church hero. and russia is fighting back, the list of american products russia just said it would ban from the country. but first melissa is following breaking news on the bw parkway. >> this is authority bous north chopper 4 over the scene. police are telling me one person was traps pornsported out by gr. you can see the slowdowns we're seeing. it will be a nasty commute. so traffic being pushed off on to 32. your alternate is 95 or route 1. we actually look good 66, 95 up toward the beltway. no major issues. down south, though, you can see as you head through quantico, slow from an earlier crash. beltway at new hampshire moving about as well as we can expect at this time of morning. >> i see a little light fog there on your traffic cameras. and that is around the metro

area light fog. a short sleeve summer morning and sunblock hotter summer afternoon coming up with lower humidity moving in. last couple of day, we have had the rather steamy humidity. dew point temperatures in the 60s and 70s, but now down in to the 50s. police apartment humidity for much of the afternoon. between now and then, that humidity will drop. but still fairly high humidity causing dense fog. these counties in gray. visibilities here are generally under a quarter of a mile. all the way through 9:00. so throw down, use your low beams. coming up, the hour by hour temperature warm-up. the body of an american hero is on its way back home here to the u.s.. major general harold greene was killed earlier this week in afghanistan. we have received confirmation

his remains are on an aircraft, have already left a military base in germany on the way to dover delaware. once the body arrives in dover, there would be a transfer ceremony. he was killed on tuesday. a gunman opened fire shooting him in the back. there were 15 other service members that were also injured in that attack. the greene family is from the area. this will no doubt be ap krn emotional day for them. the capitol hill press secretary accused of bringing a gun to work will be in court today. they say he had a .9 millimeter semiautomatic hand gun in his briefcase. it was not loaded, but there was a magazine in his briefcase, too. he says the bhol thiwhole thing accident. if convicted, he could get up to

five years. and investigators are trying to figure out what happened when a tree trunk killed a worker. they say a worker was removing some logs from property on rock spring road near the washington country club. neighbors hood a heard,0 a loud thud and then some screaming. >> an adult male was crushed bay a tree truck. the section of the trunk rolled off, ultimately crushing him. >> other workers tried to free the man but could not save him. the deadly incident has been handed over to inspectors from osha. we have breaking news. president putin fighting back against u.s. and european sanction. this morning russia released a

list of agricultural products that it will ban for a year. so that list, meat, fish, milk, fruit and vegetables from the u.s., eu, australia, canada and norway. they are also considering banning flights over russia to and from asia. a new central figure has emerged from the mcdonnell corruption trial. the former first lady's chief of staff provide some had pretty damaging testimony about maureen mcdonnell's personality and her love interests. mary shay zuter land called working in the governor's mansion, quote, hellish. she said maureen mcdonnell screamed a lot and a protective detail was needed. she also testified she showed no love interest toward jonnie williams. mcdonnells are accused of accepting gifts and loans in exchange for promoting his company. something they both deny. the state of maryland has done it and governor o'malley

will encourage it nationwide. today he will join tom perez at a bethesda fast food restaurant that pays above the national minimum wage in may it was raised to $10.10 by 2018. maryland is among 13 states and d.c. that have actsed to raise minimum wamgs. president obama wants the national minimum wage to be raised from $7.25 to $10.10. prosecutors making their final case to put oscar pistorius in prison. the flaw they found in his defense attorney's argument. and alcohol at night could be bad for your teeth. why a glass of white wine is worse than a grass of red. > glass of red. plus tom will walk you through the warm-up.

important breast cancer information is coming. doctors discovered a new gene that could increase your arriving. it's called palb 2. doctors consider it even more dangerous than mutations in the brac after the genes. palb 2 are rare and risks depend highly on a family's history of breast cancer. women who carry the gene were found to have a one in three chance of developing the cancer by age 70. we all know sugary snacks and drinks don't to any favors for our teeth. how dentists want to worn about alcohol. a nightly glass of white wine can dry out your mouth, suck the calcium from your teeth and leave you with mad breath. white wine is more acidic than

red. and they say to rinse your hout out with water or mouth wash. and it's not just wines. >> and same with sugar. they say right away rinse out your mouth. >> carry little in your purse or man bag, whatever. >> let's check breaking news on the roads. what is going on out there? >> chopper 4 over the breaking news. this is the bw parkway northbound right near 175. a very bad accident southbound, also slow as people head through the area. traffic being pushed off on to 32. alternate is 95 or route 1. wider look, looking pretty normal. 270 at montrose looking good. 66 at jermantown road, no major issues there. tom, we're seeing a little tfog.

>> yeah, south of the metro area, dense fog advisory. down to quarter to half mile visibility. elsewhere, not much fog at all. so walking to the bus or metro or grifing, impacts hoorng will be the foggy area south of washington with temperatures in the 60s. lots of sunshine over the fog. and then by 8:00 to 10:00, the fog gone, lower humidity in the mid-70s with bright sunshine. and during the rest of the day by noontime, for your lunch you are hour, we'll have temperatures up to around 80 degrees. low humidity, great for an outdoor lunch. by mid to late afternoon heading bag home, low humidity in place. it will be in the mid-80s. a look at revised weekend rain chances coming up next weather and traffic on the 1s. razor blades scattered around a city. the way someone hid them that could have hurt a lot of people. and a bank, a bike and a

bomb threat. we'll tell you what stopped a pretty interesting woodbridge bank robbery before it could bank robbery before it could even reall

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we're on top of breaking you news. a murder investigation in anne arundel county. chopper 4 over the crime scene right now. this is the exxon gas station at route 175 and ridge road. we have confirmation from anne arundel police that one person was found dead there at the gas station. you see it is blocked off as police conduct their investigation. still waiting to learn what the circumstances are. perhaps a robbery attempt. and who is dead there on the scene. but again, we are on top of this. we also know that there are additional officers that have been called out to join in the homicide investigation. so as soon as we learn more, we'll let you know. but a murder investigation unfolding now at that gas station. closing arguments are under way in the pistorius murder

trial. this is a live look inside the courtroom in pretoria. the chief prosecutors is delivering his final arts right now. he says the pistorius lied while on the stand and the defense presented two different arguments. he added that the defense has promised to call witnesses to prove pistorius sounds like a woman when he screams which never happened. the defense will give their closing arguments tomorrow. the double amputee is accused of intentionally killing his girl friend. pistorius claims he shot and killed her by mistake thinking she was an intruder in his home. lawyers for the suspected boston marathon bomber say he has no chance of getting a fair trial in massachusetts, so they will try to get his trial moved out of that state. in july a judge gave attorneys until today to make the case. tsarnaev is a waiting trial and faces the possibility of a death penalty. this morning police in prince william county are asking

for your help to find a man who tried to rob a bank in woodbridge. police say this man rode his bike up to a driver-through teller claiming to have a bomb this his backpack and demanded cash. thist a bank of america branch on old branch. no one was hurt. two public schools are being called out for the way they treat students with disabilities. according to the "washington post," pace east and pace west frequently restrained, a clute a clutsed and removed children from classrooms and deny the students with disat as free appropriate public education. education officials says there was no evidence that students were physically harmed. back to back major storms are headed toward hawaii.

two hurricanes churning out at sea aiming correctly at the hawaiian islands. hurricane iselle expected to hit tonight and julio could hit sunday. one of those upgraded to a category 2 in the last hour. the state's governor declared a stafts emergency, as well. and as hawaii gets ready for those systems, we'll get an update on the atlantic hurricane season today. government meteorologists will release their new hurricane outlook for this year. the initial forecast called for 8 to 13 named storms in the atlantic. that is almost below normal. so far we've seen two named storms. hurricane season runs through november 30th. we're celebrating rockville this morning. and it has a special relationship with a city in a different country. angie goff is live this morning with a look at what that is all about. angie, pretty picture outside behind you. >> reporter: good more thning. i have to point out this beautiful mansion behind me built in 1926.

along with the beautiful landscapes that you'll find across rockville is also the connection to a land abroad. like a very good beer or a huge big pretzel, the connection between the city of rockville and germany is very strong. and here to take more about it president of the rockville sister city corporation. thank you for joining us. this is it a relationship that goes way back. >> it goes way back to 1957. and in 2017, we'll be celebrating our 60th anniversary and would he have been very active with people exchanges. last year we had three groups here, a dance ygroup that performed at the fourth of july celebration and also a photograph if i group led by the mayor of pinneberg and she stayed with me for the week.

>> and citizens from rockville have gone over to pinneberg. >> yes. and we had a group from the high school and a bike exchange group is there right now. so we've had fireman exchanges, tennis, basketball exchanges. >> promise you will invite us out to celebrate 60 years. >> absolutely. >> that will be one big party. thank you for joining us. and we also have a little performance for us. >> yeah, we're doing a dance, boisterous dance where the guys are showing off for the girls. >> and it's from germany. so let's see you show off. the alpine dancers and singers. ♪

>> a wonderful scenic performance this morning. coming up, back to school jam session with stars from rockville. stay with us. >> they're very sweet. a way to show off for the ladies is what he said. . 6:21. let's get to the traffic with melissa. northbound before the w parkway still shut down at 175. traffic diverted on to 32. your alternate 95 or route 1. just got a tweet from a follower said she's been in it for over an hour. could be some time as they reconstruct that yeen. beltway at landover, moving along. 95 north of triangle, slow because of an earlier crash. otherwise looking quite good.

remember to follow us @first4traffic. we're giving away four $125 gas gift card. who isn't look like that. >> for sure. rockville celebrating summer. i love the old historic buildings. this is the old historic courthouse downtown rockville. a wonderful summer day. bright sunshine, hitting the low 80s by late afternoon. low humidity. a beautiful sumger day. starting off this morning with patchy dense fog now in the central shenandoah valley. and east of there over toward the 95 corridor from prince william down as to spotsylvania county. watch out for pedestrians, watch out for tear. use your low beam and slow down with the dense fog. temperatures right now in the 60s to near 70 degrees. off to a mild start. it is still rather humid, but the lower humidity will be

moving in during the apwith a mostly sunny sky. most areas reaching the mid-80s, met row area low 80s suburbs and rural areas. great weather for the game tonight at fedex field with low humidity, kickoff around 80 degrees. sunshine and then a clear sky during the game. temperatures in the 70s the rest of the evening. tomorrow morning down to the low 60s. another gorgeous summer day on friday. highs mid-80s. a littlend weekend, might get an much storm saturday. and south of the metro area on sunday. and only a small chance monday, tuesday, wednesday next week with highs in the 80s. i'm richard jordan at the live desk. edward snowden's attorney says he's been grapgranted a three y residency permit to stay in russia. this happened just this week. the official documents were signed earlier in the week. snowden of course an intelligence contractor who released classified information

and then fled to russia. but again breaking news this morning is that he has been granted a residency permit for three years. that is the latest from the live desk. metro helping you avoid the traffic jam expected at tonight's redskins game. metro will operate an hour longer until 1:00 in the morning. trains will leave the morgan boulevard and largo town center stations at 12:20 a.m.. if you're not going to the game, you can watch it right here on nbc 4 of course. and there are going to be a lot of new faces to watch tonight. dianna russini has a pre-you view. >> reporter: good morning from richmond. after three days of practicg with the patris,heedin will ayngonhtn their first pre-season game at fedex field. the best way to okis it's li senurf a restaunt e lle obmsn e fh mmicio formations, probably e funmewo but the point of the game is to see the depth on the redskins. not necessarily for the starters, but rhae look at thkupye the guys trying to make the

roster. four areas you should keep an eye on tonight. first how kirk cousins looks. he will get the most reps out on the field as the backup quartek. back to you. >> and we're excited the game will be right here. >> 1k7 30. on prime time programming is moving. if you want to see he shows like hollywood game 23450i9, welcome so sweden or work the angle, head to cozi tv. but i think you will want to watch the game. just saying. feeding a parking meeter can be a hassle. >> that's because eight razor blades have been found in the coin slots. some residents don't want to use the meters now. >> i'd rather get a ticket than my finger cut open.

>> police say that they're not sure whether the person doing will is trying to damage the parking meters or trying to hurt somebody. >> just pay attention to what you're doing so you can avoid any injuries. >> especially around here, you have your phone to pay meters, your credit card. >> yeah. much more convenient. we're following a developing story right now. there is a new alert in the ebola scare. well look at the rope eason afternoon outbreak is not likely in the u.s.. and a new feature from uber that could save you a couple bucks. and it will be a beautiful day. tom kierein walking us through how hot it will get in your neighborhood. without the internet i would probably be like a c student.

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we're following two breaking news stories. chopper 4 just over a murder scene at a gas station. take a look. is this t this is the exxon station on ridge road. we're continuing to stay on top of the story and will bring you

any new information when we learn it. >> and melissa mollet is also tracking breaking news on the bw parkway. >> is ththis is authority boun . a bad traffic. it will be some time as they reconstruct things there. so lots of people being pushed off on to 3 # 2. alternate 95 or route 1. slow top of the beltway. 66 typically slow. an upclon upclosp up top throug major issues. red line single tracking. and commuters are running in to patchy metro area. the visibility under a quarter

of a mile east of the blue ridge. but elsewhere, really don't have any thick fog around the metro area. down to a quarter mile in martinsburg. and temperatures will be rising today. county by county forecast, prince george's county, montgomery, fairfax, low to mid-80s. just delightful. and low humidity will be around all across northern virginia with high there is low to mid-80s. lots of sun, have your sunglasses handy. and southern maryland, too, a little cooler by the bay. highs around 80. lots of sunshine and low humidity will bemountains. coming up at 6:41, the hour by hour breakdown. and centers for disease control taking emergency action to stop the spread of ebola in west africa. but what about the u.s.?

tracie potts live on capitol hill. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. that is the question that everyone has here in the u.s. including lawmakers. what is the risk here in the united states? the cdc and other health experts have said extremely low because unlike the west affarican count, we had a quick public health response. and himself talso the fact we h ability to convictiquickly isol patients. the cdc has upped the alert to a level one, the highest possible level. they're concerned about whether or not this will spread from western africa. they're sending 50 more people over there over the next month to try to contain that virus, to keep it from crossing the

atlantic. but here on capitol hill today, the house foreign affairs committee will hear from those medical experts on what we need to do next. >> tracie potts live for us. and news 4 also got can sclus s exclusive access to a lab where they have been working a vacc scienstto us they're getting closer to a vaccine. there is no live virus involved. the director of the nih says that they will start testing the latest version of the vaccine on humans at the end of september. this morning a loudoun county teen is in the hospital after a car surfing accident. the 17-year-old victim was air lifted out of sterling tuesday night. police say he fell off the trunk of a car in a parking lot at the dulles crossing plaza. the teen had been trying to record video of himself surfing on the car, but he couldn't hold on after the car made a sharp

turn. such a dangerous practice there. we're told that he has a severe head injury. this morning we know the name of the man killed in a violent crash in northeast washington. police say 24 maurice kirkland died after he lost control of his car. he hit a pole on h street northeast and slammed into a truck. the car burst into flames. he died at the hospital. investigators are still trying to figure out how he lost control of his car. later this morning, the son of marion barry will be in court. christopher barry was arrested last month for driving on a revoked license and possession of synthetic marijuana. this is his fourth arrest since the beginning of may. uber says it's testing a new idea that could save you some money. it's called uber pool. you put your location in and where you want to go and uber pool will connect with you somebody else traveling a similar. you calit the ride to save

some money. right now it's only being tested in san francisco. uber has no date yet for when the service mits come to d.ght . maryland and virginia made decisions involving the ride share company. in maryland, the public service commission ruled uber is a common carrier, a coma that moves people or goods for hire. and that means uber has to follow new state regulations and an play for a new permit.people. and that means uber has to follow new state regulatnsnd aay n pmi >> and virginia lawmakers approved a plan, the temporary agreement means uber and lyft will have forget back fwrougrou checks and meet strict insurance requirements. for the first time, a security guard who survived a brutal accident is speaking out. >> i thank god that i'm ofalive. >> why he says it's a mere being

a kell that he survived. plus the relief could you see if you have a mortgage with bank of america. and we're getting ready for temperatures to start climbing. hour by hour changes coming today. you used to sleep like a champ.

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. i thank god that i'm of a live. >> for the first time, we're hearing from a prince george's county security guard who survived after a minivan plowed into his booth. >> you may remember this scene. witnesses say the van drove into an apartment complex guard booth at full speed on july 18th. james fisher was inside at the time and was pinned underneath for 45 minutes while crews tried to rescue him. >> like ten yards away going like 50 miles an hour. nothing i could do to defend myself. >> people schecheered when he w

finally rescued. he had no broken bones but still some pain. >> he hired a lawyer but hasn't announced any plans to sue the driver. and police are still investigating the crash. breaking news on the roads. we'll check in with melissa moll mollet. >> breaking news bw parkway northbound. here right now they are hebeing diverted off at 32. save yourself the headache. take 95 or route 1 headed through that area anytime soon. it is just a mess. several miles of backup. 270 at shady grove, no problems there. 66 at lee highway, looking quite good. overall, not having any major issues. 95 at 32, looking good, but we are seeing a little bit of haze and fog here and there.

>> light around the metro area. look away from your breakfast. we have a sunny side up sunrise. reagan national at 73. it's in the 60s elsewhere. we'll stay in the 60s through 8:00 and the fog away will be dissipating by mid-morning. lower humidity. this afternoon into the mid-80s. going to be a gorgeous summer day. a look at changes on the way for the weekend. rain chances coming up at 6:51. right now hawaii is bracing for history. we will go live to jim cantore to show us how hawaii is getting ready for not one, but two hurricanes. and virginia was just named the state with the fastest internet. why you may want to thank ashburn for that ranking. plus new rules that could make it tougher for many people in virginia to vote. 6:42.

you're team is working for you to get you up to the minute the minute you're up. >> we start with the weather channel's jim cantore. >> reporter: good morning. this is going to be an interesting situation because we haven't had a hurricane warping here since 1993 in the big island and we certainly haven't had a land falling hurricane on the entire islands chain in 22 years. but the good news is every is

taking it very seriously. the governor got the proclamation yesterday. schools are closed. people have been basically pulling food and water off the shelves like crazy. we're in downtown hilo. we had a little light rain. the worst will probably come in over the next 8 to 12 hours. that's when we'll get if you will the landfall. the problem is if you go along this area where there are so many shops, probably about two out of 100 of these shops that are bored up. and here is why they probably should be. if we're going to get 85 to 90-mile-an-hour winds, this kind of glass, any debris flying around has a chance of shattering this glass. and obviously causing major damage. so i think today you'll see a big ramp up of that this morning once people get up. remember, it's almost 1:00 in the morning here at this point. so people have settled down for the day. but they're taking this

seriously no question about it especially given what happened back in 1992. and that is fresh on people's minds. for us on the southeast coast, you think, wow, whole population changes. increase of people who have never kedealt with hurricanes before. and we're expecting huge surf. 20 to 25 feet breakers. it will be a wild 24 hours. and then we'll deal with julio coming up on sunday. >> a one-two punch. jim cantore, thank you. and the "today" show will also have live coverage as hawaii braces for these storms. that's coming up at the top of the hour. a plane carrying the remains of major general harold greene has left germany and is on its way back to the u.s. right now. greene's body expected to rich at dover air force base delaware later this morning for a dignified transfer ceremony. major general group ojne greene

by a lone gunman who opened fire on a group westeof western sold. this morning investigators are trying to figure out what happened when a tree trunk killed a man. it happened at a home renovation site. police worked in to the night piecing together the scene. they say a worker was removing logs from a property on rock spring road. other workers tried to free the man using construction tools but they could not save him. the deadly incident has been handed off to inspectors from osha, the occupational safety and health administration. we're expecting more explosive testimony today in the mcdonnell corruption trial. yesterday maureen mcdonnell chee chief of staff called working in the governor's mansion hellish and said there was no indication she had a love interest with

jo jonnie williams. you've sounded off about another d.c. speed camera on the maryland border. a viewer asked us to check it out near the southern avenue station. looks like the camera is on the maryland side. d.c. police insist it is on district property and they told news 4 the camera is legal where it is. yesterday we told you how ou officers disabled a camera on the maryland side. and set up a mobile side camera on the d.c. side. bank of america is getting ready to pay big and it could help out some of its customers. courtney reagan is here to explain how this all breaks down. >> cnbc has confirmed reports bank of america will pay up to $17 billion to settle a justice department probe into the sale of toxic mortgages before the financial crisis. the deal isn't final and it could still fall apart, but reports say bank of america will pay $9 billion in cash and the rest in assistance to struggling

homeowners. the settlement comes after a phone call last week between b of a ceo brian moynihan and eric holder. back to you. if you surf the web in virginia, you're in luck. the common wellth halth has the fastest internet in the u.s. according to a new report. the reason for virginia's dominance is in ashburn. that is where the hub for networks like verizon and facebook are. alaska has the slowest internet in the country. the u.s. falls behind 11 other countries losing out to south core re core radio korea and israel. let's check back in with melissa. >> which this is chopper 4 over the scene. bw parkway authorinorthbound at. several miles of backups.

everybody getting off at 32. people have baby-seb been sitti for over an hour. your alternate the either 95 or route 1. wider look, slow top of the beltway. past 50 a little slow and 66 into town, 66 and 95 generally looking pretty good for this time of morning. prince george's county looking good, as well. remember you can always follow us @first4traffic for your chance to win a $125 gas gift card. we're giving away four this month. and tom kierein has the weather for us now. seeing a little fog and haze. >> and south of the metro area. there is the golden sunrise over the potomac. no fog in the metro area, but dense fog counties in gray. under a quarter mile visibility. it will be around until 9:00 this morning. here is a view. photo posted by patricia

sherwood. you can see some light fog there. visibility maybe about half a mile. post your pics on twitter and facebook and instragram. we'll share. use your low beams and slow down. there could be a pedestrian or deer running out in front of you. watch out for that for the next few hours between now and mid-morning. temperatures where the fog is thickest, south of the metro area. so whether you're walking to the metro or walk or driving, watch out through the fog south of d.c.. and for the afternoon commute, lots of sunshine and fantastic afternoon. mid-80s. lower humidity in place. dry pavement for the afternoon commute. big game tonight, fedex field, low humidity. light wind. sunshine at the beginning of the game, a clear sky during the game as we drop back down into the 70s during the evening. great football weather tonight.

then tomorrow morning, cool start. another beautiful day. low humidity. weekend, as more humid, highs low 80s. might get an afternoon storm saturday. south of the metro area on sunday a shower possible. and only a small chance monday, tuesday, wednesday into next week. i'm richard jordan at the live desk. someone was killed early this morning at a gas station in anne arundel county, this is the exxon station on ridge road. this is video from chopper 4. still waiting to find out what led up to the homicide here. but police are gathering at the scene. they say traffic is not being affected, but certainly a large police presence as they try to figure out what happened. we'll follow it throughout the day. today president obama will try to deliver one thing

veterans want more of, better care. megan mcgrath live at ft. belvoir with how he plans for do that. >> reporter: the new law comes in the wake of scandal within the v.a.. long wait times for medical care actually led to the death of a number of veterans. later this morning, president obama is going to be coming to ft. belvoir to explain how things will be getting better. the veterans access to care through choice, accountability and trabs transparency act allo those in rural areas to see their local doctors and allows more money to hire more doctors and nurses and will open new care for veterans. all is quiet right now, but we are expecting that to change. we are expecting to see heightened security in the coming hours as they prepare for the president's visit. in ft. belvoir, megan mcgrath, news 4. today president obama will

try to deliver one thing veterans want are more of, better care. but we also have new rules now that could make it tougher for people in virginia to vote. that is the story we're talking about, the state board of elections voted on on a compromise plan yesterday that makes i.d.s that have been expired for more than a year invalid for voting. some republicans called for all expired to be invalid, but they approved the compromise after concerns from democrats. we're celebrating summer in rockville. and we're talking about back to school already. and in rockville, it's not a bad thing. >> reporter: yeah, can you believe it? we are already talking back to school. and who better to talk about one of the biggest events than yvette with the lincoln park community center. this is a big jam that happens august 15. >> yes, from 6:00 to 8:30, we

will be giving supplies to rockville residents in need of a backpack. we have area drop boxes throughout the city for donations ands accepting monetary donations. so please drop off supplies. >> thanks so much. a great opportunity to help those in need in the community. and speaking about reallital leng talented kids, we have a wonderful band with us. they now take the fitzgerald theater playing for "news 4 today". ♪

>> love to see the familiar faces from the morning cheering on throwing wrenches. >> only angie could get a rock band out of bed that early. >> it's been so much fun this morning. our thanks to every who came out from rockville to celebrate summer with us. here are four things to know as you head out the door. redskins tonight against the patriots. game at fedex field. expect delays on the roads. you can watch the game live right here on nbc 4 at 7:30. bank of america could pay between $16 billion and 17 billion to settle an investigation into a sale of mortgage backed securities before the financial crisis. the deal isn't final yet. president obama travel to go north bell v

fort bet. belvoir to sign a bil veterans. and dregts tore for centers for disease control will brief lawmakers on capitol hill today. open toe summer weather today and tomorrow. absolutely gorgeous. low humidity. highs reaching mid-80s. maybe some showers over the weekend. bw parkway northbound chopper 4 still over that. you have to get off at 32. there is an accident. a big crash at 175. very slow for miles. avoid it. >> and thank you for waking up with us. with us. >> the d"today" sh

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