neck, eastern shore, also mid 70s. farther north and west, around the shenandoah valley, into the mountains, many locations there in the upper 60s to around 70. you want to seek relief from the heat, head to the higher elevations where it won't be as hot. for the morning, hazy sunshine. temperatures by 8:00 a.m., in the upper 70s to near 80. by 10:00, in the mid 80s. it will be near 90 by noontime with a high humidity. the sunrise is at 5:55. a look at the afternoon highs around the region, that's coming up in ten minutes. danella, how's traffic? tom, i'm still checking delays on i-95 in virginia. folks are facing a two-mile delay southbound. this is because of construction between the weigh station and quantico. that's where you see the work zone set up. still watching on camera. you see, from a flurry camera, right lane just gets you by the work zone. so you'll be reduced down to just one right lane. that's what's causing the delays. heading over to the beltway, starting in virginia, no issues.

little river turnpike, inner loop and outer loop nice and clear heading to the american legion bridge. again, no accidents. no delays. and as you cross over to the beltway in prince george's county, this is in temple hills. again, inner loop and outer loop getting by without any problems. i'm back in ten minutes. aaron and richard, back to you. >> thank you. back to melissa mollet at the live desk. >> we know the mayor of los angeles asking those demonstrating in the streets there to practice peace. they're protesting a jury's decision to clear george zimmerman, of course, in the shooting of trayvon martin. overnight, they have been throwing rocks at police and blocked traffic on a freeway. overall, protests have been pretty peaceful. we know one person has been arrested. we head north to oakland, california. officers this in riot helmet dispatched after report of vandalism by a group of masked protesters. you also see them blocking traffic for some time, as well. also heading east at times

square, another rally for the slain teen as thousands gathered. we know seven people were arrested in new york city overnight. some speaking as you can see there. others holding signs, also chanting "trayvon." at the live desk, melissa mollet. the national black church initiative is rallying outside the justice department at noon. the justice department is looking at the case. federal prosecutors may file criminal, civil rights charges against zimmerman. the justice department opened an investigation last year but stepped aside so the state could prosecute zimmerman. zimmerman has sued nbc universal, the parent company of this station, for defamation. the company strongly denies these allegations. at howard university, dozens gathered on campus to express anger over the verdict. >> this is not the nation that we should be living in that a man because he felt threatened

because of how someone looked, that he could shoot trayvon, this teenager. >> this was another rally in washington yesterday. this one was in meridian hill, park. this story is far from over. we'll cover every development. our team is updating nbcwashington.com so you can stay up to date when you can't watch. pay attention to a crucial meeting on capitol hill today. senators from both parties will try to avoid a bitter partisan feud. democrats want to change the rules on executive branch nominations. they want to prevent minority parties from using filibusters to block the nominations. republicans say they will retaliate by slowing progress on several pieces of legislation. a man arrested outside the home of secretary of state john kerry will be in court today. police arrested the 29-year-old man yesterday after state department officers noticed him parked outside kerry's boston home. he was apparently taking picture. police say the man claimed he was taking the pictures to show a friend, but then he deleted

them. when they asked him to move his car, he said he had been drinking. police also found a pellet gun in the car. secretary kerry was not home at the time. 4:34. let's check in with melissa mollet at the live desk. just in, 18 people have been killed in a stampede at a boxing match in indonesia. take a look here. this happened in protest after a local boxer's loss at a championship match. now this happened in the eastern part of the country. you see the aftermath there. many of the victims were trampled. media reports saying the stadium only had two working exits. again, the riot began after the boxer's supporters ended up throwing chairs at the judges. 12 of the dead were women. dozens more were hurt including childre children. we've learned that asiana airlines plans to sue a san francisco tv station. that station used fake and racially offensive names to identify the pilots of flight 214. asiana released a statement saying the names seriously

damaged the airline's reputation, and they decided to respond strongly. an anchor for ktvu read the phony names on friday which also appeared on screen. the anchor then apologized after a commercial break. the ntsb had all apologized saying a summer intern falsely confirmed the names of the crew. asiana says they haven't decided whether to file a similar suit against the ntsb. we're also learning how difficult it may be for some victims of the crash to receive compensation. legal experts say the people board should have no problem filing suit and could be given as much as $1 million for a broken bone or upwards of $5 million to $10 million if they were paralyzed. the 227 fore foreign passengers may not be able to file in the united states and settlement overseas are far less, tens of thousands of dollars. asiana is required to offer some initial assistance to help with medical bills and any travel costs. a new warning this morning

in the search for edward snowden. the reporter that claims the former nsa employee could do unprecedented harm. plus, a fight over dprimz reform playing out in the streets of washington again today. the different message we'll be hearing. ahead, the rare sight in the district that's raising a stink at the botanic garden. plus, brace yourself for a hot one outside. the heat wave that's ahead next. ♪

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welcome back. today former president, george h.w. bush, and barbara bush will honor service volunteers with their nonprofit points of light. mr. bush and president obama will hand out the 5,000th daily point of light award winner. it recognizes volunteers who have made a difference in their activities. today this will be a march for immigration reform and jobs. the conservative black leadership alliance will hold a march at freedom plaza. from there they will march on to the capitol. the group is urging congress to protect american jobs for american workers. they do not want congress to pass legislation that creates a path to citizenship for people living in the u.s. illegally. right now a stinky plant is about to bloom at the u.s. botanic garden. the plant is commonly known as the corpse flower. that's because it produces a very nasty odor that smells like rotting flesh apparently. i'll take your word for it. because of all the excitement, the garden will extend its hours

from 10:00 a.m. until 8:00 tonight. can you believe people are going to this? >> do not. >> peak bloom for the corpse flower usually only lasts one or two days. you got to hurry up. >> i don't know what rotting flesh smells like, but i don't want to find out. >> tell us about it, you can tweet us your pictures. >> keep the smell in your area. >> that's right. coming up on 4:41. final for weather & traffic on the 1s. >> tom kierein is here with the forecast. tom? >> the weather stinks, too. starting off this morning with haze and humidity in the air. good morning. time for weather and traffic on the 1s. right now, we've got thick haze in the air under a clear sky. right now temperatures are near 70 shenandoah valley, 60s out of the mountains, closer to washington, we're in the low to mid 70s, as well as around the bay and much of the rest of virginia and maryland. a little fog around lower part of the eastern shore this morning. and for the morning hours, hazy sunshine, it will be near 90 by noontime. then mid 90s for a few hours mid-afternoon. it will feel like 100 with that

humidity hanging in the air. a light southwesterly breeze. just a slight chance of an isolated thundershower popping up this afternoon. hometown forecast for haymarket, prince william county, by mid-afternoon should be into the low to mid 90s. a slight chance of an isolated storm. how long will the heat wave last? i'll look at the next seven days coming up in ten minutes. here's danella. good morning. good morning. in the first 4 traffic office, we'll head to i-270 now, the folks jumping on 270, any time as of now, you have an easy commute. from urbana continuing southbound in clarksburg area, no accidents, no construction. i'll give you a live look past germantown road. southbound, easy commute. northbound, as well. very clear. southbound drive time, 17 minutes. that's how long it will take to reach the capital beltway. traveling the beltway, we'll check your drive time there. between i-270 and i-95, inner loop drive, ten minutes. i can also tell you that the outer loop in montgomery county clear, as well. richard and eun? >> thanks.

we got stuck in a sand dune and he's under the sand. we can't get him out. >> we're hearing the calls for help moment after a young boy found himself trapped under feet of sand. ahead, junk food lovers have been waiting month fs for the retu

i'm mall issa mallet at the live desk. check this. a bus completely crushed in one side of egypt in the north province. the rocket propelled grenades hit the bus that was carrying works from a local factory. 4:45. edward snowden essentially has a

blueprint of how the nsa is structured and operates according to the journalist who first reported the leaks. glen greenwald of "the guardian" says the documents would allow someone to know exactly how the nsa does what it does. he says that couldal huh them to evade or copy the same type of surveillance. >> has basically the instruction manual for how the nsa is built. there are were programs that have been revealed similar to nature to the ones we have revealed. or not similar in nature but similar in scope. >> greenwald says he doesn't think the documents would hurt national security. but could embarrass the government. snowden has asked that the documents not be made public. he's still holed up in a moscow airport seeking asylum. breaking news now from the korean peninsula. we just learned that leaders from north and south korea have ended talks to reopen a joint industrial complex without reaching an agreement. this was the third time leaders

from the countries met to discuss the complex's future. the complex is located north of the demilitarized zone that divides the two koreas. closed in april amid heightened tensions between the rivals. no word if they plan to meet again. today the trial on the constitutionality of pennsylvania's voter identification law will begin. the law requires each voter to show a valid photo i.d. at the polls. it is one of the strictest in the country. supporters say it will prevent voter fraud. critics say it could prevent elderly and minority voters from going to the polls. cirque du soleil will perform their first show since an acrobat fell last month, about 90 feet above the stage at the mgn in las vegas. tomorrow's show will be dedicated to the performer. the act that was part of the accident will no longer be part of the show. today, canadian medical examiners will conduct an autopsy to determine what killed actor cory montieth. he played finn hudson on the

show "glee." staffers found his body saturday at a hotel in vancouver, canada, when he missed his checkout time. police say there is no indication of foul play. montieth did have a history of addiction. he talked about struggling with drugs since he was a teenager. he checked himself in to rehab in april. montieth was 31 years old. a microracer tried to top 300 miles per hour but died after losing control and zooming off a runway at a former air base in northern maine. this is video of one of bill warner's test runs yesterday morning. warner was clocked at 28 miles per hour when he crashed. he launched 40 feet into the air and 100 yards down the track. before his last run, warner and his crew were worried about increasing winds. this morning, a beach in indiana is closed after a 6-year-old boy fell into a giant sinkhole. we're also hearing the frantic call for help. take a listen. >> my friend's son, he got stuck in a sand dune. and he's like under the sand,

and we can't get him out. >> okay, can anybody see him, sore he completely covered by sand? >> yes, my husband and his dad are trying to dig him out. >> right now, that little boy, nathan wasner, is listed in critical condition. he fell in the hole friday while playing at a beach in michigan city, indiana. took teams more than three hours to get him out. park rangers say it's not clear how the hole formed. it is now tougher for women to get an abortion in northern virginia. according to the "washington post," novo women's health care just closed. performed more abortions than any other clinic in virginia in the past two years. we don't know why it shut down. we can tell you pro-life activist protested outside every day. it probably needed to upgrade its facility, as well. virginia requires abortion clinics to have hospital-grade facilities. d.c. planners are backing off a proposal that could have reduced the number of parking spaces in the district. according to the "washington post," the so-called parking

minimums plan would have eliminated requirements developers have in some areas to include parking spaces in their plants. many said it would only have made finding curbside parking even harder. this morning, we're getting an idea of how many people rely on car loans in virginia. according to the state corporation commission, lenders in the commonwealth gave out more than 161,000 car loans last year alone. that's worth more than $180 million. that's up significantly from the year before. last year about 20% of borrowers didn't make a monthly payment for two months. more than 13,000 cars were repossessed. 4:50. it's being billed as the sweetest comeback in history. you can find your favorite cream-filled sponge cake on store shelves again today. twinkies and products including mini muffin, ho-hos, susie qs, and zingers are back after a hiatus. hostess closed plants and bakeries in november when the company filed for bankruptcy. the company is now under new

management. how quickly will you get one? >> not too quickly. not a huge fan. they're -- it's an american classic. you got to love it. >> true. >> but i can do without the extra calories. >> please. all right. you and me both. let's check outside now. just about 4. . 5 -- 4:51. a humid and sticky start already. >> and it's only going to get hotter. here's meteorologist tom kierein. >> good morning. off to a mild and muggy start. there's the washington monument. we can see it. it's not foggy here. but there is fog around part of the lower eastern shore, around near the chesapeake bay. right in washington, we have some haze in the air, it is 77 steamy degrees at reagan nationalment humidity, 84%. we got a wind coming out of the southwest around five to ten miles per hour. that's continuing to pump in the humidity. that's going to be with us throughout the day.

the view showing a hazy sky. not much cloudiness around. when the sun rises, it's going to cook us immediately. right now, this is probably the most pleasant time of the day. temperatures in the low to mid 70s in the suburbs including prince george's county, arlington, fairfax, montgomery coun county. near the bay, mid 70s. ler maryland, eastern shore, they're getting patchy fog. a nice morning in western maryland, west virginia, shenandoah valley, mid 60s. pleasant start there. it's closer to washington, east of the mountains where we've got the humidity. the thick humidity in place. hour by hour through the day, a rapid climb in temperatures. here the temperature scale, by noontime, near 90. ought to hit mid 90s by mid-afternoon. a lot of humidity hanging in the air through the day. it's going to feel like about 100 with the humidity. clouds building. a small chance of an isolated

thunderstorm popping up. best idea, stay cool. be by a pool, in the water, or stay in the a.c. unless you have to be outside. just a good idea to stay inside. it is dangerous heat. we're not used to it this time of year. it is going to be a heat wave through the week. look at the high temperatures expecting. should be the hottest days tuesday, wednesday, thursday. should be hitting the upper 90s each one of those days. and maybe even isolated spots near 100 degrees. probably no record heat. just steamy humidity, hazy sunshine, only a slight chance of an isolated storm each day. and then as we get toward the weekend, still hot and humid on friday. saturday and sunday, we do have a chance of some isolated storms and, thankfully, the end of the heat wave. looks like this is not going to be one of those two or three-week-long heat waves just lasting five or six days. into the upper 80s, near 90 sunday. both days on the weekend could get a few isolated thunderstorms popping up mainly during the afternoons. i'm back in another ten minutes

with another update. here's traffic with danella. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. checking on i-66 in virginia, the trip looks nice and clear. out from haymarket, we'll go out together. making the trip from haymarket heading toward the beltway, seeing nothing but green in both directions. that means no tax reduction, no delays. really that's what it means. i can tell you no construction. nothing really slowing you down. heading in past centreville, here's a live look at chain bridge road. eastbound and westbound, folks getting by without any problems. 66 outside the beltway is clear. so same thing inside the beltway. this is a live look at glebe. again, no issues at all. easy trip for you between the beltway and gw parkway. let's shoot over it i-95. earlier we saw delays, still seeing them southbound from 234, sluggish southbound toward quanti quantico. that's because of earlier construction. good news, it's clear. still seeing delays. over to you. >> all right. 4:54. the nationals are off until friday, but you can still see bryce harper in action tonight. he'll be swinging for the fences in the hour derby. he's one of just four hitters

who will represent the national league. you may want to take note of the guy pitching to harper during the competition. it will be his dad, ron harper. there will be plenty of fans chasing down home run balls tonight. they may not be able to outdo one lucky fan. the guy in the white hat, right there, is cleveland indians season ticketholder greg van neil. he didn't sit in his normal seat last night, but it put him in the perfect spot. he caught four foul balls during the game. this was his last. he picked it up off the ground and generally tossed it to another van. he says that for one he sprawled across a few rows and got cheese on him to make the catch. whatever it takes, right? >> yeah. >> by the way, ideal seat which tracks foul ball landing info. says the odds of catching four foul balls in one game is roughly a trillion to one. can you imagine? he needs to play the lottery. a trillion and one odds, amazing. >> for more information on the odds of winning the powerball jackpot are roughly one in 175

million. what are the odds of getting a cheesy foul ball, though? pretty rare. feel like you can never get the mosquito to stop biting you? >> coming up at 5:00, we'll show why you may find yourself a target of the pesky insects more often than other people. this is me, richard. why the way you drive to work could be costing you more at the gas pump. and the unusual mission at nasa this week that may have you looking up at the sky and waving to the camera.

welcome back. gas prices are going up. unrest in egypt and decline of u.s. supplies and ride of crude oil prices are affecting prices at the pump. aaa reports the average in d.c. is $3.80 a gallon now for regular. in maryland, it is at $3.59. in virginia, you'll see the lowest at $3.41. finally in west virginia, it's $3.59 a gallon. you may want to slow down and not use your gas speeding. "consumer reports" found slower speeds can maximize your fuel economy on the highway. they found driving 75 instead of 55 miles per hour cost you $5 to $7 in gas. they found the higher speed did save the driver an hour behind the wheel, though. that doesn't factor in all the extra trips to the gas station. get this -- you'll be part of an out-of-this-world picture. nasa is taking a photo of earth -- of earth from saturn this

friday. now the main purpose of the photograph is to study the changes in saturn's rings. the photo shoot will start at 5:27 p.m. eastern standard time. it will take about 15 minutes. nasa released images of where you can look when that photo is taken. if you're busy, it's okay. you'll have the chance to see saturn and venus after the sun sets on friday and saturday. for more, log on to the "news4 today" facebook page. >> make sure you comb your hair. >> i know. i got to wear my -- >> fix my tie. >> spiffy outfit. look good. stay with us, "news4 today" continues at 5:00 a.m. breaking news at this hour. [ chanting ] >> protesters in the street throughout the country overnight showing their anger over the verdict in the george zimmerman trial. the new video interest our newsroom and problems these protests are causing this morning. the racially