shut down because of a huge water main break. we've watched this issue develop live since yesterday afternoon. and now news 4's megan mcgrath is there to show us the work happening to clean up the mess. >> reporter: yeah, we're getting an update here from wssc. and unfortunately, the news is not good. i'm joined by lynn rig beggins. >> definitely progress. there was a lot of water to come out of this hole. we lost about 6 million gallons. so we now have about a 20 by 30 inch hole in the ground over here and about 18 feet of pipe is out. literally blew off of each end of the pipe that runs under rhode island avenue. and we're still digging to see if the pipe that is still in the ground is in good condition or more needs to be cut out and replaced.

so this is definitely a long running repair here. >> so it may go into the evening rush hour or longer? >> at this point it's tough to say, but maybe make alternate plans for the evening rush hour. we worked all night and we'll work all day to get the road open, but i'd make other plans. >> the courthouse down the street is without water? >> correct. about 16 customers don't have worry and the district court building is one of them. we can make the repairs and get the water on and then we'll still have to take care of the road after that, but hopefully we can get the water on as soon as possible. but it's an old pipe, a lot of damage. >> thanks for the update here this morning. so the bottom line, rhode island avenue in hyattsville, only one lane in the southbound direction getting by. all the other lanes are closed and that will be the case a good

hunk of the day or maybe longer. so plan accordingly. megan mcgrath, back to you. now news 4 melissa mollet is looking for you the best ways to get around all this mess. >> it will be quite a mess literally and for the folks trying to get around the area. again, this is rhode island at crittenden, we have one southbound lane getting by. t northbound lanes completely shut down. alternate, kenilworth avenue. wider look at things, looking pretty good d.c. 295 just past 50. a little slow. prince george's county side of things, no problem there is. 270 at shady grove road, moving right along. a look at 66 coming up. and this morning pavement is dry on the traffic cameras. but they will be getting wet over the next couple of hours.

the area in green is mostly light rain tracking off to the northeast. how in st. mary's county and northern neck passing over toward cambridge the nektsz hour or would. the batch of rain affecting washington, moving into culpepper in the next hour. about two hours away from the southern suburbs. a mild and muggy morning. low to mid-70s much of the region. 60s farther north and west. your weather headlines, have the umbrella handy. more humid, as well. and weekend showers looking more likely, as well. a look at the rain timing hour by hour for the next 12 hours, that is coming up next weather and traffic on the 1s at 6:11. two people are recovering in the burn center after a fire ripped through their apartment.

it broke out just before midnight on burnside drive. of firefighters had to evacuate the entire building. two adults were taken to the burn center, two others treated for minor injuries. several families have to find someplace else to stay. a trial begins today in a controversial sexting case. trey simms will face child pornography charges for sexting his 15-year-old girlfriend. prosecutors will not use explicit photos of simms taken during a search warrant. the key witness in the corruption trial of former virginia governor bob mcdonnell will be back on the stand today. jonnie williams said he gave bob and maureen mcdonnell more than $150,000 in gifts and loans because he thought it would gb for his company. bob mcdonnell reacted before he even entered the courthouse. >> this is a marathon, it won't be decided in a day.

>> williams is testifying under immunity. he also said he never considered himself friends with the mcdonnells. julie carey will be in the courtroom following the latest developments. to learn everything as it happens, follow her on twitt twitter @juliecareynbc. now to a story you you saw fir on news 4. a d.c. advisory neighborhood commissioner is under investigation for a possible hate crime. police already arrested leo dwyer for simple assault. they say dwyer admitted to throwing a homeless man's belongings into the street and then spraying them with disinfectant. a witness says dwyer used a racial slur and then sprayed the witness with the liquid. dwyer admitted to spraying the man, but when asked if he used the slur, he said i don't think so. after it was mostly clear last weekend, get ready for more metro track work today. two red line stations will be

closed rhode island avenue and brookeland. on go around them, you will have to get on the bus and you can also use the green lines. the five other metro lines are operating without any service changes this weekend. new audio just surfaced from bill clinton hours before 9/11. he talks about the chance he had to kill osama bin laden and why he didn't do it. plus pay more for sugary trick drinks. the formula the government may use to charge you more. and we are seeing some showers. tom kierein is ready to dig into when they will hit your neighborhood.

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>> your birth control could lead to breast cancer. a new study found 50% of cancer patients used oralnecticut take accept differences. high doses of estrogen were linked to breast cancer.connect take accept differences. high doses of estrogen were linked to breast cancer. congress is set to debate a new tax on sugar sweetenened beverages called the sweet act. it would require manufacturers to pay a penny for each teaspoon of sugar or high fructose corn syrup. that would come out to a dime per can ever soda and 20 cents for a 20 ounce bottle. of course once they start paying the tax, likely the consumer will, too. >> and that's quite a bit of change. it adds up. let let's talk about the rain in the forecast. and this is the weekend, of

course. and for the morning commute. low clouds over washington and it has turned more humid overnight. he radar showing areas of light rain. there is the intensity scale. anything in the green is light rain. we're getting that northern neck of virginia, now moving in to southern maryland. area of rain getting closer to washington is this batch near charlottesville. leading edge of that just coming into fredericksburg, woodbridge and into washington going to be getting wet in another hour and 50 meainutes. by noontime, still a few scattered light rain showers around. and into the afternoon for the afternoon commute, scattered light rain showers will be moving through. so pavement dry now, but it will be getting wet. >> it will be a little bit of an issue as we progress. right now, though, looking good. this not the best example of dry pavement.

this is a water main break in hyattsville, rhode island at crittenden, both northbound lanes closed. one southbound lane getting by. save yourself the headache and take kenilworth instead. 66, 95, everything moving very nicely. beltway at colesville, moving. like to see that of course. and then right now chopper 4 over the beltway 66, no problems there. a knock at the door, but the family inside couldn't tell what was there until they saw it. >> i couldn't believe it. >> the surprise waiting for them outside and how it trapped them inside their own home. plus the selfie craze has taken over and now life is imitating art. imitating art. the

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plan to stay for life. people in the tropics are bracing for a storm. in the last hour, tropical storm warnings were issued for puerto rico and the u.s. and british

virgin islands. tropical storm bertha is churning. winds already at 45 miles an hour. and the storm is moving toward barbados as we speak. we're also watching showers moving in to fredericksburg and southern maryland heading our way. tom kierein working on a time line of when we will see them and keeping an eye on the tropics that's coming up at 6:21. i'm molette green at the live desk. the number of dead up in new fighting between israel and hamas. we have learned this morning that israeli tank fire has now killed 27 palestinians in south gaza. this is a live shot now over gaza. we've also learned that there was an attack on israeli soldiers just after the cease fire took hold and it is unclear -- we know two israeli soldiers are dead. one reportedly taken.

unclear if the captured soldier was dead or alive at the time. but both sides are blaming each other for the breakdown in this ease fire agreement. that is the latest from the live desk. back to you. developing right now, an american infected with the ebola denied an experiment al see rur his co-worker can be treated instead. there was not enough for both. they will be treated at the emory hospital, the first time the dissays is brought to the u.s.. the cdc will send 50 people to infected regions in africa to help keep the cyrus from spreading. look for a report on ahead on the "today" show. a former candidate for prince george's county executive will be sentenced.

randy mccray was found guilty of forgery and theft last month. prosecutors say he took $25,000 from housing and you are urban development grants. that happened while he was on the county's community development board. he's facing up to 65 years in prison. if the fbi moves to greenbelt, here's what it would look like. these are the first renderings of a proposed site near the greenbelt metro station. five buildings would house the fbi, a, bag garage would be built by the campus. apartments, hotels and private offices also planned in the area. the other locations on the fbi short list are the old landover mall and a site in springfield. this morning we're hearing chilling audio of former president bill clinton speaking just hours before the september 11th attack. it's chilling because of the subject matter, osama bin laden. >> if i was osama bin laden -- he's a very smart guy. i spent a lot of time thinking about him. and i nearly got him once.

nearly got him. and i could have killed him, but i would have had to destroy a little town calledkandahar and i would have been no better than him. so i didn't do it. >> again, that was bill clinton speaking on september 10th, 2001. the 9/11 commission reports that the missile strike was canceled back in 1998 due to a large number of probable civilian casualties. >> that's pretty chilling stuff to hear. especially you hear the little laughter in the background. people had no idea a day later what would happen. incredible. let's check the forecast now. we're talking about changes coming our way. >> going to be some wet changes. hey, tom. >> and many lawns are welcoming the rain moving through. things starting to get a little parched after a dry pattern last several days. and the storm team 4 radar showing the rain how advancing closer to washington.

the areas you see in the lighter greens, that is some very light rain falling in southern st. mary's county, northern neck. tracking over toward salisbury, cambridge. up toward ocean city over the next complain he wiuple of hour. a batch affecting washington is in fredericksburg. when another hour and 40 minutes, getting in to fairfax county and then into the metro area if anothn another couple o. there is tropical storm bertha getting more intense. a lot of heavy rain there to the east of the islands. and here is the latest track tracking right through the islands later today into saturday morning. it will be near puerto rico saturday afternoon. the track for sunday takes it perhaps right near the dominican republic. and then tracking north of there. and it may remain as a minimal

tropical storm and staying well off the atlantic seaboard as we get into next week. not a threat to us. temperatures right now low to mid-70s with muggy humidity. holding steady here for another couple of hour, you can see the humidity in the air. live view from our tower camera, 76 and cloudy at reagan national. and we'll still be near 70 by 8:00. a little bit of light rain coming through, maybe light rain noontime. 50% of a chance of a shower or thundershower during the afternoon. rain chances this weekend, higher on saturday than they are on sunday. highs right around 80. getting hot next week. storm team 4 seven day outlook, highs near 90 monday, tuesday, wednesday and thursday and getting more humid, as well. i'm backtracking that radar looking at that rain, that is coming up at 6:31. how are the roads? >> they will be a little wet of course as the rain moves in closer to the 8:00 hour as tom has been talking about. so remember that when you're heading out this morning. right now a brand new accident

in lorton. crews doing cleanup. 66 a tad slow inside the beltway. bw parkway into and out of town running at speed. 55 miles an hour. 270 at montrose looking good. a rhode island at krcrittenden, o that only one southbound lane getting by. so it will be quite a mess. follow us @first4traffic. water crews in southern california are hoping to finish work today on a massive water main break near the ucla campus. 20 million gallons came shooting out when a pipe burst there wednesday. crews are working to patch a 20 foot wide hole. california is in the middle of a historic drought. a florida couple heard an early morning knock at their door and found ap unwean unwelc neighbor, a 9-foot alligator.

look at him. they called the police and animal control to haul the big guy off. and he did not go without a fight. >> turned the light on, saw the big gator right in front of the door. tail facing the front window and he couldn't get out. >> the house backs up to a canal, so this may not be the last time they will see this gator or perhaps another gator. >> this is my neighborhood. i never saw this guy, though. look at that guy. fwo >> pretty sayry. many of you aren't eating cereal for breakfast. kellogg cereal sales are struggling. these days dieters look for trendy breakfast options. kelloggs ceo says the company is working to rebrand special k to

bring customers back. last quarter kelloggs saw its profit fall 16%. in news 4 your health, a new study says your care can change depending on when you go to the hospital. according to the american heart association,eart attack patients admitted on nights, weekends and holidays have a 13% higher risk of dying. many had a longer wait time before treatment. however, if you're having an emergency at any of those times, you should head to the hospital right away no matter what. >> you're difficulted to taking pictures of yourself stlr there is a makeup best for selfies. corn silk was popular in the '60s. it promised women a lasting glow without going cakey. well, apparently it's the perfect finish for selfie.

it's thousanumber two on best s face powders. it will set you back between $11 to $45. that's a lot. >> you see these selfies and then you meet someone this real life and they don't look anything like it. so that could be doctor. new this morning, eric con tore ready kachb tore rea cantor ready to make his exit. and the new plan that will make it easier to change your cell phone company. plus we're in for some rain. tom kierein is tracking when it will move in and then move out.

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we're following a developing story in hyattsville for you. you may want to find a new way to work if you take route 1. several lanes are closed near rhode island avenue. you can see crews are hard at work to try to fix the problem. and on the right you can see the water main break that caused the

problem in the first laplace. melissa mollet is looking at one lane that has reopened and the best way to get around this all together. >> a little improvement. we had the one southbound getting by. northbound completely shut down. your alternate, save yourself the heartache, take kenilworth. we have chopper on the way. otherwise looking quite good. 66, 95, no issues there. taking a look up 270, looking good, as well. no major problems. chopper on the way to that situation, buts going to be quite a met here hyattsville. live pictures coming up. and the away from the water main break, the pavement is dry, but rain now falling near

fredericksburg. the rain is tag across the bay. west of there, there is another batch of rain now into spotsylvania into southern stafford county. so 95 will begin to get wet. another hour and a half to two hours getting closer to washington. 66, 95, and the southern part of the beltway. that will start getting wet around 8:30, 9:00. you'll be comfortable in short sleeves, but have the umbrella with you as we will likely have the showers offer and on. i'll show you the timing hour by hour coming up next weather and traffic on the 1s. new this morning, a missing child was reunited with his family this morning in prince

william county. police say a relative abducted 8-year-old caleb. but we've learned 65-year-old brenda courts was arrested. investigators believe she was trying to take the child to alta vista, virginia. new this morning, you won't see eric captor back on capitol hill when congress returns from summer recess. cantor announced he's stepping down from his seat earlier than expected. he'll officially resign on august 18. you remember the house majority leader lost his primary election to tea party candidate dave brat in a stunning upset in june. cantor opened up to the richmond times dispatch on his decision. he wrote, while my days as a congressman will soon be behind me, my days of fighting for those ideas as a citizen are ahead of me. i look forward to continuing to work for an american that work and an america that leads. brat also responds to the news. he said, quote, the time one has to sacrifice to be an elected official is enormous, and he has

sacrificed a great deal to serve the people. i wish eric and his family the best in their future endeavors. a republican congressman caught on camera twisting a staffer's aurm. don young was trying to enter a gop conference meeting when a policy adviser stopped him, trying to direct young to enter through a side door. young grabbeded a twisted his arm.congressman says he was caught off guard and did not know the man, but apologized for reacting the way he did. a woman will be sentenced for renting out a power closed home. shannon lee forged documents to appear as the rightful owner. according to the state's attorney's office, lee failed to appear for her original sentencing in mid-july. the office says she provided fake paperwork to claim she was in a hospital in chicago that day. the life of a pregnant virginia mother of four was cut short this week when she was

stung by wasps and suddenly died. now the entire community is rallying behind her family. sarah harkins was stunged by wasps and had an allergic reaction and died on monday. >> she fell unconscious and it was discovered there was brain aneurysm and it burst and caused her death. >> her friends and family are raising money for her husband and four children online. so far the go fund me site has raised over $100,000. if you'd like to help sarah's family, we've posted links on nbcwashington.com. one will help with funeral experiences and the other is an education fund for her four children. people in columbia height as are still in shock after a woman

is charged with killing her own mother. neighbors say they saw keiva hooks screening and yelling. police were called there. hooks led the officer to the apartment where her mother, tajuana lynn hooks, was lying on the floor. she had blood on her face, more coming from the back of her head. neighbors say they can't believe this happened. >> they're quiet people i thought they got along perfectly. >> keiva hooks suffered minor injuries and is now charged with second-degree murder while armed. today a lawyer accused in a deadly drunk driving crash will be back in court. he's charged with involuntary manslaughter in the can death of two in ashburn. we're hearing the prosecutors have worked out a plea deal in

the case. the hearing begins at 9:00 a.m.. today a charity reminding staff sergeant david stewart's family that they haven't been forgotten. stewart was killed in afghanistan back in june. he is from stafford county. today the dove project will hold a 24 hour bike fund-raiser for his family. they're trying to raise $5,000 to build them a new backyard. if begins at 7:00 p.m.. stewart left behind a wife, a 14 month old son and a 22-year-old daughter. it is 6:35. today 25 children from our area will become american citizens. the a leenlg answer ceremony will be at the dumbarton center. if you missed out on tickets to the redskins training camp, you have another chance. a standby line will be set up early tomorrow and for the joint

practices with the new england patriots. in other words, if you show up early enough, you can still get in. the gates will open tomorrow at #: 8:00 a.m.. a new trend among teens on social media. >> i was thinking half of facebook had this. >> the warning a mother wants you to hear about the dangerous fire challenge. plus a new side to the vice president. the risquer habit he can't get enough of. and tom kierein will take us through the next 12 hours.

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americans more flexibility and choice when it comes to their phones and their budgets. >> a side of joe biden many of us couldn't imagine. but according to a new tell-all book, vice president biden loves to go skinny dipping. don't act surprised now. the author quotes an unnamed secret service agent who says the vp loves swimming nude. the book claims the agents considered being assigned to biden the second worst assignment.first was guarding hillary clinton. i think it would probably be the funnest assignment. >> right. who know what is other claims are in the book. >> and there is no name attached to it. >> we don't know what is real and not. >> let's check the forecast. >> tom kierein here now with your weather and traffic on the 1s. when is the rain coming? >> it will move in over the next hour or two. #umbrella day. areas in light green, sha light rain. just getting a few sprinkles now

northern neck, southern maryland now moving over toward the eastern shore. a batch of rain from fredericksburg down to the carolinas. that is advancing along 95, closer to washington in about another hour and 20 minutes. and fairfax county and then off and on the rest of the day. your hour by hour forecast, bay 8:00, we'll be near 70. a little bit of the light rain. might have light rain around noontime, as well. upper 70s. between 2:00 and 4:00, low 80s. 50% chance of a shower or thundershower. a look at rain chances on the weekend next weather and fraftrc on the 1s. chopper 4 just over the scene in hyattsville. it is a muddy mess. northbound one lane getting by, southbound complete -- excuse me, authorinorthbound shut down

southbound one lane getting by. your alternate is kenilworth avenue. otherwise we're looking good. 66, 95 looking even besh tter t we normally see. remember to always follow us @first4traffic. we have a crew on the ground of that developing story melissa just mentioned. megan mcgrath spoke to the crews about when things would get back to on normal on route 1. why this traffic nightmare could now last into the evening. plus virginia families now is the time to buy the back to school supplies. we're in a tax free shopping weekend. we added up how much you could save.

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look at it this way, you're kind of on top. if i was like this, all day. switch from the bottom to the top and see why millions of satisfied customers have made fios #1. sign up for a verizon fios triple play online with a 2-year agreement and get an amazing $400 back plus a free lg g tablet or up to $200 off any tablet from verizon wireless. but hurry, don't wait - this great offer ends august 10th. welcome back. a developing story in hyattsville. the trip to work on route 1 will be slower barry ecause of a wat main break. >> and we start with megan mcgrath. >> reporter: well, guys, within the hour, we learned the repairs are taking longer than they had hoped and this could drag on most of the day, possibly impacting not just the morning rush hour, but the evening rush hour, as well weand perhaps

longer. you can get an idea of the size of the hole. they have been here all might long working. they started to dig up the pipes. and take a closer look at what they have here. just what they will need to do to fix everything. unfortunately, it's a bigger job than they were expecting. they have a section of pipe that blew out basically on both ends. it's 73 years old. they remove the pipe, but they also now need to look at other sections of pipe because they have more problems. so a lot more digging to do. they will be here for a good hunk of the day. they're not even at the point where they're repairing the pipe itself. so this will be a long job. and the district courthouse here in hyattsville, they are without water. nothing official from the court as to what they plan to do, but without water, it's unclear

whether they will be able to open today for regular business or not. we're keeping an eye on that, but certainly that is another problem associated with this. one lane getting by southbound at this point. back to you. i'm know lmolette green at live desk. we've watched the number of dead go up to 30 in the fighting between israel and hamas, that figure coming from palestinian medical sources in gaza. now that the cease fire has broken down. attacks on gaza intensifying with one israeli soldier reportedly captured by hamas inside that city. in just a few minutes, tune into the "today" show for a report on the cease fire breakdown. richard engel is in gaza city. look for his live reports starting in just a few minutes.

right now it is 6:47. fire has burned several families out of their homes on burnside drive. it moved quickly forcing firefighters to evacuate the entire building. four people were hurt, two had to be taken to the burn center for smoke inhalation. today a woman will be sentenced in prince george's county accused of stealing from people work to goining to find for cancer. she stop more than $25,000 from the company as well as from dono donors. police began to investigate after a high school official at eleanor roosevelt high discovered a credit card discrepancy. today a virginia campground torn apart by a tornado last week is reopening. hundreds of volunteers have worked nonstop to get the area back open before the weekend. two people were killed at the cherry stone camp ground last week. dozens more were hurt when the ef-1 twister ripped through the site. if you were planning to spend will weekend buying your child's school supplies, picked

the perfect time. the virginia tax free holiday begins now and derrick ward is live outside a walmart in woodbridge. >> reporter: this holiday isn't one of the ones that will show up in red on your calcalendar, it may keep you in the black when it comes to your finances. this is the no tax holiday. it runs between today and sunday. so no tax on school supplies priced up to $20 and no sales tax on shoes and clothing up to $100. now, 5% sales tax in the state of virginia, shall counties tack on another%. so that may be a 6% savings for folks on purchases of things like choir reasons, golf clothing, night gowns, robe and even wedding apparel. as far as the school spupplies, notebooks, binders ruler, paper, but not computers or computer

supplies. and it also applies to online purchases, layaways and mail order purchases. some tax analysts say that whenever there is a sales tax revenue cut, they will make it up somewhere else, nonetheless, you have a couple days to save in money. live in woodbridge, derrick ward, news 4. and there are some unique tax exempt items that you can buy. >> we went through the list and they're not all school supplies. one of the things, garters ac s garter belt. if you were waiting to buy your wedding dress, you will find that tax free, too. musical vumts and accessories also made the list. hoo here is a catch. has to be under $100. >> do you really need that extra stuff in but sounds like a lot

of fun. >> yeah. right. >> we're coming up on 6:51. time to get a check of weather and traffic. >> are umbrellas on that list? you'll need one today as we'll have a lot of rain beginning to move in. not enough to cause any flooding, but enough to make everything wet. could get a little slippery as we're looking now at that rain moving up through virginia. it's mostly light rain, intensity scale, anything in the green is light rain. darker green coming down a little harder south of fredericksburg and south of charlottesville. the rain is tracking up 95, so 95 payment will be getting wet next hour or so. up toward 66 another hour or so. and then into washington maybe around 8:30, 9:00 this morning. it's aed my and muggy morning. temperatures in the low to mid-70s in washington by the bay. and in the suburbs and rural area, we're in the upper 60s to around 70.

a lot of clouds over washington now. no rain here yet, but arriving here the next couple of hours. 76 at reagan national. 8:00, near 70. light rain southern suburbs. noontime, much of the region scattered light rain moving through. and for the afternoon commute, that could be complicated, too. right in the upper 70s and likelihood of passing showers. maybe a thundershower. then the nats game tonight, might have a rain delay. temperatures in the upper 60s by late evening and by tomorrow morning, a smaller chance of a shower starting off saturday morning. and we may see more of these, too. beautiful double rainbow in southern maryland. photo by joanne goldwater. post your pics twitter, facebook and instragram. we have another chance of some showers on saturday and maybe a thundershower.

smaller chance on sunday. highs low 80s and partly sunny. when you're mobile, so are we. keep up with the weather with the weather app, get it on google play and itunes store. next week august acting like august. upper 80s near 90 each day. maybe a storm around on wednesday. melissa is looking at complicated traffic this morning. yes, we know there will be robs later because 69 rain coming in, but right now water is a problem in hyattsville. a water main break. megan mcgrath out there rhode island at crittenden, northbound lanes closed, one southbound lane getting by. your alternate is kenilworth avenue. otherwise looking pretty good with the exception of d.c. 295 just past 50. but that's pretty typical. 66 and 95 no problems there. top of the beltway looking good, as well. 270 into and out of town, no problems. georgia avenue, new hampshire, 95 in maryland, as well. remember to tweet us @first4traffic.

a big traffic alert to let you know about in d.c. this weekend. starting sunday, the following streets will be shut down. f street between 14th and 15th street northwest, 29th street between k and m northwest, the southbound curb lane on 23rd from e street to constitution avenue northwest. and the reason is that african leaders summit will begin here in d.c. this coming week. a new challenge online starting to make the rounds. it has already sent several kids to the hospital. it's called the burn or fire challenge. it involves pouring alcohol or anotherab another flammable liquid on yourself and lighting yourself on fire while someone else films the entire thing. one boy in florida nearly died. his other says she doesn't understand why these kids are doing this. >> i didn't think my child would do this. never crossed my mind. >> derrick robinson suffered

second and third degree burns all over his body. he says he regrets accepting the challenge and is advising everyone not to do it. today a trial will begin in a controversial child pornography case in northern virginia. news 4 learned prosecutors will not use whiexplicit photos of t simms taken during a search warrant. he faces charges for sexting his then girl as a manassas high school. the key witness in the corruption trial of former virginia governor bob mcdonnell will be back on the stand today. jonnie williams says he gave virginia's former first couple more than $150,000 in gifts and loans because he thought it would be good for his company. he was the ceo of star si scientific. he also said he never considered himself friends with the mcdonnells. julie carey will be in the courtroom following all the

latest developments. follow her on twitte twitter, @juliecareynbc. four things to know today. virginia congressman eric cantor ready to make his exit. he announced he will be resigning august 18. a special electi for his seat will be held november 4. virginia tax free holiday begins today until sunday, you can save the sales tax you would pay for your school supplies and clothes. the truce between israel and hamas ended hours after it began. look for a live report from gaza coming up in just a few minutes on the "today" show. and parts of route 1 in hyattsville shut down because of a water main break. only one southbound lane open because of the gaping hole in the road. crews will be working in the area all day. and this friday is cry day if you're a sun lover. a lot of clouds around. and shall passing showers from time to time beginning in the metro area. another hour or two and off and on in the rest of the day. and over the weekend, too,

chances of showers and maybe a thundershower. highs low 80s. heating up next week with highs near 90. a muddy polimess in hyattsv. northbound route 1 closed. one southbound lane getting by. otherwise looking pretty typical. >> enjoy. that will do it for "news 4 today". >> the "today" show is next. we'll be back in 25 minutes with weather and traffic and breaking news.

good morning. out of africa. plans underway to bring two americans battling ebola home to the u.s. especially equipped plane heading to the region is prepared. does that move but the u.s. population at risk? breaking news overnight. just hours after a cease-fire goes into effect in gaza, it is over. more israeli soldiers and palestinians killed. israel informing the u.n. it's resuming the offensive. a new tropical storm forms near the caribbean and could affect the u.s. mainland. al is tracking it t