>> aggressive lymphomas oftentimes respond very well and very quickly to the therapies that we prescribe for the patients. >> the governor will take time off to undergo aggressive chemotherapy and more on the man who will step in for governor logan from time to time. lieutenant governor boyd rutherford was born in d.c. and he went to howard university. he's been in public service for years now, but this is his first elected office. he worked for maryland's previous republican governor, bob erlich and for former president george w. bush. redskins trademark case goes to court again today. native americans led the challenge last year. and in response, 'skins owner dan schneider sued the native american group. today, both sides are making oral arguments, and a ruling is expected some time in the next few days. new this morning, trash and

recycling crews will hit the streets in prince george's county. crews will start by 7:00 a.m. to beat the heat, so if you haven't put your trash out yet you still have time. the county tells news4 any day where the heat index is expected to hit triple digits crews will be up and working early and it's probably good advice for most everybody who might have to spend some time outside today. >> it will be that hot. it's weather alert day. weather and traffic on the 1s, and we are talking about dangerous high heat today. >> chuck bell had everything we need to know. chuck? >> yeah, heat index values could be approaching 105 degrees this afternoon. so if you have an outdoor job if you're planning on spending i'm in outside today, really hydrate very well and take your shade or a.c. breaks if possible. off to the warm and humid start, temperatures mid to upper 70s now. we'll be nearing in on 100 degrees later on this afternoon. 96 in gaithersburg and bethesda. 98 in downtown. that would tie the record for the day.

97 across much of fairfax county. uncomfortably humid now. it will turn into oppressive levels of humidity by later on this afternoon. so much heat and humidity in the atmosphere, that is fuel for thunderstorm production. and i think that we will have severe thunderstorms here any time after 2:00 or 3:00 up through 7:00 or 8:00 this evening. remain weather alert during the day. all sorts of push alerts so go ahead and download that this morning. melissa? >> thanks, chuck. overall, everything actually rolling along quite nicely. look at the beltway everything is green. some of the earlier road work already out of the way. and it should be wrapped up in the next 30 minutes or so. so take a look at this right now. also i want to show you here's 66. no major problems on 66 into town, out of town. everything is flowing just fine. no matter with i way you're -- which way you're headed. road work now out of the way. 95 northbound here little slow through dale city. that's because of some road work that just wrapped up this

morning. still a tad slow because we had two lanes blocked there. right now, going there at 33 miles per hour. beltway at route 50, everything is rolling along fine. then b.w. parkway, 95 and 29 into and out of town, everything looking quite good. back in ten minutes. good morning. i'm angie goff at the liven desk. a daring rescue saves lives out in illinois. this after a tornado touches down in the area. take a look. five people trapped in a camp ground were rescued. one person is in the hospital right now. they are in serious condition. we're learning that several others were hurt. now the storms and high winds trapped people in their rvs and campers. the problem is there are lots of downed trees and with it being so dark this morning, it's hard for rescuers to see the flooded roadways. back to you. it's time to remove the flag from the capitol grounds.

>> many are cheering south carolina governor nikki haley's call for lawmakers in her state to remove the confederate flag from the state house. it comes less than a week after a 21-year-old white man gunned down nine black people inside a church service. the "usa today" reports religious and political leaders are flocking to columbia to keep the lawmakers in session next week and vote on the flag. debate over the flag and what it means is reaching a fever pitch. now retailer walmart has eliminated all of the merchandise with the confederate flag on it from the stores. page after page of confederate themed goods are now gone from walmart store shelves and the website as well. one shopper we spoke with said she's happy to see the items go. >> it was just terrible, so i'm glad that they have made that decision. >> walmart is the nation's largest retailer. however, confederate flag

merchandise is still for sale on sites including amazon.com and ebay. today the loudoun county school board will reconsider the name of a middle school. they agreed to name it after john f. ryan. the local naacp wants the school renamed. the civil rights group says ryan's contributions to virginia's history may have included supporting racial segregation. the school board now has to decide if it will rescind the name and consider previously rejected options or submit new names. that vote will take place today. in montgomery county, the council will vote to -- vote on a bill that will require paid time off. it requires the employees a collapse to earn up to seven paid sick leave days a year. workers could also be allowed safe time to handle legal services for domestic violence, victim services and kounssling -- counseling. that vote is expected to happen in rockville today.

a man accused of beating a metro passenger may soon accept a plea deal. according to our news partner wtop, william nelson was granted a continuance yesterday after appearing in court. nelson was caught on camera beating the metro passenger earlier this month. this happened on a green line train. the video went viral and it was viewed by millions of people. nelson will now head back to court next tuesday. 4:36. the d.c. police union says more needs to be done to stop crime with people using illegal all terrain vehicles and dirt bikes. police are looking for 14 persons of interest in the shooting death of reporter charnice milton. surveillance video shows the people riding dirt bikes and atvs. the union says d.c. officers arrested 147 people for dirt bike or atv related charges in the past year and a half, but more than half have the charges dismissed. 33 were found guilty and all had

their jail time sentences suspended. it is a storm team 4 weather alert today. chuck bell is tracking all of it for us. another day, another rabies warning. where neighbors are being warned to be vigilant. and the search for two escaped prisoners, what called help search views finally track them down. and the fight against isis, the

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we are following a developing story this morning. an air strike killed an isis leader suspected in the attack that killed u.s. ambassador chris stephens and three others in libya. ali ani al harzi was killed in mosul, iraq, last week and he worked closely with extremists in north africa and the middle east. if you had contact with a stray orange tabby cat in spotsylvania county health workers want to hear from you. an orange tabby has tested positive for rabies. health officials know the cat travelled in and around level road and salem station boulevard. they know a young male between the ages of 12 and 15 and a woman driving a silver or gray suv helped rescue that cat. they may need to seek medical treatment right away. anyone with information on this cat should call the rappahannock district offices. we are anticipating

dangerous heat across our region today. >> storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell tracking the potential for some severe weather. what's going on? >> well, we are a facing a potentially hot and humid day today and for comparison sake if you were here three years ago, it will be one of those days. dangerously high humidity and it should become the power house round of thunderstorms this afternoon. temperatures are already in the upper 70s to near 80s. thunderstorm chances going through the afternoon will be peaking after about 3:00 or 4:00 this afternoon. so out the door this morning or out and about planner steamy upper 70s and low 80s. temperatures reaching the upper 90s to near 100 degrees. heat index values near 105 or value. melissa mollet, a tough day to be out on the road. >> yeah. definitely you have to run that a.c. and keep the windows closed because of all the rain coming this morning. 395 south at seminary road had a report of a disabled vehicle here. looks like it's probably out of

the way and that picture obviously is not helping us too much. i wanted to show you everything else is looking fine. 66 west another disabled vehicle off the roadway. beltway, inner and outer loop, looking quite good. maryland 95 northbound at the icc and 270 at monthrosemontrose, no issues there. thank you. it is a massive data preach that affected a -- data breach that affected you. what's expected to happen in a matter of hours. imagine going to the cemetery to visit your loved ones only to find their head stone even casket, washed away. that's exactly what happened in prince george's county. what went wrong and the repair that will get un

approaching 4:45 now. new details about the search for two missing prisoners in upstate new york. state police there say they found items in a hunting cabin they believe are linked to david sweat and richard matt. the men are both convicted murderers. they escaped a maximum security prison earlier this month. that cabin is 20 miles from the prison and police say they don't know where the men are right now. nbc has brand new 2016 poll numbers and these are the kind of polls that play a big roll in determines who gets to step on the debate statements in the -- stages in the coming months. let's get to tracie potts. >> who's on top, let's start with the democrats. hillary clinton with 75%, 60% more than senator bernie sanders. her closest competitor. more than nine out of ten democrats could support her. but when it comes to the huge field of 16 republican candidates and counting, jeb bush is on top for now in our

poll with 22%. followed by scott walker marco rubio, ben carson. the interesting story here is that bush's numbers are up with conservatives and three-quarters of republicans say that they could support him. similar numbers interestingly for marco rubio. we could see some competition there. keep in mind that this poll was also taken in the run-up to jeb bush. what's interesting who is out of the top ten. only the top ten we will see on the debate stage at the first presidential debate in august. donald trump, lindsey graham john kasich and three others did not make the top ten cut. >> all right tracie potts thank you. it's now 4:46. donald trump as tracie mentioned will be in maryland tonight. he is headlining the party's red, white and blue dinner and we'll be watching for more of his blunt political talk. that dinner starts at 7:00.

congress wants answers about how hackers stole information from the federal government. the senate will hold a hearing about federal security today. the office of personnel management says hackers stole information from millions of current and former federal workers. including some people who applied for but never got a job. also in the senate today we could learn how long it will take to replace tens of millions of faulty air bags in cars all over the world. takata recalled millions of air bags because they can explode rather than inflate. just last week, the government said that the air bags have been linked to eight deaths so far in the u.s. and today, senate democrats are on the spot. the white house watching a procedural vote closely to see if democrats will go along with it. if today's measure passes, that could ultimately give president obama a victory in his hard fought trade bill. senate republicans are hoping to draw enough pro trade democrats to their side today. several democrats have said that

they will vote for this measure. a retaining wall that collapsed and caused water to rush into the cemetery and wash up several coffins will be repaired today. this is what visitors at cedar hill cemetery in suitland saw on father's day. severe flooding caused a wall to give way. news4's chris gordon tried to get an interview with the cemetery manager. >> ever since 2000, july 8 -- 20 -- >> i have to ask you to leave the property. i'm the cemetery manager and i have to ask you to leave the property. >> these people are concerned that some coffins were floating. >> the cemetery manager eventually told news4 it was only one family who was affected and the problem had been taken care of. a state oversight committee will look into the complaints. it says affected families will have the plots moved at no cost. and fairfax county may make

changes when training police officers. they reviewed the use of force policy and had 71 recommendations. they included crisis intervention strategies to give people more time to assess a situation and call for help. this report comes two years after a fairfax county police officer shot and killed john geer. he was unarmed at the time. and the police department settled the wrongful death lawsuit with his family for $3 million. the montgomery county police department testing the body cameras and running into language barriers. they're having a hard time telling people when they're being recorded. chief major says he still supports the use of body cameras. today, tom brady is asking the nfl to undue a four-game suspension. he is supposed to sit out the games without pay because of the deflategate scandal from earlier

this year. and an investigation found brady was quote at least generally aware of several underinflated footballs during the team's afc championship win. nfl commissioner roger goodell will make that final decision in this case. oscar winning composer james horner has died in a plane crash. the single engine plane went down yesterday in the national forest in los angeles. aviation officials are now trying to figure out what caused that crash. hollywood has taken to social media to share their condolences. russell crowe sent out a tweet saying my sincere condolences to the family, loved ones and friends of james horner. horner wrote many prominent movie scores including those for "titanic," "avatar" and "braveheart." heads up for stargazers. a severe solar storm slammed into earth yesterday. that's increasing the chances for some of us to see the northern lights.

they may be seen as far south as iowa and pennsylvania. so don't strain your eyes looking around here. we have -- >> my vision is decent, but -- >> an issue if you live inside the beltway. so much light pollution from the city lights but if you live up in northern maryland, or gettysburg, maybe you have a chance to see them. >> and the twitter. >> and the twitter. absolutely right. there you go. i wanted you to be aware, it will be one of those days today where you don't want to turn your back on mother nature for any too long today. get our storm team 4 app for nbc washington app and remain very weather alert. it is going to be one of those days here in the washington area. temperatures are already nearly 80 degrees in washington. 79 now at national airport with a heat index near 82. this is cool and comfy compared to how it will be later on this afternoon. what to expect today, dangerously high levels of heat and humidity. severe thunderstorms are very

very likely today. we'll be putting out frequent updates either online, on air or through the push alerts on the nbc washington app. have those things ready to go. the timing the usual. mid to late afternoon early this evening. temperatures out the door this morning are awfully muggy. 77 in winchester now. 78 down in st. mary's county. here's the future feels like temperatures. near 100 degrees for the heat index by lunch time today. and topping off with heat index values near 105 to 106 degrees later on this afternoon before cooling down behind the thunderstorms. here's future weather to time out the thunderstorm development. quiet through lunch time. 2:00 this afternoon, a possibility of a first line of thunderstorms getting going as early as 2:00 or 3:00. but the bigger line starts around 3:00 4:00 or 5:00 and that cluster of storms can make

it into the metro between 6:00 and 8:00. then all likelihood some are producing winds that are gusting up to 60 and 80 miles an hour this afternoon. severe weather threat, there is a chance for a tornado today. a very high threat for damaging winds today. hail and brief periods of very heavy rain. could get a quick inch or two inches in less than an hour's time frame. so the weather impact will be a high impact for the heat, humidity and thunderstorm chances. seven day forecast once we get past today things are calmer and easier to deal with. back into the upper 80s and sunshine for tomorrow and thursday. better or worse, no matter how you like it, the weekend looking cloudy and rainy, but cooler with highs only in the 70s. >> i don't like the weekend. i'm not sure about the cloud cover. right now, traffic wise, starting to see some slowdowns. this is 95 in virginia here. northbound. seeing some slowdowns near fredericksburg. this is because of road work,

same thing in triangle and dale city. so three different sections of slowdowns because of this overnight road work. remember to listen to our friends on wtop when you hop in your car this morning. 66 east of 28 no problems inbound or outbound. 395 at clark street, also actually looking good overall. do have a disabled vehicle over to the right side. the warning there this morning. why'd plook -- wide look at the beltway no problems. your slowest spot is 95 northbound in virginia. back in ten minutes. thanks, melissa. d.c. schools are improving but is it enough? what the chancellor says needs work. and two women raped within one hour by the same man. how much the suspect could -- how much time the suspect could spend beh you wish your dog could

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you're watching "news4 today." >> a silver spring man is awaiting extradition to prince george's county after confessing to raping two women within two hours. al bell was arrested saturday morning at a relative's alexandria home. he told police he assaulted a woman he knew inside a temple hill apartment friday night. the second attack happened just a few blocks away. bell said he grabbed a woman walking along silver hill road and assaulted her in a vacant road. >> very rarely do you find

circumstances such as this where you have two independent women just a few blobs away and you're able to track down that suspect and he confesses. >> bell faces three life terms in prison if convicted. today some senators in congress will push for better health care for veterans. tim kaine is part of a group of senators who say doctors overprescribe opioids to the veterans. d.c. public school chancellor kai ya henderson said we need to do more to improve student progress. that's according to "the washington post." she responded to an independent report from national research council and that report found more than seven years after sweeping reforms the poor and the minority students are far less likely to perform at grade level and graduate from high

school in four years. arlington libraries are offering easier access to audio books. according to our news partner wtop, you will no longer need to join a waiting list. the library is working with hoopla digital to provide access to audio books through apple tv, smartphones and tablets. the library hopes to add more digital content. right now library goers can access audio books and music through hoopla. >> so if you were wondering what the hoopla was all about, there you go. audio books. stay with us. "news4 today" continues at 5:00 a.m. it is 5:00 a.m. and we are just a few hours into a weather alert day. take a live look at just how high the temperatures are already out there. >> and by the end of the day, we could see the hottest day so far this year. good morning, everybody. we're approaching 5:00 a.m. i'm aaron gilchrist. >> i'm eun yang. let's get right to storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell now for

the very latest on this weather alert day. chuck? >> yeah, aaron and eun, heat is only half the problem we're facing today. heat index values could be up near 105 this afternoon. actual air pressure is near 100. temperatures are already in the mid to upper 70s around the metro. one or two lonesome spots are below 70. 77 in annapolis. so heading out the door first thing this morning, sticky and steamy. temperatures upper 70s before 8:00 a.m. and mid 80s by 9:00 or 10:00 this morning. temperatures near 98 degrees between 3:00 and 5:00 and thunderstorms starts in the mid afternoon time frame. severe thunderstorms are likely this afternoon. temperatures mid 90s, 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. weather slowdowns today, not much in the weather department slowing things down but by this afternoon it could be ugly on the roads. >> no doubt, it will be nasty this afternoon. please be