ts now. >> our top stories this morning, major changes today on a road you most likely take to work. why you can see fewer brake lights on the beltway. get ready for a scorcher. we are only in the 70s right now. look at current temperatures around the region. 72 in manassas. we could see the mid 90s in just a few hours and it's going to feel even hotter. you know with the humidity and all that. >> yeah it's 5:00 a.m. i'm aaron gilchrist. good morning. >> i'm eun yang. welcome, it's tuesday, july 7, 2015. we want a check of the forecast. >> tom kierein is in the weather studio. >> we are drying out after we had the downpours yesterday. storm team 4 radar all clear now. just a few lingering clouds. we'll have that hazy sunshine this morning. patchy fog, some of the rural areas. we'll have it in the upper 70s. driving home, temperatures into the low and mid 90s around the metro area. look at other neighborhood highs

next weather and traffic on the 1s at 5:11. now about that problem on 95, what's going on with it now melissa? >> taking another look, it looks like it's getting better. virginia at 95 southbound through dumfries some of that congestion easing up a little bit. you can see as you live drive here, headed southbound there gets a little nasty through triangle and opens back up. now the delays are about a mile and a half. so that of course is just a little bit better. just spoke with police about this crash in laurel, between whiskey bottom and 198. no problems on the beltway and overall, prince george's county looking quite good. back in ten minutes. see you at 5:11. >> thank you. police arrested a man for a deadly stabbing on board a metro train. he will be in court today. news4's zachary kiesch has new things we are learning about that man. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, aaron. we know this isn't his first run-in with the law. his name is jasper spires. he'll be behind me here at d.c.

superior court at 11:00 a.m. this morning. he's accused of the july 4th stabbing at the noma metro station. now police say spires stabbed kevin sutherland, 24-year-old american university graduate, a political strategist on his way to go meet friends on the fourth of july. he was a man with big dreams and big potential. we heard from one of his former roommates. >> just being with him every day, you miss the little things so much about him. you don't realize that until he's taken away from you. >> reporter: we also learned that spires was arrested on a robbery charge just last week and he was released because of a lack of evidence in that case. police also believe that this robbery -- this was a robbery gone bad on the fourth of july that led to sutherland's death. reporting live here at d.c. superior courting back to you in the studio. >> zachary kiesch, thank you.

5:03. right now the prince george's county police are looking for a suspect in the shooting in oxon hill. someone shot a man near the d.c. border around 9:00 last night and the victim is in critical condition. the police are working to learn a motive. this morning fire investigators in suitland are trying to figure out what sparked an apartment fire. this happened on silver park terrace last night. the fire broke out on the top floor of that building. today closing arguments will begin for prince george's county man charged with ordering his uncle's murder. brian mayhew is serving a life sentence for the killing of man in the district in 2011. prosecutors say mayhew had someone kill his uncle nicoh to keep him from testifying against him in the murder trial. stanley winston and anthony cannon are facing murder charges in the death. the 18 driver in a deadly crash in potomac is out of the hospital and back home.

an attorney for samuel ellis says he's in agony over the crash that killed li and murk. it happened two weeks ago. on the way back from a party, ellis flipped a car and crashed into a tree. police say underaged drinking took place at that party. officers found beer cans inside the car. ellis has not been charged in this crash. 5:04 right now. hundreds of people in the district want renowned d.c. chef jose andres to dump donald trump. a petition says andres should back out of his deal to open a restaurant at the future trump hotel in the district. that hotel set to open in the old post office pavilion next year. it comes after recent comments he made about mexican immigrants. andres is from spain. he replied to one tweet saying his views on immigration are clear, that all men and women should bed respectfully regardless of their status. the shooting and killing of a woman in san francisco fuelling the immigration debate

there. francisco sanchez a mexican national is expected to be arraigned today for the shooting of kathryn steinle earlier this month. sanchez is an undocumented immigrant who has been deported five times. he admitted in the jailhouse interview that he came to san francisco because of the sanctuary status. the city bans police from asking the suspects about their immigration status. he was released even after immigration agents asked local officials to hold him. new this morning a security threat midair. take a listen as the pilot tells passengers what's going on. >> a threat against this aircraft, so we'll have law enforcement come over and take a look. >> so a passenger took this video on his phone. this is shortly after takeoff. u.s. airways flight 1865 was headed from charlotte to st. paul, minneapolis, when it had to go back to charlotte.

you see the passengers on the tarmac. local law enforcement investigated this supposed threat and cleared the plane. no word yet on the source of that threat. aaron? >> kristin wright, thank you. 5:06. right now crews are getting ready to make your commute easier in northern virginia. vdot will open up the inner loop from the end of the 495 express lane. it will open from 7:00 to 11:00 this morning for the rush hour and it will open from 2:00 to 8:00 this evening. news4's megan mcgrath will give us a closer look in the live report. taking a look at the roads in virginia. things don't look too bad if you're headed to work, but you'll need the a.c. on the way home for sure. tom had your drive time forecast. and overnight a college football player was released. we'll show you why and the video behind the move. we continue to track a story out of washington state where

one person has been killed in an ice cave collapse. the deta

welcome back. new this morning the search for the body of a hiker killed in the ice cave collapse is now suspended until the sun comes up. the collapse happened at the ice caves in washington state yesterday. one of the people is in critical condition. these are a popular spot for tourists. the u.s. forest service says they can be incredibly dangerous in warmer weather. the high temperature yesterday was 80 degrees. a florida state football player is off the team after video surfaced of him hitting a woman in a bar. it shows deandre johnson and the woman jostling for position on the bar. johnson swings back at her face. police charged him with misdemeanor battery. it is 5:11.

time for weather and traffic on the 1s. get ready for the return of some really hot weather. >> storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein is here with the news. tom? >> yeah this will likely be our first day weeks. pink cloud cover over the eastern horizon. live view from the storm team 4 tower camera. neighborhood highs today into the 90s just about everywhere. northern and western suburbs, near 90. and panhandle of west virginia, shenandoah valley into the low 90s. closer to washington the nearby neighborhoods should be in the low and mid 90s. inside the beltway and right down down. southern maryland and across the rest of northern virginia, low to mid 90s. fredericksburg, mid 90s there. near 90 right near the bay with hazy sunshine and humidity may drop in the afternoon. a look at our storm chances for the rest of the week and the weekend next weather and traffic on the 1s at 5:21. melissa has an update on that

laurel crash. >> update an the laurel crash. we spoke with police, it is still there. a tow truck on the scene there. between whiskey bottom and 198 is where this crash is. it is an overturned vehicle which is why it can take a little time to get out of the roadway here. 95 south through dumfries, loosening up a bit. 57 miles an hour. 66 into town and out of town don't have any issues there. 270 at shady grove road, moving along nicely. and near 270 this is the road work that popped up yesterday. it is still hanging around this morning so a warning there with the right lane blocked. back at 5:21. while you were sleeping a southwest airlines flight was forced to make an emergency landing. >> what caused the plane to land before it was supposed to as well as a look at some of the video just coming in to the newsroom this morning. and the end of a 495 express

lanes on the inner loop side. that merge can be quite a choke point, but a shoulder lane is going to be opening up

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so we'll be watching this one closely today. the world will be watching really. an emergency summit happening today of eurozone leaders in brussels. this is all about greece's financial problems. right now, european leaders putting major pressure on greek leaders to come to the table with serious and credible proposals. the prime minister of greece urged people there to vote no in that bailout referendum, voters did in fact reject it in brussels today. the prime minister is expected to negotiate some sort of rescue deal with lenders. greece some speculate could be out of the european union. eun? >> thank you, kristin. your time right now is 5:17.

crews are preparing to open an extra lane on the inner loop of the beltway. vdot will open up the north shoulder from the end of the 495 express lanes to the g.w. parkway. news4's megan mcgrath is live on the road now with a look at what you can expect. good morning, megan. >> reporter: well, eun, we are pulled over on the shoulder of the express lanes where it merges and people have to go over into the regular lanes. it can be a real choke point during rush hour. you can see what we're talking about. we'll start to drive it here and you can see the end of the express lanes and the barrier in between. traffic has to merge or has to then merge into those regular lanes and it really slows things down. well, what we'll start to see here is that beginning as soon as today they are going to be opening the left-hand shoulder lane to give another lane of traffic. kind of ease that merge and

hopefully make things a little more smoother during the rush hour period. now, it's going to be beginning at 7:00 this morning. they're going to open that left-hand shoulder lane to traffic during peak periods. we're talking about a 1.5 mile stretch from the end of the express lanes to the g.w. parkway. we are talking about the inner loop side of 495. now, this is going to happen during two periods during the day. 7:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m., 2:00 to 8:00. they'll have green arrows and red xs. back to you in the studio. >> thanks, megan. we now know what larry hogan wants to cut in the proposed purple line project. . hes to cut $210 million from the proposal. the governor wants to change the wait times between trains. hogan wants montgomery and prince george's counties to pay more to get this project done. that 16 mile light rail line would connect bethesda and new

carrollton. hours until the deadline, the negotiation is led by secretary of state kerry in vienna hit a roadblock late yesterday. iran said as part of my deal it wants the u.n. to lift the arms embargo. the u.s. says it will not enter the wrong type of deal with iran. coming up, tracie potts will explain the other points that world leaders are having trouble agreeing on for this deal. today, the u.s. secretary of defense will answer some questions about the fight against isis. ash carter will testify before before -- about the terror group before the senate armed services committee today. the chairman of the joint chief of staffs will testify as well. the u.s. has launched 5,000 air strikes against isis since its started fighting that group about a year ago. walter reed military center is open without any issues right now.

following an hours long lock down yesterday. it ended the same as last week's navy yard lock down. it started with someone who was worried and gave them a call and it generated a big response. >> montgomery county police, metro transit, ncis, montgomery county sheriff, howard county maryland police, atf, fbi, secret service. >> that's part of the list of agencies that responded here. police said it's the right thing to say something if you see something that concerns you. in "news4 your health," a new study says parents could pass anxiety on to their children. researchers at the university of wisconsin did brain imaging on young monkeys similar to imaging done on humans. they found the part of the brain that deals with anxiety has a genetic influence circuit and that can explain why some handle stressful situations like one parent or the other. well, the odds of you liking this next story is about 50-50. but the odds of winning a cash prize playing powerball got

better and of course there's a catch. >> always. >> you'll have harder time hitting the jackpot. now your overall chances of winning a prize will be one in 25. your chances of winning the jackpot will be one in more than 292 million. the gaming commission says the changes are intended to increase your chances of winning some kind of prize. so -- >> you know what? i'll take anything. >> free money is free money. >> don't spend all your money on the lottery tickets. it's now 74 degrees, you can see the yuck in the air this morning. >> you really can. storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein, tell us what this all means. >> yes, indeed. it is going to be a hot one later today. some like it hot. you'll be hitting the jackpot if you like it hot. we'll be hitting the 90s for first time in two weeks. as we look at the storm team 4 skycam, a few clouds around this morning. then it will clear out and by noontime we'll have that sunshine. the sky will turn bluer as we'll

have somewhat drier air trying to push in. that will allow that temperature to really spike. right now, we have sticky humidity, but it will be dropping a bit. still uncomfortable as we get into the afternoon hours. so not much of a drop. but enough maybe to make a little bit of a difference in the comfort as we'll have temperatures reaching low to mid 90s by mid afternoon. it will still feel like although the upper 90s to near 100. then overnight, increasing clouds and tomorrow morning it's going to be sticky again into the mid 90s. a lot of clouds tomorrow, likely afternoon and early evening. showers and thunderstorms once again coming through. we are nearly ten inches above average for rainfall just since the first of june. we'll add maybe a half inch tomorrow. then on thursday, partly sunny. another chance of showers and thundershowers. highs again reaching near 90. then on friday, finally we'll

be drying out. it will be up near 90 and partly cloudy. here's a look at your weekend. storm team 4 weather outlook on saturday, looks like the best day of the weekend for outdoor recreation. if you have to work it will be up near 90 degrees but still rather humid. then on sunday a partly cloudy day. afternoon highs low 90s. the chance of any storms on the weekend looks to be on sunday, maybe late afternoon into sunday evening. then some of those showers and thundershowers may linger into the first part of next week on monday with highs right around 90 degrees. next weather and traffic on the 1s coming up at 5:31. your walk to work forecast. melissa has an update on a new crash. >> brand new crash here. this one in prince george's county. inbound suitland parkway there at branch avenue. trying to get some more information on this one for you. right now, seems like we have at least part of the roadway blocked there. brock bridge, still have that

crash there. dumfries is looking a lot better. top of the beltway looking good. b.w. parkway, 95, 29 into and out of town, everything rolling along nicely. 270 northbound and southbound, that is moving fine as well. but again brand new crash here. going to get more information on this one. inbound suitland parkway at branch avenue. see you right back here at 5:31. >> thank you. 5:24 right now. and adrian peterson heads to court for a pretrial hearing. he is accused of asking a guard to kill someone. peterson was sentenced to 38 years in prison for the death of one of his ex-wives. we told you that boston marathon bomber dzhokhar tsarnaev can spend more years in court and the lawyers filed a motion asking for a new trial for his conviction and sentence. so far, tsarnaev's lawyers have

not gone into reasons for another trial. they say they'll file a more in depth motion next month. a memorial service will be held today in hyde park to remember those who died in a terror attack ten years ago. one survivor had the chance to thank the police officer who saved her life yesterday. 52 people died in the attacks that targeted the london underground. three bombs went off within a minute of each other in two subway trains and a bus. the special service will also take place at st. paul's cathedral later on today. new this morning passengers are safe this morning after an emergency landing forced by a blown tire. pilots turned southwest flight 211 back around and landed in phoenix after they discovered that blown tire on the main landing gear. it had been headed to san francisco. sky harbor airport said passengers were taken back to the term natural and were

reroute -- terminal and rerouted. we are gathering new information in the iran nuclear talks. coffee drinkers get a jolt, and not what they're drinking. a maryland state trooper is on the other side of the law. what he is accused of making a woman do at gun point. take a look outside at our workplace this morning. in the low 70s in washington. tom will tell us what it will be like for your walk to work.

your time right now is 5:29. here are the stories we are working on right now. just days after a baby was found left on the side of an anne arundel road, this morning we're getting a listen to the first 911 calls made. we're going through the recordings and we'll bring those to you. we are also following a sad update in the case of a 9-year-old boy who police say was beaten for eating birthday cake. and check out these temperatures right now. we are in for a hot and humid tuesday. good morning to you. i'm eun yang. >> i'm aaron gilchrist. welcome back to "news4 today" as we approach 5:30 on this tuesday morning. get ready. we haven't had a good heat wave in a while, but it's coming back. >> storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein with moreill probably be the hottest day in two weeks. if you're about to head out the door walking to the metro or to the bus stop this morning, you will have dry pavement.

as we have had things dry out a bit, but it will be quite cloudy. sunshine in and out. temperatures in the mid and upper 70s. then for the afternoon commute, dry walkways as you're walking back home from work. it will be hot. we will be into the mid 90s. right now the storm team 4 radar showing clearing sky around the region and no more bad storms. we had those heavy downpours that came in yesterday, late afternoon, early evening. now they're long gone. so at least the pavement is dry around, melissa, but we have had a couple of problem. >> i do thank you for that. we have had a couple of problems. overall right now, look at the beltway right now, beltway is looking quite good. as for the problems tom is talking about here, inbound suitland parkway at branch avenue, a problem there. brock bridge road between whiskey bottom and 198 and laurel. buckeystown pike, there's some road work there this morning and 66 and 95 overall looking quite

good. live picture here, beltway at st. barnabas a little bit of volume but rolling along. back with travel times in ten minutes. >> see you then, melissa, thank you. 5:31 now and today a maryland state trooper is headed to court after forcing a woman to perform a sex act on him. investigators say that brian tucker agreed to pay the woman for sex. the woman told police that tucker forced her at gun point to engage in other acts. he's been charged with a first degree sex offense and a gun charge. the gun in question is not the trooper's service weapon. and he was not on duty when this allegedly happened. we're just hours away now from a potential deal with iran on its nuclear program. no one knows exactly what that deal will look like since leaders haven't come to the agreement on several points. secretary of state john kerry is leading the attacks in vienna and he says they could go either way. nbc's tracie potts has more on what iran is asking for and what the u.s. is look to give. tracie, good morning.

>> reporter: eun good morning. the u.s. is willing to lift economic sanctions that have been crippling iran's economy in exchange for getting inspectors in to look at their nuclear program. but now iran is asking for more. they want the arms embargo lifted so they can buy and sell weapons. russia's behind that. they have been wanting to sell iran a defense system. china is behind a partial lift of the arms embargo. but the rest of the negotiators including the united states are not and that seems to be a sticking point on the last day of negotiations. it's a soft deadline. the state department has acknowledged it could get pushed a few days if it looks like they're making some progress. we're getting updates in vienna and it looks like the u.s. and the negotiating partners, france, germany, britain, china and russia have already met this morning. that meeting is over. we're waiting to find out when they're going to sit down with iran and meet that midnight deadline. >> tracie potts, thank you.

a federal trial will begin in virginia that challenges political boundaries. the house of delegates redistricting plan they say is unconstitutional because it gerrymanders a dozen districts. the lawsuit says the concentration of african-americans are packed into 12 districts. therefore diminishing black voters' influence in the other districts. today lawmakers are expected to take another vote to decide whether to remove the confederate flag from the state capitol grounds. it was overwhelmingly passed yesterday, it was the second of three required votes before the proposal goes to the house. the measure would have to pass by a two-thirds majority there. a 6-year-old boy in maryland is on life support and his mother's boyfriend is being charged with child abuse. the washington county sheriff's office says aaron vanmeter beat the boy in a home last week. vanmeter admitted to using excessive discipline. and a 9-year-old boy who was

beaten for secretly eating a piece of birthday cake has died. jack garcia was at the children's national center with injuries to his back, legs and stomach. hagerstown police say robert wilson handcuffed and beat the boy last week for eating cake without permission inside the apartment where he lived. wilson who's the mother's boyfriend is being held on $1 million bond. garcia celebrated his 9th birthday just days before he died. 5:34 our time right now and the mother of alexandria's first murder victim of the year attended a community meeting on violence. alexandria's police chief listened to impassioned comments from community members last night. someone shot shakkan elliott tibbs to death last week and someone said it was a symptom of more violence in the community. and his mother said finding her son's killer help the crime situation. >> and i hope that somebody would take heed to what i'm saying and feel the need to come forth because coming forth for me is helping you.

>> some neighbors say they want more police foot patrols while others asked for surveillance cameras. police say they are considering all the proposals. shocking new revelations about the sex allegations against bill cosby. what the comedian admitted to in documents just unsealed. a warning for people in st. mary's county. the new scam authorities there want you on the lookout for. i'm melissa mollet in the traffic center. a new crash on 95 and we just got off th

welcome back. we are waiting to hear from the lawyers of comedian bill cosby now that a bombshell testimony has been made public. cosby once testified in court that he bought drugs with the intent of giving them to women with whom he wanted to have sex. this has re-ignited the firestorm. lawyers for other accusers say that cosby's testimony supports their clients' claims and they hope to use that testimony against him in defamation lawsuits. the documents were released after an associated press lawsuit. we're working for you with the scam alert in st. mary's county. the sheriff's office says

scammers are pretending to be irs agents on the phone. sometimes the scammers even say they're sheriff's deputies. the fake agents will say you owe taxes or bail and then threaten to arrest you. the actual st. mary's sheriff's office says you should never give out your personal or financial information over the phone. weather and traffic on the 1s coming your way as we we approach 5:40 on this tuesday morning. >> storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein tracking the potential for a scorcher today. good morning. >> good morning. right now it's fairly pleasant, quite humid. we have a soft lilac colored sky over the capitol this morning and quite a bit of cloud cover this morning. but that will begin to break up as the sun comes up here in less than ten minutes. 5:50 this morning. upper 70s by 8:00 and then by noon, getting uncomfortably hot for your lunch hour. low to mid 90s around the metro area. a little less humid but still it

will feel like near 100 with the humidity and hazy sunshine during the afternoon. right now temperatures around the region are rather muggy. a little bit of a patchy fog in some of the rural areas. down in the low 70s. northern virginia much of maryland. right near the bay the mid 70s. inside the beltway and in washington, mid 70s now. shenandoah valley in the mountains upper 60s to mid 60s off to the west. stay cool and stay informed with the storm team 4 weather on the nbc4 weather app. next weather and traffic on the 1s coming up at 5:51. a look at the storm chances for the weekend. melissa has a new crash. >> new crash, 95 southbound here in virginia in the dale city area. sounds like it is now out of the roadway and you don't have to worry about it too much. a warning here for you this morning. a live picture of 95 south at dale city right now. inbound, suitland parkway at branch avenue, still have that crash. the crash is now on the shoulder, so that's good. another problem here in laurel.

that is still sticking around that's brock bridge road between whiskey bottom and 198. that is that overturned vehicle. we have the tow truck on the scene to get that out of the way this morning. 270 southbound from germantown to the beltway on time at 16 minutes. top of the beltway there, 95 to 270 running at ten minutes so no major problems. 66 inbound -- or 286, 12 minutes. quantico to the beltway, 26 minutes so overall you're at time, on time, everywhere. remember to listen to our friends on wtop when you hop in your car. new details in the grewsome mansion murders. what neighbors want to see happen. a tire getting a lot of attention on -- a story getting a lot of attention on the news app. a baby left on the side of the

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melissa. and it's going to be a hot day today. quite a bit of cloudiness. by 8:00, a little patchy fog in the rural areas. by noon though soaring to the upper 80s. then headed back home into the mid 90s with hazy sunshine. quite a hot day. and how's the commute now? >> nice and warm. well, right now, the commute overall looking good. we have a slowdown that popped up here on 66 headed into town and 95 southbound at dale city. we have a brand new crash. more on those two items coming up in a couple of minutes. >> see you then. 5:45 and today, police say a man stabbed another man to death on board a metro train. zachary kiesch has more on what we can find out. >> reporter: good morning, aaron. the details are awful. police say that jasper spires repeatedly stabbed the victim in this case on a red line train

the fourth of july as it approached the noma metro station and apparently robbery gone bad. the victim is kevin sutherland. but what's really interesting here is spires. i think a question a lot of folks have is how did the guy who was arrested just days prior for finding himself in a similar situation similar behavior, making threats and attempted robbery, finding himself back out on the streets, this time it led to the death of 24-year-old kevin sutherland, the american university graduate, a political strategist. a guy that friends -- a guy that friends says had big dreams and hopes for the future. again, spires was arrested on robbery charges last week and he was awaiting trial in that case. again, police say they think this was a robbery gone wrong. he'll appear here in d.c. superior court at 11:00. reporting live in northwest

d.c., zachary kiesch. back to you in the studio. >> thank you. it's 5:47. we are hearing the 9 11 call when neighbors found a baby aban donned on the road -- abandoned on the road in anne arundel county. >> there's a baby in the street and there's no one around. >> someone from a church nearby found the 6 week old baby girl on saturday night. he asked for his neighbor to call for help. the baby's mother, sandra mcclary, is charged with two counts including child neglect. the judge set her bail at $500,000. she is scheduled to go on trial this week for a series of robberies. the baby is in the care of child protective services. a deadly home invasion in prince george's county involved two former romantic partners. this happened yesterday on blue sage lane in upper marlboro. the suspect's name is craig corban, jr. they say he broke into the home and the homeowner shot him in self-defense. >> you have the right to defend your home.

i mean people can't just go around busting in windows with screw drivers. >> police say corban had been arrested for breaking into that same home in the past. hundreds of people in the district want renowned d.c. chef jose andres to dump donald trump. the petition on change.org says he should back out of the deal to open a restaurant at the future trump hotel. the hotel is set to open in the old post office pavilion in d.c. next year. the petition comes after recent comments the presidential candidate made about mexican immigrants. andres is from spain. he replied to one tweet last week. saying that his views on immigration are clear, that quote all men and women should be treated respectfully regardless of their status. the shooting and killing of a woman in san francisco is fuelling the immigration debate. francisco sanchez a mexican national is expected to be arraigned today for the shooting of kathryn steinle earlier this month. sanchez is an undocumented immigrant who's been deported five times. he admitted in a jailhouse

interview that he came to san francisco because of its sanctuary status. that means the city bans police from asking suspects about their immigration status. sanchez was arrested in april on drug charges but released even after immigration agents asked local officials to hold him. we are learning new information about the new york state prison break. we know why the accomplice ditched her plan to be the get away driver. joyce mitchell looked across the dinner table at her husband and realized he had been good to her. a law enforcement official involved in the search tells the buffalo news that mitchell decided she had to abandon the plan because she knew richard matt would murder her husband. matt and david sweat escaped that night and spent three weeks on the run. matt was shot and killed on june 26th. two days later sweat was captured. the waters off the coast of north carolina are still a dangerous place for swimmers. over the weekend a shark bit a marine. that makes eight shark attacks in three weeks off the coast.

this happened in off shore at surf city. camp lejeune naval hospital said the 32-year-old has a bite on the right hand and forearm. spotsylvania county leaders could take another step toward a new baseball stadium. according to "the free lance-star," the county is considering a new offer about the ballpark. the leaders hired an attorney who drew up a new plan and it's similar to the county's original plan. but asked for higher rent payments and other things from the owner of the hagerstown suns. if you're watching the old town or sections of del ray, you may be cleaning up from a mess this morning. sewer backups and ground flooding caused all kinds of problems yesterday. the city says last month was the second wettest month on record. alexandria storm drainage system is aging and can't keep up with the storm systems. you can make sure your sump pumps are working properly and

they bear the brunt of the flooding. >> that just stinks, it really does. tom, you add in the heat we'll have today. it will cook the stink and it will be even worse. >> thanks for that. people are eating their breakfast this morning. >> we're here to warn. we're here to let you know. >> thanks. >> starting off this morning, it is quite humid and we have the heat that's going to be building. in fact, our hottest day in a couple of weeks this afternoon. dress accordingly wear loose-fitting lightweight clothing and drink plenty of water today. you won't need your umbrella or rain boots. sun block sunglasses, short sleeves. right now we've got sticky humidity. but as the day goes on, the humidity is going to drop a little bit. but it will still be in the uncomfortable zone by later this afternoon. with the heat index near 100. that combination of the temperature and humidity. right now storm team 4 radar not showing any more downpours

like yesterday afternoon. those scattered downpours are long gone. right now in the low 70s. many of the rural areas getting patchy fog especially over the open fields so watch that as you're driving along. right now in washington, nearby suburbs in the mid 70s. low to mid 70s around the bay. 60s, near 70s, mountains and shenandoah valley. by 8:00, sunshine breaking out. in the mid 70s and soaring to the upper 90s's by noon. the mid 90s and feeling like 100 with the humidity. then overnight, increasing clouds. down in the mid 70s tomorrow morning. 80s tomorrow. likely more downpours with some thunder and lightning tomorrow afternoon. could get some on thursday a smaller chance up near 90. near 90 on friday and saturday. but should not have any storms. next chance of storms after tomorrow and thursday would be late on sunday and monday. got build-ups on 66. what's going on with that? >> build-ups on 66. this sort of popped up in the past couple of minutes. we're looking at a four-mile

backup. just slow. i wouldn't say it's stopped or anything like that. we're just slow from centreville, and inbound and outbound, you're fine. no real explanation. we called police and asked is there something going on and they said no. 95 south at dale city a crash off to the right shoulder now. inbound suitland parkway at branch avenue, a crash on the shoulder as well. that seems to be out of the way. so that's good. in this area, in clinton woodyard road between green street and hunter drive in prince george's county a tree down. so that blockage there as well. then in laurel, brock bridge road between whiskey bottom and 198, still have that crash. 95 and 29, everything rolling along nicely. see you at 6:01. a conversation about the d.c. mansion where four people were killed. neighbors in northwest washington say they want that mansion torn down. the people on woodland drive say they don't want to think about the tragedy that happened there any more. police say daron wint killed

three family members and the housekeeper in may. three men in jail this morning after the shooting and killing of a man in fredericksburg. tesean dorsey was shot after celebrateing his 25th birthday in late june. the bullet struck him as he slept. police in fredericksburg are still looking for a second person. they say dorsey was not the intended target. a new report says nearly 2,000 rape kits in virginia weren't tested. that's that's according to "the washington post." virginia doesn't have a backlog kits but police don't ask for tests on every kit. rape kits can help identify attackers, determine if force was used and link crimes through dna. a lawmaker will ask virginia's governor for more funds to test rape kits. a prince george's county teacher is being accused of calling a student a quote little osama. the teacher was referring to osama bin laden, and now a muslim civil rights group is calling for a federal

investigation. that teacher at benjamin tasker middle school in bowie was herd saying, quote, you terrorist you little osama, you have a bomb in your locker. this came after an argument between students apparently. the council says such offensive remarks are troubling because they came from a faculty member who is entrusted to maintain a safe, inclusive classroom and serve as an example for students. no word from the school or the teacher. and a ruling could make its way to the u.s. and could impact you. landon dowdy is following your business headlines this morning. good morning to you. >> hey, there, eun, good morning. a consumer group is urging the federal trade commission to pressure twitter to bring protection from europe to the u.s. they can ask search engines to remove details that are outdated. and oreos are about to get thinner.

the popular cookie is adding oreo thins to the permanent lineup next week. they look like regular oreos and they have a similar filling ratio, but they're slimmer. they have 140 calories versus 160. the thin oreos are a sophisticated snack not meant to be twisted or dunked in milk. i don't know about this. >> if you're going to eat the oreos eat the regular ones twist it and dunk it. >> i'm with you. the economic crisis in greece could be one factor pushing gas prices way down again. oil and gas experts tell the a.p. gas could go under $2 a gallon some time in the next few months. you could see prices start with a number one again. i'm sure that hasn't been since the early 2000s we saw that. we checked what you're paying in

the area, in d.c., $2.91. $2.75 in maryland right now. if you live in virginia, an average of $2.57 a gallon for regular unleaded. in west virginia, the average per gallon will cost you $2.80. starbucks' prices are going up today. coffee will cost you ten cents more. drinks could go up by as much as 20 cents. that could be the extra whipped foam and all that good stuff. however, the company says the change is affecting just one-fifth of the customers. right now we're watching a change that could make your morning commute a little bit smoother. the new lane that promises to ease congestion along the stretch of the beltway where you often find yourself stuck in traffic. kristin wright at the live desk where we got our hands on a new initiative from the white house. that promises to make it easier and cheaper for you to have solar power in your home. how the president plans to pull it off at the live desk ahead.

"news4 today" starts now. >> get ready for our hottest day in two weeks. well, it is a rush hour choke point. the spot on the inner loop where the express lanes end and you have to merge over.

well there could be help on the way. we'll be driving that stretch in a little bit in a live report. but let's begin with that impending heat wave. storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein with the conditions you'll be stepping out to this morning. what's coming, tom? >> this is the most comfortable part of the day right now where we're in the low to mid 70s. driving around this morning, you might run into a little bit of patchy fog and some rural areas. otherwise, it's a few clouds around. we'll be in the 70s for the morning commute. then heading back home, that's when the heat will be building. the low and mid 90s. dry roads, hazy sunshine turning a little bit less humid. next weather and traffic on the 1s coming up at 6:11. a look at your neighborhood highs today. now melissa is looking at slowdowns on 66. >> slowdowns on 66. 66 inbound here at sudley road is where this camera is. you can see the volume slow for