and off we go, back to work. temperatures in the mid to upper 70s. 90s later on this afternoon but the good news is from the wealth department, all green lights from the weather office. no weather related problems. what about the traffic? >> your green lasts longer than mine does. nice and green here, taking a big look at the beltway. no major problems. a little bit of construction should be wrapping up in the next couple of minutes here. taking a look at 270 into and out of town, no major issues there this morning. looking quite good. 66 just east of compton road is where this camera is inbound. outbound looking good. same thing at 95 in virginia. van ness station, the west side entrance shut down because of the escalator replacement project that's kicking off. today the victims of the metro train crash in 2009 will

be remembered with a park. the legacy memorial park is located at the corner of new hampshire and north dakota avenue in northeast. news4's megan mcgrath is live with a look at what the park will look like. good morning to you. >> reporter: well, good morning eun. it was the deadliest accident in metro's history. nine people lost their lives on this day back in 2009 when two trains collided on the tracks near the fort totten station. later today, a park is dedicated in honor of those victims and we're standing in the park here. you can see some of the design elements that we have. there are a number of these stone benches where family members can come and reflect. there are also nine abstract stone pillars representing the nine victims who died in the crash. now, it's called the legacy memorial park and it's located at the corner of new hampshire avenue and south dakota avenues. near the overpass across the tracks where that accident happened. and later on this morning there's going to be a dedication

ceremony. we're expecting a number of family members to attend as well to honor the victims and dedicate this park. i'll have more coming up later in the show. back to you guys in the studio. >> thank you megan mcgrath. right now, several d.c. police departments are trying to figure out who called in a bomb threat near the national mall. if you were downtown, you would have seen the heavily armed officers checking buildings. police told us someone claimed they had a bomb and a gun. but officers didn't find anything. we talked to one man who says he was handcuffed and forced to the ground. >> so they saw me, they didn't know who i was, what i was doing. so they asked me to get down. i'd rather have them check it out than not. so i'm grateful. >> police released that man. roads were shut down around the l'enfant plaza metro. the education and transportation department and the air and space museum. they are all reopened now. the man who set off a frenzy by landing a gyrocopter near the capitol is due back in a d.c.

court today. douglas hughes pleaded not guilty to six charges. he's currently free on personal recognizance, but he's not allowed near the capitol or the white house. today a police officer will be sentenced accused of misconduct. jerry thomas entered an alford plea in the case. that means he doesn't admit guilt but he believes that's enough evidence to convict him. the video shows him hitting and shoving a 15-year-old who was handcuffed. the boy's mother says thomas hit her son so hard his right eye was swollen shut. the incident happened in 2012. thomas has been on paid suspension. we now know that the funeral for the state senator killed in the charleston massacre will be held on tuesday. on wednesday senator clementa pinckney will lie in honor in the south carolina state house. that news comes as investigators dig into a website that may have been put up by the confessed killer. many of you have have seen an

essay and the photos posted there showing dylann roof posing with a confederate flag. sources tell nbc news the fbi believes roof did maintain that website. yesterday emanuel ame church reopened to worshipers. a comfort to grief stricken families. >> my grandpa loved charleston and to see what an example they have been to the nation his heart would just be so full. >> yesterday, hundreds marched across charleston's biggest bridge to show support for the nine people killed in wednesday's shooting. marchers met in the middle of the bridge singing "this little light of mine." massive wildfires out west this morning. firefighters are not close to containing a raging wildfire in southern california's san bernardino national forest. it's been going on for four days and has burned more than 17,000 acres. 2,000 firefighters have battling

this one. 500 homes and other structures are threatened. in alaska 38 new fires started yesterday alone. the historic drought gripping the west has only gotten worse. it is just the beginning of what's expected to be another long fire season. angie? >> thank you, kristin. today former illinois congressman jesse jackson jr. is expected to leave a halfway house in baltimore. the "chicago sun-times" will show he will finish his sentence in home confinement here in district. he has a home in the dupont circle neighborhood and a house in chicago. he spent 17 months in the alabama prison for spending $750,000 in campaign money on personal items. his wife will serve a year in prison on related charges. temperatures are already in the 80s in some spots. can you believe that, but how high will the mercury get today? chuck bell is working on your hour by hour forecast and will

bring that to us at 5:11. a warning for neighbors in howard county. the rabid animal that officials want you to be on the lookout for. and video of a massive levee breach in okl

your time is 5:08. if you see a raccoon in howard county, do not approach it because it may be rabid. multiple complaints have been

made in the last 24 hours. the animal was spot near the patuxent branch trail. if you see a raccoon making strange noises, stay away and call animal control. a levee breach in oklahoma has caused massive flooding today. rivers there in the southern part of oklahoma, they're overflowing. the rivers several roads, bridges, highways are washed out. tropical storm bill this is the impact of the storm. the u.s. army corps of engineers said the cumberland levee breached. the waters are flowing through the breach in an uninhabited area. engineers will work around the clock to lessen the impact for people there. >> thanks, kristin. time to check your weather and traffic on the 1s. we are talking about a miniheat wave once again. >> i know. chuck bell is in for tom kierein this morning.

chuck the ultimate pool day perhaps. >> absolutely right. a lot of kids are on summer vacation officially now and as a result it will be perfect to be out by the pool. don't forget your spf. the sun will burn you extra fast. 75 in college park and bowie. 78 annapolis. 73 in manassas and bristow. outside you go, temperatures in the mid 70s here through 7:00. back up into the 80s by 9:00. then out and about this afternoon, near 100% sunshine today, but it will be a sizzler. temperatures back up into the low 90s for most areas by this afternoon. and as you're going out this evening temperatures near 90 at 7:00. upper 70s by 11 p.m. highs in the 90s. it will be warm and tomorrow even hotter than this. more on that and a check on the weekend coming up in ten minutes. for now over to melissa with a check on traffic. >> a check on the construction

that won't go away. lanham severn road between cipriano road and carter avenue, still closed because of some road work. emergency road work that popped up overnight. that could be some time before that's cleared out of the way. prince george's county in general, no major problems right now. looking pretty good. 95 in virginia dale boulevard rolling along nicely. take a look here at 95 and overall, really does look pretty good. 66 headed in to town and headed out of town, no problems there. remember to listen to our friends on wtop for the latest on trafkt. this popped up, fredericksburg line is ten minutes behind. we are standing by for what could be some monumental decisions from the u.s. supreme court. what the highest court in the nation could announce as soon as today. and breaking news out of afghanistan. where an attack has rocked the country's parliament. who's already claiming responsibility? that is straight ahead.

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just in, video from the afghan parliament right as it was under attack. parliament was in session for the confirmation of the ointment of a defense minister and look what happened. right at the suicide car bombers set off explosives at the entrance to the compound. security forces pushed the forces back. 25 people are hurt. most of them civilians. some of them hit by flying glass. three of those wounded are children. the taliban has claimed responsibility for the attack this morning. >> thank you, kristin. it is now 5:15. we are staying on top of a developing story in new york. state police there will hold a news conference at noon today about the on going search for the missing prisoners.

a woman reported seeing the men by railroad tracks near the new york and pennsylvania border. >> i immediately got my cell phone out of my pocket, called the dog and headed towards the house as i called 911. >> police searched an area 30 miles west of the clinton correctional facility. the men escaped more than two weeks ago. a prison worker has been charged in the escape and a corrections officer has been placed on leave. today, more high profile supreme court rulings could come down. we are watching closely for a decision on health care that affects people who live in virginia and west virginia. the case looked at whether those of you who are eligible for health care subsidies would have to buy insurance on federal exchange instead of the state exchange. we are also watching for a ruling that can legalize same-sex marriage nationwide. the court has 11 decisions left and they often deliver the most watched rulings near the end of the term. federal agents filed charges against a couple of zoo owners

in florida who used to own a zoo in our area. eric mogensen and his daughter once owned a reston zoo. now the family is facing charges about the gulf breeze zoo. the u.s. department of agriculture said there were exposed nails on rusted fences, poor cleaning and supervision and that zookeepers once shot an animal as a means of euthanasia. we expect to find out if sweet briar college will stay open for another year. a plan to keep the 114-year-old women's college from shutting down is now headed to the bedford county judge for a review. the plan is an answer to their prayers, they say. the group raised about $12 million but the school is in serious debt and faces falling enrollment. expect delays going south on the g.w. parkway. crews are expected to begin inspecting the windy run bridge on the parkway in arlington. a single southbound lane will be closed between 10:00 a.m. and 2:00 this afternoon. the federal highway

administration moved up the inspection because of severe potholes. engineers will try to determine where water is getting in and whether there are other factors that are causing these potholes. tomorrow leaders from metro and d.c. fire and ems will be in the hot seat. federal investigators will hold the final hearing in the deadly underground smoke emergency. one woman died in january whenever smoke filled the l'enfant plaza. the national transportation safe tiff board will hold a two day hearing and they will talk about ventilation and training issues. in "news4 your health," a new hpv vaccine map linked to fewer cervical lesions in young women. researchers at the cdc said there was a significant drop in lesions in the 18 to 20-year-olds after the vaccine was used, but researchers are cautious in the decline may reflect a change in screening recommendations during that time frame. screenings are no longer

recommended for women under 21 so there may have been fewer reported. well, we expect an update on how well the ban on trans fats is working. the council will brief the media today around 11:30. that comes after the recent decision by the fda to ban trans fats nationally. montgomery county's program was created several years ago. we'll see if a new kind of exercise catches on across the country. it gives you a full body workout while you're on a bike. take a look. you can see people here in this class are working on their shoulders and back and abs while cycling. then they are e-mailed a workout report and they say the class sikmaing a difference. >> usually on 45-minute class, i'll burn anywhere from 600 to 700 calories. >> the class is called roll indoor cycling. right now it is only available in louisiana. well, if you suffer with social anxiety, you may want to reach for some pickles. sound strange, but researchers

at william & mary found that those who ate fermented foods had fewer social issues. it may be that the good bacteria in the food, and it changes the environment of the stomach and in turn influencing social anxiety. >> i ate a lot of kimchi. >> that's why we're social. i love pickle juice. i wonder you get anything out of that. >> there you go i like pickles too. let's check out the forecast now. do you like fermented food? >> you're very social. i bet you eat a lot of a pickles. >> i'm not as big of a pickle and relish person. i'm more of a mustard and ketchup, maybe an onion person. pick pickles, not much into the pickles. monday morning after a hot and occasionally very stormy weekend, much quieter weather has moved into the area for now.

skies are mostly clear. a few clouds out there. this is a view from prince george's county looking out over the woodrow wilson bridge. overall the impact that the weather will have on your day today, relatively low. not terribly humid today, but the humidity builds into the day tomorrow. off for the early morning run, get your run in as soon as possible. as temperatures will be up near 90 degrees as early as lunch time, 1:00. so be on the lookout. temperatures have finally dropped into the mid and upper 60s now for northern montgomery county, out to frederick, maryland. pockets of 60s out here, down to culpepper where it's 68 now. high temperatures later today generally up into the low and mid 90s. plenty hot but not so humid. so what to wear today, sunglasses, sun block for sure. those high sun angles will burn you quickly. humidity turning it up a little on the sticky side for today. but climbing into the

uncomfortable range as we head to tomorrow. we're also going to have with the additional humidity, a chance for some thunderstorms around tomorrow afternoon. about a 30% chance, but finally that's a leading edge of a cool front which will at least take the edge off the temperatures for a bit. through today hot and on the humid side for later on this afternoon. not much of a rain chance today. could see a few showers in the southern shenandoah valley, that's it. sticky and steamy overnight and then into the day tomorrow, temperatures well up into the 90s. the chance of thunderstorms tomorrow afternoon and evening time frame we'll keep a close eye on those. seven day forecast plan on a hot one today and really hot tomorrow. then back into the upper 80s to around 90 degrees for both wednesday and thursday. and unfortunately as we get into the weekend, all everyone cares about is the weekend, but it looks rainy and cooler. >> you're upsetting me already. on a monday morning. it's humid in here. my hair is falling down, now you tell me the weekend will suck.

time for some construction here this morning. branch avenue southbound between the beltway and coventry way, two left lanes still blocked there this morning. wide look at the beltway, nice and green. everything is moving so you don't have any problems there as you're looking at the beltway. 29, 95 b.w. parkway, into and out of town everything looking quite good. no major issues. 95 here at dale boulevard also good. northbound and southbound. then remember, van ness station we have that west side entrance closed because of the escalator replacement project. molette green on her way over there. we'll have a live report from her. fredericksburg, maybe some delays overall no matter which train you're riding this morning. we learned everyone is expected to survive a triple shooting in new jersey. this happened near a father's day cookout in the northern part of the state. three people were shot. today, police are trying to find

who shot them and why. right now, in philadelphia police are searching for two men who opened fire on a cookout injuring ten people including three small children. this happened late saturday in west philadelphia. the youngest victim is just 1 years old. this morning, detroit police say neighbors are not talking about a shooting that killed one person at a block party. a 19-year-old man died and 11 others were hurt. police are calling it a revenge shooting. 300 people including children were at the party at the time. >> here they have a good time on saturday. that's what ticks me off. there's kids out there. i'm livid. there's no excuse, not any excuse why no one is not talking. >> police believe one man was the intended target. it is now 5:25. today president obama will host a dinner at the white house. that's the meal served at the end of the day of ramadan.

the annual dinner honors the month of ramadan. this morning, u.s. secretary of defense, ashton carter is in germany checking on special operations forces there. he is expected to talk about russia's military presence in ukraine and what it means for europe's future. you're looking at video as carter arrived yesterday. he'll be in europe all week before returning home. the so-called free range parents back in the spotlight. why they were just cleared of any wrongdoing. beautiful sky, the is up starts to come up. talk about pretty in pink, but could we see gray? chuck bell will have the rain chances. a flight from reagan national to new orleans, searched by the fbi. what has some passengers on edge. in a story that's new this morning. your time is 5:26.

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people who died when the trains crashed. a judge will sentence a police officer accused of misconduct back in 2012. jerry thomas entered an alford plea in this case. this video shows him hitting and shoving a 15-year-old who was handcuffed. leaders from metro and d.c. fire and ems will be in the hot seat. federal investigators will hold the final hearing in the deadly underground smoke emergency. one woman died in january. much more on those throughout the morning. but first good morning to you and i'm eun yang. >> i'm angie goff in for aaron gilchrist. >> can you believe this heat wave? storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell is here with more on the hot weather. good morning. >> good morning, yeah, today will make three days in a row, 90 or higher. that's the unofficial definition for a heat wave around here. this is the view sun is up in another 15 minutes or so.

a lot of early morning light in the sky. temperatures are very mild. 74, rockville and bethesda. 75 in college park. 70 in leesburg and 73 in manassas. manassas park this morning. here's the way that the sky will look on the exclusive skycast 4 during the course of the day. plenty of blue skies out. there pick up a little bit in the way of mid and high level cloudiness and temperatures in the mid 70s this morning. near 90 by lunch time. and then by evening time temperatures still in the 80s. so it is indeed going to be a warm day for sure. rain chances this week, they go up a little bit for tomorrow. for better or worse rain chances really start to go up as we get towards friday and on into the weekend. >> i know. we don't like that. >> no. >> can i just -- >> we don't need the rain. we can't justify it with that. >> my flowers look good enough already. we have one problem on 66 eastbound, approaching the beltway right now. disabled vehicle. sounds like it's off to the

right side. shouldn't be slowing things down too much this morning. otherwise, 66 looking good. 95 no major issues, getting slow through dale city as we typically do at the 5:30 hour on a weekday. prince george's county no major issues. 270 at germantown road, everything is flowing fine, northbound and southbound. nice light volume. fredericksburg line, still ten minutes behind this morning pause of an issue with some equipment. i'll have travel times in ten minutes. new this morning, writing on the bathroom door caused some big problem. someone reported the suspicious statement on the bathroom door. the american airlines plane had to land in the remote part of the airfield at louis armstrong airport in new orleans. passengers were questioned by law enforcement as they got off. the fbi says at this point, they

think it was all a hoax. no word on what exactly was written on that bathroom door. a lot of people are talking about this story on facebook and twitter as well about whether south carolina should remove the confederate flag from its state house grounds. presidential candidates are trying to side step the issue but it's not that easy. tracie potts joins us live with where the candidates stand on this issue. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, eun. they're all over the map. jeb bush says get rid of it like they did in florida but a number of other candidates, carly fiorina, marco rubio, john kasich of ohio says this is not a decision for anyone outside of south carolina to decide. lindsey graham from south carolina says we can discuss this, but as he put it it's part of who we are, that confederate battle flag. and he doesn't want it used as an excuse for what happened there. ben carson says they need to discuss it. then there's mike huckabee who says this whole issue of a flag and whether or not it should

come down is irrelevant to a presidential campaign. >> but for those of us running for president everyone is being baited with this question as if someone that has anything to do whatsoever with running for president and my position is, it most certainly does not. >> reporter: now since the tragedy last week at the church brought renewed interest in that confederate flag on the capitol grounds, we have not heard from potential candidate scott walker of wisconsin and we have not heard from democratic hillary clinton although in the past she said take those flags down. >> tracie potts live on capitol hill, thank you. here in washington, worshipers at metropolitan ame church had the comfort of a little extra security at services this weekend. a d.c. police cruiser was parked beyond the church's steps. inside they held services honoring the nine people killed in charleston. the shooting has churches on edge as they try to balance safety with the need to stay

welcome welcoming. >> it is clear to us and small be clear to anyone else that we will not allow anybody to deter us from doing the work of god here at metropolitan ame church. >> someone called in a bomb threat at the church on friday after a vigil. bomb sniffing dogs went through the church before the police gave the all clear. prince william police are looking for three people who may be connected to a shooting at a shopping center. a man was shot at the triangle shopping center it happened yesterday. the shooter and two other people ran away. a medevac helicopter flew the victim to the hospital. if you know anything about what happened call prince william county police. someone was burned in a home in northwest d.c. this morning, we are working to find out how he or she is doing. d.c. firefighters say the fire broke out on first and "o" street in northwest yesterday. they believe it started because someone left food on the stove. it is now 5:35 today. criminal justice reform is on

the agenda in maryland. the justice reinvestment coordinating council will talk about the prison sentencing and constructions policies. the panel was established last year with the aim of reducing the amount of people in maryland prisons and control spending. it will use it to use a data driven approach to develop a statewide framework. that meeting will take place in annapolis. the fairfax county sheriff's race is getting heated. the republican candidate brian wolf said a 37-year-old woman would be alive if stacey kincaid provided more training for her deputies to handle inmates with mental illness. wolf brought up the issue in the previous issue. the deputies tased the woman while in custody and she later died. kinkade said she's moved females to a more therapeutic environment and has brought in counselors as well. a new wrinkle in the effort to move a baseball team to

spotsylvania county. we told you that the owner of the hagerstown suns wants to move them to a new stadium off route 1. if that's not available spotsylvania supervisors were considering another site but it could be unavailable as well. "the free lance-star" says the backup plan could be claimed under a separate lawsuit filed last year. today a mobile feeding bus will make its first tour in prince william county. the shoppers mobile feeding bus aims to provide children in our area with quality meals. the bus will be unveiled this morning in manassas at 9:00 in the morning and kick off the tour just before 10:00. you can see a full list of locations. the bus will be stopping at today. the first stop is the boys and girls club in manassas and the bus will serve around 150 children at the club. uber-riders listen up. what you can no longer carry with you or face getting banned. and it could have your kids

retaking the s.a.t.s but do you have to pay again? temperatures out there. most places, wow. 5:36 in the morning, already seeing the 80s. only going to get warmer from here. chuck bell back with a look at when we could see the warmest day of the year so far. stay with us.

welcome back. child protective services ruled in favor of the montgomery county couple who says it is okay to let your kids walk home alone. according to "the washington post," the agency said danielle and alexander meitiv did not neglect their 6 and 10-year-old children. police picked up the kids while they walked home alone from a park in silver springs this year. the parents have been investigated multiple times but never charged. with we know about 16 -- with know that 16,000 high school kids could retake the s.a.t.s. that's how many were affected by the misprint on the test. the test booklets said they had 25 minutes to finish the reading portion of the test, but the proctor only gave them 20 minutes. students affected will be able to retake it for free. i don't know how many people are too excited about that. >> exactly. 5:41. time for weather and traffic on the 1s. we are talking about more hot weather today. >> chuck bell in for tom kierein

with latest. hey chuck. >> hey, good morning, angie and eun and good morning, everybody. a live picture out over dulles international airport. the planes are taxiing around. no travel troubles anywhere up and down the eastern seaboard today. if you're flying out to chicago or detroit, maybe a few slowdowns in those hubs. outside it's a warm start. out and about planner plan on temperatures being in the early 80s this morning. and then up into the 90s by later on this afternoon. so it's going to be a sunny and hot day to be outside today. just take your shade breaks and have extra water out there. seven day forecast in ten minutes. but now fender bender news from melissa. >> 100 eastbound approaching 95, sounds like we have a right lane blocked here. this is a brand new crash that just popped up. could slow things down a bit if you're heading eastbound to get over to 95. 95 north at virginia in quantico, a disabled vehicle.

could slow down even more. as you're talking about travel times, starting with travel times here, in maryland, beltway, outer loop, 95 to 270, ten minutes. 270 south from germantown also on time. 66 inbound, no problems there. 95 north a couple of minutes behind. remember to listen to our friends from wtop for the latest on the traffic. she captured the heart of football fans and others and this morning we're getting an update on leah still. her good news, you don't want to miss. and we are still learning about a closure right now that could impact your commute the you ri

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taos, new mexico last weekend and his body was found hours ago off a trail. rescue crews have not released any other information. he served as a white house chef under presidents bill clinton and george w. bush. right now, some of you have will have to make some changes if you're heading to the red line. news4's molette green is live at the van ness station where an entrance is closed there. what's going on? >> reporter: eun, good morning. yeah, this is a big heads up for riders this morning. the sign behind me says it all. this escalator replacement project will close this west entrance here and so riders are going to have to use the east side entrance right across the street. this is installing four new entrance escalators, that are said to be more durable and reliable. it replaced the old escalators ave exceeded their

usefulness. breaking down throughout the system. i don't have to tell you about the nagging problems that metro and riders have had to deal with throughout the system with problem escalators. this all starts today and this project will last three years. we're live outside the van ness metro station, back to you. >> thanks molette. a wildfire continues to burn out of control in southern california. firefighters are battling that fire at big bear lake. started on wednesday afternoon. the fire is only 15% contained and has spread to more than 23,000 miles of forest land. 90 fire engines and five firefighting planes have hit the area overnight. the cause of the fire is not known. we want to head to northern california where a wildfire is burning near the nevada border. it continues to grow. so far the fire has destroyed almost 7,000 acres. hundreds of firefighters are battle battleing this blaze. the man charged with killing

an officer in custody is waking up in jail. police arrested travis boys yesterday morning after he was on the run for 24 hours. he was spotted trying to get on a bus in new orleans. he was still wearing his handcuffs at the time. he appears to be dehydrated, he was taken to the hospital. the manhunt started saturday morning when boys was handcuffed in a patrol car. he somehow escaped and shot and killed an officer. boys is charged with first degree murder and aggravated escape. right now, the bodies of four irish students killed in a balcony collapse in california are back in ireland. the bodies and the victims' families arrived on a flight from san francisco to dublin yesterday. the families attended a private prayer service at the dublin airport. six people died when a balcony collapsed at an apartment building last week. new information expected today on who is leading the field of 2016 candidates. more information from a brand new nbc news/"wall street journal" poll will be released this evening.

jeb bush's standing among primary voters continues to improve. 75% of republicans say that they could see themselves supporting bush. the most unpopular gop president in the poll -- donald trump. he announced his white house bid last tuesday. leave your guns at home. that's the message from uber. violate the policy uber says you can lose access to the service. before this change the company deferred to local gun laws. the americans are going for their next win in the women's world cup today. they haven't lost a match so far. the team will take on colombia at 6:00 tonight. whoever loses is out. the winner takes on china later this week. very exciting times. >> mm-hmm. >> yeah. abby wambach, is that her name, she is awesome. >> the whole team is doing so well. look at this sun. that just is an indication of what's to come today. we are roasting in this heat wave. >> yeah, it is another hot one

outside for sure this morning. over the weekend of course we had some amazing storms here on saturday night. check out this picture. this picture taken by a friend of ours here at channel 4. >> really? >> jessica ortega took the picture. this is the super cell thunder who is jessica you say? that's the daughter of maurice javens. >> oh. >> he worked at this tv station for 44 years. >> we love moe. this studio is named after him by the way. >> the studio we're standing in is named after him. this is what a great employee he was. this is his daughter's fine photography work. look at the power of the cell that generated tornado warnings when it crossed parts of fairfax county. for now, what a great shot of the rising sun in our eastern sky. 79 in washington. heat indexes are already in the 80s. what to expect today 100% sunshine. another warm one. back into the 90s. humid, but not crazy humid yet. that comes our way for tomorrow. of course yesterday was the

summer solstice. got 14 hours and 54 minutes of daylight today. headed down to 9 hours and 25 minutes by the time we get to the winter solstice in december. right now, a couple more spots have dropped below 70. front royal in upper 60s. gaithersburg, mid to upper 60s there. hour by hour, wow, look at the temperatures. near 90 by noontime. up to about 92 93 for a high today. factor in the humidity it will feel warmer than it will actually be. high heat indexes into the mid 90s later on this afternoon. but on the whole thanks to all the sunshine not much of anything in the way of a rain threat. low impact for today. satellite picture, clouds down to our south this morning. we'll be mostly sunny early. pick up a few high, thin clouds later on today. if you're traveling, chances for some stronger storms out towards chicago, detroit and cleveland. no chance for bad weather of any kind around here. it will be a warm one.

97 tomorrow. with more humidity around and a chance for thunderstorms. primarily in the afternoon. dry out on wednesday, more unsettled weather comes in starting thursday, friday, on into next weekend. the bad news is it may rain over the weekend. the good news is we can stop the heat streak at four 90s in a row. over to melissa with a check on the traffic. >> we have a new problem on metro. green and yellow line trains right now single-tracking between pg plaza and greenbelt. can cause some problems for the morning commute if this continues. 95 northbound there at quantico, still have a disabled vehicle and a lot of traffic here kind of slowing down approaching that vehicle. sounds like it's off to the right side of the roadway but a warning there. taking a look at prince george's county overall no major problems here in prince george's county. zooming in a little bit up north here, 100 eastbound approaching 95, still have that crash on the right side of the roadway. so a warning there. 270 at old hundred road, everything is moving just fine.

a little slow southbound there hyattstown hyattstown, but no major issue. gainesville is rolling along nicely as well. back at 6:01 with more on the possible delays this morning. >> thanks, melissa. police are still trying to find the driver of a stolen car who hit another car in anacostia and then ran away. our news partners sent us these pictures. it up had near anacostia high school yesterday and the driver of the car that was hit did go to the hospital. she is expected to be okay. we don't know how long a starbucks in alexandria could be closed after someone drove into the front window. take a look at this picture. you see the driver shattered at least one window at the starbucks in the bradley shopping center on king street yesterday. alexandria police tweeted these pictures, they say no one was hurt. a young boy is safe after a massive tree narrowly missed him in northern virginia.

the boy was about to leave the house in fairfax when his mother heard the popping sound and she saw that tree falling in slow motion and saw her son in the driveway. >> i was standing by the door of the house and i just could yell run run run. at first he was very stunned, looking around. didn't know what to do and then he took off running towards the garage. thank god because he would have been crushed by this tree. >> really scary. the tree missed their house but it did land on a neighbor's car. a little girl whom a lot of us are rooting for right now comes home from the hospital today. nfl player devon still's daughter is going home. leah still has cancer and you can see this is one of her dad's instagram videos here. she is a huge hit. just adorable. leah had a setback in her treatment and had to spend some extra time in the hospital. look at her spirits, never down. right? he says that the doctors are optimistic she will make a total

recovery. always rooting for her. hope she makes a speedy recovery. okay, so this might be the best part of waking up. yeah, the news4 mug is cool, but why so many people are skipping their morning joe. and apple makes a change after a scolding by one of the hottest stars out there. landon dowdy has more from cnbc this morning. >> good morning, angie to you. apple is changing the tune saying it will pay royalties to musician musicians. there's a three month free trial which launches next week. it comes after taylor swift pulled her latest album and she said we don't ask you for free iphones. don't ask us to provide our music for no compensation. americans are spending more than ever on coffee but for first time in six years they're drinking less. coffee coffee consumption is expected to drop this year. credit to keurig's k-cups.

people are only brewing what they drink, versus making a whole pot of coffee. back to you. >> we can drink a whole pot. the less they drink the more for us. thank you landon. today four of b.b. king's daughters are expected in a courtroom. they're raising the possibility of a second will and accusing the blues legend long time business manager of stealing and endangering his health. they're saying he denied their father proper medical care and changed the locks on the home. virginia schools could soon see fewer and fewer teachers who are actually from virginia. only 5% of children there who took their a.c.t. test are interested in teaching. education groups has warned that virginia isn't giving teachers the kind of raises to entice the kids to work there.

the education law center found that teachers earn less than their peers especially in virginia. we need the teachers. >> yeah. and the need is severe. according to the education department, the list of teacher shortages is 174 pages long. >> i believe it. well, it was metro's deadliest crash. today a solemn memorial opens. we're monitoring breaking news out of afghanistan. a taliban attack outside the parliament. we'll keep you updated from the live desk when "news4 today" continues now at 6:00 a.m. we want to take a live look outside. we saw some clouds overnight, but obviously those had cleared. the sun is rising. and we're waking up overall to a quiet monday. warm and mostly dry this morning. we are going to get an update on how hot things are going to get when we check in with storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell at

i'm megan mcgrath live in northeast washington where a park is being dedicated to honor the victims of the deadly metro crash that happened back in 2009. i'm storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell. sun's coming up and a clear sky for now, but will we stay dry all day today? the forecast is just ahead. we're standing by to see if

jesse jackson jr. will be released from a halfway house today and we'll tell you where the former illinois congressman will finish serving his prison sentence. "news4 today" continues at 6:00 a.m. "news4 today" starts now. >> good morning to you. i'm eun yang. monday, june 22, 2015. >> i'm angie goff in for aaron this morning. we are going to get you up to speed on all those stories we are following, but first we are in for another scorcher. let's get right to chuck. >> outside we go early this morning. planes taxiing around, everybody getting ready to fly out of town for a week of business. it will be a hot one. a good day to leave town. 73 rockville bethesda. 72 in reston. weather slowdowns nothing to worry about. green lights morning, afternoon and evening.