melissa mollet watching the road closures for you that just changed a few minutes ago. we start with megan mcgrath live with police as they try to figure out what happened here. megan, what do we know? >> reporter: well, we can tell you that police are still here on the scene collecting evidence. take a look behind me here. you can see all of the police cars. you can see perhaps an evidence bag there besides one of the vehicles there. they have been at it all morning long and continue with this effort. they actually have several different crime scenes in the area. all of them connected. of course, they are focusing most of their attention on huron avenue where the victim was found. an adult male found dead here just a little down from the corner of the street. now this all began to unfold at 1:30 this morning. when officers arrived on the scene they began to look around and discovered the body of this adult male here on hur ton aven.

no more information about the investigation itself, but still very active. we are expecting police to be here on the scene for a while yet. and this is having an impact on traffic in the area, although i should say there is some improvement now. with more on that, we'll go to melissa mollet. we have been chatting here throughout the morning talking about this situation in suitland. and what we know from the scene from megan, there's silver hill road now open. suitland road near huron avenue is still shut down. you don't have to go back around the rear of the federal center. your best alternate is pennsylvania or southern. take a live look here at a traffic camera, 270 at middlebrook road is looking good at this point this morning. no major issues or problems there. tom, coming up in the next couple of minutes, a wider look at the beltway. the only real problem on the beltway is near central avenue

where we have lanes blocked because of the earlier crash. the traffic looks good there and the weather looks good now. it's a typical mid-summer morning. and the weather headlines for today, another go sleeveless day today. hotter and more humid by mid-afternoon. and there's a small chance of an isolated storm by later this afternoon. and much of the region, by noontime, we'll have our temperatures in the low to mid-80s after we get some high clouds thick anything up a little bit. and steamy humidity in the afternoon as we reach near 90 degrees between 3:00 to 5:00 p.m. that's when we might get an isolated thunderstorm popping up. coming up in the next ten minutes at 6:11, chuck bell is joining us live on eighth street. now, erika, back to you. we have new developments now in the investigation of malaysia airlines flight 17. in the past 20 minutes we have learned malaysia airlines investigators just arrived on the scene of the crash site. the bodies of the passengers are now in a safe area of ukraine.

forensic experts will now examine the remains beforehanding them over to the netherlands for further identification. all but 16 of the bodice on board flight 17 have been recovered. an international team of investigators is also examining the plane's black box recorders. armed rebels turned them over last night. and in the meantime, russia denies involvement in the crash. the foreign ministry says a ukrainian fighter jet had tracked the airliner despite kiev's assertions that no aircraft were nearby or was nearby at the time. the european union will meet today to consider further sanctions against russia. 6:03 right now and neighbors say they knew the two young men who were locked in a basement in a rockville home three years ago. they told police about it then but it took until now for any action to take place. janice and john land are facing child abuse and false imprisonment charges. police say they kept the

22-year-old autistic men in a room the couple says the two boys had a history of running away. a man accused of setting off explosives outside his wife's parents' house will be in court. he was arrested in fairfax county. investigators say cassell and his wife were in the middle of a divorce and custody dispute. a public official from out of state may have to testify at

bob mcdonnell's corruption trial. but the former virginia governor is asking a federal judge to keep that official subpoena private. according to the richmond types dispatch, mcdonnell may call the witness to testify about the conversation the two had. the former governor and his wife are accused of taking personal favors from a virginia businessman in exchange for state promotion. that trial begins next monday. today president obama will recognize the country's historic mission to the moon. this month believe it or not marks 45 years since neil armstrong took the first steps on the moon. in 1969 apollo ii set off with a crew of three from florida's kennedy space center. the president plans to meet with apollo representatives this morning at the white house. we are following a developing story as explosions light up the gaza sky right now. meetings are underway to stop the fighting between israel and hamas. why both sides will agree to a five-hour break in the violence.

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welcome back. you may notice a new feature on facebook this morning. you can save an item on your news feed and look at it later. you can go back to check your saved items by clicking the more tab on your phone or desktop. this will be rolled out over the next few days. >> why would you need that? to save the sandwich you took a

picture of? the next iphone will have a bigger screen. apple will launch two versions of the next iphone before the end of the year. one with a 4.7-inch display and the other with a 5.5-inch display. now if that is true, the phone will be in direct competition with another popular smartphone, the samsung galaxy s. ten minutes after 6:00. all month long we have been celebrating summer around the region, checking out the neighborhoods where many of you live. >> and storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell finds himself this morning celebrating 8th street out there. hi, chuck. >> reporter: good morning, erika and aaron. it's a beautiful morning on 8th street. the thumbnail moon is getting higher and higher in the sky. it came up a couple hours ago. there's plenty of clouds in the sky first thing, so no pretty sunrise. the sun was up after 6:00 a.m. we don't get a pre-6:00 a.m. sunrise until next may.

now the temperatures begin to drop tomorrow. currently in the low to mid-70s across the area here in the metro. a few spots made it to the 60s this morning but not many. the hour-by-hour forecast for the remainder of the day, by lunchtime, the mid-80s at lunchti lunchtime. a rain threat as early as noon. shower and thunderstorm chances will creep back in once again after noon. expect a high of 89 degrees with another day to potentially get to 90 degrees. only 14 days so far have been 90 degrees or higher. that's half in years past in this state. now we'll go to melissa mollet with a check on traffic. we have big backups on 95 south in maryland at 100 with the right lane blocked causing serious delays from an earlier tractor-trailer crash. another disabled tractor-trailer, virginia 95 northbound, have slow right before you hit the beltway. you're going 14 miles per hour. also an accident on the inner

loop at central avenue. and then taking a look at the bw parkway out of town looks good, a little farther out of town is seeing delays. and we have a delay on the yellow line coming up in ten minutes. >> a small child turns 1. why is it so important? because it happens to be prince george, okay? the tradition his family will have at kensington palace to wish him a happy 1st birthday. and the epa and kim

6:15 right now and temperatures are heating up in our area. and this afternoon we could see a storm in these skies, but there's an even bigger chance tomorrow. storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein will take us through when we could see them in your weather and traffic on the 1s at 6:21. a developing story in south korea now. police say that those who were

on the ferry found the captain's body. they are still searching for ten bodice missing. we are going to talk to nbc's richard engel live in gaza city coming up at 6:45 this morning. and right now secretary of state john kerry is in cairo trying to broker a truce between israel and hamas in gaza. kerry says it is up to hamas to stop the bloodshed now. >> israel has accepted that

cease-fire proposal. they need to make the decision to spare innocent civilians. >> we just got that sound from the secretary of state standing with the secretary of united nations. so far 29 israelis have died and 529 palestinians have died. today we'll learn how to stop another terrorist attack in this country. the 9/11 commission will present their findings today at the museum. the original report by the commission came ten years ago. the group was formed by then george w. bush and congress shortly after 9/11 to study the events that led up to that attack. and new developments on an arrest that turned deadly in new york city. you may remember a man died thursday after an officer allegedly used a chokehold in this video child handcuffing him. that video thererom the

attack, well, four of the ems officers who responded to the scene have been suspended without pay. the investigators say the ems workers did not attempt to perform cpr on the man. the officer accused of using the chokehold has been stripped of his badge and gun. 18 after the hour. d.c. police are looking for a person who stabbed a man in the brooklyn neighborhood. the stabbing happened last night at 13th and evarts street northeast. at last check, the man was conscious and breathing at the hospital. we are learning the pilot in a plane crash in fredericksburg intended to crash the plane. edwin hassell rented the sesna plane that went down on july 22nd, 2013. they found that hassell was diagnosed with severe dprex weeks before the plane went down. a judge is looking to stop the closure of 15 d.c. public schools. activists sued the chancellor from closing the schools.

they claim that the closures were intentionally discriminatory to poor and minority students. well, a judge wrote the closure decisions were race neutral. well, in other news, if you didn't already know it, if your calendar wasn't marked, today is prince george's first birthday. >> the british royal family will celebrate the milestone with a special private tea at kensington palace. you can see the official family photos here with the duke andl( rreleasing these photos of prince george there get big, already walking. he's the third in line to the british throne. >> what does every 1-year-old want? a tea party. make note of that, parents. >> or the tube from the toilet paper role. >> i know. >> the kids always have more fun

with those things. >> this is true. storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein is standing by with a few changes to your forecast and maybe when storms are headed your afvñway. tom? >> it has turned more humid overnight. as a result,ç we are getting f rapidly developing in the shenandoah valley. here are the visibilities at 6:20 in the morning. it is down to a half a mile in a few areas.m a greater chance of strong

storms on wednesday as we heat into the mid-90s tomorrow afternoon. it will be more humid tomorrow. and a likelihood of the storms coming through late afternoon into early evening. now there's a small chance for some of the storms to produce damaging winds and hail late tomorrow afternoon and into the evening. after we get through that, that's the front coming through. maybe a lingering shower thursday morning turning less humid thursday afternoon with highs in the mid-80s as well as on friday. the low humidity. friday is the best day of the next several days into the weekend. a little more humidity around, perhaps an isolated shower on sunday and into monday. and tuesday of next week. we have the possibility of maybe more storms around. i'm back in ten minutes with a look at the storm timing hour by hour through the day and where it may be hitting first. that's coming up at 6:31. how is traffic? major slowdowns to talk about. good thing the weather is decent at this hour. because if we add rain to this, it would be a mess. 95 southbound at 100, very slow.

the right lane off-ramp blocked here in maryland because of the earlier crash. we look okay, but you can see the slowdowns also here near the bw parkway headed into town, and 295 once you pass 50. it's pretty slow there. looking at 66 and 95 in virginia, we had the earlier crash at 29 out of the way but still slow. 95 headed up north through virginia, you can right at the beltway, it is slow from the earlier tractor-trailer crash. the prince george's county side of things is looking pretty good. i want to mention this, suitland hill road is now open. suitland road near huron avenue is closed. pennsylvania or southern are your alternates. i'm back in ten minutes with a look at 270. 6:22. all morning long we have been celebrating 8th street in the district and checked out coffee and food so far. >> that's right. we are very hungry. now we are getting a look at this new d.c. streetcar system to take our mind off the foods. let's go to kristin wright live on h and 4th streets in

northeast. good morning, kristin. >> reporter: good morning, erika. good morning, aaron. hey, i'm suddenly on a pettycab. what is your name? >> my name is joe. >> reporter: thank you for the lift. okay. so we are talking streetcars this morning. it's a big week for ddot because today they will start moving a couple of the streetcars over to 8th street for the last time. and they will come over on these huge flatbed trucks. and it's a huge milestone. >> we are in preparation of moving four car there is this week to t the stage for the next milestone when we go to into the last set of our test called system integration. >> reporter: all right. this morning it's a big deal because we have a group of the men and women who will be operating the streetcars and also mechanics who will be maintaining them with us this morning. and they, by the way, are the

first, the very first hired by ddot to do this job. tell me your names. >> my name is savina. >> my name is daniel. >> my name is gracie. >> my name is robert. >> antoinette. >> eric. >> and first i want you to meet antoinette. tell me what it means to be the first to operate a streetcar and the first woman to operate a streetcar in the district since the '50s? >> the feeling has been a majestic feeling. it is overwhelming and awesome to be here. and i'm so privileged and blessed to have been awarded this opportunity. >> reporter: thank you. and matthew brown, again, he's the director of ddot, tell me how streetcars will change 8th street? >> it's going to help with

transportation options on 8th street. you just got off the petty cab, the cars and pikes, there's a great opportunity for all of them. we are thrilled the streetcar is back after being gone 50 years. >> reporter: very quickly, deba dates? >> by the end of the calendar year. >> reporter: coming up we'll tell you about an event to come and see on 8th street. >> kristin wright, thank you so much, appreciate it. a bizarre tweet is still gaining attention this morning. >> yeah, it comes from the environmental protection agency office of waters twitter account that reads, quote, i'm now a c-list celebrity in kim kardashian, hollywood. come join me and become famous, too, by playing on the iphone. that tweet us up for a few hours plugging the new game to allow you to join the cartoon version of kardashian on the red carpet adventure. performing tasks to increase your celebrity profile.

that's what she does. thousands of people responded to the tweet sharing, commenting on it, including the game's developer tweeting, keep at it, you'll get there. eventually that tweet was deleted about 9:45 last night. >> because people don't have anything better to do than to play that game. if i was a kid and my parents were playing that game, i would be really upset. i would be like, you're not spending time with me because you're playing kim kardashian's game? wow. >> no comment from the epa on this mess. well, in other news, several women attacked while running in our area. >> i'm going to show you five different techniques. >> how an olympic runner is helping women protect themselves as they step out to exercise. and a huge recall at a popular grocery store. the fruit that may have listeria and the extra steps the store took to make sure the customers knew about the danger. plus, storm team 4 is watching a chance for a storm today. tom will take you through what to expect hour by hour.

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we are staying on top of breaking news in suitland for you. right now several roads are

closed as prince george's county police investigate a homicide. some roads near huron avenue are closed. in the last 30 minutes, silver hill road we have learned is back open. we'll go live to megan mcgrath in 15 minutes for the latest on the search for the killer. plus, get ready for a humid day. we may even see a storm before the day is over. tom kierein is watching all of that for you. good morning, tom, how is it looking out there? it's getting more humid. this live view of the national harbor camera showing humidity rolling in as we look at the big old wagon wheel. i have darius playing in my head. it is a soft and serene summer morning. much of prince george's county in the upper 60s to lower 70s. fairfax county near the bay, low 70s. and patchy, dense fog out of the

shenandoah valley with temperatures near 70. here is storm timing later today. by 3:00 this afternoon the areas in green may have a few isolated showers around the region. the greater chance is in the mountains. later today between 5:00 and 8:00 p.m., by late in the evening, those thundershowers will be dissipated and things will be settling down. coming up at 6:41, chuck bell is joining us live on 8th street with your hour by hour forecast throughout the day. and melissa is looking at 66 up to no good. a big mess headed into centreville this morning eastbound. you can see how nasty it is from this earlier crash at 29. once you are past 29 it clears out nicely with no issues after that. bw parkway at powder mill road, we have a crash out of the way but still causing slowdowns andish shoo uhs. i want to mention this, the yellow line is seeing delays from mount vernon from the earlier issue at huntington.

95 south at route 100, the right lane is blocked. if you can avoid it, please do so. 270 at germantown road, we are looking pretty good. i'm back in ten minutes. 6:32. today jury selection begins for a d.c. police officer charged with trying to kill his wife in prince george's county. prosecutors say sampson lawrence iii beat his wife and threat opened her with two knives at their home back in november. court documents say he beat her with a metal lamp pole and sprayed lysol in her face. he tried to hang a projection tv in his house and an argument was started. detectives are looking for witnesses after a woman was attacked in frederick, maryland. around 11:00 yesterday morning the woman was walking in a wooded area near patrick and davis avenues when a man came

from behind and assaulted her. meanwhile, five days ago a different woman was assaulted running on a trail in fairfax county. a u.s. olympic runner is helping women in the area to keep from becoming victims. todd williams is a black belt and put it to work yesterday with a group of women in arlington. she led a free hands-on self-defense workshop at the potomac river running. take a listen to some advice. >> rock back on the back leg and she'll start to play tug of war. this is going right into the lucky charm has hard as you can. she's got live ammo that she won't lose. open hand slap to the ear. open hand again, up and through the nose. >> some good advice here. whenever you want the full demonstration, go to nbcwashington.com. this morning an arlington county probation officer is waking up in jail. prosecutors charged marco silva

with aggravated sexual battery. silva is being held without bond and is on administrative leave without pay. folks in d.c. pay taxes like everybody else. they contribute to the overall well-being of the country like everybody else. they should be represented like everybody else. >> he spoke during yesterday's town hall at walker jones education campus in northwest. the president conceded that the politics of making the district the 51st state make it difficult to pass through congress. the white house consistently has supported giving the local government full control in the city's budget and laws. the silver line countdown clock is moving this morning. we are just four days away from startftroervice to tyson's corner ands restin.

trains ran on simulated service this weekend and again during the morning rush hour yesterday. everything has gone smoothly so far. the trains will continue to run without passengers until rail service begins on saturday. we'll have you covered every step of the way. watch for stories all this week. we'll tell you what the expect and when the silver line opens. 6:35 is the time. wegmans is calling customers to warn you about a fruit recall. organic and non-organic white and yellow peaches and nectarines and black plums could be contaminated with listeria. the stores say to throw them out and visit a store for a full refund. wegmans club card members should get an automated phone call with that warning. and the long-term critics say a team name like redskins can have onj&ç children. plus, if kids are out too late soon parents will have to pay a fine. why they are concerned that it

could hurt their kids' development. and we are celebrating 8woñth street this morning. there we go, nice music for you. storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell is there to tell us about a heat up coming for us. you're weather and traffic is on the 1s at 6:41.

today a debate over the redskins name will be back in the spotlight. >> that's because a group says the team name can do quite a bit of damage. the center for american progress is releasing a report on the effects of racist mascots on young american indians. the group says a name like redskins has a harmful impact on the self-esteem of native american youth. the report also found derogatory names create hostile learning environments in schools. the group plans to make recommendations on how to make

schools more inclusive. meanwhile, we are celebrating summer on 8th street this morning. >> we got the whole hazy, humid thing going, but we are still celebrating storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell out on the street there for us with some friends. >> reporter: yes, absolutely. this is mimi and gabriel. mimi is the most important person because she just brought me this piping hot cup of coffee. she is the opwner of the coffee shop down here, so come check it out. temperatures will be in the mid-80s by lunch time. high temperatures are close to 90 degrees. we only had 14 days higher than 90 this summer. the real heat arrives tomorrow in the mid-90s. for now, back to drinking coffee here on 8th street while melissa mollet checks out traffic. i would rather be drinking coffee than telling you about the traffic, but taking a wide

look at things. generally we are pretty typical with the accident on the bw parkway southbound at powder mill road causing a delay. this is the worst spot probably in the area. 95 southbound at 100 with the right lane blocked. it is completely jammed. if you have an alternate you like, take it this morning. the beltway at connecticut avenue is looking good. the prince george's said is looking good as well. ments we a and megan mcgrath just spoke to someone who was with the victim before this happened and is feeding us the video right now. we'll have the latest on his last moments of life. plus, a new security breach that could have left millions of people's credit card data at risk. how thieves are trying to take advantage of your generosity. and just minutes ago, the library of congress announced the newest winner of the

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16 minutes before the hour. we are stayingi ining on top of breaking news this morning. >> we are starting with richard eng ale in gaza this morning. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. there was talk of a brief

humanitarian pause that never materialized and senior israeli officials we have been speaking to say they are not optimistic that a cease-fire could come any time soon. in fact, they are pushing ahead with this offensive. israel says it is trying to uproot a network of tunnels in gaza and it is finding that network of tunnels and the caliber of the fighters much more extensive and much better trained than the israeli army had been expecting. in fact, there was something of a recrimination game going on among the israeli public from the israeli intelligence services blaming each other for not recognizing how strong the hamas militants head become. here in gaza, we are continuing to see a lot of civilian casualties according to officials from the health ministry. more than 600 palestinians have been killed since the offensive began. about 25% of them children. another 25% of them women. in total, at least 27 israeli soldiers have also been killed

in this fight. >> richard engel live in gaza city. thank you for that. more on the conflict there and the push for a cease-fire on the "today" show after ""news4 today"." breaking news, police in suitland say a man was murdered along huron avenue at 2:00 this morning where we find news4's megan mcgrath who has been there all morning tracking the developments of this case. megan, good morning, what can you tell us? >> reporter: well, i can tell you police here on the scene have started to focus their attention on an alleyway right behind suitland liquor. just a short time ago, they brought forensic equipment back behind there. d a little while ago i spoke to a woman who says she and her boyfriend were with the victim a short time ago before all this happened. everything seemed normal. there was nothing strange going on. they left and parted ways and she said a little while later she got a call from another friend who said he was dead.

>> me and my boyfriend was there prior to the incident happening. when we pulled back up to see him, that's when we noticed this being taped off. we got home and that's when we got a call. >> reporter: and she says it is her understanding there was some kind of an argument between the victim and a group of other people. that led up to all of this. we'll tell you that this happened just a little bit before 2:00 in the morning. police got a 911 call and responded here to the scene and came here to the scene when they found the victim bleeding. they are not saying the cause of death or what may have happened, whether a weapon was used or whether this was a beating. they are not saying that at this point. no word of suspect descriptions or arrests at this time. there were a number of road closures in the area including silver hill that has reopened. silver hill has reopened, which is good news for folks who work in the suitland federal center. for a while the main gate was

closed. huron avenue where the victim was found is still closed as well as the area where it intersects with suitland road. back to you. neighbors say they knew two men were locked in the basement of a rockville home three years ago. they told police about it and it took them until now for action to be taken. the couple kept their 22-year-old autistic sons in a room with a deadbolt lock. they found the men friday in deplorable conditions. the couple told police their sons could not talk and a story of running away. and new developments in the flight crash of mh-17. new reports from the bbc say a team of investigators at the crash site says the plane wreckage has been moved since they last saw it. in the meantime, the bodice of

the passengers are now in a safe area of ukraine. forensic experts will now examine the remains beforehanding them over to the netherlands for further education. all but 16 bodies have been recovered at this point. and the team of national investigators is also examining the black box recorders. russia is denying any involvement in the crash. a ukrainian fighter jet was tracking the airliner despite kiev's assertion that is no aircraft were nearby at the seem. they will meet togt to discuss further sanctions against russia. this just in, billy joel is coming to washington but not for a comfort. the library of congress is giving a lifetime achievement ward to a living artist. this ceremony happens in november. paul simons, stevie wonder,

carol king, and it was not long ago that he was in washington last year for one of the kennedy center honorees. >> billy joel deserves the award just for that. investigating a possible security breach today. the nonprofit industry says there's a breach that could confirmed and then they will join stores like target and michael's announcing their system was compromised. good morning to you. it is already breaking out in morning. i love the when up doe washington valley with a half-mile visibility out in

western maryland and the panhandle of west virginia where this photo was just taken a few minutes ago. turn and look at your tv. a pink lemonade sunrise posted by patricia sherwood. there's capitol hill under a cloudy sky. later today, partly cloudy with a small chance of an isolated storm. temperatures climbing to near 9r degrees. even a hotter tomorrow into the mid-90s. and a greater chance of storms tomorrow afternoon into the evening. they could produce some damaging winds tomorrow morning. shenandoah valley it's in the 60s, but into the afternoon hours, we'll have the temperatures increasing. a morning shower on thursday. sun back thursday afternoon with

highs in the mid to upper 80s. a delightful pattern coming in thursday afternoon into evening and friday. turning less humid. the next few days, up near 90 on saturday. great beach and pool weather. a high near 90 again on sunday. looking into next week and maybe tuesday we may get some thunderstorms. and again, the upper 80s to near 90 degrees. melissa, looking at 66 misbehaving this morning. i have good news for you, though. billy joel is here on saturday, but you can't go because you are coming to the party at my house. sorry! you have to take back your rsvp. the slowest point around town, 95 southbound at 100 with the right lane blocked. if you are headed out to the junction, avoid this. 66 as you approach 29 in centreville still slow from the earlier crash. and right here at 95 north

heading into dale city, a wider look at things typically slower in the normal spots. now back to my piano man, aaron. >> that was nice. >> it was that or uptown girl. >> i can't play at all. in other news, parents in baltimore could soon face fines if their kids don't obey the new curfew law thatnk6m?z goes intot august 8th and requires kids under the age of 14 to be off streets by 9:00 p.m. if you have kids from 14 to 16 years of age, they have to be in by 10:00 and 11:00 on the weekends. if you don't, parents, you could face a $500 fine for violation. this new surry few has caused quite a bit of controversy coming up on the "today" show. also morning long we have been celebrating 8th street in d.c. >> it is definitely bringing streetcars and shops to the

area. kristin is joining us live with more. >> reporter: good morning. all morning long we are in front of this ethiopian coffee shop. you can see here that he's roasting coffee beeps. they do that here and is one of the few to find that roasts their coffee beans. and antonio parker here is a saxophonist, a howard grad, and often he'll be performing at h.r. 56 men unite. you are very talented. i also want to introduce you to anwar sloan this morning. anwar, day and night, is thinking about the revisitization of main street.

how is it going? >> we tracked in over 56,000 new jobs, so we are also planning for the anti-task force. >> and where did you stay? >> reporter: like the rio grandsnerks. >> we had to keep a balance on that street. it is not all about restaurants and bars. >> and quickly the festival. >> reporter: we are looking to have another eight days. and i think we are going to give the city something to be grateful for that we celebrate. >> yes, i think so. >> reporter: over 256 new

businesses along the 8th street corridor in the past ten years. >> kristin is live on north 8th street. thank you. coming up on thursday, we are celebrating summer in woodbridge. >> and go online to nbcwashington.com and search celebrating summer to see the places we have already visited. here are the four things you need to know before you head out the door today. it is prince george's first birthday. the duke and duchess will celebrate with a private tea party at kensington palace. the 9/11 commission reports its latest findings today at the museum. it was talked shortly after that this could have been prevented. and forensic avenue will examine the bodies from flight 17 that crashed.

and at 2:00 this morning near huron avenue, a victim was arguing with a group of people shortly before he died. uptown girl goes sleeveless today. up near 90 this afternoon. and maybe an isolated storm. hotter tomorrow with a greater chance of storms. >> thank you, tom. that's the news for today. we appreciate you waking up with us. >> we'll be back in another 25 minutes for and update. for everything else, go to nbcwashington.com.

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good morning. caving to pressure. pro-russian rebels finally release a train carrying the victims of flight 17 and hand over those black boxes to malaysian officials while theories run wild on russian media about who was really behind the disaster. > tragic turn. that devastating wildfire in washington takes its first life. what has firefighters expressing optimism this morning? birthday boy. the new pictures released of prince george. and teenage dream. hundreds of fans are here, some camped out for days. so what's all the fuss about? 5 seconds of