>> and of course adding up how much it will cost you. plus it will pretty cool out there right now. many of you are in the 50s this morning. we'll get to tom kierein in just a moment. but first, we go to melissa mollet following breaking news on i-270. >> absolutely. this is upper montgomery county in the clarksburg area. very serious crash. 270 northbound at 109. old hundred road. so taking a lack right here, you can see the northbound lanes and the crash. we are now having one lane of traffic get by. southbound very slow as folks drive by the accident. chopper 4 over the scene, so we wanted to share the pictures. a two vehicle crash. somebody was flown out of there. southbound at old hundred, a lot of backups as people are heading out of frederick and down towards the city. so it is going to be very slow. alternate might be a good idea. that would be of course 355 north or south. 95 north at prince william parkway, we have one crash there. ems on the way to that

situation. a wider look at things, not really many issues to talk about. so that is great. beltway into and out of down bw parkway moving at speed, 55 miles an hour. tom, we'll keep an eye on the 270 situation and be back in ten minutes about him. the weather looks a lot better and here is your first look at sunrise on this friday morning. live view from the storm team 4 tower camera. sun just breaking the horizon. temperatures around our region in the 50s to near 60. feels more like late september, not late july. we have low humidity in place throughout the day. it's a long sleeve morning. it will stay cool through about 8:00. then low humidity in place the rest of the day. a big change during the afternoon, really warming up with the strong july sun. you'll need sunblock as we get

the ultraviolet index in the very high range during the afternoon. a look at your hour by hour changes onheay. back to you. >> we're counting down the hours until silver line opens. >> it appears metro is ready, but are you is thyou? megan mcgrath is live at the wehle reston station. >> reporter: and if you look behind me, you can see a train in the station right now. no passengers on board of course. just still doing their dry run here making sure that everything is ready for the big day tomorrow. that's when of course the silver line will open. a lot of excitement. this has been a long time in the making. $2.9 billion and a lot of folks eager to starting today the new silver line service. there will an inaugural train with dignitaries and invited guests and at noon, the silver

line opens for regular service. let's take a closer look at some specifics here. there will be five new stations on the silver line. four are clustered around tysons, one of course at wehle avenue and reston. this is the only new station that has a parking garage. the other four do not. folks can now ride the rails on the silver line from rest top a reston to what alargo. every six minutes during rush hour. the big test comes monday morning during the morning rush hour. back to you. >> we calculated just how much time and money a trip on the new silver line might cost you. let's say you starting today at wehle reston east. it will take you 70 minutes to take the train to largo town center which is technically the opposite end of the silver line. that fare will cost you $3.60 during off peak hours. $5.90 during peak travel. you can calculate your own silver line route, just look for

a link on nbcwashington.com by searching silver line. new developments this morning on the israel/gaza conflict. germany's two largest airlines air better lin and lufthansa announced they are extending the ban on flights in and out of tel av aviv. since the fighting began 18 days ago, at least 800 palestinians and 35 israelis have been killed. in the meantime, peace negotiators may be on the verge of working out a ten day humanitarian truce. the break would allow time to broker new talks toward a lasting cease fire. and secretary of state john kerry has been in the region since monday. he says that there is more work to be done. in just a few hours, a former virginia art teacher will

learn how long he'll spend behind bars. ralph conrad will be sentenced this afternoon on 50 counts of possessing and distributing child porn. each count carries a maximum of five years in prison. the 43-year-old could be hit with a 250 year prison sentence. conrad worked for loudoun county schools for 15 years and statute taught at seven daifferent schools. prosecutors will push for a new trial for a police officer accused of killing his wife. >> we thought we had a strong case. >> samson lawrence is accused of beating his wife during an argument last november. a jury deadlocked last night could not reach a unanimous verdict. prince george's county prosecutors also say that lawrence violatesed a court order that forced him to stay away from his wife. a new hearing is set for 9:00. we are following a developing story, there are no survivors in a plane crash in mali. this morning we're learning how

france plans to make sure the crash site is safe. plus we've all heard eight hours of sleep is ideal, but now many sxirpexperts say that's no true. and storm team 4 meteorologist tom carry rkyrgiot

full eight hours is a good night's sleep. what if we told yyou seven was better? research shows people who sleep seven hours appear to do better on memory tests and live longer. however shaving 20 minutes off can impair brain function. getting even seven hours is just a pipe dream for a lot of folks. if you're a getting less

than that perfect seven hours, your behind could be playing tricks on you. a new study found a lack of sleep causes people to starting today forming false memories. researchers gave students pictures and details of a crime that took place and then they found that the students that stayed awake all night reported more fake details about the crime. researchers say more studies like these could lead defense lawyers to question a witness' reliability based on how much sleep they had. >> sleep has so much value on every little thing you do. >> you you cannot take it for granted. beautiful sunrise outside. we just cannot say enough about it. so many people tweeting us. it really is gorgeous. >> you wake up to that image and 63 degrees outside on this skrul 25th. tom. >> we have high pressure coming in with the low humidity and temperatures right now upper 50s

mostly cloudiry near 60 prince george's county. low 60s in fairfax. mid-60s in washington. there is that sunrise. live view from the storm team 4 tower camera, coming up in a crystal clear sky. it will still be cool by 8:00 a.m., mid-60s. by noon, though, near 80. bright sun. soaring to the mid-80s midafternoon. weekend weather changes may have you changing your plans. i have that at 6:21. breaking news, 270 northbound as you approach clarksburg, old hundred road, a bad crash here that is kind of off to the left side. chopper 4 over the scene. we're getting one lane by. but very backed up. thanks, chopper. you can see southbound lanes really backed up all the way out of frederick this morning. so it is very nasty no matter if you're coming out of frederick. we're talking miles of backups here. or heading northbound into frederick, nasty as you're approaching old hundred road.

hopefully that get that out of the roadway pretty quickly. otherwise around town looking pretty good. no major problems. we'll be back with that at 6:21. new this morning, police found the person leaving porcelain dolls on doorsteps in one neighborhood. the trend parents noticed and found creepy and why a woman says she did it. plus in labor and across the street from the hospital, but it took a mother 30 minutes to get there.

one more day until the morning commute gets a lot better for many folks for the silver line. on the left, we'll l lhle resto. and on the right, the bus routes. at least two fairfax police officers will join metro police part of a new unit called tysons

urban team or tut. you may see many responding to calls as opposed to taking cruisers. >> we are anticipating spending lots of time on our feet in and away on the rails. possibly other modes of transportation that become available to us. >> they are coordinating with several different police departments for security on the silver line. we detailed features of each new station on nbcwashington.com. you can also take a virtual ride on a new route. it's all on the home page under the tab here'shat you need to know. i'm richard jordan at the live desk with breaking news. a man was stabbed in the stomach in northwest washington on georgia avenue between ingraham and jefferson. it looks like he will make it. the man was taken to the hospital. he is alert, breathing. police trying to get information from him to find out what led up to this stabbing. no one is in custody and there is not a description of the

person police may be looking for here. so as soon as we get information, we'll pass it on to you. for now, that's the latest from the live desk. today governor mcauliffe will visit the camp ground that was torn apart by a deadly tornado. the ef-1 twister moved through the area yesterday with winds topping 100 miles an hour. a couple from new jersey was killed when a tree fell on top of their tent. their 13-year-old son was in another tent and is now in critical condition. dozens of others were injured. more than 1300 people were at the campground when that tornado hit. that was just before 9:00 in the morning yesterday when it slammed into the cherry stone camp ground. that's about 40 miles northeast of nor following. >> new details this morning on the air algerie plane cash. president of france says one black box was found at the crash site. all on board died, most were

french citizens. flight 5017 disappeared from radar less than an hour after it took off from burkina faso early yesterday morning. the plane crashed during a rain storm. right now two military planes carrying victims from malaysia flight 17 are on their way to the netherlands. australia's prime minister says 90 federal police officers will go to the crash site in ukraine. the group is trying to secure the site and they might be armed. pro-russian separatists control the area. they have hampered investigators access to that site. flight 17 was shot down eight daysing inaing go now. today president obama will sit down with the presidents of the conditions at the center of the immigration crisis. presidents of guatemala, honduras and el salvador to the white house. they will discuss how to stop the wave of children and mothers flooding the border.

congress has one week left to deal with this issue before their five week summer recess. and tens of thousands of breast cancer patients could benefit from a new type of radio therapy. it replaces weeks of radiation with a single targeted shot. it's called intra operative radiation. right now it's only suitable for people in the early stages of breast cancer. doctors deliver the doze dose during surgery and it could improve quality of life. if you're packing up the family for the beach, you need to see this warning first. 17-year-old parker haller is making incredible progress since his last trip to ocean city maryland. that was two years ago sunday. the woodbridge teen was playing in the water with his little brother when he dove into a wave head first and shattered two

vertebr vertebrae. >> i was on my last seconds of breath. i was in the back of my head thinking this might be it. and i didn't realize i was being pulled out of the water until my face was out. >> you have to know what you're diving into. if you don't know it's ten feet of water, don't go in that water. >> parker had a 35% chance of walking again. but the former competitive swimmer second degree black belt is beating the odds now. look at him, he's gone from using a motorized wheelchair to now woring wie inini working wi crutches. his goal is to go off to college on his open. and he's making incredible strides. but they have almost a half million dollars in medical bills. so go to our website. we put the story up there. information about a fund set up to help with some of that. he will continue to do really well. >> just the drive and determination goes to show doctors may say one thing, and

you may wind up doing a completely different thing. but not everybody has that same experience. so please be careful especially if you're heading out to the beach because it is expected to be beautiful out there. if this is any reflection of what we are going to get this weekend. tom kierein standing by with your forecast. >> off to a promising starting today. doing some old fashioned analog data mining and these temperatures are more like late september than late july. just incredible. starting off this morning with a pristine clean sunrise over the potom potomac. liveie fro the storm team 4 city camera, 65 at reagan national. look it at the dew point, it continues to drop, it's down to 52. that is incredibly dry. a couple days ago, it was 72. humidity continues to do that with a northwest breeze. and it is in the 50s most of the region west and north. temperatur

tempe dew point in the 50s. bay water temperatures in the mid-70s. later today, just a few clouds floating through. a blue sky. low humidity if place all day long. but you quite a dramatic jump from where we are now. about a 30 degree jump from the 50s to mid-80s. and tomorrow, another great day for beaches and pools. maybe a little more you humid on saturday. up around 90 tomorrow afternoon. and then sunday, that's when we have showers and storms likely on sunday. if you have plans for outdoor activities, stay tuned to nbc 4 and storm team 4, we could get showers and thundershowers on sunday morning and again in the afternoon with highs ash 90 and very humid on sunday. keep that in mind for outdoor recreation plans on sunday. and then monday and maybe a shower in the morning, then another break from the high heat and humidity. low humidity returns monday through mid week next week. i'm back in ten minutes with a look at your neighborhood high. i'll go outside and sample the gorgeous morning. melissa is looking at more problems on the roads. breaking news still the

situation 270 northbound and southbound. we're talking about in the clarksburg area as you approach old hundred road, the accident is in the northbound lanes. we begin have traffic completely shut down as the tow truck trying to take these two vehicles out of the way. so very slow down this way and very slow as you're heading out of frederick here southbound. we have miles of backups heading southbound. you can see here old hundred road south out of frederick, very slow this morning. wider look at things, we're actually looking quite good. a little slow d.c. 295 a just past 50, but that is typical for this time of the morning. a crash scaggsville near laurel. left lane blocked. 66, no major issues. i'll be back at 6:31 with another look at this issue on 270. the person leaving creepy tolls oig on random doorsteps has been found. these are two of the eight porcelain dolls left on the

front doors of homes in orange county, california. one woman says one of the dolls even looked lying one of like one of her kid. >> the doll had olive skin and brown hair. >> overnight, police announced on twitter that they found the person behind all this. they would only say that person's intent was good. many of us fly with a carry-on bag because it can save you $50 or more per trip. good idea, right? before you yyou buy one, consum reports has advice on what features are most important. so one feature to pay attention to, the handle. consumer reports says before you buy, open the handle all the way, give it a good shake. it should be firmly attached with no rattling as you pull it along. we have five more features to look it for when it comes to buying carry-on luggage and that is coming up for you on you news 4 at 4:00 today. it was not the kind of waiting a mother to be anticipated when she went into labor. a pregnant bomb was forced to

wait at a bus stop yesterday while the street was closed down for president obama's motorcade in california. a reporter for our sister station in l.a. took this instragram video. witnesses said she had to wait 30 minutes before she could cross the street to get to the hospital. lapd says an ambulance was called to get her there faster. secret service says it's investigating along with lapd. >> thank goodness she didn't have that baby right there on the street. this morning we're getting a look at what might be one of the best photo bombs of all time. >> take a look for yourself. it is a photo bomb fit for a queen. that's confine elizabequeenzahe adtlo ed twey players during the commonwealth game. the queen has a pretty good sense of humor about it with a big smile on her face. >> do you think it was

inadvertent? she looked like she was leaning in shil imiling. >> breaking out of the rougher exterior we're used to seeing. well, morning commute changing forever. how the silver line will change the routine for many people who drive to work. plus a woman in a van pinned between a truck and a gas 3u6pu. the chain reaction rec. and it will be pretty nice outside. tom kierein will take us through how warm it will get in your neighborhood.

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news 4 today is getting you ready for a huge change to our metro system. how it will change the way thousands of you get to work even if you drive. >> and so far it is stays cool out there, but it will feel much cooler than it normally is in july. but before we check your forecast, we go to melissa mollet following breaking news in montgomery county. >> this is in the clarksburg area. we're talking about 270

authori northbound d southbound. these are the southbound lanes which don't look so terrible in this shot but are quite backed up all the way from frederick as you head down. an earlier crash is getting cleared out of the way. but northbound, very, very slow. if you can avoid 270, take 355, do yourself a favor. quider look, we look pretty typical. we have a new accident down in virginia, 95 northbound at 123 with the left lane blocked there. prince george's county sood of things looking pretty good. i'm out on the weather deck. the air is fresh and cool. you can see the early morning sunlight streaking the lawn behind me. normally the air is filled with a deafening roar of birds. don't have them this morning. i think they're speechless, too.

feels more like autumn. a couple days ago, it was oppressive, but this morning, it is very polileasant. just a delightful morning under way. temperatures are in the 60s, most areas fichts to near 60. highs around the bay, near 80. and there goes a fox. whoa. just to our west, it will be near 80. metro area should be in the mid-80s. now back to you. >> thanks, tom. i'm richard jordan at the live desk with breaking news. a woman shot in the leg in northeast washington. this happened on 62nd and dick

streets. not far from eastern avenue. the woman was ta hospital. we're waiting to find out her condition. police are looking for a black man thres wearing a lime green t-shirt at the time it of shooting. if you have any information, perhaps that bright shirt might trig trigger something, call police. from trains to buses, the new silver line could forever change you how you get around. this morning we're hearing from commuters directly impacted and not everybody is happy. molette green joining us live from a computer lot the in herndon. this will be a big adjustment for a lot of people. >> reporter: big changes for 9,000 riders of the fairfax county director. a lot of those routes will be rerouted to the brand new wehle reston station. i had a chance to speak with a young man who is an intern. for him come monday morning, big

changes for him sor him. his roisndosis u >> i'll have to wake up earlier because the schedule runs 15 minutes earlier than the one currently. >> reporter: he tells me he will spend the weekend calculating just how much more it will cost him to right the with us and the train. significant adjustments in the pair fax county system for people. they're adding 16 new routes in the wake of the new silver line. changes to 28 existing bus routes. and eliminating five routes. we're live in herndon. back to you. >> you shouldn't expect to find parking at most of the new silver line stations. >> especially at the stops in the tysons corner area. but there is one small lot that you should know about near mclean metro station at the corner of route 123 and scotts

crossing road. that has 700 spaces and you'll pay $5.50 per day on weak dekdar $5 if you pay ahead. payment by credit card only. the lot will be removed once the new development starts in tysons comfortable. be in the thouknow before you t the silver line for the first time. there are details on nbcwashington.com. and you can also take a virtual ride on the new route. just search silver line. i'm richard jordan. check out these live pictures. you see thick white smoke billowing from the house. firefighters making progress. this fire started just a few minutesing a go and firefighters got on the scene within the last 15, 20 minutes.

they have been able to make some progress. it looks like firefighters are on the roof directly next door. still waiting to find out if there was anyone in the home at the time the fire started and how they are doing if there was anyone inside. firefighters trying to get an upper happened. we'll keep catching it. today a teen accused of opening fire outside the national zoo will be in court. they are believed to be members of rival gangs. the teen has been charged as a juvenile including attempted murder. the gun used has never been found. three people hurt in a horrible chain reaction crash. a blue panel truck careered across braddock road and plowed through the parking lot at the sunoco and crushed a minivan. put it between a pump and another truck.

that out of control truck struck an suv hitting it so hard the battery popped out. but it may have prevented even more damage. >> my truck was the barrier that slowed the big truck down. i'd be thankful for that because a couple people were hurt, one of the guys who works here was hurt. and a lady that he was fixing her car. >> the truck knocked over the crosswalk signal, too, but fortunately nobody there was waiting at the intersection. by the time the damage was done here, six vehicles were mangled and three people went to the hospital. families headed to redskins training camp today should get some better weather than they had yesterday. training camp is long a sumger take can tigs for fans. we asked several if the recent maim controversy had any affect on them. many said the redskins name is one they have been proud of for years, but there also seemed to be some room for change. >> you're ready for a name

change? >> not as much ready for it, but if it offends people, what choice do you have. >> i think eventually it will happen. >> i love the name, but you i don't want it to be offensive to people. i would fwe fgo for it, but my closets are full of redskins stuff. i love the name. >> and we have training camp covered for you. our own dianna russini sending in exclusive video reports and blog posts. you can check them out on nbcwashington.com and just search training camp. a wanted man now caught in maryland. the taunting post he left for police on facebook and how they caught him just a day later. and we are staying on top of breaking news. backups stretch for miles on interstate 270 near old hundred road

welcome back. this next story is one you you don't want to miss. >> an edge waterman is arrested after taunting police. anne arundel police posted a picture of roger ray island on facebook as part of their wanted wednesday campaign. shortly after, ire land commented on his own picture about saying, quote, y'all will never catch me. after getting a few tips from other, plus did catch up with ire land. >> he got pulled over. traffic stop in baltimore. look at that picture. >> you are so dumb, you are really, really dumb. >> you went way back for that one. breaking news on the roads. things getting better, though. >> this is clarksburg. looking a lot better.

we are moving out of frederick. isn't this a nice gift for us on this friday. 66 headed into town as you're heading in to fairfax, a little slow. there was an earlier crash. it should be out of the way now. 95 this virginia, otherwise look quite good. not quite as good as the weather, but maybe pretty good second place. >> this is a gift, as well. stop brushing your hair, look at your tv. gorgeous morning under way. live view from the tower camera. you can see the golden sun lies streaming through. temperature right now 65. we'll be in the mid-60s by 8:00. 50s in the suburbs. by noon, near 80, bright sunshine, sunny, low humidity. going out tonight, it will be a beautiful evening. 60s this time tomorrow morning. a look at the changes for the

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right now we're getting ready for the silver line to open. we have team kufshlg of how metro is making sure you are prepared and howe this could impact your morning trip to work. we starting today with megan in bei mcgrath. >> reporte there is quite a lot of activity this morning. just a moment ago, we had a train that pulled out. no passengers on board of course. still doing their dry runs. but we've seen several trains pass in and out of the station over the last hour just making sure that everything is ready. and general manager says everything is ready. they are good to go for the big opening tomorrow. there will be dignitaries and invited guests on board and at noon, that's when the silver line opens for regular service. so anyone who comes to the station, you can jump on one of those trains.

what does this all mean? let's take a closer look here. there are going to be five new stations on the silver line. four are clustered around tie sons. one of course is here at wehle avenue. this is the only station with a parking garage. you can ride from reston to largo. trains will run every six minutes during rush hour, every 12 to 20 minutes on the weak end and off peak. lots of folks will be riding on saturday. it will be all new and exciting. but the big test will come monday morning when folks head out to work. back to you. we now you want to go back to molette green with how metro is really twri to rying to get d out about the new line. >> reporter: metro will run new tv ads starting tomorrow. picture a flash mob, some 30 riders dancing, just rocking

there their home all the way to the metro. all part of metro's huge effort to promote this long awaited arrival of the silver line. we're live in herndon. back to you. ♪ >> that's the commercial she was speak buildining about letting y know the silver line is opening. about 30 dancers from across the area participated in this and of course some metro folks, as well. you will be seeing that on your screens in the next couple of days. and of course that opening, grand opening, tomorrow. we can help you gauge how much fare will cost you using the new silver line. we checked a route that includes a transfer. travel between gallery to tysons corner is 36 minutes, it will cost $3.60 off peak and $4.90

during peak hours. you can calculate your own route, just go to nbcwashington.com and search silver line. hyattsville police are investigating two assaults on women. both attacks happened within a mile of each other. police say the first happened july 10 on jamestown road. a man approached a with homan a demanded her phone and tried to pull her into the woods. she struggled and got away. on wednesday, a man jumped out of the woods to attack a woman on the hamilton street. he threw her to the ground, but she was able to escape. anybody that has any information on this should contact hyattsville police. new information now on breaking news in the bronx. a child and two firefighters were hurt in a massive fire at a super are market. more than 200 you crews on the scene there right now trying to keep the flames from spreading in to neighboring buildings. it is that time of year.

time to starting today thinking about what you need to buy to get your kids ready for the school year. they're groaning and i'm sure you're saying finally! virginia is offering an extra incentive. the three day tax holiday starts next friday. trillion be no sales tax on school supplies under $20 or any clothing and shoes $100 or less. you really could save big on school supplies next weekend. back to school shopping a $72 billion industry. a new national retail federation survey says one in five families is planning on spending less this year. that's why stores are rolling out even gedeeper discounts tha usual. >> targetnd walmart both have huge very targeted campaigns, so we're see something fantastic deals on small appliances, things like personal blenders, pod coffee makers, things very

popular with college students. >> consumer reports says prices on electronics have been slashed 30% to 50%, that includes computers, tablets and of course cell phones. we're talking about going back to school. tom, people might be confused this morning thinking that it's a september morning instead of a july morning. >> i think i hear the school bus pulling up now. it does feel more like september rather than july, that's for sure. here is a live view from our city cameras. look at this bright sun. look at that bright golden glitter path on the potomac river at dawn on this friday morning. gorgeous morning. 65 at reagan national. the dew point comfortably low at just 52. northwest breeze around 5 to 10 miles per hour. radar scanning the sky, we have no rain anywhere in the region. temperatures are in the 50s suburbs and rurld areas. mountains and shenandoah valley. in the 60s around the bay and eastern shore.

nearby suburbs, only right around 60 degrees. mid-60s in washington. a few clouds during the afternoon, highs reaching mid-80s. so a dramatic jumpg from where we are now. about a 30 degree jump. with the dry air, a quick burn, too. low humidity through the day. and if you're going to the mountains, that's the view there skyline drive. it will be up near 80 in the higher elevations. chance of afternoon storms on saturday. sunday, more showers and storms likely in the mountains with temperatures in the 70s there. and 70s temperatures at the beaches, water temperatures and air temperatures mid to low 80s on saturday and sunday. might get a storm at the beaches on sunday afternoon. away from the waters, inland, saturday and sunday, up near 90. greater chance of showers and storms may change your plans on sunday. keep that in mind. only a small chance on saturday. on monday morning, maybe a lingering shower. highs low 80s. low humidity returns monday afternoon and in place through mid week next week.

looks lying thinike things are on the roads. >> we're having a rough one for a friday. chopper 4 over the outer loop at georgia avenue, actually moving pretty nicely especially for a weekday. 270 at clarksburg finally cleared up after that earlier problem. otherwise looking fairly typical. a little slow 295 past 50. pay bay bridge looking good, as well. we're staying on top of breaking news in south philadelphia. a row house on fire. there you see firefighters, they have been able to make some progress over the last few minutes. they have been able to put out most of the fire. we're only seeing smoke coming

from that row house. we know firefighters are inside hosing it down. big developments that we've learned, there was a woman and child, possibly a grandmother and grandchild in the home, they were able to escape through a back door. there was also a man on the second story, he was able to jump out of the home and get to safety. he was put on a stretcher and taken in an ambulance to get checked out at a hospital. very early organization but already fire investigators believe they know the cause of the fire, they're calling it a fire bombing. you may always know that as a molotov cocktail. basically someone throwing an accelerant into the home. one person is in custody because of this. but there you're looking at the live pictures. it looks like firefighters have for the the upper hand. but again, one injury to report and one person now in police custody. it's 6:54. in a few hours, a former virginia art teacher will learn how long he'll spend behind bars.

ralph conrad will be sentenced on 50 counts of proceed opposing and d possessing and distributing child pornography. he could be hit with a 250 year prison sensentence. he worked for loudoun county public schools for 15 years. you have a new option to consider if you're in the market for a smart phone. amazon fire goes on sale today. the phone features a 3d light display, it also something called firefly which lets you scan an item in front of you you you and then learn more about it. the phone also comes with a complimentary year of amazon prime. but it cannot run some of google's most popular apps like youtube and google maps. the fire available at at&t stores and it will cost but $200. binge drinking on college campuses nothing new. but posting pass out pics as they are coming up. coming up on the take o"today"

we'll hear from one student on why he's posting students like this online and what the cdc has to say about the binge drinking epidemic. four things to know as you head out the door. virginia governor mcauliffe will tour the damage caused by a deadly tornado. two people were killed when it hit a camp ground. day two of redskins training camp. people braved rain me weather yesterday. you can get up to the minute news at nbcwashington.com and news 4 all day. and it's not just your train line being affected by the new silver line. head to nbcwashington.com to see how bus routes also will be changing with this. and metro's new silver line starts taking passengers around noon tomorrow. that line has undergone testing all week from parking information, rate calculator, know before you go. check out nbcwashington.com. and you will need long sleeves. it's a cooling morning. we're just in the 50s to near

60. then you'll go sleeve last in the away. it will be in the mid-80s and low humidity. a little more humid tomorrow. up near 90. showers and storms likely sunday. beltway at new hampshire actually moving. otherwise looking pretty good. no major problems. not as good looking at you, a aar aaron. appreciat that is the news. anothetet 25.

. good morning. breaking news overnight. protests over the shelling of a school in gaza turn deadly in the middle east. israel carrying out new air strikes today even as talks of a ceasefire resume. dangerous storms. a day after a deadly tornado ripped through virginia, another rounds of severe weather is on the way. the impact on millions from the midwest to the mid-atlantic. how would you feel? porcelain dolls left on the doorsteps of homes in one california town. dolls that resemble the young girls who live there. their parents creeped out, police puzzled. until now the overnight break in a mystery that had a town on edge. and seventh inning stretch. ♪ take me out to