so kind of cool. some food trivia for you early this morning as you get ready for breakfast. >> stay with us. "news 4 today" continues at 5:00 a.m.. watching for rain. we're tracking the threat for more storms and the potential impact they could have on your labor day plans. pick up after yourself or pay the price. the new fine you could now face if you are caught littering. >> good morning. welcome to "news 4 today". it is monday, very first day of september. can you believe it? >> it went by pretty fast. >> and it got hotter which doesn't make any sense because we're coming up on the unofficial end of summer. here break down the weather and the rain is tom kierein. >> good morning. yeah, still very humid. storm team 4 radar showing some scattered light showers across northern virginia. however, there is one heavier

downpour east of charlottesville. a little thunder and lightning with it, that is tracking toward fredericksburg, about 55 minutes of getting right into fredericksburg and spotsylvania county. and elsewhere, just a few scattered sprinkles and short sleeve day today, steamy hot afternoon. and some afternoon storms are looking likely probably not quite as strong as the ones we had yesterday. right now, takes steamy start across the shenandoah valley, in the low 70s there with quite a bit of cloudiness. mostly cloudy all around the region. in the nearby suburbs, low 70s. grab an umbrella if you're heading out early on this labor day morning. some fess sitivities and efforv midday should be fine but rain likely moving this later this afternoon. we'll look at that at 5:11. melissa, the accident causing

any problems? we still have 70 east only one lane open at main street. we just spoke with police, they say it should be out of the way this just a little bit. 66 at cedar lane, no problems there. beltway at connecticut avenue looking good, as well. a wider look at things, you can see we don't have any problems of course. we are expecting that rain this afternoon as folks heading back into town, so it could be messy for the drive back in. 66 and 95 both looking quite nice. i'll be back in ten minutes with a look at the prince george's county side of things. starting today, you'll want to make sure you throw your crash away in the right areas. if you're caught dumping trash where it shouldn't be, you'll get hit with a hefty fine. megan mcgrath live with how the program is expanding. >> reporter: we're along georgia avenue and you can just look down here on the sidewalk and you can see all of the trash that has just been tossed to the ground. if you do that in the district,

you could be facing a $75 fine. washington is expanding their anti-littering program. you were getting warnings in august. well, starting today, you'll get the real thing, a real -- >> we'll try to get megan back for you a little later this morning. we have new video of the damage left behind by last night's storm. several trees went down near bradley boulevard and burning tree road in bethesda. the trees took down some power lines. pepco crews were out trying to make repairs. at the height of the storm, several thousand had no you power. that number is down to about 300 customers this morning. this morning police are looking for someone who shot a man to death in southeast d.c.. police say willard shelton of alexandria died after he was shot on pomeroy road. you can see that is right off

stanton road. police are offering as much as $25,000 for any information that leads to them catching the killer. students at sherwood high school will head back to school on a somber note. one classmate killed, two others seriously hurt in a car accident. 15-year-old shawn gangloff died following the crash. he along with maxwell deck ter and alex hall were in the car when it crashed. it hit a tree and light pole and rolled over. gangloff'ses classmates have created a memorial for him at the crash site. >> it happens to somebody who you know who has been a teammate of my son's for several years. it's very difficult. the other family also, they have been a teammate of my son's. and so it's very difficult even to comprehend. the other two boys in the car are still in the hospital. they have serious injuries. police are still trying to

figure out exactly what caused the car to go off the road and into the tree. richard henry elementary school will reopen tomorrow at its normal time. you might remember students were dismissed early on friday because a farrell cat was wondering around. the teacher found the cat in her classroom just as students got to school. no one has seen the cat since and they have not detected any evidence of it feedingnearby. they think the cat is gone and it's safe for the kids to come back. call it a sign of the times. major changes taking effect in atlantic city this holiday weekend. we're watching for the threat of more storms, changes you'll see over the next 12 hours and how hot temperatures will climb with your hour by hour forecast at 5:11. first, though, hold off on that toast. why the glass of wine will do nothing for your heart if you're leaving something else important out your daily you routine. [bell rings]

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this next story should put some parents at ease. a new study says new medications to teach adhd did it not stunt your children's growth. the study found that although boys treated to more than three months had a latest growth spurt than peers, there was no difference in their adult height.

also no link between how long children took these meds and their final height. for years we've heard a glass or two of wine each day can prevent heart disease. now new research finds in ord s wine drinking is only protective in people who exercise. researchers assigned 150 people to drink a specific amount of red or white wine every day for a year. after a year, the only people who had any benefit were those who drank wine and exercised. >> so instead of filling your water bottle with water -- no, no. >> i don't think you're supposed to do it at the same time, although they say that you can exercise and drink coffee. >> really? >> yeah, supposedly some benefits to that. but that does make sense. i think that you'll have a healthier heart if you exercise regularly no matter what. but, yeah, always a huge study. >> good information there. wine prices are going up, so -- ehhh. nine after 5:00.

cloudy skies over the district after a stormy night for a lot of us. >> and tom, you can already feel the stick in the air. >> yeah, humidity has been really hanging in. good morning. getting a few light scattered sprinkles across the western and northern suburbs. one shower here southeast of cambridge, but there is a thundershower pulling northeast of charlottesville. just on a track to move into spotsylvania county over the next 45 minutes. near fredericksburg by about 6:00. expect a brief downpour with thunder and lightning. not a severe storm. there is capitol hill under a cloudy sky. you can see the humidity hanging in the air. by 8:00, we'll be in the mid to upper 70s. by noontime, mid-80s. and then hitting low 90s between 3:00 and 5:00. and by then, we could get some scattered thundershowers and thunderstorms rolling through. probably not as strong as yesterday. a look at the rain chances for the week ahead coming up at

5:21. any problems on the roads? have a new disabled car at the outer loop at georgetown pike. it has been moved off to the shoulder. crews on the way. woodrow wilson bridge moving right along. no problems there. same thing taking a look at 270 and clarksburg road. prince george's county, branch avenue, pennsylvania avenue, everything looking quite good. widelook at things, no problem. a live look at 66 coming up. boosting productivity on the job. the new study that may have your boss adding a plant or two to your desk. first, though, tragedy on the trail. what hampered rescue teams

welcome back. a hiker is dead after he was found trapped under a huge

boulder. it happened on offutt island. county rescue crews tried to help, but the storms proved to be a major obstacle. >> our crews had to seek shelter. we protected the victim. eight rescue technicians remained on the scene you including paramedics while others sought shelter. >> investigators are still trying to figure out how he got trapped. police in anne arundel county are hoping someone comes forward with information as they try to solve a murder at a popeye's restaurant. it happened at the store on ritchie highway. the victim's name is luzviminda monreal. she worked the night shift on saturday. the popeye's manager found the body in the store being a room. she had significant injuries. but they don't have a moistutivr the murder. a building has collapsed and

rescuers are still trying to find anybody who survived. french officials say the good ploes was li explosion was likely caused by a gas leak. emergency workers did imagine to pull ten people out of the rubble, all seriously hurt. i'm molette green at the live desk following a developing story. two teens in serious condition after falling from a carnival ride. these pictures just into the newsroom. it happened at a church bazaar in el paso, texas. the two teens fell more than 12 feet last night. they had to be rushed to the hospital and then firefighters had to use a ladder to rescue a stranded rider. that is the latest from the live desk. all eyes will be on rich mopped tomorrow when a jury will begin to decide the fate of bob mcdonnell. by now you know he and his wife are on trial for corruption, accused of trading political favors for more than $150,000 in loans and gifts.

five week of trial evidence and testimony are now in the books. if they're convicted, the former first couple could face decades in prison. metro will continue track work on this labor day. the bethesda and medical center stations remain closed today on the red line. buses will operate between friendship heights and grovener trath more. the stations reopen tomorrow morning. and metro is operating on a sunday schedule. stations open at 7:00 a.m. and close at midnight. off peak fares are in effect and parking is free. today is the last day gamblers will get to place their bets at revel casino in atlantic city. gambling ends at this time tomorrow. revel is the costliest failure in atlantic city's history. it cost more than 2 bui$2 billi build and only stayed open for about two years. experts say a smoking ban and lack of loyalty programs hampered their success. and another casino is closed,

too, show boat shut its doors yesterday afternoon after 27 years in which is. between revel and show boat, more than 5,000 people are now out of jobs. another 1,000 will be laid off when trump plaza closes on september 16th. state of new jersey working to help laid off workers find new jobs. plants may start showing up at your desk after this story. a new study says greenery in the workplace can increase productivity by 15%. researchers added plants to people's workstations and then found concentration and satisfaction immediately went up. the reason for the increase may be because foliage absorbs dust and bugs andism proving t ism m quality and making it easier to breathe. and it can reduce the number of sick days taken. so you're telling me that plastic bonsai on my desk ain't

help something. >> it brightens my day. >> yeah, right. i thought this was interesting that it said that if you just add a small indoor hedge to your personal work space, in a it can reduce the sound around your work space by five decibels. which is kind of neat. >> nothing just about flowers brightening your mood? >> yeah, if you can keep them alive. >> yeah, there's that. not in my house. >> but i do like that. speaking of some plants getting some free watering outside, it looks like some rain will help out. a lot of events going on today. how will this impact them is this. >> yeah, outdoor activities may be entinterrupted by thundershos later this afternoon. and it is still steamy. storm team 4 radar picking up a few scattered light showers across the nearby suburbs. a few sprinkles in loudoun y and into fauquier and

panhandle of west virginia. one thundershower passed across lower part of the bay. that has dissipated. a line of showers with thunder and lightning, not a severe storm, moving through orange county just about to come into spotsylvania county. that will be right near fredericksburg this about 35 minutes. and just east of culpepper, they're getting a shower with a little thunder and lightning, too. that will move into southern fauquier county and then into stafford county in about another half hour or so. so not a severe storm, just some downpours with morning thunder and lightning on this labor day morning moving through south of the metro area. and right now, it is a muggy morning. we're just in the mid and supper 70s most of the region. and that includes shenandoah valley all the way to the bay. mountains, a few locations have temperatures hovering in the upper 60s. and for this labor day, very humid day, hazy sunshine. by noontime after we get through

the few scattered morning showers. and by noon, it will be in the hid 80s. and then midafternoon, hovering in the low 90s. so a hot, humid labor day afternoon. ed a then the scattered thundershowers coming on through between generally 3:00 p.m. to around 7:00 p.m.. rain chances next several days, a little lower tomorrow. mainly tomorrow night is when we could get a few scattered storms coming through. then extremely low chance of any rain around on wednesday and thursday. and then the chances increase again friday and into saturday. likelihood of storms around on saturday. highs tomorrow as we get back to work and school, feeling like summer. into the mid thints. a 90s. late evening thunderstorms possible. highs upper 80s wednesday, thursday, up near 90 again on friday and saturday when we could get more storms around. sunday looking a little better. partly sunny, highs low 80s. i'm back in ten minutes with a look at storm timing hour by hour today. melissa with the draft.

two new crashes to tell you about right now. 395 southbound at duke street, understand it was only one vehicle involved. and spoke with police about this one, outer loop at route 1 in prince george's county, just property damage. just one vehicle. so that is good. should be out of the way here soon. 50 at sandy point, if you're coming back from the beach, this is a good time to start your trip. 66 at nutley looking good, as well. into town headed into the city, no major problems. wider look at the beltway, also looking good. more live cameras coming up at 5:31. soon all of the kids will be back in school. always their safety is a big concern. >> that's right. especially that is true when it comes to the bus stop. chris clackum tells us about the growing problem of those distracted drivers. >> reporter: watch what happens last may when a school bus in minnesota stops to pick up a student. a system i truck flies past the

bus' lowered stop arm and flashing lights and on the shoulder headed right toward a 7th grader. >> he came here, wouldn't stop. so i just backed up a little. >> ass semiwent by, there is nothing but dust and i thought she was dead. all of a sudden her little face appeared. >> reporter: the truck driver turned himself in reportedlybei an example of a sudden surge of dangerous driving in school zones or around school buss that they blame mostly on distracted drivers. >> in 2013, 2 million more drivers passed school bus stop arms than they did in 2011. there is no question that distracted driving plays a role. >> reporter: much of that information is coming from school bus drivers and backed up by on-board video like this from west virginia. when the bus driver blows his horn, yells at the drivers of two cars oblivious to the bus.

the third blow, though, is to warn the young student almost before it's too late. . >> there are more than 100 children killed and more than 25,000 injured every year in collisions that occur or accidents that occur during the process of getting to or from school. >> reporter: charles, with american traffic solutions, who sets up cameras on buses and in school zones, to catch violators, and that is helping. but school and safety officials across the country are searching for anything to help reduce distracted driving everywhere especially around schools. chris clackum, nbc news. and for many of you, tomorrow is the big day. we know you're going to be taking a lot of pictures. we'll be posting the ones you tweet to us on nbcwashington.com. just search back to school. and be sure to watch "news 4 today" for our live coverage across northern virginia. we'll be on the air starting at

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look at stories making headlines right now, strong storms being blamed for hampering recovery efforts of a hiker killed by a huge boulder in montgomery county. starting today, you could be hit with a hefty fine if you're caught dumping trash where it shouldn't be. and people around the d.c. area cleaning up this morning after strong storms hit the region downing a number of trees. right now there are scattered showers away the d.c. area. a sign of what is to come on this labor day holiday. >> tom kierein has been tracking the conditions you'll have to

deal with in the day ahead. tom, what does it look like? >> feeling like summer this labor day. starting off this morning very humid. storm team 4 radar showing a few scattered sprinkles across northern virginia and into maryland, but there is one line of showers and thunder south of the metro area now eastern you culpepper county coming into southern fauquier and stafford and spotsylvania. this will be near fredericksburg in about 25 minutes. there is one far south of there that will pass into the northern neck of virginia over the next hour or so. not a severe storm, just some brief heavy downpours with thunder and lightning as it rolls on through between now and around 6:00 to 6:30 this morning. here is the timing on any other showers. later this morning, only a very small chance. as we get into the afternoon, by noon, partly sunny. be maybe scattered areas of green a passing shower. then thundershowers developing farther east between 3:00 across northern virginia and maryland and district all the way until

around 5:00 p.m.. and then a line of maybe stronger storms rolling across southern maryland, more than neck of virginia between 5 okay p.m. and 7:00 p.m.. and after that the stores as they cross the bay will likely begin to break up quite a bit by 6:00 to 7:00 this evening. and then most of it should be done. just partly cloudy evening to follow. temperatures right now are mild and muggy as you head out the door early on this labor day morning making plans for parades and picnics later today. be dressed for hot, humid weather right now it's in the low to mid-70s in prince george's county, montgomery and fairfax county. by the bay, mid-70s and very humid. so steamy humidity around. a hot day coming up. coming up next on the weather and traffic on the 1s at 5:# 1 # 41, we will have a break down of hour by hour temperature and rain chances. now we'll check on any road problems.

>> we're looking better right now than they will later no doubt. 95 at 198, look pretty good. 95 at fairfax county parkway, just fine. not having any issues this to or out of town right now. do have two crashes to tell you about that we mentioned a little bit ago. 395 south at duke street, still have that crash there. and just spoke with police again, outer loop at route 1, one vehicle accident there. remember to follow us at first 4 traffic for everything traffic related in the d.c. area. now to a developing story. pressure is mounting on president obama to do something about the growing isis threat in syria. he says air strikes are on the back burner for now, but lawmakers are urging the president to act. tracie potts has the latest developments now from capitol hill. >> reporter: good morning. because the let is not going away and while the president tries to build a coalition to support him in that region and weighs his options coming from the pentagon, some lawmakers are

concerned the threat could get worse. wait is the official word from the white house. but some republicans argue there is no time. >> we can't wait forever and the longer we do wait, the stronger isis becomes. >> reporter: even shaome democrs worry. >> he's very cautious, maybe 00 cautious. >> reporter: president obama says he has no strategy for dealing with isis militants in syria. >> the president of the united states is either in denial or overwhelmed. one of the two. >> reporter: policy republicans argue has been to defend iraq but not to engage in syria. >> that is a decision. that is a policy. that is a strategy. and it's not working. >> reporter: but democrats fear rushing in too soon with military power could be a big mistake. >> if we start bomb being isis, we run the risk of forcing sue

anies in to their camp. we have to have the right targets and the right support in order to be effective. >> reporter: the president wants to build a coalition of allies first. >> we can't be sheriff of the whole world. s's france, the brits, other countries that need to work with us including countries like saudi arabia and that region. >> reporter: one big concern, how many americans are fighting with isis and whether they're planning to bring that fight back home. but for now, no air strikes in syria. the president says they are not imminent. aaron. >> rac tracie potts on the hill us. thank you. the president will spend his labor day in the midwest. he'll be in wisconsin to speak at the milwaukee labor fest, an am gathering of union workers and their families. union membership has plummeted. new this morning, south korea says north korea fired another short range missile into the sea. it is the latest in a slew of

weapons tests the north 45s has been conducting this year. defense ministry official says the projectile flew about 135 miles before landing in the waters off the northeast coast this morning. no one was hurt. a touching tribute this weekend for a decorated combat pilot who lost his life doing what he loved most. lieutenant colonel promised his wife that he'd plant roses in her garden to make her birthday on saturday. but the man nicknamed moose died when his jet crashed on wednesday near the border. so his fellow air men from the massachusetts air national guard carried out his promise, they planted 40 rose bushes in karen's garden. thorn five people in maryland are recovering after the boat they were on exploded. this happened in ocean pines maryland not far from ocean city. take a look at this picture. you can see the smoke just pouring in to the sky. the boat was destroyed in

flames. not clear what sparked the explosion. three of the five people had to be air lifted to johns hopkins. they are all expected to survive. celebrity chef tom english facing a dwi charge. you may have enjoyed his food here in the district. he is the executive chef of mxdc, which is only a block away from the white house. he's also been on iron chef. english was arrested on long island and posted bail yesterday. landing in jail. the stunt one college student pulled at a weekend football game that has him in legal trouble this morning. scattered showers as you wake up on this labor day holiday. storm team 4 tracking the chances you'll see storms in your neighborhood with your hour by hour forecast. but first, helping your kids sleep through the night? why

in news for your health, does your child have trouble get back on a normal sleep schedule? there is a new trend where parents are giving their kids supplements. mediclatonin can help induce sl, but some doctors say maybe layoff of that. you can solve the sleep problems by taking away bedtime distractions. >> turn off any electronic devices, whether ipads to

computers to televisions. an hour before. and then iincorporate things li having the environment quiet. >> before giving your child other sleep aids, you'll want to talk with their doctors to make sure it is safe for your little ones. >> and actually removing the distractions from the rooms. that's a big thing. >> because they access them when you step out. >> a lot of kids like to keep it in their bed or right next to their beds. it's just so tempting to check. talking about the weather now. we already have a warm start to our labor day. according to tom kierein, it looks like the 90s may want to hang around. >> yeah, summer making a comeback here in september. getting a few scattered light showers northern virginia and maryland. one line of some showers with

downpours well south of the metro area. southern fauquier county, now coming in to spotsylvania. tracking off to the theenorthea coming into fredericksburg between now and 6:00. a brief heavy downpour. don't have any severe damaging winds or anything like that with this. just a thundershower this morning with heavy downpours and lightning moving through. it should be coming in to southern maryland, charles county and st. mary's in about another hour or two. and 8:00, 30% chance of additional shower. by noon, hot and humid and hitting low 90s during the afternoon. about a 40% chance of a passing storm this afternoon between 3:00 and 7:00. but by 8:00, most of it should be done. mid-80s by then. partly cloudy through the night. by this time tomorrow morning, into the mid-70s. a look at rain chances for the week ahead coming nest weather

and traffic on the 1s at 5:51. melissa, anything going on on the roads? i want to remind you of the situation where megan mcgrath was earlier. missouri avenue westbound at georgia still shut down. wider look, all green into and out of town. outer loop at baltimore avenue has cleared out of the way. 270 at monday stroh's lookitros. 95 at van dorn also looking good. back in ten minutes. costly cookout. a look at what is driving up the price of your barbecue and what you can expect to spend today. and also ahead, excitement building for the new iphone. we will show you the features people like you want apple to include.

welcome back. students at sherwood high school will head back it school on a somber note. one of their class hates was killed, two others seriously hurt in a car accident. 15-year-old shawn gangloff died yesterday following saturday morning's crash. he and two others were this a convertible when it crashed in olney. the car hit a tree and light pole and then rolled over. the crash has stunned everybody in that small tight knit community. >> i'm real sad about it. this little kid was like -- it could have been my little brother or someone in my family. >> the other two boys in the car are still in the hospital. they have serious injuries. police are still investigating what caused the car to go off the road and into that tree. d.c. police want your help to find the person behind the murder in a district.

they are offering as much as $25,000 to help find and convict him or her. the person shot willard shelton sunday morning on pomeroy road. shelton died. if you have any information, call d.c. police. police in ferguson, missouri have started wearing body cameras. officers activated them saturday during a protest march. the devices are attached to police uniforms, they record both audio and video. the march was the latest in memory of michael brown, he was shot and killed on august 9. those cameras were donated. the coast guard has suspended its search for a pilot who blacked out and crashed his plane. engines and the wheel were found, but they say little chance of finding anything else. the shawl plane left wisconsin and scheduled to land in monassas but veered off course. it flew into redirected air

space and fighter jets scrambled to escort the plane out. those air men confirmed the pilot was the only person on board and he was unconscious. they followed the plane until it ran out of gas and it crashed into the atlantic ocean. plane is registered to a man from wisconsin. prince william county facing a nearly $6 million budget shortfall. "washington post" reporting the county ended the last fiscal year $5.9 million in the red. county officials say the shortfall is due to a tax relief program for disabled veterans and also blame the government shutdown and lower sales and property tax revenues. county spokesperson says the shortfall will be covered by a reserve fund. richard henry lee elementary will reopen tomorrow at its normal time. people were dismissed early friday because of a feral cat wandering around the building. school officials say no one has seen the cat since and they have not detected any evidence of

feeding areas nearby. a warm welcome for tony stewart this weekend. stewart returned to competition for the first time yesterday since the death of fellow racecar driver kevin ward jr.. the racing star was met with a round of applause as you can see back from the crowd at the atlanta motor speedway right before the start of last night's race. stewart was in seclusion for several weeks after his racecar hit and killed ward at a track in upstate new york earlier this month. a man was arrested at the university of texas accused of flying a drone over the stadium during a college football game. this happened on saturday. that drone right there spotted in the sky during the second half of the game between texas and north texas. police were able to find the operator, ordered him to land the aircraft. the man was eventually taken in for questioning and later released. no charges have been filed. robert griffin iii back at baylor university not the way you might be thinking, though.

yep, the school honored rg3 with this statue. take a look. you can decide whether it looks like him or not. he won the heisman trophy there. the quarterback took a lot of pictures with list fans ands joked about a certain rival city that the school is near. >> you though what, you guys mean so much to me, but i know i mean something to you bay i convertsed a lot of cowboy fans. >> rg3 is back in our area today get being ready for the team's first game this coming sunday. immortalized at 24 years old. >> in bronze. pretty cool. this is the school's only heisman winner, this is a big deal for baylor. he got a huge welcome out there. and let's talk about that jacket. nice and green and velvet.

>> i didn't flnotice it. >> looks cool. we definitely do not needs the velvet jacket in these parts because we'll be sweating up a storm. >> it has been probably the most humid hottest weather we've had the entire summer as we say good-bye to summer. starting off on this labor day morning, we have the humidity still in the air. got to 96 yesterday afternoon in washington. one of the hottest days of the summer. and as we look now at storm team 4 radar, there is one thundershower that is rolling south of the metro area now right near fredericksburg. these areas you see in the yellows and orange, that is where there are heavy downpours coming into southern prince william county and all across stafford and spotsylvania, this line stretches all the way do h south of there. this is not a severe storm. heavy downpours coming through next half hour south of fre ricksburg all the way to

quantico. and it will track into charles county, st. mary's, over the next hour or so. there is the sky over capitol hill this morning. it's all cloudy, live view from the capital camera. 7 77 at reagan national. humidity is at 84%,ew point 72 steamy right now. low to mid-70s around the entire region. farther west in the mountains, many locations hovering right around 70 degrees. hazy sun for this labor day. by 8:00, we'll be still in the mid-70s. a lot of clouds around, maybe a light shower. then noontime, partly sunny, mid-80s. during the afternoon, hiding the low 90s. outdoor events today and block parties, parades, might be interrupted by a midafternoon or late afternoon thundershower coming through. probably not as strong as yesterday. then as we look at these storm chances later this week after today, a lower chance on

tuesday. tuesday night might get a thundershower. then very low chance of anymore rain or storms around wednesday, thursday. friday into saturday, we have those chances increasing again of showers and storms around. hot day back to work and school on tuesday. it will be in the mid-70s tomorrow morning. during the afternoon on tuesday, low to mid-90s and sil very humid. stores are possible tuesday night. then the low humidity returns on wednesday and thursday. it should be beautiful, highs in the upper 80s. as we get toward the end of the week friday might get a few scattered stores around. right now saturday and sunday looking rather hot and humid, highs 80s. chance of storms on saturday and sunday turning less humid with highs in the low 80s and partly sunny. melissa looking at the traffic. everything rolling well is this. >> yeah, looking good. i know you're warning us about possible rain in spots later today. so the trip home from wherever folks might be is not going to be as nice as things are looking right now. that's for sure this morning. a wide look at the beltway inner

loop, outer loop into and out of town, no problems. 66 and 95 looking about as good as they possibly can. prince george's county side of the roadways, no problems here either at this point this morning. beltway at colesville, my beltway barometer, that looks good. also beltway at good luck no problems there. remember to follow us @first4traffic. i'm back in ten minutes. it's 5:53 now. if you ever check your text messages while you're driving, some new cars will be able to catch you. the cars are that by general motors. they will have a camera pointed at you that can tell where you're looking or where you're not looking. no word on exactly when those distrankcted driving devices wi come out or how they will be using. a woman in colorado glanced down and next thing she knew, she had a guardrail sticking through her rear end.

>> the pipe went through my seat. i could feel it, the vibration. >> scary, scary stuff there. the guardrail pierced the front of her car, empaled her and then went through the back seat. doctors said if it had gone even a little bit more another way, it could have killed her. >> and she matt poide the point she wanted to share her story because that is the risk you take if you're not paying attention. if your vehicle is moving, you can't bephone, doing your makeup or whatever. >> and they're saying 60,000 people at any given moment during daylight driving, distradi distra distracted, manipulatg device. a while we' talking abo devices, anticipation is

mount to go see whing to see wh be coming out with. >> and josh lipton has what features many of you want to see from the tech giant. >> reporter: from washington, d.c. to new york city -- >> 3d features. >> reporter: to apple's backyard in silicon valley. >> a bit bigger. >> reporter: everyone seems to have an opinion on what they want in the soon to be announced iphone 6. >> i want more battery. oh, my gosh, please do batteries that last at least one day. >> reporter: rumors are running rampant online. and while nothing will be 100% certain until apple's ceo tim cook takes the stage at a reported media event on september 9, most analysts believe that the new iphone will be built to impress. >> apple has done and will do

what consumers expect at the very least, which is make it faster, lighter, thinner, more powerful, better screen, better resolution, and more importantly, better software. and all of that will create what i would consider an exceptional experience for those who are in the apple camp. >> reporter: the potential iphone 6 buyers we spoke with are mixed on the larger screen size rumored to be 4.7 and 5.5 inches. >> it's too big. i don't want a tablet on my ear. >> i think it would be cool to have a larger screen. >> benefits of a larger screen when you're almost 50 years old is that you can see better. >> reporter: and while there is excitement behind the expected launch, not everyone sees the need for something new. >> i already have what i need. it works fine. it's great. >> the other device expected to be announced is a new smartwatch. according to a tech blog called

recode, that watch won't be available until sometime 2015. it should look like a watch and is believed to be called itime. it will monitor your health as well as show you alerts from your phone. apple is looking to price the watch at about $400. if you're still look for something to do for labor day, here are some options. there is a parade for the family this gaithersburg east diamond at russell at 1:00. in herndon, the annual labor day festival at noon. a craft show, wine tasting and food vendors. in kensington, their parade begins at 10:00. and your labor day barb you crew is mo expensive this year. >> if you didn't buy supplies yet, you might want to avoid pork which cost 10% more. beef prices also higher about 7%. >> and chicken only went up by 3%. shrimp liverovers, you're payin%

more than you did four years ago. a carnival accident sent two teens to the hospital. we'll have the latest on this breaking story from the live desk. and we'll check in with molette green in just a couple of minutes. and we're waking up to a hot and sticky labor day morning. some of you should get prepared for some showers.

at 6:00, a busy d.c. road closed in one direction. megan hk gramcgrath will show u work being done. and hiker trapped in montgomery county. why crews had to call off the rescue before they could get to him. and we're in for another round of storms today, but they will look different than the ones we saw last night. tom kierein is here to walk us through what to expect. >> we have a cluster of showers and thunder passing south of washington. that is tracking off to the north and east. these areas you see in the yellows and oranges and reds, that is will heavy rain with a little bit of thunder and lightni lightning. these are not severe storms. they're heading over toward charles county and