ance case of the lyon sisters we're standing by for another what's expected to get under way in a matter of hours. also some new details overnight surrounding the brutal beating that ended up killing a man. what we just learned about the suspect in this case. and a heads up for anyone who may be flying in to or out of dulles airport today. the purpose flight at ten dantd -- attendants are picketing for. and stations opened a few minutes ago, but as of 11:00 last night, metro was working to clean up oil on the tracks near the white flynn station. i caused single-tracking all day and megan mcgrath will join us from the station in a few minutes. melissa has an update. what have you learned so far? >> well, at this point, as far as we know, we are on time. metro said they would fix this issue overnight. should be on time this morning. right now, just checked the

website, and we're e-mailing some of my contacts, calling them right now. we understand we are on time, but as you said megan mcgrath is going to be there in a little while at grosvenor. as far as traffic goes, 95 at newington, we are slow here due to late-clearing road work. 95 here, again, taking a look at 95, no problems there. until you get a little bit north of dale city. georgia avenue at randolph road, one left lane is getting by. prince george's county overall looking good. tom, dare i say, it was a little cool this morning when i stepped outside. >> i slept with the windows open. it was rather cool this morning. in fact, down near 60 degrees in some of the suburbs. storm team 4 radar scanning the sky, no rain around. but it's down to near 60 in montgomery and fairfax county and parts of northern virginia. upper 50s, shenandoah valley. in the low to mid 50s out of the mountains. upper 60s, near 70 by the chesapeake bay. and walking to work and walking

to the metro this morning waiting for a bus dry walkways will be in the upper 60s through the morning. when walking back home in the mid 80s with dry walkways headed back home. next weather and traffic on the 1s a look at the hour by hour forecast over the next 12 hours. aaron? >> thank you. 5:02. today, keep an eye on the nbc washington app, we'll learn new developments in the lyon sisters disappearance case. we learned of the indictment of lloyd welch yesterday, the strongest piece from his cousin henry parker. parker says that he helped lloyd lug two plastic bags from the trunk of a car in bedford county, virginia, in 1975. he said they smelled of death and the bags were eventually set on fire. sheila and katherine lyon vanished from wheaten 40 years ago. yesterday, the police chief indicated he may not be done arresting people. >> and the montgomery county police and all of our partners will work to hold every individual responsible who was

involved with the abduction and murder of the lyon sisters. >> now, the bedford county sheriff will release new information at noon. you can get up to speed before that by heading to the nbc washington app for a deeper look at the case. today, the man accused of killing nine people at a historic black church in south carolina will be in court. 21-year-old dylann roof will be at a hearing in a few hours. the judge there will decide whether to release more dourments in the -- documents in the case. they were sealed to protect roof's right to the fair trial. they include 911 calls, witness statements and reports from the medical examiner. that's according to our affiliate there. it is now 5:03. new details about a d.c. homicide. d.c. police arrested kenneth garner for a brutal beating on north capitol street. investigators believe garner struck thomas harris in the head with a bat or a similar item and robbed him last week. harris are died. his family said he was on the

way to buy fireworks. police charged garner with first degree murder. a second arrest connected to the mysterious death of a landover woman. the charles county sheriff's office charged darrell wilson with the first degree murder of crystal anderson. she was reported missing in 2011. a hiker found her remains at a charles county park in 2012. in march police charged 22-year-old raymond posey in connection to what case. we have some developing news right now about former president george h.w. bush. he's recovering after breaking a bone in his neck. our affiliate station in portland, maine, said he's at maine medical center and he's doing okay this morning. he has to wear a neck brace. he's 91 years old and he's the oldest living former u.s. president. later this morning, frederick city, maryland, will find out who the new top police officer is. the mayor is holding a news

conference at 8:00 to announce the new police chief for the frederick county department. we'll send you an alert when that announcement is made. a store in d.c.'s bloomingdale neighborhood is closed for at least one year for selling synthetic drugs. the attorney general said the store was the site of multiple synthetic drug seizures and an employee was shot there. it may have been related to the drug sale. the owner is a retired police officer. last week, muriel bowser signed a tough new law to allow police to fine or close businesses for selling the drugs. the search is for the driver who dragged a police officer. near alberta drive in district heights last night. the officer was caught in the door and then the driver sped off with the officer halfway inside the car, throwing the officer to the ground. the suspect slammed into a tree about 100 yards away and then ran away.

the officer is expected to be okay. we'll get an update on the search from news4's molette green later on. tom kierein says get ready for a perfect summer day and this is just one reason why. cooler temperatures. but will the humidity come into play? he's back with your hour by hour forecast. it sounds like something straight out of a movie. a teen dies as the result of a snake bite and now the search is on to find that snake. one of more than a dozen pickets flight attendants are holding today. what they're fighting for and whether it could impact you if you're flying int ♪ know you can

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welcome back. 5:09. a texas teenager has died from a possible snake bite and now there are more concerns because that snake is missing. earlier this week, austin police found an 18-year-old inside his car with puncture wounds on his

wrist. the victim's family owns a pet store in temple, texas. a cobra was missing from the cage in the victim's home, but it was not found in the car. if you're heading to dulles today you may see a group of flight attendant ticketing the baggage claim area. they're call for united airlines to negotiate a fair contract. this is one of 16 protests taking place across the country and abroad. the protests starts at 11:30 a.m. we want to get you up to speed on the forecast today. it will be a perfect summer day i'm told. >> this is my kind of weather. storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein here with weather and traffic on the 1s at 5:11. tom, doesn't get any better than this. >> good-bye humidity at least for today. so enjoy this brief break. that's the washington monument. jefferson memorial. excellent visibility. we don't have any of the summer haze around. by 8:00, a few high clouds. mild, midday, noontime, temperatures into the upper 70s. great beach and pool weather, in

the mid 80s. wear the sun block it will be warm with low humidity, a delightful day coming up. right now though, rather cool. down into the 50s. shenandoah valley and much of west virginia. nearby suburbs just low and mid 60s. near 70 by the bay. next weather and traffic on the 1s a look at the heat wave on the way for the weekend. that's a coming up at 5:21. now melissa is looking at metro. >> looking at metro. keeping an eye on this for you right now. red line on time, all other lines on time at this point this morning. we will keep you updated here on -- and on first 4 traffic if you're headed out soon and still worried and you want to check again. 66 into and out of town, no issues there. 95 at newington, again, northbound we are a little bit slow from some late-clearing road work here. prince george's county overall looking quite good. earlier road work out of the way. and 95 here in maryland at 198 also moving along quite nicely.

i'll be back at 5:21 with weather and traffic on the 1s. we are learning one of seven fifa officials being held in europe has been extradited to the u.s. the latest on that from the live desk. also this morning promise for protection after a slew of recent crimes including several murders. what police are guaranteeing neighbors in d.c.'s noma neighborhood. and check out nbc washington.com in a story we have been working on all morning -- delays on metro's red line. melissa mollet is trying to find out whether the line is single tracks this morning. we also just sent megan mcgrath to the scene and she'll bring us up to date on what's going on on the red

breaking news into the live desk. one of seven of those detained fema officials facing corruption charges is being extradited to the u.s. right now. this information just coming out. he is the first of those seven fifa officials to be brought to

the u.s. to face charges. now that fifa official has not again named yet. but we do understand that he is on a flight from switzerland to new york right now. being accompanied by three-man u.s. police escort. of course, the seven men detained when they raided that luxury hotel, they faced 20 years in prison in this $150 million -- $150 million bribery and corruption scandal. back to you. >> kristin, thank you. 5:16 right now. some residents are concerned about a crime wave in d.c.'s noma neighborhood. since the fourth of july weekend, the fast growing neighborhood has reported three murders including the young political aide who was killed on a metro train. neighbors gathered with city officials to voice their concerns and they say the murders are just the beginning. neighbors are now dealing with increased prostitution too. >> -- a much more concerted

effort so that elementary school kids don't have to step over or picking up dirty condoms or latex gloves in front of their school. it's totally unacceptable. it's the highest level of the police department and yet it continues. >> police say there will be more patrols in ward 6. right now, president obama is in oklahoma where he plans to visit the federal correctional institution. the president is there to press for justice system reforms. he talked bluntly about this issue. in a few minutes we'll dig deeper on what the reforms will look like and how they affect people in and out of the prison system. getting to the airport and metro is about to get easier in northern virginia. officials are breaking ground today on a widening project for part of route 606 in loudoun county. that project widens the five mile section between evergreen mills road and the dulles

greenway. eventually, it will ease traffic to dulles airport and the future route 606 metro station. here's something to know if you're thinking of how to get home tonight. three lanes will be closed on the outer loop of the beltway in montgomery county. this is happening over the maryland 185 exit. all lanes should reopen before the friday morning rush. that will continue on weekdays until the concrete is repaired. your kids' lunches at d.c. public schools aren't changing any time soon. we told you the school food vendor wanted to pull out of the contract this fall. well, after settling a lawsuit with the district, the vendor can't do that under the contract's terms that's according to "the washington post." the report says the vendor will have to provide service for at least the next year and possibly longer. in "news4 your health" 5:18, alzheimer's disease may affect your brain differently depending on your race. researchers in chicago say black

people are more likely to have additional brain changes from the disease. three-quarters of black alzheimer's patients showed signs of stroke or parkinson's disease. they were also found to have more frequent and severe blood vessel disease than in other patients. aarp is out with some incredible numbers this morning. the group says americans spend 37 billion hours caring for their parents spouses and other adult loved ones in 2013. aarp says that's worth a staggering $470 billion. that is more than the u.s. spent on medicaid. a lot of the folks told aarp they feel overwhelmed and are under financial strain. parents, you can do more now to ensure good heart health for your child later in life. low levels of vitamin "d" in adults is believed to be associated with several health issues including heart disease. canadian researchers looked at children under the age of 5 and found higher vitamin "d" levels. this led experts to believe that

heart disease could begin early in childhood. coming up on 20 minutes after the hour right now. a good morning to get out for a run or maybe do a little yoga on the lawn. i hear people do that. >> you hear people do that? that would be so nice. >> maybe not the lawn. but in parks. >> okay. anywhere. well this is the kind of day we want to be outside. storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein, tell us what we can expect. >> aaron, if you're doing yoga on the lawn, i want you to take a selfie. i want to see that. >> you'll never see that. >> a great morning for anything walking the dog. the dog may not want to come back in. we have a gorgeous morning under way with low humidity. here's the humidity forecast. pleasant humidity throughout the day today, but overnight tonight and tomorrow it will get uncomfortable. then by saturday, oppressive humidity is moving in. that'll be in place for much of the weekend. enjoy the cool temperatures while you can.

near 60 degrees in montgomery county and much of prince george's county. and much of fairfax county, low to mid 60s. dulles, 61. leesburg at 59. throughout northern virginia, 60s. and right now in the shenandoah valley, panhandle of west virginia, only in the upper 50s. only the mid 50s out in the mountains this morning in western maryland and in west virginia. a few clouds this morning. mid 60s by 7:00 a.m., by 9:00 near 70. just a few high clouds are coming through. then by mid afternoon, the mid 80s. a delightful day. then more humid tomorrow. good beach and pool weather on friday. highs in the upper 80s and then that sweltering humidity and the heat begins to build on saturday and sunday. both days highs reaching low 90s. that feels like temperature mid and upper 90s. small chance of a passing thunderstorm, saturday sunday and monday. still hot. near 90.

less humid. tuesday and wednesday. next weather and traffic on the 1s, your drive time forecast. how is the commute this morning, melissa? >> overall, roads are looking pretty good. checking in on the red line, no reports of any slowdowns. everything looks like it's on time. and rolling along as it should on every line for that matter. megan mcgrath is going to be at the grosvenor station later on this hour. 395 northbound after edsall a disabled vehicle in the left lane there. folks are having to get around it this morning. 66 headed into town and out of town, looking quite good. remember to listen to our friends on wtop 103.5 f.m. when you hop in your car. top of the beltway rolling along quite nicely. b.w. parkway, 95 no problems. 270 at falls looking quite good. back with more on this metro situation. we'll keep you updated in a couple of minutes. happening right now in china. the aftermath of a huge explosion at a chemical plant in the eastern part of the country.

this is cell phone video. you see everybody standing there just watching the place go up in flames and a huge explosion. the fire broke out when a tank with liquefied hydrocarbon leaked at the plant creating this just huge ball of fire. the tank exploded three times actually this morning. more than 130 firefighters there to try to put it out. so far, no one has reported to have been hurt in the fire. aaron? >> all right thank you. it's 5:23 now. search crews recovered two bodies from the mountainside. it went down on saturday. when crews reached the site yesterday, the wreckage was still smoldering. the 16-year-old did survive the crash. it took her two days to hike down the mountain to safety. a search is under way for four people who are still missing after severe flooding in eastern kentucky. mud, rain and debris hampering

the search teams. at least three have died and the missing four people are feared dead after floodwater ravaged that area on monday. cadaver dogs are helping in the search which covers about eight miles. about 150 homes were destroyed in the flooding. new haven, connecticut, police have a gruesome mystery they're trying to solve. they found a human arm in the same area where someone found a pair of legs earlier wednesday. detectives don't know whether the remains are related. a medical examiner is trying to determine the identity or identities. police are checking missing persons reports as well. a meeting up in boston today about the united states olympic bid. city leaders there meeting with the usoc. they'll talk about how to present boston as the best place for the olympics in 2024. boston beat out three other cities including d.c. to be the country's representative. it is now up against a lot of cities from all over the world. well we're learning now

that senator bob menendez has raised more than $1.5 million to defend himself since he was indicted in april. that brings the total amount he's race to nearly $3 million. he is accused of using his influence to help a friend in exchange for lavish vacations and campaign donations. he's a democrat from new jersey. today is tv's biggest day. the emmy nominations will come out. here are some of the changes you will notice. the emmys are expanding from six nominees to seven. the show also clarified the drama and comedy category classifications. dramas air 60-minute episodes and comedies are 30 minutes. the nominations won't be announced until 11:30 this morning. usually they're revealed at 8:30. watch the emmys on september 20th. a shout out to our producing and directing team for the emmy nominations. >> for this show. more than $10 billion is

what donald trump said he's worth. is it accurate? and a man accused of killing his on wife and stepdaughter and it's zeroing in on washington. take a look at the wilson bridge. no wet pavement today, but what will your drive to work and from work be like

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thursday morning. joe biden getting ready to sell the iran nuclear deal. where he's headed in hours. a bold break in at a local library. the new video just in to the newsroom showing what the crook took. and we just got info from metro, they're single-tracking on the red line. details in a minute. i'm storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein. the air is fresh and cool. feels like the cool side of your pillow when you step outside. we are down into the 50s much of the region. nearby suburbs are near 60 and inside the beltway, mid to upper 60s. near 70 around the chesapeake bay. great travel weather today. dry pavement morning, midday and afternoon. a wonderful summer day is coming up. temperatures for the morning commute in the mid to upper 60s by mid-morning to late in the morning into the 70s. when you're headed back home dry roads, low humidity. temperatures into the mid 80s.

next weather and traffic on the 1s at 5:41. breaking news on metro. for the past 30 minutes we have been told that everything is on time. we are now being told that the red line is single-tracking. megan mcgrath there going to talk to her in a second. but right now, megan said we're single-tracking between grosvenor. right now, single-tracking on the red line and this is after all of that mess yesterday in the morning and in the evening for travelers on the red line, single-tracking between twinbrook and grosvenor. megan mcgrath is out there at the station. what are you seeing out there at this point? >> reporter: well, what we're hearing is that they have not been able to finish the clean-up work. they had hoped to clean up this oil spill on the tracks overnight, but they're not quite there yet. if you look behind me here down on the tracks, you can see there's a metro work vehicle

down there on the tracks. i spoke to a worker just a short time ago. he said they're pretty much finishing up at this point, and they're going to then try to resume normal operations but they're just not quite there yet. we're hearing from metro they're preparing a test train to go through the area that was a problem. just to make sure that everything is absolutely okay and that they can resume normal operations. they hope to do that within the next half hour or so. whether or not that's the case remains to be seen. we'll keep a close eye on it. really tough time yesterday on the red line single-tracking between grosvenor and the twinbrook station. a lot of people inconvenienced a lot of delays and crowded stations. so we'll keep a close eye on it this morning and we'll let you know as soon as things get back to normal. back to you. >> megan thank you. this afternoon, joe biden heads to the hill to try to build some consensus around the iran nuclear deal. he is meeting with skeptical

senators from his own party. yesterday, he spoke with house democrats. president obama staunchly defended the deal in a press conference yesterday saying it's the best way to prevent iran from developing the nuclear bomb. congress has a 60-day window to look at the agreement. a north carolina man wanted in the murders of his wife and stepdaughter may be laying low in this area. court documents show billy joe mclain kidnapped his teenage stepson and on monday, firefighters found his wife and stepdaughter's bodies in a burning apartment. he fled to the d.c. or the maryland area. he was last seen driving a 2001 ford van. a large crowd gathered to remember a man killed in a house fire in accokeek. his friends and family used white balloons to remember him. he was shot after leaving a

party sunday morning. as police search for the killer the owners of the home which hosted the party are facing a fine. prince george's county police said they were selling tickets to the party which is illegal without a permit. brand-new video of someone stealing from a library in d.c. this man stole several computer froms the deanwood -- computers from the deanwood library. he cuts the wires holding the computers in place and then takes them to the window one by one. that happened on saturday june 20th, about 4:30 in the morning. misare offering -- police are offering a $1,000 reward in this case. we are expected to learn if investigators can look at actions taken by governor scott walker's staff during his recall campaign. the question is whether walker's campaign staff illegally coordinated with conservative groups during the recall. walker denies the charges. that was sparked by anger over walker ending collective bargaining for most public workers.

he announced his 2016 presidential bid days ago. donald trump's financial disclosure has done little to end the mystery of how much his fortune is worth. he's officially disclosed it to the federal election commission. yesterday, his campaign said that trump is worth, quote in excess of $10 billion. but there are very few specifics on his assets. >> the math does not add up. there is more missing than not missing in the report. >> now this morning on the "today" show, nbc's katy tur is digging into the numbers. she'll have the latest on the dispute. the "usa today" suffolk county poll shows trump leading the republican field, but still losing to hillary clinton by a wide margin. and we're just seeing some new poll numbers into the newsroom this morning. only 39% of americans have a favorable view of hillary clinton. this is according to the poll. nearly half few her unfavorably.

there's a special cookout at the annapolis house today. larry hogan and boyd rutherford and families will make food with locally produced food. they're hoping you will buy local food. during the week you have to at least one locally grown product in every meal. a special forum in germantown about what to do if someone steals your identity. maryland's attorney general, state police and someone from the government's office of personnel management will be there. they organized it after many had their information hacked last month. go to black rock center for the arts tonight. in "news4 your health" as we approach 5:36, virginia among the states where lyme disease appears to be getting worse. certain kind of ticks carry that bacteria that causes it in people. most cases are in mid-atlantic,

upper midwestern states. the centers for disease control says the risk for catching lyme disease has doubled in the last decade in traditional high risk areas. sweet briar college said nearly 300 students are scheduled to enroll this year. that's after the 114-year-old woman's college was saved from the brink of financial ruin. president stone said the returning students include the top academic and government lead leaders from the spring semester. hogan strong. new information this morning on maryland governor larry hogan's fight against cancer. and breaking news right now. red light single-tracking between twin brook and grosvenor. more information coming up.

welcome back. maryland governor larry hogan is returning to the hospital this weekend for his second round of chemotherapy. the governor has stage 3 non-hodgkins lymphoma. it is an aggressive cancer. cork to "the washington post" doctors plan to speed up the round because his first round was successful. health officials in liberia

has ordered an investigation now that a second person has died from ebola in recent weeks. the young woman passed away hours after she was admitted for treatment on sunday. her name was on a list of people who may have had contact with the virus. but health monitors failed to detect her some of thes. officials want to know how the symptoms were missed. if you have a chance to spend only time outside today, you might want to do it. >> it is going to be the perfect summer day. certainly my kind of weather. weather and traffic on the 1s with storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein. hey, tom. >> yeah. unusually cool now for mid july. right now, dale city, hometown forecast there, 65 degrees now. just past 5:30 in the morning. by 5:00, fternoon, still up in the low 80s. lots of sunshine. low humidity. wonderful summer day there. lanham prince george's county at 64. partly cloudy. then during the rest of the afternoon, upper 70s to near 80

degrees. that's about ten degrees below the average highs for this time of the year. in centreville western fairfax county it is only around 60 degrees. and then during the afternoon, reaching the low 80s. delightful day there with low humidity. looking at a heat wave arriving for the weekend. next weather and traffic on the 1s, 5:51. melissa has breaking news. >> breaking news on the rails. we are still single-tracking here on the red line between twinbrook and grosvenor because of the oil slick on the track. this is from yesterday carrying over to today. megan mcgrath said the metro manager hopes it will be cleaned up within the next 30 minutes. fredericksburg line stopped just before fredericksburg because of an issue there with power. travel times right now, 270 south looking good. top of the beltway outer loop no problems. 66 inpound, no issues.

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5:45. could we learn about another bombshell in a case four decades in the making? and we'll have the latest at 6:00. good morning. i'm tom kierein with melissa mollet and right now in the 50s and 60s. by 8:00 we'll be in the upper 60s. by noon, upper 70s. low humidity and lots of sunshine. problems on metro. >> biggest problem right now on the rails.

not the roads. again, we are single-tracking this morning on the red line. single-tracking between twinbrook and grosvenor from the oil slick. this is the problem from yesterday, did not get fixed overnight. hoping for a resolution here in the next 30 minutes or so. >> thank you, melissa. the search is on for the driver who dragged a police officer with his car in prince george's county. right now, news4's molette green has the latest. good morning. >> reporter: eun, good morning to you. i want you to take a look behind me there. there's a tree with obvious damage, a big gash in it that's where the car ended up crashing here at alberta and todd drive. no word this morning on a suspect after an intense search for this person. here's what we know so far. the officer pulled the car over and then he sped off with the officer being caught in the door of the car. ended up crashing about 100

yards away into that tree behind me. now, the officer was thrown to the ground in the process of all of this. the suspect then got out of the car and ran away. the officer was injured in this but the good news about all of this is the officer appears to be able to recover from these injuries. not very seriously hurt in all of this, but again, no -- no sign of a suspect at this hour this morning. we're live this morning in district heights. back to you. >> thanks, molette. today a jury in colorado will begin its second day of deliberations in the movie theater shooting trial. prosecutors say holmes deserves the death penalty. jurors deliberated for more than seven hours yesterday. they asked the judge three questions. maryland's board of public

works is considering cutting some public safety and corrections jobs. all told, 63 jobs could be on the chopping block. the board will crunch the numbers today at a meeting in annapolis. the reduction would save about $3 million. later this morning frederick city, maryland, will find out who the new top officer is. the mayor will announce the new police chief for the frederick police department. we'll send you an alert through the nbc washington app when the announcement is made. fight the power lines is the rallying cry for some prince william homeowners who ar lines. it would stretch wires from gainesville to haymarket through their neighborhoods. home owners are concerned that the new power plant will impact their homes. >> while there is an underground option, it is one of five, there is four overhead options. >> dominion virginia power will

submit an application at the end of the year. some good news for a local family of 13 that lost everything in a home fire last month. news4 introduced you to the family who were taken in by another family. gracing spaces helped to furnish their new home and now they have a new 12-seat passenger van. a go fund account has collected more than $23,000. members of congress calling for change following a news4 i-team report. they want more money spent on internal government agents to cut down on the number of awol federal workers. on monday night, scott macfarlane reported that internal government watchdogs have caught at least 60 govpt -- government workers doctoring their time change since 2012 and they cost taxpayers $1 million.

the i-team reported the internal auditors have been facing budget cuts. now, a powerful house chairman says the auditors no ed a boost to keep -- need a boost to keep the workforce honest. >> not only what you have found but what we have found in a lot of the oversight and government reform hearings is that the employees, federal employees in particular, want something to be done about it. and yet they don't seem to trust management or the bureaucracy to get it done. >> maryland democrat chris van holland said the inspectors generals need more funding. and caitlyn jenner is still trending. jenner was awarded the arthur ashe courage award at the espy awards and you have watched her transgender play out. well, last night she plans to use this award as a platform to help others. >> if you want to call me names, make jokes, doubt my intentions go ahead, because the reality is

i can take it. but for the thousands of kids out there coming to terms with being true to who they are, they shouldn't have to take it. >> jenner got emotional thanking her family who she said she feared losing during her transition. it is now 5:51. time for weather and traffic on the 1s. this is a kind of forecast you all want to hear. it is very, very -- it's exciting. i love this weather. >> it will only last for a few hours but enjoy it while you can. we'll take this in mid july. almost feels like autumn. down to the 60s for most of the region. across virginia, and maryland and a little warmer around the bay areas. up near 70 degrees. dress accordingly. you'll be comfortable in maybe long sleeves for another hour or so, and then the short sleeves. won't need the umbrella or the rain boots. need sun glasses and the sun

block later on today. increasing sunshine. right now, we have quite a bit of cloudiness, but that will break up. pleasant humidity today. then overnight it gets uncomfortable. tomorrow, sticky and then oppressive on saturday and into the rest of the weekend, here comes our typical midsummer humidity and heat for the weekend. but right now though, off to the cool and blue start. there's a blue sort of color tone to the sky right now. temperatures will be in the mid to upper 60s through 8:00. and then during the afternoon hitting the mid 80s. usually it's near 90 this time of the year. but with the low humidity it will feel quite comfortable. a gentle breeze coming in it of on the north. then overnight tonight we get the clouds on the increase. down to near 70 by dawn tomorrow. during the day on friday another nice summer day. it will be more humid. highs reaching the mid to upper 80s tomorrow. great beach and pool weather and

then partly cloudy. here comes the heat and humidity over the weekend. saturday afternoon, the low 90s. a chance of a brief passing isolated thundershower during the afternoon. the same thing on sunday. we keep the heat wave going into next week too. mid 90s on monday. could get an afternoon storm. now a little less humid on tuesday and wednesday with highs right around 90 degrees. melissa has an update on metro. >> breaking news on metro this morning. we are single-tracking once again on the red line. same thing happening yesterday, twin brook and grosvenor. we'll talk to megan mcgrath in the 6:00 hour. earlier problem on 395 inbound is now out of the way. 66 inbound, looking pretty good, 95 north a little slow there in dale city. 270 south at 80 to urbana, a report of a crash there. seeing some kind of typical slowdowns there and the mt. vernon memorial highway, a crash

there. i'll be back at 6:01 with more on the metro situation. a check your refrigerator breaded chicken nuggets products. marie's incorporated is recalling more than 20,000 pounds of gluten free breaded chicken and other products. the chicken breast nuggets have tested positive for a bacteria that causes food poisoning. check the best buy dates. the recall affects those dated march 25th, 2016. if you're a turbotax cd user and you stored your tax return online, you might want to download your files before they're're deleted. the makers of turbotax are discontinuing the cloud for tax users. the files must be downloaded by tuesday. if you miss that july 21st deadline you have to ask the irs for a copy of your return. coming up on 5:55 now.

online shopping got a lot easier and all at the click of a button. landon dowdy has your business headlines. hey, there, landon. >> good morning to you. google is debuting a buy button for smartphones called purchases on google. you can buy directly from search ads. they use payment information that saves in your google account and shoppers can get products ratings and find out whether items are available at nearby stores. it will go through your browsing history to see if the price on products has dropped. and amazon has racked up orders and they topped those from black friday and the an analysts say they were two to three times that of a typical july day. but some customers took to twitter to vent their frustration. likening prime day to the garage sale. with items ranging from tvs and lord of the rings dvds to tupperware containers. aaron, back over to you. >> i was pretty disappointed

yesterday. i'm just saying. landon dowdy, cnbc, thank you. >> i didn't get my sharpie pens either. we told you about the heart warming story a dying dog's bucket list adventure is agreeing instagram sensation. he's a 15-year-old dog from new york. when he received a terminal diagnosis, his owner decided to make the most of his furry friend's final days. for the past four days, poe has posed at the white house and sunk his paws into the water along the california coast. >> having him walk around on the beach, take a nap with the sun on his snout, you know, the wind breezing through his ears, nothing better. >> his instagram account has more than 100,000 followers. poe's owner is encouraging fans to adopt a shelter dog of their own. well, traditional taxis are losing business to uber. according to a survey from certify. in the past three months uber

has taken the 55% share of riders. certify says that is a big jump from earlier this year and while business travelers may be quickly moving toward uber, certify says employers still have reservations about safety and liability. a major development this morning in the crackdown on fifa. right now, one of the seven officials arrested in zurich is on the way to the united states. kristin wright is gathering new information on that person. also at 6:00, breaking news on the tracks. this is video from the grosvenor metro station trains are single-tracking on the red line. megan mcgrath and melissa mollet are both tracking the problems to help you with your commute this morning. sunrise happening over the met pro area this morning. it is going to feel crisp and cool for a lot of you as you step outside today.

"news4 today" begins with breaking news. >> we begin with breaking news on the rails where metro riders face more potential delays this morning. right now, red line trains are still single-tracking. this is a scene here at the grosvenor metro station where crews are cleaning up the problem on the tracks. how it will affect your commute.

megan mcgrath is talking to workers and to commuters. megan? >> reporter: well, eun, we have not seen any trains traveling on this outbound track. so they are still single-tracking here on the red line this morning. not good news for people who had a difficult time yesterday because of the same problem. here's what we have learned just here within the last half hour or so. there was a foam-filled tire on a piece of work equipment that ruptured yesterday afternoon. that created slippery conditions down on the tracks. in fact, trains apparently were losing traction on the outbound track along that stretch. so for safety reasons they began to single track. take a look at this video and that of course caused major delays throughout the day yesterday.