lane of traffic. three lanes of traffic getting by. we have a view from chopper 4 to show you to get the overhead look. what a mess this really was earlier. situation is improving out there the morning just a little bit. but still going to be a little slower this morning. the accident happened around 2:30. the outerloop of the beltway at forestville road. we're hearing that the driver was seriously hurt but we're trying to find out a little bit more about how they're doing. back here live you can see traffic again, the three lanes moving. the truck, though still overturned in the left lane. and right now what they have to do is try to get the truck upright and remove it from the highway which is going to take some time. so we'll follow it for you this morning and give you updates. back to you, melissa is going to give a look at how this is impacting the area. >> thank you, kristin. taking a look from above here, chopper 4 over the scene. you can see again the situation

off to the left side of the roadway. three lanes getting by, albeit quite slowly at this had point. just over two miles' worth of backup. we're going to stay on it and let you know how things are progressing. you want to decide now to go ahead and take that alternate. your alternate is outerloop to branch silver hill to pennsylvania and then over to the beltway. that's going to be your way around this. those routes, i just checked, don't look so is bad. wide look at this rest of the beltway looking pretty good. 295 inbound pretty typical for this time of day. 66 through manassas going 45 miles an hour. dell city is boeing to be the slowest spot. do have a new crash westbound 70 at colombia pike. and another one inner loop at the toll road with the right lane blocked. hopefully, tom kierein, you have better news than i do as far as the traffic goes. weather looking pretty good. >> yeah, at least the pavement

is dry. and look at your screen, we have a red-orange sunrise underway. due to smoke in the high atmosphere coming from wildfires way up in canada with high half level winds over our winds. we had a reddish sunrise this morning underway. live view from the storm team 4 camera. the hometown forecast right there, 64 right now, sunshine for the afternoon. a little haze in the air. should be reaching mid to upper 80s by 5:00. another hometown forecast manassas and prince william county. 62 there with bright sunshine. mid to upper 80s. gaithersburg, montgomery county a little haze in the air. 63 hitting the mid-80s this afternoon. this afternoon metro area should be getting into the upper 80s. your drive time forecast, next weather and traffic on the 1s coming up at 6:11. back to you. the time is 6:03.

today we're following several big developments around last month's deadly amtrak derailment. a critical question was the engineer on his cell phone at the time? we could find out today. we're also watching a hearing where lawmakers will zero in on what more can be done to prevent these kinds of accidents. and this comes just hours after the house voted to cut amtrak funding. first, the national transportation safety board plans to release its findings this morning. it's expected to include information about the engineer's cell phone use. news4 angry goff is at the live desk with new developments. >> and you touched on that big question right there, was he on his cell phone? that is one of the big questions expected to be revealed about the train engineer on the amtrak disaster. we are standing by with the newest report from the national transportation safety board. we're told that phone was used on the day of the crash, but the question is when. recently investigators have said, leading up to this, the 32-year-old brandon bastion was

not using his phone when the train derailed. but we found out that he did use it the day as i mentioned. so we're going to know more about the timing coming up in the last few hours. derailment killed eight people and injured hundreds. back to you. four minutes after the hour now, in a couple of hours transportation experts will testify at a senate hearing. witnesses will discuss the kinds of technology that could help prevent these sorts of deadly accidents. the may 12th derailment killed eight people and injured more than 200. this saul happening just as the house voted to cut funding for amtrak. the massive transportation and housing spending bill cuts amtrak's conduct by $242 million. however that bill does include $9 million for cameras inside of locomotive cabs. that will help with crash investigations. president obama has threatened to veto the bill. today, a man accused of killing his ex-wife's new husband heads to court. went wen goes before a judge in

loudoun county for a preliminary hearing. detectives say he broke into the home of denise and corey mattison earlier this year and shot corey mattison. they had been married just three months. a man's death is being investigated near the pool of an apartment complex near st. clair drive less than a mile from iris mall. investigators say the witness was involved in a fight with a group of people. during that altercation someone fired a gun. the group of people ran away and the victim collapsed. a big upset where mayor bill euille lost the democratic primary race last night. >> i'm very honored tonight to stand before you as the next mayor of alexandria. >> city council member alison silberberg beat him. she said she wants less

development and more citizen involvement on growth. bill euille has not had an opponent in the primary since 2003. now in virginia's 28th district the incumbent won. we told you we had a close eye on the race because tea party candidate susan stimpson was challenging bill howell. he's a speaker of the house of delegates. howell won by 1800 votes. you'll be able to catch a glimpse of history in alexandria today. a full-scale replica of the french frigate hermione will be docked until friday. we caught up with the ship as it sailed through the wilson woodrow bridge. isn't that quite a scene. it helped to change the history in the battle of independence against britain. ic bra ic ic. breaking news on the roads right now. we're talking outerloop of the beltway. big backups in prince george's

county. details on the crash. how long the backups really are coming up in a couple minutes. an incorrect scene caught on camera as this car burns after losing control and crashing. the driver had to be pulled to safety. why the trooper who rescued him said he's no hero. plus, changing the way you travel.

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and reach for the one you deserve. breaking news on the beltway. still have this problem outerloop here. in prince george's county as you're passing forestville road. take a look. right now, the semi off to the left side of the roadway. we have three lanes getting by, still not enough for the morning commute. as we're zooming out here, chopper 4 over the scene. you can see we have two miles' worth of backups here. this is pretty nasty. if you want to take an

alternate, the three lanes aren't helping. you're going to want to take the outerloop to inbound, silver hill to pennsylvania. 95, north quantico, the beltway. 66 inbound to the beltway 12 minutes. that's on time. to 70, top of the beltway actually looking quite good. look at our presents wtop. your child's classroom could have a different look and feel next year. montgomery county school officials are talking about making major cuts to increase some class sizes. the county's interim supervisor proposed cutting more than 400 teaching and staff positions most in those positions are unfilled. the school system will also delay expansion of its chrome book laptop initiative for students. pay increases for staff would be pushed back by one pay period. all of these moves are in an effort to close a $53 million budget gap. heads-up if you're a

frequent flier. an airline industry group is recommending airlines stop allowing big carry-on items that could have you shelling out a lot more cash for new luggage or to pay for checking your bag. the group says the quote optimal size is 21 1/2 inches tall, 13 1/2 inches wide and 7 1/2 inches deep. depending on the airline that is a lot smaller than what we're usually allowed. >> and i've seen people try to bring on big old bags on to the plane. and you wonder how they got on. >> my best friend is in the army, he taught me how to pack better to get in smaller. >> all right. let's look at the weather, tom. >> last time i saw a guy bring a guitar on the plane and tried to stuff it into the overhead. look at that red-orange sun now coming up. it's sort of that color because we've got a lot of smoke in the high atmosphere due to canadian wildfires of all things from a

couple thousand miles away in the high atmosphere. we've got that smoke sort of giving us the reddish-orange sun now. temperatures are cool and comfortable. low humidity. we're just in the low 60s much of the metro area. green lights for morning midday and afternoon commute. temperatures for the morning drive with hazy sunshine in the mid-70. . afternoon commute hazy, sunshine, temperatures in the low 80s. heat wave on wait. a look at which days will be the hostest next one coming up on the 1s. it's no secret that men and women die lot of things differently. apparently you can add sleep to that list. we'll show you who is more likely to get a better night's rest. new developments involving fifa, what we're learning about the election that will be held to replace the embattled

breaking news, chopper 4 over the beltway outerloop in prince george's county now. drivers getting by a crash where a tractor trailer overturn an hour ago, only one lane was getting by. things have cleared up pretty quickly now. three lanes opened up.

traffic still backed up. it looks like a tow truck has just arrived on the scene here. so this may be completely out of the way before you know it. there is a big clean up. that truck was apparently carrying potatoes. we're working to confirm reports that the driver was hurt there. kristin wright is on the scene we'll get an update in 15 minutes. at that point, the fire got real close, i could feel it on my face so i just swung. >> a florida highway patrol trooper broke into a car to save a man. some people are calling that trooper a hero today. the man lost control of his car and then it burst into flames. very intense scene there. police say the man ran off the road and hit several trees when this happened. the trooper couldn't get into the locked door to pull the man out so he punched through the window to get to him. >> i was more concerned about man inside the vehicle. than my safety.

i ran up to it i just hoped wouldn't explode. >> bravery there. both men are okay. police say the man who crashed was driving on a suspended license. the defense is expected to make its case on the jessmy matthews sex assault trial. police got a break when they arrested matthews for the hanna graham murder in knoxville. today, the prosecution is expected to call one more with the and then matthews' lawyers take over. this video is pretty hard to watch but d.c. police need your help finding the men who robbed and beat a man. the man passed the group after walking down the street in the shaw neighborhood. then the group turned around, ran after him and attacked him. they took his iphone and wallet. if you recognize anybody in the video call police. time warner employees are

going back to a normal day at work. their building caught fire yesterday. take a look at the scene. you can see the smoke in the emergency vehicles. a viewer sent a video of the smoke on sunrise drive. firefighters say a transformer caught fire. loudoun and fairfax county showed up to fight the flames. new information about the case against six baltimore police officers charged in the death of freddie gray. court documents say the baltimore state's attorney asked police to stem up enforcement in the area where gray died. according to the baltimore sun that happen three weeks before gray's death in police custody. defense attorneys say because of that request marilyn moseley should be removed from the case. set an alarm for noon tomorrow because that is when tickets will go on sale to a prince concert here in d.c. we've learned that prince will play at the warner theater this sunday. four days away. you can buy tickets at livenation.com starting at noon tomorrow. some civil rights activists

are calling for full investigation into how a white police officer treated black teenagers at a pool party in texas. officer david casebolt resigned after a video showed him pushing a black girl in a bedinny to the ground and pointing his gun at several teens. some parents say students at oxon hill high school have taken artistic expression too far. so the school decided to remove a controversial art display. take a look yourself. a student's display shows a police officer and a man with his hands up with a shirt on with blood streaming down that looks like the stripes on the flag. parents had mixed reaction about the decision to remove the display. >> they're in a school. it's an educational setting and they are honor students. >> why display something like

that? >> a school district spokesperson said art students created the image after being told to express what social justice means to them. this just in -- fifa suspended the 2026 world cup bidding process as the corruption scandal continues to unravel. the host was expected to be chosen in the near 2017. the u.s. among the potential bidders. this news as we've learned that fifa will not elect a new president until december of this year. outgoing president sepp blatter will chair that meeting. help resigned amid that scandal. two weeks ago the u.s. indicted 14 people on corruption charges. breaking news on the road. right now, taking a look at this, live picture from chopper 4. this is a look at the outerloop in prince george's county on forestville. you can see them trying to offload some potatoes from the truck and get this out of the

way. two-mile backup on the outerloop, one-mile backup on the outerloop. you can another shot with kristin wright on the ground there this morning. >> if you want to avoid it altogether, you can take this alternate outerloom to branch and then to pennsylvania. wide look typical slowing here, near shady grove road, flowing just fine. 66, no problems. 95 no real problemses. live camera popping up for you here on 95 taking that full screen for you, you can see north of triangle northbound and southbound, no major issues. tossing to tom for the well. >> oh the air fresh and cool on this wednesday morning. when you step out the door you might need a jacket. it's down in the 50s to just near 60 degrees now. low humidity in place. and the humidity will be changing as we go forward over the next 48 hours. pleasant, comfortable humidity for today. as we get into thursday

afternoon and evening sticky and uncomfortable. and then friday oppressive with high humidity and a lot of heat beginning to build. upper 50s to low to mid-60s in montgomery county. much of prince george's county is right near 60 degrees. fairfax county upper 50s and low 60s. loudoun in the 50s. pennsylvania and culpepper, charles culvert and st. mary's in the 60s as well. much of the region should jump to 70 around 8:00. by noon time, temperatures in the low 80s. rather hazy but with low humidity it will be comfortable in the after with mid to low 80s with lots of sunshine. mostly clear and by dawn tomorrow we'll be in the low 70s but then the heat wave commences. hottest day over the next several days will likely be tomorrow. tomorrow afternoon into the mid 90s. and the increasing humidity will make it feel like upper 90s. then on friday, the heat index that feels like the temperature may be into the upper 90s, too.

air temperature, low 90s. sweltering humidity. very humid on friday. again on saturday. friday afternoon might get an isolated thunder shower. saturday evening might get a passing shower. hazy and hot and rather humid on saturday. sunday a bit cooler, partly sunny into the mid-80s. rather humid. could get an afternoon storm. chance of showers and cooler weather. highs near 80. back up toer 80s on tuesday. bus stop forecast next weather and traffic on the 1s at 6:31. back to you. thank you tom. this just in. a new step in transparency for the vatican. the vatican and the u.s. just signing an agreement in which the vatican agreed to share tax information with the u.s. now, the goal here is to make it a little more difficult for americans to use overseas accounts to evade u.s. taxes. for a while, the vatican has been accused of being an off-shore tax haven. aaron. 6:25 now, you might want to

check the furniture in your child's room this morning. more than 20,000 pieces of designer armoire, hutches and combos are being recalled because they can tip over. the furniture is made by the. ali company. a strap used to attach the furniture to the wall could break allowing it to tip over and injure the child. the consumer should contact them for new straps. your birthday could impact your health problems. researchers find that people worth in october have higher asthma risk. those born in november have a higher risk of adhd. they say lifestyle choices make more of an impact than your birth month. who gets more sleep

research essay women get more sleep heading into the weekend. women get 25 minutes more sleep but that rathers by country. despite the extra sleep men wake up on a better mood than women, especially on sunday. the study says that men and women in the u.s. report some of the worst quality sleep in the world which is not surprising. we're very focused on working hard and getting a lot done. you get home from work, more e-mail after dinner. >> i think on sunday, we anticipate the sunday dinner which will be the best of the week. >> really? that's the best dinner of the week? >> don't you think? >> depends. the rick of flooe the scene we're going to show you here could end up costing, the community where a number of homeowners will soon have to buy flood insurance. plus no relief for taxpayers. the maneuver that will have the consumers in prince george's county paying higher property

taxes. take a look. this is a rollover accident involving a semi still bagging up traffic. this is a live look from the chopper still on its side. we're learning about the cleanup ef

breaking news right now on the roads where crews are scrambling to upright an overturned tractor trailer that's causing big backups. all lanes were closed on forestville road. right now, we're seeing three lanes getting by. melissa mollet has the coverage for us but kristin wright is on the scene with more of what happened. kristin. >> reporter: aaron, there are a number of trucks -- let me start again, there are a number of trucks, really as far as i can see down here in the left lane helping with cleanup right now, because it's really going to be a big job. the truck as you can see behind the traffic here is still overturned on its side. there you can see in the left lane. a tow truck is here. so hopefully that means they're going to be able to remove it soon. you can also see there is some

sort of truck removing something from this truck. we think it might be potatoes because maryland state police is telling us that the truck was carrying potatoes when it overturned. this happened at about 2:30 this morning. the truck flipped. we're not sure exactly. we're hearing that the driver was seriously hurt. we don't know how badly at this point. so right now, what they have to do is try to upright this truck and move it. but in the meantime, this could certainly impact your commute this morning. and melissa mollet has more on that. melissa? >> this breaking news on the outerloop of the beltway. taking a live look at chopper 4 over the scene. look at that. so you can just see that everything from the inside of that truck all of those potatoes have spilled out. it is a major mess. a huge cleanup for folks. this is going to be in the way for some time then they're going to have to, of course, upright

the truck here. we're talking 2 1/2 miles on the innerloop and 2 1/2 miles on the outerloop of the beltway because of this problem. right now your alternate if you went to do that outerloop to inbranch avenue to silver hill road to pennsylvania avenue. that will avoid that altogether. just a mess this morning. leesburg pike at glen carver drive the right lane is blocked. d.w. parkway, a tad still headed into town. and 66 moving along quite nicely. at the bus stop this morning, temperatures starting off only in the 50s. right around 60 degrees. between 7:00 and 8:00 we'll be in the upper 60s. we'll have high clouds coming through. a little haze in the area. between 8 and 9:00 with right sunshine jumps into the 70s. mild by midmorning. temperatures rather cool.

look at that pink grapefruit sunrise. right now on the storm team 4 camera. much of prince george's county is only around 60 degrees. upper 50s to just near 60 in fairfax county. low 60s to near 60 in loudoun. just in the 50s in prince williams pennsylvania and culpepper. st. mary's in the upper 50s. southern montgomery county generally in the mid-60s. next we can and traffic on the 1s coming up at 6:41. 6:33 is the time right now. today friends and family will gather to remember a georgetown university student who died in a fire. a memorial will be held for nina brecklesman today and that will take place at 11:00 at dull green chapel in northwest. fire ripped through the three three-story home killing two people.

michael mclaughlin also died in the fire. those victims rented rooms on the third floor. john mecham said he's lucky to be alive. he was not home when the fire started. >> i wasn't even supposed to be out of town. it was a last-minute assignment sent me to new york. i wake up on wednesday morning to text messages and facebook messages. >> according to "the washington post," the fire was caused by an electrical fault in the house. the landlord of that house is still in the hospital. he jumped from the window to escape the fire. we posted a list of things you should know about your rental property on the nbc washington app. search apartment for example. you may be able to help police in prince william county if you recognize the man we're about to show you. police say a man dressed in women's clothing was peeping into a women's bathroom. this happened at the walmart in woodbridge last month. police say the victim said the

man stood in front of a mirror and then stood up in a stull. he took off. dozens of owners in prince george's county are about to find out if they have to buy flood insurance. that's because fema is revamping their flood map. 50 is expected to be added. this is after rains led to them opening the dam. fema is now holding an informational meeting at 6:00. they're going to go over the updates. the address is 1801 mccormick drive in largo. property taxes on the rise in prince george's county. according to the news partner at wtop the hikes will go ahead. that 1.5% tax hike was approved last month. but on monday the county executives vetoed that. on tuesday, the council voted unanimously to override the

veto. the tax increase will take effect july 1st. larry hogan is defending the decision to reduce tolls. he called the tolls tax hikes in disgrice. disguise. the state's transportation secretary denied that during the hearing. hey, pay attention, okay? >> a confrontation between a police officer a d.c. bike sicklist in a bike lane. but it's the officer's jurisdiction that is causing an uproar right now. and the massive manhunt for two convicted murderers in new york. we're learning more about that person of interest as her son comes to her defense what he's tells nbc news this morning. right now, we have a big problem on the beltway outerloop on forestville road. we're going to tell you how to get around this

breaking news on the beltway. the crash is on the outerloop of the beltway there at forestville road. innerloop and outerloop right now boasting 2 1/2-mile backups. just a mess. the left lane is on the right there. three lanes getting by here. cleanup crews on the scene trying to offload and get all of the potatoes that came out of this truck out of the way. you can see that as we zoom back at chopper 4 right here. all of the poetatoes spilled out of the truck. getting around it alternate,

outerloop to branch to pennsylvania avenue. otherwise, everything else nothing to worry about, guys. can you park -- >> hey, pay attention, okay? >> never mind. never mind. >> you are looking at video showing a delaware state trooper confronting a man riding this bike in downtown d.c. that trooper wearing plain clothes is seen in the video parked in a protective bike lane on l street. the cyclist posted that video because he was irritated that a delaware officer could flash a gun and badge in the distance. it's an official delaware week. there's controversy whether that cop had jurisdiction to show himself as a law enforcement officer. we're going to check the forecast with meteorologist tom kierein with a warmup on the way. 6:41, time for weather and traffic on the 1s. sun high up in the sky, tom? >> yeah, i love that pink sun

getting the party started. dress accordingly, a perfect june day on the way. go with short leaves.sleeves. definitely later, you'll seedneed the sunglasses. walking to work dry walkways at 8:00. walking back home hot in the upper 80s still comfortable humidity and lots of sunshine. heat wave on the way. and hottest days ahead at 6:51. back to you. >> tom thank you. drawing attention to what you eat. the action one city is taking to make sure you know how much salt you consume. plus, critical information about this deadly derailment along the northeast corridor that comes to light in the coming hours. what we're learning about one focus of the ntsb investigation. your time is 6:43.

we have breaking news right now at 6:45 where a rollingoverover accident on the belt loop. take a look at the scene. a semi truck overturned overnight sending the driver to the hospital. you can see it's still on its side as crews work to clean the mess up. >> this delay is creating the backups helping get around the met. >> we're beginning our coverage

with kristin wright on the scene. kristin, any progress right now? >> reporter: you know, it's about the same as the last time we checked in. take a look behind me. you can see the truck still overturned there. it looks like they're trying to get it back on its side. and we can tell you a tow truck is here. hopefully that means they will be able to get the truck off the beltway soon. also can tell you there's another truck here trying to remove all the potatoes from the road. the ruck was carrying potatoes. there are a lot of potatoes on the ground so they're trying to get them off the road. the accident happened around 2:30 this morning. driver was seriously hurt but we don't know exactly how badly. right now again, they've just got to get the truck turned upright on its side which say big job and then get it off the road. in the meantime there will be impacts with traffic. three lanes getting by right now, melissa mollet is here with how this may affect your travel

this morning. >> yeah kristin, it's a mess orlando there. that left lane is blocked. 2 1/2-mile backup on the outerloop. if you want to avoid this altogether, the outerloop to inbound branch avenue to silver hill to pennsylvania back over to the beltway is your best bet. back in a couple minutes with more. >> thank you melissa. now we're following several big developments surrounding last month's deadly train derailment. the crucial question was the amtrak engineer on his cell phone at the time? we could find out today. we're also watching a hearing where lawmakers will zero in on what more can be done to prevent these kinds of accidents. and this comes just after a house vote could cut amtrak funding. we begin with the national transportation safety board plans to release its findings this morning. that's expected to release information about the engineer's cell phone use. angie goff with more on that.

a hearing going on the ntsb revealing if that engineer in the amtrak crash was using his cell phone at the time of the incident. we are told that 32-year-old brandon bastion did use his phone on the day of the accident. but when is still the big unknown. eight people died and hundreds were hurt. when that train flew off the tracks in philadelphia. eun. >> thank you, angie. in a couple hours transportation experts will testify at a senate hearing. witnesses will discuss the kinds of technology that could help prevent these sorts of deadly accidents. may 12th derailment killed eight people and injured more than 200. this issis all happening just as the house voted to cut funding for amtrak. the massive transportation and housing spending bills cut amtrak's spending bill by $242 million. the bill does include $9 million for cameras inside of locomotive

cabs that will help with crash investigations. president obama has threatened to veto the bill. we're following a developing story in new york. a massive manhunt for two prisoners who escaped a prison has turned up empty. nbc's stephanie gosk is live with the developments. >> reporter: good morning, aaron, law enforcement conceding they really don't have any good leads on these two convicts. they've been sifting through hundreds of tips. one of those tips came in on tuesday from the small town of willsboro, new york, about 40 miles south of here. law enforcement circled that town. they did good searches, they brought in k9s but nothing. a person of interest is joyce mitchell. we spoke with his her son tobey. he said there's no way that his mother willingly helped these

convicts escape. we' prince george's police are investigating a man's death in temple hills. on st. clair drive less than a mile from iverson mall. he was involved in in a fight with a group of people during that altercation, someone fired a gun. the victim collapsed. >> the obama administration is

considering whether to send 500 more u.s. troops into iraq. those troops help train iraqi security forces and those troops have suffered major setbacks in the fight against isis. there are already 3300 troops in iraq. you'll soon be able to know how much salt you're taking in when you dine out. cnbc's landon dowdy is there with that report. i'm not sure i want to know. >> the new york becoming the first u.s. city to require high sodium warning labels on chain restaurants. it will propose to add a single list of products that contain more than the recommended daily limit of 23 milligrams of sodium equal to one teaspoon of salt. the majority of dietary salt comes from processed and restaurant food. san francisco has come to oppose a health warning on ads for

sodas and other sugary drinks. back to you. >> thanks landon. breaking news on the roads. prince george's county. the outerloop of the beltway on forestville road. the left lane is blocked. 2 1/2 lanes get by. a two-mile backup on the outerloop. and four-mile backup on the innerloop. crews try to remove all of the potatoes on the semi that overturned. as far as the alternate, if you want to dot alternate because of this backups outer loop to silver branch and then to pennsylvania. westbound university at buckingham, brand-new crash one lane get big there. 70 eastbound, a crash there as well. 270 at montrose, no problems there. 76 and 95 rolling along nicely. overall, we don't have any major problems with the exception of

the beltway problem and 95 and 198 looking good. tom actually looking better than this each day. >> oh, it is gorgeous today. and the humidity is low this morning, as you step out the door you'll notice the pleasant comfortable humidity. as we get into thursday it will start getting sticky. uncomfortable by thursday had afternoon. by friday, oppressive humidity will be moving in in place over the weekend as well. 66 degrees in prince george's county and fairfax. much of montgomery county low to mid-60s. mid to upper 60s near 70 inside the belt ware, alexandria, arlington and falls church. and eastern shore around 60 degrees. upper 60s along the bay. into virginia, loudoun county into prince william, spotsylvania, only in the 50s. and there's that sun from last evening's photos coming in. then it got really red right

before sunset last evening. then the live tower cam this morning at 6:00 a.m. showed the sun rising in this very red color as well. all due to smoke in the high atmosphere coming in from canadian wildfires. a couple thousand miles away. right now, storm team 4 radar scanning the sky. no rain anywhere in the vicinity. by 8:00 in the low 70s. lots of sunshine for the day. upper 80s by late afternoon with low humidity. beautiful day coming up. overnight tonight, it will still be comfort about with low humidity. low 70s by dawn tomorrow. then the hottest day of the next several days. that is likely tomorrow, the mid-90s on thursday. getting more humid on thursday afternoon. sweltering humidity on friday and saturday. highs low 90s. we'll get an afternoon storm on friday. maybe an evening storm on saturday. sunday partly cloudy could get an afternoon storm. showers around monday with temperatures upper 80s on tuesday. maybe an afternoon storm. over to you.

>> thank you, tom. it's now 6:55. today we expect the senate committee vote on coast guard vice admiral peter messenger's nomination to run the tsa. this is the second committee vote on messenger the vote comes on the heels of a damming report that shows that the tsa director failed and was removed from his post. you'll be able to detect a glimpse of history in alexandria. the french frigate warship helped change the course of history in the battle of independence against great britain. here's 4 things you need know before you head out the door. fifa suspended the bidding process. next month they will meet to decide when to hold an election for the new president.

a massive search for two escaped prisoners turn up nothing in new york state. david sweat and richard matt are still on the run. stay tuned for an "today" show update. today friends and family will attend a memorial for nina brecklesman today. the national transportation state safety board expects to make an announcement. check the washington app for updates. right now, breaking news on the roads here. we still have a problem on the beltway. chopper 4 over the scene. outerloop of the forestville road. left lane blocked as they're trying to get the potatoes off the side of the roadway. that person taken to the hospital. innerlooper has four-mile delays.

outerloop, 2 1/2-mile delays. if you want to get around this one, outerloop to branch to silver hill to pennsylvania to the beltway because it is slow. a perfect june day with low humidity. perfect pool weather too. lots of sunshine. afternoon highs climbing into the upper 80s. that will be by mid to late afternoon. and aaron said frigate. >> i did. >> what does that mean? >> the sh

good morning. empty handed. day five and no sign of the two escaped killers after a possible sighting. police swarming a small new york town as the son of the prison employee considered a person of interest in the case comes to his mother's defense. >> if she was involved inneg, you can rest assured there was a good reason. >> ramping up? president obama considers sending hundreds more u.s. troops into iraq to the aid in the fight against isis. would it help stop the terror group's expanding hold on that country. was with he distracted? new findings on the deadly amtrak derailment in philadelphia. will they reveal whether the engineer was