at 6:00, hitting the road for the holiday and you are not alone. more than 800,000 people from our area will travel this we weeke weekend. we'll show you the areas you'll want to avoid. and so far it feels more like fall than the end of summer. let's check in with melissa mollet following breaking news on 270. >> yeah, chopper 4 over this. is th this is 270 south at democracy. a accept cisemi versus a car. no one hurt, but there is a fuel spill they're cleaning up. you can see backups as you're headed south. otherwise looking pretty good. you can see the slowdown here 18 miles per hour. 95, bw parkway, looking quite nice. wi wider look, no issues anywhere.

66, 95 looking good. prince george's county side of the roadways also completely green. branch avenue, pennsylvania avenue, no problems there. and tom, you have a very nice forecast for me. at least today. >> looks as good as your traffic right now except there on 270. we have drive pavement, no real weather problems travel wise this morning. heading out of town early, you'll be driving by annapolis and crossing the bay and bay bridge, temperatures there in the mid-60s. elsewhere, most of the region in the 50s. that includes the nearby suburbs, prince george's county, fairfax, arlington and machinery, it will be mostly sunny today as well as the rest of the region. into fairfax county, between now and 8:00 for the morning commute, it will be right away 60 whether walking or driving. bright sun. you'll need your shades. upper 60s by late morning. and your headlines for today, yeah, you'll need long sleeves this morning.

it will stay cool between now and around 8:00, 9:00. sleeveless afternoon, though, with nice warming coming with low humidity in place through the afternoon. temperatures right now, though, they are quite cool. so you'll definitely they'd the lo need the long sleeves as you head out the door. next weather and traffic on the 1s, your bus stop forecast. 6:02. right now a lot of you are getting ready for summer's last orah. hundreds of thousands are expected to hit the roads for the labor day weekend. and that means you'll probably be starting the weekend in trachi traffic. megan macgrath has a look at th worst choke points. >> reporter: a lot of people still have to go to work before you leave town. we're standing above 395, you can see volume has started to build a little since we last spoke to you, but still the traffic is running pretty good right now. pretty well.

we are expecting thin things tt to slow down as the afternoon progresses. big time for people to get away. thousands of people, 840,000 people in the washington area, are going to be leaving town for the long holiday weekend. now, that is the most since labor day 2008 when the recession was in full swing. most of those folks are going to travel by car. nearly nine out of ten people will actually be hitting the roads. so if you are going to be traveling, the adviviadvice her leave early or leave late. in terms of the choke points, 95 north and south, beltway also another trouble spot especially at the 270 split. a lot of people also going to the beaches. so keep an eye out for traffic along the bay bridge corridor. they have a lot of traffic cameras. you can take a look at th online. but with the bay bridge, same thing. leave early or leave late if you want to miss the traffic.

back to you. >> thank you, megan. today a teen accused of opening fire outside the national zoo will be in court. police say a 14-year-old shot two other young people outside the zoo on easter monday. they're believed to be members of rival gangs. the teen has been charged as a juvenile. he faces attempted murder. police say the gun used in the shooting last her been found. montgomery police are calling a gaithersburg scientist disappearance strange and they're waiting for more tips before continuing their search. search dogs were brought in yesterday. last thursday martin john rogers never showed up to work at the national institutes of health in rockville. that same day, surveillance caught him checking into a hotel in la veil, maryland. investigators say there have been possible sightings near poolesville and as far away as cumberland. his family is concerned for his health. >> this is like a bad dream that you read about in the newspaper and if you try to pick someone

that would wander off like this and disappear, you would never pick my husband. >> rogers is driving a blue 2001 audi with maryland tags which has not been found. investigators do not believe foul play is involved. and last night police suspended the search, but it will continue if there are more sightings of john rogers. a big day today in bob mcdonnell's corruption trial. lawyers will give their closing arguments in just a few hours and we'll find out soon whether virginia's former first couple is guilty of corruption. bob and maureen are accused of using their political influence to promote a dietary supplement in will exchange for thousands of dollars in gifts. julie carey is in richmond following every angle of the trial. you can follow her on twitt twitter @juliecareynbc. we're learning a pilot was not able for eject before crashing his fighter jet in virginia. the pilot was with the massachusetts air national

guard. officials discovered his body yesterday. wednesday he was flying to new orleans for you routine maintenance when he reported a problem on board and then lost radio contact. five minutes later, the f-15 jet crashed in a remote part of the mount tens in augusta county. a warning this morning about the west nile virus. right n someone in maryland is sick with it. and that person is from our area. this is the first reported case in the state. mosquitos in our area are carrying the disease. and the state health department says to protect yourself, avoid any places with stagnant standing water. you should also limit how much time you're outside at dawn and at dusk. only 1% of people infected with west nile virus develop any serious symptoms. right now a group is covering a d.c. land mark with six miles of red yarn. a live picture of the action happening right here. we'll check in with know lmolet green to learn why they're working on a what is called a

yarn bomb. plus simple trick experts say could help your baby start speaking more quickly. and as you get your kids ready to head out the door, take a look at this beautiful picture outside. a little bit cooler than it looks. but we will have a warm-up. we'll have the hour by hour changes.

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jomt of electricity may just save your memory. seen tests are testing a treatment that sends magnetic pulses to the brain. study volunteers say they had better memory. researchers want to do more studies. this next story is for new and soon to be parents. may sound like gibberish to you,

but your baby's back libbling i important to learning how to speak. new mothers who respond enthusiastic lick to the baby's babbling can help speed up language development. word of caution, once they start speaking, they won't stop. so if you want to make them speak tax faster, more power to you you. >> but it makes sense. you're encouraging them to continue making whatever sound it is. let's get a look at the draft this morning. 11 after the hour. live picture of the sunrise. just starting -- >> that is pretty. >> it is. >> tom kierein here with your weather and traffic on the 1s. >> good morning. starting off this morning at the school bus stop, you'll need long sleeves. it's rather cool. we're just in the mid-50s. bright sun through the morning.

sunrise at 6:34. there is capitol hill under the pre-dawn glow. by 8:00, low 60s. by noon, upper 70s. and hitting the mid-80s midafternoon with low humidity and bright sun. you'll need the sunblock and shades throughout the day. a look at the storm chances over the labor day weekend coming up next weather and traffic on the 1s. 270 south at democracy, we now, though, are actually moving quite a bit better than we were earlier. the accident off to the side of the roadway. only one lane being blocked by the hazmat spill, so you are moving there you now. connecticut avenue northbound between western and east-west highway, the repaving project. and columbia pike at gallows road, two lanes blocked there. otherwise looking quite good. going up, chopper 4 head willed out to report of a pedestrian struck in gaithersburg. more on that coming up.

a teacher in trouble this morning. the messages she posted on twitter about her students that made parents' jaws drop. plus demanding $40 million. how a group says police in ferguson, missouri went too far

a toddler is expected to be okay despite falling three stories from an apartment window. it happened around 8:00 last night. firefighters say the 3-year-old boy fell about 25 feet and was taken to the hospital with serious injuries. he is expected to recover. police are not calling the fall suspicious. police say two men killed and dismembered their roommate and one of the suspects is on the run now. investigators say one admitted to his involvement in the murder of perez. perez' body was found in two bags. police say an argument inside the apartment escalated to violence. they are still looking for

another roommate, cruz vargas. canadian tour bus may have been speeding before it crashed in british columbia. 56 chinese tourists were on board the bus when it hit a median and rolled over. every single passenger was hurt in some way there. list say they got 911 calls of a speeding bus going downhill on the highway before that crash. a new lawsuit in missouri claiming police used excessive force on innocent bystanders during the ferguson protests. one of the plaintiffs says she and her 17-year-old son were arrested after not evacuating a mcdonald's quickly enough. a 23-year-old man says he was shot multiple times with rubber bullets achnd calmed racial slu. one man says he was arrested for filming the disturbances. the lawsuit seeks $40 million in damages. scientists at nhi are developing a vaccine for ebola. starting next week, 20 healthy volunteers will be given the

vaccine. it's not designed to treat someone who has the virus, rather scientists are hoping the volunteers develop an immunity. the experimental vaccine will also be tested with about 200 other volunteers in britain and africa. scientists say they will know if it works bhi the ey the end of . volunteers at the smith season seasoni smithsonian roll out the carpet. >> and they covered it in red yarn. why? >> reporter: good morning, yeah, take a look at the yarn bombed capital gate right behind me. it is really cool. my photographer, irene, will zoom in. it's actually knitted. this is on the ghate and inside in the garden area. it's to celebrate the openin of

a new artist coming here. yarn is the artist's main medium. more than 120 volunteers from the smithsonian, from around the dmv, took part in making all of this possible, looking ralate io the night. i have the curator with me this morning. thank you so much for joining us. why do this way? it certainly is a way to get your attention. >> it definitely is. just inside the gates is the gallery and in the pavilion, we have a contemporary arts series called perspectives. and because the artist uses red yarn, our public affairs team picked up on a couple concepts and thought a yarn bomb would be appropriate. >> one lady who worked on this tells me that she's been knitting for 25 years. you have to know how to knit to do this. >> certainly for the circles, but what is wonderful about the project, it brought together all

kinds of people. beginners on seasoned pros. >> it is really cool. the gate and some of the garden. thank you for joining us and talking about this. you can come down and see all of this and go inside and see the actual work of the artist, japanese artist, here in the u.s. for the very first time at the smithsonian. come on down, folks. it is really cool. and i learned what yarn bombing actually is this morning. i never heard of it. >> learn something new every day. that's the great thing about this job. i can only imagine how wonderful it is inside. so worth a trip. we're staying on top of breaking news in traffic this morning. >> this is in gaithersburg, damascus line, route 124 at watkins road, a pedestrian hit by this vehicle, that person just loaded into the ambulance. no word yet on the person's injuries.

but this is a rural area if you're not familiar with that area. dwro s i don't see any sidewalks. not sure if the person was running or biking, but obviously well wishes to that rson. hopefully they will be just fine. taking a look here at 66 headed into town, no problems at all. looks like perhaps some people are already out of town on this labor day weekend. wider look at things, looking quite good into and out of town all the way around the beltway, inner loop and outer loop moving along. 66, 95, prince george's county side of things looking good, as well. look up there your cereal at your tv. isn't it great having hdtv? we get fantastic sunrises. is th this is a pink grapefruit sunrise this morning. sun coming up at 6:34. right now under a partly cloudy to mostly clear, 65 at reagan national. later today, just a few high clouds around. a gorgeous late august day.

highs reaching low to mid-80s most of the region by midafternoon, low humidity in place. enjoy this while you can. it will be turning more humid as we get into the weekend. a cool start away from the waters. just in the 50s most of maryland and virginia. right on the waters, low to mid-60s. and later over the weekend, that's when we get the humidity returning. and summer heat, as well. highs reaching upper 80s on saturday. a small chance of an afternoon storm. greater chance of maybe some afternoon and evening thunderstorms on sunday. a bit hotter sunday, too. highs low 90s and very humid. still very humid on monday, as well. highs around 90 degrees. and pretty good chance of a morning shower and passing afternoon thunderstorm on labor day, as well. so when you're heading back home, maybe running into some storms on labor day afternoon and evening. returning back to school and work, highs around 90 each day and maybe some passing afternoon

storms, as well, tuesday, wednesday, and again on thursday. coming up at 6:31, i have your bus stop school day forecast in about ten minutes. some quick thinking kept a bad situation there getting a lot worse at this seattle hair are salon. a woman lost control of her suv, plowed right through the window there. mother and child inside that building were pinned behind a wall of debris. two kids were also in the suv. that crash sparked a small fire. others inside the take lsalon r into help. nobody was seriously hurt. exactly nine years ago today, hurricane katrina made landfall. we all remember how it flooded new orleans and put more than three quarters of the city under water. more than 1500 people died. there are several events happening in new orleans to remember that day, including a wreath laying this morning at a memorial there. katrina was the biggest hurricane ever recorded to hit the u.s.. if you drive a suzuki,

spiders may send you to your dealership's repair shop. theater, spiders. the automaker is recalling more than 19,000 mid size cars because spider webs can clog fuel vapor vents. it affects 2010 to 2013. clogged vent can cause cracks and tufuel leaks in the line. webs can cause a problem, so you have to get it checked out. a california teacher is in hot water after she reportedly tweeted that she wanted to stab some of her students. >> this morning some parents are calling for her to be fired. a lot of you on social media are doing that, too. high school administrators disciplined her with a written reprimand. tweets were posted before the end of the school year last year. take a look at some. on june 23, hodges wooeted, i already want to stab some kids. is that bad some 19 more days. back in april, she tweeted, so happy to be done with school for

ten day, but especially to be away from the ones who truly try my patience and make my trigger finger itchy. some parents say it's insulting. >> i have a student who was which spelled when he was a freshman for saying something to a teacher. they kicked him out of school. so now will is going on with this teacher and i don't feel that it's acceptable. >> hodges apologized saying she was only kidding and realized that she acted unprofessionally. we've asked to you weigh in. do you think it's okay, was she way out of line? >> and at this point, i think a lot of parents are saying if it was a child making a similar remark about a teacher, he or she would be in big trouble. and we've seen it in the past where kids get suspended or kicked out of school. and so now they're saying why should it be any different if the roles are reversed. >> somebody said she should not be teaching our children if they

make her want to kill them. simply put. maybe another profession would be right. facebook and twitter, you can weigh in. saving you some money. the twice in your house that jacks up your power bill the most and the smart changes you can make now in how to charge your phone. plus the quick thinking step that could help police find a man. and it's a little chilly out there. we'll break down how the temperatures will look at lunch and at the end of your school and workday. here a beautiful look at the horiz

many of you are trying to get out of town. it is an incredibly busy travel day. >> more than 800,000 people in our area will take a trip. and it is a cool morning to hit the road. we will check in with tom for your forecast. but first, melissa mollet is watching breaking news. >> this is in gaithersburg at the damascus line.

a crash on watkins road just off of 124, a pedestrian hit. we understand that the pedestrian -- we saw that person being put into the ambulance and that person will be flown out. so they're waiting for a medevac. you can see inner loop and outer loop like just fine. all of the parkways into and out of town no problems. looks like maybe people headed out of town early. 95 south no problem as you head down to frederickburg. northbound just a tiny bit slow. beltway at colesville road looking quite good especially for 6:30 in the morning. follow us @first4traffic for your shot at a $125 gas gift card. >> if you're walk the dog, you'll have fresh cool air as you step out the door.

sun coming up here in just a couple mindminutes. and we'll be in the upper 60s this morning. sun just about to come up. bus stop forecast waiting for the school bus, between 60 between now and 8:00. and recession time, a-plus grade. should be in the mid-70s by late morning with lots of sunshine. then by school dismissal time, mid-80s. bright sun and low humidity all around the region for the rest of the afternoon. a look at the wide variety of highs today, next weather and traffic on the 1s. it is 6:32. isis posted a new video of the beheading of a captured kurdish fighter. it's titled a message in blood to the leaders of the american kurdish alliance.united states has carried out a wave of air

strikes against the militants in northern iraq helping kurdish forces to reclaim ground lost to isis. and president obama is weighing his options regarding potential action against isis. >> it does not seem like air strikes are on the immediate horizon, though. tracie potts live on capitol hill. >> reporter: good morning. overnight, the u.s. continued to focus on iraq as you just noted. not so much on syria. president obama is saying that he'll hold off on air strikes in syria for now until he gets options from the pentagon and also until congress comes back. there was some concern that tthe president would act while they were out of town. but the president says he may need to get some money from them, as well. so holding off on any further action in syria.

experts say this group is bad news. >> thank you, tracy oig o traci. according to "usa today" and pew research, 39% say the united states does too much in helping solve world problems. 31% say the u.s. does too late. it is a significant change from less than a year ago. in a previous poll, americans said the u.s. did too much by an overwhelming 51%. a search is under way for a man who attacked a teen near gainesville square shopping center wednesday night. prince will criminal county police say that a 19-year-old was walking along lee highway when she was pushed town down m embankment and was assaulted. the man was last seen running into the woods.

police want your help to find someone who is flashing people on metro. police released this picture here. take a look. they say it was taken by a woman on the receiving end of the flashing. the man is wanted as a person of interest in the case. transit police say the flashings all happened during the day and that surprised some people. >> i would say it at night, like i don't wear head phones and stuff when i'm riding because i want to know what is going on. so in the evening, i'm more alert. >> flashings happened at least three time, twice on the red line. police say the flasher are may have a dark blue duffle bag which he uses to cover up before exposing himself. traffic alert right now. expect this scene it if you're driving down connecticut avenue in chevy chase. pavement work will have traffic tied up until saturday at light. crews are repaving the stretch between east-west highway and western avenue at chevy chase circle. if you're taking metro, there will being track work. biggest issue is on the red

line. bethesda and medical center stations will close at midnight tonight and through closing on monday night. buses will operate. and labor day, metro will operate on a sunday schedule. off peak fares are in effect. a dog h n home after being shot and nursed back to life. her name is ruby. she is a nine month old boxer mix. she was shot in wheaton and police are investigating what happened. an officer rushed her to an animal hospital and the vet who worked on her not only did the operation for free, but is adopting her, as well. very nice. a bowypower bill double tak. a customer received a bill for $91,000. the error that led to her bill being way too high. plus crime on campus. new steps the university of virginia is take to go try to son sexual assaults. and many of you are hitting

the roads for one last road trip. we'll let you know how the forecast could impact your trip.

if you're looking for ways to maybe cut some costs, you might want to take a look at your power bill. we have a few continues on how you can reduce vampire energy, when energy is wasted from something that is left on when you're not actually using it. for example, a phone charger plugged in but not charging is using vampire energy. a big waste, too, your cable box. you can cut costs by turning the cable box off when you're not actually watching tv. easiest way to do that, turn the you power strip off. >> in theory, it's good. in practice, it's hard to remember. this morning dominion virginia power is apologizing to

a woman after accidently charging her $91,000. >> a hefty bill. she lives in a modest house. called dominion and the company told her she only has to pay a portion of the bill, $1200. >> and then that representative on the phone said this -- >> she said at least we're not holding you responsible for the full $91,000 balance. >> what? >> yeah. after a few more phone calls, they said it was typo. jones will get an updated bill any day now. that response from the representative probably got that person into trouble. breaking news on the roads. let's check in with melissa mollet. >> a pedestrian hit, this is watkins road at route 124. in the gaithersburg/damascus line.

we understand the person was at least on the side of the roadway, in the roadway, not sure if they were walking, running. we'll get more information. but apparently that person is being medevacked out of there. wider look, you can see we actually look quite good. no major problems 50 hided in to town a little slow as you cross the beltway, but look goods for this time of morning. into it and out of town on 95, looking good. beltway at river road, moving right along. 270 south fromwn road running nicely. tom, how are you looking? >> looking great this morning weather-wise. don't have any travel problems weather-wise help d weather-wise. drive pavement around the region. only mid-50s montgomery, prince george's county, fairfax county. most of the region in the 50s. near the water, low to mid-60s. highs today will be climbing into just the low 80s north and

western suburbs. 80 near the bay, but away from the waters, low 80s. northern virginia, mid-80s. coolest spot panhandle of west virginia. those locations reaching mid and upper 70s for highs by mid afternoon with low humidity. terrific late summer day coming up. a look at your beach and mountain forecast at 6:51. iphone, ipad, now get ready for the iwallet. apple is getting ready to unveil a new payment system. we'll break down how it will work. and we are live to help you get through one of the busiest travel days of the year. the three biggest traffic choke points we expect to see today as people try to get out of town.

we're following breaking news. someone walking on watkins mill road near the gaithersburg/damascus line was hit by a car. >> so far are no word on that person's age. one of several stories we're following this morning to get you up to the minute the minute you're up. we will start with megan mcglcgh here to tell us the areas we want to avoid on this busy travel day. >> reporter: a couple areas that you will certainly want to avoid. we're expecting a gidifficult traffic day.

later on. right now, it's still looking good. folks are traveling at speed on 395 behind me here. but this afternoon, we're expecting things to definitely slow town as thousands of people h hit the road to get out of town for the long weekend. 840,000 people from the washington area, that is who is expected to leave town for the weekend. that's the most since labor day 2008. that's when the recession was in actual swing. most of those folks will be traveling by car. about nine out of ten. we have some choke points to warn you about. take a look. the top three choke points in our area, 95 northbound between d.c. and baltimore, the beltway at the 270 split as well as 95 south. all the way down to fredericks about your. those are areas you should you avoid. and lots of people going to the beaches. so they will be crossing the pay bridge. so is that another choke point. we will keep an eye on it. right now, however, everything looking pretty good.

back to you. right now our northern virginia bureau is in richmond for a crucial day in bob mcdonnell's corruption trial. lawyers will deliver closing arguments just hours from now. and we could learn whether the former governor is innocent or guilty soon. the trial could come down to whether the jury believes mcdonnell or jonnie williams, the man who gave him $177,000 in gifts and loans. mcdonnell and his wife are accused of trading political influence for those gifts. arguments begin at 9:30 and news 4's julie carey and david culver will be in richmond. you can follow them on twitter and watch news 4 for the latest developments. today a teen accused of opening fire outside the national zoo will be in court. the 14-year-old shot two other young people outside the zoo on easter monday. they're all believed to be members of rival gangs. the teen has been charged as a juvenile. he's face numerous charges including attempted murder. police say the gun has never been found.

montgomery county police are calling a missing person's case strange. search dogs were brought in yesterday. last thursday, martin john rogers never showed up at work at the national institutes of health in rockville. the same day, surveillance caught him checking in to a hotel. investigators say there have been possible sightings in poolesville and cumberland. his people is concerned for his health. >> this is like a bad dream that you read about in the newspaper and if tried to pick someone that would wander off like this and disappear, you would never pick my husband. >> rogers was driving a blue 2001 audi with maryland tags. the car has not been found. montgomery county investigators don't believe foul play is involved. police suspended the search, but they say it will continue if there are more sightings of john rogers. the university of virginia is changing how it reports sexual misconduct on campus.

even if students tell certain faculty and staff of an incident in confidentiality, the university employees will be required to report it. exceptions will be made for health care and counseling personnel. uva is one of 76 colleges nationwide under investigation for their handling of sexual violence reports. 11 before the hour. if you're planning ahead for your retirement, no matter how old you are, new numbers may give your system a little bit of a shock. meg, good morning. >> reporter: that's right. a majority of gen x workers believe they need at least $1 million for retirement, but a new report shows so far most only have about $70,000 in savings. more than 80% of gen ex-ers are worried social security won't exist when they retire. 85% think they will have a harder time achieving financial security than their parents. oldest group starts turning 50 next year.

apple will send out an invitation. it has the tag line we wish we could tell you more. the efrpvent is being held at t flint center for performing arts, the same place where steve jobs introduced the original mac 30 years ago. and apple is building a massive structure being kept under tight wraps under heavy security. back to you. >> meg, thank you. we're talking about apple, the new iphone, if you plan to buy it, you may be able to stop carrying your wallet, too. the iphone 6 will reportedly have a special technology that will let's you pay by severally tapping your pay on a reader. the wireless payment system will be linked to your itunes account which already had your credit card information. you'd have to verify your identity using apple's touch i.d. fingerprint sensor. tomorrow is a big day for a lot of players on the redskins. they will find out whether they make the cut for the final

roster. the skins won last night 24-10. the redskins start the season next sunday september 7 against the texans. go skins. >> it's that time. feels like that, too. football weather. >> and weather and traffic on the 1s. tom, what do you say? >> college football starting, too. and the eastern sky is iridescent glow. live view from the storm team 4 tower camera on this friday morning. and it's a scrambled eggs sun coming up. right now 65 at reagan national. later today, low humidity, we'll be making it into the mid-80s around the metro area. only into the 70s farther north and west. where right now,s's only in the low and mid-50s. you need a light jacket and long sleeves this morning. just in the mid fifth in prince george's county. much of fairfax.

rest of northern virginia, now loudoun county, prince william, fauquier, spotsylvania, cull kenneken culpepper, mid and upper 50s. labor day weekend, very humid. saturday afternoon, it will be in the upper 80s. about a 30% chance of an isolated storm. then a greater chance of an isolated afternoon storm and then some evening thunderstorms on sunday. sunday, hottest day of the labor day weekend, highs low 90s. and back up near 90 on labor day monday. and might get a morning shower, but a greater chance of an afternoon storm on monday much of the region. going to the beaches? the water temperatures are in the low 70s right now. at the atlantic beaches on saturday, highs will be near 80. and the surf is getting lower. hurricane cristobal pulling away. so lower surf in place for the weekend. highs sunday and again monday up around 80. chance of storms perhaps monday

afternoon. going to the mountains? great way to get away from the heat on saturday. it will be in the low 80s. chance of an afternoon storm. then storms likely on sunday and again labor day in the mountains with highs in the 70s. when you're out there and you're away from your tv, check on the radar with our storm team 4 free weather app, google play and itunes store. next week 1e67 day outlook, sti hot and humid, chance of afternoon storms with highs around 90. melissa checking on a pedestrian accident. >> yeah, reminding you of the pedestrian hit watkins road, gaithersburg closed at route 124. they decided to take them by ground. wider look, you can see no red on the screen which is quite rare for this time of day. so perhaps lots of folks already headed out of town. 66 and 95 looking about as good as they can look this time of day. prince george's county side of things, also looking quite good. reminder here, connecticut avenue between western andest

west highw east-west highway, two lanes shut down northbound. 50 at beltway, look going. 50 east running only 7 minutes. and chopper 4 over this, this is 270 southbound at clarksburg, a crash just happened. 6:54. today the woman who pleaded guilty to taking part in a quadruple murder will learn her fate. police say she blocked the door as her am accomplice darrell bellard shot two women and two children four years ago on. they believe it was the rut esu of unpaid drug debt. a medical student from george washington university was identified as the victim in a deadly motorcycle crash. the dean ever the medical school

called innavdeep kang a caring person. he collided with an suv. police are still investigating the crash. we're learning a pilot was not able to eject before crashing his fighter jet in virginia. the pilot was with the massachusetts air national guard. officials discovered his body yesterday. wednesday he was flying to new orleans for routine maintenance when he reported a problem on board and lost radio contact. the f-16 crashed in a remote part of the mountain in augusta county. malaysia airlines is cutting 6,000 workeras part of an overall to revive its damaged brand. they have been hit with double passenger jet disasters in the past year. right now this man is behind bars after he waved an isis flag from his car and then threatened to bomb police. somebody saw this happening in chicago. police did manage to catch him and while they were arresting him, he told them he had a bomb.

the fbi and bomb squad searched his car. they did not find anything inside, though. lawyers will give closing arguments in richmond today. and nep tthen the jury will beg discuss five weeks of evidence and testimony. >> reporter: we're outside the smithsonian welcoming a new art exhibit today. it's cool out here in the courtyard, but the exhibit even cooler inside. it's opening today. and president obama weighing his options on how to arrest get the growing isis threat. >> and people are getting ready to hit the road for the labor day weekend. take a live look. not too bad yet. best advice leave early or leave later. worst choke points i-95 and 270 lit. and the air is fresh and cool on this friday morning. a beautiful morning in the 50s how. later today, low to mid-80s.

lots of sun, low humidity. over the weekend, heat and humidity building. saturday, sunday, monday, highs each day near 90. height g might get an afternoon storm, greater chance sunday. up in gates, watkins road closed at route 124. police are telling us it was a 17-year-old girl that was hit, nonlife threatening injuries. a wider look, all allooking prey good. >> thank you for joining us. >> the "today" show is next. (vo) ours is a world of passengers.

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