a new fence jumper late last night. but we begin with that weather alert day as the heavy rain falls across the d.c. area. that rain has been coming down steadily all night long. which means you could encounter some large puddles or other problems on the roads this morning. >> we begin with amelia segal with more on the rain and plus the storms that could impact your evening plans. >> good morning. i'm tracking rain from the overnight hours. this is pulling away from the district. still though light rain in parts of montgomery, prince george's and anne arundel counties. this activity is over by 7:00 a.m. then our attention turns to this afternoon and evening. when strong to severe storms are possible. the main concern is high winds that could produce isolated wind damage. heavy rain is possible in any storms later today. we can't rule out some hail. so your weather impacts for this

morning the weather having a low to moderate impact on your day. the heavy rain exits but wet roads likely slowing that morning commute. for the midday hours the weather having a low impact on your day. it's a bit humid. it is feeling like summer. and then as we get into the afternoon and evening hours, the weather does have a moderate impact on that time period as we track showers and thunderstorms moving through the area potentially strong to severe. coming up in ten minutes i'm going to be tracking if timing of -- the timing of storms moving through your area with future weather. when you can expect storms to arrive and exit. right now melissa you're tracking issues from the rain we have had overnight causing delays this morning. >> that's right. we have our photographer now sitting in it. i'm sure she's not happy with me but we sent her out to 50 west at collington road. we have flooding in the three right lanes. you can call it the three right lanes so you have to get by to the left. this is a mess for those trying to get around the flooding. irene is approaching that area right now. a lot of low-lying areas look

like this. here's another area where we're having a problem with the crash new york avenue at "n" street northeast. that section is shut down. more flooding here that we'll try to send irene to in a few minutes here. minnesota avenue at eastern. again, shut down for flooding. we're seeing a lot of this this morning. overall prince george's county no major problems there. beltway at colesville, you can see the sheen there. that's totally normal for this time of the morning. back 6:11. we'll talk about travel times. before you head out the door this just in from metro rail. "k" street at farragut is closed because the power is out. you should know that the "l" street and connecticut avenue entrances remain open at this time. 6:02 right now. a developing story may be over in alexandria. police tweeted a few hours ago saying they have someone in custody who barricaded himself

in a condo building overnight. you may have seen a big police response on jamison avenue near courthouse square. it's not clear why the person was there. the incident lasted more than eight hours. police say it ended without anyone being hurt and the man who was barricade inside was arrested. let's check in now with megan mcgrath live outside of the white house after a secret service arrested another person for jumping the fence. calling into question the security measures there. what's going on, megan? >> reporter: well, eun, you can see the fence that surrounds the white house as well as that secondary temporary fence that has been put in place. and many are wondering whether all of this is enough. the white house fence of course has been under scrutiny following a number of incidents in recent months. it has happened again. another person has jumped the fence this time on the south side of the white house. it happened around 10:30 last night. the jumper was immediately taken

into custody by secret service officers and charges are pending. changes to the white house fence are in the works. in the coming weeks sharp steel spikes will be bolted to the top of the fence making it more difficult to scale it. it has not happened yet. now, in terms of this -- of this most recent incident that happened last night, who this person is, what their motivation was for scaling the fence, all of that still under investigation. back to you in the studio. >> megan mcgrath live outside of the white house, thank you. a developing story, we actually just told you about this. this story in alexandria, so let's tell you now about a search that is underway for two missing toddlers in montgomery county. jacob and sarah hoggle went missing from germantown more than six weeks ago. there was a search over the weekend and dog search teams

went looking as well. this was in germantown. officers believe the children are no longer alive but they want to know what happened to them and they say they're trying to provide some closure for the children's family at this point. the toddlers' father said he's holding out hope that they're okay. >> 48 hours in they decided my kids had to be dead due to statistics. there's no evidence really pointing that way that i have seen. >> troy turner says he's planning to go it on -- go out on another search next week. 6:05 today. there will be a dedication ceremony at the washington navy yard. the humphreys building will be dedicated as the new headquarters for the naval sea systems command. we showed you inside the building back in february when employees began moving back in. the building formerly known as 197 was the site of a deadly shooting that left 13 people dead in 2013. it has been totally remodeled. the ceremony will begin at 10:55 this morning. today a ground breaking

ceremony on a new dmv service center you can use next year. you can renew your license on bening road near 8th street. it will replace the penn branch site which will close. the district has dmv service centers in all four quadrants. all right a soggy start to your morning. heavy rain falls throughout parts of the area right now. the thickest is moving out, but we're watching the chance for severe weather for the afternoon. when you could see those storms in your neighborhood at 6:11. and a death of a man in police custody. what we're learning about his death as protesters take to streets demanding justice. plus making montgomery county more friendly to

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you're watching "news4 today." >> welcome back. 6:10. today we'll find out the economic benefits that the proposed purple line will bring to your neighborhood. for the first time business leaders in montgomery and prince george's county will release a study supporting the light rail line. they're expected to show it will create jobs and increasing property values. the 16 mile line would connect the new carrollton and bethesda station. and planners want to revise the county's master bicycle plan which has and been updated since 2005. they want to start making bike ways along the new bus line that will take you along clarks grove. it will be held at 7:00 p.m. at johns hopkins campus in rockville. all right, we started off with down tourpours.

>> it's calming down a bit. let's not call it sun. let's say light. there's some light breaking through. >> take that little bit of pink. >> amelia segal has a look at your forecast today. >> good morning. temperatures right now in the 50s and 60s. washington at 66 degrees. and most of the area is dry. as we work our way into the rest of the morning hours, everyone is dry by 7:00 a.m. breaks of sunshine, feeling a bit humid. i'll have your exact high temperature in ten men its. but first the storms. 7:00 p.m. moving through the district. and then just showers after that. again, today warmer than yesterday. aaron and eun, that forecast is in ten minutes. at the live desk, got that seconds ago. "k" street entrance at farragut north back open. we told you five minutes ago there was a power problem but it's back open now.

back over to you. thank you. taking the stress out of giving -- first let's check in with the traffic. >> thank you. some more issues because of the rain, beltway at river road, hearing about a crash here. it's past where the camera is looking. looking at travel times, 95 north, quantico to the beltway ten minutes behind. it will take you 36 minutes. 395 inbound, 12 minutes -- 14 minutes i should say there. and pretty good here in maryland. remember to listen to our friends on wtop when you hop in your car. now taking the stress out of giving your kids medicine. some of the tricks you can help swallow the pills with more ease. and our community stepped up to celebrate with a girl's

your time is 6:15. storms will be a big story in the day ahead on this weather alert day. you'll be dealing with it on your way to and from work today. right now, these are the conditions you'll see on the road as heavy rain soaks part of the region right now. we're watching the threat for severe weather. storm team 4 meteorologist amelia segal has more on the

impact tonight. a family of a baltimore man wants to know how he died while in police custody. this is cell phone video of freddie gray's arrest has weekend. police say he tried to run from officers. at some point during gray's transportation to the police station, his spine became 80% severed at his neck. the attorney for the family says there is a 30 minute gap in the arrest record. police say that gray was talking and moving when he was loaded into the police van. >> you can say with certainty that we have no physical video or any other evidence of an altercation that would have resulted in this. >> let us see what happened. i think everybody in this room wants to know. the public wants to know. >> no -- this week protesters demonstrated outside the police station in baltimore. police didn't say what crime gray committed. baltimore mayor stephanie rawlings-blake says she'll ensure the right people will be held accountable. pressure is mounting in

tulsa, oklahoma to review body camera footage from a deadly police shooting. eric harris was killed earlier this month. the reserve deputy said he mistakenly pulled out his gun instead of a taser. the body camera coverage shows him yelling. it was an unfortunate mistake that could happen to everyone. the police department is going over training procedures. today a man accused of having child pornography will find out how long he'll spend in prison. michael sen thatny was arrested last october. they found hard drives and other electronic media wither moe than 3,000 images and hundreds of videos at his northwest d.c. home. he pled guilty in january. he faces up to 20 years in prison and will be required to register as a sex offender for at least 15 years. 24 people now confirmed dead in a shipwreck in the

mediterranean sea. however hundreds are still missing. rescuers say as many as 700 refugees were locked in the cargo hold of a ship that capsized on us way to -- on its way to italy. they were trying to escape violence in africa and the middle east. in all, more than 1,500 have gone missing in that area this year. one person is dead after a powerful 6.4 earthquake struck off the coast of japan in okinawa. people in their offices at buildings in the taiwanese capital of taipei began to sway. people rushed into the streets. a warning for a tsunami was up for about a three-foot tsunami possible. that was issued but cancelled after one hour. later this week, you'll get a chance to weigh in on the name of a new high school in prince william county. it is still being built right now near benton middle school. this will be a community meeting on thursday to give you a chance to weigh in on the new name.

the board is expected to have a final vote on may 20th. an unattended cooking flame sparked this wildfire in california. the so-called highway fire is about 35% contained. it's grown to more than 300 acres forcing hundreds of people out of their homes. that fire is also threatening dozens of horses. they're being held in temporary shelters. severe thunderstorms came through the south that's what caused a massive oak tree to fall on a home in georgia. in alabama, strong winds brought down some power lines, knocked over train cars too. even uprooted some trees. the trees fell into several homes. before that storm system made its way here, the first family enjoyed a hike in virginia. the obamas went to great falls park in mclean. they visited the park for national park week. the president stopped to take a selfie with some visitors. we talked about great falls.

just beautiful parks right here in our back yard. >> amazing stuff to see out there in great falls. get out if you can. well, we want you to start your morning off right with caffeine and sweet treats. >> is there anything that says working for you more than free food? no we think not. so we're partnering with the food truck mmm goodies. this is the guy behind the truck. brandon and homemade doughnuts. they're so good too. >> i like the way they're dressed with little bow ties. we'll be handing out free coffee and doughnuts over the next month. it all starts today at 7:00 a.m. with 250 doughnuts. come and get your doughnuts and coffee while supplies last. thanks to the good guys at mmm goodies. >> if you haven't had a doughnut yet, you're in for a treat. i had three. they were good doughnuts.

all right. 6:21 right now. the good thing, you won't have to worry a whole lot of rain if you're headed out the truck in l'enfant plaza. >> good morning. aaron, for the most part the rain is over for the morning hours. still dealing with damp conditions on roads and sidewalks as you head into work this morning. as we get into the afternoon hours and evening hours, showers and storms move back into the area. that's why today is a weather alert day. storms later today could be strong to severe. chance of showers on wednesday just a nuisance shower. then toward the end of this week temperatures turn cooler. very spring like to finish off this week. storm team 4 radar shows the heaviest rain over the eastern shore and lingering showers in parts of montgomery and anne arundel counties. so your road impacts throughout the day today, the heavy rain is

out of here but still wet conditions on the roads. melissa will have the report after this and i think we're starting to get a lot of backups because of that. around the midday hour, you'll need your sunglasses as the roads dry out. into the evening hours a few storms could impact that commute. look at the highs today. enjoy lunch outdoors. temperatures in the upper 70s, low 80s. it will be humid today. 78 in leesburg. feature weather, 4:00 p.m., storms around i-91 as we get into the 5:00 hour. starting to move into the d.c. metro area as they pass through frederick, loudoun and fauquier counties. 7:00 p.m., moving towards prince george's and anne arundel counties. heavy rain, high winds could cause isolated wind damage. tomorrow it's a little bit breezy. partly to mostly sunny and typical for this time of year with the high near 70 degrees. nice tomorrow evening. on wednesday there's the chance of some light showers during the

afternoon and evening hours. upper 60s, mid 60s on thursday. and you're telling me that the beltway is an absolute mess right now. >> right now breaking news happening on the beltway. almost three mile backup on the inner loop as you approach braddock road. this is because of a crash. it started to build very quickly. again, the wet roads are not helping us out this morning. minnesota avenue shut down at eastern and east because of flooding there. 50 west at 197, collington road, a crash there is now out of the way but the flooding remains as well. nasty there. new york avenue at "n" street that road is closed because of a crash. and wide look at things overall beltway doesn't have any major issue except again weer a talking about the inner loop. down here kind of in the left corner after springfield with that one issue there near braddock.

inbound 66 pretty slow the entire way. about 40 miles per hour. 95 west slowest through dale city. >> thanks, melissa. in news4 for your health, neonatal units may be overusing antibiotics. the infection and antibiotic use was looked a at 127 units and they reported similar infection rates but the antibiotic use was all over the map. some facilities treated less than 3% of their patients with antibiotics. while others treated almost all of their patients with antibiotics. 6:24 new. there may be an easier way to get your child to swallow pills. researchers found the best tricks included pavior -- behavior therapy and teaching your child the right posture. teaching your kids how to take the medicine while they're still toddlers can be helpful later in life. today a bunch of buckeyes

will invade the white house. president obama welcoming the ohio state football team to celebrate their national championship. they were the first team to win the championship under the new college football playoff system. if you a caps fan we know you're counting down the hours until the playoff game tomorrow night. pretty much a must win situation here with the team down 2-1 in the series. they lost in overtime yesterday. alex ovechkin only took three shots on goal. the forward fehr probably won't play after hurting his shoulder in the game. >> let's go caps. this morning we learn about the minnesota mom who took matters into her own hands to make sure her daughter had a birthday she would never forget. she has a rare genetic disorder that causes her to grow at a faster pace than other kids. she doesn't have any friends and everyone she invited to her 10th birthday party declined the invitation. that's when mckenzie's mom took to facebook asking a few friends to bring along girls close to

her daughter's age to celebrate. guess what? more than 500 people showed up including charles johnson, local businesses donated music, games and drinks. elsa from "frozen" showed up. >> that's a party. >> so glad to see people supporting this little girl. just shows when the community can rally together, you can have a great time. >> beautiful things happen. i think the mayor declared that day -- her day, mckenzie moreter day. well, we should watching road conditions right now after a night of heavy rain. plus amelia segal has your what to wear forecast on weather and traffic on the ones. tens of thousands of runners are eprepare -- preparing to take to the streets for the boston marathon. and the jurors will decide the fate of the man convicted of attacking that race two years ago. it's the place we spend a good chunk of our mornings

it is a weather alert day today. right now as you get ready to start your workweek, a night of heavy rain is causing problems on the roads. you can see the traffic one of our photographers is dealing with, bumper to bumper out there in d.c. that's also major backup on the beltway in virginia. take a look, a crash on the inner loop has traffic at a stand still. well, all this heavy rain is causing all the problems and starting to move out. >> but we are also watching the threat of severe weather that could hit as you head home from work today. storm team 4 meteorologist amelia segal has more on that threat and your what to wear forecast. good morning, amelia. >> good morning, aaron and eun and to you. rain from the overnight and very early morning hours now exiting the area. clouds sticking around but as we work our way into the midday and

afternoon hours, clouds break up and with that temperature soar and it's a little bit humid today. getting the kids ready for school and as you step out for work you might want to grab the umbrella, no you won't need to use it likely unless you get home later tonight. kids, short sleeves and shorts are fine today. highs near 80 degrees. here's what you can expect for the remainder of the morning hours. as we work our way towards the 9:00, 10:00, 11:00 a.m. hours, we're dry. clouds still hang on. by 10:00 a.m. we're flirting with 70 degrees. we will be warming quickly. damp at the bus stop today but again for the most part the morning rain has exited the area. after-school activities will be threatened with those thunderstorms. moving through the d.c. metro area between 5:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m. the main concerns are heavy rain

and winds. that's why today is a weather alert today. turning cooler for the end of the week. i'll have that forecast coming up in a bit. but you're tracking major delays in many areas including the beltway. >> we do. we have major delays. in a couple of spots this morning. here is the problem on the beltway. we talk about the inner loop of the beltway, this camera showing you the inner loop at braddock. a four mile backup as you approach gallows road. 50 westbound at collington road two lanes blocked there because of flooding there. top of the beltway here, no real problems looking typical. 95 and the parkway, a little slow. nothing too crazy there. 270 headed out of frederick. we are quite slow all the way through clarksville. and kind of abnormal there. minnesota avenue at eastern avenue, we have flooding under the bridge here. we had three vehicles stuck.

we have had one that was just pulled out but again, this is shut down, minnesota avenue at eastern because of the standing water. we're go oing to have some trouble times in ten minutes. today, tens of thousands of runners will cross the same finish line that was the target of an attack two years ago. the boston marathon begins hours from now and nbc's jay gray is telling us how runners and police are getting ready. good morning. >> reporter: hey, good morning to you, eun. we have seen a few of the runners getting ready, an hour and a half before the start of the race for the elite runners. the rest will start later than that. the race each year on patriots day is a core of what makes boston boston. this community very determined to that -- to make sure that remains the case here and to ice out in force.

a lot you can't see. some you can, and they're sure this race will go off without a hitch. more than 100,000 fans and runners expected. shown a rainy day. the rain is expected to start in the next couple of hours and move throughout the day. a lot of people are very excited about what's to come. eun? >> jay gray live in boston thank you. and some of your friends and co-workers might be in boston right now for the race. political leaders are as well. take a look. this is prince george's county executive baker with his race number. he tweeted this we've got this. because he is running today. the race starts with the mobility impaired racers at 8:50 a.m. we're wishing him the best of luck. this morning we are hearing from the 13-year-old boy and his call for help when a fire trapped him and his little sister in their home. investigators are trying to figure out what caused the fire yesterday morning in the basement of a home on small drive in clinton. firefighters say the two kids were trapped on the second floor in the back of that house. here's the 911 call.

>> i can't breathe. >> stay low to the floor. close the door, okay? cover the cracks of the door with towels, drapes or anything else that's readily available. >> firefighters broke a window and rescued the children. their mother and stepfather and an older brother made it out of the home on their own. everyone is expected to be okay here. investigators say there were no working smoke detectors in the home. first responders in prince george's county want to make sure you're safe in the event of a problem on metro. the crews practiced evacuating passengers from the disabled train at the greenbelt station yesterday. this is the first of several drills designed to improve coordination after that deadly january smoke incident at l'enfant plaza. maryland's former governor said it's important for more than one democrat to compete for the presidency in 2016.

martin o'malley made that comment on cbs's "face the nation" yesterday. he said it would be quote an extreme -- if more than one person didn't run. hillary clinton announced her candidacy last week. he'll make a decision on whether to run some time next month. the heavy rain is moving out, but severe weather still on our radar this morning as we prepare you for the day ahead. when you can see strong storms where you live and how it might impact your plans at 6:41. >> the stunt has been talk of washington since this pilot landed a small helicopter on capitol hill. now he's breaking his silence. why he says we're all missing the point. plus, you may feel like you spend too much time in situations like this. now we're getting a better idea of how much time you spend

b considering a major expansion. according to "the baltimore sun," the airport is considering adding two gates to the international "e" concourse that there's already another multimillion dollar project in the works to connect the "e" concourse with the domestic "d" concourse. that includes creating a new security check pound and two gates being able to swing between dominternational service. if you think you spend more time in the car than the average driver you are probably right. look at some numbers from aaa. aaa says the average driver spends 46 minutes in the car every day trying to travel 29 miles. some of you may be laughing at those figures. those of you driving to and from work drive an average of 13,000 miles a year. some food for thought there. we definitely spend a whole

heck of a lot of time in the cars in the d.c. area. >> three kids will do that to you. >> drive to another practice and then another practice. >> school this. >> exactly. today this morning some folks had a rough time with the rain that's falling on the roads but starting to try up a little bit. >> let's check in with amelia segal with your weatheramelia. >> you can see a few light showers pushing through montgomery county moving down through parts of fairfax. all of this activity should be out of here within the next 30 minutes. that's going to leave us with cloudy skies. they break up around the midday hours and then we'll track storms moving through later this afternoon as early as 5:00 p.m. you have major delays this morning. right now, still have this big problem on the beltway. take a look. we're talking about the inner loop at braddock road. we're approaching 4 1/2 miles worth of delays as you're

heading up to gallows road. it is just nasty there. the minnesota avenue here at eastern take a look at this. this water pools under the bridge. minnesota and eastern is shut down this morning. as far as travel times 95 north quantico to the beltway, an extra 15 minutes. 395 into town, ten minutes behind. back in a few minutes. a live look right now at the white house where the secret service was busy overnight. what we're learning about the latest person to scale the fence at the executive mansion late last night. plus, the must have item over the weekend. but the problem, target's latest lim

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15 before the hour. today is a weather alert day. looking at storm team 4 radar. the rain is out of the area, or maybe it woke you up from your sleep. it's leaving its mark all the water complicating the morning commute. we are on eastern avenue at minnesota. where the road was closed for flooding there. you can see some of the water at least three cars got stuck in the water. we have you covered with your weather and traffic this morning. let's start with amelia segal. >> as this morning's rain leaves the area storms and more rain in the forecast for the afternoon and evening hours. the biggest concern will be some

damaging winds. i'll have the latest timing coming up in my forecast. our biggest issue right now we're talking about the inner loop at braddock road. that's still pretty nasty here as you look at the backups. inner loop at braddock. and minnesota avenue at eastern avenue in northeast washington, has that standing water there. we have seen several incidents of this. 14 before the hour now. a developing story this morning. another white house fence jumper now under arrest following a late-night incident. we want to get right to news4's megan mcgrath for the overnight developments out outside the executive mansion. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, aaron. you can see the temporary fence that's been placed here in front of the permanent fence at the white house. of course, the fence itself just under scrutiny lately as there have been a number of incidents in recent months and now it's happened again. another person has jumped the

fence. this time on the south side of the white house. it happened around 10:30 last night. the jumper was taken into custody by secret service officers and charges are pending. he did not get very far. changes to the white house fence are in the works in coming weeks, sharp steel spikes will be bolted to the top of the fence making it more difficult to scale. the hope it will make it harder for the incidents to occur. but hasn't happened yet. there has been another incident. now, in terms of who this person is and what their motivation was for trying to get inside the perimeter, we still don't know yet. back to you in the studio. >> megan mcgrath live at the white house, thanks. 6:47 now. we can tell you more about a developing story over in alexandria. police say they arrested aaron alan jones at around 4:00 this morning after he barricaded himself on jamison avenue overnight. they say they were trying to serve a warrant when he shut himself inside. the situation lasted more than

eight hours. police say it ended up without anyone getting hurt. new this morning, officers are trying to identify the men who kicked in a door in montgomery county. it happened before 11:00 last night on apple dour circle. police are trying to determine if the group took anything. no one was hurt. the man who landed his gyrocopter on the front lawn of the u.s. capitol back home in florida and under house arrest this morning. doug hughes drove back over the weekend and he said the security fallout after his flight into washington last night was not the point he was trying to make. >> we need to be worried not about whether or not somebody can fly into d.c. we need to be worried about the pile of money that are going into congress. >> hughes has to come back to d.c. in may for the next court hearing. today a dedication ceremony at the washington navy yard. the humphreys building will be dedicated as the new headquarters for the naval sea systems command.

we first showed you the inside of the building back in february when employees started moving back in. the building formerly known as building 197 was the site of a deadly shooting that left 13 people dead in 2013. it's been totally remodeled. that ceremony will begin at 10:55 this morning. breaking news at the live desk. another migrant boat sinking to tell you about. this one off the coast of greece. nbc news confirming three killed here, a man, woman and child 80 rescues so far. they're still searching for more survivors. no idea on how many were on this boat and their nationalities. this coming after this weekend's boat disaster where hundreds on board a boat went down near italy. that is the latest. aaron? >> thank you. montgomery county police are trying to find closure in the case of two missing toddlers. they went missing more than six months ago and this weekend more than a dozen different dogs and

search teams went looking for the children in germantown. police say they believe they're dead at this point and troy turner said he's planning to go utd out on another search. he's the father. he'll do that next week. it will mark five years since the bp oil rig explosion. it led to the spill. and the impacts of the spill are widely felt in the region. especially for wildlife. scientists tracking bottle nose dolphins see far fewer births and they counted more than 1,000 dolphins stranded and 95% of those died. the d.c. oil drilling continues to expand into further depths. the number of deep water drilling rigs is up 48 from 35 at the time of the spill. it wasn't a stress free weekend for a lot of you hoping to get your hands on target's latest limited edition sale. cnbc's landon dowdy has more on the problems that the retailer

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housing markets. 6:51. amelia segal is tracking some rain that's moving through the area. >> it's exiting quickly. so most of our day is actually dry. kind of summer like today. it will feel humid. i don't think we have had a humid day yet this year so it will feel humid and with sunshine breaking out around the midday and early afternoon hours, that's going to help to fuel those storms later in the day that will be moving through with the cold front. here's the latest on storm team 4 radar. heaviest activity continuing to push east out of the area. a few lingering light showers in parts of the district northwest. up through montgomery county. and we're dry after 7:00 until we have that line of storms moving through later today. because of that today is a weather alert today. those storms could be strong to severe. the weather having a moderate impact on your day. biggest concerns with storms later today would be high winds and heavy rain. a flood warning just issued by

the national weather service for parts of culpepper and madison county. this green blob in robinson river they'll keep a close eye on that as the river continues to rise overnight. 4:00 p.m. showing you rain around the corridor. notice this line of impressive rain through leesburg and warrenton. and continuing to push east into the district and prince george's county at 7:00. from 9:00 until midnight there could be a few more scattered thundershowers and showers. get your walking the dog done in early afternoon hours. it will be humid, doing yard work, wet ground. tomorrow partly to mostly sunny. near 70. cooler and breezy throughout the day. on wednesday, there's a chance of showers later in the day. upper 60s and then our temperatures start to tumble.

into the weekend, highs in the low 60s. what's the latest on the breaking news on the beltway? >> still have this problem on the beltway. we're talking about the inner loop as you're approaching gallows road. had a crash at gallows and now have a 4 1/2 mile backup on the inner loop. this braddock road. quite a mess this morning. also in northeast, minnesota avenue at eastern is shut down because of the standing water. we had three vehiclesuck earlier. last one got towed out of there a couple of minutes ago. and spinks road is shut down because of down wires. looking typical on the beltway outer loop. slow here, top of the beltway. into town and inside the beltway, a tad slow. in general, prince george's not looking so bad. slow inbound, indian head and branch avenue. 66 40 miles an hour the whole way in. 270 at montrose had good volume as you're headed southbound. red line delays from the earlier issue. you can expect a tiny bit of

relief when you buy plane tickets this summer. the average round trip domestic ticket is $454. that's pretty high to me still. but that is down $2 from last summer. >> every little bit helps. >> if you're flying to europe you will see a better deal. that will cost you $1,600 to fly across the atlantic. i guess i'm staying home this summer. $50 less than last year. lower fuel prices and adding more seats to the planes are bringing the ticket prices down. in a few hours, muriel bowser will break ground for a new dmv service starter you can use next year. you can renew your driver's license and other services. the service center will replace the penn branch site which will close. well, you might want to budget a little extra time this

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door in germantown last night. no one was hurt. another white house fence jumper in custody and facing charges. this incident happened 10:30 last night. the secret service says that individual was immediately arrested. that's the broadcast this morning. we appreciate you waking up with us. >> the "today" show is next. back in 25 minutes.

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