near frager's hardware still shut down. >> firefighters or still on the scene. they are watching for hot spots as we work to learn the cause of that four-alarm fire. we'll take you live to the scene of that fire on capitol hill in a moment. first, your forecast. >> there's a good chance you'll need an umbrella today. storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein tracking what's to come. good morning. >> good morning. storm team 4 radar showing showers way off to our west way out in the mountains of western maryland and west virginia and the southern shenandoah valley passing north right now. just clouds over washington. south is the rain over florida from the circulation of tropical storm andrea with winds right now of about 45 miles an hour to 50 miles an hour. looks like it's going to cross the florida coast by later this afternoon. this is the position by 2:00 a.m. on friday and then here's the position by friday afternoon

right here the mouth of the bay and then by 2:00 a.m. on saturday off the jersey coast. close enough to give us downpours tomorrow with blustery winds. for today, a cloudy morning. we'll have temperatures by noontime into the mid 70s. a look at the rest of this day. rain on the way. details in ten minutes. how's traffic? >> good morning. it's light volume in the area but a couple of trouble spots. i'm still keeping my eye on it in silver springs university boulevard here. this is what's happening at dennis. earlier crash is forcing you as you travel eastbound to either make a left or right on dennis avenue while they still clear the accident scene. volume is light so you can work your way around that. also paving. this is connecticut avenue from the beltway as soon as you head southbound you'll see the right side of the roadway blocked. one left lane will get you by. minor delay as you pass the work zone there. and shooting over to the dulles toll road heading out to the airport, no issues to report in

either direction. inbound looks nice as well. 15 minutes to get from 28 to the capital beltway. >> thank you, danella. >> developing this morning in southeast d.c., a search for answers to what caused flames to claim a d.c. landmark. look at this. frager's hardware just a shell of its former self after a four-alarm fire tore through that nearly century old building. megan mcgrath is on the scene with the latest. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, aaron. we have been able to move closer to the building since we last spoke to you. i'll step out of the way here so you can see the burned out shell here. this is what frager's hardware store now looks like. the landmark here on capitol hill around for more than 90 years was destroyed in this fire. investigators still on the scene. fire crews here as well keeping an eye on things. they had a number of hot spots flare-up overnight. they basically spent much of the night pouring water into the

building and so they're just standing by keeping an eye on things to make sure that they don't have anymore problems here this morning. this is what it looked like when the fire crawas really rolling. 200 firefighters were called here to the scene. fortunately all of the employees, the customers, they were able to get out. no one was injured. there were two minor injuries with firefighters but that was it. no one loss their lives. no major injuries here. this was a difficult fire to put out. there's a lot of stuff in there. a lot of merchandise. they have a lot of flammables, paint and other things that of course makes for a very dangerous situation in a fire like this. the flames spread to a couple buildings in the area as well. a tough fire to put out. what caused it? that's still under investigation. they're going to bring in investigators when the sun comes up. they'll start sifting around in the debris there trying to pinpoint the exact cause but right now they don't know. we should mention to people who

travel and live in this area, pennsylvania avenue is still impacted here. going inbound they have reopened the lane. that's good news. going outbound in the eastern direction, still closed. we also have a number of other roads closed in the area as well. reporting live in southeast, megan mcgrath, news4. back to you. >> frager's has been an institution on capitol hill for 93 years now. take a look. this is a google street view of what the hardware store looked like before the fire. compare that to this morning. just completely gutted there. the store employs about 60 people and some other businesses are already stepping in to help out here. match box on capitol hill is offering temporary work for those employees. they can stop by any time between 2:00 and 5:00 this afternoon for information about that. you can follow the latest on this fire and see more pictures, lots of them rolled in through the evening last night. go to nbcwashington.com. 5:05 now.

a developing story in philadelphia where the 14th survivor was pulled from the rubble of the building that collapsed. take a live look over the scene this morning now. six people died when the apartment building fell on a thrift store. right now the last missing person is recovering at the hospital. >> reporter: earlier this morning the last person unaccounted for was found alive buried beneath a mountain of rubble. 61-year-old was rushed here to the hospital of the university of pennsylvania. she is alive but in critical condition. surviving 13 hours after this accident yesterday. fire officials say they are elated to find the last person unaccounted for alive although she is in critical condition. news4's richard jordan is at the live desk with breaking news. >> this could be a turning point in the ongoing syrian uprising. syrian rebels have been able to

take control of a u.n. border crossing that links syria to israel. the only border crossing that connects these two countries and the concern at this point is that there could be a spillover across the border into israe is. the fighting continues there. it remains to be seen if rebels will be able to keep the hold on this area because president bashar al assad's army is there fighting trying to get it back. remains to be seen what will happen here. of course this is a big concern for israelis now as fighting moves very close right on their border. i'm richard jordan. >> north and south korea will resume talks to reopen the jointly run complex. tensions grew between the two governments after the north's nuclear test in february. a date for those talks to happen has not yet been set.

president obama heads to north carolina to to visit the charlotte area and talk about his plan to boost the economy. the president will speak to promote digital earning. it's the third stop on middle class jobs and opportunity tour. he visited austin, texas, and baltimore last month. the first lady will be in campaign mode in virginia headlining a fund-raiser in tyson's corner. tickets are $100. supporters who donate $5 or for can be entered into a contest to attend the event. ken cuccinelli's camp is asking supporters to donate $5 to show they can compete with white house star power. the new jersey democrat will lie in repose in the senate chamber today and will be buried tomorrow at arlington national

se cemetery. vice president biden and hillary clinton were among mourners to pay respects there. lautenberg died on monday. the race against mother nature. see the preparations happening now before flooding has a chance to destroy homes. >> tom? >> i'm meteorologist tom kierein in storm center 4. i'll show you what time rain will be arriving this afternoon. that's in a couple of minutes. >> a second look at a popular diabetes drug. could the risk not be as bad as first thought. the questions

good morning. cloudy this morning. temperatures will hold steady in the low 60s. noontime, mid 70s. mid to late afternoon, light rain beginning to move in here. that rain continuing into tonight. 60s by midnight. the latest track on andrea and your seven-day outlook in ten minutes. how's traffic now? >> keeping our eye on outbound pennsylvania avenue. lanes are blocked. follow us at first4traffic. i'm tweeting out the details of surrounding road closures and alternate routes. the response we're getting after reports the government is collecting verizon customer's phone records. >> a tribute to a police officer hurt in the attack at the boston

marathon. marathon. >> a marathon. >> a february 22nd. a landmark transportation bill is up for consideration in the virginia legislature. even though it's backed by republican governor mcdonnell, tea party republicans refuse to support the plan. but terry mcauliffe thinks this is too important a time for partisan politics. mcauliffe reaches out to democrats and urges them to support the bill. and the bill passes. terry mcauliffe. putting virginia first.

a developing story at 5:15. neither the white house or verizon commenting on a report that the nsa is collecting verizon customers' phone records. according to the british newspaper, the guardian, the government was given authority to collect the information for a three-month period that ends on july 19th. it's not clear why this is going on. the government can't listen to calls but it can find out what numbers were called and where the calls were made as well as how long the calls lasted. this morning transportation secretary ray lahood will announce a new partnership to combat human trafficking here in the u.s. human trafficking can take place on any mode of transportation. lahood will detail the new plan during a news conference at

reagan national airport this morning. leave your pocket nights at home if you' at home if you are heading to the airport. the proposal would have allowed passengers to carry sports equipment on board but the change was supposed to take effect in the next few days. lawmakers and airlines were against the plans saying it would pass passengers and crews at risk. this morning we're hearing of evidence a hollywood screenwriter had classified information when he wrote the film "zero dark 30." according to a pentagon report, leon panetta revealed the name of the commander of the raid that killed osama bin laden during a speech the writer was attending. this was weeks after the raid. panetta was cia director at the time. the report doesn't say whether panetta revealed the name accidentally. republican congressman peter king says this is proof the white house cut corners on security when dealing with hollywood executives. the controversial drone strike the u.s. military is

using overseas may not be as accurate as you think. nbc news got a look at classified documents that more than 100 drone strikes in pakistan in 2010 and 2011 and the u.s. can't determine how many people were killed in each strike. they can't identify who some of the people are who were killed either. many counterterrorism experts maintain drone strikes are far more precise than conventional attacks. >> it's combined the capabilities of surveillance strike and long endurance in one platform. >> they want to maintain the myth that civilians are not harmed with drone strikes which is simply implausible. >> the documents nbc news analyze show that just one known civilian was killed in those 114 drone strikes. today the fda will wrap up a two-day hearing reexamining the diabetes drug. the drug was black listed by the fda after many patients who were taking it suffered heart attacks but officials say there's not enough prove that the drug led

to those heart attacks. it became the top selling diabetes drug in the world in 2006. the family of a young girl in need of a lung transplant won a legal victory. a federal judge allowed sarah murnaghan to move to the adult list. organ transplant rules prevent children under the age of 12 from receiving adult lungs. lung transplants are considered the most difficult transplant surgeries and children tend to fare worse than adults. right now river front towns in missouri bracing for more flooding as the mississippi river crests. this is what a lot of homes look like in that area. a fortress of sandbags and tarps trying to keep the water out. the water already covers some roadways and bridges there and a second levee gave way in west alton yesterday. some thunderstorms are also expected in that area today

making conditions worse. we are tracking tropical storm andrea as she churns in the gulf of mexico. storm team 4 says that she will make landfall later today. it's raining heavily in florida. andrea could pack winds of 45 miles an hour but the rain is the real story. meteorologists say it could dump 3 to 6 inches of rain on the florida panhandle and some areas could see as much as eight inches of rain. >> tropical storm warnings being expanded along the eastern seaboard. we want to check in with meteorologist tom kierein. >> cloudy. a mild morning. temperatures around the region are generally in the low 60s in nearby suburbs in maryland and virginia. right now in the district of columbia we're in the mid 60s. mid 60s near the bay. a bit of a cool morning. upper 50s to near 60 in prince george's county. generally mid to low 60s in arlington to fairfax county low

60s. storm team 4 radar showing light sprinkles in the shenandoah valley and light rain now falling out in western maryland and west virginia. that will pass west of us here this morning. all eyes down on florida. look at this heavy rain they're getting down there now. here's the circulation of tropical storm andrea. right now peak winds around 40 to 50 miles an hour. still over the eastern gulf of mexico. latest track takes it across northern florida later today. here's the position by 2:00 a.m. on friday near savannah, georgia. looks like it may track within this zone here coming across the lower part of the bay during the day on friday. does look like maybe by friday evening it's going to be right here ocean city and then by 2:00 a.m. on saturday off of cape may and then heading out to sea and pulling away. the effects for us could be some moderate to heavy downpours tomorrow. for today, increasing clouds. highs reaching the upper 70s. some light showers may move in by mid to late afternoon passing showers are possible this evening and then greater effects

during the day on friday. andrea is passing east of us and a blustery wind around 30 miles an hour and also heavy downpours from time to time on friday especially areas east of washington around the bay and the eastern shore. we could pick up an inch or two of rain during the day tomorrow. then lingering showers are possible friday night in through midday on saturday and then sun back saturday afternoon with highs in the 80s. partly cloudy sunday into upper 80s. storm team 4 seven-day outlook small chance of a shower on sunday and greater chance on monday. drying out after that. lower humidity on tuesday and wednesday. i'm back with tropical storm andrea update in ten minutes. >> first 4 traffic office will start with rails. metro, marc, vre running on or close to schedule. to the roadways making the commute this morning in charles county, your local roads check out a closer look traveling in the waldorf area and travel along 301 and local roads again. no accidents i'm seeing. i'm not even seeing construction. let's head over to 210. also checking out easy trip for

you as you travel northbound toward the beltway. a live look at the beltway at 210. inner loop and outer loop is nice and clear. no major delays. clear as you crossover the wilson bridge. making your way to van dorn street, that's a seven-minute drive and traveling the beltway in virginia, no accidents reported there either. a motorcyclist in the hospital after leading police on a wild chase in california. look at this. the driver weaving in and out of traffic up to 90 miles an hour. made an obscene gesture at police also. police moved in and arrested him and are not saying what led to that chase. on this morning's "today" show, a warning for all parents who plan on taking their children to the pool this summer. drowning remains the second leading cause of accidental death for children behind car accidents. sometimes adults don't even know notice children who are drowning

in the same pool. >> drowning is often silent. you're not going to hear it. hollywood teaches us that there's splashing and yelling. that's almost never the case. >> coming up at 7:30, nbc's tom costello will look at what you can do to keep your kids safe at the pool. that's after news4 at 6:00. today is an emotional day for many world war ii veterans. it is d-day. some vets and their families are flying to washington to commemorate that day. ford is sponsoring an honor flight to visit the national world war ii memorial. this morning we're hearing from one of the veterans who fought in the invasion of normandy. wallace was part of the paratrooper unit that flew in normandy. >> my squad of 13 men, three of us survived. just three of us. >> wallace also fought in the

battle of the bulge and helped guard a liberated nazi concentration camp and he now lives outside of charlotte, north carolina, with his wife of 65 years. we thank him and all veterans for their service. >> indeed. the boston bruins are helping to unify the city with a run in the nhl playoffs. >> last night a lift to a victim still recovering from the shootout with the bombing suspects. transportation authority officer richard donohue left the hospital to serve as honorary banner captain for the bruins last night. he waved a giant flag before the game from his wheelchair and received a standing ovation from fans. donohue was nearly killed after being shot during a gunfight with the tsarnaev brothers. looks like pippa middleton is waking up with a new title. the royal relative will pen a series of columns including her personal guide for wimbledon watchers. middleton rose to fashion fame

at her sister, kate middleton's wedding to prince william in 2011. this is not pippa's first writing gig. she wrote an event planning book and writes a food column. right up her alley i guess. this is a big day for maryland live. we'll take a look at just how much the casino has racked up in the one year it's been open. another hearing on the irs scandal. >> a shade of blue over the potomac at this early hour. when we may see that turn to gray skies and even rain. 5:25 is your time now. 5:25 is your time now. 65 deg

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looking at stories making headlines right now, firefighters monitoring hot spots on capitol hill after flames ripped through frager's hardware. two firefighters were hurt trying to put out that fire. rescuers in philadelphia say they pulled a 61-year-old woman alive from the rubble of a building collapse. the salvation army building was in the process of being demolished and tropical storm warnings now issued for parts of the east coast include southern virginia as andrea nears the florida coast. >> we're in the storm center now where tom kierein is keeping a

close eye on tropical storm andrea. we want to know when we can feel the effects of that tropical storm in that area. >> looks like tomorrow we'll have it come close enough to us to give us maybe heavy downpours and some blustery winds. looking at the storm team 4 radar, we're getting light rain moving into parts of west virginia and the shenandoah valley but east of there just some clouds now over the metro area. look at the heavy rain across southern florida. heavy downpours there. flooding problems up to 8 inches of rain in florida today. the center of circulation is well off the coast. you can see it in the radar image. the latest track will take it right across northern florida. this track just in. brand new information just coming in now. does look like it will track west of jacksonville, florida, be near savannah, georgia, by 2:00 a.m. on friday with maybe 45-mile-per-hour winds. it doesn't have a lot of wind with it but it will have copious

amounts of rain. the latest track takes it to our east during the day on friday. the position by friday afternoon is going to be probably near the mouth of the bay. could track anywhere within the zone. most likely track is the red line. by 2:00 a.m. on saturday it will be off cape may, new jersey, and head out to sea. close enough to us to give us heavy downpours and several inches of rain maybe for areas to our east tomorrow. here's how we're looking for the day today for this thursday. a lot of cloudiness through the morning. by 10:00 near 70 degrees. and by noontime, the mid 70s. could get some light rain moving in this afternoon. we'll look at that in detail coming up in ten minutes. now, a look at traffic with danella. >> good morning. still seeing in silver spring closure. this is university boulevard heading eastbound. difficult to see but police are on the scene. cones are up at dennis and it's blocking your commute this morning. so as you travel university boulevard eastbound you'll have

to turn off right or left onto dennis avenue because of the early morning accident. shooting over to i-66 at prince william parkway, you can see eastbound just a little bit more volume than westbound. as we talk about delays not seeing any 66 in both directions not seeing any accidents. drive time from fairfax county parkway right now will take you 12 minutes to reach the capital beltway. inside the beltway on i-66, a live look at glebe. you are clear in both directions. aaron, over to you. >> immigration reform veekadvoc are talking this morning. >> the bill moving through the senate may lose steam. some on capitol hill think it cannot pass with a 60-vote majority. the 60 votes to prevent a filibuster in the senate. that vote expected to come up next week. now even supporters like florida senator marco rubio are saying they may not have the votes in

place because they need to toughen up the border security part of it to ensure that conservatives will back a path to citizenship for 11 million undocumented immigrants. listen to what rubio had to say several weeks ago when they first came up with this compromise and what some of his republican colleagues are saying now. >> i don't think there's any chance comprehensive immigration would pass. >> there's public support. 52% for immigration reform but interestingly when people are told that immigrants would have to pass background checks and pay fines and pay back taxes, that support jumps to 65%. aaron? >> all right. thank you. now 5:33. the new head of the irs is in for another tough day today. acting commissioner danny werfel will testify more about how the irs is spending your taxes.

we learned last week that the agency spent more than $50 million on hundreds of conferences for its employees. this will be the third congressional hearing this week scrutinizing the u.s. >> now to richard jordan at the live desk. >> a double shooting in part of northwest d.c. the area is just about to reopen again after d.c. police spent about two hours investigating there. happened about 3:47 this morning on first street. police say they found two men shot. both of them had to be taken to the hospital. no word on their condition just yet. police are trying to gather some information to see if they can get a description of the gunmen involved here and try to track that person down. at the live desk, i'm richard jordan. >> we want to give you the latest developments out of southwest d.c. where firefighters have been on the scene of that massive fire all night long and right now they're watching for flare-ups and for the first time we are hearing mayor vincent gray's reaction to the destruction of a local landmark. just to recap for you here.

this started about 6:30 last night when an employee noticed a fire at the back of frager's hardware. it spread raising to four alarms that meant more than 200 firefighters and more than 50 trucks came to the scene there. it also drew a huge crowd. all of them mourning a loss of an institution include mayor gray. >> it's sickening to have to look at this hardware store which is really a staple on capitol hill and see what this fire has done to devastate. i call it an institution. it's been here for 93 years and i don't know what the owners would choose to do. we'll try to work with them. if they choose to try to restore it because i know people swear by frager's. >> everybody did get out of the building okay. one of the owners say that's thanks to a heads-up employee who went aisle by aisle to make sure everyone was out.

we're hearing the dispatch calls this morning and they paint a good picture of what firefighters experienced while battling that intense fire. >> all units respond to frager's. we have heavy fire conditions. the building is jammed. be careful going in. all units on the fire ground need to evacuate the building. evacuate the building. all engine companies i need you to hit your air horns. air horns. >> two firefighters were hurt. their injuries are minor though. the fire at frager's is the third major fire on capitol hill in just six years. this is april 2007. early morning fire that destroyed the south hall at eastern market. it took two years for the food hall to be rebuilt. in june of 2011 a staple among capitol hill bars. tune inn went up in flames. restaurant was able to reopen after a few months of repairs.

maryland's largest casino is celebrating its first anniversary. maryland live has added table games and is now open 24 hours. they are celebrating the milestone with giveaways throughout the month including a big screen tv, a jeep, a power boat and a $250,000 jackpot. the casino was the highest earning gaming center in the state last month bringing in more than $55 million. why a new road in the battle over the alexandria waterfront could be today. >> caught in the act. the details behind this crime on surveillance video to help catch this crook. tom? >> good morning. sprinkles in the shenandoah valley. light rain out in the mountains could be coming closer to us by later this afternoon. we'll talk about that and the

>> three, two, one, zero. we have launch. >> if you stayed up late, you may have seen this rocket streaking across the sky. it was launched from the eastern shore of virginia just after 11:00 last night. it flew 350 miles up to take pictures that scientists will use to study when the first stars and galaxies were formed in the universe and how brightly they burned.

ten months after landing on mars the curiosity rover is ready for a red planet road trip. scientists say the rover will begin a five-mile journey in just a few weeks to its ultimate destination. the three-mile high mountain has been the goal all along for researchers here. they believe the rocky layers include billions of years of history of the planet. it will take ten months to a year for the rover to make the journey. >> has to pack snacks and a play list to make the trip comfortable. it's a long journey. >> that's a good point. time for weather and traffic on the 1s. >> storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein is here. >> love that lavender and pink sunrise behind you. a lot of clouds this morning. here's how we look for the day. increasing clouds through noontime. by then mid 70s. upper 70s during the afternoon. 3:00, rain moving into the metro area during the afternoon and here's how the evening is looking. occasional showers off and on through the evening. temperatures down into the upper 60s by midnight. the latest brand new track for

tropical storm andrea getting close to us. we'll look at that in the seven-day outlook in ten minutes. how's traffic? >> around the beltway easy commute for folks heading out of the house. looking for construction not seeing any. a closer look traveling in college park. a live look now you can see in both directions traveling inner loop and outer loop clear. outer loop and inner loop no issues and even traveling in virginia. aaron and eun? >> thank you. >> why you may want to avoid a northern virginia park for a few hours today. >> plus, the clues that could connect two home invasions in the district. >> you probably rolled over and checked it out this morning. your cell phone. but new numbers show just how many people

february 22nd. a landmark transportation bill is up for consideration in the virginia legislature. even though it's backed by republican governor mcdonnell, tea party republicans refuse to support the plan. but terry mcauliffe thinks this is too important a time for partisan politics. mcauliffe reaches out to democrats and urges them to support the bill. and the bill passes. terry mcauliffe. putting virginia first.

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there will be arguments heard in a lawsuit filed against the city over rezoning of the waterfront property. three women who live near the area say they attempted to file a last-minute petition last year to stop the city council from taking the vote but it wasn't accepted because it was submitted past the deadline. they argue the petition should have been allowed and it would have forceded a super majority to pass the rezoning. a newly elected council passed the plan in march. d.c. council members will pass a plan to allow undocumented immigrants to get a license if they can prove they lived in d.c. for at least six months. according to a 2011 pew research center survey, 25,000 undocumented immigrants live here in the district. a rally in favor of the plan will be held before the meeting. that is set to begin at 10:30 outside of the wilson building. right now we want to take a closer look at this video. d.c. police need your help to find the people you see caught on this surveillance video.

investigators believe they are using credit cards they stole from a home on monroe street in northeast last month. the break in happened between 9:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. on may 29th. later that day the credit cards were used at this closing store on georgia avenue. if you recognize any of these men in the video, call d.c. police. 14 before the hour. d.c. police are trying to figure out if two violent home invasions within just an hour of each other are linked. the first happened on north capitol street in northeast about 3:00 yesterday morning. two men, won wit a knife, broke into a home. the owner picked up some ankle weights and yelled that he was coming to get the men. they escaped through a basement door. an hour later a couple woke up to two men in their bedroom. one with a knife, the other had a gun. they took money, iphones and laptops and one of the men tried to rape the woman. there was a struggle and a shot was fired. no one was hit though. >> in both cases at least one of the suspects had a knife so

they're similar enough in location and time frame and area that we're looking at them. we don't know for sure if they are linked or not. there's a possibility. >> police think the men responsible are young, possibly in their teens or 20s. we now know the name of the man who was killed in temple hills tuesday night. he's andre elmore. someone shot and killed him on buckland court around 11:00 tuesday night. detectives have not found his killer and they're still trying to figure out why someone shot him. elmore was 38 years old. he was from capital heights. a d.c. woman says she's relieved that police found someone and has that person in custody in her son's murder. the man shot and killed 31-year-old williams as he walked back to his home in march. they haven't said why they think he did it. olu williams was 31. he worked full time while earning a degree from catholic university. his mother says stories like his are too common around here.

>> it's senseless but it is something that is not new to the city. it's something that happens all too often in this city. >> she accepted her son's diploma on his behalf last month. hundreds gathered to remember the arlington student killed in a skateboarding accident. john died on tuesday doing a stunt called skiching. the 18 year old was set to graduate later this month. we're told he was going to pursue a nursing degree in the fall. teachers and classmates say malvar was a one of a kind kid. >> i cuused to call john, big john. it wasn't because of his stature. it was because of his heart.

>> he was always there. >> the students collected donations for malvar's family. meantime, charges are still pending against the 17 year old who was driving at the time of that accident. today the senate will vote on two separate bills to keep interest rates low on student loans. at least three senators will join college students from across the country for a news conference this afternoon. they're going to urge lawmakers to pass the legislation. right now the rates on government subsidized loans are set to double to 6.8% on july 1st. that's if congress doesn't take action. last month the republican led house pass eed a bill lietting interest rates vary. you may want to avoid loudoun county parks this morning. the county is spraying an insecticide to kill ticks. they'll spray three more parks next monday. staffs will be on hand to make

sure you don't go into sprayed areas until the insecticide is dry. >> that's how you know summertime is here. the bugs come out. we also start to talk about tropical weather. tom kierein is here. a lot of things that will keep you guys busy this weekend. >> and cicadas are loud too. we're going to have to shout over the cicadas. they are really loud. say good-bye to the sun. that's the last of it we'll see until saturday. it's coming up now over the potomac. that's a live view from our city camera. 65 mild degrees at reagan national airport. we have a light southeasterly breeze and the dew point climbing a little more humidity moving in. storm team 4 radar this area moving green with sprinkles of light rain near winchester. the central an southern shenandoah valley getting sprinkles. light rain western maryland and much of west virginia but east of there it's cloudy. let's go south. this is where the heavy rain is now falling across florida from the circulation of tropical

storm andrea. first one of the new season for 2013. here's the position. it's still well off the eastern part of the gulf of mexico. it does look like it will track over the northern part of florida. the florida panhandle by this afternoon. by 2:00 a.m., here's the position. it will have 40 to 50-mile-per-hour winds. the main threat is heavy rain. the latest track takes it along the atlantic seaboard. the most likely track is the red line. the position by friday afternoon is going to be near the mouth of the chesapeake bay. here's washington. does look like it may be near ocean city by sunset on friday. 2:00 a.m. position on saturday is right here off cape may, new jersey. coming close enough to us to give us moderate to heavy rains during the day tomorrow. this afternoon might get light rain and tonight. highs in the 70s. those downpours tomorrow maybe an inch or two of rain and blustery winds and then maybe some lingering showers through midday saturday. some sun back saturday afternoon. partly cloudy on sunday.

highs upper 80s and maybe an afternoon thundershower. small chance of that. greater chance of storms around on monday and into next week. and earlier this week that gorgeous day tuesday i visited andrew jackson academy in prince george's county and talked to these students about different types of weather. i want to thank the teacher for the invitation to visit andrew jackson academy. a great school there in prince george's county in forestville. had a lot of fun. asked great questions. great to see you there. let's check traffic with danella. >> good morning. i'm back with a live look from chopper 4. the first 4 traffic office chopper 4 is in silver spring over the early morning crash along university boulevard heading eastbound. your closure is at dennis. that's where police have it blocked off as chopper pans out. cones are up. if you are traveling eastbound university boulevard you could turn right or left onto dennis avenue. you'll not be able to continue eastbound. crash involved a dump truck and

another vehicle that's just off to the side. police on the scene. here's the other vehicle here that's crashed. so taking some time to clean up while police are investigating so keep that in mind if you are traveling in silver spring this morning. aaron and eun? >> thank you, danella. >> let's check in with richard jordan at the live desk. >> information about three men arrested by police in india accused of gang raping an american woman there. police are saying that this happened in the resort town in ind india. the woman was hitchhiking earlier this week and picked up by three men and they drove her to a secluded area and raped her. they are between 22 and 23 years old. no word on that american woman's condition yet but a similar incident last year did turn deadly. if it seems like everybody you know has a smartphone these days, it is not your imagination. more than half of all american

adults 56% own a smartphone. that's according to the pew research center. just 35% had the phones two years ago. more than 90% of adults have some kind of cell phone. there's a new coordinated effort to protect your bank account from thieves online. cnbc's hampton pearson is live with that story and more. good morning. >> we've got microsoft and the fbi working with authorities in 80 countries to launch an assault on one of the world's biggest cybercrime rings. groups believe to have stolen more than half a million dollars from bank accounts over the past 18 months. now, hacke erers tack over 5 min pcs around the world using them to steal from dozens of financial institutions including american express, bank of america, citigroup and paypal and the bubble has burst at one of the smithsonian museums in washington.

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duplex. she doesn't want to talk public by her massive, huge, enormous win. >> so much to think about. we are tracking tropical storm andrea as it moves up the east coast today. the impact the storm could have on our region and when it will arrive. a developing story on capitol hill where firefighters are still on the scene of a four-alarm fire that destroyed a local landmark. the impact that fire is having on the morning drive to work. a cool and cloudy start to the day across the district. a beautiful sunrise still. things could be changing as the day progresses. your storm team 4 forecast and a look at the roads when "news4 today" continues.

right now firefighters remain busy on capitol hill watching for hot spots after a massive fire destroys a local landmark. >> they're watching you. a startling new report that claims the government is collecting millions of people's cell phone records every day. plus while you were sleeping, a remarkable discovery at the site of a deadly building collapse as a survivor is found alive in the rubble. what we're learning about her condition at this hour. >> tropical storm andrea bearing down on the gulf coast. tropical storm warnings are in effect from florida to the eastern shore of virginia. storm team 4 says