come from our storm team 4. >> we'll head over to the center, check in with meteorologist chuck bell who is doing his best to rule out that chance for rain. hey, chuck. >> good morning, angie and david, good sunday morning everybody. beautiful day already. we had a lot of fog around earlier this morning being burned away by that strong august sunshine. temperatures are in the 70s, pretty much area wide. the last of the lower visibilities out here across arlington county. a plane load of folks down the river towards reagan national airport. the current temperature stands at a mild 77 degrees. joint base andrews up to 75. still upper 60s on the map from rockville, bethesda, potomac, towards great falls and mcclain, reston in the mid to upper 60s right now. so your sunday planner, temperatures are nice and warm. we'll be in the mid to upper 70s within the next hour or so. looking for a mainly dry afternoon today. highs today mid to upper 80s. flirting with 90, about a 95% chance you're not going to get

rained on today. a slimmer of a chance. we'll talk about the increasing rain chances for the work week when i see you next. >> thanks. new this morning five people were shot overnight in the district. the shooting happened on n street southwest. this was just before 2:00. this morning, a block from nats park. two women, three men. all five were taken to the hospital and all are alive. police are not releasing a possible motive at this time. a 25-year-old reward is being offered for details about a deadly shooting we brought to you yesterday. 23-year-old dondre dyer was shot and killed on warder street in quebec place northwest. police are looking for clues to find the gunman. they've served a swarpts yesterday on rock creek road. police hauled off evidence. sources say the search was connected to the murder. no suspect has been arrested as of now. new air strikes by the united states could come soon

against islamic militants in the ongoing crisis in iraq. this weekend, the u.s. dropped four more bombs on isis. the military leaders say that group is firing on civilians taking shelter in the sinjar mountain range. those are a religious minority that president obama said isis wants to wipe out. the bombs destroyed multiple armored cars and a truck and the president made a statement yesterday this military action will be, quote, a long-term project in iraq. stranded on a mountain those thousands of civilians are surviving on more food and water dropped overnight. the british military joined the effort to deliver humanitarian aid to those people. just hours before u.s. planes made a similar air drop about 40,000 people are stranded on mount sinjar. overnight the united nations called on iraqi leaders to come together to bring the crisis to an end. this major story is one of several foreign policy challenges the u.s. isealing with right now. later this morning david gregory will have a complete coverage of those challenges including more on the crisis in iraq and the

president's plans to deal with the threat. "meet the press" airs at 10:30 on nbc 4. tony stewart says he will race today. this just hours after he hit and killed another driver. police say that he is not under criminal investigation right now. late yesterday stewart was in a dirt track race when another driver spun out. that driver then cut out of his car and walked on to the racetrack. that's when stewart hit him and sent him flying 50 feet. >> he was visibly shaken by this incident and has promised his continuing cpeti ith igio >> today's sprint cup series race begins at 1:00 this afternoon. a stove caught fire in montgomery county and destroyed a town home. take a look. the fire just gutted the house on early court silver spring. montgomery county fire said the fire started around 8:30 last

night. the woman was rescued by firefighters. the fire did more than $100,000 worth of damage. firefighters will be back on scene this morning checking smoke alarms and talking fire safety with several of those neighbors. cooking led to a hotel fire that happened down at the national harbor. prince george fire says the fire broke out on the 11th floor of the wyndham hotel on mariner passage. the hotel sprinkles put out the flames and may sound obvious but firefighters want us to stress the dangers of cooking if you're not paying attention. right now, a group is putting a new memorial at the national mall called the living wall of honor. news 4's derrick ward joins us live by the world war ii memorial. this is a memorial that has a lot of members in the community involved. >> indeed, it does. a lot of symbolism with it as well. we are here at the world war ii memorial which encompasses what's going on here. rhetorically and physically. take a look i'm going to direct

you to the living wall. it's replete with symbolism. the silhouettes on the right, like the iwo jima memorial, the figure reaching out, symbolic of people from that era reaching out across time to modern people, people in the post-9/11 era. even that in the middle is filled full of symbolism, five stars that represent the five branches of the military, army, navy, air force, marines and coast guard. active duty and retired and reserve members. this is all about observing the ac sacrifices made by folks in the post-9/11 world. we hear about the importance of doing that observance from one of the members of this organization. >> we found that the 99% want to help, they don't know how to help. and they haven't been asked to help. through both democratic and republican administration, the call for shared sacrifice has never been made. we are making that with the code of support foundation.

>> now, as you can see, the flowers will go there. that's the living part of the memorial. donated by home depot. once this is completed the volunteers are signing up military families, active military, retired, everyone is involved. this is going to be moved over to the entrance of arlington cemetery at the women in service memorial where it is expected to stay until september 11th. there will be a ceremony, some of the folks who will be speaking, the person who flew the last combat mission of world war ii will be among of the speakers as this get yunsds under way. they hope this will be a lasting memorial even though it's a living one. ws 4. owntown, derrick ward, >> that means so much for so many members of where we live. thank you, derrick. 9:06. inspectors trying to figure out how this happened. a building's roof collapsing. what one neighbor heard before the destruction. >> overworked and underpaid. >> overworked[ mom ]derpaid. when the nest gets too quiet...

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starting today your taxi driver in montgomery county will be part of a union. drivers say they work as many as 16 hours a day an are paid less than minimum wage. they're also losing business they say to ride sharing companies such as uber and lift. today about 1,000 drivers will announce their affiliation with the national taxi workers alliance. that group also represents drivers in prince george's county. if you are driving in prince george's county, this morning, you got to be careful on the beltway. you should watch out in montgomery and fairfax as well. state police are teaming up to promote safety awareness on the highway in both maryland and virginia. this is part of a multistate safety campaign called drive to save lives. troopers are looking for aggressive and reckless drivers an for all of you who text from

behind the wheel. >> this morning, engineering crews in d.c. trying to figure out what caused a building's roof to collapse. no one was hurt and that building collapse which happened on stents street and the building has been vacant for years. the roof, part came down along with part of the wall. firefighters evacuated the building to be safe. >> what they told us this morning, there were gentlemen working and five minutes later after they started working, the building collapsed. >> neighbors tell news 4 the building has been empty at least ten years and they say it was a magnet for drug use and squatters. they also say they've made a lot of calls to have something done about the building before that collapse happened. >> right now in hawaii, a big mess to clean up as the island prepares for round two of tropical weather. the emotional toll these storms are having on one family in particular. as they try to help out their neighbors. >> what you got, chuck? >> we have the latest track on julio coming up a little later in the show. in the short term we're looking

for sunshine today but increasing rain chances. just as you get ready to go back to work. complete check of your forecast which includes one soggy start coming up.

new this morning, nine people have survived a plane crash in iran, according to the iran state news agency. at least 40 people including seven died. the crash happened near tehran

the country's capital shortly before before 1:00 in the morning our time. investigators say the plane's engine shut down while in the air. an engine problem on ano plane grounded it before it could take off. passengers should be in new york today after they were rushed off their jetblue flight headed that way. the plane's engine caught fire and the pilot stopped the plane before it could leave the airport in puerto rico last night. firefighters quickly put out t fire. three people were hurt in the evacuation. this morning storm team 4 is tracking hurricane julio. the national weather service has downgraded julio to a category 1 hurricane, the least powerful level. julio isn't expected to actually hit the hawaii islands but pass just to the north. nbc's jay cobb rascon reports on how people are cleaning up after tropical storm iselle.

>> reporter: this volunteer firefighter was out helping neighbors when he realized his family was in danger. >> responding to calls and leaving your family is one of the hardest things ever. >> reporter: his fiancee laura and their 3-year-old daughter took shelt ithladrro unha g he. the famt ste two trees came crashing down o to the roof. the next day, the neighboro united here. >> one, two, three, go everybody. >> what motivates you to come out and help? >> we just got to help our neighbors. that's all. it's just taking care of one another. >> reporter: across the state, cleanup fos smle sl most of hawaiirel minimal damage. more than a foot of rain and wind gusts up to 66 miles per hour pummeled the big island. hundreds of trees and power poles blocked major roadways. other debris fell on to cars and homes. the state's worst storm in two decades nowehd empele

hicouny w epin for months of rebuilding. >> jay cobb rascon reporting there. you were saying that obviously had to deal with a lot with tropical storm iselle but julio not going to cause as much damage. >> still remnants of iselle days ago, hurricane julio will stay way off the northern side of the hawaiian islands. as a result the impact from julio will be low except for big waves, 10 to 15 foot surf on the north side of the islands and those are big waves. for us, quiet weather indeed. a picture to set your mind at ease. sunshine into downtown washington. beautiful sunday morning out there. had a lot of fog this morning. for us early risers a bit of a struggle to see the roadway for a brief time this morning, but the sunshine has burned all that fog away. it's a good looking day to be

outside today. a calm finish on the potomac river because there's hardly a breeze blowing. at national airport, 77 degrees, 66% humidity and the wind has gone calm. it's been calm now for about the last five or six hours. here's another view of the potomac looking from prince george's county into alexandria, virginia, the george washington ma sonic temple, beautiful temperature, nice day to be outside today. the weather impact on your sunday, will be nice and low. just the way you like it. the only potential impact, a stray shower can't be ruled out but 95% dry for your sunday today. so don't worry too much about the rain. yesterday a couple hit and miss showers as advertised, today fewer rain chances. as i widen the view out, our next, the beginnings of our next chance for rain. that stationary weather front i was talking about yesterday, is still hanging around down to our

south. eventually it's going to turn into a warm front and start moving in our direct tomorrow. as a result, clouds will increase during the day tomorrow. a chance for a shower late tomorrow afternoon and tomorrow evening but most of the rain comes up on tuesday. here's the way your sunday is looking. mostly sunny through 1:00 or 2:00 this afternoon with a quick rise in temperatures. we'll spend most of the afternoon in the mid to upper 80s today. little more cloud cover after 3:00, or 4:00, the best chance for a spotty shower to about 5:00 this evening. skies will clear out after that sun down just after 8:00. before 8:00 the full moon, super moon. it's 787 miles closer than the full moon was last month, so it will be bigger and brighter. 221,000 miles away. that's the time you need to be looking out, moon rise 7:56. want to get that picture of the moon on the horizon because it looks bigger with the frame of reference. partly cloudy, clearing, good moon viewing for your sunday night and into your early

morning. seven-day forecast, not too much to complain about here. 87 degrees our forecasted high in washington today. back into the mid 80s for tomorrow. a chance for rain tomorrow but that's late. probably afternoon, evening commute time and afterwards. most of the rain is tuesday. i think tuesday morning will be the soggy start, although wednesday morning could have some showers, but by wednesday afternoon on through the rest of the week, so much nice weather coming back. >> it really so far has been a comfortable summer. >> i agree. >> thanks. >> takes a bold person to break into a church but it happened this weekend. what church leaders believe thieves were going after. plus, one associate pastor's message to those responsible. >> and a man on a mission to find wedding dresses for his wife to remake. why you might feel compelled yourself to help with this couple's special cause. >> i'm nbc's kerry dan. >> i'm mark murray. >> earlier this week we saw senate primaries in kansas and

tennessee and here's what we've learned. the gop establishment has completely shut out the tea party. >> kerry, in kansas, incumbents pat roberts defeating his tea party challenger milton wolf and then in tennessee, lamar alexander beat joe carr plus a host of other folks. right now the establishment is undefeated against the tea party. >> includes races with mitch mcconnell, the senate minority leader held off a challenge from matt bevin and in mississippi thad cochran lasted against his challenger. >> one other take away, the republican party divided both pat roberts and lamar alexander less than 50% of the vote. issues like immigration were

it is a parent's worst nightmare. losing a child. but one missouri couple is trying to help ease their heart ache one dress at a time. nbc has more. >> okay. we have arrived. >> reporter: 81-year-old john wright is seeking out garage sales. >> i've been garage selling probably ten years. this machine is a 1960 model. it's a lemon squeezer. i have no idea what that is. i would like to show you something. >> sure. >> reporte he has a flyer.

>> could i ask you to read about this. >> reporter: he's looking for dresses. >> looks good. >> reporter: old unwanted dresses. >> look at that pattern. >> reporter: delores donated this dress, about to serve a new purpose. >> when i buy one, i cut them apart and save all the bits and pieces of lace. >> reporter: john gives the dresses to his wife diane who sews them into the small little gowns. >> they're all sizes. tiny ones and -- >> reporter: gowns destined for babies that don't survive. >> i had a miscarriage and we've lost a child, so i understand that grief. not all families have a happy experience. >> reporter: angela is a nurse. >> we get patients who come in for an induction or regular appointment, say that they feel they haven't felt the baby move as much as normal and the baby

has passed and a total shock to them. >> reporter: a shock that's a bit less painful thanks to people like john and diane. >> i can't imagine how hard that would be to go and buy a little burial gown. >> when i look at them my throat closes up. i get emotional about it. >> one couple touching the lives of strangers. >> if you have faith in god and helping other people because that's what we're here for. >> if you want to help the wrights angel gown cause they accept donations. just send them to their church. we tweeted out a link to that. the school calendar for some local students could be changing. the push to get all kids in this region to go back to school after labor day. a traffic alert, the new 8 mile stretch of construction that might slow you down, plus how

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the shooting happened on n street southwest just before 2:00 this morning. that's just one block away from nats park. police have not leased a possible motive. >> volunteers are working on a memorial on the national mall. the living wall of honor pays tribute to post-9/11 veterans. organizers say the wall helps bridge the gap between today's veterans and civilians. the time 9:29. for a check on your forecast, we're going to go over to chuck bell. >> standing by on the storm team 4 weather deck. how is it looking out there? >> nice day. i could shed the direct this morning. no problem at all. beautiful day to be outside, birds chirping, hardly a breeze out here. the flag inside the circle at nbc 4 is laying completely still first thing this morning. not much of a breeze expected until later this afternoon. outside, the view from our tower camera, this is the tower looking northbound over bethesda, chevy chase, towards rockville pike. it's a beautiful day outside in montgomery county this morning. this is the view from the other side of the camera tower looking

southbound past the national cathedral over the national mall. see the washington monument there downtown. hazy start this morning after a bit of fog earlier today. that's the view out across parts of loudoun, fairfax and western montgomery county counties towards dulles international airport. slightly reduced visibility but an improving weather picture outside. it's 80 already in annapolis, but still 70 manassas and 66 in huntington. here's your hour by hour plan evt. 79 degrees at 10:00 a.m. 84 at 1:00, 87 for a high temperature today. there is the smallest little chance for a shower today, but put it this way, i'm not going to cancel what i'm planning on doing outside later this afternoon. you shouldn't either. >> all right. just make sure you get back in and finish off your work. >> yes, ma'am. coming right in. >> or else. >> okay. so let's move over to the roads. a traffic alert in northern virginia. crews are repaving georgetown pike over an eight mile stretch

from the beltway to spring vail road. the road is not closed. if you get off the beltway at georgetown pike vdot says think about using a different route. the road work is expected to last two months. and if you ride the rails and take metro today track work is even affecting the silver line. no stations are closed, however. you can't take the silver line east beyond stadium armory so you to use the blue line instead. those blue line trains are running every 24 minutes, however, and on the red line you could have a 16 minute wait. >> it is going to be a hot one for a church service this morning. thieves broke in the building, stole parts from the ac unit but church leaders tell darcy spencer they're not angry with the thieves. >> this is our cage. where we hold all of our air conditioning units. >> reporter: associate pastor daniel ray shs t dag >> came in and methodically dismantled four uts

>> reporter: these condenser units supply air conditioning to the sanctuary at shiloh church of god seventh day in hyattsville. and about how hot did it feel in here? >> at least a good 90 or close to about 100 degrees in here. >> reporter: pastor ray says the thieves climbed the cage and ripped out the units. >> it was well planned, well executed. >> reporter: they weigh hundreds of pounds apiece. >> the fence is bent a little bit. it could have been a rope or something they used to pull up. i'm not sure. >> reporter: pastor ray believes the thievers were after the copper inside the condenser units. which can be sold for cash. >> people areesra an doesn't matter whether it's a church or commercial property. people are going to do what they want to do, just deviant behavior. >> reporter: the morning service did go on with the help of handheld and oscillating fans. >> the service was very hot, but we did have a good servic it's something we had to endure but we did it.

>> reporter: and while parishioners suffered through the service, pastor ray sa he'shafunoneasur the units can be replaced. here's his message to the thieves. >> that'swetoet everybody know, we forgive you, whoever you are, we forgivu. >> reporter: darcy spencer, "news 4 today." it could take months before dozens of d.c. families can go back into their homes. a fire gutted their apartment building at 14th and belmont streets northwest this week. now the columbia heights neighborhood is coming togethe to help find them a new place to stay. many are raising money, some are literally lending their voes. >> so my dad said, you know, these people, they need interpreters to come and help the people who, you know, can't understand. so he brought me up here. it's been really nice to help out. >> 74 people lost their homes in

that fire. if you want to help donate we tweeted out a link you can use or head on-line to nbcwashington.com and search columbia heights. >> maryland comptroller peter franchot doesn't want your kids to go back to school until after labor day. according to the "washington post" he plans to launch a petition next week. he says the after labor day start would be good for maryland's economy and the state's families. local school boards not too excited about that idea. they say it would not give teachers enough time to prepare for that state mandated testing. today, you can shop for shoes in maryland without having to pay sales tax. the state's tax holiday is now under wayp. it is happening all week long and ends next saturday. almost any clothing you buy as long as it's under $100. >> 9:34. outrage this morning after a teen's death at the hands of police. the question one mother says she's not getting answered and the push to get one federal agency involved.

>> this will have you shaking your heads. delayed deliveries finally explained. see the cell phone video that proves what really happened to one neighborhood mail.

we want to reintroduce you to two children from a few years ago. they haven't given up hope and believe there's a family out there for them. news 4 barbara harrison has their story. >> reporter: darel and rendell have grown up since we first met them when they were both 10 years old. brother and sister, 11 months apart. now both almost 14, and still waiting and wishing for a permanent adoptive family. we wanted to catch up with them with a visit to bang and olefson. we saw cool wireless devices for taking your music with you wherever you go. >> do you think you would like to do when you grow up. >> yeah. >> what? >> an electrical engineer,

photographer, dancer, stepper. >> i like it loud. >> she likes music too but has a strong interest in sports as well. >> doing karate. >> still riding skateboarding? >> yes. >> you are? and are you good at it? >> yeah. >> you were good when we first met. >> reporter: they have spent most of their lives in foster homes. >> nine years almost ten years now. >> almost ten years. and how many places have you lived in those ten years? >> i don't know, like ten, 15. >> reporter: right now they are in separate homes but want very much to be back together again. >> they just want to be with a family, a family that is going to show them consistency. i'm hoping that this time we can find ones. >> what i want for a family is someone that loves me, cares for me, wants the best for me. i mean nothing more. i don't really need anything else. >> reporter: there are gifts for darel and renal at logan circle.

they hope the next surprise will be a family to go home to, together. barbara harrison, news 4, for wednesday's child. >> sweet kids there. well if you have room in your home and heart for darel and renal or another child still waiting, call our special adoption hotline. the number on your screen, 1-88-2-adopt me or search wednesday's child on nbc washington.com. we've told you about the drones used for surveillance now making deliveries, but wait until you see how the devices could revolutionize an event that typically happens on the weekend. what do you have, chuck? >> i'm done cleaning angie's car and focus on the forecast. >> you missed a spot. >> i did? sunshine out there for now, but that clean car of yours is going to get dirty at least one day this week. i'll let you know which one it will be com

welcome back. the naacp is asking the fbi to investigate the death of a missouri teenager shot by police. the st. louis chapter says the fbi will ensure there's a transparent investigation into 18-year-old michael brown's death. the shooting happened yesterday afternoon and police are not saying what led up to the incident, only that the 18-year-old was shot by an officer. meanwhile, brown's mother wants answers. >> they told me how many times my son was shot. eight. you're not god.

you're not going to take somebody from her. if that was the case, i brought him here, i should have took him from here. that was mine. that belonged to me. >> brown's mother right there said her son just graduated from high school and was looking forward to starting college next week. overnight dozens of people clashed with police over the shooting. >> this is a video you have to see to believe. an ohio postal worker in a lot of trouble this morning for throwing away mail. take a look. this is cell phone video someone caught. the woman carries a white crate to the dumpster. there she is lifting it up and tossing all that undelivered mail into it. she goes back to her car and throws away more mail. the letter carrier now under investigation. the mail we can tell you was eventually collected and delivered. folks living in that area say they knew something was wrong because they hadn't been getting their mail for several days. >> could you imagine, what if there was a ton of wedding invitations in there, any mail, it's pretty horrible situation. what would be your reasoning?

>> i don't know. >> wanted a longer lunch break? >> explains her enjoying the two hour lunches. >> okay. all right. your big day, marrying the person of your dreams and you want every detail to be just right. >> and that always includes getting the right picture. the perfect picture at that. nbc's kerry sanders takes a look at the new twist on wedding photography, the controversial technology of drones. >> it's all the rage. spectacular drone images posted on youtube. the uncommon angles intoxicating to an amateur audience only seen footage like this in the movies. last week, martha stewart posted pictures from her drone, photos of her new york estate. with drones costing as little as $80 it was only a matter of time before -- ♪ >> reporter: they started making the guest list. for today's newlyweds capturing the special day like this is

about being different and cutting edge. >> it's neat we have one-of-a-kind photos from our wedding day that no one else has had before. >> reporter: new york democratic congressman shawn maloney hired a drone photographer for his wedding recently and especially glaring problem because the faa says commercial drone photography is illegal and the congressman sits on the house transportation committee. he says he didn't understand the rules which would allow a friend to take pictures from his drone at no charge. >> the faa has been dragging their feet on this and the longer they wait the more folks are going out and flying without any rules. >> reporter: last year in wyoming, a drone literally crashed a wedding when a wedding photographer flying a dne lost control, leading to a painful bump and a minor cut to the groom. yet despite the risks wedding photographers say they're hearing requests for drones. but veteran photographer carlos baez says the weddings he shoots

are about respect, and not turning the nuptials into a flying circus. >> the biggest compliment we get people say they don't remember me being there photographing the wedding. having a drone would leave a mark on people remembering one sound and that would be the drone buzzing above. >> how is it that we're able to fly with ben richardson's help a drone? because we're inside this dupont building, inside air space is not controlled by the faa. it's outside and that's why they're working on new regulations for drones that can be so small they fit in the palm of your hand. those new regulations may come on line some time next year. kerry sanders, nbc news, miami. >> it is so conflicting because there's dangers there as we felt with the one wedding but cool images to see. >> pretty cool. >> from above. >> she's still laughing about

the drone that crashed into the couple. >> first time i saw that. i don't know why. but this is a pretty lucrative business. they're saying these photographers are charging $400 for 30 minutes of the dronearou. $400 for that. but this is something that we're not going to see just with weddings but law enforcement using it, news media trying to use it. >> you bet. >> people. i just got a catalog christmas catalog where they were selling them as christmas gifts. how do you regulate your 15-year-old christmas. >> if you want a drone. >> absolutely. >> storm team 4. >> i don't trust you that much. >> i'm sure i can fly it in downtown washington where i live. >> right around the monument. >> the faa pounding on my door. good day for flying. don't fly your drone, everybody. just go outside, free date idea of the day. gravly point, the planes are coming down the river so you get to have the landing planes go over your head. the best free date in the city. put the top down, open the sun roof and enjoy it.

nice day to be outside enjoying all kinds of activity. swimming and sailing, water skiing, if you're like me, maybe a nap. love a good nap on a sunday. nice looking day outside for sure. plenty of sunshine, temperatures continue to warm. 77 now at national airport. a bit on the humid side. humidity is at 66%. and area wide temperatures are going to be warming into the 80s today. so a perfect day to head out to the pool, just don't forget the sun block. uv index is very high today at a 9. so burn time is in 15 minutes or less. so be careful. be sun smart out there, everybody. no rain on storm team 4 radar right now. no real rain anywhere close to us either. the showers yesterday across southwestern virginia have dried up. there's a weather front down there that's kept all of the deep tropical moisture across the deep south. that's eventually going to start to lift back in our direction. increasing our clouds as we get into tomorrow. and bringing rain chances back probably some time either late

monday night but for sure tuesday is looking kind of rainy. outside weather it is 69 degrees in maryland, 68 in martingsburg, west virginia, 64 luray. most of the early morning fog gone. we'll be left with tons of sunshine today. perfect day to be outside. hometown forecast, 81 degrees at noon, 86 your high in la may ta, back to 79 degrees at 8:00. the sun will be out at 8:00 but sun down is at 8:08 today. the pre-8:00 sun sets just around the corner. the latest run of our future weather forecast here. the earlier run had a spot shower out here across parts of western fairfax, western loudoun and montgomery countys about 4:00, 5:00. the new model run does not have the rain drop there. i'm getting increasingly confident that even the stray shower chance today is starting to dry up. by 10:00 tonight, skies clearing, no threat for rain overnight tonight or early tomorrow. really during the day tomorrow we'll see the clouds increasing

here by 5:00 tomorrow afternoon. skies going from partly to mostly cloudy during the day. 11:00 monday night and still the bulk of the rain is out to our west. it will be here in time for the commute in to work on tuesday morning. so a small chance for rain monday afternoon and evening. much better chance as we head into tuesday and tuesday afternoon and the heaviest of the rain likely to be arriving somewhere around tuesday between about 3:00 or 4:00 in the afternoon to the mid evening hours. headed out on the chesapeake bay today, take the sail boat out from the city dock in annapolis, 85, perfect sailing weather. clouds back tomorrow. rain likely on tuesday. here's your seven-day forecast then. 87 with near full sunshine for your sunday afternoon. get outside and enjoy it, everybody. little chance, may be able to take that out. i will be doing the 6:00 and 11:00, may take the rain chance out of the monday forecast. probably leave it in for wednesday as the rain showers will probably be slower to leave

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good morning. good morning. i'm storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell going over the latest computer data. does look like the rain may be coming in later as we get into monday afternoon and evening. may be able to take the rain chance out of your monday. on my twitter feed mark wants to know if it's going to be a good afternoon for a backyard

barbecue by the pool. it is. make your plans. get the barbecue fired up and going. the view outside this morning from our tower camera. all the early morning fog is gone. from our tower looking out, tysons corner in the distance. that's more than ten miles from point a to b. 80 at national airport. going to be a warm day today. already 82 in annapolis. 71 degrees in rockville. for today, downtown, sunny and warm. 87 degrees for today. then tomorrow, clouds on the increase, may be a chance for a late p.m. shower but looking more and more of taking the rain chance out of your late monday but leaving it on your tuesday. when the rain drops end in a few minutes. a living memorial going up at the national mall. it is called the living wall of honor. news 4's derrick ward joins us live from the mall. it's right by the world war ii memorial. what's going