them in jeopardy and the warning the israeli prime minister made minutes ago. and we are in for another round of severe storms today. it's a weather alert day here at nbc4. they are headed this way as many of you are dealing with the aftermath of the strong storms from yesterday. >> arlington saw heavy rain atrees strewn across the road with transformers exploding. >> like bombs being dropped. >> nobody was hurt and storm team 4 is watching today's storm closely to keep you safe again. >> meteorologist tom kierein is here to show us what is headed your way on radar. tom, good morning. good morning. we love the trees but not in the path of strong storms. we have a lot of trees that came down yesterday. unfortunately, again today we could get some more very strong storms knocking trees down and taking power out. we have the ingredients in place. humidity there, it is around capitol hill at dawn. the other greet is heat up near 90 this aft

and the other ingredient, a cool front sweeping in away the humidity that is now at 82%. 77% in re michigan national. a calm wind starting off this morning with a short-sleeve day. and we have a few light showers here out in west virginia and just coming into western maryland tracking well to the west of the metro area for the morning hours. it is later today when we have the risk for severe storms. have an umbrella throughout the day. a very humid day throughout the morning. some strong storms coming through 3:00 to 8:00 p.m. a look at the hour-by-hour temperatures as the temperatures progress throughout the day coming up over the next 24 hours. now back to you. tom, thank you. the army's dthree soldiers were

injured when they were outside when the storms hit yesterday. you can always download the latest severe weather app on itunes or google play. >> who wouldn't want that? now here's melissa mollet with the first 4 traffic report. what is going on on the roads. >> now i have a disabled car 95 northbound at prince william parkway slowing things. but we understand it's off to the shoulder. that's what police are telling us at this point. vdot is on the scene to get that out of the way for us. >> in southwest we have the that flashing lights near emerson. near 66 we are slowing down. and 295 in the normal spots are looking good. this camera doesn't look like that on the turnpike. the wind is moving it but it

won't cause many problems. and israel is looking to intensify their military operation against gaza militants if they reject the cease-fire. it appears hamas already rejected the proposal to take effect already. these israeli militants fired several shots and will defend themselves. manassas police arrested a man for child pornography. during his arrest sims took naked photos to send to his girlfriend. now manassas police are taking

the pictures. police are investigating a double shooting in the northwest neighborhood that happened in the 1400 block of missouri avenue northwest blocking georgia avenue. two men were shot to survive, but they are looking to survive. there have been eight shootings c%

>> most of them are crossing the street while reading text messages. so we have put signs on the roads. and we'll communicate with them by social media. >> the university is also encouraging so-called designated walkers to make sure everybody gets across the street safely after a night of drinking. metro riders, listen up. if you are on the orange and blue line, you may need extra time to make some changes to your commute ahead of the big silver line opening. metro is going to start making scheduled adjustments next week. they are also looking to repair water leaks at new silver line

stations and up stall special tape on the third rail despite the last-minute finishing touches. it is still on track to open saturday, july 26th. a bill designed to prevent montgomery county employers from knowing a criminal's background record will be presented today. they are preventing a check box on job applications asking if you have a criminal past. under the bill the private employer cannot conduct a background check until you take a job offer. a similar bill is being considered in d.c. a plot to steal money out of your bank account is growing in northern virginia. this morning the red flag you should check for at the atm before you take out any cash. and a new way to fight breast cancer. the new technique that could cut back on some of the terrible side effects that come with treatment. plus, storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein just

showed us this storm headed our way. he'll take you through the day hour by hour so you can plan ahead. your next weather and traffic on

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welcome back at 6:10. a new potentially safer option for women fighting breast cancer could be available in the future. >> a study at northwestern university found that a gel form of the drug tamoxifin is just as effective as the pill form of the drug. and women who used the gel has less of the drug in their blood. this is a relatively small trial and larger trials will be needed before the gel is approved. here's another new study. it suggests that babies begin to process speech months before saying their first word. >> researchers study 7-month-old

and 12-month-old infants as they listen to the sounds in native and foreign languages. the other babies responded to all speech sounds. the older infants showed more activity in the brain area that perceive the formation and meaning of language. experts say these findings really do emphasize just how important it is to talk to babies even before they are really verbal. >> so instead of all the baby talk we talk, if you actually speak to your child, i really think they are listening and understand. and i think they look at you and give you cues they do understand. it is important to speak to your child like a person. right now tom kierein is going to speak to us about this beautiful sunrise that is out there. it will be another one of those days, tom. >> stop eating your bagel and look at your tv. what a view from up here. whoa, you can see forever. gorgeous sunrise. sun emerging from the morning

murkiness. and it is murdky with a lot of humidity. we have light rain in the area of green way out in west virginia. that's going to be creeping closer to us. the whole zone to our west is going to be moving in by later today. between now and noon, partly sunny, humid, mid-70s by 8:00 a.m. by noon, mid-80s. near 90 by 2:00. then strong storms coming in between 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. to dtemperatures down into the low 80s. after 8:00 p.m., storms ending. then by midnight, down to the low 70s. by this time tomorrow morning, the upper 60s with much lower humidity moving in. a look at the severe chances today and the severe risk zone, which neighborhoods are in the zone is coming up at 6:21. how is traffic? looking pretty good. chopper is headed down to 66 to show us an accident, but it was too foggy. they turned around. chopper 4 is now over the beltway in maryland near 95. and looking good. in virginia now, 66 out near

haymarket. a little slow again once you get inside the beltway and are heading into arlington. a wider look here just slow in the normal spots. you can see a little slow right here at the top of the beltway here at georgia avenue. then a tiny bit slow heading in on branch and pennsylvania avenues as well. a little slow as well indian head highway, 270 at montrose road. we are looking good. another look at 95 in maryland coming up in ten minutes. thank you. two men caught fighting, and get this, they are both police officers. the law that one of them broke that led to this fight. plus, a 3 karat ring left at a goodwill store. a goodwill store. how poli

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welcome back. storms hitting ohio right now will be in our area before the day ends. it is a weather alert day here on nbc4. storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein is tracking the area most at risk for severe weather and looking ahead to a big

change coming tomorrow. your weather and traffic on the 1s at 6:21. breaking news out of russia. the death toll in a subway train derailment is rising again. in just the past half hour, a russian news agency reported at least 16 people died and more than 100 others were hurt. this accident happened during the morning rush in moscow. russian investigators say a power surge caused the subway train to brake hard to lead to the derailment. police say this man is going from one atm to another in northern virginia stealing your personal information. this surveillance was taken after our report about thefts in fairfax and stafford counties on friday. investigators say he turned up saturday at a bank in leesburg. a skimming deviceis placed over the card reader that copies card numbers and over the atm there's a strip hiding a camera that reports customers entering their pins. police say there's one more red flag you should lookout for. >> if you get an out of order

message on the screen or you get an invalid card, which at that point if you know you have money in your account and feel something is going on with the atm, take the time to walk inside and alert the bank officials. >> leesburg detectives were able to grab the devices the thief used there. they are now looking for fingerprints. the sheriff of frederick county, maryland, will travel to the texas border there to get a look at the border crisis. chuck jenkins will join other sheriffs in south texas tomorrow to see children who cross the border alone illegally. general kips is noknown for his tough status on immigration. and it looks like the yoga tax is here to stay in the district. they voted to override mayor vincent gray's veto. he vetoed the $11 billion plan and because of the yoga tax

reduced funding for streetcars. the council voted 12-1 to override the veto saying the budget included needed changes and included cuts to middle class workers. we are celebrating summer in arlington this morning. we have history behind arlington county. angie goff is joining us live from bob and edith's diner on columbia pike. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, eun. we have great company this morning. what does it sound like when we are celebrating arlington? [ cheers ] >> reporter: what does it sound like when news4 gets you out of swim practice early? yes, we have a lot of members of the fort myers swig team. that's not a nickname, that's the name of the team. these kids come from all across arlington across the potomac from d.c. but did you know back in 1791

arlington was part of the original plan to be part of the district of columbia? years later it became part of alexandria and wasn't until 1920 it got its name arlington. these colonial village garden apartments so characteristic of arlington homes were in such demand you couldn't find one to rent in 1942. decades later maywood, the county's only historic residential neighborhood looks beautifully frozen in time. in westhoeven you will find nickel candy at a local hardware store. and h-b wood laup was the first public school to integrate in the state of virginia. arlington, home of history and the famous. >> warren beatty's house is in madison manor and is a typical house built in arlington to meet the demands. >> reporter: and now, eric, he went to school with sandra

bullock also from arlington. she's just like the personality she portrayed in "miss congeniality." do you guys know who tom dolan is? >> yes! >> reporter: one of the biggest stars from arlington is doris gensler. trie to get a picture, but no such luck. she grew up around here and was able to share a lot of great tips of places to check out. and i want to give a final shout-out to the fort myers swig team. one, two, three. go swig! >> all right. looks like a fine bunch of kids. and i love that they are not having to go to swim practice this morning.

these folks could have been swimming yesterday. the major league home run derby is a great example of how weird the weather is in parts of the u.s. it's july, obviously, but people in minnesota were wearing jackets, sweatshirts, ponchos -- the jackets are not so weird but the upcold weather? >> it is not uncommon to see cooler weather in minnesota but this is weird because it's summertime. >> we are getting such a mess out there today. we have a clash of the cool air in the upper midwest and the warm, humid air in place here that will be heading our way and triggering strong storms. i just checked looking at the latest observations in the upper midwest, only 55 degrees now in minneapolis, st. paul. northern minnesota, only in the 40s. take a look now at how this clash of air is going to be affecting our region and sweeping in later today coming in from the north and west. and we'll be right on the edge of that.

it won't be as cold as minnesota, but it will be pushing in a noticeable change here by tomorrow morning with below average temperatures during the day tomorrow. much less humid on wednesday. highs tomorrow just in the low 80s. the price we pay for that is rain and storms. right now just getting a little light rain out in west virginia. storms all in this yellow zone. that's the severe weather threat. all these neighborhoods in yellow crossing northern virginia, maryland, the eastern shore, that's the zone where we could get damaging winds and heavy downpours to cause isolated flooding later this afternoon along with some hail. those are our main severe weather threats. a very small chance of an isolated tornado. right now at dawn in washington, very humid. up near 90 by this afternoon. 80% chance of those storms coming in. and then much cooler tomorrow with highs in the low 80s and partly cloudy with lower humidity in place. lit stay in place on thursday and friday into the weekend getting an increasing chance of maybe a storm late on saturday

and into sunday and monday. i'm back at 6:31 looking at storm timing. a new model run just coming in that i have for you. melissa, how is traffic? taking a look at the accident in shantily. the road is still shut down there as police get you around it. construction still in the way here kind of near upper marlboro. we are seeing finally some red here on the maps. i hate to show you that. what a pain here as you come inside the beltway on 66. d.c. 295 is a little slow as well. beltway and new hampshire are looking good. thank you. right now the wrecked cruise ship off the coast of italy is floating again. tugboats are getting ready to

tow the costa concordia. the whole move is expected to take a week. this is the most expensive in history costing more than $1 billion. 32 people died when that ship capsized two years ago. even with his murder trial in recess, oscar pistorius is grabbing headlines and using his twitter account to deny claims that he was in a bar fight. his p.r. team says he was approached inside a johannesburg nightclub and the man asked him questions about the trial and the argument ensued but nothing physical. coming up on the "today" show, jeff rossen has more on how the olympic star was allowed to be inside that nightclub. and ugly mess for the miami police department as two officers get into a big fight that all started with a routine traffic stop. take a look at the video there. a city police officer pulled over a car for speeding not knowing the man in the car was a lieutenant in the same police

department. the two guys fight with both of them down on the ground. the dash cam in the officer's cruiser captured the conversation with his supervisor afterward. the lieutenant was dressed in plain clothes and confrontational. he had no idea the map he pulled over was another officer. >> he's plain clothes dude, plain clothes, plain car. i ran the tag and it don't come back. it come back, it come back to a rental agency. >> the officer has been placed on paid leave. the lieutenant is still working this morning. 95% of the roads in d.c. are in poor condition yet 95% of them have a plan to be fixed. and how thieves are trying to get your credit card information at the hotel where you are staying and where you can do to protect yourself. and heavy rain and strong

wind today. tom kierein will show us how fast today's storm can get here with your weather and traffic on the 1s.

right now if you are about to drive to work in d.c., a new survey shows 95% of the roads here are in poor shape. the white house plans to fix them to make your drive easier. plus, expect storms today. it is something we are getting used to in the evenings this summer. we could see heavy rains and winds, but so far a beautiful sky over d.c. this tuesday morning. take a look. a few clouds out there, but guess what? this view is going to change. >> storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein is looking at the timing everybody wants to know. when is it going to be in my neighborhood? we are starting off as we just saw with golden sunlight flooding the eastern sky. it is still very humid. that's the first ingredient for storms. the next one, heat. it's going to get up to 90 this afternoon, but the third ingredient is a cool front sweeping in from the west. all three of those working together to give us some strong storms later this afternoon.

right now we've got the steam heat in the low to mid to upper 70s in the metro area and around the bay. near 70 into the mountains. very humid all around and a little bit of light rain out of the mountains with light showers tracking off to the north and east. this one here in west virginia is moving towards win chester and the other one north and west of there headed to cumberland the next hour. and the timing on storms, here we go. we'll have by noontime some isolated thundershowers in the mountains. then by 3:00 p.m. shenandoah valley and east of the blue ridge is getting strong storms. all the areas you see in the orange and yellows, and that holds on shifting to the east right into the metro area and northern maryland. by 5:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m., the eastern suburbs. then clearing the bay after 8:00 p.m. the strong storms could produce damaging winds and flooding rains as well. a look at hour-by-hour temperature changes throughout the day coming up at 6:41. melissa, we are dodging potholes

and what else? potholes, some construction, a couple trees down. other than that, your typical tuesday morning. taking a look at chopper 4 over the top of the outer loop and inner loop of the beltway, this is bw parkway headed in or out of town on the parkway. a live look at things near the beltway, typically slow after the turn to fairfax inside the beltway on 66. quite slow there. taking a look at 95, slow as well. then 66 heading through oakton and faiax, a little slower than we typically like to see at this point this morning. i'm back in ten minutes with another look at 270. 6:32 now. if you are headed out the door, a pretty good bet you'll run into bumpy stretches of road out there. we just got our hands on a new white house study this morning that found that 6% of the roads in virginia, 20% of roads in maryland and 95% of the roads in d.c. are in disrepair.

molette green is live in northwest d.c. to see what the president is doing to fix the nation's roads and you found a real mess out there, molette. >> reporter: yeah, aaron, good morning. you read the numbers and i want to show you what it looks like in real life on newark street in northwest d.c. in the american university community. take a look. this is one street, i counted ten or more nasty spots. this whole street, i think, needs a redo. today the president will be focusing on rebuilding america's roads, bridges, the infrastructure and a more efficient way and smarter way. he wants to be able to test new technology, so that's why he's going out to northern virginia and to mcclain to a highway research center push for a backdrop. and expect to hear the president criticize congress for not funding critical highway

projects. one of the economic advisers points out that this problem impacts all of us. >> it adds to traffic. it wastes gasoline. it damages your vehicle and causes more repair costs. >> reporter: so what's the fix? the president is going to say it is critical for congress to fund the highway transportation fund. that's the fund that pays for projects already in the works. and there's an august deadline fast approaching on those projects that could be at risk. we'll hear more later this morning from the president. we are live in northwest, back to you. molette, thank you. >> a maryland swim coach accused of sexually abusing one of his swimmers could plead guilty in this case.

christopher yacht abused one of his former swimmers from 1984 to 1989. she was 7 when it started. according to "the washington post," yan agreed to enter the guilty plea later this month in exchange for a maximum sentence of ten years in prison. yacht founded the maryland suburban swim club in laurel. i'm richard jor dan with breaking news northwest of pittsburgh. there's been a house exp.on this is a picture posted online from that area. you saw that ball of fire there. two people are reported missing. our affiliate says they have confirmed the two people were killed in the blast when police initially arrived to the enis a. they heard ammunition going off here and had to pull back. those who lived nearby describe a horrible sound and debris hitting their homes from this explosion. we still don't know what the cause was, but it appears the first report is that two people

were killeded when the house blew up. that's the latest from the live desk. coming up at 6:36, a maryland courtroom is the latest base the redskins name will be held off limits. a u.s. court judge is holding a lawsuit against a new york giants player. in the ruling the judge included a footnote to say he purposely didn't use the name of the team in the ruling because it's offensive. earlier he told the attorneys not to say the team's name in the courtroom unless part of a direct quote. goodwill employees discovered a diamond in the rough. >> how about this? laying amongst the donations was a diamond ring worth thousands of dollars. take a look, someone dropped off this 3 carat ring with other jewelry. right now it's up for bid on shopwill do shopwill.com worth $8,000 and going for more. >> it is worth every penny

people are bidding on it and more. >> the money the ring uses will be used for the center's job training program. bidding ends today. to learn more about the diamond in case you're looking for a ring for the auction, just head to washington.com. 3 karats is worth more than $8,000, i would imagine. that's a big diamond. the new iphone feature that could end up delaying when the new phone goes on sale. plus, a d.c. man is 25. he hasn't gotten his license and tries to buy an alcoholic beverage but the store told him no. why the store was justified in its decision. and we are focusing on the storm headed our way today. tom kierein will drill into the next 12 hours to get you through next 12 hours to get you through the morning.

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we all know how this works, if you have an apple product, you love your product. if you have the iphone, we know you love it. the iphone 6 has a bigger screen but this morning there's a problem. there could be production issues with the new phone. the research company in taiwan says the problems are related to the new type of touch screen and metal casing. the smaller version of the iphone 6 is expected to be released this fall, but there's your heads-up. before you head out on your summer vacation, the secret service is out with a warning for you. hotel business computers can be hacked. the secret service alerted the hotel industry about malware installed on computers inside the business centers. they can monitor every word typed on your device to hack into your bank accounts and other sensitive data. the hotels cater to the business community, so you have to make

sure you take precautions. >> carry your own laptop, but then the secure wi-fi and that sort of thing is an issue. let's take a live look outside if we can as we celebrate arlington this morning. you are looking at part of the drum corps from the army's third infantry division at fort myer. >> we are also thanking our service members. take a selfie with a soldier and now we'll go to tom kierein. i love the older neighborhoods in arlington. we are right in the low to mid-70s. the hometown forecast is showing us in the mid-80s. quite a hot middle of the day. then we have and isolated thundershower noontime. a likelihood with heavy downpours and thunder and lightning with temperatures down into the upper 70s with chevy downpours. they could have some flooding around. and down to the mid-70s by 8:00.

there's the sunrise over washington with the severe chances for symptoms this afternoon. we'll have more coming up at 6:51. we are seeing volume at 95 in virginia and prince william parkway. same thing southbound out of frederick coming down 270. a little slow at this point this morning. top of the beltway, you can see. 301 is looking okay but branch avenue and pennsylvania avenue is a tad slow. and we are looking at indian head highway, this section is looking really good. thank you. west nile virus now in prince william county. we are pulling together the best advice to protect your family. plus, caught up in a sexting scandal. a teenager is caught sending evidence that could be thrown out today. out today. and wait ing [ yodeling plays ] worst morning ever.

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14 before the hour. we are tracking these storms headed our way. tom kierein says there is a chance we could see some flooding. he's going to tell us our chances for severe weather and a nice change are coming after the storm in your weather and traffic on the 1s at 6:51. we are keeping an eye on breaking news out of israel right now minutes after israel's cabinet accepted a cease-fire plan.

militants in gaza rejected it. now benjamin netanyahu is warning hamas israel will intensify its military operation. the israeli military says militants already fired three rockets into southern israel. no one died. the american soldier once held by the taliban in afghanistan is back on active duty. army sergeant bowe bergdahl is settling into a new job in texas after doctors treated him. david gutierrez is live this morning. ood morning. >> reporter: good morning. sergeant bowe bergdahl finished his six week reintegration process here and soon will be settling into the desk job. the army now calling him a normal soldier, but in the eyes of the public he's anything but. military officials won't say exactly what bergdahl's day-to-day routine will be, but they tell nbc news that investigators will finally be able to question bergdahl about claims that he deserted his

outpost in eastern afghanistan in 2009. as for what bergdahl will be able to do, he'll be able to go off base for the first time now without a military or medical escort. now some families of bergdahl's colleagues will be coming up to talk with the mother of the soldier who believes her son was killed while searching for beg dahl. the military so far said there's no evidence that anyone died specifically searching for bergdahl, but one pentagon source says as far as military officials can tell, bergdahl has not spoken to or seen his parents. >> as gabe mentioned, in a few minutes we'll have more on the "today" show on bowe bergdahl's reintegration process and the investigation into what happened back in 2009. that's coming up at 7:00 a.m. a hearing today could lead to evidence being thrown out

against a prince william county teenager charged in a sexti in, g scandal that you saw first on news4. 17-year-old trey sims faces felony charges for sending video of himself to his then high school girlfriend who was also a teenager. manassas police arrested him for child pornography. during his arrest sims said officers took naked photos of him for evidence. the he plans to ask the judge to dismiss the pictures at the hearing. three officers are out of the hospital this morning after lowering a flag on joint base in henderson hall in arlington last night. lightning from the strong storms hit nearby and was enough to injury the soldiers. just because you're 21, eun -- >> just because you're 21 doesn't mean you can get alcohol anywhere in the united states. the d.c. man found out the hard way according to the concord monitor in new hampshire, the man was denied the right to buy

alcohol in new hampshire. not because he was under age or drunk or suspicious but because he had a d.c. license. it turns out a corky state law does not list a d.c. license as a legal form of i.d. if you are planning a trip to new hampshire, a passport or military card is an acceptable alternative. today we could learn whether speed cams to open force a lower speed limit on the road. they plan to lower the speed limit to 25 miles per hour by august 1st. by the end of august the immediamedians will be installed to try to prevent jaywalking. and the university of maryland is also trying to make sure students know how to safely cross the street as part of their orientation program. and app promising to get you a seat into booked restaurants wants to charge you for something that is already free.

it's called reservationhop to make reservations under false names and then selling them for $10 to $20. people are upset about the app because the app is trying to make money off a dipper resolutions, something that shouldn't happen. but critics call this app illegal and sleazy. >> same thing with stubhub. that i go out to buy the tickets and tell you that you are getting a discount but i don't know if that's the case. >> you can make your own reservatio reservations. you may have to wait a couple months to get your ticket, but that's okay. now we have reservations about the weather today. >> we anticipate another rough day. now on the list, we have a stormy night ahead. we have a weather alert day today. that means we'll have special

storm team 4 updates all day long due to the threat of damaging winds, heavy downpours causing localized flooding. the rain risk time is 3:00 to 8:00 p.m. right now storm team 4 radar is showing a cluster of showers and a little thunder and lightning here near frederick perhaps in another three hours or so by late morning. right now it is a mild and muggy tuesday morning in the low to mid-70s. most of the region in the upper 70s around the bay. for us accordingly, it will be a hot and humid day. the severether chances today very low for tornadoes but a higher chance of hail, damaging winds and flash flooding due to heavy downpours likely coming in between 3:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. then before that, we see the weather change. tomorrow, beautiful in the low

80s. noticeably less humid. low to mid-60s and afternoon highs in the mid-80s. a little hotter on friday into the upper 80s. but it looks like we'll have the possibility of an afternoon storm way west of the metro area. maybe in the mountains on saturday. if partly sunny with a greater chance of afternoon storms with reaches reach the 80-degree mark. we are going to have major problems here in the next couple of minutes as this accident kind of stops things. take another look, d.c. 295 is slow near 50, 66 and 95. 95 is slow through dale city. and 66 is typically slow. taking a look at chopper near

the outer loop at 495 at new hampshire avenue, just kind of low volume. not what you have on this tuesday, but it is what it is, right? officer jordan at the live desk with breaking news. hamas is reporting the first air strike from the israeli military since a proposed cease-fire fell through. the israeli prime minister said they will be intensifying the israeli military operation against hamas after hamas rejected that proposal cease-fire. so this was expected. that's the latest from the live desk. the west nile virus has been detected in mosquitos in prince william county. the first time the virus has been documented in the country this year. the number of virus positive mosquitoes indicate the high risk of contract iing this is

high. now a lot of people like to walk to work or bike. >> angie goff is live in arlington with more. >> reporter: i don't know if you know this, but fewer than half of the residents here ride or bike to work. why is this a great place to get around on their bikes? >> there's a lot of ways to get around and one of them is biking. so i'm really committed to providing trails that can i walk and bike friendly. so this is really about building culture and making it normal and easy to get around. we do classes and are out there in the community at all times making it easy to get around on the bike. >> reporter: like arlington,

this is one of the things to keep the community moving. an overactive arlington has a lot to do with the exploding bike population and the convenience of walkable urban villages like boston, rosland and crystal city. >> one, two, three! >> swim! >> reporter: the fort myers swim team is part of the human community to boast three public high schools in northern virginia to have their own new pool. the new state of the art barkro if, t center is fun with new engineering. it is perfect for bike rides to relax and smell the roses. okay, we want to give a big shout-out to everybody who came out. we have the fort myers swim team, from the county board, mary hines, the old guard car pool. we are getting ready to hang

out. i have not done this in 20 years, my goodness. we'll see you next time we celebrate silver spring! >> be careful, angie. at least you have a helmet on. thank you for the awesome tour in arlington. we appreciate you waking up with us. >> we'll be back in 25 minutes with your alert on your traffic and breaking news. we hope you join us then. until then, have a great day. >> make it a great tuesday, everybody.

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