e can expect throughout the day. >> seek shelter from the swelter. stay in the a.c. as much as you k. we had a cluster of thunderstorms over in eastern delaware. north of martinsburg that's going to be tracking right across 81 and then along interstate 70 perhaps to near frederick. just some downpours a little bit of lightning. farther to the south and west of there another thunderstorm, a lot of lightning. that's coming into the panhandle of west virginia. may make it over north of winchester over the next hour. and then it really quickly diminishes and by the time it crosses into loudoun county a lingering shower in another hour and a half. temperatures are mild and muggy around our region. we have storm team 4 radar showing things are dry in the metro area. in the 70s right now to near 80 in washington. upper 70s ar over the next six hours, by 7:00 a.m., upper 70s.

by 9:00 a.m., low 80s. and partly sunny and very humid. coming up next weather and traffic on the 1s, your bus stand what to wear forecast at 5:11. melissa, what's going on on the roads? >> a brand new crash, this one is in herndon. what the report is frying pan road southbound blocked there at sully road. so again, going to have an update on this one in a second. wide look at the beltway, no major problems as you look at things. earlier road work most clearing up and out of the way. prince george's county overall actually looking quite good. don't have any major issues either. as we slide over to the west looking at 66 and 95. everything rolling along nicely there. 270 northbound and south, no major issues. aaron? >> melissa, thank you. 5:01. d.c. leaders are making an announcement today about how they plan to deal with drugs. news4's megan mcgrath live at headquarters with what we can expect from the mayor this morning.

>> reporter: well, aaron, it is being billed as a significant shift in policy in the district of columbia. the mayor and chief of police are announcing a new strategy that will target drug suppliers. instead of low level users. now, the police will be allowed to crack down on the sale of synthetic drugs. earlier this month there was a mass overdose situation that at least 11 people got sick taking bizarre-o. d.c. had seen a sharp increase in overdoses and many cases go unreported. the health department is working with hospitals to improve the reporting of patients who come in because of synthetic drug use. we're expecting to learn more about how that is going to work out later on during this announcement as well. the mayor the chief of police will be out at 11:00 this morning providing detail on this new enforcement strategy and we

of course will continue to follow that and bring you those details as soon as they become available. >> megan mcgrath, thank you. 5:03 now and parents in prince george's county are demanding answers about why a train ride flipped over with 21 people on board. most of them were children. we're told no one was seriously hurt. this happened at cosca regional park in clinton. the ride overturned going down a hill. one family showed up after the ride was shut down. >> because we got delayed, a few things at home. so i guess it was a promising delay for us to have occurred. but it could have been us. that's what we kept saying, that could have been us on the train. >> a heavy duty tow truck was called in to upright the tram. it's not clear if the ride is open today. this morning investigators are trying to figure out how a man died after firefighters pulled him from a motel pool. this happened last night at the day's inn at camp springs. the medics did cpr on the man all the way to the hospital and he did not survive though. firefighters say it's odd to get

a possible drowning call and find the victim still in the water when crews arrive. investigators are also trying to figure out how a woman died in a private lake in fairfax county. a kayaker spotted her body floating yesterday morning. police are calling this a death investigation. we're working to find out how a person went over an embankment on the g.w. parkway, take a look at the pictures from the rescue. arlington firefighters were able to get to the person using the metropolitan washington airport authority's fire rescue boat. u.s. park police said the helicopter was also called in. you can see that diver suited up to be hoisted up by the helicopter. after the rescue, paramedics checked the victim out at the shore. no word on how the person went over the embankment. a maryland man is in court to face charges. this happened on the green line

more than a week ago. 52-year-old william nelson is charged with felony assault. being held without bond. we are told some 70 teachers and staff members at ballou high school will hold a protest today. they're planning a sit-in at the school cafeteria. the teachers union is upset that more than 50 teachers and staff were laid off. the school is being restructured for the second time in five years and school leaders say they'll add another career academy. a live report on details later this hour. take a look, the capitol is still shrouded in all the scaffolding. tonight, we expect an update on how long it will last. the architect of the capitol, stephen ayers will speak at the annual meeting. he will share more about plans to restore the ulysses grant memorial at the base of the capitol's west lawn. that conversation is at 7:00 p.m. at the national community church. and take a live look outside this morning where we could see some showers today. hopefully cooling things off for us.

today is the last day of school for you in montgomery county, but will the students need an umbrella at the bus stop? tom has that at 5:11. and shoot-out at the dallas headquarters. and the search continues for two convicted killers who escaped from the upstate new york prison. what we're learnin

welcome back. in dallas today, the medical examiner is performing an autopsy on the man who tried to bomb dallas police headquarters. 14 officers are on leave now. police believe that james boulware planted pipe bombs at the headquarters, then started firing an automatic gun at officers on saturday. police sniper kill him. boulware's father said his son lost custody of his child two months ago and went into an emotional spiral and blamed police. 5:09 now. in a few days, the body of the first u.s. citizen killed while fighting isis will be laid to rest. keith broomsfield will be buried wednesday at a private ceremony following a morning funeral in massachusetts. he died on june 3rd in syria while fighting with kurdish forces. his family says he wanted to defend persecuted christians. broomfield had no military train. your weather and traffic on the 1s begins with muggy

weather. >> oh it is too. very steamy high humidity. storm team 4 radar showed a cluster of thunderstorms passing well north of us here. another band of showers that's moving into frederick county shortly. and another one a little cluster of showers, lightning now. that's pulling out of the panhandle of west virginia, about to move near winchester south of martinsburg. storm team 4 radar locally we don't have any storms around, no rain. yet. but later this afternoon we'll likely get some. but for the bus stop this morning mild and muggy, in the mid 70s. between 8:00 and 9:00 up to 80 and a partly sunny sky. so dress accordingly, do with short sleeves today. and you may need an umbrella during the afternoon. if you're heading back home with some showers coming through and sunglasses, sun block as well. as we'll have that steamy sunshine with us through much of the day. then as we look at the next 12 hours or so after that, we'll look at how things are going to

be changing with your hour by hour storm forecast timing that's coming up at 5:21. now melissa has an update on our traffic. >> update on this crash in herndon. now the police are saying that nothing is blocked here, frying pan road at sully road, tow truck on the way. that should be out of the way. it's starting to sound like a broken record, but another republican is expected to announce his candidacy and we're learning why jeb bush's camp thinks that he will be the one to beat for the nomination. a warning in "news4 your health" when it comes to your children and marijuana. the new way of using the drug

welcome btory in upstate new york now. schools in the town where two murderers escaped will be open

today. the schools will reopen. the man are believed to still be in the area since prison worker joyce mitchell didn't show up to be their get away driver. it's been a stressful week in that area. >> how do you sleep at night? >> very very slightly. it's tiff. my wife and i take shifts. >> officials are searching by ground and air for the men. they're using infrared cameras during the night and spotters during the day. hundreds of officers are also scouring the woods behind that town hoping to catch one the escapees. the district attorney says joyce mitchell worked for weeks to helping the man plan their escape. the 51-year-old will be in court today. the d.a. says she not only snuck tools into the prison for the escape, she also planned to gone on the run with the men. the married prison worker was apparently involved with one of

the murderers. she did not show up to be the get away driver because she didn't want to hurt her husband. she has pleaded not guilty. we are waiting for montgomery county firefighters to identify a man found in the potomac river. recovery crews pulled the man's body from the river off of claire barton parkway yesterday. they say the man is not the missing swimmer who disappeared earlier this month. this morning a 27-year-old man is charged with the murder of an ice cream truck driver. police arrested larnell lyles at a home in walkersville, maryland. he is charged in the shooting death of 22-year-old brandon brown. the shooting happened saturday afternoon on vermont court in frederick, maryland. police say children were in the area at the time. family and friends held a memorial for brown yesterday. i'm meagan fitzgerald at the live desk. a developing story in libya. conflicting reports on whether a militant leader was killed in an

air strike over the weekend. the pentagon confirmed that fighter bombers launched an air strike against belmokhtar yesterday. the libya interim government said he was one of four killed in the attack, but the islamist said he have not killed. belmokhtar is responsible for a series of attacks in algeria in 2013 that killed at least 38 people including three americans. aaron? >> thank you. 5:17, and right now, a dozen people are it ofout of their homes after a gas pipeline ruptured in texas. the fire is out, the gas has been rerouted. fortunately, nobody was hurt in this incident. seven homes were evacuated though. crews will inspect them later this morning to make sure it's safe to return. it is now 5:18. today a montgomery county

council committee will look at a bill that bans some pesticides. there are still some question about whether the county can legally create that ban. the council is looking at how other areas are curbing pesticide use. a lot of people attended public hearings on the ban. some state and federal rules already in place are strict enough some say. advocates who have marched 283 miles to save rural hospitals will rally in washington. the national rural health association says its team has walked one mile for each hospital that could close this year unless congress takes action. they say 700,000 rural patients are at risk for losing access to timely care. they also say these small local economies risk lost jobs and wages. in "news4 your health" for your morning the number of teens hurting themselves and needing emergency room care is going up.

minnesota's children's hospital tracked e.r. records from 2009 to 2012. most teens went to the e.r. after being cut or for piercings that went wrong. gunshot wounds among teens are down apparently. teenage boys without health insurance were most likely to die from an injury. white teens are more likely to have self-inflicted injuries than black teens. a new method of using marijuana has some doctors concerned. it's called dabbing. it involves inhaling vapors from heated butane hash. health experts say this can lead to fires explosions and severe burns. doctors are term health effects. if you play the lottery in virginia you may be waking up a big winner. two tickets from friday's drawing hit the jackpot. a $5 million ticket was sold at the sheetz in warrenton. a million dollar ticket was bought at kroger. in salem go to nbcwashington.com to see if you have the lucky winning numbers. >> every time you hear a story

like that, you think, why didn't i play? >> i know. >> even for $1 million. that's a lot more than i have right now. >> yeah, it is. you and me both. 5:20 we are losing in the weather department today too. >> tom kierein talking about a sticky day. >> it is really humid this morning. you can see the humidity hanging in the air. that was a live view from the city camera. starting off this morning don't have any rain in the vicinity. however, just north and west of the metro area we have a cluster of some showers with thunder and lightning. that's passed east of hagerstown. the heaviest rain is south of interstate 70 in eastern washington county. that going to be moving right toward frederick maybe in another half an hour or so with a little bit of lightning. these pockets of yellow right near martinsburg, down 81 toward

winchester is when the next one will be rolling out of hampshire county, west virginia. and then after that, they dissipatepy the time they get closer to the metro area. we don't have in iany rain showers. here is the timing, between now and 10:00, they'll be dissipating. then around 2:00, another area of thundershowers will develop.n track just due east and past just south of the moatetro area in the afternoon. could get thundershowers in prince william and fauquier. and then that moves into anne arundel and then by late evening, everything settles down. still steamy overnight. temperatures right now are hovering in the 70s. 79 now at reagan national. and highs today reaching the low

90s. and we'll get those thundershowers rolling on through. still humid tomorrow and a chance of storms in the afternoon tomorrow as we get into the low to mid 90s. a chance that some of the storms could be severe with damaging winds and hail. then on wednesday, a nice break. lower humidity cooler temperatures, in the low 80s. then it begins to get more humid on thursday. the highs in the 80s each day all the way through the weekend except sunday, maybe reaching the low 90s. chance of afternoon storms on thursday friday and saturday. next weather and traffic on the 1s coming up at 5:31. neighborhood highs today. now a look at our roads on this monday with melissa. >> a crash update, in herndon. frying pan road at sully road, a tow truckming to the scene here. so that should be out of the way here in just a little bit. 66 into town, out of town everything looking quite good. remember to listen to our friends from wtop when you hop in your car. and beltway at central avenue, inner and outer loop, rolling along just fine this morning. taking a look at the top of the

beltway, nice and green. moving along nicely. 29, 95 and b.w. parkway into and out of town don't have any issues there. back in ten minutes. see you at 5:31. all right, thank you. 5:23 right now and jeb bush will arguably become the republican candidate to beat when he officially enters the race today. as with all things 2016 it's not that simple. nbc's edward lawrence with a preview of tonight's announcement. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, aaron. as they say the game is on. right now, former governor -- florida governor jeb bush is preparing for his announcement. he is expected to stress his executive leadership as governor and talk about creating some 19 million jobs that he has a plan for across the nation. now bush will make the announcement at miami-dade college to show he has appeal across the cultural lines. he will stress his ability to create jobs and tell voters he can do that everywhere in the u.s. bush is expected to stress a stronger america in the world.

his talking points even say enemies no longer fear us, and friends no longer trust us. bush released a prelaunch ad on sunday in preparation for today's event. now also over the weekend on the democratic side, the front-runner hillary clinton reintroduced herself to voters in iowa. she did finish third in that state in 2008. but she told the voters there she can put them back to work. still today is going to be jeb bush's day. he announces in just a few hours he will run for president. reporting live on capitol hill, edward lawrence. now back to you. >> thank you. 5:25. ohio police say a 16-year-old boy shot and killed four people. these killings happened in columbus, ohio, yesterday. police say the boy shot the people inside their home, but they don't know why. a fifth person was hurt but should be okay. the 16-year-old faces murder and kidnapping charges. today a judge will order a prison sentence for a friend of the boston marathon bombers. the man was tamerlan tsarnaev's

friend. he was found guilty of misleading the fbi because he deleted computer files after the attack. he said he didn't know the brothers, and the judge is expected to sentence him to 2 1/2 years in prison. people in houston are keeping an eye on the gulf of mexico. the area is already saturated from recent rains and some leaders say they could receive more rain than they saw on memorial day. emergency managers say it will be a challenge for community leaders, and for businesses to decide whether to tell employees to stay home or go to work. vice president joe biden and his wife jill biden joined former representative gabrielle giffords as the navy christened a ship in her honor. they named the ship for her because of her courage after he is survived a shooting in 2011 in tucson, arizona. the ceremony took place in mobile, alabama, this weekend. the 418-foot ship is designed to

operate in shallow waters near the coast. a day at the beach turns terrifying after not one, but two separate shark attacks in north carolina. what we're learning about the victims' conditions. you have seen the video, an all-out brawl at a walmart. now we're learning that one of the women involved is facing charges. but wait until you hear why. and the sun is starting to come up. we're in for another scorcher out there. 75 degrees outside of our studios and humid already. will it get hot where you live? tom is bringing the forecast to us at 5:31.

looking at the stories making headlines, parents in prince george's county are demanding answers about why a tram ride flipped over with 21 people on board. this happened at cosca regional park in clinton. most people on board were children. we're told that no one was seriously hurt. the search continues for two escaped prisoners in upstate new

york. it's been more than a week since they broke out of the prison. today, a woman accused of helping the pair will appear in court. and look at the storm team 4 radar the showers moving in from the west. humid and hot weather again. good morning to you. i'm eun yang. >> good morning i'm aaron gilchrisws4 today." 5:30 is your time right now. we want to get right to the steamy forecast and tom kierein. >> yeah you will feel it when you step out the door. the steamy humidity still with us, and we had flashes of lightning with downpours here, well north and west of the metro area. there's one line here with the heaviest downpours the areas in orange. just to the east of martinsburg. now coming into jefferson county in west virginia. and then that line breaks up a bit. and it's right along south mountain and right near catoctin mountain, with brief downpours and flashes of lightning. to the south and west of there, a weaker area of som that's really beginning to diminish. it will come into martinsburg in the next few minutes.

metro no storms or rain around. it is still really warm and humid though. we're in the mid and upper 70s. reagan national is at 79. afternoon highs today will be into the low 90s in the metro area. 80s farther north and west. highest temperatures should be south of the metro area. fredericksburg, culpepper and warrenton into the 90s this afternoon. steamy humidity through the day with a chance of afternoon storms. look at your drive time forecast, next weather and traffic on the 1s. 5:41. you have a problem on i-95. >> problem on 95. also a problem with a lot of hair days for folks around this morning. bad hair day this morning. 95 northbound here at lorton road, tom, has some police activity reported in the express lanes. so could be slowed down here in the next couple of minutes. looking at prince george's county overall no major problems in prince george's county. looking good. maryland 95 at 198, rolling along nicely.

270 your slowest spot is through the urbana area. 36 miles per hour. outer loop at connecticut avenue, a of the way soon. this should be cleared soon frying pan road at sully. back with travel times in ten minutes. 5:32. a deadly stabbing at the greenbrier shopping center in fredericksburg. we know the names of the two victims. police say 30-year-old matt hughes of hampton, virginia, and 29-year-old anthony carter of albany, georgia, died at the hospital. this happened during a fight in the parking lot around 2:00 a.m. sunday morning. the attacker is still on the loose. a third victim remains in the hospital but is expected to survive. this morning police in montgomery county are mourning the loss of the first-ever female police chief. retired chief carol mehrling died after battling alzheimer's. her colleagues say she was ahead of her time a trail blazer for women in law enforcement. the silver spring native joined the force in the early 1970s.

she worked her way up through the ranks and became chief in 1995. a police department in kentucky released video of the man attacking an officer. that officer shot and killed the man. take a look here, you can see a man charging at a louisville police officer with a flag. this is on saturday. police say the officer who shot the man was defending himself. demonstrators in louisville say the officer should have first tried a nonlethal way of stopping that man. in the day ahead, he wants will keep an eye out for sharks off the coast of north carolina. sharks bit two teens yesterday in the same area in oak island. the shark bit off a 14-year-old girl's arm. she could also lose her left leg. less than an hour later a shark bit off the left arm of a 16-year-old boy. rescuers rushed both teens to the hospital. at the time of the shark attacks swimmers were forced to leave the water. however, the beaches have not been closed. one of the women involved in this fight in an indianapolis walmart is facing charges this

morning and she's in trouble for dragging her 6-year-old son into this fight. amber stephenson was charged friday with neglect of a dependent and contributing to the delinquency of a minor. the fight allegedly started when stephenson was arguing with the walmart employee about leaving carts full of merchandise if the aisle. stephenson yelled at her son to punch the employee in the face and he did. stephenson can face jail time if convicted. 5:34 your time right now alive and ready to hit the ground running that's what scientists are saying about the comet lander philae. it woke up on saturday after a hibernation. that probe landed on a comet. shortly after making that historic landing, philae conducted experiments for 60 hours and then the batteries died. scientists are enwhoing that the sample -- are hoping that the samples will reveal details about howplanets, even life evolved. well dave chappelle took a

special photo with the graduates. he took a selfie as anybody would with the graduating class of duke ellington high school of the arts yesterday. you have to do the selfie these days. >> if you don't have a selfie it didn't happen. >> that's right. he studied literary and theater arts there and delivered the commencement speech over the weekend. he said to keep art in your life and be excellent for yourself and excellent for each other. >> good advice. >> great message. well, outrage this morning after passengers on a flight from the u.s. to london get diverted. where they say they were forced to stay for nearly a day before reaching their final destination. we're also keeping an eye on the situation in the country of georgia. where the search continues for potentially dangerous zoo animals. what led to their escape. and looking live outside this morning, where some people may see wet pavement. tom is working on your drive time forecast in your next weather and traffic on the 1s. it is 5:36.

this morning, rescuers in the country of georgia are looking for two dozen people and some dangerous animals who escaped from the zoo. the people and images went missing in the major flood there. take a look. you can see the animal workers

trying to save a tiger, a bear and a hippo in the capital city. some of the animals as well as three zookeepers drowned. rescuers aren't sure how many are still on the loose there. in "news4 your health," new research shows that men are less likely to wear sunscreen and that is taking a toll. in cancer foundation says young men account for 40% of melanoma cases and more than 60% of melanoma deaths. >> skin cancer is very, very common in men over 45. especially those who work outside a lot. >> fortunately, most facial moisturizers do contain spf 30 now. if yours does not have any sunscreen protection, doctors still suggest putting a minimum spf 30 on every day before you head outside. every day. >> i tell you to wear sunscreen -- >> if it's in the lotion i'm good.

>> is it? >> i believe it is. >> i have to remind my husband to wear sunscreen. you'll need sunscreen today. storm team 4 tom kierein, weather and traffic on the 1s. >> we'll get some sun, not a lot. the clouds are producing showers and thunder and lightning. the one line moving out of washington county. it is getting -- starting to diminish a bit. but there's lightning there north of frederick up near fairmont. lightning south of martinsburg and north of winchester. this is weakening as it heads off to the south and the east. metro area a lot of clouds around. patchy fog in the rural areas. morning and midday commute is fine. afternoon caution, downpours. most roads will be dry this morning in the metro area by the time we get into the next couple of hours. near 80. then during the afternoon, hitting the low 90s with some of the roads wet as the thundershowers are rolling on through. a look at the storm chances over

the next seven days. that's next weather and traffic on the 1s at 5:51. melissa, everything is looking good? >> everything is looking pretty good. as you take a big look at the beltway, no major problems in any specific spots this morning. a lot of the earlier road work is out of the way. 66 inbound, fairfax county parkway to the beltway, ten minutes. no problems there. 95 north quantico to the beltway, two or three minutes behind. that's as good as this can look this morning. we deserve it of course on a monday. 270 south germantown, on time. and the outer loop 95 to 270 ten minute, also on time. listen to our friends on wtop for the latest on traffic. it's something that a lot of college students do and a how about high school? students can take online classes. we are working for all you red line riders after a weekend of delays. will your commute be normal this morning? the answer is straight ahead. the controversy surrounding

an ncaa leader continues. what the woman accused of lying ab

"news4 today." >> the woman at the center of a bizarre racial controversy facing another backlash after canceling an naacp meeting. 37-year-old rachel dolezal faces a global social media uproar after her family exposed her for pretending she's black. dolezal leads the spokane, washington, chapter of the naacp. she cancelled today's meeting due to quote, the need to continue discussion with regional and national naacp leaders. another chapter executive is reportedly now questioning whether dolezal has grounds to cancel a general meeting. dolezal told an nbc affiliate she does consider herself black. >> would you identify yourself as an african-american? >> i don't like the term

african-american. i prefer black. >> now, both of her parents, her estranged parents are white. protesters say that this is not -- this is about integrity and not about race. some plan to call for dolezal to step down tonight. in just a few hours the ballou high school teachers union is protesting more changes at the school. the school is being restructured for the second time in five years. zachary kiesch has more on what's happening today. >> reporter: yeah, it's happening behind me at the cafeteria of ballou high school. they're borrowing a page from the civil rights movement, a form of nonviolence resistance in the form of a sit-in. it will happen at 8:00 and the nuts and bolts are this. the teachers and staff had to reapply for their jobs, up to 40 got their walking papers on june 5th. this is the second time in five years that this has happened and today is an opportunity to protest those changes. community members, students and

staff will be here in the cafeteria as a sign of solidarity. now the educators view this as a teaching moment, to teak the -- to teach the techniques to deal with anger and talk about the history not only of the school here but also d.c. history. and then again to express their disappointment in the treatment of the residents in ward 8 who serve them. today begins the last week of school here. classes wrap up on friday and for those who believe that school might kind of be wrapped up and they're going through the motions, this might be one of the most important days all year. we'll be out here with updates and back to you in the studio. >> thanks, zachary. i'm meagan fitzgerald at the live desk. a wildfire north of anchorage, alaska is forcing hundreds of residents to evacuate.

the fire went through 6,500 acres in a matter of hours. a town of willow, crews are battling from the ground and the air. the cause of this fire is still under investigation. back to you. >> thanks meagan. if you ride the red line we are told some major issues from this weekend are all resolved as of this morning. on saturday, an arcing insulator forced them to single track around dupont circle. and then the service was suspended because of fire department activity. these problems are cleared now. starting next month, you will save some money crossing the bridge over the potomac between maryland and virginia. the round trip price will drop $1 to $4.50. all part of larry hogan's plan to drop the tolls. the circulator buses in d.c. on the national mall they're up and running now. yesterday was the inaugural day for the route that will take you

from union station to the tidal basin. the stops at smithsonian museum along the way. you can pay in cash or with a smart trip card. it will only cost you $1. go to the nbc washington app and search circulator. it was the flight that would not end that's how passengers on 958 described their experience. it left chicago o'hare for london, but it was diverted to canada. the passengers spent the next 20 hours in military barracks and weren't allowed to access their luggage. meanwhile, the flight crew was able to stay at a nearby hotel. during the whole ordeal, passengers from united ever reached out to explain what was happening. >> we froze through the night because there wasn't any heat. >> we did not know what was going on. we were treated in a very

inhumane manner. >> united airlines is now apologizing and says it will refund all 176 passengers their tickets. but traveler advocates say the airline could still face penalties from the department of transportation for the handling of the incident. tonight in rockville, you can hear more about montgomery county council plans to pay for candidates' campaigns with taxpayer dollars. the council is hosting a forum with democratic and republican parties. in september, the council approved the law letting council and county executive candidates apply for public fund. there are limits to how much candidates will be given though. we now know a few more names of the performers who will hit the stage at d.c.'s big fourth of july celebration this year. country music group alabama and singer hunter hayes, nicole scherzinger is joining the group. and barry manilow is the headliner.

and the capital fourth will set the stage for a fire work display. it is a stunning sight to behold. >> the weather we have today you might expect on the fourth of july, but we're dealing with it now with the big-time heat and humidity. >> melissa said it's a bad hair day, is it, eun? >> yeah. people deal with frizz, i deal with it becoming flat. >> hairstyles, mr. humidity, all day. we have showers producing lightning and we are seeing that they're weakening. those showers are pulling out of the pan handle of west virginia moving into washington county, frederick county in maryland. and now frederick county in virginia as well from near winchester winchester. it's wet in martinsburg and haig hagerstown. the area in orange is where it's coming down hardest. in frederick city it's raining a little bit of lightning and

then north and east of there, over to liberty town. that's moving right into the rest of howard county and then perhaps northern montgomery county might get a few of the showers. but the general trend is that they will weaken as they do move on through and get closer to the metro area. right now, we just have a cloudy sky. a few breaks in the clouds and temperatures are mild and muggy. low to mid 70s from the bay all the way to the shenandoah valley. we're in the mid 70s, right in washington. there's capitol hill, a few brakes in the clouds. live view overlooking the potomac. by 8:00 we're near 80 degrees. by noon, upper 80s and hitting low 90s mid afternoon. that's when we have a chance of more storms coming on through. today, a much smaller chance of severe weather. might get some thunder and lightning and i took this photo of a steamy sunrise shining through the trees there. post your photos on facebook,

twitter and instagram. oppressive humidity through today and tuesday. and then wednesday a nice break. then the humidity creeps back to the end of the week, getting sticky again. highs low 90s as well as on tuesday. now, the storms may be severe and then cooler weather moves in wednesday. then highs in the 80s on thursday, friday and saturday. a chance of storms each afternoon. back to near 90 on sunday and partly sunny. next weather and traffic on the 1s, coming up at 6:01. your forecast, hour by hour, over the next six hours. melissa here now looking at the morning commute. got a problem on marc. >> problem on marc. penn south trains cancelled here. a couple different trains. talking about trains, 403 413 and 502 because of mechanical problems. they say that metro will honor tickets today so just a warning for you there this morning. 270 at germantown road no problems there. everything is looking quite good. 66 at prince william parkway

moving along nicely. beltway at goodic luck, looking good. g.w. parkway those lanes are alternating because of road work. no major issues right now, at least this morning keep you updated if we do penn station has some trains cancelled this morning. back in ten minutes. >> melissa, thank you. see you then. 5:54 right now. this morning, investigators are trying to figure out how a woman died at a private lake in fairfax county. they found her body floating in lake huntsman. a kayaker apparently spotted the body yesterday morning. in the day ahead, colorado supreme court will decide whether employers can smoke pot off duty. marijuana is legal in the state however, employees can still be fired for using it. the state's highest court is considering whether workers off duty use of medical marijuana is

protected under state law. the decision could also affect how companies treat workers who use the drug recreationally. well if you fill up your gas tank you notice the gas prices are holding steady. refineries are completing their maintenance and gear up for production of the busy summer driving season. in the district the average price is $2.91 a gallon for regular. and in maryland $2.75 and in virginia it's $2.59. west virginia the average price is $2.85. the department of education is developing a way for your student to get a high school diploma completely online. the pilot program will accept 100 students in a first come, first served basis. students would receive lessons through the program, and it's a classroom program and this pilot effort will launch in the fall. general motors is getting back into a certain market. ikea is making an effort to get to know you and what you need in life.

>> landon dowdy keeping tabs on all your business headlines from cnbc. good morning. >> aaron and eun, good morning to both of you. ikea is getting a bit more personal. "usa today" reports the swedish retailer plans to make about 1,000 house calls at customers' homes in the u.s. this year. and employees will show up for an up close look at how they spend their time. asking questions like where they store their pots and pans or prepare their food. ikea said the goal is to learn what customers in different markets need and make their stores more personalized. general motors is getting back into the market with medium duty work trucks which they abandoned in the past decade. they will team up with isuzu. they hope to capitalize on the market that's 3% this year. back over to you. >> thanks, landon dowdy. crab season in maryland is off to a slow start. you may see blue crabs on the menu but they may not be from maryland.

restaurants are shipping in crabs from out of state causing the price to go up. we stopped by the wharf and there's a shortage of maryland blue crabs. the shoppers say the bigger ones are harder to find. >> a good deal, real meaty, awesome. >> kind of steady with their prices. >> last year's blue crab's price was the lowest in history. well new this morning, developments right now in the search for those escaped prisoners in new york. the precautions being taken this morning as people in that upstate community try to resume their daily routines. what we can expect when the woman accused of helping the fugitives appears in court. and the forecast today, it will be a steamy one. the clouds hanging tough this morning. what you can expect

"news4 today" starts now. >> good morning. we have some showers, a little bit of lightning north of the metro area. a greater chance of some afternoon storms i'll have updates on that coming right up. new developments in the search for the two prisoners who remainen on the run. precautions being taken this morning as the search enters its second week. and changing their approach

in the next few hours, d.c. leaders will unveil how they hope to keep dangerous synthetic drugs off the streets after a number of recent deaths. let's go to tom kierein and the changes you'll see over the next six hours. >> getting a line of some showers and lightning flashing in the sky, about to move into howard county and northern montgomery county. these are some brief downpours a little bit of thunder and lightning. farther south and west of there near winchester, near 81 through martinsburg and hagerstown, a few of the showers are moving on through. the general trend is they're weakening by the time they get closer to the metro area. we're all dry in the metro area for now. but the northern suburbs may get a few passing light showers over the next hour. temperatures low to mid 70s. nearby suburbs in virginia and in maryland as well.