transactions safer. stay with us now. "news4 today" continues at 5:00 a.m. >> "news4 today" starts now. >> it is 5:00 a.m. i'm aaron gilchrist. >> i'm eun yang. we are staying on top of two big stories starting with our heat wave. at 5:00 a.m. temperatures range between the high 60s and mid 70s. 77 already in washington, you can feel it, it's humid and muggy out there. storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein with how far and how quickly those temperatures will climb today. but we begin with breaking news on the roads, an accident at suitland parkway and firth sterling. melissa mollet has more. >> good morning. right now, again, this breaking news here in the district. still a problem there. suitland parkway at firth sterling avenue. right now police are pushing you on to firth sterling there. you can take a right and get on to the freeway that way. i just talked to megan mcgrath.

she saying that's what they're allowing at this point this morning. 29, 95 b.w. parkway, into and out of town, don't have any major problems there. wide look at the beltway, also looking quite good right now. 270 at montrose road, rolling along nicely too. don't have any problems on 66. don't have any problems on 95 in maryland or in virginia. overall, prince george's county actually looking good right now. suitland parkway again at firth sterling, still partially shut down there. megan mcgrath is on the scene for us at this point this morning. she'll tell us more about this work around. megan? >> reporter: well, melissa, if you take a look behind me you can see the two vehicles, the two cars that are involved in this accident. and just a tremendous amount of damage done here. we have one person in critical condition. as you can see we have this entire intersection, suitland parkway and first sterling closed in southeast washington. at this point, the inbound of suitland parkway is what we're concerned about. they're allowing traffic to go

to firth sterling and then they force you to take a right-hand turn. you can go up on 295 and head downtown or go on to pennsylvania avenue from down there. you are not allowed over the douglas bridge. you have to take the right at firth sterling. also outbound traffic is being detoured at first sterling as well. you have to take the right and go through the neighborhood. go through berry farms to get around the accident scene. not sure how long this is going to be in place. we're starting to see traffic volume build at this point. we don't have a large delay at this point because it's still pretty early. but obviously if this continues to be the case for much longer we are going to see significant delays for people heading in from prince george's county on suitland parkway. you're going on the detoured at firth sterling. at the moment, douglas bridge is out of the mix in terms of river crossing. back to you guys in the studio. >> all right megan mcgrath, thank you. coming up on three minutes after the hour. we are looking at a heat wave for much of the region right

now. tom kierein is in the weather center. >> we have a heat advisory for the d.c. metro area including washington, alexandria and arlington for this afternoon. scorching sun, high humidity. there's a heat illness risk with extended exposure. you could be risking heat exhaustion or heat stroke. reduce outdoor activities. drink plenty of water or take frequent breaks. it will feel like near 100 degrees. and then on saturday the feels like temperature in mid 90s and then the low 90s for the heat index on sunday. oppressive humidity today. and we'll stay oppressive as well tomorrow. then sunday, humidity drops a little bit, but still rather sticky. temperatures right now when you head out the door, fairly comfortable. in the low to mid 70s in the metro area nearby suburbs, upper 70s in washington. mid 70s around the chesapeake bay. next weather and traffic on the 1s, your drive time forecast. things are back to normal

for your morning commute on the b.w. parkway. chopper 4 was over this traffic mess last night. u.s. park police tell us the delays were a result of a shooting on 450. someone shot two people, not sure how badly they were hurt. crews closed northbound lanes between route 50 and the beltway. 5:04 now. we expect to hear from the university of virginia student whose bloody arrest video got a lot of attention. marquise johnson will be back in court today and all charges will be dropped. the case was dropped yesterday after reviewing the state police investigation. alcoholic beverage control officers arrested him back in march outside a charlottesville pub. his lawyer accused them of excessive force. a 19-year-old from virginia overdosed on a party drug inside a d.c. music venue. victoria callahan went to a concert to celebrate her

birthday on wednesday. during the concert she collapsed. paramedics rushed her to medstar washington hospital but she died thursday morning. the coastal carolina university student was under the influence of molly. molly is a form of mdma which is the main ingredient in the drug ecstasy. in 2013, a uva student also died after taking molly at echostage. we are learning this morning that a d.c. teacher charged with sexual abuse will remain in jail. police say giovanni pena inappropriately touched an 11-year-old boy during the 2013-14 school year. pena taught at oyster-adams bilingual school northwest. pena waived his right to the preliminary hearing. that case may now head to the grand jury. i'm kristin wright at the live desk putting together information we're getting on malaysia airlines flight 148. it had to make an emergency landing today. it was flying from melbourne, australia to kuala lumpur but

had to turn around and go back to the airport in australia. a reporter there tweeted this picture. it shows the plane just sitting. it did land safely in melbourne. 300 passengers on board we're told. right now, malaysia airlines said it's inspecting the plane but has not found the problem just yet. eun? >> thank you, kristin. it's 5:06. a union representing federal workers claims a massive data breach is even worse than the obama administration will admit. the union says personal data and social security numbers for every federal worker. but the office of personnel management said that's not true. opm says a little more than 4 million active and former federal workers may have had their information compromised. we continue following a developing story out of upstate new york where the manhunt continues for two escaped prisoners. the latest on the search and the latest on the woman who was supposed to be the get away driver. and the co-pilot who intentionally downed a

germanwings flight. what we're learning

welcome back at 5:09. more dominos are falling in the world of professional soccer. the senate in paraguy has voted to repeal a law that gave immunity to the soccer confederation. it comes as a major scandal is

engulfing fifa. one of the fifa executives is from paraguy and lobbied in the 1990s to make soccer officials exempt from legal intervention. the co-pilot accused of crashing a german flight researched how to get ahold of deadly drugs and he visited 41 doctors in just five years. as the final victims of the crash are headed to the final resting places it's still not clear why andreas lubitz took down that flight. his family said he was spiraling to a mental disaster. some doctors told prosecutes they thought lubitz was too unstable to fly. today the criminal inquiry opened into whether germanwings or lufthansa are liable. coming up on 11 after 5:00 now. look at your weather and traffic on the 1s. get ready for a heat wave. >> tom kierein here now with details. what's going on out there? >> good morning. it's a pleasant morning now. just a little bit of a haze in the air. no travel problems weather wise

for morning, midday or afternoons on the roads. may be a few roads wet west of the metro area this afternoon. hazy sunshine, dry roads, temperatures upper 70s to near 80 for the morning commute. you need that a.c. on. especially this afternoon as we reach the mid 90s. and clouds build a bit. some roads may be wet from a few passing thundershowers by later this afternoon. next weather and traffic on the 1s coming up at 5:21. a look at when this stupid heat wave ends and now melissa has breaking news on the roads. >> breaking news on the roads. again we're talking about this problem inbound at suitland parkway and outbound i guess. inbound, a big problem here. megan mcgrath on the scene there at firth sterling. you can see as they pan over here, the two vehicles that were involved. we understand very serious injuries this morning. trying to get some more information on this. so inbound and outbound traffic on suitland parkway being pushed

on to first sterling that inbound traffic cannot access the douglas bridge because you're being stopped at firth sterling. megan will be on the scene updating us on what's happening here this morning. wide look at the beltway, don't have any major issues. and beltway at central is moving along nicely as is 66 and 95. back in ten minutes. >> thank you. a heads up for anybody taking metro this morning. >> why it could make you late for work today as well as several days ahead.

breaking news now in the investigation into the alleged tapping of the german chancellor's cell phone by the nsa. german prosecutors saying right now they don't have enough evidence to prove the u.s. was spying on angela merkel. they have closed their investigation. the alleged monitoring of the phone merkel used for government business strained relations between germany and the u.s. prosecutors in germany started

this investigation a year ago and it's now over. >> thanks kristin. grocery store delivery truck hit and killed a pedestrian in the district. this happened at the intersection of wisconsin avenue and calvert street yesterday evening. we're still working to find out how that peapod truck hit the woman. police shut down part of the road during their investigation. so far, no charges against the truck's driver. 5:16. investigators believe there's reason to believe that the two inmates who escaped last week are close by the prison and reports that the woman who may have helped the inmates was previously investigated for an improper relationship with one of them. sources familiar with the investigation says mitchell told authorities she thought one of them without in love with her. her son defended her. >> she's not the kind of person who's going to risk her life or

other people's lives to let these guys escape from prison. >> it appears mitchell was supposed to be behind the wheel of a get away car when the convicts escaped from the manhole. sources close to the investigation say she got cold feet and checked into the hospital with a panic attack. starting today you can no longer smoke e-cigarettes in montgomery county. a new law bans the use of e-cigarettes in any public places that bans regular smoking. it passed the county council last march. they say it can cause young people to use real cigarettes. and paid sick days are going to nearly 100,000 residents. it was voted yesterday in the favor and now it goes to the full council later this month. employers would have to give you up to seven full days of paid sick leave per year. in "news4 your health" your children are not drinking enough water and that could affect their performance in the

classroom. that's according to a new study from harvard. nearly a quarter of kids surveyed said they don't drink plain water at all. black kids were at a high risk for dehydration and boys drank less water than girls. the cdc is concerned about the rise of synthetic drug use. the number of calls to poison control centers about bad reactions to drugs like spice and k-2 were more or less steady in the first half of 2014. this year the calls are up 229%. 15 deaths have also been connected to the drugs. d.c. reported at least 12 hospitalizations linked to synthetic marijuana since last week. there's a push to allow police to shut down the stores that sell the synthetic drugs. there's a new study that shows sleeping pills cause you problems behind the wheels. it nearly doubles the risk of vehicle accidents among the

users. analyzing driving records the study finds that rest aroll increases the risk by 27%. desyrel sees a 91% jump. and ambien tops them all at 121%. >> they increase your risk because they impair your judgment and reaction time. not just a risk to them if they're out driving but also to each and every one of us on the road with people who are taking these medications. >> two years ago the fda recommended that women take lower doses of ambien because they metabolize the drug more slowly than men. all right. already 78 in the city, a heat index, humidity factored in there. >> as soon as you walk out the door, you're what it with a wall of haze. a live look outside, 76 already. storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein tracking the forecast for us. i don't think it's getting any

better, is it? >> no, you can see the summer haze hanging in the sky on this friday morning. a live view from the city camera. first pink glow of this day, now showing up on the eastern horizon. here in the storm team 4 weather center, i have been tracking this humidity that's been building overnight. and it is going to be oppressive by later this afternoon. right now, fairly pleasant as you head out the door. a few high clouds passing over. temperatures are near 70. shenandoah valley in the 60s out in the mountains of western maryland and west virginia. nearby suburbs, low 70s's. in the district, upper 70s. mid and upper 70s around the bay and southern maryland and northern neck. by 7:00 still upper 70s. and then by 11:00 into the mid 80s this morning. werea to this afternoon. a risk of heat stroke or heat

exhaustion. if you have to be outside reduce your activity. take frequent breaks and drink plenty of water. for the afternoon, high temperatures north and west of the metro area right around 90 degrees including shenandoah valley. closer to the metro area. we'll have the highest heat nearby suburbs. northern virginia, into the mid 90s. right around the bay, upper 80s to year 90 degrees. that's a possibility, a few isolated storms. shenandoah valley and the mountains by later this afternoon, but elsewhere we shouldn't have storms around. 70s in the morning. low 90s, in the afternoon. graetd -- greater chance of thunderstorms on saturday. a chance of afternoon storms on sunday. highs around 90. near 80 monday, tuesday, wednesday and thursday. a chance of afternoon storms monday, tuesday, again on thursday. next weather and traffic on the 1s, new model run just coming in. a look at the hour by hour storm timing for this afternoon. now melissa has problems on the

roads this morning. what's going on? >> still have this problem in southeast. take a live look here our camera on the scene. megan mcgrath is this right now. this is suitland parkway at firtd sterling -- firth sterling avenue. two vehicles involved and two tow trucks. hopefully this will be opened soon. inpound and out -- inbound and outbound traffic being pushed on to sterling. inbound traffic cannot get across the water and access the douglas bridge, unfortunately, at this point this morning. 66 and 95 rolling along quite nicely. same thing when you're taking a look at the beltway and the top of the beltway. 29 95 and b.w. parkway into and out off town. ba look at 270. a killer is on the run in texas. police are hoping surveillance video will help find the man who robbed a convenience store in a dallas suburb. the man shot and killed a mother of two young daughters just 6

months old and 2 years old. she worked as clerk inside the store. customers had been bringing flowers to the store in her memory. a cleveland judge says there is enough evidence to charge two white police officers in the shooting death of a 12-year-old african-american boy. however, a grand jury will make that final decision. police shot and killed tamir he was holding a pellet gun that the police said looked like the real thing. it sparked protests around the country. the grand jury continues the investigation. metro transit police arrested arrested the man caught on video brutally attacking another man. officers say 52-year-old william nelson is on cell phone video punching a man for several minutes. that fight happened around 1:00 a.m. on sunday. police spoke to both men when they got off the train at the time. neither wanted to press charges but police arrested nelson yesterday. metro could make you late

for work this morning. it's the cost you will pay for upgrades. power cables need new protective sleeves that would prevent equipment from creating smoke or catching fire. metro says you can expect longer wait times, single tracking during the day and possibly during rush hour. >> we need to convince them that these actions even though they're painful for periods of time, that the system is continually getting safer. >> the ntsb has been investigating since a woman died and dozens were sickened in a smoke incident in l'enfant plaza. maureen mcdonnell has filed the final brief in her appeals in the public corruption conviction. her lawyers insist the conviction only happened because the court used an overly broad definition of the bribery law. she and her husband were found guilty in taking gifts for

political favors. let's check in with kristin wright at the live desk. >> a country music singer has been killed in a gunfight with a bounty hunter trying to detain him. this is randy howard here performing in 2006. he was shot tuesday in tennessee. investigators say the bounty hunter showed up at howard's home to take him into custody for missing a court appearance related to dui and possession of drug aphernalia. howard opened fire. the bounty hunter fired back and howard was killed. he performed alongside willie nelson at times in his career. eun? >> thank you kristin. getting around the national mall is about to get a lot easier. starting sunday the d.c. circulator system will add a new route and that will take riders from union station to any one of 15 stops around the mall. you can get off the bus, just steps away from sites including the capitol the smithsonian

museum and the lincoln memorial. the basic fare on the buses just a dollar. good way to get around the city. just in to the live desk, we're keeping an eye on the situation in louisiana. where the release for the last of the angola three is set to expire. kristin wright has the details on that and will bring us the latest. the final moments of a north west family's life as more documents are unsealed in the mansion murder case. the gruesome evidence that police collected from the scene. looking live outside as the sun starts to come up. we're expecting another hot day and some places could see some storms. tom's taking a look at your hour by hour storm timing and will have that in the next weather and traffic on the 1s.

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"news4 today" begins with breaking news. >> breaking news in southeast washington, this is the live picture, megan mcgrath is there on the scene. this is suitland parkway inbound and outbound at firth sterling. at we are shut down right now because of this very serious crash. you can see involving two vehicles. we do have tow trucks on the scene, so going to talk to megan here in a second. inbound and outbound being pushed on to firth sterling and

that inbound traffic cannot access the douglas bridge right now because of this crash. prince george's county overall actually looking quite good this morning. no major problems. same thing when you look at 270. northbound and southbound. that earlier construction has cleared. 66 at nutley street east and west rolling along nicely. again megan mcgrath live on the scene for us this morning. megan this is a pretty serious accident there. >> reporter: yeah. very serious accident. if you take a look behind me you can see the damage done to the two cars here. there's been a couple of developments since we last spoke to you. first of all, you can see the tow trucks are here on the scene. they're beginning the work of taking the two cars and loading them up on the tow trucks and opening up the roadway here. they're not -- they're just starting that process right now. so we still have the closure but hopefully it won't be too much longer because obviously this is going to be a major, major choke point for traffic this morning. we have got suitland parkway

inbound closed at firth sterling. the other developments since we last talked to you moments ago really they opened an outbound lane on suitland parkway so.d you can now -- so you can now go outbound. that just happened here. if you're heading into town, however, they'll force you to take the right on to firth sterling. you can go up on to the freeway and head downtown or to pennsylvania avenue from there. if you want to take the douglas bridge, you can't go through the normal route through the intersection here. you have to go down on to howard avenue and make your way around to get on to douglas bridge. we're starting to see traffic begin to build through the area. hopefully, it won't be too much longer though. the tow trucks are on the scene. we'll be keeping a very close eye on it as we head into the rush hour. back to you all in the studio. >> thank you megan. good morning to you and welcome to news4. it is friday. we made it to friday. june 12, 2015. >> 5:31. and tom kierein is tracking the

heat wave we have to deal with over the next few days. >> i want just looks hot. we have some pink brush stroke clouds on the eastern horizon. sunshine in about ten minutes and temperatures right now are mild and rather muggy. we're in the low to mid 70s. right in washington, mid to upper 70s. in the mid to upper 70s around the bay. cooler in the shenandoah valley is and the mountains. it's in the 60s in many locations. we don't have any rain in the vicinity, but later on today we can get showers or thundershowers. here is new model timing on that. as of noontime, nothing is popping up but around 2:00, thunderstorms in shenandoah valley tracking farther to the east and coming into our western suburbs and east of the blue ridge by 4:00 or 5:00. by 6:00 they drift farther south near fredericksburg. and anything developing this afternoon will begin to break up

overnight tonight. next weather and traffic on the 1s, coming up at 5:41. your bus stop forecast, what to wear on this steamy friday. back to you. >> thank you. it's 5:33. new details about evidence collected from the d.c. mansion murder scene. a search warrant reveals that police found a bloody bat inside that home on wood lawn drive in northwest. the bat was discovered in a bedroom where a victim was found needing cpr. the warrant says that savvas savopoulos was found with trauma to his back of his head and amy savopoulos had lacerations to her throat and head. and police also collected matches and a garage door opener from the home. >> sometimes we can get what we call touch dna. whenever you and i touch something, we can leave a minute sample of our dna. that could be anywhere from a pizza box to a victim's neck. >> right now, daron wint is the only person charged with the murders of the savopoulos family

and their housekeeper. just in new developments in a case from the 1970s. the order delaying the release for the last of the angola three prisoners is set to expire today. a federal judge ruled that albert woodsox must be released immediately. but an appeal court stayed that release while deciding whether to accept the state's appeal. that stay expires today. he spent decades in solitary confinement after the killing of louisiana state penitentiary guard brent miller in 1972. louisiana's attorney general wants a third trial for woodsox calling him the most dangerous person on the planet. eun? >> kristin wright, thank you. 5:35 right now. defense attorneys for the six baltimore police officers charged in freddie gray's death want to know why the state is coming after their client. the attorneys asked for clarification of the second degree depraved heart murder and manslaughter charges. state's attorney marilyn mosby

filed new court documents but did not provide any new information on how her office settled on those charges. mosby's office has tried to keep that information out of the public even seeking a gag order in the case. a judge denied that request. freddie gray died in april after suffering a severe spinal cord injury in police custody. a rhode island man due in federal court in connection with a foiled terror plot in boston. the fbi arrested nicholas ravinsky last night. it led members of a terrorism task force to shoot and kill usaama rahim last week. the fbi says rahim and another man planned to behead police officers. a virginia teen headed to prison, another is being charged in a newly revealed terror plot. 17-year-old ali shukri amin pleaded guilty to providing material support to isis. prosecutors say amin helped his schoolmate reza niknejad travel to syria.

the two used code words like syracuse to mean syria. amin's lawyer says that he was a bright kid who made a bad choice. >> he takes adult responsibility for what he did, but we can't lose sight of the fact that he's a child. >> amin was an honors student. a live look at the capitol this morning where later today lawmakers are expected to vote on the president's pacific trade bill. the transpacific partnership would help smooth out the trading process with the u.s. and south america. many republicans are backing the bill, while democrats said it would outsource jobs. slapped with a lawsuit worth hundreds of thousands of dollars. why two d.c. police officers are being sued because of where their kid goes to school. and cheers for better or worse. the local college that will now sell beer at certain sporting events. look at the temperatures this morning. today is the last day of school for a lot of kids in the area. how warm will it be? look at these temps, mid 70s in

lots of spots. up tom kierein has your weather

two d.c. police officers could have the district more than $200,000 for enrollment fraud.

lieutenant alan hill and sergeant candace hill claim that they lived in the district and sent their children to d.c. public schools between 2003 and 2013. over that ten-year period the hills actually lived in maryland and virginia. district law says non-residents have to pay for each student attending a d.c. public school. attorney general karl racine filed charges and asked for $234,000 in unpaid tuition plus penalties. we now know why a delaware state trooper was parked in a bike lane in the district. he was protecting the governor of delaware. the suv was caught blocking that lane on "l" street northwest tuesday morning. the cyclist was calling to report it when he faced an awkward confrontation. >> there's a vehicle blocking the traffic right here -- >> hey, pay attention. >> the delaware governor's office says the trooper was

waiting for the governor to exit an event. delaware state police are investigating if any policies were violated. it's 5:41. time for weather and traffic on the 1s. get ready for some steamy weather. >> storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein has everything you want to know. >> you want to wear your loose-fitting lightweight clothing. you might need an umbrella if you live west of the metro area. but for the day, sunglasses and sun block. we'll have the hazy sunshine throughout the day. temperatures by 7:00 or 8:00, mild and muggy. near 80 between 8:00 and 9:00. some hazy sunshine. temperatures right now, they're fairly comfortable. we're in the 70s. metro area nearby suburbs in maryland and virginia and around the bay. shenandoah valley, mountains in the 60s right now. next weather and traffic on the 1s coming up at 5:51. a look at the storm chances for the weekend. breaking news on the roads. >> breaking news in southeast washington, still have this

partial closure here at suitland parkway and firth sterling. this is a live picture, megan mcgrath on the scene. two-car crash. tow trucks are trying to clean this up. right now outbound suitland parkway is open. you cannot get across the douglas bridge if you're coming inbound this morning. so a warning there. as far as travel times looking quite good. 270 top of the beltway, 95 to 270, no problems. 95 north looking quite good, no major issues. remember to listen to our friends on wtop for the latest when you hop in your car. >> thanks, melissa. the so-called free range parents are back in the headlines today. why their style of parenting has maryland leaders clarifying their stance on something. and a little girl will never forget the day she met the queen of england. not because of her royal highness, or not because of her majesty i s

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today." >> maryland officials may be taking sides of the maryland couple under fire for letting their children walk home alone. this is all related to free range parenting. molette green is in silver spring now. telling us about the new policy changes. molette? >> reporter: eun, good morning. yeah, the family at the center of what has become a national debate lives just a couple of blocks down that way from this silver spring park. today, we expect to get clarification, a clear cut position from child protective services about so-called free range parenting. basically allowing your children to walk or play alone. essentially saying it is not considered neglect. it is a parenting choice. now they're saying this is not a new position. this is offering additional clarification. take a look at this statement now from the maryland department of human resources. we see our role as responding when a child is harmed or at risk of significant harm.

now, when all of this blew up i had a chance to sit down with the meitiv family. the mom and the 10-year-old son. they strongly believe that children are at more risk, greater risk, by just riding in a car than walking home alone from a playground like this. we're live this morning in silver spring. back to you. >> i thinkthanks, molette. and an alexandria man is charged with setting fire to his infant son's crib. they failed to report five fires at the fox chase complex. one of the fires involved the intentional ignition of a baby's crib mattress while the infant was asleep. tikrit told the investigators he believed that ghosts started the fires and that his apartment is haunted. burglaries along one of the busiest streets in d.c. are on the rise right now. it's called 16th street heights in northwest. and in the most recent incidents, thieves ransacked a

house on 16th near upsher. and the thieves are well prepared. >> they come in through an unlocked garage or window, and they made an effort. they brought tools. >> police department statistics indicate there was a 30% decrease in burglaries mass month. neighbors on 16th street are looking to the city officials for help. 5:48. some maryland council members are looking to get rid of english as the county's official language. at the end of the next council meeting, m.c. keegan ayer and jessica fitzwater will introduce a bill to repeal the current law. in 2012 the board made thing litsch -- made english the county's official language. 12% of those living in frederick county don't speak english. today, d.c. police will reach out to young black men in the community. the building bridges to peace forum will begin today. the point of tonight's meeting is for officers and young men to talk about the recent police

involved deaths involving black men. buying or selling something on craigslist in rockville is about to get safer. rockville police are offering a safe haven for transactions. you can meet a buyer or a seller in the rockville city police station on montgomery avenue. police are offering tips to make transactions safer. new details on the mers outbreak in south korea. an 11th person has died from this viral outbreak. more than 120 people have contracted the respiratory syndrome since last month. while the outbreak is contained to hospitals, thousands of schools decided to stay closed today. workers all around the capitol city disinfected every surface to prevent any further spreading. another outbreak is unlikely. you may not need a visa to travel to brazil. u.s. olympic athletes and their relatives will be exempt of the visa during the olympics.

it might be extended to all americans. right now american citizens must obtain brazilian visas to visit the country as tourist or for business. and in decision 2016 hillary clinton is gearing up for a speech tomorrow that she hopes will reintroduce her to voters that will be no small task. clinton is one of the world's best known figures. she plans to tell the story of her mother's childhood struggles. it is the first major speech of her campaign. she'll be speaking from new york city's roosevelt island. meeting the queen of england is a big deal. especially if you're 6 years old. little maisie here is carrying on a british military tradition by wearing the welsh national costume. isn't she cute? giving the queen a bouquet of flowers. take a look. right there. the soldier next to the queen gave a crisp salute and knocked the bonnet off the head. the majesty didn't notice.

she had to go on and do her job. the soldier also unflappable, but apparently later he did apologize to little maisie. a cute kurtsy there. >> he realized it right there. but what are you going to do? >> you have to remain saluting until the queen has left the premises. >> yeah. >> i'm sure he'll do something nice for maisie at some point. >> what a great memory she'll have. >> or something like that. 5:51. tom kierein is here. already 76 outside our studios. >> and our frail bodies aren't used to this kind of heat. early in the season it takes a while to really sort of acclimate to this kind of heat and humidity. so we do have a heat advisory that's been issued for the d.c. metro area for later today between noon and 8:00 p.m. scorching sunshine high humidity. giving us a heat illness risk. there's a threat of heat stroke and heat exhaustion. if you overexercise or overexpose yourself outside. reduce your outdoor activity.

take frequent breaks when you're outside. temperatures are near 70. mid and upper 70s in the beltway. and in the 60s to near 70 shenandoah valley. cool 60s out of the mountains. you'll notice it's more uncomfortable as the day progresses. there's the predawn glow now. look at our temperatures by 7:00. upper 70s most of the region. by 80 by 9:00. then the mid 80s with some hazy sunshine. a few high clouds coming through. high temperatures north and west of the metro area, near 90. maybe an afternoon storm in the mountains and in the shenandoah valley. northern virginia and nearby suburbs in washington, should be in the mid 90s. low to mid 90s in southern maryland northern neck and eastern shore. right on the bay cities there will be benefitting from a breeze off the bay. upper 80s to around 90 there, but steamy humidity nonetheless. for the weekend our storm chances on saturday a 50% chance. sunday about a 40% chance of

some afternoon storms both days. so watch out when you're out and about over the weekend. you have may hear thunder. get inside. highs near 90 both saturday and sunday. then on monday, a break from the high heat. highs in the 80s. but still rather humid, but not quite as humid as today, tomorrow and sunday. then back near 90 on tuesday. maybe an afternoon storm both monday and tuesday. a little bit of a break on wednesday. could get a few more storms on thursday. what i'm working for 6:01, updated feels like forecast. melissa has breaking news on the roads. >> we're talking about this problem in southeast washington. suitland parkway at firth sterling avenue is where this crash is right now. you can see we have one vehicle on the tow here and the other one right behind me here. so it seems like once they can get things cleaned as far as debris off the roadway, this should be reopening. right now at this moment in time outbound suitland parkway is open.

in inbound traffic being pushed on to firth sterling. wide look overall, nice and green here. inner and outer loop all major routes pretty clear. we'll keep our fingers crossed that continues for us hire on this friday. 66 west of ox road, 66 looking pretty good. no cars, very good. no problems right? looking at 95 95 northbound here in virginia not bad at all. right now as you're crossing the bridge here going about 31 miles per hour. otherwise looking pretty good. chopper 4 got over the beltway at kenilworth avenue pretty light volume in general. 270 looking good. thank you. 5:54. police in virginia are trying to find the man who smashed up a woman's suv while she was inside. that woman was at a stop light in reston when a man approached her car. this is 9:30 at night. all of a sudden, that man started to yell and smashed her windshield. the woman asked we not show her face. >> he started screaming and started smashing my windshield as hard as he could. and glass started coming in.

>> now that woman tried to drive off and call 911, but the man continued to destroy her car. she was not hurt. before the attack, police got a call about a naked man crawling in the area. they're not sure if it's connected to the attack. thousands are disappointed over the naming of a local middle school. 7,000 people signed a petition to name a loudoun county school after a young boy who died fighting cancer and helped raise money for the disease, but instead the school north of dulles airport will be named after a local politician named john f. ryan who died in the 1930s. the supporters say they'll try to get a future school named after him. the university of maryland hopes selling beer and wine at athletic events will prevent dangerous behavior. they want the board of license commissioners to lift the ban for one year trial run. the university president the student government and umd

police all backing the request. they say it could actually reduce binge drinking before games. >> alcohol sold in the stadium, students will be less likely to overdrink because of the fact they'll be able to drink in the stadiums rather than ahead of time in a short period of time and then going in. >> the university claims it could bring in about $500,000 in revenue to help fund student services if that ban is lifted. the limit that it puts on your post, but first is it a buyers or sellers market? landon dowdy has your business headlines. >> good morning to you. the mortgage is topping 4.6%. and banks typically link it to yields on the treasury bonds. that comes as positive economic data is convincing traders that the fed may hike the rates.

and nothing is more sacred than brevity on twitter. it's getting rid of the 140-character limit for private messages next month. public messages must be short and sweet. they're constantly making improvements amid competition from facebook and snapchat. >> all right, i'll private message you on twitter. see ya. new this morning, barry manilow is headlining the annual independence day celebration. he's planning a special patriotic medley that he first performed for the reopening of the statue of liberty about 30 years ago. we'll keep you posted as more of the performers are announced. we have breaking news that's impacting your morning commute. a live look at suitland parkway right now in southeast washington. police still on the scene and you can see the car involved there on the

"news4 today" starts now. >> heat advisory for the metro area noon to 8:00 p.m. as temperatures soar to near record levels. and closing in on a pair of escaped prisoners. the focus of this manhunt at

this hour as new information reveals the men may not have made it far. plus, a deadly crash in the district. live pictures here right now. what is shut down and how to get around this problem in southeast. let's begin with the heat wave. the heat advisory was issued for the d.c. area. as we brace for conditions outside that will feel like 100 degrees. yikes. the national weather service is asking you to avoid any activity activities outside but if you must they want you to take extra precautions and watch for heat stroke. the heat advisory will remain in effect until tonight. tom kierein has more. >> this is the first heat advisory we have had of the hot season so far. during the afternoon with vigorous activity, you could be flirting with heat stroke and heat exhaustion.