to describe the injustice done to the people who they leave behind. >> this morning new efforts to secure the site where a malaysian airline went down. plus your opportunity to show your condolences to the victims. and exactly one week until trains start running. get on the silver line. your chance to see one of the new stations. plus how it will affect other trains on the system. but first the big changes you'll see in the weather when you step outside. welcome to news4 today i'm angie

gosk. >> things are going to change a bit today. >> i'm liking it. but you're seeing the changes already. i know i saw some rain drops in early. meteorologist chuck bell joins us with the forecast. >> good morning to both of you and a good saturday morning, everybody. plenty of clouds and yes, there are, indeed, a bit of light sprinkles out there this morning. sat slight and radar showed the picture when you saw a moment ago, here it is on storm team 4 radar now. not a lot of rain inside the beltway. a couple of very light sprinkles here near the panhandle. it looks a lot scarier on radar than it is. this is all extremely light rain. so don't count on a washout of a saturday. but don't count on much sunshine

here. mi mi mid-60s in the suburbs. plan on the 70s for the remainder of your day. just passing rain drops out there. i wouldn't spend a lot of time polishing the fender first thing this morning. more in a few minutes. back to you. new this morning, ukraine and pro-russian rebels have established a safe zone around the crash site of mh-17. this is allowing independent investigators access to the site. >> pro-russia rebels that control that area, they've been keeping ukrainian government from even getting to the site. new this morning the ukrainian government claims that pro-russian separatists took eight bodies from the crash site to the morgue. the rest of the victims' bodies are still out in the open. rebels are planning on transporting parts of the wreckage onto russian soil. nbc news has not independently confirmed those reports.

there's outrage saying the safe site around the site has come two days too late. >> investigators saying the integrity of the site have already been compromised. tom koth tell low has more. >> reporter: in square six miles rebel backed rebels have been picking through the wreckage of the passenger plane shot out of the sky without warning. in a nearby sun flower field, the bodies of passengers, their passports and possessions including tour books. "new york times" reporting sabrina tavernise. >> there were bodies strewn everywhere in the field and, you know, personal possessions, passports, bicycles. it was horrible. >> reporter: late in the day ukrainian rescue teams told news russian-backed separatists

ordered them out of the crash scene and there were shots fired by rebels. the separatists are thought to have already recovered the plane's black boxes. now a single ntsb investigator and two fbi agents are headed to kiev to assist. should a team be allowed in. >> what the investigators come up with isn't going to be the most relevant piece. for more important is the intelligence piece. what we see about where this missile came from and who fired it. >> reporter: malaysia flight 17 a highway in the sky used byñr airlines flying between europe and asia. even as war raged below, ukraine kept the air space open though some airlines did avoid the area. the faa banned american flights of flying over the region. after the crash they included

eastern ukraine. at the crash site, trying to recover the victims under constant threat. >> malaysia flight airlines mh-17 was shot down thursday by a surface to air missile. the question remains who fired it and why. u.s. intelligence showings the missile was shot from inside a pro-russian separatist controlled area. president obama said insurgents would not be capable of pulling out such an attack without russia's support. >> we're learning more about the only known american victim in the malaysian airlines flight 17 crash. guinn lucas johnson grew up in new jersey but lived most of his life in the netherlands. he was on his way to bali. >> we want to know why at the

moment and giving fault to each other. >> another passenger had connections to the u.s. carlin was a dutch citizen but was working on her chemistry degree at an indiana university. many were showing condolences at a vigil last night. people held hands while they walked from the bassy of ma the netherlands to the embassy of malaysia. >> it's horrible. and these people have nothing to do with the conflict. >> it's frustrating we can't do anything else. at least we can bring flowers. >> the netherlands embassy is going to open up a written registry on monday and tuesday for people to leave condolences. we're keeping an eye on all the developments on the crash. on the "today" show, more on ho

active war zone. log onto nbcwashington.com, just click the news tab at the top of the home page. new this morning, a ruling against a major tobacco company. we got ahold of the billion-dollar decision. plus the grand opening of the metro. your chance to get a lay of the land before the trains start rolling. and cracking down on those bar crawls. how the rules could change today for the popular parties.

welcome back. you can get an up close look at a new station on metro's silver line. there is an open house -- rest station. this is where i live. >> this is actually happening.

news4 got a look at the station before today's public tour. 60 new routes are coming to the silver line bus schedule. one is the route from wiehlie to the dulles airport station. the station has 2300 parking stations, a secure base, and a room for bicycles. >> this is actually fairfax county's first secure back room and it's part of the wiehlie metro here. there's this secure facility with free bike parking adjacent to us. >> the open house starts at 9:00 and runs until 3:00 in the afternoon. tomorrow the silver line will begin testing trains without passengers. the service will last all week until next saturday's open. the purpose is to give train operators a chance to get familiar with the route before you begin boarding. the test will cause delays the service. you could be waiting longer for trains on the orange and yellow lines as well. at the most you'll wait six

minutes longer than normal for a train. pub crawls in arlington may never be the same. today county leaders are preparing to create new regulations on them. bars should foot the bill for extra police and trash cleanup. today's vote could require bars to get a permit to hold the parties. the county manager will then decide how much the businesses will be charged. here's a reason to smile this morning. a free dental clinic in maryland. this is how packed it was for yesterday's clinic. one woman was sent into labor. some say it shows the need for affordable dental and health care. today's clinic is at north point high school. opened up about 11 minutes ago. it closes at 4:00. coming up, a capitol hill staffer due in court for the weekend. what will land him in front of a

judge today. i'm looking at storm team 4 radar over the last couple minutes. looking for the best chances of where the showers are and where they're going next. coming up.

new developments overnight in the fight between israel and gaza. israeli defense forces attacked 36 new targets as they continue invading the gaza strip.

officials say this invasion could last up to two weeks. early this morning palestinian fighters launched seven rockets into israel with three landing on the ground. nearly 300 people have been killed since fighting began 11 somedays ago. the united nations says 1/5 of those killed were children. we're learning the details of a large verdict awarded to a family. we're talking a $23 billion benefit. michael johnson sr. died of lung cancer in 1996. the family sued the tobacco company blaming it for johnson's death. we learned they saddled them with $23 billion for punitive damages. that's on top of the $17 million that the judge awarded johnson's family. a judge determined johnson was 30% responsible for his own illness because he was a smoker. however, the jury sided with the family. today we can learn why a

capitol hill staffer brought a handgun inside a house. he works for pennsylvania representative tom moreno. he went into the cannon house office building with a handgun and ammunition. they found the gun during a briefcase search. darcy spencer talked to him by phone. he says it was an accident. carrying a handgun without a license is a felony in the district. we're getting a new look at robbers trying to steal money out of your account. these photos show a man and a woman wanted for atm skimming. this is our first look at the female suspect. police say at least three men are also involved. the thieves install secret card readers. investigators say if you see a machine that appears to have something loose around the card slot, notify the bank immediately. new video just in of wind whipped fires fueled by hot

conditions. they're burning out of control in washington. look at that. right now massive wildfire is passing through two more communities. yesterday people who lived in the town of pateros, turned to rubble. people in nearby towns are now evacuating. so far the fireas blackened more than 260 square miles. really this started a week ago with just a series of lightning storms that sparked it. look what it has ballooned into. >> the weather must be dry out there for all that to be happening and the wind to be whipping around like that. >> pacific northwest known for cloud and drizzle and rain and all that. this is the relatively dry season for them. 260 square miles, the district of columbia is only about 60 square miles. so that's four times the area of the entire district of columbia. so that is one huge fire out there. hopefully they'll get that under control sooner rather than later.

for us around here, a little taste of the pacific northwest in summertime around here. plenty of clouds. a little light rain and drizzle out there as well bringing an end to our cool and dry stretch. we're going to stay cool through the weekend, but the dry weather is essentially over. it's not raining outside just yet. there's a live picture of capitol hill. plenty of cloud cover out there. and there'll be plenty of clouds on your saturday. but rain drops, it's not going to be a washout. little rainier out to the north and west of the city. right now downtown it's 74 degrees. but already everywhere along the chesapeake bay, but almost everywhere else down in the 60s this morning. 66 in martins burg. and there are rain drops along parts of i-81. haigerstown, martinstown. it hand added up to more than a few hundredths of an inch but it is enough to get your car dirty

out there. frederick down all getting sprinkles out there this morning. just a couple of drops. literally about ten drops on my windshield between downtown and the station this morning. but you'll have a little bit more than just a few drops in northern most maryland. there's a big slug of moisture coming our way. over here. over here. we're back over here. come on, now. come on. don't make me come over there, camera. i'll get you. it's good, isn't it? love it. people ask me do you do the show live?kk[[[mx you bet ya. would we leave these kind of things in here? we'd edit those out if we could. light rain, that's going to be it. it's more of a cdain issue today. rain chances fairly low in the metro area. but better chance for showers down into southern maryland. inside the metro today, you're going to be dodging an occasional drop or two.

temperatures working their way mid to upper 70s by late this morning. out and around this afternoon, again, a whole lot of clouds. maybe a sliver or two of sunshine. temperatures into the low 80s today. if you're headed to the ballpark tonight, the brewers and the nationals. cloudy skies, but i wouldn't wor about rain delays at all. here's our future weather forecast. we'll keep the clouds around through the overnight hours tonight and have a cloudy start tomorrow. i think tomorrow during the afternoon, a little bit of sunshine starting to work its way in. probably one to three degrees warmer tomorrow than we will be today. i think the second half of tomorrow will be the best part of your entire weekend. so that won't be too bad. clouds settle back in again as we head towards monday as well. i think our next best chance for everyone getting a substantial amount of rain probably comes up late tuesday into wednesday with heat and humidity coming back. yes. our vacation from the 90s,

that's about to come to an end. here's tomorrow. cloudy the the morning. that's about it. mild and dry. maybe driving to the beach this weekend. you'll be fighting a lot of clouds but not a lot in the way of rain chances. beach temperatures only in the 70s. that's good or bad depending how you like your beaches. i prefer mine in the 70s and 80s but i know many like it 99 degrees on blistering hot on the sand. but mid-90s by next week. >> awesome. >> thanks, chuck. it could be the transportation design that keeps you out of traffic. how the project is really one step to reality. coupons can be time consuming. >> i have to remember to carry them and i don't. >> i'll take you through the aisles and show you how to save at the grocery store without atwithout the internet i would probably be like a c student.

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new developments this morning into the crash of that malaysian airlines plane. this morning ukraine and pro-russian rebels agreed on a safe zone around the crash site on mh-17. american investigators now are headed that way to that area today. meanwhile those 289 bodies of the victims are still out in the open right now in ukrainian countryside. malaysian airlines says they are still working to notify all of the families of the victims. and possible new clues to figuring out who fired the missile on thursday. the u.s. says the missile was a russian-made buk missile unit. ukraine's interior ministry is releasing new video of a truck

there carrying the buk missile to the border. at least one of the missiles appears to be missing. u.s. intelligence says it was fired from inside an area controlled by pro-russia rebels. a hundred of those on the flight were on their way to attend the international aids conference in melbourne. last night we spoke to kimberly carrbaukh who was at the conference when they learned of the tragedy. >> everybody here is stunned and very sad. not only for the loss of the individuals who were coming to this conference, but for all of those lives lost as well as for the families that are dealing with this tragedy around the world. >> a moment of silence honored researchers lange and other victims. coming up on the "today" show, the latest developments on the malaysia flight 17 crash. you can also check nbcwashington.com and follow up on facebook and twitter.

the time now is 6:31. cloudy skies as we look live outside of our studios here in northwest washington. >> if only we could get a repeat of that nice weather we had during the work week. that was just beautiful. there was no humidity, sunshine was out. >> well, it looks like storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell says the vacation is over. right? >> you're not going to want to hear this, but thursday and friday were my days off and they couldn't have been any nicer. >> good for you. >> all of you that get saturday and sunday off, oops. no, it's not going to be bad. no washout for your weekend, but there are clouds outside and plenty of opportunities for some light rain and sprinkles along i-81. best chances for rain this weekend will be shenandoah valley. right here in the washington area we have a chance for a passing sprinkle or two here this morning. it certainly didn't going to add up to all that much. zoom way in here on storm team 4

radar. over here towards gaithersburg, rockville. not adding up to much. these are a hundredth of an inch or so. that's about it. couple hundredths of an inch there along skyline drive. temperures right now 60s in the suburbs to low to mid-70s in town. for today, plenty of clouds. clouds, yes. drops, a few. but no washout. tomorrow more sunshine and dry. still in the 80s but there are mid-90s just ahead. that part of the forecast coming up. >> thanks, chuck. in the week ahead president obama will welcome the presidents of gauatemalguatemal honduras to discuss the overflow on the border. it appearings the surge may be slowing down. according to the administration sources, border patrol agents have found fewer than 500 undocumented children at the border in the south texas area this week. now, last month agents were

stopping as many as 2,000 a week. metro's multi-billion-dollar improvement project could slow you down on the rails this weekend. >> we have what you need to know before boarding. >> reporter: good morning. your biggest obstacle could be the green line. that's where the green belt station is closed for the entire weekend. that's, of course, the last stop on the green line. metro has shuttle buses taking riders to and from the college park station. me r24i

it's scheduled to open next month. they broke ground on their section in crystal city. >> so alexandria said we can carve out space here and really help this route one corridor in particular, help people have a better option. >> yet another transportation project happening in virginia while some quietly whisper about maryland transportation projects stalling. the transit plan for the 270 corridor but it's not happening yet. arlington board member and metro board member mary hines with a tip for her counterparts in maryland. >> they've got some metro assets they haven't fully taken advantage of.

that's a place to start. >> now, kim is a maryland commuter. she says she welcomes new options but admits it'll be tough to get her out of the car. >> the metro is so much more expensive some days. it's not that you save on money by doing that. >> now a changing landscape and changing transportation option to give more choices. another reason to do this project, take a look at the development that's here. pretty high end. condos from the sixes. town homes for $800,000. that's right. pretty expensive to live there. something you may not know. the planned purple line in maryland is a similar project. >> purple line in the silver spring area. >> that's right. >> this is great because once that's all said and done, then we're told by officials everyone's going to be living in walking distance of the metro. will really improve that area. their job is to save lives

over the phone. >> we see a spike on saturday and mondays in our texting and calling. >> why this weekend is such a critical time for this suicide prevention hotline. plus the new tools dispatchers can use to help you during a life crisis. plus the security guard nearly crushed by a van. now witnesses are sharing more about the efforts to save him. stay with us.

a prince georges county security guard is recovering after getting hurt on the job. here is the scene. he was rescued from a bizarre crash. james fisher is a father and a well-liked person in the complex where he works. >> we spoke to friends and neighbors who say they weren't sure he was going to survive. >> reporter: tears of relief as

firefighters rescue james fisher, a security guard that was trapped after this minivan plowed into his booth. he works at this temple hills apartment complex. >> i'm grateful he survived. >> reporter: medics drove him to prince george's hospital center. tonight he is recovering in the emergency room. we showed his neighbor a video of the scene on nbcwashington.com. donna smith is amazed. >> i would assume he's dead. oh, my god. >> reporter: he survived. >> oh, my god. he's a really nice person. >> reporter: fisher was conscious and communicating with rescue crews. the driver stayed on the scene and is going to be okay. now the unanswered question, why did he crash? >> shocking to know that someone actually rammed into there. like, all this space and you decide to run right into the booth. >> reporter: police are investigating the crash. as for james fisher, he's

expected to be okay. and his neighbors along with people who live in the community where he works hope to see him soon. news4. >> i a maying story there. as investigators head to the malaysian airlines crash site, new questions to solve a mystery. >> how they can determine what happened in another p

welcome back. the "today" show is next on news4. >> erica hill and lester holt joining us live from new york. good morning. >> good morning. good to see you. coming up on a saturday morning on "today," we'll get is the latest in ukraine and the pentagon in the downing of malaysian flight 17. officials say they're closer to finding out who may be responsible as concerns grow over the security of the crash site. we'll also peek live to the grandfather of the only american on board about his devastating loss. also ahead this morning, a raging wildfire in washington is not showing any signs of slowing down. more people being forced from their homes. we have a live first-hand look this morning at some of that damage. plus tim mcgraw taking heat for apparently slapping an overzealousat a concert. also an extraordinary miracle for a girl who lost her

ear several years ago. wait until you see how doctors were able to reconstruct it for her. those stories and more as we get started on a saturday morning right here on "today." back to you. >> thanks so much. well, this weekend in vermont search teams will be out on lake champaign searching for a plane that went missing 40 years ago. they'll be using new technology to solve the mystery. jack thurston has more. >> i didn't think this would happen. >> reporter: christina coffey has waited years to see this. a lake scanning the lake for her father. >> you can't find piece until you find all the pieces. >> reporter: the tennessee woman's dad was the pilot of a jet like this one. in 1971 he was flying out of the airport in burlington bound for rhode island. but in near-blizzard conditions the plane vanished.

nikita, his co-pilot, and three businessmen on board from the south have never been found. they're believed to have died h when the aircraft crashed into the icy lake. >> i hate the fact that these men are still down there. that there's never been any closure. >> reporter: now new hope from new york and vermont state police and other agencies. they're crisscrossing an 18 mile square quadrant looking for piece of the plane to help solve this mystery using technology that wasn't available in the '70s. the search here will continue through the weekend with all sorts of technology from sonar to submersible robots. the goal is to see if there are any bodies intact in the wreckage and if they can be recovered. >> only god really knows where it is. >> reporter: the marine exploration group is helping. >> the pain they've been going through for 43 years now, it's

unimaginable. >> reporter: kate's late month was george nikita's sister. now living in california, she rushed to vermont four decades ago for the initial unsuccessful search. all this time wondering if there would ever be another. >> what would this moment mean to your mom? >> everything. and that has been, i think, the hardest thing for me is that she's not here to witness this. >> reporter: and and christina coffey are optimistic this will allow them to give george nikita a proper burial. >> he deserves that. news4 is on a mission to change minds. today we are looking at teen suicide rates and how the weekend can be especially deadly. news4's richard jordan reports that for those in a crisis, help is just a text message away. >> one of your residents is one of our clients -- >> reporter: these people answer

the s.o.s. that can save a life. northern virginia-based crisislink helps those around the region who are considering suicide. but the call center isn't just taking phone calls anymore. now text messages are coming in too. >> kids are much more likely to communicate through texting. they say that's their main source of communication these days. >> reporter: the new option started a month ago and the majority of texts come in on saturdays and mondays. >> i think saturday if everybody's out having a good time and you're not, it's a good time to call a hotline. mondays you're back to work, back to school and things aren't going well. it's a good too imto call a hotline. you don't have to be in crisis. you could just be struggling to reach out to us. >> reporter: and most teenagers would rather reach out by texting than calling. teens text an average of 60 times a day and 85% of teens say

technology is their primary means of communication. so taking texts is an obvious way to help those feeling helpless. in northern virginia, richard jordan, news4. >> and a new crisislink text line is 703. 940-0888. we have this number and more resources available if you're worried about someone who may take their own life. find that on our website nbcwashington.com. search changing minds. well, consider this your warning. new speed cameras are up and running today in d.c. they're all in northeast. two cameras will make sure you're driving at or below 25 miles an hour while another one will make sure you obey pedestrian rules. if these cameras catch you, you only get a warning in the first 30 days. after that, you're looking at a fine. >> it's real easy to go over 25 and not know it. >> chuck needs to slow down when he's on the road. some of his fancy cars he drives around. >> well, you know.

it was a gently used ferrari. don't i wish. >> i liked your bentley, though, when you had that one. >> yeah. that was nice. i only got to ride in the back. people kept throwing fruit on the window. >> not the best day for top down today. >> no. top down weather comes back tomorrow. but your saturday, maybe today is the day you get caught up on the inside jobs around your house. maybe you clean out the back and clean out the garage. that's what my mom used to do this time of year. chuck, it's a cloudy day in the summertime, clean all the clothes out of your closet you haven't worn for the last year so we can get red did for back to school. it's only july. it will be a relatively low impact on your day today. plenty of clouds with passing sprinkles.

pool weather today, well, you can still get a bit of a burn. even with the clouds. the uv index today is still in the high range at a seven. spf 50 or higher if you're outside. capitol hill there. temperature at reagan national airport is now at 74 degrees. most in the 60s. spotsylvania 66. 73 in annapolis and edgewater. rain chances today, relatively low in the metro area. a slightly better chance of some rain and the rain you get, it's light, light, light rain today. out in the shenandoah valley and a better chance for light rain in southern maryland. here's storm team 4 radar. you can see a hole here. showers in st. mary's county. a little light rain here out to the panhandle of virginia. use it to zoom down to your town. charlestown, west virginia,

middleway, martinsville. all getting very light rain this morning. those drops are tracking northeast bound into parts of frederick county. frederick, maryland, just a little light rain this morning. in and around the metro area, not a whole lot coming down just yet. i had about ten drops hit my windshield on the way in this morning. there's a lot of moisture to the south. most of this, the air mass that over head is fairly dry so it's going to eat up at lo of that rain. it looks like a big rain chance this weekend, it's really not. just a couple of sprinkle chances for today. your saturday starter, temperatures near 70. one or two sprinkles around. more clouds than anything else. your saturday afternoon, mostly cloudy. temperatures will make it up into the low 80s today. saturday night out on the town, clouds, yes, but not much of a rain threat on your saturday night. there's your future weather forecast. best rain chances there west of the blue ridge today. then drying up a bit.

then we'll have the nicer weather coming back in tomorrow. then the heat comes back. here's your seven-day forecast. 80s today, tomorrow, montana. back to 90 we go on tuesday. and then we go back to 90s. humidity in abundance as well. so summertime is just around the corner. i personally am going to take my 80-degree cloudy saturday and go for a nice run. going to be ten-mile saturday. >> really ten miles? >> at least. >> i'm going to go home and take a nap. >> after you run. >> are you training? >> always in training. >> okay. >> thanks, chuck. coming up, the community service project that's a true team effort today. >> you're watching news4 today.

today's players from the nationals are encouraging kids to learn to read. the nats sponsor the summer reading program and the students who reach their goals will get two goals to a nats game. >> and in northern virginia arlington is celebrating the national independence of columbia with a day of festivities for the county.

volunteer groups are throwing events. it begins at 3:00 at arlington gunston arts theater one. $20 at the door. 6:57 here. that's it for north side today. we will be back in 25 minute mi. >> we will. but before we go, some of us at risk of rain drops. >> that's right. can't rule out a sprinkle or two in town. won't be a washout. just a lot of clouds. >> join us again at 9:00 this morning. until then, make it a great day, everyone.

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good morning. international outrage, grog concerns this morning over the integrity of the crash site for the downg of the malaysia plane. it fears evidence is being destroyed. this morning, we learn more about the victims and the u.s. zeros on who shot it down. extending ground campaign. israel's ground defensive in gaza moves into a third day. hamas militants keep firing rongts in israel. we are live in gaza city. raging out of control. an incredible scene in washington state as a wildfire destroys more than 1 o 0 homes and forces