reets. and we have the threat of severe weather later today. the severe weather threat zone includes the washington metro area for later this afternoon. breaking news in the last few minutes. american forces appear to be the target of a suicide attack in kabul. but first, storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein with more on that threat for severe weather. hey, tom. >> yeah, right now, we are calm and quiet. just a clear sky, a little bit of haze in the air but later today from pennsylvania into maryland virginia, eastern west virginia and the district, this yellow zone this is where we could get some thunderstorms that may roll on through. some could produce damaging winds and the hour by hour timing is going to be pushing in by later today. right now getting a few showers here in west virginia tracking over to the immediate shenandoah valley. then by noontime, just a few sprinkles, west and north of the metro area. it is between 2:00 p.m. from the

shenandoah valley to the western and northern suburbs that could get thundershowers and then they can roll through the metro area. some could have damaging winds. we'll look at the hour by hour temperature changes in the next 12 hours. how are the roads? >> chopper 4 over the top of the beltway. those taillights are the outer loop here, approaching new hampshire avenue. nice light volume here this morning. what we like to see from above for sure. 270 into and out of town, no problems. a little slow out of frederick, nothing terrible through urbana. 66 inbound, through manassas, 37 miles per hour. and then 95 there's construction near mine road. construction out of the way. a wider look at the beltway coming up in ten minutes. breaking news. we're closely watching a suicide bomb attack in afghanistan. we have learned the attacker drove an explosive vehicle and targeted the capital kabul. this video just in to the live

desk. the blast sent a huge plume of smoke over the city. we know there are casualties but because this story is just breaking, we're keeping a close eye on it. and when we know more we'll bring it to you. aaron? >> molette, thank you. 6:02 your time now. today a d.c. council vote will address transparency between the police and a public and they'll ask the mayor to allow you to view police body camera video. it is a budget issue. and news4's zachary kiesch is live outside the wilson building with more on how this program could be over before it even starts. zachary? >> reporter: hey, good morning, aaron. the vote today could delay the expansion of this pilot program planned for 2016 if it does not happen, it will not impact the 168 cameras already on the street. this was introduced by council member mcduffie who essential says if we're going to roll out the police cameras and do it in the name of transparency the public deserves to be able to

see this video. he calls it public information, but people like the mayor have been pretty firm that they don't want this information released. it will come with a price tag. $1.5 million a year it will cost. it will need budget approval, it will require more money for the 2016 budget which starts in october. again, the mayor and cathy lanier, the police chief have been pretty strong and firm in the idea they don't want this video to be published. it will be voted on here at the wilson building. zachary kiesch. back to you in studio. you can see a significant tax cut in the district a year sooner than you were supposed to. today the d.c. council will vote on a plan proposed by phil mendelson. it will fast track the tax cuts

for the wealthiest residents. the first wave of the tax cuts went to families making less than $60,000 last year. mayor bowser and some council members are not on board with this. they want to see the money used for d.c. schools or affordable housing. 6:04 right now. a developing story out of japan. at least two people are dead after a man set himself on fire aboard a high speed bullet train. police say the man poured oil over his head and then lit the fire, killing himself and another passenger. at least nine others were hurt. one seriously from smoke inhalation. a family from maryland is suing amtrak over the deadly train accident. gildersleeve's family filed the lawsuit. the train took a curve at more than 100 miles an hour and flew off the tracks. gildersleeve was in the front car. 6:05.

several people are recovering from synthetic drug overdoses in the district. this video is fire and rescue personnel on the scene. according to the fire department four people went to the hospital last night. these were new cases that were reported around second and "d" streets northwest. the video here shows those fire and rescue personnel on the scene. earlier this month, at least 11 people overdosed outside the largest homeless shelter. d.c. police investigate a shooting in the southeast. happened at a liquor store and the victim was breathing when paramedics took him to the hospital. right now investigators are not revealing any suspect information. a grand jury will consider a perjury charge in the case of two missing maryland sisters. 65-year-old patricia welch waived her right to the preliminary hearing. prosecutor randy krantz says welch was charged after appearing before a special grand jury. investigating the disappearance

of the lyons. the girls were last seen walking to a shopping center in wheaten back in 1975. now to a decision 2016 nbc news exclusive this morning, an early look at matt lauer's sit down interview with new jersey governor chris christie. today he is expected to announce he is running for president. christie will likely have to rely on his blunt style to make an impression on voters. that's because he's up against 13 other republican candidates right now. you can catch the first part of matt lauer's interview tonight on "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. and president obama announce as new rule that could have a huge impact on the middle class. we expect to learn more about his plans for overtime pay today. right now if you make more than $23,600 a year, you are not guaranteed overtime by law. the president wants to double that threshold to more than $50,000 a year. the u.s. takes on germany in

the world cup semifinals in montreal. no goal has hit the back of the u.s. net in the last 400 minutes of action. this is nothing new for the team, they have reached the semifinal round of every woman's world cup. the winner will play in the finals sunday. you can watch that game at the national harbor tonight at 32 -- a 32-foot screen will show the team in action. if you missed any matches leading up to the semifinal you can catch up on those tonight. the canada versus china game that aired on saturday will be played out at 6:00. 6:07. a massive federal database impacting tens of thousands of federal workers remains shut down this morning. the problem that will keep it off line for weeks and the impact it's having. a brand new crash we're hearing about on 66. going to look for a camera and be back in a minute. and breaking news in indonesia after a military plane crashes overnight. we got an update on the recovery effort. molette will have an update from the

death toll rising in indonesia after a military plane crash, at least 37 people killed. up from 20 about an hour ago. these horrific images in to the live desk show a residential neighborhood on fire. panic everywhere. there's smoke coming from buildings, crumpled vehicles. the c-130 crashed shortly after takeoff in the country's third largest city. back to you. all right, molette thank you. 6:11 is our time right now. i want to get folks caught up on the forecast for today. >> yeah we have a bright start to our tuesday, but a lingering threat of some showers later on. let's check in with storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein. >> good morning. you'll notice it's more humid when you step out. hazy sunshine around the metro area now. off to the west, showers in the

mountains of west virginia and headed into western maryland. well west of the metro area for the morning commute. look at that cantaloupe covered sky. live view from our city camera. temperatures right now in the 60s. r over the next 12 hours they'll be climbing to the mid 80s by noontime near 90 by 3:00. then back down to the upper 80s when we get thunderstorms coming on through. there's a slight risk they would be severe with damaging winds. a look at our severe threats that's coming up in the next weather and traffic on the 1s at 6:21. melissa, what's happening on the roads now? >> brand new crash here, this just popped up. 66 inbound here at nutley street. right now it is a three-mile backup and that is just going to build. crash is actually off to the right shoulder here. still though a warning. we'll get some slow downs in the area. 95 north quantico to the beltway, ten minutes behind. and not bad really at all here this morning. 270 south from germantown to the beltway looking good.

outer loop 95 to 270 no problems there. remember to listen to our friends from wtop when you hop in your car. thanks. news that might have you putting down that glass of orange juice this morning. why too much citrus can put your skin at risk. [ gunshots ] wow, a dramatic showdown caught on camera. what we're learning abou

6:15 now. you have to wait longer to get your federal security clearance. the office of personnel management discovered a flaw in its massive federal database and shut it down. that database known as e-qip, short for electronic questionnaires for information. and we spoke about the fear of a new data breach. >> 100% cyber security isn't realistic in the environment we live in today. everybody at some point is either going to be hacked or is going to be targeted for a hack. >> opm says the move is not a direct result of malicious activity. the agency says quote, rather it is taking this step proactivity

as a result of our comprehensive security assessment to ensure the security of the network and the system could be shut down for four to six weeks. at the same time opm under fire for an earlier data breach. the largest union representing federal workers is suing the agency. the american federation of government employees is accusing the feds of negligence. the suit says opm had been warned for years of problems with data security and failed to take steps to safeguard the information. hackers stole records of up to 18 million current and former federal workers. 6:17 right now. a former inmate is filing a lawsuit against the district of columbia after he spent 26 years in prison for a crime he did not do. "the washington post" reports kevin martin is seeking $30 million for his wrongful conviction. this is a picture of him after a judge exonerated him last year. district prosecutors reviewed his case and found dna evidence at the crime scene ruled martin out.

martin was convicted of the 1982 killing of a woman in southeast d.c. right now a new wildfire burns in washington state. this one broke out in the small town of mans field, about 40 miles northeast of fires. and extreme heat dry conditions and strong winds fueled the flames. aaron? >> molette thank you. 6:18 now. developing right now if you have a 401(k) it could be a rough day. investors watching closely to see if u.s. markets will recover after yesterday's big drop. asian markets are up this morning, a good sign. investors are on edge because greece is getting close to defaulting on its debt. today, greece is supposed to make a huge payment that may not happen though. european banking leaders say they will be able to survive this crisis, but they want greece to make a deal. some say that -- today some

greek banks will reopen so pensioners who don't have bank cards can make small withdrawals. scary moments for a georgia deputy after a man suddenly opened fire on him during a call. take a look for yourself. [ gunshots ] >> put it down now! put it down now! i need some help. shots fired. >> some dramatic video there. quite the exchange. you heard the deputy returning fire. he hurt the man who is expected to be okay. you can see right there he picks up a drink, takes a drink before he is taken to the hospital. the deputy was not hurt. the georgia district attorney is now investigating. a survey of south carolina legislators shows that there is enough support to remove the confederate flag from the state

house. south carolina journalists asked all lawmakers how they would vote and there appears to be a two-thirds majority in each chamber to take the flag down. meanwhile we are learning that the ku klux klan plans to rally to keep the flag at the state house on july 18th. now, while the group was approved to rally, governor nikki haley says they were not welcome. i want to show you some video out of oregon right now. look at this, fire engulfing a ballpark. this is in eugene, oregon, on monday. people within the two-block radius of that historic civic stadium had to evacuate. it took firefighters several hours to put the flames out here. civic stadium was built in 1938 and was one of the 12 -- only 12 wooden ballparks left in the united states. 6:20. a florida man is lucky to be alive after accidentally doing that. jumping the draw bridge with his car. you can see the black suv here it comes, goes through the barricade, up and over the writhing bridge in palm beach. police say this was not a stunt.

the driver was messing around with his gps. didn't see the bridge rising. he was cited for reckless driving. lurk i can guy. well, today we'll learn how well the district is combating hiv. this morning mayor muriel bowser releases the annual report on hiv, stds and hepatitis. it will reveal how many new cases were revealed in the last year and in 2012 the number of hiv cases in the district reached epidemic rates. a campaign to stop illegal crabbing is taking place in maryland again this year. maryland natural resources, police say that blue crab numbers are rising. however, they're still way below peak levels from four and five years ago. police will crack down on anybody breaking registration or limit rules when it comes to crabbing. all right. well, we -- we're starting off in the 60s and 70s.

going to the 80s and there are some severe weather threats as well. >> here is tom kierein. >> we have the ingredients for storms to develop later today, the humidity is back and the heat is building later on this afternoon. right now the storm team 4 radar is showing showers out in west virginia and western maryland and they'll gradually dissipate. later today you may need an umbrella later in the afternoon. have your storm team 4 washington app ready. before then, some sun block, sunglasses, short sleeves before the storms arrive. hour by hour, through the day ahead temperatures in the 60s climbing into the low 70s by 8:00. and high clouds in the mid 80s. then during the afternoon may get up around 90 and then thunderstorms do roll on through. metro area may see the storms between 4:00 and 7:00. earlier in the day farther to our west. this is the threat zone in yellow. pennsylvania, maryland, virginia, eastern and west

virginia. this is for later this afternoon into the early evening hours as we get thundershowers coming on through. the main threat is high winds from brief quick gusts coming through during the late afternoon and early evening hours. a very low risk of a tornado. maybe hail some brief heavy rain. storms rolling through again metro area around 4:00 p.m. to around 7:00 p.m. tomorrow, up near 90 but a much smaller chance of a storm. maybe some afternoon storms on thursday, in the mid 80s. could get a thundershower on friday. temperatures in the mid 80s on the fourth of july. a greater chance of storms on sunday and monday with highs in the 80s. county by county highs today, next weather and traffic on the 1s. that's at 6:31. melissa has a new crash to talk about. >> this is the inner loop at braddock road. a two-mile backup that's causing for us.

66 eastbound at nutley street, a big backup as well as you're headed inbound because of the earlier crash. 95 northbound through dale city is slow. nothing happening there, that's pretty typical for that spot and this time of the day. beltway at central avenue, moving along inner and outer loop just fine. b.w. parkway, 29, no problems there. 270, nice light volume this morning. back in a couple of minutes here with a look at this crash once more on the beltway. see you at 6:31. >> thanks, melissa. in "news4 your health" new research says citrus could increase your risk for skin cancer. drinking some orange juice or eating grapefruit may make your skin more sensitive to the sunlight and increase the chance you develop melanoma. however eating oranges and drinking grapefruit juice didn't seem to increase that risk. researchers say there's still a lot of work to do so they're not

suggesting you change what you eat at this time. sugary drinks can be linked to 184,000 deaths worldwide. researchers at tufts university says it's from diabetes cardiovascular disease and cancer. they say it's time to remove the sugary drinks from the food supply. they looked at data over a 30-year period. somebody bought a winning $100,000 cash five lottery ticket in virginia and it's about to expire. that winning ticket was bought on january 12th at the 7-eleven road in manassas. it has to be claimed soon. >> check your pockets. >> i already checked mine. if you feel like today is longer, it's going to be longer actually. only by one second though. >> i know we get one second. one measly second. >> called leap second. it is needed this year so we can sync up the earth with the earth

rotation. >> however, that small moment in time may cause problems on wall street. the second will be added at 8:00 p.m. eastern. that's when asian markets are actually opening up for business in case of trouble, exchanges will stop after hour trading about 30 minutes early. this is something they're really worried about. if you're wondering how to spend that one second, john oliver, a comedian, he started this web side called spend your leap second here.com. he's uploaded the one second videos. like mariah carey's cat and dog fighting on the episode of cribs. preparing for the pope's big visit to d.c., the announcement in the day ahead that could give us a better idea of his plans when he comes to town. $30 in unpaid tolls left one area driver with an $11,000 bill. the warning one man has for you to avoid the fines. clear skies right now, look

at the gorgeous sun off in the distance. but we are watching the threat for severe weather. the chances for storms where you live, plus your neighborhood high temperatures at 6:31 with your weather and traffic on the

an i-team investigation prompting change in montgomery county. the action being taken in the day ahead after we exposed problems with the department of liquor control. plus, a live look at st. matthew's cathedral in northwest washington this morning. the announcement in the hours ahead that will give us a clearer picture on the pope's visit to d.c. first our storm team 4, watching the threat for severe weather in the day ahead. you can see almost all of our viewing area is at risk for storms today. >> that's right. meteorologist tom kierein is here with more on that threat and the high temperatures you're going to see where you live. hi, tom. >> good morning. yeah, that severe threat zone in yellow includes much of eastern and west virginia. right now the in the 60s. later on today, county by county highs reaching the mid 80s, mid 80s in prince george's and

arlington a few scattered thunderstorms coming on through. most of loudoun, fauquier, stafford and culpepper upper 80s to near 90 degrees. more humid this afternoon. southern maryland should be in the mid to upper 80s right near the bay. a few scattered storms coming through there as well, and pennsylvania border counties reaching the low to mid 80s. shenandoah valley into the mountains as well later this afternoon. they'll get some of the thundershowers a little earlier. in the low to mid 80s. much weather and traffic on the 1s your drive time forecast. we have breaking news on the roads now. melissa has an update. >> breaking news on the beltway. we're talking about the inner loop as you're approaching braddock road. about a 2 1/2 mile backup because of a car that can't be moved because the tire is dislocated for lack of a better word here. we are very, very slow here. 66 east at nutley new crash there. still causing some problems into town. 95 here in virginia, little slow here through stafford.

opens up in triangle and then gets typically through in dale city. southbound you're fine. wide look at the beltway, no major problems aside from the one situation inner loop at braddock. prince george's county looking good. more on that crash on the beltway coming up as well as travel times. breaking news. no american or coalition casualties from that suicide bomb attack in afghanistan. we're following, this is brand new video just in from that scene there. we just got word from a nato spokesman that coalition forces escaped injury. 19 civilians, however, are hurt including four children and three women. an eyewitness says he saw a car ram into the convoy of foreign forces and explode and wounded everywhere. we are staying on top of the developing story throughout the day. back to you. >> molette, thank you.6:33. some lawmakers pushing for change inside a troubled liquor agency. the news4 i-team has been investigating over the last year. the montgomery county ad hoc

liquor control committee started meeting after the i-team expoed problems with the department of liquor control. some of the biggest complaints of restaurants involve glitches with the new county computer system for ordering alcohol, especially special order products. now today the ad hoc committee will recommend lawmakers amend the state law to allow private businesses to sell wholesale special order beer and wine products instead of the county. the public hearing on the resolution will be held next month. to read more about it, visit the nbc washington app and click on investigations. angie? today we could find out if the pope's final itinerary will be released. the vatican can release that as soon as 8:00 this morning we are being told. pope francis is coming to the district in september and news4's derrick ward is live at the cathedral. so many people in washington anxiously awaiting this

announcement, derrick. >> reporter: well, indeed they are. we should be hearing that here locally at about 10:00 when they hold a news conference here at the cathedral of st. matthew, but we do know that the pope is going to spend most or the better part of three days here starting in september. that will be over september 22, 23 and 24. he'll be busy he will attend a white house welcoming ceremony. he is going to conduct a mass on the steps on the shrine of the national immaculate conception. and at the shrine of the national -- of the immaculate conception, he's going to deliver his address on the steps of the shrine. at an altar designed by catholic university students. it is going to be moved inside once that's over. now he's expected to name a saint once he is here. it will be st. junipero serra.

he established some churches in california, parts of texas and also in mexico. what we do know also is that the vatican embassy up on massachusetts avenue will be erecting a six-foot security fence for the pope's visit. he is expected to spend some time at the vatican embassy. now, we are told that that fence will be aesthetically in line with what's there already. we will see the designs of that later. then he'll be off to philly to attend the world meeting of families. so we'll know the details in a couple of hours. live here in northwest, derrick ward news4. 6:35 and today the d.c. council is taking steps to honor a fallen firefighter. kevin mcrae dayed -- died last month. november 22 will be kevin mcrae day. $11,000 for $30 worth of tolls, i was flabbergasted, man. >> and so are a lot of other

people. now they're suing the company that runs the 495 and 95 express lanes for excessive fees. transurban runs the express lanes. if you ride them with a low balance on the e-zpass you'll get a bill in the mail. while they seem excessive, company officials say you'll always get warned and if you call right away after getting the notice they'll almost always remove the fees. >> if the customer calls us when they get that first or second invoice, if they show us they corrected that issue so they put funds back on the e-zpass account, make sure to travel with the properly mounted e-zpass we'll wipe all the fees away. >> transurban is abusing the power, and the company is not commenting on the lawsuit. if you plan on using metro this weekend there will be some schedule changes. metro will run from 7:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. on friday and on saturday the trains will run less frequently. head to the washington app for

all the changes on saturday. metro will increase trains after about 2:00 in the afternoon to handle all those headed for fire works on the national mall. and breaking news on the beltway. we are talking about the inner loop at braddock road and the backup is growing because of the vehicle in the middle of the roadway. we are talking about three miles at this point. we'll have more details coming up. d.c. police body camera program could be put on hold. the vote that can keep them off the streets. plus new pressure to change the redskins name.

breaking news on the roads right now. we have a problem inner loop at braddock road. a three mile backup because of the vehicle stuck in the middle of the roadway.

a tow truck just arrived on the scene. chopper 4 headed to this right now. should be in there in a minute of two. 270 southbound at montrose road, a report of a car fire. starting to so a slowdown there as you hit the spur. quantico to 95, a little behind. maryland overall travel times looking pretty good. remember to listen to our friends on wtop 103.5 when you hop in your car. tom? >> we don't have any travel problems weatherwise at least on this tuesday morning. we have dry pavement around, and during the afternoon some pavement will be wet as we get thundershowers coming on through. caution for that for the morning, sunshine and dry roads, some roads wet with the passing thundershowers mid to late afternoon. ly early evening. coming up next weather and traffic on the 1s the hour by hour storm timing. >> thank you. a controversial bill about vaccines now headed to the governor's desk in california. right now parents there can

choose not to vaccinate their kids if they don't believe in it or claim a religious exemption. under the new law, neither of those would be acceptable excuses. the bill says that parents have to home school their kids if they're not vaccinated. a church with a million members are calling on the redskins to change their name. the united church of christ called the team's nation racially offensive and the church asked the members to boycott all the games this year and to refuse any merchandise. well, the issue of working overtime is back in the spotlight in the morning. and the action being taken by president obama that can lead to a bigger paycheck for you. plus, breaking develops out of indonesia. rescue teams searching for survivors after a m

breaking news in indonesia at this hour. where a search for survivors is underway after a military plane slammed into a neighborhood overnight. it is one of the stories we're working on to get you up to the minute. the minute you're up. storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein starts us off with a threat for severe weather. >> yeah. it will be a hotter day and some sunshine this morning. giving way to scattered afternoon storms. temperatures will be climbing into the mid 80s by noontime.

near 90 by mid afternoon. then 80s as the storms roll through, mid to late afternoon into the eevening hours. some could be severe with damaging winds. melissa? >> a problem on the inner loop at braddock road. a three mile backup because of the vehicle in the middle of the roadway there. it's quite slow. coming up, a live picture over montrose road, 270 at montrose, an issue there as well. we just got some new video in to the newsroom from that deadly military plane crash in indonesia. right now, rescue crews are search fork survivors. at least 37 people killed. the c-130 crashed into a residential neighborhood just before the plane went down, the pilot reported engine trouble. and tried to turn around. aaron? >> molette, thank you. 14 before the hour. today a d.c. council vote will address transparency between police and the public. the council will ask the mayor

to allow you to view police body camera video. the issue isn't just about access to information but also a budget issue. news4's zachary kiesch with more on how the program could be over before it gets started. zachary, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, aaron. the vote here at the wilson building just behind me this morning will hinge on two issues. one is that $1.5 million to post and manage this new police camera video, the other one is more of a philosophical issue. should this video be available to the public? people like the mayor, muriel bowser, say no it should not. others like council member mcduffie say, absolutely. the public has to have access to the video. in fact if they don't have access let's del we're committed to do this right. he calls it essential to this public information and building improved relationships between the police and the community. again, it's going to cost $1.5 million. that's the ticket per year to

year to post and manage the video and it will need budget approval for the 2016 fiscal year. they'll vote on that amendment today. that vote will not impact the 168 cameras that are already on the street and with police. this all comes to light of course as you think of ferguson, as you think of new york and right here in d.c. today. that vote will be at the wilson building just behind me. reporting live aaron back to you in the studio. >> zachary kiesch, thank you. you can see a significant tax cut in the district a year sooner than you were supposed to. today the d.c. council will vote on plan proposed by phil mendelson. it would fast track tax cuts that weren't supposed to happen to 2016. mayor bowser and some council members not on board with this. they want to see that money used for d.c. schools or affordable housing. we're learning some

incredible new details about how two escaped inmates survived weeks in the woods as police searched for them. let's get right to nbc news correspondent miguel almaguer. it appears that david sweat is hurt, but he's talking. >> reporter: yeah angie, good morning. after 23 days on the run and now listed in serious condition, he is talking from his hospital bed here today. he has apparently told investigators including the governor that he had a plan to head to mexico and they had a murder plot that was in store. david sweat telling investigators several new details. we'll have many of them coming up on the "today" show in a few minutes. guys? >> all right miguel thank you so much. we'll be watching. 6:49 our time right now. several people are recovering from synthetic drug overdoses in the district. the fire department says four people went to the hospital after suspected overdoses last night. fire rescue personnel were on the scene. this happened near second and "d" street northwest. earlier this month at least 11 people overdosed outside the

largest homeless shelter on second street northwest. d.c. police vessing a shooting -- investigating a shooting in southeast. this happened in front of a liquor store last night. police tell us the victim was breathing when paramedics took him to the hospital.stigators are not revealing any suspect information. we have a 2016 exclusive this morning. this the an early look at matt lauer's sit down interview with new jersey governor chris christie. today he will announce he's running for president. christie will probably have to rely on his blunt style to make an impression with voters. that's because he is up against 13 other republican candidates and that's just right now. catch the first part of matt's interview tonight on the "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. we're expecting some new information from the white house today about a plan to raise pay for the middle class. president obama is proposing a new rule about overtime this week. right now, if you make more than about $23,600 a year, you're not guaranteed overtime by law. the president wants to double

that threshold to more than $50,000 a year. a new smartphone plan aimed at saving you a lot of money. cnbc's landon dowdy with how sprint hopes to earn your business. hey, landon. >> hey aaron. that's right. sprint is rolling out a new all included rate plan for $80 a month you get unlimited talk text and data plus you can lease phones such as the iphone 6 and samsung gallery s-6. it includes a one-time $36 activation fee. sprint is hoping to draw people fed up by complex pricing plans and hid costs. back over to you. >> thank you, landon dowdy. breaking news right now on the roads. take a look here. chopper 4 over 270 right now. these are the northbound lanes. have a report of a bus fire. now everything is off to the left shoulder and traffic is getting by. though a little slow at this point this morning. still have this problem seinner

looped a braddock road. it will be towed out of the way soon. big look at the beltway, inbound 395 is slow as is 295. and the top of the beltway outer loop also a little bit slow. beltway at st. barnabas no problems there. then looking here, b.w. parkway outbound there as you're just outside of the beltway northbound is slow as well. chopper over this situation here. 270 north at montrose good thing it's in the northbound lanes. southbound, no major issues. >> sun is up this morning. a live view from the city camera. i have my smartphone velcroed to my hand so i can check the latest storm team 4 radar which is showing a few showers in west virginia there. they're tracking into western maryland. they're beginning to dissipate east of there. more humid, hazy sunshine with us now and hour by hour timing on storms later today. everything will be fine through

the morning. and noontime. it's around 2:00 this afternoon we'll begin to see some thundershowers in the panhandle of west virginia and shenandoah valley and then closer to the metro area. around 4:00 into the western suburbs, southern suburbs and then 6:00, 7:00 coming into the metro area. after that they may be into southern maryland parts of the northern neck of the eastern shore. and a few lingering showers perhaps into the evening hours and thunder and lightning as well. a small risk we'd have damaging winds coming through. but a big area. threat zone through maryland and virginia and includes the panhandle of west virginia for those storms by later this afternoon. and early this evening. the main threat would be from high wind. only very low risk of any tornadoes. a little higher threat of hail and heavy rain as the storms come on through. the impact for the afternoon commute will be low to moderate. some pavement will be wet and may be having flashes of lightning as the brief downpours come on through.

then tomorrow, less humid, with highs near 90. chance of storms in afternoon on thursday. maybe a morning or afternoon shower or thundershower on friday. on the fourth of july only a small chance of a storm. greater chance on sunday and highs in the mid 80s. over to you. >> thank you tom. a developing story out of japan right now. at least two people are dead after a man set himself on fire aboard this high speed bullet train. police say the man poured oil over his head and then lit the fire killing himself and another passenger. at least nine others were hurt. one seriously from smoke inhalation. 6:54 right now. the family of a man from maryland is suing amtrak over that deadly train derailment in philadelphia. bob gildersleeve, jr. lived in elkridge and he and seven others died when the train sped into the curve and flew off the tracks last month. his family is accusing amtrak of negligence and outrageous conduct. their lawsuit is now among more than a dozen filed in the

aftermath of the disaster. next tuesday a grand jury will consider a perjury charge in the case of two maryland sisters who have been missing since the 1970s. 65-year-old patricia welch waived her right to the preliminary hearing. the judge sent the case to the grand jury in bedford county. welch was charged after appearing before a special grand jury investigating that disappearance of 10-year-old katherine lyon and sheila lyon. the girls were last seen walking to a shopping center in wheaten in 1975. well, today first lady michelle obama will host 50 girl scouts for a campout here at the white house. yes, they will pitch their tents on the south lawn. this is really the ultimate sleepover. there will be a rock climbing wall, it's a new part of the let's move campaign called let's move outside. the u.s. takes on germany today in the women's world cup semifinal in montreal.

no goal has hit the back of the u.s. net in the last 400 minutes of action. the winner will go on to play in the final on july 5th. and you can watch tonight's game with a few hundred of your closest friends at national harbor harbor. the 32-foot screen will show the team in action at 7:00 p.m. here are 4 things to know. the vatican is expected to release the pope's final schedule for his stop in d.c. it could happen as soon as 8:00 this morning and we'll update the washington app as soon as the schedule comes out. you may have to wait up to six weeks longer to get federal clearance. a flaw was discovered in e-qip and it was shut down. almost 40 people dead after an indonesian air force plane crashed in a neighborhood. the air force says the pilot told the control tower the plane needed to turn back because of

engine trouble. today the d.c. council will ask mayor muriel bowser for additional funding for the police body camera program. $1.5 million is needed to distribute the camera videos to the pubic will. melissa? >> inner look at braddock road we have a three-mile backup because of a car in the center lane. we hope it gets out of there shortly. >> okay. >> we're back at 7:25. make it a great tuesday everybody.

good morning. total loss. at least 24 homes now consumed by a wind-driven wildfire in washington state. thousands evacuated. >> it was really scary. a nightmare. >> new fears this morning that conditions could make matters even worse. coming clean. david sweat talking to authorities. what he's revealing about his prison break and the botched plan to kill joyce mitchell's husband and flee to mexico. governor chris christie set to join the presidential race. can he get back the mojo he once had? >>