the new push to make sure no more children are theleft in ho cars. and many of you will see some rain as you head out this morning. tom kierein is here to show us where the rain is heaviest right how. >> it is just east of the metro area. storm team 4 radar showing light rain for the eastern suburbs and southern suburbs of southern maryland. just south and east of fredericksburg. north and west, the pavement is still wet along 70 and 66, beltway in virginia. and watch out for that. that could be fender-bender weather. still light rain in prince george's county, anne arundel, calvert, charles and st. mary's. this is tracking off north and east crossing the bay heading towards eastern shore over the next couple of hours. later today, you may need an umbrella again. later this morning and perhaps during the afternoon, a smaller chance. clearing out, though, by sunset and a big change moves in tomorrow. your weather headlines for

friday, turning much less humid. right now we're in the mid-70s around the bay. low 70s elsewhere. and later today, with the morning clouds and a few passing showers, we'll hold steady in the 70s. by noontime, clouds lingering. mid to late afternoon, sun breaks out up near 80 degrees. melissa, any fender-benders? we have one we'll tell you about in a second. want to first show you chopper # over the beltway at 66. moving right along. can we keep it like this for the rest of the morning, please? 95 northbound at prince will criminal pa william rke a crash. and slow downs leading into that. bw parkway a little slow headed into town. top of the beltway looking good. beltway at old georgetown, no problems there. a look at the prince george's county side of things coming up. new developments this

morning in the israel/gaza conflict just hours after the faa reversed its decision to allow u.s. carriers to resume flights in and out of tel aviv. c news has learned at least five rockets from gaza were intercepted near the airport. they were fired less than two hours ago go about two miles away from ben gurion international. right now israeli tanks and warplanes are pummeling the gaza strip as the u.s. continues to push for a cease-fire with hamas militants. the united nations says the fighting is so bad between israel and hamas that over the past two days, one child has died every hour in gaza. 35 israelis, 724 palestinians have been killed, many victims are civilians. u.s. secretary of state john kerry is spending the day again in cairo hoping to broker a truce. he head with israeli and palestinian leaders in tel aviv

yesterday. he ez is says he feels modest ps ha been made. police say officer lawrence threatened his wife multiple time last november. he's accused of spraying her in the face with lysol and beating her with a metal lamp post, eventually threatening her with two knives. she managed to get away and call 911 from a neighbor's house. lawrence is facing attempted first and second-degree murder charges and could get life in prison. a serious and on which fatal mistake parents make will be addressed today. we're talking about leaving children in hot cars. child advocates are teaming up with the feds to drive home a safety message. megan mcgrath is live in northwest with some information everybody can use to stay safe. >> reporter: well, the family car carries precious cargo and we load it safety features like

air bags p but on a hot summer day, the car itself can be deadly. an average 38 children die every single year because they were left in hot cars. children's body temperature rises three to five times faster than an adults, so they are very vulnerable to the heat. the sun just starting to come out, so it's only about 70 degrees. but once the sun really starting todays to come through here, it will rise very quickly. and it condition take long for the temperature in a car to get dangerous. take a look at some statistics. it only takes ten minutes for the temperature to rise inside a car by 20 degrees. on a 60 degree day, not even that hot, the car temperature can reach above 110 degrees. and a child dies when their body temperature hits 107 degrees. so it doesn't even have to be a scorcher for things to get dangerous. transportation officials are getting together today to kick off a public service campaign

calmed where is baby, look before you lock. many of these tragedies happen because the driver for a get that they even have a child in the car. so here is a tip. if you're driving, take something that is essential to you, your purse, your cell phone, our even your shoe. put it in the back seat where the children are so when you're done driving, you have to get that item, you won't leave without your shoe, you have to go into the back seat, remind you your child is there and everybody is safe. >> good advice. thank you. 6:05. and just two morning commutes left before and you new option to get to work. this afternoon, the general manager of metro will brief the metroboard on saturday's opening of the silver line. and today, tyson's corner will dedicate its you new outdoor elevated plaza at the metro stop there. the first phase of a major building boom in tysons corner. developers hope the addition of train service along with new apartment buildings will make that area more liveable and more walkable. today middle and high school

students will get to show off a home that they spent all summer building. they dubbed it the tiny house because it's 210 square feet. the annapolis home is mobile, sustainable and features the latest in green technology. governor martin o'malley will be one of the first people for tour the home later this morning at the key school. we're following breaking news, another plane now missing. this one on the african continent. we're learning where the plane was in its flight bath when officials lost contact. and reaching your goals. how a new bracelet will punish you if you don't get to the gym. plus it's a rainy morning as we celebrate woodbridge. we're looking at when the rain will get out of here and out of your neighborhood.

a new study warns parents to pay careful attention to the way your toddler speaks. researchers say poor language skills at age three could be a sign of behavior kral problems later. poor language skills limit the ability to control one's behavior which in turn can lead to disorders of hyperactivity. indiana university researchers tell parents to seek help if you notice your child lagging behind. this is one way to keep you on track in order to lose weight. i can't even get through this story without laughing because this is sdwrjust comical. this fit fast band jolts you with an electric shock if you fail to meet your workout goals. just get with it, people. the shook is 340 volts of electric current which compares to being

electricity. so if you set a goal of going to the gym one day and you skip a day, you'll get a shock. it runs 200 bucks. really? >> i can he soo if see if you the motivation, but $200? >> it's not even anything that is -- it's not harmful. what a waste of money in my very humble opinion. we are celebrating summer in woodbridge, virginia. >> let's send it over to a meet i can a meal aremelia segal. >> reporter: if you follow the potomac nationals, you've heard of this bobblehead. this is jayson werth with really hair here.you've heard of this . this is jayson werth with really hair here.potomac nationals, yoh of this bolead this is jaonerh hair re. i'm told it was on ebay like $100 to get some of these.

another great promotion tomorrow night, justin bieber demolition, buy one get one ticket. and it will be a beautiful evening tomorrow night. today plenty of clouds, light showers around through mid-morning hours. you can see it on radar. so keep the small umbrella handy. high temperatures today for the most part will be in the low 80s across the area. so noticeably cooler than yesterday. yesterday not a great day for baseball. heat index felt like 100 outside. melissa, how are the roads? >> we're having a couple incidents as we get into the 6:00 hour. right now chopper 4 over this, this is 66 outer loop. a crash in the left lane. looks like people are getting by just fine, but sounds like it may have been a hit and run. also the new crash, outer loop at branch avenue getting a report of that. a little slow bw parkway as you approach 50. 95 north at prince william

parkway, slow through dale city. and then a new crash 270 north they're buckeystown. are more on that coming up. a teenaged girl met someone on instragram and then was sexually assaulted. how police say two men tricked her and a good safety resource for parents. and richard jordan gathering the latest on a plane that went missing over algeria. we'll go to th

you're waking up to some showers. tom kierein will lay out when the lane leaves and relief coming once it's gone. that's at 6:21. i'm richard jordan at the live desk with breaking news. another airplane is missing this morning. an air al geary flight went missing about 50 minutes after takeoff. air traffic controllers lost contact with the plane. it is no where to be found on

radar. the flight was going from burkina faso in west africa to algie algiers. there were 110ar on board. six crew members. they are no are to be found at this point. the airline has started with what they call an emergency plan. this flight would typically take about four hours, but again it's been a few hours now since anyone heard from anyone on that flig flight. so it is missing at this point. we're continuing to find every development here from the live desk. right now two more military planes carrying 50 victims from malaysia airlines flight 17 on its way to the netherlands. this comes a week after the plane was shot down over eastern ukraine. remains of about 200 passengers and crew members have yet to be returned. in the meantime, australia is sending 50 policeofficers to london to secure the crash site.

yesterday investigators found holes punched into the skip of the airliner that indicates a blast by a missile. u.s. intelligence believe pro-russian vattiseparatisted f at the plane by mistake. d.c. police say a registered sex offender and another teen used instragram to lure a prince george's county girl to sexually assault her. the 14-year-old girl met 19-year-old javon henson in the foe he toe sharing app. convicted sex offender orlando roberts posed at that boy's father. together the men lied it to the girl's foster mom to get her out of the house and said they were going on a picnic. from the girl's home in laurel, they went to haines point and ended up at roberts' mother's home this d.c. and it is there the police took turns sexually assaulting the young girl. both were arrested and face charges. if your teen coulds the

in-tain instragram ae, they have a page focused on safety. you may be getting money back there your insurance company because of an obscure part of the affordable care act. it requires insurance companies to spend at least 80% of the premiums they charge on actual health care costs. insurance companies can issue a credit to a future premium instead of a check. this morning we are celebrating summer and showing you crown jewels of the region. today our series stop this is wood bridge, virginia. our cameras are set up at pi pfitzner stadium. and kristen wright is joining us. >> reporter: good morning.

we got to spend some i'm yesterday at simply a beautiful place here in woodbridge. and we got to be with someone very special. sarah purvivel, thanks for be here. tell us everything the park has to offer. not everything, because there is it a lot. >> yes, there is. we have two boat ramps with plenty of parking for boat trailers. there is a marina store which has all the conveniences. there is visitor's center which has all the history of lea leesylvan leesylvania. andry center with snakes, tur ketleurtle, all the stuff kids love to see and touch. and we also have trails, fishing pier, kayak rentals.

if you are a little scared to go out by yourself, we also have ranger-led. >> and leesylvania state park also has really a long history. i know you celled a big anniversary, but your history goes way back before that. talk briefly about that. >> i'll talk about the civil war, but september 25th, 1861, so 163 years ago, we had a kir might skirmish between confede and the union. we have three cannon sites and down on the potomac was the union. so they only had a four ho skirmish, but it put us on the map for the civil war. >> it sure does. thank you for being with us. music at the marina saturday night 7:00 at leesylvania state park. back to you.

>> chrkristen, thank you. it is a little muggy out there morning and we have rain in the forecast. >> if you're going to venture out, tom kierein has a look at your forecasts. >> kayaking in leesylvania, a great place to go. we have a gray sky, low clouds passing over. and producing allege bit of light brain over the last several hours. been moving off to the north and east. a batch of it now in fauquier county tracking right into prince william, maybe near woodbridge again where it temporarily ended. for the skins training camp in richmond, they will have some moderate to heavy downpours come you through over the next few hours. supposed to starting today training at 8:30. it may be delayed bait by ta bi downpours. mid-70s around washington and near the bay. nearby suburbs, quite humid and right around 70.

have an umbrella with you. might need it later today. during the afternoon, a little sun, small chance of an isolated thundershower as eyes get up to around 80. turning less humid late afternoon and tonight. a little more humid on saturday, up around 90. seem any humidity moves in on sunday. hazy sun, highs low 90s. showers and thundershowers likely sunday evening and into monday. i'm back in ten minutes, a look at that timing on when all the rain activity will be ending hour by hour. melissa is looking at traffic delays. we have a couple of accidents. chopper 4 eeover 66, left lane shut down. 270 near buckeystown, slowing things down. eastbound east-west highway at colesville, one lane blocked. just a busy morning right now.

mccarthur boulevard at wilson lane shut down there. alternate clara barton parkway. otherwise really looking fairly typical. you can see bw parkway headed in to town inside the beltway, a little bit slow. top of the beltway, tiny slow, as well. but bw parkway headed out of town, no problems there. i'm back at 6:31 with another look at branch avenue. today people in ft. washington whose homes were damaged in a landslide will learn how long it will take to make repairs. heavy rain caused the slope failure back in may. right now the county says 22 of the 28 homes in miss cart away homes can be be saved. the other six are not liveable. residents will meet this afternoon to discuss a time table for repairs. they are waiting for millions from the state. whether you are feeding a family of four or just want to stock up on staples, you might belong to one of the warehouse stores like costco. consur reports tested dozens of products to find out which

ones are really worth buying at costco and which ones should you pass on. one thing that you should buy, bacon. consumer reports says costco's kirkland brand is top rated, nice crispy texture to it. and one thing consumer reports says you should pass on, kirkland facial tissues. when consumer reports tested for strength, theyrated it so-so. a full report tonight at 5:00. there was a pretty bazaar game of sorts before the na nats/rockies game. barrett an barnes enfwamg gauged in an epic sandoff. they both refused to leave for eight minutes. of course the real question is who won. you saw when they wrote there. it appears that barrett left the field first after further review, though, the umpire

actually whistled barnes off the field first. so technically he lost. >> wonder how it all got started. like you and me. >> who blinks first, right? a phone call saying you you missed a traffic ticket and owe money. but police warn it's not real. the clue on your phone that will tell you something is not right. questiwe are getting ready some footba. redskins training camp starts today. we have four things you need to know this season including something that you're used to seeing that will be missing this year. and it's a rainy morning so far. tom kierein will break down when it will dry up hour by hour.

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missing. 116 on board. we're following the story from the live desk for you and we'll share any new information as we learn it. and "news 4 today" keeping your weather and traffic for you togeth together. we starting w tom kierein. >> and this morning around the region, we have wet pavement from some overnight light rain that has been moving through. it is heading off to the north and east, but we do have anothe batch of light rain about to come in. it is in fauquier, about to company into prince william lig right along of 66. it will slow your necommute ove the next couple of hours. by 10:00, much of it will be taper off temporarily. by noon, thundershowers in the

mountains, drifting off south and east of there. and some lighter rain moving in to the metro area again this afternoon. maybe one batch coming through between 3:00 and 5:00 with storms passing just to the south. most of it all ending by sunset this evening. now melissa looking at any traffic delays. quite a few accidents really popped up. 66 as you hit the outer loop of the beltway, chopper 4 over that one car sounds like it was a hit and run. to the left side of the express lanes. 270 north at buckeystown, two right lanes blocked. and slow going passing this accident. the vehicle on its roof. eastbound east-west highway at colesville, one lane blocked there. wider look, not too terrible heading into town bw parkway just past the beltway, a little slow. and to which tp of the beltway,

slow. we'll try to get chopper 4 up over the 270 crash for you later in the show. a routine execution in arizona ended with the inmate gasping for breath for nearly two hours before dying. joseph wood reportedly started having trouble breathing shortly after the sedative was injected. according to witnesses, he gasped more than 600 times over the next hour and 40 minutes. a prison administrator says wood was never in pain, still arizona's attorney general has ordered a full review of last night's execution. this is the third execution this year where an inmate has died during a botched procedure using lethal injection. the drug cocktail used is no longer available in the u.s.. that has virginia reviewing its death penalty methods. the state could turnover to other procedures including the electric chair. virginia currently has seven inmates on death row. d.c. an billion libolish tth pey in 1981, maryland did it by a

vote in 2012. today charges he tried to a gun into the building on capitol hill. officers say they found a loaded gun inside his bag when he walked through security. he was at the cannon house office building to meet a south carolina congressman. this is the second time in less than a week someone's tried getting a gun into the cannon house building. the first incident involved a capitol hill staffer. a man accused of killing a d.c. mother was found hiding in charlotte, north carolina and it turns out muichael gayle is in fact in jail there. he went on the run after stabbing his girlfriend eboni domally last month. gayle was arrested tuesday morning in charlotte. the murder happened inside domally's home and was allegedly the result of an argument between the couple. domally was 31 and leaves behind two children. phone scammers trying to

take advantage of people. they claim to be with maryland state police and demand that you pay for court or traffic fines. some very smart residents thought something was suspicious even though the number showed up as the maryland state police barracks on their caller i.d.. police remind you they will never call you to ask for money. parents will learn today how the school system plans to pay for eliminating half damons for elementary kids. 245 school day extension starting todays in september. the longer day gives students more time in class, longer recess and more planning time for teachers. the school board must now vote on using $7 million to pay for those changes. we are gearing up for another season of redskins football this morning. >> training camp begins today in richmond. dianna russini is there with four things to know about the redskins will season. >> reporter: good morning from redskins training camp. the team can officially press the reset button on last year as a new season begins.

and there are four big things that we are going to be keeping an eye on. the most important thing, robert griffin iii. no knee brace and no health problems right now. he spent much of this offseason working out and spending time with his receivers and has already said he and jay gruden have a great relationship. the biggest pickup, desean jackson was signed to the red skins in order to beef up the number of targets available to n. but we can't talk about prthn wh addressing the problems on defense. the redskins lost their veteran leader fletcher to retirement and are working to pluhos with new rookies. and finally jay gruden, how will he find a way to bring the team together. will he be able to connect with rg3 even through rough patches. this is his first head coaching job. first practice starts at 8:30

and we will have a live report for you on news 4 midday. diannanine 4pos. a father and his children forced to leave a plane. >> my kids are now crying because kimberly mentioned the fact she'll call the cops. >> the tweet that the dad posted about customer service that got him in trouble. and making parking just a little bit easier. how you'll be able to get a meter spot in arlington without opening your wallet. plus skies are gray right now. we'll take you through where the rain will be heaviest.

a minnesota man says he was forced to leave a southwest airlines plane after a gate agent didn't like a tweet he posted about the service. he says he has priority boarding because of his a-list customer status, but a gate agent named

ki kimberly didn't allow his two children to board with him. >> the kids a s ars are six and. and he tweeted the gate agent was rooud. a few minutes later, they were asked to exit the plane. >> she feels that i'm a safety risk and she said you wait here, i'm getting the supervisor and i'm going to call the cops. unless you delete what you put on social media. my kids are now crying because kimberly mentioned the fact she will call the cops. >> a supervisor eventually did you allow the family back on the plane, but only after he take completed his tweet. southwest airlines issued an apology and offered three $50 vouchers. >> he says he won't fly southwest anymore. and so apparently the tweet was while rudest agent in denver and named her, her full name in that tweet. and she says that's what made her feel like her safety was

being threatened. >> the lines are easily blurred when you're dealing with social media and people and how much information you put out there and companies also willing to say comment on our service p. >> and as a consume eshlgs and i have right to comment on your service like yelp. let's go out to woodbridge, virginia. we're celebrating summer. amelia segal is on the mound maybe? >> looks like she has no umbrella. things are dry. good morning, guys. comments about the weather today will be so much better than they were yesterday. it's dry here right now in woodbrid woodbridge. uncl happy e has stopped. it is beautiful outside. you can tell uncle slam too the humidity has lowered even over the last 30 minutes alone. here is a check of storm team 4 radar. there is light rain back to the west. so we'll have scattered showers around until about 10:00 a.m. this morning. temperature at 8:00 a.m., about 72 degrees about that still

scattered showers around. plenty of clouds throughout the day. noon through 3:00, 4:00, still mostly cloudy skies. there is a chance of a shower this afternoon. you got to come out here tomorrow night, see uncle slam, beautiful weather for your friday evening. melissa, how are the roads looking? having a little bit of a problem. 270 northbound at buckeystown, an overturned car. two rate laight lines blocked. also slow southbound. top of the beltway, a little slow at new hampshire avenue. and slow d.c. 295. 66 slow as you head to the beltway, but not too terrible. 95 heading from virginia this to the city, you can see dale city slow from an earlier crash. 15 miles per hour. prince george's county side of things, looking pretty good.

you can tweet us @first4traffic if you see any road situations around town but remember to pull over first. we're staying on top of breaking news for you this morning. another plane is missing. this one was headed to algeria. we're following it from the live desk learning how many people were on board. sfwla a sfwla. and yoho a computer glitch is leaving certain americans who need passports in the lurch. p. plus the road where you are plus the road where you are most like

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i'm richard jordan at the live desk with breaking news. a plane seems to have vanished and the 116 people on board are missing. this is air algerie flight from burkina faso to algiers. it disappeared about 50 minutes after takeoff. there are 110 passengers achd six crew members on board. the air traffic controllers lost contact with the plane. it is not on radar. the airline has started an emergency plan which means they are searching for this plane trying to see where it is. this would have been a four hour flight. but because it took a few hours before the airline reported it, the plane should have already landed in algiers. but again, right now the plane and all the people on board are nowhere to be found. we'll be watching this throughout the day. 14 before the hour. this missing plane comes as many

across the world are still mourning flight 17 being shot down. right now two military planes are carrying 50 victims from that flight on their way to the northwester lands. today marks one week since the plane was hot down over eastern ukraine. another developing story we're closely watching is the fighting in the middle east. nbc news has learned at least five rockets from gaza were intercepted near the airport in tel aviv. this comes just a few hours after the faa here lifted its ban on u.s. flights going into or out of the israel airport there in tel aviv. with the world watching these stories unfold, critics are upset with president obama's schedule and how he is handling all this. peter alexander is live at the white house now with more on that part of the story. >> reporter: good morning. president obama will get back to the white house a little later tonight. but not before wrapping up a three day west coast swing. he has another political fund-raiser this morning and he will give remarks about the which i. but it is the political fundraisers taking place through

seattle and san francisco bay area and l.a. that have a lot of critics blasting this administration and this pld saying if nothing else, it makes him appear to be detached as at a time when he should be more actively engaged in these international crises. the white house pushes back, they insist the president can complete his duties no matter where he is in the u.s. or in the world. just yesterday we're told the president spoke to his secretary of state john kerry while flying aboard air force one. white house officials basically say they are sensitive to this issue. they do not want to end is the wrong police allege. he they passed on an opportunity to be on a late night comedy show, but they insist the president is still actively managing these dual crises. we'll have more and hear from some critics and from the defenders here at the white house coming up on the "today" show. >> peter alexander at the white house for us. thank you. look before you lock.

it is a warning referring to leaving children in hot cars. child advocates are taking the matter all the w whe way to the. megan mcgrath is joining us live with much more. >> reporter: well, good morning. the family car, before buying one, parents look at all kinds of things. safety record of the vehicle, kind of braking system, the air bags the car has. anything that will keep their children safe. but on a hot summer day, any car can prove deadly for a child. an average of 38 kids die every single year because they're left in hot cars. this year alone, 17 kids have died. and officials are trying to put afternoon end an end to it. the sun is up, but it's still not hot. we have about 70 degrees inside my car. have some cloud cover. as soon as we starting today to see the sun, though, this temperature will rise and it will rise very quickly. and it can be a deadly situation for children. take a look.

it only takes ten minutes for the temperature inside a car to rise 20 degrees. on a 60 degree day, so not everyone that high, car temperatures can reach 110 degrees or above. and a child dies when their body temperature hits 107 degrees. so it doesn't take much. there will be a public service campaign kicking off today to make sure folks are aware and don't leave their kids in the car. back to you. are you driving will to the district this morning? you'll want to hear this. we have a new look at the most dangerous intersections. department of transportation mapped out traffic accidents and found one of the worst places to be is it new york avenue. six intersections along that roadway accounted for more than 900 crashes. and the worst spot, new york avenue and bladensburg road northeast. there were 226 accidents there in he three years, the most of any intersection in the city.

u.s. passport and visa operations glitch could delay millions of travelers around the world. it's caused an steextensive bacg of applications. the glitch is not specific to any country or visa category and no clear how many people are affected. but officials say some 50,000 applicants were hit in one country alone. weather looking a little bit better out there this morning. showers early on. amelia segal and chris ten wright out in woodbridge right. and now it looks like it's dissipated. >> we're dealing with the after effects. roads are still wet. so watch out. probably going to have more fender-benders over the next hour or two as the rain is pushing off to the east. and northeast. there is the storm team 4 radar. heavier downpours well south of the metro area. right now in wood bridge, we're celebrating summer, a little line of showers will be passing on through there over the next perhaps half hour or so coming

this out of fauquier county. farther south, heavy downpours just to the west of riof richmo. it could be affecting the skins training camp today with morning downpours, maybe a little lightning. maybe a passing afternoon storm there, too. temperatures into the mid-80s. our temperatures right now are in the mid-70s. metro area and around the bay, near 70 shenandoah valley. later today, gray sky with us through the morning. that's a live view of capitol hill. sun breaks out after a few passing morning showers. then tomorrow, into the mid-80s and low humidity moves in. a gorgeous day. a wonderful break from the usual high heat and humidity this time of year. saturday, getting a little hotter. up around 90. a little more humid, too, and partly cloudy. and then really steamy humidity moves in on sunday with highs reaching the low 90s. might get some storms on sunday evening is the way it's looking. maybe some lingering rain monday

morning. and then another where he from high heat and humidity tuesday, wednesday next week. melissa has apkrn update on an accident. we'll talk about 270 overall we are looking good, but we have had some crashes. top of the beltway, slow. d.c. 295 just after 50 slow. 270 north at buckeystown, still two right lanes blocked. beltway at new hampshire is slow. but looking fairly typical. 66, 95 especially slow out of virginia heading in to town at dale city. chopper 4 over 95 in maryland. this is near the icc, you can see the vehicle just wepts off the roadway right there. sodowns near powder mill road. and today arlington county is adopting a program that lets you pay the meter with your phone. it will work at more than 5,000 meters throughout the county.

this is a service that has been used in the district for several years now. the program first being offered in shirlington and crystal city. it will expand to other parts of the area next year. county officials will celebrate the kickoff at 10:00 this morning with a ribbon cutting. we are celebrating summer in woodbridge. and we have come to one of the biggest at tracks for that part of the town. shopping. >> kristen wright joins us live again. and doid you have to spend anymore? >> reporter: i won't say in case my husband is watching. but of course this is a top destination. with me this morning is the general manager of potomac mills. thanks for being with us. it has such a long history in this community. people love it, people go here. why is that, what do they love about it? >> good morning. thanks for having me here. really enjoying being here. potomac mills has been part of this community since the mid-80s.

it's grown over the years. it has expanded. we have the greatest selection of tenants and great restaurants. so it really encourages people to go there. they enjoy the atmosphere and we love being a part of the community. >> what is the economic impact? >> we employ thousands of people from the community. and as it's grown, employed even more people. so it generated more building within the area. we generate millions of dollars of tax revenue to both the county and state and we are very proud of that. >> thank you. a lot of people love what you're doing. >> thank you very much. >> so we've been live all morning here at pfitzner stadium, home of the potomac nationals. there is a game tomorrow night. a big one. come meet uncle swllam. what will the players do with their bats? cool. thank you.

and we'll see you later. >> thank you, chris tekristen a slam. four things to know as you head out the door. neighbors get to voice opinions on the plans for the new d.c. soccer stadium. a hearing at the consumer affairs building just steps from buzzard point. today people in ft. washington whose homes were damaged by a landslide will return will learn how long it will take to make repairs. they will meet with the county to discuss time table. and breaking news this morning, algerian airplane is missing. 116 people on board. the flight disappeared there radar about 50 minutes after takeoff. no one knows where it is. and redskins will hit the reset button today in richmond training camp starts this morning. dianna russini will have complete coverage this afternoon. and grab an umbrella. temperatures in the 70s. maybe a morning shower. smaller chance of an afternoon thundershower. highs around 80. much nicer on friday. low humidity. sunshine, highs mid-80s. more humid over the weekend.

getting steamy sunday. maybe storms late sunday. maryland 95, chopper 4 over the crash on the ramp. wider look, typically slow. 270 north at buckeystown, two right lanes blocked. an overturned car there. >> that is the news for this morning. thanks for waking up with us. >> we'll be back in about 25 minutes for a news update. for more information on the breaking news, go to nbcwashington.com. >> make it a great thursday, everybody. without the internet i would probably be like a c student.

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