actually looking quite good. no major issues there this morning and then 270 at germantown road light volume northbound and southbound. love to see that of course. much more on this situation here in arlington coming up in a couple of minutes and some travel times for you. tom, right now i have to thank you for the dry roads. at least there's that, right? >> beautiful morning underway. your weather and traffic on the 1s now. a pale yellow moon and lilac sky, from the tower camera this morning. it will be cool for the morning. a warm afternoon, we'll have a chance of thunderstorms moving in on tuesday. and mainly during the afternoon tomorrow. temperatures under a mostly clear sky now. the radar is all clear. we are just near 50 degrees though in montgomery county. prince george's county, mid 50s. mid to upper 50s most of fairfax county and the rest of northern virginia, low to mid 50s. reagan national at 58. next weather and traffic on the 1s a look at your commuter forecast. drive time for this monday. back to you.

>> thank you, tom. we're following a develop story right now. police are on the scene of a deadly shooting, it happened on ridge road near "c" street in southeast. megan mcgrath has more. good morning. >> reporter: well, good morning, eun. police could certainly use some help in trying to figure out who pulled the trigger in this murder that happened here in southeast early this morning. you can see behind me we still have police on the scene. they have got this entire grassy area as well as a parking lot encircled with police tape. keeping people away. investigators are expected to return here to the scene a little later on this morning to continue collecting evidence here. now the call came in just after midnight. the report of a shooting here in the 300 block of ridge road. when officers arrived on the scene that's when they found an adult male suffering from gunshot wounds and that victim has died. no word on -- no information on a lookout or a suspect description. and at this point, no arrests have been made.

anyone with information you're asked to call police. back to you in the studio. >> megan mcgrath, thank you. and new this morning a man is in critical condition in montgomery county. county police say a car hit him in germantown last night. the crash happened on route 355 between the fox chapel and middlebrook village shopping centers. detectives say he was crossing the street there. >> 6:02 right now. for the first time in days people in baltimore are not waking up under a citywide curfew. the maryland national guard will also begin pulling out of the city today. it was one week ago today that rioters looted and burned businesses in the city that caused the mayor to implement that curfew. no one allowed outside after 10:00 p.m. since that violent night protests have remained peaceful. the violence was a response to freddie gray's death. the 25-year-old was critically hurt while in police custody. many say it's important to still push for change. maryland governor larry hogan

dubbed yesterday a statewide day of prayer and healing. the governor went to church in west baltimore. the city's mayor toured mondawmin mall. the city said the worst is over, but there's still work to be done. coming up we'll have a live report from nbc's tom costello in baltimore with how leaders plan to keep the peace. today a new panel will begin looking at the alcoholic beverage law enforcement activities. governor terry mcauliffe created the panel after the controversial arrest of university of virginia student in march. cell phone video capture abc agents holding down martese johnson. johnson somehow received severe cuts on his forehead. mcauliffe has ordered retraining of the agents. download the washington app, as soon as we heard from two gop hopefuls expecting to say they'll run for president in 2016, ben carson will make his

official bid this morning. we're told that former hewlett-packard ceo carly fiorina will make her announcement today. and tomorrow, former arkansas governor mike huckabee said he'll add his name to the race as well. all right, get ready for game three, the upcaps are taking on the new york rangers in the stanley cup playoff game tonight. the team split two games in new york. after tonight, they'll play this wednesday. go caps, rock the red. you can wear your wizards playoff gear tomorrow. the wiz will be going for win number two against the hawks in atlanta. the wizards are coming off a big come from behind win. the teams come to the verizon center for game three this saturday. both of our teams looking really strong. hoping we can keep this going. go wizards go caps. d.c. rising. right now, breaking news in arlington. more on this closure that we could see for the next eight hours. a complete shutdown. one section of columbia pike.

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breaking news. given, we're talking about arlington here this morning. we have a complete closure of columbia pike at south frederick street. we have wires down across the roadway. going to be up eight hours before this is completely cleared out of the way. beltway, inner and outer loop, chopper over that scene. quantico to the beltway, 31 minutes it will take you. because of normal slow downs. 66 in to town, no problems there from fairfax county to the

beltway. 270 south germantown looking good. and remember to listen to our friends on wtop when you hop in your car for the latest on traffic. i'll see you in a few minutes. >> thank you. 6:09. incumbent mike chapman won the primary challenge for loudoun county sheriff. he beat retired major eric noble in a close race. noble used to be a high ranking deputy. chapman will face democratic brian alman in the election. it can cost you more to park inare ready to increase the meter prices 25 cents an hour. so it would go from $1.25 to $1.50. it would go into effect in september. starting to get a little sun liability

light on the day. >> feeling like summer all right. storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell on the weather deck to tell us more. i like it this warm, chuck. >> it is really unusually warm. a week ago today we had a high temperature of only 62 degrees. that would have been average for april the 1st. today we're looking at a high near 85. that's average for the middle of june. what happened to the month of may is all i would really like to know. outside this morning it's a beautiful day out here. there will be no weather slow downs in the commutes midday or afternoon today. just sunshine out there. don't forget your sunglasses. sunshine delays that's the only thing that will go wrong with today. dry roads on the way in and the way home. temperatures in the 50s and low 60s for now. we'll rise into the mid 80s for later on this afternoon. cinco de mayo is tomorrow. >> thank you, chuck. >> just corny. another setback for relief

teams trying to get aid into nepal after the deadly earthquake there. why large planes carrying emergency supplies are being kept away this morning. plus, staying safe

6:14. breaking news in arlington that could affect your try to work this morning. police closed columbia pike between green breyer and frederick streets because of downed wires there. it could be eight hours before this is all cleaned up. news4's kristin wright is in arlington now working to find out what brought the wires down. you can follow melissa mollet for ways to get around that mess. a developing story in wisconsin. at least four people are dead after a shooting on a bridge. look at this new video just in. one of the four killed is the gunman. right now one person is in critical condition. at this point police say the shooting appears to be a random act of violence. and chaos outside of an event showcasing cartoons of the

prophet muhammad in texas. >> police shot and killed two men after those men opened fire on a security guard at the event there. nbc's jay gray is live in garland, texas, with more on the police presence at this event. jay, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. the investigation continuing here right now. garland police on the scene as well as the fbi. in fact, that white van behind us is an fbi evidence van. they are out in full force here, helping in this investigation as it continues. here's what we know at this point. two men pulled up to this event. it was a free speech event that featured a contest, a cartoon contest using the image of the muslim prophet muhammad. $10,000 first prize for the best cartoon using that image. also other images displayed. these two men pulled up right as this event was supposed to end around 7:00 in the evening and jumped out of the vehicle they were in. opened fire, hit a garland school district guard. he was injured, hit in the ankle. he is okay.

went to the hospital for about two hours, was treated and released. and is at home now and resting. the search continued here throughout the night and included the bomb squad with the robotic trackers that went in, looked for evidence inside the car of any type of explosives. we did overnight hear three, perhaps four blasts here. there's been no explanation to this point and likely won't be for some time as to what was. we know that this investigation does continue into the two men and why they were here. that's the latest here in garland, texas. back to you now. >> thank you. a new york city police officer in a medically induced coma right now after he was shot in the head. a 35-year-old man charged with the attempted murder here. he's accused of shooting that officer in the head. you can see some video from his appearance here. he is being held without bond right now.

police say two officers planned to question the man in queens on saturday when he fired a gun into the car hitting one of the officers. it's 6:17 and the day ahead a state department worker is expected back in a fairfax county courtroom. daniel rosen is charged with soliciting a child for sex. fairfax county police said he had a series of online exchanges with an undercover detective in the child exploitation unit. rosen is the director of counterterrorism. his security clearance has been suspended and is on administrative. he faces separate charges for voyeurism and stalking in the district. we know the name of two people who died in charles county. derek colquitt and jeri whorton slammed into a pickup truck yesterday. they were riding a motorcycle which then burst into flames. at least four cars and a bike all took some damage from that

crash. i'm angie goff at the live desk with in happening right -- with this happening right now. we want to take you live to a brushfire. this is out in new jersey where firefighters are battling this brushfire. this is in the town of pemberton which is near philadelphia. we know that the national weather service recently warned the state of new jersey and their residents about increased forest fire risks. that's because these they've been dealing with a -- they've been dealing with a lot of conditions that are spreading the brushfires very quickly, prompting the weather service to issue that throughout the region. for now, the brush is still burning and the firefighters still trying to get it under control. right now, live pictures out of pemberton, new jersey. back to you. >> thank you. 6:18. you may want to give yourself some extra time to get around the watergate complex in the district up. parts of virginia avenue northwest closed right now because of a garage collapse there. this picture was sent out on twitter saying that the crews

stabilized that structure over the weekend.ey didn't find anyone in the rubble. a cadaver dog detected something in the rubble. two workers were hurt this. hope and heart break in nepal as search crews continue to comb through rubble eight days after the earthquake there hit. three people were pulled alive from the rubble. in a small town you knowoutside the capital, people were found. the entire town was wiped out. so far, 7,200 people confirmed dead. customs inspections are slowing down supply deliveries to earthquake victims in nepal. after the quake, officials eased some of the restrictions but runway damage forced some planes from landing. and now a bottleneck is being created in the customs there. a sobering new report on the number of sex assaults taking place in the military. kristen jillen brand said the number is far greater than the

pentagon has reported publicly. gillibrand said women are especially vulnerable. sex assaults are only reported within rank and file military members. two people face charges connected with the bridgegate scandal in new jersey. a former staff member of the governor's office and the former director of the port authority are set to be arraigned on nine federal charges. a third person pled guilty last week to two counts of conspiracy in a plea deal. the three are accused of closing lanes on the george washington bridge for political reasons in 2013. investigators found no evidence new jersey governor chris christie was involved. 6:20 now. a huge storm system in new zealand is causing rough surf all the way in california. take a look at the massive waves here. 14 foot waves pounded the coast near newport beach this afternoon.

lifeguards issued warnings to swimmers but many still went into the water as you can see. lifeguards rescued a couple dozen people after they were pulled in by a strong rip current. well, i had a chance to meet the district's top educators this week. it was an honor to emcee the first ever d.c. educator awards. the office of the state superintendent organized this event. these kids were so precious, i'm telling you. they read some letters about why teachers are so important. the 2015 teacher of the year one of the people recognized at the convention center friday night. and you know, you just can't -- you can't say thank you enough to the teachers who are literal literally building the future. >> we have sweet little kids talking about the teachers and you as the emcee. the best night ever. >> the kids are nice. 6:21 our time right now. let's go to tom kierein and check the forecast. >> teachers, angels from heaven, and this morning looking at the

storm team 4 app, showing all clear on the radar, on the app. there is a peaches flambe sunrise underway. live view from the storm team 4 tower camera early on this monday morning. and skycast 4 showing lots of sunshine through the morning. wear your sun block if you're out for a length of time. have the sunglasses handy for your lunch hour and through the rest of the afternoon a beautiful blue sky. a few high clouds coming through. right now a bit of a chill in the air. we are hovering in the low to mid 50s in prince george's county from bowie down to camp springs and then west much of montgomery county near maryland through silver spring and rockville and wheaten. from leesville in the mid 40s down to near 50 degrees in prince william county. and a mild 58 now in reston. live view shows you a bit of a haze in the air. we'll have sunshine through the day. temperatures by noon soaring

into the upper 70s. a dramatic jump from where we are now and peaking in the mid 80s today. mid 60s and another warm day tomorrow. scattered thunderstorms tomorrow. only a slight chance we'll have some storms that would produce any hail or damaging winds. that will be in the afternoon and in the evening. then for wednesday sunshine back. but cooler, low 70s. maybe a passing light shower. and then we heat back up again as we get into friday, saturday and sunday into the low to mid 80s. maybe some thunderstorms on saturday afternoon. look at countyz"oç county highs today, how warm it will be in your neighborhood next weather and traffic on the 1s at 6:31. now on the roads we have breaking news with melissa. >> breaking news here, we're talking about this problem in arlington. columbia pike at south frederick street again that section is completely closed right now. this is kristen wright's camera

on the scene. your alternate is going to be south george mason drive to get around that. kind of a mess there. top of the beltway here, no problems as chopper 4 is over the top. actually looking pretty good. inner and outer loop no problems. beltway at central avenue, rolling along just fine there. no reports of any problems on central avenue. 95 at lordton road a wide look at things no major slow down spots. 395 headed into town is just a tiny bit slow this morning. 270 at shady grove road some volume there. quite light especially for a monday morning. we'll take it for sure. i'm back at 6:31. a developing story out of dubai right now. an air arabia flight had to be diverted to the military base there because of a bomb threat. the plane was on its way to kuwait to the united arab

emirates when a passenger said it would explode. at this point, no one was hurt. doctors say they have seen a surge of patients come to the emergency room since the affordable care act started. the new survey said 30% saw a large increase of e.r. visits and that's the exact opposite of what the white house expected. the goal of the affordable care act was to get more people insured so they would see a primary care doctor instead of heading to the hospital. doctors blame a lack of primary care physicians to take on all these new patients. well, it's time as chuck mentioned sunny and warm today. the dermatologists are reminding us to wear sun block to protect our skin. dermatologists are creating awareness about skin cancer. here are a few things to do to protect yourself. use an spf of at least 30. reapply ever two hours and ladies spf in your makeup is

helpful but should not replace regular sunscreen. dermatologists recommend wearing hats and protective clothing. >> oftentimes patients go undiagnosed because they're unaware that something is growing on areas they can't see. >> doctors say you should dez ig somebody to look at your back too. our snowy winter took a toll on hour than your sanity. it was expensive. how much maryland now says it spent trying to keep the roads clear. putting a campus controversy to rest. how the university of virginia is trying to move past the anger over showing the movie "american sniper." breaking news that can impact your drive to work. a stretch of columbia pike is shut down because of downed wires. the crews are trying to get this cleared up. the effort underway to reopen the road

at 6:30, breaking news in arlington. crews are working carefully to remove wires that fell on to columbia pike. >> that road is now shut down and news4's kristin wright is live along columbia pike. any progress right now? >> reporter: yeah. we actually have a better view point now than we did before so let me show you. if you look right behind me, we're closer than we were before so you can see right here where a tree has apparently come down on top of a power pole here. and brought down several wires. so quite a mess. most of the morning columbia pike is going to be closed we're told. in fact, one of the police officers said to me this is an all day affair. several wires down, tree brought it down. columbia pike is closed between south greenbrier and south frederick. dominion, virginia power you can see here is trying to fix this situation. we are told no outages reported so far. police are rerouting traffic

around this area, but you definitely want to give yourself a lot of extra time as you head out to work and school this morning. again, several hours before this situation here on columbia pike will be fixed. back to you guys. all right kristen i'll take it from there. because of this problem columbia pike shut down at south frederick street there and south greenbrier. alternate is south george mason drive to get around this from either direction. 66 inbound beautiful sunrise going to cause a slowdown for a lot of folks. 95 in virginia in to and out of town actually looking pretty got. starting to get slow north of that. a tiny bit of a slow down but typical for this time of the day. into town on indian head highway 18 miles per hour. a little bit slow inbound branch avenue for you this morning. wide look at things starting to get a little bit slowthere, top

of the beltway as you approach 29. 270 at shady grove road looking great there. blue and silver line popped up to largo town center. tom, i have to thank you for the nice dry roads. we at least have that. >> i love that. first 4 traffic tracker camera view showing the sunshine coming through. quickly jumping into the 80s. montgomery county and mid 80s in washington. southern maryland, charles, anne arundel, prince george's in the low 80s. upper 70s near the bay waters. shenandoah valley most locations in the low 80s. in the mountains upper 70s and partly cloudy there. and across northern virginia, loudoun, prince william fauquier, spotsylvania, culpepper, orange, in the mid 80s's as well. near the pennsylvania border

another warm afternoon too up into frederick, martinsburg, cumberland each location reaching the low 80s by mid afternoon. your bus stop what to wear forecast is coming up nextd]q weather and traffic on the 1s at 6:41. back to you. >> thank you. 6:33. today a d.c. police officer will be on trial for a second time. prosecutors say samson lawrence attacked his wife and tried to kill her two years ago. they say he threatened her with knives, sprayed lysol in her face and beat her with a metal lamp. he was first on trial last summer. but the jury could not reach a verdict. also today we expect a verdict for prince george's county officer accused of assaulting a teenager. charles pickard struck a student at suitland high school before arresting him two years ago. defense lawyers could call members of dzhokhar tsarnaev's family to the stand. they're hoping to convince the jury not to sentence him to death. last month the jury found tsarnaev guilty on all counts for the boston marathonbombing.

if even one juror is against the death penalty tsarnaev will face life in prison instead. later today students at the university of maryland and college park can see the movie "american sniper." following a backlash there, the college republicans and democrats will show the movie tonight at 6:00 at the theater. there will be a panel discussion after the film. originally the student entertainment group postponed it because of concerns. the muslim student association said the movie is anti-muslim. today firefighters in montgomery county are trying to find out how a fire started an a elementary school. you can see some of the damage done to one of the portable classrooms at goshen elementary. the county fire department said that fire did about $10,000 in damage. today president obama will reveal what he plans to do after leaving the white house. the my brothers keeper initiative is gking -- is becoming a nonprofit organization. that allows the president to continue helping men of color through the organization after he leaves office.

the president will make the announcement today at lehman college in the bronx. britain's new princess may already have a name, but we are still waiting to hear what it is. people in london have been placing bets and the bookies say alice, charlotte and olivia are the top three names. right now the baby is at kensington palace. prince charles, camilla and kate middleton's parents and sister stopped to see her. she is fourth in line behind her grandfather, prince charles, prince william and her brother prince george. >> oh, she's such a princess, she is really. >> look at her. adorable. >> she is. for the first time in nearly a week, the people of baltimore are waking up without a curfew. we'll take you there live for a look at how the first night without restrictions went. plus breaking the bank to keep you safe on the roads. how much the state of maryland says it spent to keep streets plowed this winter. speaking of streets a problem on a major street in arlington, breaking news here.

we have a complete closur

breaking news in arlington. still have this problem on columbia pike with a complete closure at south frederick street. your alternate is south george mason drive. we have wires down. going to be up to eight hours to get this out of the way. a mess there. 66 eastbound after 123 that sun is giving us a nice glare and slowing things down. no incidents there right now. blue and silver delays as well on metro. travel times 95 north quantico to the beltway you're behind now. 270 germantown not too bad. outer loop, 19 minutes as well

a little slow. it should be about 12. listen to our friends from wtop when you hop in your car for the latest on traffic. so maybe you have noticed gas prices are creeping up again. jumping really. aaa says the price at the pump has gone up about 58 cents since the beginning of the year. right now, polices are surging ahead of the summer driving season. virginia drivers paying at least -- at least around here are paying about $2.40 a gallon for regular unleaded and maryland is at $2.60 and d.c. is at $2.71. prices are going up, this is still the lowest prices have been around this time of year in the last five years. we are finally getting some warm weather around here. don't you love it? but transportation departments are still digging out of a huge budget hole caused by our harsh winter. more than 20 states spent more than $1 billion to get rid of all that snow that fell earlier this year.

we received only the numbers from maryland and while they didn't spend billions, they did spend -- they didn't spend billions, they did spent more than $100 million on snow removal. maryland used 337 tons of salt and paid workers more than 408,000 hours to make sure all of those roads were clear. a lot of work. >> i hope when we show people the snow video. i want to put that out of my head. >> luckily, we can check out chuck bell on the storm team 4 weather deck. much prettier scene. >> yeah it will feel more like summer than spring here by later on today and there's still a little snow left in parts of the country. i saw in one of my twitter feed a big snow mound in new hampshire and out in deep creek lake western maryland, a little bit of snow left in the shady spots on the ski resorts. for today all you need for for today is the sunscreen as out the door temperatures are in the

50s to near 60 degrees. we'll be warming up quickly in the 60s within the hour and mid 80s for highs today. thunderstorm chances are back tomorrow. back to the comfy studio. >> thank you, chuck. replacing more of its troubled escalators. the work metro is doing to remove them and how it will impact you if you use the van ness station. plus the new presidential race is getting even more crowded

we have breaking news right now. this downed tree you see here is causing a major mess. that has a stretch of columbia pike in arlington shut down for the morning commute. this is a big problem that's going on the here for a while. melissa mollet has ways to get around this problem. >> you need to remember this morning, it's the alternate here. of course, again, we're talking about columbia pike shut down there at south frederick street. your alternate, south george mason drive. either way you're coming is the best way around this. we have delays blue and silver line delays to largo town center. >> a rapid rise temperatures now in the 50s. we'll be climbing into the 60s by 8:00. by noontime into the upper 70s. by mid to late afternoon,

peaking in the mid 80s. aaron? >> tom, thank you. new details on that developing story we have been watching in texas this morning. police shot and killed two men there after they opened fire on a security guard in a dallas suburb. this happened outside an art competition that featured pictures of the prophet muhammad. those types of depictions are incredibly offensive in that -- to islam. this morning we are hearing from -- for the first time from people who had to be evacuated after the shots were fired. >> people were kind of milling around the stage. and that's when we knew something happened. police came in. they were rushed off and the doors were locked and we could not hear anything inside. or see anything. >> the security guard who was shot is expected to be okay. organizers say they plan the event to make a stand for free speech. police say they were ready for violence to break out. right now the maryland

national guard is demobilizing in baltimore. a citywide curfew has been lifted. nbc's tom costello is live in baltimore now with how leaders plan to keep the peace now that the restrictions are gone. good morning. >> reporter: hey, eun, good morning to you. there's a real sense here in baltimore that the city may have finally turned the corner after the violence that we saw over the course of the past ten days or so. really over the weekend. we saw really very peaceful demonstrations, hundreds of thousands of people participating. at times it was almost a carnival-like atmosphere. but these people also insist that they're determined to hold the city and the police department accountable for the death of freddie gray. of course, as you know, six police officers have now been charged in connection with his death. the totals here are rather staggering. nearly 500 people arrested over the course of the past ten days or so. 113 police officers injured. and 200 businesses lost. the majority of them minority

owned and the majori them say they don't have insurance. there's a lot of picking up the pieces to do here in baltimore but a real sense here that this community may finally put it all behind them in terms of the worst of the violence. we have had several days of relatively peaceful evenings. no curfew last night and no arrest to speak of last night either. there's concern i will tell you in some legal circles that the prosecutor, the state prosecutor may have overreached in charging all of these officers. there are discussions and talk within the legal circles and also prosecutorial circles over whether they can prove the case against these six officers. they have a court date at the end of the month. back to you eun. >> tom costello, thank you. be sure to check out his full report on the "today" show. today, a new panel will look at virginia's alcoholic beverage control department's law enforcement activities. governor governor terry mcauliffe created this panel after the controversial arrest of a

student in march. captured holding down martese johnson. johnson received the severe cut on his forehead. mcauliffe has ordered a state police investigation and retraining of abc agents. we are staying on top of a developing story in the district at 6:49. police look into the deadly shooting in southeast. this happened on ridge road near "c" street. news4's megan mcgrath has the latest. >> reporter: well, aaron, you can see behind me that police are still limiting the ability to bet to the area. we have got police tape cordoning off this parking lot as well as this grassy areas. officers still on the scene trying to piece together what happened and who pulled the trigger. it was after midnight when the 911 call came in for a report of shots fired. when officers arrived at the 300 block of ridge road that's when they found the victim. he is described as an adult male and had died as a result of the injuries. no description of the suspect or suspects involved. and so far, no arrests in this

case. back to you in the studio. >> megan, thank you. two big announcements expected today from republican candidates running for president in 2016. we're told former hewlett-packard ceo carly fiorina will use usual media to say she's wrenrunning for the oval office. and then ben carson will make his bid official this morning. you can download the washington app for the announcement. later on, mike huckabee is expected to add his name to the race. you can wrap the red in d.c. today. the caps are playing at 7:30 tonight. the team split two games in new york. if you want a ticket to the game we did find some on stub hub for about $80. if you're planning to watch the wizards playoff run in person you can buy it for $65. on stub hub they go as high as $1,000. they play the atlanta hawks tomorrow night. a huge come back.

wizards caps, go d.c. >> let's go. right. . to -- tom, what's the weather looking like? >> i said dress like eun, go sleeveless. you need a light layer this morning. here's the storm team 4 skycast, lots of sunshine through the morning and the lunch time as well. beautiful blue sky and the rest of the afternoon as well, gorgeous sky. with sunshine and just a few high clouds coming through. rather cool now though. we are just in the 40s and 50s. leesburg, manassas and warrenton upper 40s. prince george's county in the low to mid 50s. upper 50s in washington. on sunday morning yesterday i biked the canal the path, beautiful along the path. down to near the aqueduct. a great ride. i saw a lot of other people out riding the bikes and walking dogs for sunday. another great day for that if you're lucky to have the day

off. look at the rapid rise in temperatures. we will be all the way to near 80 by noon. then hitting mid 80s mid afternoon. lots of sun with a few high clouds coming through. then overnight tonight it will be mostly clear. mid 60s, another warm day on tuesday. we'll have a possibility of an isolated passing thundershower in the afternoon. likely not severe but a small chance of maybe a little bit of hail. and maybe a brief gust of wind. that's tomorrow afternoon. maybe even some overnight thundershowers rolling through. then on wednesday, cooler, partly sunny. into the low 70s. a passing light shower northeast wind will keep it cool. on thursday, cooler, i should say. still mild in the 70s in the afternoon. a heat wave returns on friday, saturday, sunday. could get some storms on saturday. eun? >> thank you. it's 6:53. breaking news in arlington. look at this scene here. wires dangling from a tree over columbia pike in arlington.

the road is closed and it could be shut down all day. news4's kristin wright, what's going on? >> reporter: well, dominion and virginia power is trying to fix it but it will take a long time. you can see where the problem is. trees came down on top of this power line. quite a mess. several wires down. so columbia pike between south greenbrier and south frederick will be closed with we're told for a long time. several hours. again, dominion, virginia power is here trying to fix this situation. we're told no outages at this point. but if you're driving this way, this morning, you want to give yourself some extra time because again columbia pike closed between south greenbrier and south frederick right now. police are rerouting traffic but give yourself some extra time. melissa is here now with a look at how to get around this mess. >> and the best way to get around this mess is going gob the alternate of south george

mason drive. that will get you right around it. again, columbia pike shut down as kristen said because of the downed wires here this morning. still have blue and silver line delays to largo town center. 270 at montrose light volume. headed southbound on 270. 66 eastbound, that nice flair and a good bit of -- glare and a good bit of traffic. it's slow. i can't tell you anything else. taking a look at 95 northbound through dale city, 15 miles per hour this morning. beltway at branch avenue, everything moving along quite nicely. top of the beltway, typically slow there. 29, slow southbound as you approach the beltway. 95 looks quite good and b.w. parkway two little patches that are slow into and out of town. typical slow downs, 295 as you're passing 50. aaron? >> melissa, thank you. new this morning, a man is in critical condition in

montgomery county. police there say a car hit him on in -- in germantown. happened on route 355 between the fox chapel and middlebrook village shopping centers. he was crossing the street there. a big metro project starts today that will be an inconvenience for many of you. the west entrance to the van ness entrance is shutting down. this is the entrance next to udc and the starbucks. the current escalator is nearly 35 years old and the entire project is expected to take about three years. 6:55. four things to know. students at the university of maryland can see the movie "american sniper" on campus tonight. the university group originally postponed that screening because of concerns the movie was anti-muslim. and in a few hours the law enforcement agencies will be investigated. developing in texas, police

killed two men outside the controversial art exhibit. that features pictures of the prophet muhammad which muslims find offensive. someone shot and killed a man in the district. that happened in the ft. dupont neighborhood. summer in early may again. quickly, warming this morning into the 60s by mid-morning upper 70s by noon. mid 80s by mid afternoon. high pollen count as well. the tree pollen count is going to be high today and into tomorrow. still have this problem in arlington wires down. columbia pike at south frederick street. take south george mason drive as an alternate. this could be hours before it's reopened. 270 at montrose actually looking quite good.

>> we like to hear that. thank you, melissa. hey, you might want to speed up your morning routine for some fry doughnut -- free doughnuts and coffee. we're teaming up with the team behind the goodies food truck. >> grab some free coffee and doughnuts and they go fast. right? so have a great day. "today" show is next. happy "star wars" day. may the force be with you. >> make it a great monday, everybody.

good morning. breaking news. two gunmen open fire at a controversial event near dallas where people were drawing cartoons of the prophet muhammad. the suspects both killed by police. we're live at the scene. nbc news exclusive. we're in africa with former president bill clinton as he tours some of the places that benefit from his family's foundation. a foundation under fire for taking money from foreign countries like saudi arabia. >> do you understand it's a problem? >> no. >> why he says it's all for good and what he's doing to quell the critics. "today" exclusive. melissa rivers speaks out in her