the nearby suburbs, near 80. it's near 80 near the chesapeake bay as well. it is a sticky morning. we've got the humidity in place. a few clouds coming through from time to time between now and 8:00 a.m. by 10:00, it will be in the mid-80s. by noontime, i think we'll be into the low 90s. sunrise is at 5:56. a look at the afternoon, how hot will it get? that's coming up in about ten minutes. here's a look at traffic with danella. good morning. >> good morning. in the traffic office, we'll start with the rails. folks taking metro open with no reported delays. over to the roadways if you're traveling dulles greenway to the toll road passing dulles airport and headed to the beltway in both directions, easy commute so far this morning. over to i-95, the drip southbound at 234, the cones are up. that's good because earlier we saw just minor delays. you made your way toward quantico, but that's gone. your drive time now from the beltway to quantico, it will take you 25 minutes. your average travel speed is 57. i'm back in ten minutes.

aaron and eun? we are tracking overnight developments in prince george's county now where later today tens of thousands of you will have your water shut off for days. if you live in the highlighted area here on this map, you'll be affected. check it out. it's all because of a water main that is on the verge of bursting. news 4's megan mcgrath is in forestville just off the beltway where crews are already working to access that main. megan, what are you seeing now? >> reporter: eun, this main is a huge one. it's 54 inches wide. and it's in a tricky spot. if you look behind me here, this is the access road that they have actually built overnight. they finished up at around 2:30 this morning. they had to literally go into this wooded area, clear everything away so that they can access this pipe. we're told it's about 450 feet into the woods. they finished that work at around 2:30 this morning, and now they're some sort of a holding pattern while they assemble the materials that they need to actually begin excavating and repairing, again,

this massive water main. now, when this is all said and done, when the water is shut off and the water drains from the system, tens of thousands of people in prince george's county are going to be without water. possibly from anywhere from 2tw to five days. take a look at the map. some of the areas in prince george's county include morningside, camp springs, forest heights, temple hills, oxen hill, joint base andrews as well as the national harbor development. all of those folks expected to eventually lose water. once they shut things down, it's going to take about 14 hours or so for the water to drain from the system. so folks are being asked to stockpile water. basically right now while the water is still flowing, put the water into your bathtub, fill up buckets. not for drinking. they don't want you to drink the water out of the bathtub, but that will be useful for doing light duty things arnold the house for flushing toilets and the like. now, the work is going to be getting under way later on this

afternoon. and people are going to start to notice that the water is going to dissipate and basically go to a trickle and ultimately stop in the next 14 hours after things are shut down. so it's going to be a tough couple of days here in prince george's county. eun, back to you. >> megan, thank you. we'll stay on top of this water outage all day on air and online. check out an interactive map of the affected area on our website, nbcwashington.com and get updates on twitter and facebook. new this morning, we're gathering more information about another night of violent protests in the wake of the george zimmerman verdict. this is what cops in oakland, california, had to deal with right now. they've had to call in backup when protesters blocked traffic on an interstate there. police arrested at least six people. l.a.'s police chief says you won't see scenes like this in his city anymore. he says his officers will be much tougher on protesters starting today. cops arrested more than a dozen people last night. this was the third straight night of demonstrations.

organizers of a vigil here in washington say their event will be peaceful. it is taking place later this morning at ben's chili bowl. anyone going has to sign a pledge not to be violent. these protests may last through saturday. al sharpton's national action network is organizing justice for trayvon vigils in 100 cities. sharpton will give us more information this morning and we'll post it on nbcwashington.com. george zimmerman has sued nbc universal, parent company of this station, for defamation. the company strongly denies the allegations. this could be a tense day on capitol hill. we'll see if senate democrats made good on their promise to change rules for filibusters. they say they're tired of republicans using filibusters to block white house nominations. the new rules would require a simple majority. republicans could retaliate by slowing progress on other matters. they could also impose rules to hurt democrats even more whenever they take back control of the senate. a former aide to congresswoman michele bachmann is fighting charges this morning

that he stole from bachmann's capitol hill office. javier sanchez was arrested last week after a hidden camera investigation. capitol police started looking into thefts there shortly after sanchez was hired. they planted two envelopes with $200 in bachmann's chief of staff office and then installed hidden cameras. they say the video shows sanchez taking the envelopes. he denies he took the money but has been charged with theft and was fired. the ongoing unrest in egypt is forcing a local university to make changes to one of its education programs. plus mother nature forcing thousands to seek higher ground as floodwater swamps several villages. no need to rush. why pushing back your retirement date could give your mind a boost. 5:06. a warm and sticky start to this tuesday morning. good morning. i'm storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein. right now near 80 around the metro area. i'll show yo

welcome back. you might want to start keeping a close eye on your child's blood pressure. a new study out of harvard medical school found that the number of children with high blood pressure has spiked 27% over the last 13 years.

boys are more likely to have the elevated numbers. researchers say obesity and an increase in the amount of salty food kids are eating could be behind that rise. counting down the days until retirement. this might make you want to put it off a few years. a new study suggests you're less likely to develop alzheimer's and other forms of dementia if you postpone retirement. researchers study the more than 400,000 former workers in europe. they found that if you're 14% less likely to develop alzheimer's if you retire at 65 instead of 60. >> interesting study. >> some of us may not have a choice. i may be working till i'm 85. >> i remember when i got my first social security statement at 26. they tell you when your retirement date is. devastating. coming up on 11 minutes after 5:00. here's a live look outside. believe it or not, the heat index, 89 degrees in the district at this hour. telling a difficult story for the guy aheday ahead. >> indeed. steamy forecast ahead.

tom? >> a mild and muggy morning ahe ahead. some of the suburbs, rural areas in the low to mid-70s right now. and for the day, by noontime, should be into the low 90s. and we ought to be soaring to the upper 90s by midafternoon. the heat index, feels like temperature, probably around 105 by the afternoon. r-e-s-p-e-c-t, the heat. i'm back in ten minutes with a look at how long the heat wave will last. a look at traffic now with danella. >> thank you, tom. let's talk about prince george's county and charles county because i'm checking local roads, and i'm not seeing any construction to warn you about, no accidents. if you're traveling along 301 to 5 in waldorf, nice and clear. the trip along pennsylvania avenue clear as well. let's head over to route 50 from the bay bridge to the beltway, no accidents. no delays. aaron and eun? >> thank you. feel like somebody's watching you? how retailers are now tracking your behavior and what they're doing with the information. plus, pampering your nose.

even while you're behind the wheel. the unusual option that's helping set the mood for mercedes-benz drivers.

welcome back. at 5:14, new this morning, three people were shot in southeast washington. the triple shooting happened just after 12:30 this morning on elvins road. all three men were taken to the hospital with nonlife-threatening injuries. police have not released any detailed suspect information or a motive in this case. also new this morning, at least seven people killed, more than 200 others injured in clashes with police in egypt. police fired tear gas to clear protesters from the streets of cairo. those protesters then threw rocks at police and set some fires. they were marching demanding the military reinstate president mohamed morsi. he was removed from office more than a week ago now. and safety concerns in egypt forcing george washington university to cancel its study abroad program there for the fall semester.

the university says eight students plan to study in that country. they're now working with those students to find an alternative program. the students also have the option of staying on campus. following a developing story in panama. the country's president tweeted officers seized a north korean ship traveling from cuba with, quote, undeclared military cargo. the ship was on its way to north korea when officers stopped it near the opening of the panama canal on the atlantic side. officers found sophisticated missile equipment hidden inside massive containers of sugar. the captain reportedly tried to kill himself. the ship is being held while the crew is in custody. south korea blames the north for carrying out a cyber attack on its government and media websites. investigators in the south say hackers targeted file-sharing websites to find security weaknesses. they say hackers targeted file-sharing websites to find

security weaknesses. the attack happened on june 25th, the anniversary of the korean war. people have been evacuated in eastern india because of massive flooding. take a look. the water has swept away dozens of homes. monsoon rains have been blamed for thousands of deaths throughout india this summer. just yesterday authorities announced nearly 6,000 people are listed as missing after last month's heavy flooding in the northern part of that country, and they are now resumed dead. a new report on the massive wildfire in arizona that killed 19 members of an elite group of firefighters. the wildfire near yarnell was sparked by a lightning strike on june 28th. in the report, the arizona state forestry division describes how the fire worsened hour by hour. the report does not address why the hotshot crew was still on the mountain more than an hour after the winds shifted, bringing the flames back toward them. tshots were warned of the er the erratically changing weather before they were killed. new this morning, lawyers

for former illinois governor rod blagojevich have appealed his corruption convictions and 14-year prison sentence. the democrat entered a colorado prison 16 months ago. jurors convicted the 56-year-old for wide-ranging corruption including trying to profit from appointing someone to fill the vacant state senate seat left by president barack obama. 5:18 now. jodi arias will ask a judge to throw out a jury's finding that made her eligible for the death penalty. prosecutors are deciding whether to put together a new jury to decide if she gets the death penalty. that's because the jury that convicted her of murder couldn't decide on her sentence. that jury did determine that arias killed her ex-boyfriend in an especially cruel manner. that's what today's hearing is about. the arrest of one of mexico's most notorious gangsters will likely not stop the violence along the u.s./mexico border. but experts say with miguel angel trevino morales in

custody, it is a big blow to that group's command structure. mexican marines arrested him. they intercepted a pickup truck with $2 million in cash. trevino morales was escorted to mexico city under heavy guard. he's charged with kidnapping and killing 265 people as well as other charges. 5:18 now. we want to show you a cool discovery an astronomer in california just made. see this image? it's the 14th moon orbiting neptune. astronomer mark show walter discovered it while looking at images from the hubble telescope. the moon is just 12 miles in diameter. >> all these years later, the hubble still doing some amazing work up there. if you follow nasa on twitter, they get all geeked out about this kind of stuff. >> cool stuff. >> it is cool stuff. it is just about time to check our forecast now. steamy, hazy, hot, humid, all that. >> and we want none of it, but tom kierein's here to break it down for us. >> all that and more. good morning. starting off with temperatures

right around 80 degrees on this tuesday morning. incredibly humid as well. you'll just get sticky within minutes after you walk out the door. right now it is 83 at reagan national airport. and in the nearby suburbs, prince george's county, upper 70s. in the generally low to mid-70s in montgomery county. arlington county, right around 80 degrees. much of fairfax county, the upper 70s. the rural areas of maryland, virginia, most locations the low 70s. and parts of the shenandoah valley and into the mountains now, it's in the upper 60s. and hour by hour through the day today, we will have a rapid warm-up. by 10:00 this morning, mid-80s. by noontime, the low 90s. and yes, the upper 90s by midafternoon. it may not be quite as humid this afternoon. but still extreme heat. you do need to take care in this extreme heat if you have to be outside. then a clear evening. we'll be back down into the 80s

through the evening. and by dawn on wednesday, should be down to the mid-70s tomorrow morning. tomorrow partly cloudy but it will likely get more humid tomorrow and stay very steamy into thursday and friday. afternoon highs, upper 90s tomorrow with the increased humidity. it will feel above 105 for a few hours midafternoon. and again that heat index above 105 likely on thursday and friday as we soar to the upper 90s. but there's also, i think, an increased chance of maybe scattered afternoon storms. about a 30% chance on thursday and friday. and maybe an increased chance on saturday and again on sunday as we'll see a fundamental pattern change. i think the heat wave's going to end saturday evening, sunday and monday. afternoon highs should be in the 80s. but we could get some storms around on sunday as well. i'm back in ten minutes. another update. and now let's check traffic with danella. good morning. >> good morning. we'll start with the rails. metro not reporting delays. mark, two delays on the brunswick east line. this is train number 872.

also train number 870, dealing with an eight-minute delay. over to i-95 southbound at exit 156, dale city here. as you travel southbound, report of a disabled vehicle blocking your right lane as well as your right shoulder lane. use caution as you travel southbound in the area. now, shooting over to i-66, easy commute for you out of haymarket. eastbound past gainesville heading towards prince william parkway, here's a live look at your very light volume. no major delays yet. still looks really good from fairfax county parkway. nice drive time so far. 12 minutes to the capital beltway. a pennsylvania family drove to virginia just to thank some firefighters who saved their loved one's life. david clepper suffered a heart attack earlier this month. he called 911, and firefighters from springfield rushed to help. his children shared a message with them. >> you guys are real-life

heroes, and you saved my dad. you saved my family. there's no words that can possibly amount to all that you've done for us. >> the family gave the firefighters a hug. each and every one of them. the children also wrote some thank-you letters to the crew, but they insisted on thanking those firefighters in person. the royal baby watch is big business for england's bookies. british betting firms say that baby cambridge is drawing a record number of bets worth over $1.5 million so far. that number is growing every hour. people are gambling on everything from the baby's sex to the baby's name to who will be seen holding the baby first. i'm guessing mom on that one. right now most people are counting on the couple having a girl. as for the name, alexandra, the queen's middle name is 6-4 favorite right now. elizabeth 7-1. diana 12-1. if it's a boy, george is the favorite at 8-1.

some of the long shots, a 500-1 bet on tulissa to elvis. chardonnay. really, baby chardonnay? >> merlot was after that. >> and finally, psy at 5,000-1. come on. well, this morning we are getting a look at the new panda cubs born at zoo atlanta. take a look at these pictures now. a giant panda gave birth to two tiny cubs. they are the first twin pandas born in the u.s. since 1987. the zoo has not released the size or weight of the cubs at birth or the cubs' condition or the mother's condition. we'll try to get those pictures to you later in the newscast. well, it's not just websites that are tracking how you shop. some brick and mortar stores are doing it now, too. they're using your cell phone and special cameras to track your movements and moods. nordstrom used the technology in a pilot program last fall. the store says it was able to use the wi-fi signal from your cell phone to see how long you

stayed in a certain section and even how many people walked by the store and who decided to come in. they stopped the program after customer complaints, but bennettton, cabela's and family dollar are also believed to be using that tracking technology. mercedes is offering a new option on its 2014 models that masks strong smells. the car company is claiming to be the first to offer what it called active perfuming. a small container fits inside the glove compartment and becomes a part of the automatic climate control system. there are four scents. night life. what do you suppose that smells like? sports. >> not good. >> i know. you want to smell like sports? downtown and fireside. i was thinking more like ocean breeze or spring rain. you can also substitute your own perfume, cologne, even shaving lotion if you'd rather. the luxury isn't cheap, though. the option will cost you $350. >> and it knows when to give you a little extra burst of something fresh. >> what scent would you want?

just the new car smell, maybe? >> that would always be nice. just have that come back every now and then. >> something clean like soap. >> we want to show you the pandas from the atlanta zoo. take a look. >> the little butter sticks. >> is it one or two? >> two, they're twins, so there are two. >> there you go. right. born brand new to the zoo there. first ones since 1987 here in the u.s. >> mom is lun lun. we don't have a lot of information on their weight and age and all that good stuff yet, but we'll bring that to you. they're just good to look at. we are preparing for a showdown on capitol hill. the power struggle taking place in just hours in the senate. also, tens of thousands in prince george's county are facing days without water. the actions people are being urged to take at this hour. plus, the questions being raised concerning a donor to a local county executive's campaign. we're already dealing with a heat advisory this morning as you wake up to temperatures in the 80s. a look at how hot it will get today with your weather a

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5:29. mandatory water restrictions are in place at this hour for tens of thousands of people in prince george's county as problems with the water main could leave people without running water for days. another night of unrest in california as protesters take to the streets again to voice their anger with the verdict in the george zimmerman trial. and george washington

university is canceling its study abroad program in egypt for the fall semester because of safety concerns as the political unrest in that country continues. much more on those stories throughout the morning. first good morning to you. i'm eun yang. >> i'm aaron gilchrist. welcome back on this tuesday, july 16th. a heat advisory will be in place today as we wait for temperatures to soar. storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein here with what to expect. tom? >> yeah, heat advisories are issued when that heat index, that combination of the air temperature and the humidity, gets to 105 or higher. and so yes, it may feel like 105 this afternoon. but right now probably the most pleasant part of the day, temperatures are right around the upper 70s in montgomery county, prince george's, arlington, fairfax, the district of columbia now, it's near 80. and it's also near 80 near the chesapeake bay. parts of the shenandoah valley, upper 60s. here's how we're looking for this tuesday. temperatures this morning will be holding steady in the 70s for another couple of hours.

but then by midmorning, it should be into the mid-80s. by noontime, the low 90s. and it will be getting hot this afternoon. i'll show you the rest of this tuesday. that's coming up in about ten minutes. now a look at traffic with danella. good morning. >> good morning, tom. good news for folks traveling i-95 southbound at exit 156. earlier disabled vehicle blocking the right lane. it's out of the roadway and travel lanes are open southbound. shooting over to 295, i'll give you a live look past eastern avenue. no issues to report. continuing southbound, even northbound looks good. southbound, clear as you head to the 11th street bridge. over to 395, good story to tell here, too. southbound, no accidents, no congestion. and northbound, your drive time an easy 12 minutes to the 14th street bridge. i'm back in ten minutes. and we will check the rails then. seeing a delay on the mark brunswick east line. eun? today we are bringing you the latest in a political showdown on the hill. democrats are threatening to

change the senate rules for presidential nominations. to give you some idea of how serious this is, it's known as the nuclear option. let's go live to nbc's brian mooar now on capitol hill with more. good morning. >> reporter: hi, eun. just a couple hours away from that epic clash if, in fact, it is one. let's go back to last night when the senators got together behind closed doors in the old senate chamber, ornature, full of history, but no cameras. a chance for all senators to get together and speak their minds. at the end of the day when they walked out, they said there was no movement. so if republicans continued their filibuster, president bush's nominees -- president obama's nominees today, the democrats say they're going to go ahead with these so-called nuclear option instead of the 60-vote threshold to get somebody to a vote, they're going to drop it down to a simple majority of 51. the chances -- if any of this

sounds familiar, and the reason i mentioned president bush is because republicans threatened to do this back in 2005 when president bush's nominees were being held up. democrats caved back then. republicans got what they wanted. democrats are hoping they can tear a page from that playbook and do that today. they're hoping that the republicans will blink, but if they don't, harry reid says he's got his finger on the nuclear trigger. eun? >> brian mooar live for us this morning. brian, thank you. the senate will welcome a new but familiar face this morning. democrat ed markey will be sworn in today to the senate. democrat ed markey beat republican gabriel gomez in a special election last month. this was to fill secretary of state john kerry's old seat. markey spent more than 36 years in the house but will now be labeled a junior senator. tens of thousands of you could be without water for days because of a water main that is about to break. the highlighted area you see on

this map, these are communities that wsse says will be affected by this. news 4's megan mcgrath is in forestville. crews are starting to repair that main. megan? >> reporter: well, aaron, that's right. they actually had to cut an access road overnight into a wooded area just off of forestville road. you can see the lights there. and the little path that has been carved away. they finished that work at about 2:30 in the morning. this massive 54-inch pipe is in kind of a bad spot. it's actually 450 feet or so off the road into the wooded area. so a little isolated here. they had to cut this road into the woods so that they can actually access it. and later on this morning we're expected to see more activity here on the scene as they begin the work of doing these emergency repairs. now, the good news here is that a monitoring system actually caught the problem before we had a rupture. again, because of the size of this pipe, 54 inches, had it broken, it would have been a catastrophe. they had a monitoring system

which picked up the sound of wiring breaking which indicates the pirp is getting ready to fail. they are taking steps to do these emergency repairs. what this means for folks in the area, though, is that you are going to be without water for possibly two to five days as they go in there, cut out the pipe and replace it. now, areas affected, let's take a look at the map. morningside, camp springs, forest heights, temple hills, oxen hill, joint base andrews, even the national harbor complex, all of these areas are eventually going to be without water. again, possibly for two to five days as these repairs are made. now, folks in the area are being asked to stockpile water, put water in your bathtub, get buckets of water so that you can flush toilets and do other things. also stockpile drinking water as well. and wsse, i should mention, is using the next several hours to actually fill up their system to get it as full as possible so they can provide service for as long as possible. but as soon as they shut everything down, it's going to take about 14 hours for the

water to drain out. once that happens, it's a no-water situation. so people are going to want to be prepared. aaron, back to you. >> megan mcgrath live for us in forestville, thank you. and we're going to stay on top of this story for you throughout the morning and all day long as the water restrictions are in place. the outages happen as well. updates for you as they come in on air and online. plus, if you go to our website, there's an interactive map there of the area that's affected by this outage. you can plug in your address to see if it impacts you. just go to nbcwashington.com. in the day ahead, one of the gop candidates for governor in maryland will announce his running mate. hartford county executive david craig will introduce delegate jeannie hataway riccio. the 36-year-old represents the eastern shore and has served ten years in the house. maryland's board of elections is looking closely at contributions baker received when he ran for prince george's county executive.

according to "the washington post," a committee that helped pay for his 2010 campaign did not report more than $200,000 in contributions. the committee didn't say where that money came from either. baker says his campaign staff just found out about the problem. he told the "post" we need to fix it. breaking her silence. what one of the george zimmerman jurors is saying publicly about the trial. also ahead, the unexpected challenge that could derail eliot spitzer's political comeback. plus the fight over how d.c.'s living wage proposal could have your mailbox overflowing. 5:37. tom. >> heat wave continues. i'll tell you how hot i think it will get today.

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welcome back. take a look at this video showing brown bears eating fish in the wild. an organization called explore.org set up a series of webcams in alaska. the video shows the bears eating fresh salmon in the river at katmai national park west of anchorage. it's a remote area that attracts a few hundred visitors each year. it's hard to get there, so it's cool to see those bears in action. >> lots of them. >> you don't want to go there. you could be punch next. >> pictures work just fine. 5:41 is your time right now. here's another picture for you as the sun begins to come up over the nation's capitol this

morning. and you are going to need to prepare yourself for another day of extreme heat. >> what should we do, tom? >> well, i would say stay in the ac. stay as cool as you can. weather and traffic on the 1s right now. it is steamy. if you're about to head out the door, you'll be waiting at the bus stop, you'll get sticky within minutes. right now we're in the low to mid-70s around the immediate metro area in the suburbs. but closer to washington, inside the beltway, most locations are around 80 as well as right near the chesapeake bay out in the mountains now, it's in the 60s. and then later today, most of the region will soar into the 90s. much of the metro area will be in the upper 90s by midafternoon and maybe a little less humid today. but still feeling like over 100 degrees with the heat index. a look at the rest of the week and how much longer the heat wave will last in ten minutes. here's a look at traffic with danella. good morning. i'm checking delays on the mark. brunswick east 872, right now a 15-minute delay because of a disabled freight train in front of 872. train number 870 now also

brunswick east line is dealing with a six-minute delay. over to the roadways, caution for you, just got off the phone with maryland state police. if you're traveling the outer loop in the college park area, debris is slowing you down and dangering your car -- damaging your car. i'm getting reports of that now. i need to come back in ten minutes with another update. back over to you both. >> see you then. thank you. giving us an inside look at the george zimmerman trial. what a juror is saying about those crucial moments as they wait in his fate. also ahead, the redskins may be the top team in this town, but we'll show you which teams ar

15 before the hour. in the day ahead, we'll keep a close eye on the naacp's national convention. attorney general eric holder, part of a panel discussion on gun violence.

we'll also see if he talks about the justice's department's review of trayvon martin's death. he called it, quote, a tragic unnecessary shooting. he also promised the doj would follow the facts and the law before deciding whether to file federal criminal charges against zimmerman. we are hearing from one of the jurors from the trial. one of the six female jurors spoke to anderson cooper last night on cnn. she says she didn't see race as a factor in this case. >> did it make sense to you that it had this much attention on it? >> it didn't to me because i didn't see it as a racially -- a racial thing. i saw it as a murder case, as a second-degree murder case. it was just unbelievable that it had gotten so big and so political. not really political. i don't want to say that, but so emotional. >> now, that juror says she truly believes zimmerman acted

in self-defense based on all the evidence that she saw. and george zimmerman has sued nbc universal, the parent company of this station, tore defamation. the company strongly denies the allegations. new this morning, we've just learned that one of president nixon's top advisers has died. leonard gamt parment passed awar the weekend. he was 89. garment was white house counsel during the watergate scandal and went on to become one of d.c.'s most powerful lawyers. according to the "new york post," a general objection to voter signatures collected by spitzer's campaign was filed yesterday. and since announcing his candidacy, spitzer has collected some 27,000 signatures. a new quinnipiac university poll shows spitzer has a lead over scott stringer. an intern is looking for a new job after wrongly confirming the names of the pilots of asiana flight 214. the ntsb fired that intern.

he confirmed to a fox tv station in san francisco four names for the pilots that were fake names and racially offensive. that station has issued apologies on air and online for reporting those fake names. asiana airlines, though, is suing because they say the report badly damaged their reputation. 5:47 now. right now police are asking for your help to find a missing germantown man. take a look at this photo. this is joshua ellis. police say the 37-year-old man was last seen saturday morning walking near his house along kitchen house way. if you see him, call police. a local football player kicked off the vanderbilt team and banned from campus amid a sex crimes investigation. the school announced that brandon banks was removed from the team for a violation of team rules. banks is from brandywine, maryland, and played for gwynn park high school. he and three other players are the target of sex crimes investigation. and allegations. details about that investigation are not being released. now take a good look at this

video. police need your help identifying these young men suspected of firing gunshots, injuring four people in southeast washington. police say the young men were seen boarding a metro bus near staten road before that shooting. today cirque du soleil will resume "ka" shows in vegas for the first time since a performer died. an acrobat fell from about 90 feet above the stage at the mgm grand last month. tonight's show will be dedicated to that performer. the act that was part of the accident has been removed from the show. 11 minutes before the hour. vladimir putin says he wants nsa leaker edward snowden to leave his country. he also says he's keeping snowden's asylum request on the table. putin says the former u.s. contractor arrived in russia without an invitation. snowden has been stuck at the moscow airport since june 23rd. a military judge at fort mead, maryland, will decide to dismiss charges of the man accused of leaking classified information to wikileaks.

bradley manning's lawyers are trying to get some of the charges dismissed. manning admitted to leaking documents to wikileaks. he said he did it to expose what he considered wrongdoing. today we'll see what prince william county is doing to make sure it's never stuck with a budget blunder again. according to "the washington post," a county employee accidentally typed the wrong year in a code that projects the county payroll budget. that turned out to be a $5 million typo. because the county's budget came up about $5 million short. a company that looked into the matter will present its findings to the county board of supervisors today. now to the race for virginia governor. we just received new fund-raising totals for each candidate. democrat terry mcauliffe continues to outraise republican ken cuccinelli. he raised more than $1.9 million in june. mcauliffe is also more than $6 million in cash on hand. his opponent has less than half of that. coming up on 5:51 right now.

it's one of those days, tom, when people need to carry around a towel because you're going to need to wipe sweat all day long. >> do you have yours with you now? >> it's at my desk. >> and eun has her shawl at her desk. >> that's right, i'm cold inside the building. >> that's weird. some of the office buildings are so cold inside. then you walk out into the steam heat. it's such an incredible contrast. our bodies are, like, what's going on? trying to deal with all these changes. there is the rest of town center. there goes a bird. that's a live view overlooking reston. you see a few clouds off to the west. this camera is looking west. in the foreground, that's the reston parkway crossing the dulles toll road. here's another view of the capitol. a little humidity in the air. a little breeze flapping the flags there at the capitol. that's a live view on this tuesday morning. and there's capitol hill in the distance in this view from the hd city camera. sort of a soft salmon sky on the eastern horizon.

83 now at reagan national. sunrise here is just about a few minutes away at 5:56. dew point's at a steamy 71. but i think that dew point may be dropping a bit as we get into the afternoon. so maybe not quite as humid today as it was yesterday. right now, though, it is steamy. we're in the upper 70s to near 80 right around the beltway, nearby suburbs including prince george's county, arlington, fairfax and montgomery. right near chesapeake bay, near 80 as well. elsewhere, cooler. shenandoah valley and west virginia, western maryland, many locations in the 60s and low 70s. but much of southern maryland, now near 80 degrees. and here's the temperature graph today. soaring to the upper 90s, i think, by midafternoon with bright sun and a little bit drier today. but still, you've got to respect that heat if you're going to be out for a length of time, take frequent breaks. and drink plenty of water. because the heat index may be into the low 100s today. but actually maybe above 105

tomorrow and maybe perhaps as high as 108, 109. that heat index, that combination of humidity and the air temperature. that's what it's going to feel like maybe thursday and friday. those will probably be the hottest days of this particular heat wave is the way it looks right now. the increased humidity tomorrow. a small chance of a thunderstorm wednesday. greater chance thursday and friday. during the afternoon of some isolated storms. morning lows in the 70s. average high this time of year, 89. now, into the weekend, i think we're going to commence a pattern change, although still hot and humid on saturday. but as somewhat cooler air begins to push in, we could get strong storms saturday afternoon, maybe some lingering showers or thundershowers around on sunday. highs on sunday into the upper 80s. then monday as we start off next week, looking to be a bit cooler and not quite as humid. temperatures on monday into the upper 80s. the far long-range outlook into next week, it appears we are going to have a break from the high heat.

so this heat wave lasting from today all of the way into saturday. then a break from the high heat beginning sunday into monday and into next week i'm back in ten minutes with another update. danella here now with a look at traffic. >> good morning. here's a live look from chopper 4. here's what's happening. police are on the scene of -- they're tracking debris in the roadway. it's left several drivers broken down on the side of the roadway with the help of chopper 4. i've counted about four cars already. so these guys off to the right lane here. right shoulder lane but also in the left shoulder lane, i saw a broken-down vehicle as well. if you're traveling the outer loop in the college park area, be on the lookout. police still trying to determine whether it's a pothole or some type of debris, possibly nails. i'm going to urge you to use caution. elsewhere around the beltway, your travel lanes are open. a live look in temple hills. no issue, aaron, as folks continue around the beltway into virginia. back over to you. danella, thank you. this morning walmart asking for the public's support in a showdown over wages. the company wants d.c. mayor

vincent gray to veto a bill that would force big-box stores to pay higher wages. walmart is supporting a publicity campaign asking d.c. residents to contact the mayor to veto that bill. the company is threatening to stop plans to build six new stores in the district if that bill becomes law. three of those stores are already under construction. sources tell news 4 the mayor will veto that bill. they say the council doesn't have the votes to override it. a lawsuit claims some starbucks workers in new york city were so rude to deaf customers, they mocked them and called the police to try to get them kicked out of the store. the lawsuit was filed last week on behalf of 12 people. a starbucks spokesperson says discrimination of any kind is unacceptable, and it's looking into the matter. you could see a small drop

in ticket prices for united flights today. an attempt by the airline to raise fares by $10 has failed. united initiated the move in all states except hawaii and alaska. but other low-cost carriers including southwest did not go along with the hike. it was the eighth time airlines attempted to raise fares this year. only two hikes have been successful. 5:56 now. if you're looking for a new cell phone but you don't want to deal with the hassle of a contract, there may be a new option for you. cnbc's jackie deangelis with that story. >> at&t launching a new wireless plan later this month. it's letting users forgo the typical two-year contract so customers will be able to upgrade devices each year if they agree to pay full price for their smartphone or tablet. the move will help at&t cut back on the cost of subsidizing some of these twices. things like the iphone which eat into their profits. customers who sign on to the

next plan will be able to buy their phones using a monthly financing plan added to their wireless bill. and also as gas prices rise, drivers can employ several strategies to cut down on some of this pain they're feeling at the pump. the department of energy's fueleconomy.gov suggests that observing the speed limit or clearing out extra items from your car to reduce weight will help. experts say that apps like gas buddy and aaa's trip tick display, they give you those prices at local gas stations and help you find the lowest fares. some gas stations are offering savings of 5 cents to 10 cents a gallon if you pay cash while credit card and supermarket loyalty programs also providing some generous rewards on gas purchases. guys, i don't know about you, but i'm not willing to go slower to save on gas. >> i'm with you on that one. jackie, thank you. well, the redskins might be nfc east champs, but apparently that doesn't help the team's bottom line. >> the skins fell to eighth on forbes' list of the world's most valuable sports team.

that's not bad, though. they were fifth last year, though. >> don't feel too badly for the owner. the redskins are still worth about $11.6 billion. soccer is where the big bucks are apparently. the three most valuable teams, real madrid, manchester united and barcelona. new this morning, three people shot in washington. the search to find the gunmen. and we're following a developing story in prince george's county. thousands will have no water

developing now in prince george's county, tens of thousands of people being asked to stockpile water right now because of a shortage that is coming. you're looking at a live picture of a road that crews just built to get to a pipe that's about to file. news 4 today is showing you the communities that may lose their water. we're breaking down the time line of when your faucet may run dry, and we're passing along the specific things emergency crews want to make sure you're doing right now before you lose your water. crews expect to shut the faulty pipe down before today ends. >> now, this water warning comes as we're in the middle of a heat wave right now. temperatures already climbing this morning. want to go straight to storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein for the latest. tom. >> you can see right around the metro area now, we have it into the upper 70s near 80 in prince george's county as well as arlington, fairfax and montgomery in the district of columbia, low 80s.