our high yesterday 90 degrees. our high today 94. because of the heat and humidity, the weather having a low to moderate impact on your day and also because of the chance of some scattered thunderstorms around the area later today. temperatures right now, around 80. we're right at 80 in washington. high temperatures today 94 in d.c., bethesda and fairfax, 93 upper marlboro, partly sunny skies today and again the threat of some storms later. i'll have the latest on timing with the storms coming up in a little bit, richard. >> thanks, amelia. new this morning, police are trying to figure out who shot three people in the district. the shooting happened around 2:00 this morning on north capitol and t street in northwest in the bloomingdale neighborhood. derrick ward is live where police are still on the scene. hey, derrick. >> good morning. this shooting actually happened at about 1:23 and i've spoken to people who live on the block and they didn't hear anything. the vehicle has come to rest here up against the guard rail

that separates the north capitol street underpass from the ground level traffic. it looked like that car also took out a fire hydrant as it came to rest here. it's unclear at this point whether the shooting happened here or some distance away and the car came to rest here. the good news is for people who attend st. martin's catholic church they are allowed to get into the church. police are escorting them through the crime scene. take a look at video from 1:23 when this happened. the ambulance is on the scene. three males were in this vehicle. they were taken away. we don't have any word about their conditions at this point. this is an investigation but some of the crime scene tape is now coming down. what you need to know if you are driving is that southbound north capitol, not on the underpass, but on the street level area, traffic is being halted as of rhode island avenue. northbound, north capitol, is going as usual through this scene and, of course, through the underpass.

they are taking some of the crime scene tape down on t street. that may be opening up soon as well once they get a tow truck to take this vehicle away. some traffic disruption as the investigation continues. three people shot here about 1:23 this morning. no word on their conditions. their ages or suspect information. we are live in northwest, derrick ward, news 4, back to you. >> thank you. all still new this morning, police are trying to figure out what led to a deadly motorcycle crash in upper marlboro on john rogers boulevard, prince george county police say the driver here lost control of the bike hit a curb and tree. rescuers took him to the hospital where he died. a virginia teenager is safe after an amber alert. state police were looking for 15-year-old dustin shaver. they believed he was in extreme danger. dustin was found unharmed this morning. police won't say just where yet. but we do know the teen's mother denise shaver, is in police

custody right now along with this man, 24-year-old kevin parish. they were suspected of abducted dustin. before the teen was found this morning, he was last seen in hurt, virginia, that's in the southern part of the state. today hundreds of people plan to protest at the federal energy regulatory commission. several religious groups are protesting, exporting fracked gases from u.s. coastlines. now fracking is when crews drill into the earth for natural gas. the commission plans to build a port at cove point in lusby maryland. they will march towards the commission's headquarters on new jersey avenue. some leaders consider a busy road near the university of maryland in college park a threat to public safety. this year three people have been kit-hit and killed on route 1. next week leaders will hold a meeting. darcy spencer reports changes already have been made but they say it is not enough.

>> reporter: these three young people two of them died doing the same thing, college route 1 in college park steps from the university of maryland campus. >> never happened that we've had this many over the course of one year and we -- it's really woken us up and the need to do something here to address this problem. >> reporter: safety officials have already changed the timing of the pedestrian signals to give walkers more time to cross and put up the no pedestrian signs in the median to discourage jaywalking. >> i don't want to endanger myself, trying to have a good time, not get run over. >> reporter: patrick is a city council member make a difference who says more safety improvements need to be made before students return to class, that includes lowering the speed limit from 30 to 25. >> there are a lot of statistics that show that speed difference can really make a difference in terms of whether or not a pedestrian does get hit and if a pedestrian does get hit the

chances they will survive. >> reporter: the state highway administration is evaluating all the overhead lighting and signs designing a barrier to go in the median to prevent jaywalking and plans to put countdowns on the signals. >> see the sign right there, walk smart, college park. i guess the university is trying to make things safer for students here. >> reporter: students say the bars need to be a part of the solution too. >> the bouncers kick people out, kick them on to the street and sometimes they fall into the street and that's a bad policy. i think when they kick people out they need to send them out with a friend. a giant food store is back open after evacuating customers last night because of a fire. take a look. a viewer tweeted these photos of the store along georgia avenue in olney. the fire started inside a truck parked in a loading dock last night. the smoke was so bad people were forced out of the store. over in bowie an intense two-alarm fire destroyed a store there. that fire broke out yesterday on

grenfeld court. investigators say the fire started on the deck of a townhouse and spread to two other homes. the flames were so strong firefighters had to pull back a few times out of fear the roof could collapse. firefighters tell us the weather made this fire difficult to put out. >> any time it's this hot, the firefighters when they work, they get exhausted much more quickly than they would on a typical day. so as a precaution, we almost always with this quantity of fire. >> ten people including five children were displaced by that fire. >> happening today, nasa scientists are expected to launch a rocket from wallops island in virginia to the international space station. the launch is expected to happen just before 1:00 this afternoon. the rocket is carrying food, supplies, scientific equipment and experiments for astronauts. nasa managers have delayed the rocket launch several times. extreme flooding in the midwest. we'll show you more of the huge mess left behind. >> here in d.c., brace yourself for severe weather in the week

ahead. storm team 4 meteorologist amelia segal is tracking what's to come and when. >> and saving money on summer entertainment. cnbc is sharing the secret to getting the very best deal on tickets to concerts, ball games and all kinds of performances. that's next.

this morning the floodwaters are receding thankfully in parts of illinois. heavy rains cause waters to rise in neighborhoods, flooding streets closing down highways and roads. people there before wading in waist deep water. there will be a mess to clean up today. much of the country will feel a big change in the weather in the week ahead. it's been called a summer sequel to the polar vortex, not the same thing although we did

hear that phrase a lot last winter. >> the polar vortex allows it to make its way down to the south. >> i don't think i've been this cold. >> now that we are in the next deep freeze and the next polar vortex, for better or worse could be a long ways off. >> get ready for another gush of cooler weather. >> storm team 4 meteorologist amelia segal joins us now outside on the weather deck to explain this one. hey, amelia. >> good morning, guys. unlike the polar vortex, this gush of cooler weather is going to be fabulous. temperatures later this week will be feeling more like early june than mid july and low humidity as well. this isn't exactly the polar vortex because this air is coming from the pacific northeast. regardless, we'll take it. wherever it's coming from. like i said, it's going to be spectacul spectacular. today, tomorrow and tuesday, hot and humid, a high temperature of about 94 degrees. here's what's going to happen. this is our weather pattern on

monday and tuesday. hot air is over the area. a cold front moves through tuesday evening. that front clears the area overnight on tuesday and allows cooler air to filter down from the north. so storms monday and tuesday will allow cooler air to come into the area. i have to note quickly guys, outside on our storm deck, the breeze is just fabulous. it will be a little bit breezy at times throughout the day today to help combat that high of 94. >> take any relief we can get. >> from amelia seeing toll amelia earhart, the woman who shares her name celebrating a journey. >> run for your life. how those who couldn't get to sp

new this morning, four people were hurt running with the bulls in pamplona spain. no one has been gored. this is video from yesterday's run. during today's run two bulls tossed two runners and came this close. three are sbn hospitalized with injuries to the head and chest. the festival lasts nine days. today is day seven. back in the states thousands signed up to get chased by bulls through suburban chicago. it's called the great bull run and it's the first of its kind in the chicago area. the organizer wanted to run with

the bulls in spain but found it was too expensive so he started a run at home. no one was hurt during this one. in the week ahead crews will move a wrecked cruise ship off the italian coast. tomorrow they will float the "costa concordia" and ten dug boats will drag it to a port for demolition. 32 died when the ship capsized three years ago. the captain is facing multiple charges includiner causing a ship wreck and abandoning the ship. 77 years since amelia earhart vanished while attempting to fly around the world. >> seven decades later 31 years later amelia rose earhart took on the challenge and completed the journey. nbc's joe fryer has her story. >> reporter: there was much anticipation surrounding the final landing of this modern day amelia earhart. it seems certain her around the

world flight would end smoothly. >> my girl. >> reporter: this odyssey was about something deeper. >> i feel like it's a part of me, it was what i was born to do and now, we did it. we finished the flight around the world. >> reporter: amelia rose earhart recently learned she's not related to her namesake, she has always felt a connection, even as a kid. >> she thought, maybe i can fly around the world. wouldn't that be awesome. >> reporter: it's why she got her pilot's license ten years ago and why she decided to recreate the 1937 journey that ended with amelia mary earhart disappearing over the pacific ocean. she called this the amelia project, a way to get girls excited about aviation. we were with her before the flight. >> the view outside will be amazing and for a lot of it, we'll be staring out at just the big blue ocean. >> reporter: in the past 77 years, airplane technology has greatly improved. >> we're taking off. >> reporter: human nerves of remain as fragile as ever. >> happy tears. >> reporter: as earhart began her emotional voyage she had a

special goal in mind. >> personally i want to see the sunrise around the entire globe. >> reporter: why every takeoff was scheduled at sunrise and this is what they saw. using social media earhart and her co-pilot shane jordan shared all kinds of images from their two-week adventure which spanned 17 cities and 14 countries. from brazil to senegal to singapore and beyond. toward the end they circled tiny howland island where her namesake was supposed to land but never made it. >> i was trembling as we flew over. i'm fumbling with my cameras trying to capture the moment and finally set everything down and just looked. >> reporter: their trip finally ended where it began. >> where's dad? there he is. >> reporter: in oakland at the same hangar where the first amelia started her quest. >> and i feel like we've brought her home. >> reporter: a once-in-a-lifetime journey for which the sun has now set. joe friar, nbc news, los angeles. we have our own amelia here.

>> we do. >> we can't get enough amelia today, amelia segal for more on the forecast. >> no relation to amelia earhart in any way. as far as the forecast is concerned, we're looking at former temperatures today, more humidity. the good news, it looks like the storm chances will hold off until after sunset. maybe an isolated hit or miss shower or thunderstorm before the sun goes down. but it's really looking like 8:00, 9:00, 10:00 p.m. when we'll start to track scattered showers and thunderstorms across the area. so you need to get the yard work done or maybe plans to enjoy the yard today. the weather looking to cooperate. because of the heat and humidity the weather will have a low to moderate impact on your day today. i want to walk you through the day with future weather. 10:00 a.m., looking at cloudiness across the area but the filtered cloudiness. partly cloudy skies. 3:00, notice the spotty shower activity. look at what happens once we get toward 10:00 here on future weather. we're starting to track storms.

potentially with some heavy rain moving through the area. some strong winds possible as well. now future weather for tomorrow, this is when maybe you're waking up, getting ready to head into work, maybe you're already on the road. it's dry. so the morning commute tomorrow not impacted by the weather. the midday hours also looki ing dry. once you get into the afternoon hours, 2:00 on future weather, notice the storms moving through the area, including washington, notice the reds as well indicating heavy rain falling with thunderstorms, lots of lightning potentially tomorrow as well. now the severe storm potential today is very low. just the chance for some isolated high winds and any thunderstorms that could produce some very, very minor wind damage. right now, our temperature is 80 degrees by 3:00. we're looking at a temperature of 93 and partly sunny skies throughout the day. now tomorrow, 7:00 a.m., a temperature of 78. for the midday hours, we're in the mid 80s. it's humid once again tomorrow.

it will feel similar outside tomorrow as it does today. 3:00, tracking storms across the area, again, potentially severe. 7:00 p.m., rain and storms are likely. so you have plans outdoors tomorrow, the kids have sports, maybe you're planning on seeing an outdoor concert, know that you'll likely be dealing with storminess. for the severe potential tomorrow, i'm keeping a very close eye on the threat of high winds producing wind damage and hail. because of the threat of heavy rain, there could also be some spotty flash flooding across the area. so tomorrow, a day you definitely need to be weather ready. also on tuesday, there's a chance of some severe weather. we're looking at showers and thunderstorms on tuesday. not just confined to the afternoon hours. we could see some a little earlier as well. tuesday, a high of 89, it's humid. wednesday, this is when we see the change, low humidity, plenty of sunshine, comfortable temperatures. a high of 84. we repeat this on thursday and friday. next saturday, a little bit

humid with a chance of some rain, maybe a thunderstorm, but again, today most, if not all of your sunday is looking dry. it's really looking like tonight is when we'll start to see scattered storms. >> all right. thanks. community leaders weigh in on a plan to bring immigrant children here to the washington area. we're going to tell you what was decided. >> how to score tickets to the summer's hottest events without breaking the bank. tips from the pros to save your money just ahead. welcome i'm mark murray i'm keri dan. >> when it comes to 2016 so much focus on the republicans and their side with the exception of hillary clinton, of course. but democrats going to be having their moment in the sun in detroit next week. the liberal net roots nation confab, 2016 will be on the focus for a lot of people. >> vice president joe biden is scheduled to attend, so is senator elizabeth warren from massachusetts and other democrats like chuck schumer and howard dean. >> the person who won't be in attendance, hillary clinton, i think is going to be driving a

lot of the discussion in detroit. so much attention on her, people will be paying attention to the joe biden and elizabeth warren but she is leading in the polls on the democratic side. >> that's right. you hear some talk from progressives within the democratic party looking for an alternative to hillary clinton. but polls show that they're mostly lined up to get behind hillary clinton if she runs. >> the one remaining question, if a challenger does end up

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with summer here many of you are heading to fun outdoor events and concerts but we know it can be pricey for the family. cnbc shows us how to get the best deal on tickets so your next visit doesn't break the bank. >> doesn't have to require sitting in the nose bleed sections or shelling out big bucks. depending on how and when you buy the tickets you could pay a fraction of the face value. heck, even yankees tickets go for under $10 for many of the games. russ of seats.com says there is a science in the timing to find the best deals. >> ticket prices are higher by 10% the day before the event than they are the day of the t. literally waiting as long as possible is the best solution if you want to grab the cheapest tickets. >> it's a gamble.

you might be priced out or have a bad choice of seats. take advantage of promotions, banks tend to offer credit card holders access to key games, concerts and other events. plus you might find special summer deals on week night, even concerts often have lawn passes where you might not be at the front of the stadium but you can hear the music and get a great deal. don't forget the box office. even if a show sells out initially often times there are seats that open up at the last minute, seats held for promoters and sponsors so they're great deals and at face value helping you beat any of the inflated secondary market prices. >> kelly grant with good tips there. when something unusual happens near us we grab our cameras. >> that's what a viewer did when a fire took over the town homes. >> the impact on firefighters and the people who live here. >> caught on camera, see israel's so-called iron dome in action as it blasted rockets headed to the ground. >> here at home, we are watching

the weather closely for changes as we start the week. storm team 4 meteorologist amelia sega

welcome back. the time shy of 9:30. back with a question many of you have first thing in the morning. what's the weather like today. >> so far a muggy morning, you'll feel it. we could see a little rain later in the day.

>> check in with meteorologist amelia segal outside on the team 4 weather deck. >> good morning. the good news about the rain as i keep looking at new information coming in, it's still looking like it's going to hold off now until mainly after sunset. 8:00, 9:00 p.m. you can see right now there's a nice breeze outside and you will be breezy at times throughout the day today. overall, partly sunny skies means we're looking at a very high uv index. you can get sun burn in as little as 15 minutes today. spf 30 at least every two hours. temperatures right now around 80 degrees. 80 in washington, 79 gaithersburg and camp springs. not bad with the breeze but when the winds calm down you can feel the mugginess. does it feel muggy as temperatures climb into the low to mid 90s across the area. an isolated storm is possible this afternoon, but we're looking at scattered showers and thunderstorms for the evening hours. rain is in the forecast. not just rain but storms monday and tuesday. i'll have more on that coming up

in a bit. richard and kristen. >> thanks, amelia. >> we are following developments in the middle east. israel is warning residents to stay away from hamas operatives. israeli forces are sending out leaflets, recorded and text messages to civilians in certain neighborhoods to be beware. israel says it is targeting sites where militants are launching rockets from gaza to its territory. the u.n. security council, the european union and the arab league are all calling for the latest violence to stop between hamas and israel. we've been watching rocket fire crisscross the sky above gaza and israel. the israeli iron dome anti-missile system is working. hamas fired at least seven missiles at tel aviv and the iron dome tracked those missiles and hit them head-on destroying them. coming up on "meet the press," david gregory will have more on the conflict. the two candidates in afghanistan's presidential

election agreed to audit the contested results. secretary of state john kerry announced the deal in kabul without the agreement both candidates could have set up competing governments at a time when the u.s. is pulling most troops out of the country. both candidates agreed to stand by the results of the audit and form a unified government. the federal government will not be sending immigrant children to our area. a vacant army building near westminster, maryland, was proposed as a holding site for thousands of kids. the carroll county board of commission quickly began protesting the obama administration's idea. according to the baltimore sun, the u.s. health department assured the commission children from the border would not be brought there. since october, 52,000 children from central america have illegally crossed the border and most of them have nowhere to go. it can take years for deportation hearings. president obama is calling the situation a humanitarian crisis. this morning investigators are trying to figure out what started a massive fire that

damaged three townhouses in frederick county, maryland. take a look. there's video that was posted on facebook. you can see and hear the flames coming from the homes on orndoff court in brunswick. it took firefighters 45 minutes to get a handle on it. one firefighter was hurt. check this out. a car crashed right into a restaurant in montgomery county hurting four people. this happened yesterday afternoon at hunter's bar and grill in potomac. the car went right through the french doors and nearly mowed down people inside. investigators say an 80-year-old woman and her husband were in the car. they were parked nearby and accidentally accelerated right into the restaurant. two people have been killed and 19 others shot this weekend in chicago. police say a domestic argument led to one of the murders. a 27-year-old man and his mother were shot multiple times. and the man died. the other murder was a result of a drive-by shooting. so far, this month, 23 people have been killed in chicago

bringing this year's murder count in the city to 207. a 15-year-old texas girl who survived an attack that killed her whole family says she's getting better every day. >> i would like to thank all of the first responders, nurses and doctors that have taken care of me. i'm feeling a lot better. i'm a very straightforward path to recovery. >> cassidy stay was released from the hospital friday two days after a bullet fractured her skull. the 15-year-old survived wednesday's brutal attack by playing dead. nbc dan shenman tells us how her community is rallying around her. >> reporter: hundreds gathered in the quiet suburb of houston to pause and remember six lives lost and to celebrate the amazing courage of 15-year-old cassidy stay, the lone survivor of the horrific shooting that took the lives of her parents and four siblings. >> as soon as it was safe, despite the terrible things she must have seen, at that moment she called police and told them

we were in danger. >> reporter: that call helped police find and after a three-hour standoff arrest ronald lee haskell, who faces multiple murder charges. >> without her courage and quick thinking, we might be mourning the deaths of 20, yes, i said 20, people today including myself. >> reporter: less than 24 hours after being released from the hospital, stay thanked first responders and the hospital staff who took care of her. >> i'm feeling a lot better. i am on a very strict forward path to a full recovery. >> reporter: despite so much grief she says she has found comfort. >> i know my mom, dad, brian, emily, becca and zach, are in a much better place and that i'll be able to see them again one day. >> reporter: an uncommon strength as a family and a community trying to begin to heal. dan shenman, nbc news. strong little girl.

lightning strikes killed two people and injured several others in two days in colorado. two different groups were hiking when struck by lightning inside the rocky mountain national park. both friday and saturday. the rocky national park service shared some advice on what to do to stay safe. >> this time of year, you know, we encourage our visitors if they're hiking to summits, for instance, to be starting really when it's dark, when it's 2:30, 3:00 in the morning. >> she says anyone who is above the tree line and sees dark clouds rolling in should take cover right away. social media slang. we'll tell you what -- we'll tell you the most popular terms used on-line and some you probably never heard before. we hadn't. >> that's right. from swimsuits to handcuffs, a beach town has a plan to deal with bad behavior from visiting beach goers. a hot day ahead before a work week shakeup. amelia will breakdown the threat for severe weather in the days ahead.

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we profile many wednesday's children and this week a success story. victor found a family after his story aired here. they all recently stopped by our station for a tour. news 4's barbara harrison showed them around. >> i think i know who this is. is that victor. hi. welcome to channel 4. so great to see you. and this must be alex. >> it is. >> the new brother. >> reporter: victor was a wednesday's child who we presented on a couple occasions. on this day we met victor's new entire family. new mom. >> i'm caroline. >> reporter: new dad. >> tony. nice to meet you. >> who's this some. >> i am [ inaudible ]. >> very nice to meet you. >> and? >> i'm francisco. >> nice to see you. >> the nurse. >> i saw victor about four years ago on "wednesday's child" but at that time we were living in a home where we wouldn't be able to take in another child.

and a year and a half ago, we built a new home that's all ada compliant, all one floor, and we found we had an extra bedroom. within a month and a half my daughter saw him on sunday morning and said mom, that's alex. >> i just noticed that victor had the most beautiful smile just like alex. >> when caroline saw that, she started going, well, that's a lot like alex. he needs this medication, a better wheelchair and we looked at each other and said he just needs parents. >> reporter: on the day that began with the signing of the final adoption papers in court, the family members were happy it was a done deal. and we topped things off from a special visit from a giant teddy bear that posed for pictures of this very special time in all of their lives. barbara harrison, news 4, for wednesday's child. if you have room in your home and heart for a child, call our special adoption hotline.

the number is 1-888-2 adopt me. >> one couple tried an unconventional approach. their secret to saving money. first check in with amelia. >> we're looking at mainly dry conditions for your sunday. not the case on monday and tuesday. some severe weather potential is in the forecast. i'll have all the details in the latest timing coming up.

so you may want to mind your ps and qs leaders in dewey beach, delaware are considering buying portable detention units to stop bad behavior. dewey just has one holding cell. this is one of the portable ones they're thinking about getting. right now they have one and it hold six people. fewer than 400 people live in dewey but during the summer, upwards of 20,000 head to the beach town. organizers of the 2015 world police and fire games will be held on july 13th, 2015 at the reston town center in virginia. the event draws 12,000 police, fire and public safety advocates from 20 countries. for the tenth year in a row

a non-profit operating the food give waypy immediate help known as faith provides three months of free groceries to family in need. the next give away is thursday at 5:00. isaiah austin was a standout college basketball player until a rare disease destroyed his hopes of going pro. yesterday in baltimore the baylor university grad announced he will be the spokesman for the mar fan foundation. mar fan syndrome is a disorder that affects the body's connective tissue. any extreme physical activity like basketball can kill a person who has this disease. austin was diagnosed just before last month's draft and he had to quit basketball. austin will now work with the foundation to raise awareness about the disease. more and more people are looking to retire abroad to save money. >> some say the cost of spending their golden years in the u.s.

is too expensive. chris jansing caught up with one couple in ecuador. >> reporter: the views are picture postcard perfect. ecuador's third largest city, called the paris of south america. and a growing number of american retirees like bill and judy collins call it home. >> every single day here is a whole new world. our only regret is we did not move here sooner. >> reporter: the former schoola for ecuador three years ago after realizing they just could not afford to retire in the u.s. >> we had checked out several other countries first and ecuador won. franco won hands down. >> i think they have lost their minds. >> reporter: their friends ron and ruby, who they met in tango class were shocked when the collins told them they were retiring abroad. >> never crossed your mind in any serious way that you might

leave the united states? >> oh, no. no way. >> but your friends love it there. >> good for them. >> reporter: and good for the collins' budget. >> that's a good deal. >> reporter: there they pay $600 a month for their three bedroom apartment. compared to the westins who spend almost $900 a month. compared to the grocery bill, $200 half as much as the westin's. medical costs are 50% lower and the colins are happy with their care. >> $20. that's all. >> the other day we went toee a cardiologist and it only cost us $30, the same visit in the states would be maybe $300. >> reporter: a bus ride costs 12 cents. lunch in a nice restaurant is about $2. >> sa loud. >> reporter: they sometimes miss the people they left behind and try to visit as often as they can. >> we know that our family and

friends can be reached within a day and then there's always skype. >> and face time. >> and face time. yeah. >> reporter: and three years in, they can't imagine retiring anywhere else. >> this is our home. we love it here. we really do. >> reporter: chris jansing, nbc news. >> i still can't believe $2 for lunch. appreciations of phrases on social media are practically their own language. we are social.com monitored twitter for three months and came up with a list of the most used acronyms. lol of course number one, that means laugh out loud, some more obscure ones, nsfw, not safe for work. ootd, outfit of the day, and lms, like my status, and afaik, as far as i know. so i think because of the limited characters you can type in people have had to abbreviate but some of this stuff is like a foreign language. who knows. >> when would you use outfit of

the day. >> every day i guess you could use it. >> outfit -- too much. but they did find with those acronyms people use emojis. that's another way. >> i'm a big emoji person. >> there you go. >> the emoji for today's weather is what one of the straight line faces? >> maybe too hot. >> really hot. >> this is an easy one. the emoji is like the water drop on the forehead because of the humidity. >> not a tear. >> not a tear. i'm going to have my emoji for tomorrow night will be a tear drop. i'm planning to go to a concert with my mom outside and looking at the weather i don't think that is going to happen. we are looking at the potential for strong to severe thunderstorms later in the day tomorrow as well as tuesday. storms are possible today, but most of the daylight hours really looking dry. it's starting around 8:00, 9:00 p.m. when we're going to start to track scattered rain and

thunderstorms moving through the area. again, storm team 4, we will keep a close eye on monday and tuesday. cold front moves through tuesday evening and it does exactly what it says. brings in cold air. refreshing air arrives for the middle part of the week and lasts through friday. satellite and radar right now showing mostly sunny skies across the area. all in all today will shake out to be a partly sunny day. the hazy sunshine especially during the later afternoon and evening hours. 3:00 here on future weather, notice how isolated few and far between, this activity is. 5:00, it's keeping us mainly dry. now it does bring in some stormy activity around 10:00. i think it's going to arrive earlier. my forecast is storms as early as 8:00 p.m. this evening. and we could see some heavy rain within them. some strong winds that could produce isolated wind damage. overall, the threat of severe weather this evening, it is quite low. not necessarily the case for tomorrow and tuesday. i'll show you what i'm talking about in a second.

here's your planner for the afternoon today. a little bit breezy at times. it's humid and mainly dry. 94 is our high. we hit that at 4:00 this afternoon. 6:00, we're still at a hot 92 degrees. and again, storms start to enter the forecast really around 8:00 p.m. this evening. for tomorrow, high temperatures in the low 90s. upper 80s across the area. partly then mostly cloudy skies, humid again tomorrow with afternoon and evening showers and thunderstorms likely. what we're going to be talking about tomorrow as far as severe weather is concerned, the potential for high winds and any thunderstorms that could produce wind damage and some hail. because of the threat of heavy rain as well there could be flash flooding around the area, but really keeping an eye on the high winds and hail, a small risk that we are seeing an isolated tornado develop. tuesday, also has a threat of severe weather. really looking at some heavy rain potential on tuesday as that front actually pushes through. 89 degrees for a high.

wednesday, beautiful, i can't say it enough. it will be spectacular. a high temperature of 84. low humidity. thursday, the same. friday the same. just a little bit more cloud cover. next saturday, the humidity will start to make its way back into the area. and with that there's a chance of some showers, min a thunderstorm. but again, we're looking at stormy weather monday and tuesday that's going to lead to a beautiful wednesday, thursday and friday, kristen. >> so we just have to get through the next few days. thank you. some lucky dogs are headed to permanent homes. we'll tell you how these pups were saved from pretty harsh conditions. a reminder about our series celebrating summer. we are visiting your neighborhood and then sharing the good news in our communities. next week, we're going to be in arlington. our coverage begins at 4:26 tuesday morning on "news 4 today."

more than 100 dogs and puppies are headed to new foster homes this weekend. the animals were rescued from a puppy mill in lorray, virginia. a rescue group has been rehabilitating the dogs. julie kerry got to see their road to recovery. >> pretty significant tarter, not a lot of teeth remaining. >> reporter: he doesn't have a name yet. he spent most of his life inside a crate or cage, but this little guy is headed to a better life after his rescue from a puppy mill in virginia.

this ist the group known as animal rescue are found after a tip led them here. the page county sheriff's department was alongside to help. >> what we found was typical of a puppy mill. 132 dogs and four birds living in atrocious conditions. extremely me lly matted dogs, u burns. some had broken limbs that hadn't been treated. >> this dog is nearly blind. >> this dog has core knee yal adema. she's amazed at the dis position of the animals that have lived such a tough life until now. >> these dogs have been so sweet. i'm surprised. a lot of them, you know, we know they haven't had a lot of contact with people and have been so good. we haven't had biting dogs. been a little nervous but they've been super sweet. i don't think these dogs will have any problems finding loving homes because they're just so loving. >> that's where nearly a dozen rescue organizations like this one called mutts matter come in.

once the dogs and puppies are checked out they're being taken to foster homes and then in a few days or weeks, their final destination, they'll be adopted into their forever home. julie kerry, "news 4 today." >> they are adorable. a new medical report is out this morning, what doctors can see by looking at your eye in the early diagnosis could help your mental health. >> new details on a shooting overnight that sent three people

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a traffic alert for your week ahead. the road work that can slow down your daily commute for the next few months. >> we'll have that in a moment. first a muggy morning to start off your sunday. >> it most certainly is. let's get your forecast with storm team 4 meteorologist amelia segal. it is certainly hot. >> good morning. >> it is hot and it is humid. the good news, there's a bit of a breeze and it will be breezy at times throughout the day today. that will help counteract how hot and humid it is outside. the cur at 83 degrees. okay. we know that's hot. the dew point is all about humidity. when it's above 65, we say it's humid outside. look at the dew point temperature here, it's at 70, in the low 70s through the afternoon hours. so it will be very muggy this afternoon. the winds, though, rather nice at about 14 miles an hour. it's that southwesterly wind that's bringing in the hotter and more humid