right now, storm team 4 is keeping an eye on radar. look at this camera outside the studios where it is raining hard and flooding in some areas. there's also the risk of storms later today. >> can you be sneersz. >> maybe for a second. no. see? >> from those who knew robin williams best. more rain is on the way. meteorologist tom kiein joins us with his forecast.

tom? >> moderate to heavy downpours coming through. it is welcomed rain. the flowers and lawns and gardens are gladly soaking up this rain that's now coming right through the metro area. right now, in washington, we're getting some moderate showers. another moderate one north of fredericksburg, that came through washington now moving into montgomery county. this is the zone of moderate to heavy rain. that is now moving through silver spring, up toward ulney and wheaton, tracking up 29, 95 corridor heading north. across fairfax county, 66 beltway from springfield toward burke, verge yain. farther north and west, too, leesburg, north and west of there, moderate downpour between leesburg, toward hillsboro. we'll have this off and on here as we get into the afternoon. we have a threat of severe storms, this yellow zone, for virginia. most of maryland, eastern shore

and eastern west virginia, slight risk of damaging winds. it looks like that won't be until late afternoon or early evening greater chance early to mid evening early this evening. back with a look at a big change on the way beginning tomorrow. >> thank you, tom. we'll check in now with news 4's aaron gilchrist. aaron? >> a mysterious death in maryland. state medical exan now saying a mother and two daughters who were found dead in hagerstown died from heat stroke, accidental heat stroke. we told you about this back in mid june, when a car was found at the parking lot at western heights middle school there in hagerstown. police were able to determine that a 32-year-old woman and her two baby daughters, 18-month-old and 6-month-old were found dead in this car for no apparent reason, they were in this parking lot. police had said that they knew the mother had park there had early, early that morning in the 6:00 hour and they found her and her children in the car around

4:00 in the afternoon, knowing the day had gotten up to 90 degrees or so. the medical examiner is saying the cause of death is accidental heat stroke as temperatures got very high in that area. no word as to why the mother drove to that school, to that parking lot where she and her two daughters died. barbara? >> thank you, aaron. right now, we're waiting to hear what people have to say about the death of robin williams. meantime, fans are remembering his life and legacy of work. >> 10,000 years will give you such a crick in the neck! >> pronounced a short time after being found at his home due to asphyxia. an autopsy and update from police is expected later today. eun yang has more on how he gave his characters heart and, in turn, touched our spirits. >> actor, comedian and legend

robin williams made us laugh and smile with his unforgettable characters and original humor. while the shock of his sudden death is still setting in, people are celebrating his life and legacy. >> good morning, vietnam! >> whether you remember him as an alien visitor to earth or an animated genie in a lamp, williams, fans, generations will be part of our culture and memory. president obama captured his breath of work in this statement. robin williams was an airman, a doctor, a genie, a nanny, a president, a professor, a bangarang peter pan and everything in between. but he was one of a kind. outpouring of tributes, memorial, miniature trophies is growing at his star on the walk of fame. in boston, fans are paying their respects at the bench that helped williams win a best supporting actor oscar.

a fan tweeted this picture with this quote in chalk. sorry, guys, i went to see "about a girl" made famous by the movie "good will hunting" for which he won that oscar. his family is asking for privacy at this time. his daughter, zelda tweeted a heartfelt message saying i love you, i miss you. i'll try to keep looking up. ♪ >> colleagues and friends have taken to social media, praising his talents. writer and host of inside the actor's studio james lipton called him a genius on the "today" show. >> you can teach -- you can't teach genius. god is laughing now. >> williams has four movies coming up. for more celebrity and fan reaction to his death, visit

nbcwashington.com. robin williams had been struggling with severe depression, according to his spokesperson. it's also a topic we at nbc 4 is bringing awareness to with our changing minds campaign. if you know anyone who is struggling with depression or other mental health problems, crisis link is just one of the local places that can help. they have a 24-hour hotline at 703-527-4077. you can also look at the resources that we have on changing minds at nbcwashington.com. and right now, a mother wants a man suspected of shooting and killing her 3-year-old daughter to turn himself into police. knijah bibb and her mom were visiting a cousin on sunday. davon wallace was also there. they say that he was upset and accused someone of wearing his clothes. he walked away and police say he returned with a gun and opened fire. this is the room where the little girl was playing when she was hit by gunfire. we counted six bullet holes.

we talked to knijah's mother on the phone. >> you need to turn yourself in. you took an innocent life and i can never see my baby again, thanks to you. >> knijah would have turned 4 years old next mont iyohaeen davon wallace, call prince george's county police. another economic blow for atlantic city. news 4's aaron gilchrist is live at the news desk with more on that. good morning again. >> good morning, barbara. another atlantic city hotel and casino slated to close its doors. the rebel casino and hotel on october 10th. it had only been opened two years or so. apparently never really turned a profit, though. bankruptcy proceedings had been started. there was supposed to be an auction of that property. that was put on hold until this week and word today that the board for that hotel will shut it down, close the doors all together. this will be the second of four atlantic casinos to shut down this yeemplt that town, of course, we're learning is really

dealing with some -- really a crumbling of the gambling industry in atlantic city. 12 casinos started the year there. now word that yet another one is about to close. the latest from the live desk. barbara, back in to you. >> thanks, aaron. the world health organization is making an important decision about an experimental the chan virginia roadway that could keep you safer. and we have some incredible video that will likely make a lot of parents cringe. a stroller rolled on to some subway tracks. good samaritan that rushed to the rescue. stay with

the world health organization says it is ethical to use unapproved vaccinations

if the situation warrants. there is a moral obligation to collect and share data if unproven drugs are used to treat patients. zmax says it has run out of that drug and no word on when more will be made. new information on air strikes in iraq. let's go back to aaron gilchrist at the live desk. >> air strike in the mountains of iraq, apparently about 8:00 this morning, a remote controlled drone dropped -- rather struck and destroyed some isis more tar positions that were apparently firing on kurdish forces as they were trying to protect some of the civilians who have been holed up in the mountains there near mt. sinjar in iraq the last several week, trying to evacuate under kurdish forces. they were being fired upon. about 8:00 our time, the drone

went in and took out those mortar positions. >> thank you, aaron. we are keeping an eye on the middle east. palestinian news reports negotiators say israel violated the cease fire agreement when israeli boats fired at gaza fishermen. there were no reports of any injuries. egypt is trying to negotiate a long-term truce between hamas and israel. this is the second day of a three-day cease fire. israeli troops are stationed along the border. right now, virginia's former attorney general is in court for bob mcdonnell's corruption trial. giving multiple days of testimony. now a lobist and represented jonnie williams, a man who gave mcdonnell thousands of dollars of gifts. in other words, he knows both sides well. he says he feels for the former first family. >> for the commonwealth, but for the family. ready to go in and get this over with.

>> mcdonnell says his wife maureen -- mcdonnell and his wife, maureen, are accused of promote i prin anatablock in exchange for gifts. you won't find them on store shelves anymore. it is suspending sales because of issue with his the fda. however, it also said sales this year fell 63%. anatablock was billed as a wonder drug for diseases like multiple sclerosis and alzheimer's disease. so, can you believe we're having more primaries? they're just going to keep on going? >> still a couple of weeks to go. >> we've been watching the one in minnesota and also in connecticut. this are those the two that you think are most significant right now? >> in both states there's a democratic incumbent governor, who will find out after tonight

which republican he will be running against in the fall. that's kind of significant because especially in connecticut, the governor, dan malloy, has been struggling in approval ratings. he may have a race on his hands. we mostly talk about republican governors around the state who are in trouble, incumbents facing backlash from voters. two democrats may get opponents and they'll have to s going into the fall whether they can hold on to their seats. >> with that race in minnesota, the winner could face senator al franken. >> that's right. there are four different candidates who are facing off for the privilege of going against al franken. this is really significant. al franken barely won that seat. there was an eight-month legal battle. he won by a handful of votes. now it's not that much of a race. mike mcfadden is a businessman who was favored to win that republican nomination. al franken really isn't in the kind of trouble six years ago we

imagined he would be in today. republicans are otherwise slated to do very well in senate races. >> let's talk about hillary clinton and the president. we heard talk that she had negative things to say about his foreign policy this week. but apparently they're planning to get together later this week. is that right? >> that's right. they'll be seeing oech other together in martha's vineyard where they're both vacationing. so it will be interesting. people will be a fly on the wall to see what barack obama has to say to hillary clinton about those comments made about the foreign policy overall and whether they should be arming the rebels. >> so the clintons are headed there for vacation as well? >> that's right. >> we'll have more to talk about today tomorrow. >> lots tomorrow. >> for more, check out first read on nbcnews.com. tom kierein joins us now to talk a little bit about this weather. its flooding some areas. i came through some high

standing water, tom. >> it's not creeks and streams flooding, just ponding of water. watch out for that. as my aunt katherine used to say it's raining hammer handles. areas north of washington now, we look at the storm team 4 radar. areas you see in the red, howard county near columbia, 29 and up 95 between washington and baltimore. another batch of some heavy rain as well. this area in the orange just north of fredericksburg in northern spotsylvania county. eastern suburbs in about another half hour and this one that did come through fairfax into montgomery and washington is now passing into howard county out of southeastern montgomery county. extreme northern prince george's getting moderate downpours from college park to laurel, tracking

off to the north and east. won't be lasting very long. not long enough to cause creeks and streams to go over their banks. if you can postpone it, wait till this one wave goes by and head on out after that. otherwise, the beltway, the north side of town, is getting hammered with moderate to heavy rain right now. as we look at the sky over washington, look at these low clouds hanging over the city. you can't even see the washington monument. there is the jefferson memorial. 73 with moderate rain at reagan national. it's very humid now. light, easterly breeze. we'll have temperatures hovering in the low 70s to mid 70s. warm into the upper 70s later today. upper 70s on the eastern shore. father west where that rain has been falling earlier this morning in the 60s in the shenandoah valley in the mountains. later today, this yellow zone is a zone of potential severe storms. a slight risk of an isolated storm. looks like maybe early to mid

evening this evening, producing some damaging winds. includes just about all of virginia, maryland, eastern shore and west virginia. here is the timing on some more showers coming as of 3:00 pm. much of the rain will be east of washington. another band coming through between 6:00 pm until maybe 9:00 or 10:00 pm, coming in to the west by 11:00. might have a few isolated thunderstorms with thunder and lightning. a small chance some of those isolated storms mid evening could produce damaging winds. how much rain? could get a couple of inches of rain west of west virginia. including parts of faulkner county. another batch farther south could get moderate to heavy downpours, inch or two in the northern neck. around the metro area, generally around an inch or less as it tapers off and ends tonight. later today in the upper 70s. lot of clouds around. showers and thunder coming on through. and then tomorrow, breezy. turning much less humid. big change.

temperatures climbing into the low to mi 80s during the day on wednesday. and blustery northwest wind. as we get into thursday, friday, looking much nicer. saturday and sunday. it will get more humid on the weekend. outdoor plans on the weekend, most comfortable day will be saturday, sunday, getting humid. upper 80s near 90. acting like august again. that's the way it looks. another update coming up shortly. >> start looking forward to snow, right? >> no, not yet. difference between flooding and ponding. i was going through what looked like floodwaters to me this morning. thanks a lot. a legal fight over a popular yogurt. what you should now know before buying a snack. plus, we'll help you build an emergency kit for your skin that you can take on your next vacation or business trip or wherever. and our favorite gadget guru helps you get ready for back to school with interesting things. first a look at what's hot on nbcwashington.com.

firefighters are responding to a call earlier today when the truck lost control and slammed into a utility pole. in the alexandria of fairfax county with more for us now. >> we call them when we need our help. this morning, firefighters from station 11, penndot neighborhood of alexandria crashed. the crash put the engine on its side and four firefighters in the hospital. police are conducting the investigation and we w as they got the truck upright. dom inion power says the accident hit a power line and homes are without power.

i'm told the roads were wet. according to battalion chief. >> an engine and ladder truck headed to an emergency call and the engine went in and handled the call. it is difficult to see. it's not something we see very often. but the police will be wil do their investigation and the fire department will do their own investigation. and we just feel fortunate that all four members were, you know, taken to the hospital with nonlife threatening injuries. >> reporter: firefighters were taken to mt. vernon hospital with minor injuries. in alexandria, zachary kiesch, news 4. take a look at this surveillance video. a stroller with a child strapped in is sucked under the subway tracks in london. here it is from a different angle as the train leaves the station, the stroller gets pulled on to the tracks. a man left the child in the stroller at the bottom of the stairs to go up and grab some luggage. a woman who saw the stroller roll off the platform jumped on to the tracks to save the child. police released the video yesterday in hopes of finding

that good samaritan and to make sure the baby was not hurt. and right now, there's a big food fight happening over a popular yogurt from home foods over this 365 everyday value plain greek yogurt. we already told you last month consumer reports found the yogurt contains nearly six times the sugar listed on the label. now there is a class action lawsuit saying the supermarket chain is misleading consumers. home foods is still selling the yogurt with the same label right now. the supermarket chain release aid statement saying it strives to provide the highest quality product with his accurate product labeling. good news for drivers. new bridge opening today cld coop you safer on the road. plus, we have seen celebrities and politicians do this ice bucket challenge, they call it. it's all over social media. the cause is helping to get people startd with. we'll tell but it, coming up.

how much more rain you can expect today. stay with us.

right now, crews are preparing to open a new bridge that could keep you safer in leesburg. the new bridge over route 7 bypass is set to open in about 30 minutes from now. live where the ribbon ceremony wrapped up, derrick ward joins us. >> reporter: they had this ribbon cutting a few minutes ago. we're on the overpass. that's the old leesburg bypass down there. it gives you a sense of how massive a project this is if you look at the differences in elevation here. wide focus so happy that this is finally open and this project is finally finished. they cut a ribbon on the bridge over troubled traffic. it replaces an intersection that

had become notorious for accidents outside of the town of leesburg. one particularly bad year saw 50 crashes wrr leesburg bypass met sickland road. much smoother sailing for motors on the bypass and sickland road. >> it gets me to work faster. >> it doesn't have access from 15. that's the only thing i noticed. >> reporter: yes, there is a tradeoff. >> we did have to close off direct access, but the bigger benefit is that we keep the traffic on route 15 flowing, which was really importa for us. >> the overpass project is part of the broader effort to keep up with the growth in this part of loudon county. the town of leesburg are busy with their respeivec it's wk pgrs. >>caseju to the south here that there's another piece that the town has been working on. they're finished with two lanes that are still continuing to

work to widen out. we'll open today with one lane in each direction >> later this year, the full four lanes will be open. but even with only two, it's a new and needed smooth link to leesburg. >> finally now sickland, with the folks on the other side of 15 can get into town very quickly. >> another thing the folks happy about, this project came in on time and under budget. we are live in loudon county. >> following a developing story in detroit. >> watching a flooding issue in the detroit area this morning. we just learned at least one person has died as a result of the flooding they're experiencing in the city of warren in particular, this woman trapped in her car in about three feet of water. she had a heart attack while in that vehicle. right now you can see video of emergency crews that we understand are out right now,

searching for anyone else who might be stranded. the mayor says about 1,000 cars were abandoned at some point this morning as they got a little over five inches of water, rain in that area between last night and this morning. and now the search continues to make sure no one else has been hurt or has died as a result of the flooding they've seen in that area of michigan this morning. that is the latest from the live desk. barbara, back to you. >> aaron, thank you. >> police in ferguson, missouri, fired tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse a massive crowd. for the second straight day, protesters filled the streets, demanding answers aft pic shot and killed an unarmed teenager. least five people were arrested ornight. the police officer shot and killed michael brown, protesters say, should be put in jail. witnesses say he had his hands up when he was shot over the weekend. he got into a physical confrontation with a police

officer in the squad car and that's when shots were fired, police say. >> anybody who knew my son -- >> he was a good boy, didn't deserve any of this. >> reporter: calling for an end to the violence. the fbi is now investigating the case. there's a stunt o there right now that we want to warn your kids about. a teenager in sterling died doing this. it's called car surfing. we found video on youtube to show you what it looks like. 17-year-old mohammed kalid was doing just this at the plaza last week when he fell off the top of the car, hit his head and died. as you start to get your kids ready to go back to school, teachers in st. mary's county are getting ready, too. they want to make a stand this year. teachers in st. mary's county school are cutting out homework. they're protesting by cutting out the work done outside the school day, including overtime, volunteering for extracurricular activities and contacting

parents in after-school hours. the protest comes as the teachers union and school board negotiate a new contract. right now prince william county is host iing a huge free hin, rein on ethg om br cancer to depression. if you would like to attend the health fair, you have a few days to do it, being held at the greater prince county community on ridgewood center drive. it's open today through thursday, 8:30 in the morning until 2:30 in the afternoon. and there's a new tool aimed to protect your kids while playing full contact sports. doctors are now performing baseline balance tests on kids who have had concussions. the idea is to make sure the kids, who have been hurt, don't start playi ining again before r brain is fully healed. >> second impact syndrome is when you have a second head injury, probably immediately following the first. brain swelling occurs and it can kill a person. >> doctors say if your child is

going to play a full contact sport, you should get a balance test before they even start. that way, you can get an accurate balance test if they do, indeed, get a concussion. let's check in with tom kierein for the latest on our forecast. it is coming down still, i see. >> yeah. it's raining moderately. we've got ponding of water in low-lying areas. watch out for that. this is welcomed, beneficial rain. the grass behind me here happily, gratefully soaking up this rain. a lot of the area lawns have been waiting for it. raining light to moderate there. last couple of hours, showing this advancing from the southwest to the northeast here. moderate to heavy rain now near quantico, pulling out to southern faulkner, advancing through 95, into fairfax and

prince william in the next hour. moderate rain now coming northwest of washington into buoy and up into howard county near columbia. that area of moderate to heavy rain beginning to advance north and east. coming down moderately now. the area you see there in the yellow and the orange. yellow zone on this map is a severe weather map zone, a slight risk of damaging winds. isolated storm later today. after these midday showers end briefly, we'll get up into the upper 70s. more showers and downpours and more storms this evening, breezy, less humid tomorrow. much less humid on wednesday afternoon. thursday and friday, delightful. low humidity. highs near 80. more humid over the weekend in the first part of next week. barbara? >> all right, thank you. metro riders, watch out. there's a warning about safe smart trip cars, being sold at a

discounted price and t only way to guarantee that you're getting the real thing is to pay a full price. also, avoid buying cars from individuals or online auction sites. instead buy from licensed vendors like metro, cvs or grocery stores. the price of your airline ticket can vary considerably, depending on when you buy it. a study by the travel website hopper.com found you could be paying as much as eight times more than other airline passengers on the same flight. trips to our region and chicago change more because business bis travelers have to book them regardless of price. they also found trips to popular destinations like hawaii roughly stay the same. they say you should compare prices and book early to find the best deal. packing for vacation can be a pain. it's easy to forget things. you do need yourthe you know you need your shoes and the right i.d. dr. cheryl burgess tells us

there are things you will probably forget to put in your suitcase. that's an emergen kit for your skin. welcome. >> welcome. >> i know this can happen. i just saw it happen to one of my kids. i just saw you say you should take with you. let's start from the beginning. you say an antibiotic ointment is really important. why? >> you know, all the infections that are going around, we have ebola scare. we have so many things happening. it's really important to keep your environment clean. automatically, i would recommend some of the hand san advertisers. these are all trade sizes, travel sizes. bed, bath and beyond and some of the local pharmacies have the mini sizes. this is one i carry on my key chain but can be refilled with a hand san advertiser. >> cleaning the surfaces. >> and where you're going, particularly like hotel rooms. you may rent a house or what have you. these are clorox wipes that are

easily placed in your suitcase or baggage to wipe things. >> good idea. >> so i think keeping people safe as far as germs and things like that are really important right now. >> i keep going back to this. this antibiotic ointment, what is it good for? we're hearing so much abt these flesh-eating -- >> parasites. any time you're around water, wood, coral, those types of things, yeah. or even logs and wood, can get an infection from that source. so these are little neosporin antibiotic preparations that you can travel with, put in your purse. put in your luggage that you can put on an infection. that's very important. you also want to cover the area so it's not continuously exposed. these are band-aids. you should travel with a few of them. you don't have to take the whole box. travel lightly. and a lot of these things do get

through tsa. >> what about mosquito bites, poison ivy and things like that? should you use an antibiotic cream on those? >> no. that's separate. first of all, you want to use insecretary repellant preparation. this is a topical. those who want to be more natural can go with the mosquito repellant off clip that you put on with refills that you can get at the drugstore. if you do get an insect bite then a cortisone -- this is one i have in my office. it's a little stronger. or you can use an anti-paritic, cortisone, over the counter, cortaid or cortisone 10 are examples that you can take with you. >> that helps to speed up the -- >> healing process. >> host: poison iev sni. >> yes. the main thing for insects is to prevent the insect from biting you in the first place. that's why these things are important. >> what else?

antihistamine, you say? >> they eat different foods they're not custom to. they may have allergic reactions or to the fabric finisher on the sheets, what have you. always take an antihistamine. this is over the counter now called zyrtec. >> lastly, sunscreen. >> can't forget this this is my best friend. spf, at least 30. keep little babies and kids out of the sun. >> if you didn't get it all on our website, nbcwashington.com. thank you so much. >> thank you. it is 11:42. the smith sosonian is asking f whyo hp da how lu cld make a difference for historians. your back to school list could be longer than you think. the tools that could make your stu.

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be okay. >> crews can fix the pole and restore power to that area. news conference to discuss the apparent suicide of actor robin williams. autopsy is expected today as well. we'll bring you the latest information on nbcwashington.com. and starting at 4:00 this afternoon. and you may have seen it on your facebook page or heard about it from your friends. the ice bucket challenge is making the rounds this summer. kevin tibls tells us how it all is for a good cause. what is the ice bucket challenge? write a check to the als association or endure the ice dump. my suggestion? do both. the challenge comes from 29-year-old pete frates,