ime budget already in the police and all of our public safety agencies. so at this point, i don't see any reason for any concern with regard to public safety overtime. >> well, public safety overtime in the county costs on average between 10 to $15 million each year. many of you are wondering if you can count on the cops to be there. "news4 today" continues at a 5:00 a.m. >> "news4 today" starts now. >> be prepared for a crowded commute this morning. we're keeping an eye on the situation for certain metro riders after the agency took off we're standing by with updates from the great falls area on the overnight river rescue. good morning, i'm eun yang. it's june 11th. >> i'm angie goff. i'm here for aaron gilchrist.

it will be a scorcher today. >> let's take a live look outside, right now 71 degrees. the mercury is only going to soar. let's get right to storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein for a look at how hot it will get today. >> enjoy this while you can. here's another view of the sky. a soft rosy glow predawn sunrise, about 40 minutes away. it's at 5:42 this morning. coming up in a partly cloudy sky. pleasant, in the 60s. near 70 in washington. right by the bay. and then in the mountains right around 60 degrees. so nice start for now. so enjoy this while you can. as we'll have our temperatures jumping. look at the neighborhood highs today. neighborhoods up in the shenandoah valley, in the panhandle of west virginia pennsylvania border, near 90. hottest temperatures in washington and in charles county, down to stafford and spotsylvania. mid 90s. right around the bay, it will

help a breeze off the bay we'll have highs there in the 80s. a few high clouds, small chance of an isolated thundershower in the mountains of the shenandoah valley. next up, what to wear for this hot thursday. now melissa is looking at construction projects around this morning. >> this doesn't have an end time on it so we're hoping that it's soon perhaps. we are talking about 66 eastbound here at washington boulevard. sort of near lee highway. do have a lane closed there. a reminder of this fatal crash in clinton. molette green on the way to this scene. this is old alexandria ferry road right near andrews air force base. your alternate there, take woodyard road to get around this one. 95 virginia at mine road, everything is looking good. look at the map no problems here as you take a big look at the beltway. then the beltway at new hampshire, inner and outer loop

looking as good as they can. >> thank you, melissa. 5:03 is your time. expect a tight ride on metro headed to work today. there are fewer rail cars on the tracks. metro pulled the cars off the track because of this issue. doors opening while the train is moving. news4's megan mcgrath is telling us what this means for commuters this morning. megan, good morning to you. >> reporter: well, good morning eun. it means that things will be crowded on metro not just today but friday and through the weekend. so that they can do safety inspections on these 4000 series car. passenger using their cell phone. it shows the problems that they have been having with the doors on these older 4000 series cars. they open up unexpectedly and in this case, the train was actually traveling through a tunnel when it happened. obviously a big safety concern so metro has pulled 100 of these 4000 series cars.

they have been taken out so inspections and repairs can be done. metro will be running fewer eight-car trains and running six-car trains instead. of course, fewer cars, shorter trains, that means more crowded trains. so we are expecting to see some pretty tight conditions here beginning this morning with this first rush hour. now, we're here at the west falls church metro station. they just opened their doors a short time ago. very early. the first riders are getting on to metro so the system is looking pretty good right now but of course as the volume builds, as more and more passengers try to get on the shorter six-car trains, we are expecting things to get a little bit more congested. a little bit less room on those trains than usual. so people are going to want to plan accordingly. back to you in the studio. >> thank you megan. the purple line is getting a nudge. maryland's transportation secretary is backing the project as long as the price tag is cut. pete caan recommended his boss, larry hogan, approve the light

rail project. but caan wants the cost reduced by $300 million. the proposed purple line would connect bethesda stations without going into d.c. governor hogan is expected to make a decision some time this month. while you were sleeping u.s. park police rescued two stranded hikers near the potomac river. the rock climbers got on to the island but they couldn't get back because it was just too dark. a police helicopter spotted them trapped on some rocks in montgomery county fire crews were able to guide the people to boats and got them safely back on land near old angler's inn. no one was hurt. police in prince george's county say parts of old alexandria ferry road are now closed following a fatal accident. this happened earlier this morning in clinton. news4 is on the scene, we're working to find out more about what happened. today, d.c. prosecutors are expected to drop a criminal case against basketball analyst greg anthony. d.c. police arrested him for

soliciting a prostitute back in january. cbs suspended him from the air. prosecutors agreed to dismiss the case if anthony performed 32 hours of community service over the last four months. today we expect to learn the details of a possible terror case. officials from the fbi and a virginia u.s. attorney are holding a press conference this afternoon. details are few but news4 is working to bring you more information. that press conference starts at 10:00. new developments in the fifa scandal this morning. a soccer legend wants to run for president of the troubled organization. zeko played in three world cups and he coached several teams. he said he is now saddened by the corruption. sepp blatter announced his resignation last week amid the corruption scan scandal. 14 people were indicted. and swiss authorities removed a

computer from fifa headquarters yesterday. back to you. you have seen the video, now we're hearing his side of the story. what the officer says happened. this man is accused of a crime that will have you thinking twice about using an atm machine. it's a hack that hit a lot of you. now we're standing by to hear what the feds plan to do to keep your information safe. a live look outside this morning. school's almost out for the summer, but if your kids are taking the bus today tom has got them covered.

by now you have probably watched this disturbing video of a former texas police officer wrestling a black teenage girl to the ground. now we're hearing his side. david casebolt apologized through his lawyer yesterday. his lawyer said he was not targeting minorities outside the pool party in a dallas suburb. rather, he was distraught after responding to two suicide calls earlier last friday. >> he does recognize that his emotions got the best of him. and that the prior suicide calls put him in an emotional place. that he would prefer not to have been in when responding to this call. >> the attorney for the 15-year-old girl who casebolt wrestled to the ground believed excessive force violated her

civil rights. the officer resigned from the mckinney police department tuesday night. activists are demanding that prosecutors charge him. looks like summer is getting ready to kick in to high gear. >> that's right. 5:11. weather and traffic on the 1s, tom is here with more on the forecast. hey, tom. >> you know, usually we start getting our heat waves around this time of year. this morning it's pleasant at the bus stop. temperatures should be hovering in the low to mid 70s. then we'll be jump into the upper 70s. so a big jump from where we are now. it will be a bit hazy. we'll have some of the humidity beginning to build by then as well. so wear short sleeves today. you won't need an umbrella. you'll need the sun block by this afternoon. you'll need sunglasses as well. next weather and traffic on the 1s coming up at 5:21. we'll look at when this heat wave ends. that's in ten minutes. melissa has an update on a serious accident. >> just had an update from prince george's county police. sounds like they're trying to reopen this road in clinton by

6:00 this morning. again, we have accident use of a fatal crash overnight. we are talking about old alexandria ferry road. your alternate is woodyard road to get around that crash. taking a look at 270 into town and out of town, you're fine here. no major problems at all. the earlier road work is now out of the way. remember to listen to our friends on wtop when you hop in your car. 95 looking good. and overall top of the beltway, b.w. parkway, 95 in maryland rolling along nicely. >> thanks, melissa. a month who needed a c-section who can now see her baby the moment the baby's born. and then hold him or her until the surgery is over. the new procedure coming up in news4 your health. the search continues for two escaped prisoners. what we have learned

there's been a flurry of action in upstate new york as the search for two escaped prisoners expanded overnight. police closed route 374 near clinton prison. prisoners prisoners escaped over the weekend. so far, there have been no sightings of the two in vermont but residents are still on edge. to keep an eye out for trespassers in barns but they don't want anyone approaching the two. witnesses have been called in a controversial police shooting case in fairfax county. a grand jury is deciding whether to indict officer adam torres for killing john geer two years ago. officers showed up for calls of a domestic dispute, and torres claimed he moved his hands toward his waist as if to grab a

weapon when he shot him. others say that geer's hands were by his head. a man is waking up in custody accused of a deadly stabbing in montgomery county. residents in the silver spring apartment complex came home to the homicide investigation in their parking lot last night. take a look. a man stabbed another man in fair -- in the fairland neighborhood. the victim died at the hospital. and police have not revealed the men's names, but say they did know each other. a man remains in serious condition after being hit by a car on wisconsin avenue. this happened during rush hour last night. police say the man was in a cross walk near van ness street when he was hit. the driver who hit him stayed at the scene. the d.c. police major crash unit, they were on the scene for several hours trying to figure out exactly what happened. news4 is working to keep you safe and secure. a heads up if you bank in columbia, maryland. police in howard county say

someone installed a skimming device. the atm's card scanner appeared suspicious and it was loose. it was actually a skimming device attached with tape. you should monitor your accounts especially if you have been to this bank. lawmakers and congress are working to renew the rule to prevent d.c. from regulating pot. a new draft bill includes the city from spending money to enact the marijuana law. the district cannot tax or sell pot. however, the drug is still legal for personal use in the home. and d.c. wants to crack down on synthetic marijuana. mayor muriel bowser proposed a new bill to give police chief cathy lanier the power to temporarily shut down stores that sell synthetic drugs. >> we expect that many more cases are going unreported and untreated. >> synthetic drugs are extraordinarily serious. they are in fact deadly.

>> last week, about a dozen people overdosed on synthetic drugs in northwest. under the new law the chief could close stores for up to four days. just in, more trouble for nepal. a landslide this time while people were sleeping. the landslide buried six villages in the mountainous northeast. heavy rains triggered the disaster. landslides are common unfortunately during monsoon season. people there in nepal are still recovering from those earthquakes. in april and may that killed more than 8,000 people.right, thanks. it's now 5:19. we may now know one of the sources of the frightening listeria outbreak that forced the shut down of blue bell creameries. it may be linked to the nonsanitary room in the oklahoma facility. the company hasn't been a i believe to pinpoint a single force for the contamination at

the texas plant. in "news4 your health," a new study says fewer underaged people are drinking in the u.s. drinking among 12 to 20-year-olds dropped about 6%. this is between 2002 and 2013. now, underaged binge drinking dropped about 5%. the agency says at least 39% of those in the older group 18 to 20-year-olds say they binge drink. well, keep fidgeting. a new study says constant movement that's so common in kids with adhd may actually help them in school. physical activity like bouncing on a ball chair or even chewing gum seems to allow these children to focus on some difficult tasks. that is according to research from the university of california at davis. teachers may want to allow the kids to fidget a bit as long as it doesn't disturb the rest of the class. mothers who have c-sections can now hold their babies the moment they're born.

the new gentle c-section is available at the university medical center. with a traditional c-section, it can be ten minutes or more before the mother and baby meet face to face. >> use a clear drape when the baby is about to be delivered so the mother can see her baby enter the world. >> even if you don't want to see that part of the birth, you can now hold your newborn baby much sooner with the new technique. volleyball players listen up. if you play at west potomac park on the national mall, there are some new rules. here are just some of the changes. you can book courts more than seven days in advance of play. you can only book though four courts per day and not all are available to reserve. four courts will be left for a first come first served basis. some of the changes will go into effect midnight tomorrow. if you had to guess which city would you say would see the

highest temperatures today, d.c., phoenix or miami? >> hmm. d.c. >> right. we're trying to trick you, but we can't. >> well, yeah, but would you believe we are one of the hottest in the country today? let's check in with tom and the warm day ahead. i know tom. >> right. >> that's what he's been talking about. he's saying brace yourself for the heat wave. >> it will be up near 100 in phoenix. and only in the 90s in miami. 94 for us, that's about 10 to 11 degrees above the average high for this time of the year. it's a pleasant morning. by later today, it will be getting into the code orange zone with the building humidity. if you have a heart or respiratory ailment stay inside. nothing on the storm team 4 radar, all clear.

temperatures in the 60s, suburbs and rural areas. so a pleasant morning in washington and right by the bay. a few clouds floating over the city. live view from the city camera and temperatures will quickly jump though. into the 80s by 10:00. by noon the mid 90s. i should say low 90s, then by mid afternoon, mid 90s. and turning more humid by later this afternoon. and then oppressive humidity moves in on friday. it will be in place saturday. maybe some afternoon storms both days. a greater chance on saturday, but not quite as hot. but still up around 90. finally, a end to the heat wave on sunday. not very humid lower humidity moves in. getting more humid by tuesday afternoon into wednesday. that's when we might get some isolated storms, both of those days by midweek next week. next weather and traffic on the 1s, a look at our county by county high temperatures for this afternoon. melissa now looking at an update this morning. >> update on the crash. we have some live pictures from the scene for you.

this is in clinton, old alexandria ferry road. take a look. you can see the tow truck on the scene. this is is a fatal crash from overnight. already closed overnight. they have flipped the car, trying to get it out of the way to reopen things. your best bet for an alternative is woodyard. 95 virginia, lorton road, everything is moving just fine. and 270 at montrose, again, looking good. whether you're headed from frederick or to frederick. not having any big issues this morning. a wide look at the beltway, overall, fingers crossed things are looking good this morning. back in ten minutes with a live a look at 66. >> thanks, melissa. four tourists in malaysia may face jail time for posing naked at the country's highest peak. this happened days before a deadly earthquake killed 18 climbers on the mountain.

they were not shy in sharing those naked photos. some malaysians say the disrespectful act angered the spirits of the mountain and caused that earthquake. the irs has a new initiative to protect you from having your identity stolen. we don't know the details of the plan just yet, but the agency says it will announce them in a news conference this afternoon. we'll bring that to you. and then in the next few weeks the supreme court will decide whether to legalize same-sex marriage nationwide. and a new poll suggests 65% of people expect the justices to overturn the ban. just 25% of people expect existing bans to stand. the nonpartisan public religion research institute did the poll. a man thrown to the bottom of a ravine after his dirt bike crashed was able to survive 24 hours in the wilderness of washington state. thanks in part to his iphone charger. the former navy s.e.a.l. medic set off on a treasure hunt on a

dirt bike. the man crashed in the remote area and hurt himself badly. he created a splint for his leg using sticks, shoelaces and an iphone charging cord. he tried to climb up to the road, but his injuries were too much. >> i knew that it was a really, really dire situation. after being that alone for that long. >> after a long, painful night a pair of hikers stumbled upon him and his dirt bike and called for help. i think the fact that he was a former navy s.e.a.l. gave him the wherewithal to survive. >> yeah. definitely. glad he'll be okay. a surprising twist in the rape and kidnapping case against jesse matthew. this morning we are hearing from the parents of another accused victim. take a live look outside this morning where temperatures are warming their way up to the 90s. get ready. tom's working on your county by county highs he'll bring that to us in the next weather and traffic on the 1s. your time righ

sfa big changes on metro on your way to work. there will be fewer rail cars on the track which means it could be tighter than normal on the

trains today here's the problem -- doors that open when they're not supposed to when the train is in motion. metro pulled 100 from the tracks for safety inspection after a rider shot this video. get ready for a warm one. starting in the 70s, but temperatures they are about to skyrocket. get ready for a heat wave. good morning to you, i'm eun yang. it's it's june 11 2015. >> and i'm angie goff. we want to get started with the weather. >> tom kierein has the forecast. how hot will it go? >> in the low to mid 90s. that include prince george's, montgomery and fairfax, alexandria, fall churches into the mid 90s. a few high clouds coming over. across virginia fauquier, stafford, spotsylvania, orange and culpepper, low to mid 90s there. in southern maryland right near the bay, breeze off the bay will keep it in the 80s. but a few miles inland it will be up around 90. farther to the west near the

tidal potomac, low to mid 90s there. frederick, washington, panhandle of west virginia, western maryland, low 90s to near 90s. then during the afternoon we'll have it reaching the mid 90s with increased humidity too. shenandoah valley, in the mountains near 90s. might get an isolated thundershower there by later in the afternoon. next weather and traffic on the 1s in ten minutes at 5:41. a look at your drive time forecast for this thursday. you need that a.c. blasting in your car during the afternoon with the heat and the increased humidity and you have an update on a pretty serious crash. >> we have an update on the serious crash. so again, taking a live look here. we have a picture from the scene. this is in clinton right now. tow truck on the scene here. this has been here for a couple of hours now. they're hoping to get it out of the way here soon. old alexandria ferry road right now still closed. your alternate is woodyard road. a report of a crash at north

street, checking that out for you right now. beltway at central avenue inner and outer loop everything is flowing fine. top of the beltway at connecticut, also looking quite good for you this morning. 270 into and out of town don't have any big issues there. then 66 west of 29 there, gainesville, rolling along quite nicely. back with some travel times in ten minutes. >> melissa thank you. 5:32 is your time right now. a rape trial in fairfax surprisingly ended before the defense could make the case, but the judge did convict jesse matthew. before the defense started matthew entered an alford plea. that means acknowledging that prosecutors have enough to convict him, but did not admit guilt. he was convicted of sexual assault for the 2005 attack on a woman in fairfax. >> the dna pretty much sold it. >> did you think you'd convict him? >> i personally, yeah.

>> matthew faces life in prison when he is sentenced in october. he'll be back in court later this month on murder charges for the death of uva student hannah graham. feminist groups say they'll take more legal action against the university of mary washington if it doesn't do anything to stop threats against the female students. this is according to "the free lance-star." the group filed a title ix claim last month, saying that people posted threatening messages on an app. the president said he couldn't disable that because it would violate students' right to free speech. iowa's straw poll was a time honored tradition, and now the iowa republican party is rethinking it. critics say it's a costly side show and party officials say they're discussionng it on a conference call tomorrow. already mike huckabee, jeb bush and lindsey graham plan to skip the event. new this morning if you

drive an acura, listen up. the company is recalling two of the suvs because of brake problems. the automatic brakes are mistaking guardrails on the side of the road for hazards in front of the car. that slows the car down automatically and risks a collision. we're talking about 48,000 vehicles. the models are on your screen. the mdx and the rlx from 2014 and 2015. acura says dealers will fix the issue. metro doesn't want to give riders the option of paper or plastic anymore. documents from the transit agency show that they want to eliminate paper fare cards by early next year. and make everyone use the plastic smart trip cards. most of you have made that transition, but still about 30000 of you out there using those paper cards still every day. metro is also considering a system that also lets you pay fares with your smartphone. if you see a goat wandering through our your neighborhood, we'd like to hear from you. take a look.

a viewer snapped this photo in clarksburg yesterday. that's a goat. >> they're good for mowing lawns. >> and everything else apparently. so we're now on goat watch here at news4. >> where's his head? >> safety take a picture, don't approach the goat. send your pics to us. from goat watch to panda pregnancy watch at the smithsonian's national zoo. zookeepers posted this on instagram yesterday showing giant panda getting an ultrasound. the veterinarians plan on giving her a few more ultrasounds over the next few months to see if they can spot a fetus. she is already the proud mother of two. the problem is you have to wait almost until to the end to know if the panda is pregnant. >> and everyone is following it on instagram. >> good luck.

coming up another black mark for the secret secret service. what a junior agent is accused of doing that now has him on leave. new gruesome details are emerging in the deaths of a family and housekeeper. and looking outside, wake up, wake up. we are heating up already. how warm will it be two and from work in your next weather and traffic on the 1s.

new details about the mansion murder case in d.c. news4 obtained a warrant that says investigators found a bloodied baseball bat in the savopoulos' family burned home. the warrant also says that savvas savopoulos hadder injuries to the back of the head. someone killed the family and the housekeeper last month. officers arrested daron wint and believe there are others involved in this case. a junior agent with the secret service is accused of flirting with a young woman while he was supposed to be on duty outside of an event attend by the first lady. this is last month. the agent apparently asked for the woman's phone number, later

when he was not on duty he sent sexually suggestive texts to her. the department of homeland security and the secret service are now investigating. it's now 5:41. time for weather and traffic on the 1s. we are talking about a little miniheat wave. it will get really hot soon. >> tom, you have the drive time forecast. >> i do. we have a pastel pink forecast on this thursday morning. all green lights driving for morning, midday and afternoon. do not have any weather problems traveling around the region during the day today. you'll need that a.c. on by later this afternoon. and by 8:00 9:00, 10:00, up around 80 degrees with dry roads. then mid 90s when you're driving back home. might have a few wet roads from passing showers maybe an isolated thunderstorm later on this afternoon.

we'll look at when the heat wave will end in the next weather and traffic on the 1s. melissa has an update on a new crash. >> i spoke with the police in fairfax, chain bridge road is shut down right now. this is where the fatal accident was old alexandria ferry road in clinton still shut down as that clean-up continues. as far as travel times no problem 95 north or 66 inbound. so is 270 south. and going to tweet these travel times from first 4 traffic in a second here. remember to listen to our friends on wtop when you hop in your car for the latest on your traffic troubles this morning. eun? >> thanks, melissa. we're standing by for an official announcement from president obama who says he is sending more u.s. troops to iraq. more on this developing story and how many boots are expected on the ground. killer breaks down in tears. the

i'm molette green on the scene of a deadly accident here in prince george's county. take a look behind me. just about ten minutes ago, the crashed up car was towed away. we saw that and firefighters right now are behind me cleaning up what is left of this scene. the road is expected to reopen in just minutes. we have been here for just about an hour and when we got here we saw the crashed car upside down on the side of the road. the coroner left a short while ago. we can tell you that a male victim was pronounced dead at the scene. police tell us that the driver left the roadway, hit a pole and this happened just before 2:00 a.m. this morning. again, old alexandria ferry road.

melissa mollet has been following the traffic situation, it has been closed throughout the night while police have been working the reconstruction of this acciden road to reopen at the top of the hour. we'll keep you posted throughout the morning. back to you. pay attention, okay? never mind. don't play with me, okay? >> share the road. that is the message from the d.c. man who shot this video you're looking at here. the cyclist who shot the video robert fitzgerald is speaking out for the first time. he shot the video from a camera mounted on his bicycle. it shows an suv illegally parked in the "l" street bike lane. the driver who we now know is a delaware police officer walks over and tells fitzgerald the keep it moving. >> he was a bit aggressive as soon as he heard that i was making a call about it. he came up and showed a gun and a badge and to be honest at the

time i thought he was a u.s. marshal. >> when fitzgerald watched the video he realized it was a delaware state police officer. news4's shomari stone reached out on the state police and they say they're aware of this video. news4 -- they told news4 they're worried about trying to get around on "l" street. as we head into summer many of you are worried about safety. officers who were ready to serve overtime were told they couldn't do it. police don't want to comment on the budget matter and county council vice chair said this no overtime order has not come from his office. >> there's a large overtime budget already in the police and all of our public safety agencies. so at this point i don't see any reason for any concern with regard to public safety

overtime. >> public safety overtime in the county costs on average between $10 million to $15 million each year. many of you are wondering if you can count on the cops to be there when you need them. 5:48. developing today, 450 u.s. troops are now headed to iraq. the president ordered them to assist with the fight against isis and he said they'll only be used for training. however the plan is drawing criticism from both sides. >> it's a step in the right direction, but as the president admitted the other day he has no strategy to win. >> this is exactly how vietnam started and if you don't think you're putting them in harm's way, then you're not living in the real world. >> with this addition, there will be more than 3,500 non-combat troops in iraq. tennessee is now testing people for tuberculosis as doctors at nih treat a woman for

that disease. she may have come in contact with people in tenne illinois before being diagnosed. the tennessee health department believes fewer than ten people were expose. in south korea, ten people have died from a respiratory syndrome. you can see people here wearing those face masks and health workers spraying public areas with disinfectant. health officials confirmed 14 new cases of mers today, bringing the total infected to more than 120 so far. a retired montgomery county fire chief will take over the reins in hagerstown. the man retired last year from the county and he will take over as the new fire chief in washington county. luer was selected from a pool of candidates who applied through a nationwide search. dietrich will retire at the end of the month. d.c. officials want to make

sure that the local laws are protecting cyclists and pedestrians. the group will be meeting to see if the district's laws need changing or updating. you could have your say as well. that meeting is going to take place at the wilson building in northwest between 2:00 and 4:00 this afternoon. you're taking a live look now over the capitol where lawmakers are trading in the suits for cleats for the annual congressional baseball game for charity. the first pitch at nats park is at 7:05 tonight. every year, each party teams up to settle scores off the floor and on the field. could get intense. proceeds fund three d.c. area charities. the washington literacy center, boys and girls club and the nationals dream foundation. should be fierce competition out there. well weather and traffic on the 1s now. the calendar says june, but today going to feel a lot more like august. >> look at the current temperatures in a live look outside this morning. warm, but it will be sweltering

later on today. tom is here with how high the mercury will climb today. those poor mens of congress. >> there's the thing. doing activity later can be dangerous. >> yeah, the fastball we call that high heat. in fact, about 10 to 15 degrees above the average highs for this time of the year. the humidity will be climbing as well. right now though, humidity is pleasant this morning when you step out. really fairly nice. and then by later this afternoon it will start feeling sticky and then by friday, it will be oppressive. much more humid by the time we get into tomorrow afternoon. the air quality is going to be going from moderate where it is now into the code orange, unhealthy zone. if you have a heart or respiratory ailment stay inside. if you have to work outside for a length of time take frequent breaks and reduce your exposure and reduce your activities as

well with this high heat and humidity. got to respect the heat. right now, we're in the upper 60s, out of the mountains of western maryland and west virginia, few spots are down to 60 degrees. prince george's county upper 60s. mid 60s montgomery county. low to mid 60s much of the counties. and earlier this week, i visited the boroughs education campus and talked to the very bright and happy kindergartners. i want to thank charisse williams for the invite. as well as the teachers there in the back with me. i talked to their classes about all the different types of weather. it was a lot of fun. hour by hour through the day ahead, we'll be talking steamy humidity by later this afternoon. it will be rather sticky. might get an isolated thundershower mainly in the shenandoah valley. a small chance of that and the mountains as we get into the mid

90s by this afternoon. tomorrow, steamy humidity really builds tomorrow. sweltering, oppressive humidity. 30% chance of an isolated thundershower. a greater chance of an afternoon storm with steamy humidity on saturday. a high around 90. finally an end to the heat wave on sunday. it will be in the upper 80s with lower humidity and sunshine best day of the weekend for outdoor activities. partly sunny. highs in the mid 80s. then a chance of afternoon storms. and getting more humid again. now melissa has an update and that's coming up here right now. >> yeah, we have an update on that crash. old alexandria ferry road. that has reopened a minute ago. i wanted to update you on that. we tweeted it out as well. in fairfax, sending chopper 4 to this one. northbound chain bridge road is shut down at north street.

a car versus a motorcycle. also in darnestown, 28, we have a downed tree blocking some lanes. wide look at things overall, beltway looking pretty good. a little slow here typically. otherwise looking pretty good here. beltway at kenilworth no issues there. northbound and southbound on germantown road looking quite good. if we can only keep it this way all the time. back in ten minutes here. see you at 6:01. >> with thanks melissa. harrowing testimony in the trial of man accused of murdering his ex-wife's new husband. prosecutors say an argument over his children made defendant minh nguyen snap. madison same nguyen became enraged when he learned the children were alone with the new husband. madison called her husband to warn him nguyen was on the way, but it was too late. she saw nguyen shoot her husband

and nguyen's attorney didn't expect any malice or premeditation. prosecutors disagree. >> hard to argue no malice when you shoot your way in a house and shoot a man in cold blood. >> he may have had mental health problems. congress is debating a plan to give the national park service $2 billion for next year's operations. but right now lawmakers are not setting aside money to replace its fleet of helicopters. a recent news4 i-team investigation revealed that two u.s. park police helicopters are overdue for replacement. they have flown thousands of hours longer than recommended. they help to lead the motorcades even hunt down fugitives but park service officials say they're safe and still analyzing the need for replacement. the purple line is getting a nudge. maryland's transportation secretary is backing the project as long as the price tag is cut. pete rahn recommended the boss governor larry hogan approve the project. this according to "the washington post." but he wants the cost reduced by

about $300 million. the proposed purple line would connect the stations without having to go through d.c. governor hogan is expected to make a decision some time this month. kiss those ads good-bye. apple is making changes to protect your privacy but first the nba decides to just do it. inside the massive deal with nike. landon dowdy joins us from cnbc with more on that. hi landon. >> hi, angie. good morning. nike signs an 8-year deal with nike for the exclusive right to supply jerseys and warm-up gear to the league. they'll take over from the adidas, and the company controls more than 90% of the basketball shoe market. and has endorsement deals with stars like lebron james. and apple is paving the way for iphone users to be able to block online ads. a move to improve privacy. reports say the changes are planned for ios 9. the new software for the ipad

that will be rolled out later this year. users can block cookies and other content. back over to you. >> landon thanks so much. this morning we are learning about a second raccoon attack in fairfax county. a 75-year-old woman was attacked on the south run recreation center yesterday. she stopped to take a picture of the raccoon and that's when it charged her. she was treated at the hospital. that raccoon has not been caught. sunday animal control officers captured and killed a rabid raccoon. it bit a man on the leg. for safety tips and how to tell whether an animal might have rabies, head to the nbc washington app. you're looking live at the west falls metro station in fairfax. metro's decision to pull dozens of rail cars

"news4 today" starts now. >> right now, a manhunt for two convicted killers is growing. the flurry of activity this morning as police expand the search area. pleasant temperatures now. we're in the 60s to near 70, but prepare yourself for the hottest day of the year so far this afternoon. and we're watching crowds as

metro takes 100 rail cars out of service for safety inspections this morning. storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein with how hot it will get where you live today. >> yes, already the sun is climbing quickly now and a little bit of a haze in the air. but still not too humid. live view from the tower camera. temperatures are comfortable for now. so enjoy it while you can. we're in the upper 60s in prince george's county. much of fairfax county in the mid to upper 60s as is fauquier and near 70 inside the beltway in washington. afternoon highs near the pennsylvania border and pan handle of west virginia, shenandoah valley will be up