reagan national is at 78. next weather and traffic on the 1s a look at the severe risk zone for later today. that's coming up at 5:11. now melissa has an update on that crash. >> update on this crash here in woodbridge. just got off the phone with police. prince william parkway, near 95, it's a single car crash. not going to impact you too much here this morning. brock ridge road near seagrass road, still have that one. georgia avenue between layhill and randolph this morning and then remember in olney, 108 between zion and brookville. your alternate is muncaster or bowie mill. still shut down because of the downed wires across the roadway. see you at 5:11. right now, the confederate flag is about to come down from the grounds of south carolina's state capitol. this more than 13 hours all night long of heated, sometimes tearful debate. there was some uncertainty as to whether the house there would

pass this bill, but they did actually by a wide margin. 94-20. governor nikki haley put out this tweet that says it is a new day in south carolina. haley herself reversing her position of on the confederate flag. she is expected to sign this bill today and then the bill requires that the flag be removed within 24 hours her signing it. back to you. >> thank you, kristin. efforts here on capitol hill to ban the confederate flag in federal cemeteries is proving controversial. the measure was added as an amendment this week to a bill that funds the national park service. today, however, the house will vote again on another amendment. the democrats say weakens that ban. 5:01 right now. today, the outcome of a board meeting at metro may have a big impact on your morning commute. zachary kiesch has more on how

it could affect the metro riders. zachary? >> reporter: yeah, good morning, aaron. blue line riders would be the real winners here. this is a new proposal being presented today to metro board committee. again that's going to be later on today. this could lengthen wait times during peak times for most riders. red line would not see any impact, but again blue line would be the real winner here. a wait from 12 minutes down to about eight minutes. it will be presented today and then expected to go to the public hearing in september. reporting live here at the rosslyn metro station, zachary kiesch. back to you in the studio. >> thank you. some problems on the blue line are having a ripple effect on the other lines. metro documents say that since the opening of the silver line last year the number of trains arriving on time has dropped. trains started at reston east and vienna and the blue lines at franconia springfield are hitting the bottleneck in

rosslyn. >> it's jam-packed where, you know, it's shoulder to shoulder. really hot. sometimes the a.c. is not working on the train. very uncomfortable. >> now increasing capacity on metro is not going to be easy. but metro has a plan. you can check out the nbc washington app for more on plan. search metro. we are following several developments in donald trump's quest for the white house. he's defending the controversial comments about mexican undocumented immigrants. the new fallout from the top chef that's affecting his business and today the d.c. latino community is holding a protest in response to the controversial remarks. they're meeting in front of the future hotel. it will not feature one of jose andres' restaurant. he said he's severing ties with trump. he said more than half of his team is hispanic and as an immigrant and recently naturalized citizen himself, he believes every human being

deserves respect regardless of immigration status. now, despite his disparaging comments, trump said there's nothing to apologize for. in an nbc news interview he said he'll win the latino vote because of his record of creating jobs. >> you can look at the jobs in washington. i have many legal immigrants working for me. they love me i love them. i'll tell you something, if i get the nomination, i'll win the latino vote. i will win it. because i'm going to create jobs. >> now, trump talked about gun control and what he thinks about the other presidential candidates. you can watch the interview on the nbc washington app. search donald trump. it is now 5:04. developing this morning i.t. departments now making sure there aren't any other big problems in the system. the new york stock exchange and united air lines. glitches shut down systems for both of those companies yesterday. the director of the fbi says the glitches were not related to a cyber attack. the new york stock exchange had to suspend trading for 3 1/2

hours because of quote, technical configuration problems. it didn't explain what that means. we learned the system upgrade may have caused that problem. united said it's waiving its change fees through tomorrow if your flight was one of the hundreds delayed by a glitch there. the problem also cancelled at least 60 flights. united called the glitch a router issue. it was the second biggest digital problem in two months. and humid day. take a look at the current temperatures out there. we're not even talking about the humidity. get ready for more storms as well. tom is back with a look at where the storms can hit hardest today. new details in the fight against isis. what a candidate

the u.s. strategy against isis is evolving and will be re-evaluated that's the message from the next chairman of the joint chief of staff. a nomination hearing will be

held later on today for joseph dunford. he says the u.s. is making moderate progress against isis but the strategy should be changed if the effort stalls. dunford wants to evaluate whether change can be made to u.s. training programs. a woman who once settled a lawsuit against bill cosby is calling on a federal judge to release all of the 2005 deposition. that's after 16 pages of the 2005 deposition were made public this week, including cosby's testimony that he obtained quaaludes with the intent of using them to have sex with woman. it is not clear what or even if cosby discussed other behaviors or acts in the deposition. his lawyers have yet to reply. coming up your weather and traffic on the 1s. a lot of heat, a lot of humidity, maybe a little rain. >> let's find out all about it. storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein has your forecast. hey, tom. >> yeah it is humid. we are getting rain along 81 between luray and winchester.

that's going to be moving maybe across the blue ridge, up into warren county and front royal over the next half hour or so. some breaks in the clouds. this yellow zone is a severe risk zone. it includes northern virginia, nearby suburbs, montgomery, northern fairfax loudoun county, up to the pennsylvania border for later this afternoon. it will be late afternoon and evening, between 5:00 and 9:00 p.m. a greater risk of some high winds that may cause some brief damage. a very low risk of hail. there is a moderate risk of flash flooding as the storms come through again. generally between 5:00 and 9:00 p.m. a look at that hour by hour timing. that's coming up next weather and traffic on the 1s, for those storms at 5:21. melissa has an update on the crash. >> update on this crash in laurel. just got off the phone with police here. brock bridge road at whiskey road is where it's overturned. the intersection is closed and your alternate is route 1 or b.w. parkway.

whatever you want to take this morning. in olney 108 between zion road and brookeville road in front of the johnson's nursery center we have downed wires there and an accident brought it down. muncaster road or bowie mill will get you around that one. wide look at the beltway, no problems here inner and outer loop nice and green. earlier road work is out of the way because we're past the 5:00 hour. beltway at kenilworth avenue, rolling along just fine. 66, 95, in virginia into town and out of town, no major issues. looking at prince george's county, looking quite good. nice an green. indian head avenue, pennsylvania avenue, everything is rolling along nicely. back in ten minutes with a live look at 66. continued backlash against donald trump. a protest is scheduled later

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hospitality workers complete with a mariachi band marched in front of trump hotel yesterday in chicago. they're protesting donald trump's recent remarks on immigration when he said mexican immigrants are quote, bringing drugs, they're bringing crime, they're rapists. we could see similar protests here in the district today. this is as the gop presidential candidate is defending his comments. news4's megan mcgrath tells us more about the donald trump effort today. good morning. >> reporter: well, good morning, eun. continued backlash against controversial comments made by donald trump about mexican immigrants. a protest is scheduled later today outside of the luxury hotel site that trump is building at the old post office pavilion. the dump trump protest is scheduled for 1:30 this afternoon. the demonstration comes on the heels of celebrity chef andres' announcement he's pulling out of

opening a flagship restaurant in the hotel. he said his comments make it impossible to move forward with the project, half his team are latino as are half his patrons. trump said he has nothing to apologize for. trump said he'll win the latino vote because he creates jobs. now, if you work or travel along this stretch of pennsylvania avenue outside the old post office pavilion site the site of trump's future hotel, expect to see some activity as this protest gets under way right around 1:30 this afternoon. back to you all in the studio. >> thanks, megan. 5:17 now. today a man who killed two people in a car crash will find out how long he'll be in prison. ronald hayes pleaded guilty to slamming into a minivan while trying to run from police two years ago in prince george's county. he was 18 at the time. that crash also hurt four children. he could get up to eight years behind bars about prosecutors have -- and prosecutors have asked for an even longer sentence in this case.

also today a former fbi agent will be sentenced for stealing heroin from a locker. he may face seven to nine years in prison. his lawyer wants a judge to let lowry serve his time in home detention. he says the theft was motivated by addiction not greed. he worked in the d.c. field office. baltimore's mayor said the city needed a change in leadership which is why she fired the police chief. anthony batts was on the job for nearly three years. his firing comes after criticism of his performance in a recent spike in homicides weeks after the unarmed freddie gray died of injuries while in police custody. >> it is clear that the focus has been too much on the leadership of the department and not enough on the crime side. it is with the utmost urgency that we get the crime surge under control. >> yesterday's announcement came

on the same day the local police union released a report criticizing the department and the commissioner in particular for their handling of the riots and unrest following gray's death. the city's deputy police commissioner kevin davis will take over for the department for now. and we're getting to know who the new chief in charge is. kevin davis has a long history with law enforcement. starting with the prince george's county police. in his 20 years with the department, davis rose through the ranks to deputy chief in 2009. now in 2013 davis took over as police chief in anne arundel and resigned in 2014. then a month later in january of 2015, officials named davis baltimore's deputy commissioner and now he in a new role as the interim police commissioner. schools, library hours and the police body camera program could be affected by a proposed $50 million cut to the montgomery county budget. county executive ike leggett proposed it to make up for lower

than expected revenues. $10 million would be cut from the school budget, expected library hours would be scaled back and the body camera program would be delayed. the county council needs the approve that -- to approve that plan. you will see a new item starting this fall -- beer can be sold at the stadium and the xfinity center. a one-year trial period was approved. supporters says it would cut down on student binge drinking at tailgating events. new this morning if you drive a land rover we have multiple recalls to tell you about. doors can open while you're driving in range rovers and sports made between 2013 and 2016. not a good problem. that is a problem with the door latch in those cars. land rover is also recalling about 500 cars from 2012 and 2013 because the sunroof can fly

off. if you do own an affected car, land rover will fix these problems for free. this is a serious issue there. doors opening? >> sunroof? >> like they forgot to glue those. >> steer clear of the land rovers on the road. that could be dangerous as well. serious. all right, 5:21. a safer forecast this morning. clouds creating some problems for some folks right, tom? >> yeah, we had some lingering effects from the heavy downpours from yesterday, late afternoon and early evening. but those storms are we may have a little residual high water to watch out for. and this morning storm team 4 radar is showing one light shower between luray and winchester along 81. that's tracking across the blue ridge and getting close to front royal and culpepper. the rest of the morning should be fine. it's the later part of the afternoon that will likely see some storms beginning to develop. now, around 4:00 in the afternoon, the storms get going

in the mountains and come into the shenandoah valley. it's after that that they'll be getting closer to washington. by 5:00 p.m., may be coming into frederick county loudoun county, pan handle of west virginia. then coming into the metro area but much of the storm activity is going to be just to the north of washington during this time period. generally between 5:00 and 9:00 p.m. it will turn pleasant as we get into tomorrow and the weekend. lower humidity does move in. afternoon highs hot today into the low 90s. after the storms go by that lower humidity arrives tomorrow. perfect summer day on friday and again on saturday. highs in the upper 80s. great beach and pool weather. and not very humid on sunday as well. but getting hotter. sunday afternoon into the low 90s. then the heat and humidity continue to build as we get into next week. highs each day, low 90s. monday, tuesday wednesday, quite steamy. we could get some afternoon

storms on tuesday. but a great weekend is coming up so enjoy. next weather and traffic on the 1s coming up at 5:31, your walk to work forecast. now how is the freeway of love, melissa? >> i can't wait for the weekend first of all. i'm very, very excited for that. taking a look at the freeway here, 66 just west of ox road, no problems. no problems overall. taking a big look at things. a couple of different spots we have a couple of different accidents happening this morning. right now in laurel brock ridge road at whiskey bottom, that's still closed because of the overturned car. olney 108 between zion and brookeville alternate is muncaster or bowie mill. downed wires overnight. top of the beltway looks good. 29 here, 95, b.w. parkway northbound, southbound, everything rolling, not the case yesterday of course. looks a lot better than it did yesterday. 270 at father hurley, rolling along nicely as well back at

5:31. new this morning a frightening moment aboard a flight. a fire in one of the engines of the southwest airlines plane. emergency responders met the plane on the tarmac. everyone was safe. passengers took a different did wait a couple of hours. vice president joe biden will champion same-sex marriage. the freedom to marry is hosting the celebration of the supreme court's decision to legalize marriage equality nationwide. today the first 60 scholars will graduate from the presidential leadership gram. bill clinton and george w. bush launched the program last september. they studied decision making. the big variation in what is expected of your children in school. it's about how states define proficiency. the government says some states require scores as much as four grades above other expectations. the report comes from the national center for educational

statistics. in our area, virginia expects higher results than maryland and d.c. well, today your commute finally gets easier on route 29 in gainesville. later this morning, vdot will open the new intersection between 29 linton hall road and the norfolk southern railroad. that's right near the gateway shopping center. the $230 million subject takes route 29 over the train tracks so the cars don't need to stop every time a train goes by. several accidents have been between trains and cars. the kennedy center expansion project is up for discussion. the national capital planning commission is talking about the project to renovate and expand the kennedy center. it includes more performance space and new areas for trians and bike riders. the project won't be finished for at least four more years. new details on pope francis' visit to washington. where you can watch his address since you probably won't get a seat inside the assembly. taking a live look outside this morning, should be pretty calm for your walk to work but

your walk home, well that could be a different story. tom is back at 5:31 with more on that.

good morning. i'm aaron gilchrist. >> i'm eun yang. at 5:30 for the third day in a row, several people have been injured in spain's famous running of the bulls in

pamplona. the information and details just coming in to news4. also this morning a story that could have a huge impact on your commute. the pitch about to go before the metro board that could make your ride to and from work even longer. i'm melissa mollet in the first 4 traffic center. keeping an eye on two different road closures. details ahead. storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein with a look at your from a forecast. >> a warm and humid morning. clouds are producing rain in the shenandoah valley. the patch of green between luray and winchester coming into front royal. may make it across the blue ridge perhaps into rappahannock, northern fauquier county and warrenton. walking to work this morning, most walkways will be dry. it will be partly sunny. temperatures in the upper 70s. walking back home, have the umbrella ready. late afternoon you may need it but otherwise mid to late afternoon, partly sunny.

temperatures in the low 90s. so dress accordingly, short sleeves, drink plenty of water if you have to be out. you may need that umbrella by perhaps late afternoon into the evening hours and wear the sun block if you're out for a length of time this afternoon. it will be a hot and humid day. next weather and traffic on the 1s that's coming up at 5:41. we'll have another update and look at that radar. >> i love the weekend. i have to tell you that. it looks great. much better than my situation here right now this morning. 108 between zion road and brookeville road in olney, shut down because a car crash overnight took down some wires. so both directions are closed. take muncaster or bowie mill. in laurel, brock bridge at whiskey bottom, alternate is going to be route 1. wide look at the beltway overall, no major problems. 66 and 95 looking pretty good. 95 northbound slowest spot through dale city. back in ten minutes with travel times. right now at the live desk,

we are taking a look at some new video of the running of the bulls in pamplona, spain. this time five people hurt in today's run. those five treated for bruises. no one actually gored. but earlier in the week, there were some others who were gored. an australian on wednesday two americans and a person from britain were gored in the first run on tuesday. back to you. >> all right, kristin thank you. 5:31 right now. trooper is in the hospital after being hit by a car in howard county. the maryland state police employee hit that state trooper wing tong, during a traffic stop in jessup yesterday. the car driven by the employee drove off the road hitting tong and the suv he had pulled over on i-95. the other two drivers taken to the hospital. they are, expected to be okay. d.c. police want your help to find a man they say assaulted someone on 295. the police department put out this new video of a person of interest. take a look. they say this man shot at a car on 295 last week near the exit

for the national harbor and the beltway. you can say the man has dreadlocks. he's carrying something in his hand. tough to look at his face though. if you recognize him, because this video is from the cameras near where the shooting happened call police with any information. a silver spring man could spend 60 years in prison for stabbing two people at a metrobus stop. take a look at this video from rockville metro station. reginald cooper was found guilty of stabbing two people at the bus stop there last december. if you look closely at the top left, one person is hunched over, clutching the spot where he was stabbed. the victims both survived. now to a police trial. brian mayhew will not face additional prison time for allegedly ordering a hit on his uncle. mayhew is facing a life sentences for killing a man in the district in 2011. prosecutors say that mayhew had someone kill his uncle nicoh to keep him from testifying against him in the murder trial.

>> the crime that he's accused of in this case in my mind really is some of the most serious charges you can face which is executing a witness. stanley winston and anthony cannon were also facing murder charges in nicoh mayhew's death and the jury could not reach a verdict. prosecutors are now considering february for a retrial date. presidential candidate and former maryland governor martin o'malley says the u.s. needs to be tougher on wall street bankers. the issue appears likely to be a centerpiece of his campaign. that includes reinstating rules that separate banks commercial and investment practices. he wants to tax high frequency trading and he wants to double funding for regulators. we know you'll have a couple of chances to join the masses and hear pope francis speak in september. he may greet the public while he's here. held a make a brief appearance on the west front of the capitol the day he addresses the joint

session of congress. his speech in the capitol will be broadcast on jumbo screens on the national mall. it will be the first time a leader of the catholic church addresses both houses of congress. today a community of bicyclists are taking action to protest bikers from dangerous drivers. the problem is vehicles making those illegal u-turns across bike lanes on pennsylvania avenue. today a group plans to form a human shield during rush hour. starting at 4:30. prepare for traffic at the 1300 to 1400 block of pennsylvania avenue northwest. the group says they'll create barriers where ddot doesn't. well, how about a little jazz to wipe those blues away. the summer jazz series gets under way today. that series happens on most thursdays through august 13th. there will be caribbean, contemporary, classical and r&b jazz. the performances at reagan will be held near the security spot

at terminal "b" and "c." at dulles they'll be at the east check point on the ticketing level. i'm melissa mollet in the first 4 traffic center. right now two new crashes popped up in sterling. details coming up. how ocean city is looking to change the rules for how and when you can rent the house at the beach. traffic and the price of housing, two things in our area and the new report looks at both of them. the dire prediction which may

the obama administration is taking more steps to prevent a repeat of the amtrak derailment in philadelphia. the federal railroad administration is drafting new rules that would require cameras inside the cabs of amtrak locomotives. the cameras would be used to record the engineers' actions. it's something the ntsb recommended after the crash. investigators still have not figured out why that train accelerated into a turn, derailed and killed eight passengers back in may. amtrak has said it will install cameras on some trains. no word though on when that will happen. 5:39 now. you think your commute in this

area is bad now, but a new study says it will get worse. it all comes down to the lack of new housing, especially affordable housing close to d.c. george mason center for regional analysis says d.c. will fall more than 226,000 housing units short of what will be needed by the year 2023. that means people have to keep moving further away to find an affordable place to live. the commute will be longer and the economy close to d.c. could suffer as a result. it's very expensive to live in d.c., in the surrounding areas. yeah. 4:40, weather and traffic on the 1s. >> it's warm and humid. right now, storm team 4 radar showing a few sprinkles right along skyline drive between big meadow and 211 and up near 66 and front royal. that's moving into northern rappahannock and northern fauquier county. low clouds this morning breaking up. and we'll have the sunshine out.

temperatures in the 70s. we'll soar to the low and mid 9 0s in the metro area and points south that's where we'll have the hottest temperatures. right around the immediate metro area, low 90s. right near the bay, should be in the upper 80s and near 90. all the way up into the pennsylvania border, some storms developing during the afternoon hours. it won't be until late afternoon, not into the metro area until late evening. a perfect weekend to come. that's next weather and traffic on the 1s at 5:51. melissa is now looking at a new crash. >> a new crash. we had two crashes in sterling. one actually just cleared so we won't worry about that one. this one, thomas jefferson drive at frederick, sounds like it will be cleared soon. is it impacting traffic too much at this point? olney, i talked to police about this one, the chopper will be there in a little bit. laurel at brock bridge road at

whiskey bottom, that intersection is closed. take route 1 instead. looking at travel times, maryland looking good. 270 south, looking good. at -- 95 to 270 is moving along pretty well. 95 northbound from quantico to the beltway you're on time. kind of lighter than normal volume i should say on this thursday morning. remember to listen to our friends on wtop 103.5 when you hop in your car. >> thanks, melissa. good news and bad news. a plan going before metro today that could make the commute faster for some and longer for others. and we are just a few hours away from the opening bell on wall street but how will yesterday's major glitch impact today's trading? we'll talk live with cnbc next.

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called a new day in south carolina. we are working to get reaction right now as shortly after 1:00 a.m. lawmakers voted to remove the confederate flag from the south carolina capitol. >> in minutes we'll talk to cnbc about what is happening today on wall street and any impact the major computer glitch is having on financial markets. but first a look at what's happening right now with your weather and traffic. >> good morning i'm tom kierein with melissa mollet. we are checking your weather and traffic early on this thursday morning. a steamy start this morning. and the storm team 4 radar showing one area, a few sprinkles pulling out of the blue ridge and into rappahannock and fauquier county. temperatures in the 70s now. we'll jump up into 80s by noontime. storms coming in after that. timing on that in a couple of minutes. >> i have two different road closures, one in laurel and one in olney. all the details on these two closures coming up in a couple of minutes. breaking news into the live desk. we are hearing that two people

are missing in the potomac river in stafford county. the incident was reported last night around 11:00. we know right now that the coast guard is assisting stafford county and trying to locate these two individuals. again, two people missing. some sort of incident reported last night at 11:00 and the coast guard assisting with trying to find the two people. they're searching the potomac river as we speak. we'll have more throughout the morning. thank you, kristin. we continue to follow two developing stories this morning after two major glitches. one involving united airlines. the other in new york stock exchange. more on what united is doing today to make it up to customers, but first let's check in with landon dowdy at cnbc and the impact on the market. good morning. >> hey, eun, good morning to you. well, the new york stock exchange says an internal technical glich and not a cyber attack likely caused wednesday's trading halt that lasted nearly four hours. it's the longest outage in

recent memory and technical glitches aren't that uncommon. most famously, there was the flash crash in 2010 that sent the dow plunging 600 points in ten minutes. trading is up, stocks went on the nyse went on uninterrupted as they routed through the nasdaq. the nyse handled all the stock trades ten years, but it's now 25% as it competes with other dozens of exchanges. the impacts of yesterday's trading halt is limited but it could make it harder for exchanges to argue against greater oversight from regulators. anyway, the world will be watching at the opening bell today. >> for sure. thank you. and united said it's waiving its change fees through tomorrow if your flight was one of the hundreds affected by a glitch at united. we brought you the breaking news at midday. hundreds of flights were grounded and dozens were

cancelled. we checked flight aware.com. ten united flights have been cancelled and 21 delayed today. d.c. police say a brutal murder in the trinidad neighborhood was not gang related. a man's body was found burning in a trash can. what zakias blanding was arrested yesterday. >> this was not a rivalry or a feud between rival neighborhoods in northeast, but in fact the suspect and the victim were friends. >> now, there's been a recent spike in violence in d.c. this year. 5:48 now. new details, d.c. police say a woman charged with leaving a baby on a d.c. sidewalk was high on synthetic pot. tuesday what tanya cooper was

arrested. court documents say they found cooper leaning against the wall and slurring her words. police say she smoked that synthetic drug k-2 after leaving the baby. the child is now safe. 5:49 now. news4 is working for your health. fish oil pills may no be providing you with the health benefits that you think. one page cites the effectiveness for heart disease but another page said they're useless. people spend $1.2 billion a year on fish oil pills. even though research provides no evidence of the health benefit. blue bell ice cream is starting production again. the company will begin a trial run at the alabama plant. state health officials and blue bell will test the product for listeria. blue bell shut down operations after the ice cream was linked to ten illnesses and three deaths. everybody wants to play ball, but who's going to pay for it in spotsylvania county? the owners of the hagerstown

suns put their final offer on the table according to "the free lance-star." the owner offered to pay $2 million toward building the new stadium and he said he'd pay more in rent every year and part of the ticking and parking sales as well. the county asked for four times more money than the owner is currently offering. some homeowners are trying to keep tourists away. a planning commission was approved for year round neighborhoods. it would make it illegal to rent out your houses for less than a full year. the summer population is about 40 times the number. gets busy in the summer. >> yeah. just want to keep the neighborhoods i guess cohesive. more normal all year round. it is now 5:51. tom is here with your weather and traffic on the 1s. we are talking about the potential for more rain. >> just as if we needed any more, here we go again. we had the downpours yesterday.

right now, storm team 4 radar showing one little area just getting a few sprinkles along skyline drive. and it's heading off into northern rappahannock, northern fauquier county over the next few weeks. maybe towards prince william81, winchester, the photo taking by liz lewis, posted yesterday. as we go forward hour by hour into the afternoon, through noontime until around 5:00, everything is fine. but around 3:00, 3:00 and 4:00 they'll develop the storms into the mountains in shenandoah after that. between then and 5:00, near hagerstown and frederick, and then around 6:00 and 7:00 they'll be getting closer to the metro area. mainly for the northern suburbs, they may get the thunderstorms

as well by around 7:00 and 8:00 in anne arundel. lower humidity does move in after that. the impact for the evening hours is going to be low to moderate. they'll be coming in after the main commute, but it will be during the evening. hot and humid the storms rolling on through. the breaks in the clouds live view from the tower camera temperatures in the 70s. near 80 by mid-morning and then upper 80s by noon. low 90s before the storms do arrive and then tomorrow, lower humidity moves in. beautiful summer day. perfect beach and pool weather. friday, saturday and sunday not very humid. during the afternoon upper 80s. near 90 or so. then the humidity returns next week. chance of storms on tuesday. melissa here now looking at these crashes this morning. she has an update. >> yeah a couple of road closures. this one in olney. we're sending chopper to this as we speak. zion and brookeville. the police said it's still shut

down there because of a car crash that brought some wires down overnight. alternate there is muncaster or bowie mills. big look at the beltway, no problems as you look at the inner and outer loop. 66 kind of slow in through manassas. very normal though all of that inbound traffic. beltway at branch avenue rolling along quite nicely there. we have problems on marc this morning. brunswick line you're 17 minutes behind because of mechanical issues. take a relaxation pill and grab an extra cup of coffee if that's the line you're riding this morning. you're going to be delayed. guys? >> relaxation pills? >> okay. i don't know. i don't know. >> what do you have in there? >> i have been in my purse -- $20 a pop. >> okay. thanks, melissa. coming up on 5:54 now. the outcome of the metro board meeting may have a big impact on your morning commute. news4's zachary kiesch at the rosslyn metro station with the latest on the proposed plans

here. zachary? >> reporter: aaron, you know, one of the first things you do if you're a morning commuter is check the board to figure out how long you have to wait. this is a proposal being presented to a metro board today that would increase the wait times for a lot of riders. if you're a blue line rider like the blue line riders here in rosslyn, it would be a win for you. waits wouldn't be quite as long. in fact, the wait would be from 12 minutes down to 8 minutes. if you're on the red line however, you won't see any changes at all. again this is presented to a metro board today and then expected to go to a public hearing in september. reporting live here in rosslyn, zachary kiesch. back to you in the studio. >> thank you. 5:55. another major issue we'll be watching for you today is what metro doing to find a new leader. metro says the board of directors will resume the search for a general manager and ceo. the search comes after metro

gathered your feedback on what qualities would make a good metro leader. the board is now expanding its search to include candidates with financial management experience. a final decision is expected this fall. jack ruck what is the acting gm. one woman hoping to find the owner of a silver set she found in northwest d.c. look at that. the woman's husband cleaned up all of these pieces of silver. she found them in a bin next to a dumpster apparently. you can see how shiny they are now. but the woman says they were tarnished and broken and now she wants to give them back. >> we just believe that everything happens for a reason. we're very excited to reunite this silver to the family and restore the family heirlooms to them. it's important to us. >> we shared the story on our facebook page to help the woman find the silver's owners. some have anl engraved on them and a social security number

from the owner of the original set. new police body armor is headed to maryland. it's from a grant program to buy that armor. the sheriff's office will use the money to replace ten bulletproof vests. it's awarded by the governor's office of crime control and prevention. the sheriff's office will cover the rest of the cost. every deputy is issued a bulletproof vest. you don't have to worry if you see yellow water coming out of the tap in stafford county. it's totally safe to drink but hold off on doing laundry because the water can stain your clothes. manganese is causing the problem here and it should be flushed out soon. a historic decision in south carolina where hours after the debate lawmakers there voted to remove the confederate flag from the grounds of the state house. we'll gather reaction to the decision right now, and plus how soon the flag could actually

come down. also ahead all quiet right now outside the old post office pavilion in downtown d.c. but that will change in the hours ahead. that's as protesters prepare to take a stand against donald trump. and it's 74 degrees outside of or studios. we're bracing for another day of rain and potential storms. the forecast straight ahead with "news4 today." stay with us.

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"news4 today" starts now. >> bracing for another round of thunderstorms. yesterday when you drove home it was the heavy downpours that caused some flooding. today there's the threat of damaging wind. while you were sleeping, major developments out of south carolina. the reaction we're seeing this morning after a vote to remove the confederate flag passes and how quickly the flag could come down. but first, let's get you a edie for the day -- ready for the day ahead. storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein with the conditions you'll face. >> another warm and humid morning. a few sprinkles that have crossed the blue ridge and are holding together now along 66 and near 17 and 15. right along 66 there, they're coming into northern fauquier out of northern rappahannock. they won't last much longer,

maybe 15 or 20 minutes. then the sun breaks out later this morning for the morning drive time, dry roads. headed back home, in the low 90s by mid to late afternoon. after that, wet roads after 5:00 p.m. as thunderstorms roll on through. a look at the severe risk zone at 6:11. >> an update on the situation in olney. this is 108 between zion and brookeville. we are still shut down because of the overnight problem where somebody hit a fence here and took down a pole. so you can see we are still closed at this point. alternate, muncaster or bowie mill, depending on which way you're coming from. brock bridge at whiskey bottom is now open. that's good news. 29 no problems.