water. some of us are waking up with a flash flood advisory this morning. when is the rain going to end? >> the rain has tapered off and headed out of the metro area. we have one lingering shower here in louden county. that's going to be extreme northern fairfax, maybe over to restton. along 270. for the rest of the morning, just some low clouds around and temperatures are on the cooler side. we're in just upper 50s near 60. shenandoah valley and into the mountains of west virginia it's down into the 50s there and a cool start even in the metro area we're in the mid to upper 60s. reagan national 62. in the bay, we're in the upper 60s to around 70. look at our sky, that's a view from our storm team 4 tower camera. the rain has ended.

we're gradually drying out. temperatures holding steady in the mid 60s through the morning, upper 60s by noontime and only briefly up around 70 by mid afternoon. scattered showers likely moving back in by later this afternoon. coming up next weather and traffic on the 1s 4:41 look at your drive time forecast for your day ahead. now, melissa is looking at any issues on the road. >> good old road work sticking around for us. washington boulevard, eastbound and westbound. the eastbound portion is being blocked near north quincy. we're talking about one lane. 66 and 95 overall no major problems right now. everything rolling along quite nicely. beltway looking good this morning. and taking a look at 29 95 bw parkway, no major issues right

there. back in ten minutes. i'm kristen wright at the live desk. a developing story first, the search is on for survivors of a capsized cruise ship in china. teams are there. the ship went down overnight in a storm on the yangtze river. so far, we're only 18 have made it to shore. five confirmed deaths. rescuers are climbing on to the hull of the ship trying to listen for any signs of life. reports coming out of china this morning say most of the passengers that were on board were older retirees vacationing. it's 4:32 a man is sleeping in the hospital this morning, accused of trying to kill his girlfriend outside a target store in germantown. montgomery county detectives

believe the shooting started as a domestic issue. this happened outside the parking lot outside the target. police chased down a ford pick up miles away before it crashed. officers arrested the man inside and say he had a gun. he is in the hospital right now. in clinton, maryland police reopened a road after a motorcycle crash there. a man accused of making threats against the metro system may face 20 years in prison. he's responsible for a string of threats that started since last december. he appeared on the reality tv show called "catfish" last year. a live look at the capitol this morning where lawmakers

will demand answers about two deadly transportation problems. at 10:00, the ntsb and amtrak will be a part of the hearing about the deadly train derailment in philadelphia. eight people died when the amtrak northeast regional train flew off the tracks there. it was traveling at more than 100 miles an hour. the train's engineer says he doesn't remember what happened. this afternoon, we'll learn more about takata's defective airbags. they led to the biggest recall in u.s. history last month. they can burst and effectively creating an explosion in your car. however, takata's plans to replace a chemical propellant that could be to blame. the acting head of the tsa is no longer in charge. that decision coming from the u.s. head of homeland security this after a report found tsa screeners were not able to stop

all concealed explosives and weapons from getting through the checkpoints. tsa screeners failed miserably in tests at dozens of airports. it was confirmed the screeners did not find smuggled weapons in 67 of 70 tests. that is a whopping 95% failure rate. a former head of the tsa says this is unacceptable given today's security threats. >> this continuing drum beat of interest by terrorist groups whether al qaeda or al qaeda affiliates to try to bring down a western, especially u.s. bound aircraft. >> the agency is under orders to fix that problem immediately. president obama has nominated coast guard vice admirable to run tsa. francis hammond middle school in alexanderia will remain closed today. school officials hope to have an emergency chiller unit up and

running tomorrow. we'll send out a push alert on our washington nbc app if that happens. the flas could -- nsa could soon be lynning to your phone calls once again. the measure that lawmakers could move ahead as early as today. if you see a car going down a local highway but no one is behind the wheel, do not panic. driverless cars will be tested in our region. >> that rain is moving out of the area but will it hang around for the commute? tom is working on your drive time forecast and he's going to bring that to us at

welcome back. you may soon pass a self-driving car on the roads of virginia. according to the "richmond times dispatch", the car will be tested on the beltway. they will assist the cars ability to adapt. take a look at this video. watch it happen right there. boom! a lucky escape for this police officer in mississippi after that lightning strike misses his car by just a few inches. this happened yesterday just south of hattiesburg and it was caught on the police cruiser's dashcam. the strike hit a bridge.

the officer wasn't hurt. just another reminder how quick something like that can happen during severe weather. 20 minutes before the top of the hour. your weather and traffic on the 1s here. what are we looking at today? >> no more lightning as we had last night. we did have a couple of houses hit by lightning last evening. and there were some power outages. locally, metro area drying out. we have one lingering shower here in southern louden county that may be moving into montgomery county briefly. for the morning drive time green lights green lights for midday as well. just some damp pavement. afternoon into the evening hours, caution as we'll likely have more showers moving back in. for the morning commute, roads gradually drying out, but still damp and still some ponding of water. then staying upper 60s near 70

during the afternoon. some roads wet with some passing showers coming on through. look at our rain chances over the next seven days. next weather and traffic on the 1s at 4:51. now, melissa is looking at high water in the district. >> just checking with d.c. police, third street tunnel that southbound off ramp there to d street the ramp is blocked because of that high water. this is one of our favorite spots for flooding here in the d.c. area this morning. taking a wide look at things overall. no major problems and you are taking a big look at the beltway here looking pretty good. 270 at montrose road no problem at all. 66 95 rolling along nicely. same thing when you look -- take a big look i should say at prince george's county. back in ten minutes. it's been decades in the making but in just hours

president obama will award a world war i veteran the medial of honor. why it took so lock -- so long to receive the credit he

. a moving good-bye to a family found murdered inside their d.c. home. hundreds attended yesterday's funeral for the savopoulos. some students where the son went to school carried his casket. they leave two teenage daughters who were at boarding school at the time of the murders. they will remember how the couple lived. not how they died. >> what the take away from it it was a beautiful family.

despite their accomplishment they still wanted to help people. that's a special kind of memory. >> police arrested darryn wint for the family's murder. he's the only person in custody. investigators believe he had help. the man being prosecuted for a murder in rockville. tomaszewski posted that the vilardos were nice people. charging documents say he stabbed the couple 50 times. he spent time in the house after the murders looking for things to steal. as early as today, the senate could vote on whether the government or phone companies will hold your phone data. government powers were suspended sunday after a fierce battle in the senate. nbc tracy potts is live with us. can they senate and house compromise on them? >> there's got to be transition time between this program that

was already in place, the government collecting the phone records and turningrogram over to the phone companies. how long is that transition time? the house said six. the senate wants to double that to a year. they want to change this usa freedom act to add in a provision that says the phone companies have to notify the government in advance if they plan to keep the records less than 18 months. all those changes we're getting indications from the house they are not going to go for it. they want to vote for what they passed or not. the changes may actually be the hang up here. the schedule for now is a preliminary vote this morning and possibly a final vote as early as this afternoon on that usa freedom act that would replace the provisions of the patriot act that expired. we could actually see some votes on this today but the thing to watch for today is whether or not those changes are going to get in the way of them moving forward. >> tracy potts for us on the hill on what's become a really

complicated matter. thanks tracy. 14 before the hour 13 before the hour now, secretary of state john kerry is back on u.s. soil this morning and he says his broken leg won't hinder nuclear negotiations with iran. kerry arrived in a rainy boston for treatment after a bike accident in europe. the clock is ticking for kerry and his iranian counterpart. they hope to make a deal on the nuclear program in less than a month. former house speaker, dennis hastert will face a judge over a money laundering scandal. he wanted to keep an unknown person quiet about a sexual relationship he had had with a young man. authorities have told nabs news that relationship was with one of his hastert's former students. there's new questions about a judge. he made donations to hastert's campaign year ago.

another fifa executive is suspended. he's not allowed anywhere near soccer-related events. he was booted over new facts over a massive u.s. led investigation into corruption into the world cup. two officials from the congo have already been suspended. police are trying to figure out what led to an assault on a maryland middle school student. four students were involved. one student was taken to the hospital. police in fairfax coin need your help finding vandals who defaced a high school football field. school officials found several vandalized areas at herndon high school yesterday. graffiti included racial slurs and offensive sexual images. if you have any information,

police want to hear from you. president obama will award the medial of honor to a world war i veteran. in may, 1918 johnson fawg off german soldiers in the trenches saving the live of his fellow soldier. he suffered several injuries. he received no benefits or awards from the u.s. at the time of his arrest. several people worked together so he could be honored. >> it changes history, but it's a testimony of our country and how still, even though there's so many divides and things going on something like this can still happen and remind us that we've always been one nation we've always fought together. so why not honor this man. >> in 1996 the u.s. awarded johnson the purple heart. in 2003 the u.s. army awarded

him the distinguished service cross. the washington monument will remain closed until thursday. a live look at the monument for you here. engineers are working to fix a problem with the elevator. this morning, you will see news 4 eun yang, there's a reason why i'm here. she's in new york city. she will take part in today's parenting segment in the 8:30 half hour. she will share great tips on keeping your parents occupied and happy during summer road trips. >> she has the three kids and usually when they take vacations, they drive, so she's become a master at -- >> at wearing head phones? [ laughter ] >> there's my tip. just kidding. >> she hands them her smart phones. play the games. >> it works. it works. >> outside, you mentioned that

the rain is tapering off but still a lot of slick spots out there. >> i tell you that sky opened up and unloaded yesterday. it sounded like a thousand toddlers running across my roof. finally, the heavy downpours are gone. still a few lingering light sprinkles now. shenandoah valley into the mountains, the closest one is parts of now louden county and monday -- montgomery county otherwise things are drying up. the roads are still wet and we still have some ponding of water. watch out for that. there's no more flood threat other than that. it's near 60 degrees. shenandoah valley in the upper mountains it's in the 50s there. upper 60s, prince george's and fairfax. right in the district it's around 70. look at this dramatic sky. low clouds cruising over the metro area. they are illuminated by the city lights.

that's not dawn yet. those are the city lights illuminating the city lights. temperatures are going to stay steady in the 60s through the morning. may briefly get up to around 70 by early to mid afternoon. just cloudy between now and then. it's late afternoon into the evening hours, that's likely when you are going to be running into some showers. here's the hour by hour timing. 10:00 maybe a few showers in western maryland. a few sprinkles in the shenandoah valley noontime. 4:00 p.m. we'll see showers move into the shenandoah valley the northern neck southern maryland. after that into the evening hours, coming across the south, into northern virginia into the metro area by mid to late evening but not those heavy downpours like we had yesterday, just some of those showers moving on through. much cooler temperatures. tomorrow nearly 60 in the afternoon high. showers off and on continuing on

through the day. sunday back on thursday. up to low 70s. up near 80 afternoon thundershowers on friday. as well as on saturday. sunday looks to be the dry day on the weekend. back to work and school on monday next week into the mid 80s on monday. maybe a morning shower. otherwise, among is looking dry. much cooler than average here for the next few days. let's check on the roads this morning. >> we have some high water still sticking around in the district. just spoke to d.c. police with this one, trying to keep you updated here as to what's happening with this. this is our problem spot normally when we get some heavy rains. third street tunnel southbound that off ramp to d street that ramp is blocked because of that high water. a warning for you there. looking at 270, looking pretty good. top of 270 at old hundred road.

beltwa barnabas. no issues. 95 in virginia 123, rolling along nicely same thing as you are looking into 66 and out of town. listen to our friends on wtop when you hop in your car this morning. it's a bridge a lot of us take every day but you might not after this next story. the concerning look inside the arlington memorial bridge.

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we are getting a look inside at the repairs needed on the memorial bridge. the park service and federal highway leaders have closed two curbside lanes on that bridge connecting virginia and the district. they have also band tour buses. the bridge is safe to drive on during the emergency repair there. a new look inside it shows steel beams are so thin we can see through them. it is paper thin and riddled with holes. all this happening just below the surface. >> there was a draw bridge. so there's a counterweight, and whole thing pivots on two big axels. we don't know the structural integrity of two big axels. they have been sitting there for almost a hundred years rusting.

>> there's no end date set for the lane closures. eventually the entire middle section of the bridge will need to be replaced. a stafford family hired a lawyer after the school board decided to ban a transgender student of using the bathroom. the school was born male but identifies as female. virginia is not one of the more than a dozen states with laws explicitly prohibiting discrimination in schools based on gender identity. last month, the fairfax county school board added gender identity to its nondiscrimination policy. the fredericksburg school board unanimously approved a revised operating bug of about $41.1 million. that is according to the freelance star. teachers are set to get a 2.5% pay increase. administrators raises are flexible between 2.5% to 5.5%.

on multiple occasions during the budget process, city council members discussed their opposition to give school administrators larger raises than the teachers. catholic university will unveil the winning design for the alterar pope francis will hold his outdoor mass from. winners of the winning team will be at today's announcement. >> it's really exciting to them. this is the only university that's been visited already by two other popes, by john paul ii benedict 16th. stay tuned. we begin right now at 5:00 a.m. good morning, everybody. i'm aaron gilchrist. >> and i'm angie goff in for

eun. that rain was relentless overnight. >> let's see if it's moving out here. >> you can exhale now. our flood threat has ended as the flood watch is now expired and the heavy downpours we had yesterday, we get one last batch of rain coming through a couple hours ago. now it's on the eastern shore. luckily, a few showers out to the west of us throughout most of the region just some low clouds are lingering. have the umbrella handy for later today. you won't need a jackie but you will need long sleeves. the umbrella may be needed by late afternoon and especially into this evening as we have another possibility of showers coming through. long sleeves. it's rather cool this morning.