you're stepping out the door to no pleasant conditions. and tom n be tracking the conditions. hey, tom. >> it's still rather humid. got pretty humid yesterday and that humidity hun in overnight. and here in the storm team 4 "weather cr, analyzing the latest temperature data. it is stil quite humid. short sleevmorning. but a sleeveless afternoon. it will be heating up again but turning le humid as the afternoon progresses. and temperatures right now are hovering t 70s throughout the region. so it's a mild and rather muggy

morning. at bustop, we will be staying in low to mid-70s between now and 8:00. sunrise about half an hour away. bright sun, though, through the rest of the morning. and we'll have temperatures holding steady throughout the refer rest -- in the morning in the 70s. keep up changes when you're mobile, so we. get the free weather app. download igolaanth itunes store. i'll looktg changes on the way hour by hour over the next 12 hours at 6:11. right n crews are repaving connecticve so you're going to want to avoid that area. you mayav noticed help working tweek. today's t could be the worse wouha seen. megan mcgrath is there to ow us what ooe >> reporte in just the last five minue'n change heti you can coc avenue behind me.

overnight had been doing work on t southbound side, town to just one lane southbound approachi t circle. just a few minutes ago, they picked up that work, so we now have all three lanes inbounds open. we stil have very, very rough conditions the ro ily chewed up, but at least the lanes are open. that's good news for the morning rush hour. if you're heading northbound, are you noso lucky. the work istindo on the northbound side right around bradley boulevard. it goes down to one lane to the left. you will acly see the work crews doing their thing between underwood 410. so that will be a big problem for folks this morning. with the work around, we'll send it over to melissa. she's keeping us updated on that. what'm go you is wisconsinor will be your best work arounds.

all probab pretty packed because of the volume connecticnusl carries. southbound lanes have just reopened. northboun megan telling us just one lean g getti by at bradley. taking a look at a crash just in, 66 west at nutley street. we understanit has been moved over to the shoulder. a wider look at thing, we look pretty good everywhere. d.c. 295 past 50, a little bit slow. 270 into and o of town, no problems there. a live look down at branch avenue coming up. it's 6:03 right now. developin in virginia, search crews ha been looking all night and all morning for a pilot who d fighter jet in augusta county. the f-15 pilot was heading from massachus t new orleans. he went doea small town of deerfield yesterday morning. crews are still searching on the ground and from the air. the air national guard says the pilot reported an in-flight

emergency then lost radio contact. it's not clear whether the pilot ejected. t sis for the driver whh someo and took off in silver spring. montgomertye a looking for black four door honda. thcawi hav front end and wi shld damage. the driver hit someone on piney branch ro lg around 9:00. the honda was last seen on garland avenue in silver spring headed toward takoma park. the persoat hit will be okay. iis ed to be a short day in the corruptn trial of former virginia governor bob mcdonnel closg arguments expected tomorrow athearliest. the defense rested its case yesterday their dte s her mother had a mild obsession with businessm jonnie williams. he gave janine a $10,000 wedding gift whic they returned when they realized williams was a,

quote, cral prosecuto obct to that but the jury had already heard the remark. it's a story you saw first on 4 and this morning we're learning d pole chief is reconsidering an order to assign detectives to street duty. chi lanier is planning to release a new order tomorrow clarifying changes. the polic i claems moving detectiveo are investigating violent crimes could impact safety. righnoon homicide detectives exempt from the moves. yesterday, though, lanier promised rr list will be reviewed and exemptions will be granted on a case by case basis. >> whhe it's washington, d.c., whethe another stadium in maryland,th a stadium in virginia, started the process. we are going to push forward. >> it's not really if, but when and where. a new stadium will be built for the washito redskins. owner dan snyder announced those plans duri an interview with comcast sports net which will air monday. he says he wants the new stadium

ton and feel retro like the old rfk. as far as er and when, those questions still unanswered. d.c., maryland and virginia all want a piece of the nfl's third most valuable franchise. the stadium will generate millionsf dollars in revenue and snyder is hoping a new stadium b a super bowl to the region. d.c. cou member tommy wells says the should be back in the district. >> really h wants a second rate site, go to virginia. >> are you worried at all about who ends up footing the bill for this? >> if he wants the city to pay for it, which he has not said, then we'll have to talk a lot about tha >> this whole debate is coming before a very important preseason game tonight. in abou 15 minutes, we'll look at why the game is so important. ga hunters rejoice, one

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every state. apparently junk food is bad for you in more ways than one. not only will it make you gain weight, it may affect your future food choices. researchers gave rats access to cake and pie. after two week, they lost their instinct ra a balanced diet. the study suggests junk food causes long te changes in the part of the brain responsible for decision making and weakens self control. and that sounds about right. >> yeah, kale will never be as good as a cupcake. >> it just won't. end of story. 6:11 your time. your weath and traffic on the 1s. tom kiereill us what is in store today. >> i beg to differ. i love kale. >> when was the last time you had a good cupcake? >> there is a sweet sunrise under wa live viewr the y tower camera. there is the time frame. over the next 12 hour, we'll stay in the low to mid-70s through 8:00.

bright sunshine. and then ju into the low 80s by noonti turninges humid. lots of sun as temperatures hit the upper 80s by midafternoon. a look at big changes on the way for the labor d weekend, that is coming up at 6:21. melissa is taking a wide view of the region. >> beltway at branch avenue moving rialong. no issues there. of course we come have a new crash here outer loop between colesville georgia avenue. you can see the slowdowns just past colesville road. so just a warning there, that should ge o of the way in the next ten michts or so. wider loo at things, you can see d.c. 29 # 5 as you past 50. metro, marc, vre all running on time. ba to school is a busy time of year. and it can be hard to keep schedulesai we'll s you the apps that can help keep you and your kids' lives on track. and right now, we're tracking dangerous situation along th atlantic seaboard. hurricane to far out to

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feet in t sand until the lifeguardsre in the stand. and you have to swim parallel and then try to get up into the beach. >> le arno you to go any deeper than your knees. t fbi is investigating a cyber attackn u.s. banks. agents are look into two hacking incidentsh happened earlier this month. one agains jpmorgan chase. however, t bank says it has not seen any increased fraud levels. the "new york times," though, is reporting checking and savings a iti has been stolen. the othe banks are not being named. it's not clear how many customersht affected and who is 1307b8 for the attacks. dairy queen could be the latest vi of a data breach. several banks and credit card companies they have detected fraud on cards that have recently used at the ice

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nbcwashinom get more informati an american airlines flight on its way to paris was diverted to boston because of an unruly passenger the plft miami just before 7:00 last night. we're working to learn specifics, w know a man was someh interfering with the flight crew. he was arrested as soon as the plane touched down in boston. the bale is brewing on capitol hi o immigration reform. pdt a is expected to decide by e end of the summer if he wil use his executive powers for immigration changes. now apparently some republicans are threatening to hold up legislatihbe passed to keep t government running. if the prede reforming immigrati policy that will likely be decided in the next month. ay activists are calling for change inhe after math of the michael brown shooting. organizerslaeler petition man 800,000 signature it asks president obama to ensure a full investigation,

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too. looking forward to that. >> absolutely. and in the weather department, things are changing and feeling okay this morng. >> to start. let's che i with tom kierein. >> yeah, kind of mild this morning. ill rathe muggy from yesterday hity that has hung in overnight. analyzing the latest on hurricane cristobal, it's well off the atlantic seaboard. rapidly moving off to the north and east at about 20 to 30 mes anou but if has given us rough surf. today we' have 3 to 5 foot waves. also rip currents at the beaches today. but f friday, saturday and sunday, til be lower surf, high at the beaches today and tomorw he upper 70s. and then saturd and sunday should be up around 80 degrees. might get an isolated storm at the beach late afternoon on sunday. tod ls humid, beautiful afternoon.

lots of sun, highs reaching the upper 80s and low humidity in place on friday. beautiful ytomorrow, lots of sunshine. highs reaching the mid-80s. then saturday, sunday and labor day, each day up near 90 degrees with a chance of an afternoon storm and very humid over the weekend. and into next week, 7 day outlook, yb back to work and schoo tuesday into wednesday,ll rath humid and hot with highs up around 90. maybe scattered afternoon storms. a look at the morning commute and the back to school forecast coming utr d traffic on 1 6:31. brand new crash, outer loop between colesville and georgia avenue, stopped right now because ofhi crash. we'll hae chopper 4 over that in just a couple of minutes. p travel times, outer loop between 995 and 270 taking you 27 minutes. i'm thinking the number will grow. 66 headed in to town, slow

through centralville aned t opens up. wider loo at things, you can see the slow colesville road. 295 at 50 slow, as well. coming up next, i'll also talk about the situation on connecticuavenue. repaving ile unfortuna. 6:24. back to school means back to your child's busy schedule. and keeping up with homework and projects and sports, all of can be tough. but we have found shall help for you. new smartphone apps promise to help your kids keep themselves on track. for instance, iprocrastinate, it color codes the activities and indicates what is overdue. for android users, my flat schedule lessons and assignment and a feature can send reminderst only at appropriate times. >> there o feature that lets you set the phone so it will be

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breaking news that could impact your drive to work. part of the beltway at a stand still rig w after an accident. >> melissa mollet has your first 4 traffic. >> breaki news on the outer loop of the beltway, this accident at georgia avenue has just been cleared out you have the way in the past 20 seconds or so. but take a look at the backups. we're talking several miles. very, very slow commute again outer loop, georgia, colesville, back to 95, just a mess this morning. if y c avoid it, please do. you can see some still on the

scene, bu it is opening up a little bit. looks like just stopped there for just a minute. coming back now to my next camera, taking a look at our other issue, northbound connecticunne lane getting by at bradley for the repaving project. southbound lanes are open. a wider look, you can see the slowdown au approach colesvill, d.c. 295 show, as well. otherwise lki fairly good. prince ghorns county side, pennsylvan a branch avenue, no problem. 66 behaving, as well. tom kiere now, weather looking a little e my traffic, i think. >> it is. the commute weather looks very good. whether walking or driving. we'll have a few high clouds between n and 8:00. mild and comfortable temperatur between 8: and 10:00, bright

sunshine, temperatures should be well into the upper 70s. a-plus ge for recess today. up around 80 with bright sunshine. anby dismissal time, in the upper 80s. short sleda tod coming up. a look he hour by hour changes t ot next 24 hours next traffic and weather o1s fed prosecutors closed their investigation into the police officers who shot and killed thema washingto te ve yard last year. no chars will be filed against the officers for firing their guns. the probd s excepti exception onlo respondi to the attack. aaron alex sis shot and killed 12 peopletha yard. a justice department official says the cy oen investigat deadly police-in shootings.

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also thirn ' learning a doctor nigeria has died from the disease. he was treating a patient infected. thpaent h recovered, but again, the doctor lost his life. that's th latest from the live desk. a kitchen fire in wheaten sgroi a family's home and caused more thanf million dollars this damage. an electricity failureikel startedir smoke alarms did go off, so everyone s able to get out safely. the daghe home, about $650,000. a metro rider is alive because of rans anli officer. e m at the of the screen here on t right, he told metro police tha wanted to die. then he jumped on to the tracks tuesday at the rhode island avenue metro station as police approachedhi he jumped. at the saim a train was pulling i riders waved their arms trying to signal the train operator.

there was enime for the train to stop. and that is when the man changed his mind. tried to lge back up on to the platform. thefrs pulled him from the train's path just in time. slow down is the message this morn drivers in fairfax county. >> molette green joins us live in chantilly with why the timing is perfect. >> reporthe t the sign behind me drive safely, obey speed limits. all part of the new campaign that kicks off today. and it's coming just days before tens of thousands of school kids go back to class. and it's all focused on the maybe hoo. when th neirhhee kids will be crossing the streets, going to the b stop. the big overall arching message is speed matters especially if a child coul sudnly dart out in the street. you want to slow down to make

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still rat hud when you step out the door. you will that. but you'l be comfortable in short slees orngs we'll st in the low to mid-70s. by noon, g heow 80s with bright sunshine. by 5:00 p.m., we'll be in the upper 80s. but it will be noticeably less humid by late this afternoon. changes oth 24 hours, by 8:00, back down to near 80. bombing o in the upper 70s by dawn tomo. look at the changes on the way for the ladaenmi up. there is a huge demand right now for a gadget that most flights don't allow. take a loo te defender. it blocks airline seats from reclining it got a big boost this week after a fight between two passengers a united airlines flight ma national headlines. the company that makes the knee defender ys demand for the plastic c high, the website crashed at least once

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we're in on top of breaking news. in the lasfi minutes, the outer loo opened up at georgia avenue after a crash. but we are still seeing backups there thare for miles. >> and it's one of several stories w folwi to get you you up to the minute the minute yorup. >> we sta with tracie potts live on capitol hill. a second icled fighting isis. >> reporte exactly. we're following this breaking news. developing news here on capitol hill. s of apparently in the same incident the first american douglas carthur mccain was killed ov the weekend. now a law enforcement source telling nbc there was a second person killed in that same incident. we'reai on more confirmati. nation security council not yet confirming that. meantime,he is an emotional plea from the mother of steven

sotloff, o of the americans who is being held by isis. she went directly to islamic leaders on video asking them to release her son. the white us sa they are working o situation. but that ransom is not an option, t.s t negotiate with terrorists. >> tracie potts on the hill for us. developing virginia right now, at this hour, rescuers are on the sce augusta county looking for a pilot who crashed a fighter jet. the massachusetts air national guard says its f-15 pilot was heading f massachusetts to new orleans. he went down 23450adeerfield, virginia. tis outside charlottesville. crews are still searching on the ground and from the air. national d pilot reported ain-flight emergency and then lost radio contact. still not cl yet whether the pilot ejected. right w the search is on for the driver who hit someone and took off in silver spring. police are looking for a black

four door honda. the car has heavy front end and wind shieldamage. police s the driver hit someone piney branch road. the car was seen headed toward takoma par we'olth person who was hit will recover. it is expected to be a short day in the corruption trial of bob mcdonnell. final witnesse will be called today. closing arme e not expected uilro tug at the ear crestearliest. their oldest daughter said her mother ha mild obsession th john an jonllef gave a $10,000 wedding gift which she says they returned when they realized williams was a, quote, criminal. prosecuto objected that statement but the jury already heard the regarding. williams no be charged with any crime. today you'll have a chance to voice your opinion about a potential gun range. a firing range is planned on

turner road near sugarloaf mountain. not from several animal training a boarding facilitie so mef t neighbors there think the range is a bad idea for the community and those animals. a bl hearing on the issue begins today at 1:00 at winchest h in frederick. the zoning board will make a decision somime after today's hearing. > 12ef the hour. a story you saw first on 4. this mornwe lrning that the d.c. pol chief is reconsiderg er assign detective st duty. chief lanier is planning to release a new order tomorrow clarifyin the changes. the union claims moving detectiveul impact safety. right nowy homicide detectives exempt from the move. yesterday lanier promised the current liil reviewed and exemptions will be granted on a case by case basis. the ef to write a new law repealing d.c.'s ban on open carry is being fast tracked. officials so up with a new

law allowing at least some city residentsar arms on city streets. city officials have to address specifick deeming areas gun free and will the district allow only the open carrying of arms, concealed carry, or both. a federal judge overturned d.c.'s n control law in july, but a 90 day stay of that ruling was put in play. whethasn,.c whether h sdi in maryland virginia, we've started t process. we are going to push forward. >> it's not really if, but when and where. a new stadium will be built for the washin redskins. dan snyder announced the plans occurrin a intewh will air monday. he says he wants the stadium to feel retro. as far as it will be built and when, those questions are still unanswered. d.c., maryland and virginia all want a piece of the nfl's third most valuable franchise. the stadium will generate

millions dollars in revenue and snyder is hoping a new stadium bring a super bowl to the region. district's council member tom wells sa t should be back in d.c.. >> really if he wants a second rate site, go to virginia. >> are yo worried at all about who ends up footing the bill for this? >> if he wants the city to pay for it, which he has not said, then we'll have to talk a lot about that. >> this whole debate is coming before a very important preseason game tonight. your s 6:51. you can sort of see in this live picture bend us shall clouds out there, but the sun is coming up. and wre f -- there you go. >> actually quite pretty. >> it really is. about 73 degrees or so outside our studio. pretty comfortable start to the day. tom kieref keeping an eye on all things weather,

including ica spinning out there >> yeah, we have a hurricane, category rr cstal we've be telling you about it and it is now off the atlantic seaboard continuing to advance te northst. it's moving at about 20 to 30 miles an . and wl continue to move away from the attlantic seaboar. but it is producing heavy surf. main impacts of that tod will be 3 to 5 foot waves and those rip currents, those powerful channels of water that move rapidly away from the shore out to sea. so if you're going to the beach today, do iywre where there is no lifeguards. because they will keep you safe. but it wi be much better at the beaches friday, saturday and sunday. there wil lower surf tomorrow. upr s ar80 on saturday and sunday. maybe an afternoon storm on sunday.

wat temperasn the mid-70s rit now. love this photo posted yesterday morning. fogr grfalls. you can pt yo pics on facebook, it and instragr ira tthover the potomac river. later today, bright sunshine, lower humi moving in, highs reachint upper 80s and less humid on friday. tomorrow oo highs into the mid-80s. and over the weekend, saturday, sunday and again on labor day, each day up around 90. steamy humit coming back. and a chance of an afternoon storm ea day, as well, saturday, sunday, monday. tuesday a wednesday, still hot and humid with highs near 90 and chance of an afternoon storm. melissa, how is traffic? sti looking nasty morning. breaking y news here. outer loop is just a mess. we had an initial crash at georgia . is this ba new hampshire right now. chopper 4 over this. but take look as chopper pans

back, you can s the backups this morning. very, veryw. thiofou coupled with the otherue that we've been looking a this morning which is along connecticut avenue we'll talk about that in just one second. inner loo beeen 270 and 95, that is fine. no problems. moving at 9 minutes. 66 east between the beltway and glebe ro fine, as well, at 7 minutes. again, though, talking about the situationn coeccut avenue, we have had megan mcgrath out there all morning with this paving problem. we saw yesterday. we'll see it again today. and probamo. right, megan? >> reportthig. we have moved down a little ways. we're on connecticut avenue at club drive. and you can see we are down to just one lane getting by to the left. the oer t lanes, they are closed. youaneet tha taken off the ty of the asphalt, but it's still rough underneat andheha a lot of work to do. this is going to have an impact on morninru hour. if you ta connecticut avenue to get to t beltway, you will want to think about a different

way to go tmorning. this will be a tough go all day long. when th finish the northbound side here, then they will move it over to the southbound side and we will see the same thing, down to one lane. we had big traffic tie ups yesterday we' expecting the same thiny. thiwi bll long project into friday and possibly into saturday, as well. with more on traffic, we'll send it back to you. >> i would say the best way around th either wisconsin or georgia. unfortuna row, getting off on georgia or wisconsin from the outer loop, a bit difficult. but we will have this this morning and expecting to see it tomorrow mni as well. so pretty fs folks on connecticut and of course also on the outer loop this morn just quite a mess. so as we're looking at other areas aro town, everything else looking pretty good. no major problems anywhere else. this probab the biggest issue, outer loop and then also

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mcdonnell. final witne wi be called. closing arguments expected tomorrow at the earliest. it is a mild and muggy thursday g, later today, turning less huhhed my. beautiful afternoo highs reaching upper 80s. tomorrow lhumit highs mid-80s. and again t and humid as we get into the labor day week he said. chancef oo storms. breakiew beltway. outer loop as you approach georgia ent . we have mi of backups from an earlier cr that is the news for today. thank you for waking up with us. >> the "toy"isomg next.

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