gunshots. we are on cindy lane and you can see that we still have crime tape up. cindy lane is closed but investigators at this point are focusing their attention down here, in the parking lot area of the central garden apartments. we have evidence markers on the ground. tape is up. they have been focusing on a couple of cars that are parked here in the lot. and we're told that two security guards overnight were shot here. one of those guards has died. and in talking with folks who live here they say there's a regular security presence here at this complex. >> the security is pretty much, you know, they walk around here and protect the neighborhood. and i can't imagine why anybody would kill a security officer. i can't imagine. >> reporter: and they're armed? >> they are armed.

>> reporter: and as you just heard the guards are regularly armed. we don't know though whether there was any exchange of gun fire between the gunmen and those security guards. we just don't have that detail at this point. police don't have a lot that they're sharing. no word on a possible motive here or a lookout for any suspects. for a while we had a closure down on central avenue as well. 214. they had some evidence markers there. that has reopened. and traffic is now moving through the area but here at the apartment complex, they're going to be here for a while yet. now, we'll toss it over to melissa mollet with more on traffic. >> good morning, megan. so as megan just said, central avenue is now open. we were shut down, about a mile worth shut down for some time. overall, prince george's county

looking good road wise. don't have any major problems. big look at the beltway here. also inner and outer look. had the disabled loop, top of the beltway, that's out of the way. tom? >> another pleasant summer morning under way. low humidity still with us. but not for much longer. we will have the increased humidity rolling in by noontime and during the afternoon. so enjoy this while you can. we're in the low 60s in montgomery county. mid 60s prince george's. near 70 in washington. sun just about to emerge from clouds on the eastern horizon. live view from the tower camera. metro in the mid 70s. then into the low 80s by noontime with the increased humidity. just a few clouds popping up. your drive time forecast, next weather and traffic on the 1s coming up at 6:11. >> thank you, tom. 6:02 is your time. we're following that developing story out of tennessee. today we could learn the names of the four marines killed in the shooting rampage in chattanooga. the defense department will make the call. the suspected shooter is

mohammed abdulazeez. police say he fired up to 30 shots yesterday. the fbi says abdulazeez fired all 30 shots from inside his car. he then drove seven miles to a navy marine training center. he left his car and killed four of those marines. a police officer and another person were also hurt in that shooting. the fbi is calling this attack domestic terrorism. this morning the bureau is digging into the life of the shooting suspect. agents searched mohammed abdulazeez's home and car yesterday. the 24-year-old grew up in tennessee, but a naturalized citizen from kuwait. federal officials say several years ago his father was investigated for a potential connection to a terror organization. nothing was found. coming up, we'll have a live report from tennessee with more on how investigators are looking into the suspect's social media activity. 6:03. the suspect in a july 4th murder will be in court, but today's court appearance for jasper

spires is in connection to a separate assault case. on july 2, he tried to rob a man, two days later police say spires stabbed kevin sutherland to death on a metro train. spires is due back in court next week. a maryland man will be sentenced in connection with the death of a pedestrian. james chandler enter an alford plea in the case. police say he hit and killed philip snodgrass while under the influence of pvp. snodgrass was walking on the sidewalk when struck by the vehicle that chandler was driving. chandler may face up to 30 years in prison. this morning we expect d.c. mayor muriel bowser to name a new chief for the dna testing lab. this comes at a troubled time for the facility. the last director was reportedly fired after a damning report on lab practices. "the washington post" reporting a former head of the fbi dna lab will be named a new director. and right now, police are trying to figure out how a woman lost control of her car and hit

and killed a woman of eight. maria posadas was hit on a sidewalk in montgomery county. this happened near randolph and veirs mill roads in wheaton. the 80-year-old driver lost control, hit a utility pole and then struck posadas. several pedestrians have been hit and killed by drivers in the same area. if you were in that area and you saw anything about this incident, police would like to hear from you. right now we have pictures in of a devastating tornado in illinois. this is the twister touching down in monmouth. this is near the iowa/illinois border. some 200 miles from chicago. the damage is very bad in a small town called cameron where they are not letting people back in to look at the damage. this is a silo in monmouth that actually came down because of the strength of this tornado. right now, search and rescue operations are going on in cameron and no one -- no word --

the good news no word of anyone hurt in the storm. back to you. >> thank you kristin. 6:06 now. gridlock in congress can mean your commute won't be much shorter any time soon. wtop reports that the big transportation projects could be put on hold if congress doesn't come up with new highway funding. that's according to virginia's transportation secretary. congress might end up passing a short term extension and that could keep construction going through the summer. things are moving forward for maryland's purple line. we have a tentative start date for construction. "the washington post" reports the maryland board of public works will choose a contractor by january 15th and construction would start on may 16 2016. the purple line would connect montgomery and prince george's counties. newly uncovered video showing the scene moments after a malaysia airlines plane was

shot out of the sky. who was responsible for shooting the video. making sure the private information of millions is protected. the event that gave hundreds of federal workers a chance to get some answers about that massive data breach. we're watching some breaking news right now in prince george's county. a massive police presence after two security guards were shot overnight. this is a live look from chopper 4. one of the security guards is dead. your time is 6:07. (gong) slather your ribs with kikkoman for that rich mahogany sweetness.

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6:10 your time right now. doctor says broken bone in former president h.w. bush's neck will heal naturally. he took a tumble on wednesday and now that broken bone in his neck will heal in three to four months. the fracture to his c-2 vertebrae was -- which is the second bone below the skull, didn't lead to any other injuries. we're working to find out when he'll be released from maine

medical center in portland. president obama called president bush to wish him a speedy re recovery. time to check your first 4 traffic with melissa mollet. how is it looking? >> looking good right now. d.c. 295 a tad slow as you pass 50. brunswick train p 890, we had a report this was 60 minutes behind. just got erased off the website so hopefully that's back on time. outer loop no problems. 270 south looking good. inbound looking roll along nicely as is 95 northbound. remember to listen to our friends on wtop 103.5 f.m. when you hop in your car. tom i have to give you credit for a perfect day yesterday. >> still pretty nice this morning. all good traveling around now, a little bit of fog around quantico. live view from the storm team 4 tower camera. a few low clouds around. all green lights for morning, midday and afternoon. driving around most of the region and for the morning hours will be in the low 70s over the next couple of hours with dry roads.

that fog may be in some of the rural areas, right near the potomac. then during the afternoon, partly cloudy. it's going to be getting more humid in the afternoon. temperatures in the upper 80s. a look at the heat wave coming for the weekend and our storm chances next weather and traffic on the 1s at 6:21. eun? >> thank you, tom. well it's no secret that grandparents love to spoil their grandchildren. but now you have a reason to try and put a stop to it. why it could be bad for your kids' health. plus, she walked away from plane

we have breaking news right now at 6:15. prince george's county police are searching for whoever shot two security guards in capitol heights. here's a live look right now. with up of the guards died. neighbors say they heard about five gunshot at 1:00 a.m. at the central garden apartments. cindy lane is closed in the area. the guards at the complex are usually armed, but so far in this investigation it's unclear whether there was a shoot-out between the guards and the shooter. megan mcgrath is talking to police right now. we'll have an update in 15 minutes. suddenly, it was all trees and then it was fire.

>> we are hearing from a brave 16-year-old girl who lived through a small plane crash in washington state. she was flying home with her step grand parents who were killed when that plane flew into trees. after two nights alone in the woods she walked to safety and she's sharing her remarkable story of survival. >> i was so shocked. my instinct was to go straight downhill. i just felt a surge of willpower. it was like there's no way i can die without hugging somebody again. >> wow. autumn spent two nights in the forest and on day three she found a road and she found help. the trial of the colorado movie theater shooter is heading into the sentencing phase. the jury found james holmes guilty on 165 counts yesterday. he could be given the death penalty. but if a single juror disagrees with the death sentence he'll be sent to prison for life. holmes opened fire if a movie theater, killing 12 people and wounding dozens of others.

survivors of the attack were in the courtroom as the verdicts were read. new details about the brazen escape of a drug lord from a mexican prison. we are now hearing it was at least 18 minutes before anyone was alerted to the escape of el chapo guzman. that's according to two mexican lawmakers. we know the story now, that guzman sneaked into the mile-long tunnel saturday. and a massive manhunt is under way. mexico's interior minister says anyone who helped guzman will be punished. 6:17 now and the anger and the frustration were very obvious last night as federal workers as data was stolen confronted hundreds of agency staff. hundreds gathered for one-on-one help here and many questioned how effective credit monitoring could be since it only lasts for 18 months. we know this breach affected a lot of people in our area. if you're trying to safeguard your data from here on out, we

have a list of items on the app. just search for opm. d.c. police want you to look at this video right now. they're looking for the men who ransacked the 77th market and it happened last month. the suspects argued with the clerk before creating this mess. we posted the video on the washington app so you can look at it again. corrections officials are investigating the death of an inmate as a possible homicide. officers found the inmate dead yesterday morning and officials are waiting for the autopsy report. they did not find any signs of trauma. they're questioning the cell mates and other inmates as well. a montgomery county judge has left a man accused of first degree murder out of jail. dion sobotker is charged with jonathan harris' murder. harris was strangled during a robbery last december. judge baird decided to release

sobotker on the unsecured bond yesterday. that means he didn't have to pay to get out. judge baird says he doesn't believe the bail system is fair. prosecutors are frustrated with the judge's decision. >> because of the serious nature of the charge and the public safety concerns that we have with anyone charged with those kind of crimes it's something we want to care flyfully look at. >> harris lived through a kidney transplant and it was profiled on the "today" show. and trying to figure out what may have caused a house to explode. two men were rescued from that rubble. and then taken to the hospital. right now, they are both listed in critical but stable condition. a phone scam alert this morning. if you live in stafford county and you get a call from the sheriff's office asking for money, be alert. the sheriff office never solicits money over the phone. if you receive a call deputies would like to hear from you. this sounds pretty low, but it's true. an 18-year-old man behind bars for ripping off a lemonade

stand. the sheriff's department says two 13-year-old girls set up a stand on wednesday in rancho cucamonga, california, when a man said he had no cash, but he wanted lemonade. the girls gave him some and that's when he pushed over the stand and took off with the money box. only took police a couple of minutes to find that suspect and $30 inside. >> not worth it. >> no. you're just a bad person for foolishness like that, i'm sorry. maybe hard times but still. all right. you will see a familiar face this weekend in "the washington post." this lady sitting over here. our eun yang is featured in sunday's "washington post" magazine. >> this a weekly q&a column called just asking. the online version is out already. take a look. this is the photo. >> deeply pensive. >> i know. so serious. should be smiling. so many things.

it was really fun. it was just -- it was a quick conversation about my life and career. joe put it together and made it fun and funny. check it out. check out "the washington post" magazine this sunday. >> fantastic. all right. 6:21 is our time right now. check out the forecast too. it will be nice for like a few minutes. >> tom, please say it's more than a few minutes. >> yeah, maybe 10 or 15. we do have the humidity increasing as a result we're getting some fog forming. i was mentioning that last hour. there we are a live view from the storm team 4 chopper that is up over parts of -- we lost the shot. we're showing fog. we have the pleasant humidity with us now. later on today, getting uncomfortable and then oppressive humidity moves in. that'll be in place on sunday too. temperatures are comfortable. a little bit of fog around. but it's sort of thin veils of fog over the -- above the ground level and above that mostly

clear. we're in the low to mid 60s most of the region. near 70 right near the bay and in washington. live view showing a few wisps of fog on the horizon. looking off to the east otherwise a partly cloudy sky. low 80s, hitting the upper 80s by 3:00 or 4:00. by 5:00, back down to mid 80s and increased humidity and clouds coming in. for the weekend, very early on saturday morning, maybe predawn might have a shower. hazy hot and very humid. small chance of an isolated passing thundershower during the day tomorrow. upper 90s on sunday. may feel like 105 when you factor in the humidity and maybe a thundershower it looks like on sunday evening. and monday another very hot day. sunday and monday may be our hottest days of the summer. so far anyway. 105, maybe an afternoon storm. mid 90s for highs on sunday. high near 90 wednesday and

thursday. but chances of afternoon storms both of those days. next weather and traffic on the 1s coming up at 6:31. neighborhood highs for this friday. now melissa is looking at the friday commute. what's happening now? >> right now nice light volume. love to show you this. any time of the day. right now, beltway looking quite good this morning. inbound 395. just the tiniest bit slow there as you're approaching duke street. looking at 66 and 95 overall moving along nicely. falls road, nice light volume. b.w. parkway, 95 29 into and out of town. moving along well and then looking here at branch avenue, as you're headed into town. approaching 295. no major issues. same thing as you head outbound. see you at 6:31. >> thank you, melissa. your time is 6:24. an oil train derailment is forcing some people out of their homes this morning. the train was pulling 106 loaded

cruise oil cars when it derailed near cull bertson last night. most of the cars have been put upright. at least two are leaking oil. nearby residents were evacuated as a precaution. it's not clear why the train derailed in the first place. footage just released by australia that appears to show the immediate aftermath of the malaysian airlines flight mh17. that plane was shot down one year ago today. 298 people were killed there. this newly released footage was reportedly taken by separatists as they realized that downed plane was a commercial jet and not a ukrainian fighter jet. nbc news cannot independently verify the authenticity of this video. the museum is getting a big donation that could help improve what's been a rough year for the news yum. $5 million has been pledged. the officials say they have been focusing on increasing fund-raising over the past year.

that plus increased attendance has helped the newseum that has struggled. grandparents spoil their grandkids. that's standard operating procedure. we know how it works. there's some new research that says that could be a bad thing. it could be harmful for your grandkids' health. it's because grandparents tend to show affection by indulging a little bit. overfeeding. and sparing their grandchildren from physical chores too. british researchers say that children under the care of their grandparents were more than twi these children also consumed more junk food. >> yeah. sometimes you have to intervene, but the grandparents will say it's your job to lay down the rules and my job to spoil. you have to be the intermediary. >> there you go. >> that could work. teaching your children to share at a young age may help them on the road to success. that's according to a new study at pennsylvania state university. the study says kindergartners who share cooperate and are

helpful are more likely to have college degrees and good job compared to those who don't have the social skills. 800 students were tracked over two decades for this research. so perhaps this is true, that everything we need to know -- >> you learned in kindergarten. >> right. >> sharing is key. >> but those formative years are so performance. how to sit still, share. use the social skills very important. you meet adults who don't have them -- >> you have a problem. something to be said. all right making it more of a challenge to get around. the station closures you need to be aware of before you try to ride metro this weekend. targeted again. the damage a northern virginia mosque said vandals left behind for the second time this week. and developments out of prince george's county where gunshots heard overnight have left a security guard dead. we expect an update from police in a couple of minutes here as you look live at the scene where investigators are still working. the latest as "news4 today"

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military sites can go uninspected. restrictions end after 10 years. then iran could build a nuclear weapon in two months. iran has violated 20 international agreements and is the leading state sponsor of terrorism. some breaking news now. we have been telling you about this coming out of capitol heights this morning.

someone shot two security guards outside the central gardens apartments. one is dead several roads closed in the area. this is why police investigate essentially two crime scenes that are just feet apart from each other. >> megan mcgrath just talked to police and she's on the scene gathering information. so megan, what are they telling you now? >> reporter: well, they're telling us that it's obviously early in the investigation. so there's not a lot of detail, but we have two victims here. they are security guards at the central garden apartment. if you look behind me now that we have the sun up you can get a better feel for the area where this took place. this is the parking lot right adjacent to the apartment complex here. you can see the investigators there in between those cars. we have evidence markers on the ground and they have been focusing their attention on several cars that are parked there along the trees. now there's also a second scene that was here earlier. just up these stairs here. this is cindy lane and that is

still closed as well. ofor a while, several hours they had central avenue 214 closed. they had some evidence markers down there as well. they have since reopened that road. but it's a rather large scene. a couple of different places where they're focusing their attention. now, this happened at around 1:00 in the morning. two security guards who work here at the apartment complex were shot. one of those security guards has died. talking to residents here they say they heard about five or so shots right around between 12:30 and 1:00 in the morning. they say there's a regular security presence here that they have security guards and that those guards are armed. it is unclear whether there was an exchange of gun fire between the gunmen and the security guards. that's all part of the investigation still, but one of those guards has been killed. and the second one is in the hospital suffering from gunshot wouchdz wounds. this is having a traffic impact in the area and as for -- and

for more we go to melissa mollet. >> central avenue has reopened. 214 was shut down for about a mile stretch. a good stretch this morning. central avenue has reopened this morning. overall, proukince george's county looking good. beltway at rivers moving along nicely. b.w. parkway, 95 and 29 looking good. travel times in ten minutes. tom? >> another fabulous summer day. under way this morning. low humidity and pleasant temperatures. later this afternoon it will get more humid, but still a gorgeous summer day for mid to late july. we'll take it afternoon highs northern and western suburbs low 80s. out of the mountains in the low to mid 80s as well. more clouds there. partly cloudy around the metro area. nearby suburbs should be in the mid 80s. upper 80s fredericksburg over to

warrenton. low 80s nearby the bay area. more humid. next weather and traffic on the 1s, coming up at 6:41. your walk to work forecast. back to you. >> thank you. 6:33 right now. officials at the manassas muslim organization said someone has targeted a mosque for a second time this week. molette green has the latest. >> reporter: good morning. security is a much bigger concern for the worshipers many who left a short while ago. we found out that the a.c. unit hit once again late last night. it takes a bit of effort to sever the heavy copper cables on the unit. we first reported that the vandals targeted the a.c. unit on monday. while the worshipers were inside for morning prayers, so that's twice in one week now. muslim leaders have already called on police to check this out as a possible bias crime. and it's now prompted the folks

here to install security cameras for some added protection. these crimes come during the muslim holy month of ramadan which ends later today. it raises a lot of suspicions this is more than a random act, it could be a possible hate crime. that's the latest live from manassas. i'm molette green back to you. we are learning that the man accused of a hit and run on suitland parkway had an open container of alcohol in his car. police say that tamekka pard low early died after she was ran over this week. paris was driving 40 miles per hour over the speed limit. early was working on a flat tire when she was hit. paris is charged with second degree murder and leaving the scene of a crash. the president of a popular chain of restaurants in maryland will go to jail after pleading guilty in a peeping tom case.

kyle muehlhauser was charged with secretly recording several women while using the bathroom. he pled guilty yesterday. the judge sentenced him to 90 days in jail. muehlhauser was arrested in february a few months after a woman found the small camera in a bathroom stall. terry mcauliffe rejecting calls from virginia house republican leaders for an invest into how planned parenthood clinics handle fetal organs. an anti-abortion group released a video showing a planned parenthood official discussing the disposal of body parts from aborted fetuses. it proves that the organization is breaking federal law by selling fetal tissue. planned parenthood said it only helps to donate to legal firms, not sell them. and there are closures starting this week. stations will be closed and buses will replace orange line trains. buses will replace blue and silver line trains between

eastern market and bening road. orange, silver and blue line trains will operate on a normal weekend schedule at all other stations. the station closures will last through closing on sunday. all of metro's 4000 series rail cars are back in service. metro pulled all 100 after reports of door problems. one passenger took this video that shows a train moving while the doors were still open. the cars will eventually be replaced by the new 7000 series rail cars. major developments overnight as japan tries to get ready for the olympics. this is going to be a huge problem. designers scrambling now to come up with a new stadium. we're also watching developments out of tennessee this morning after a shooting rampage that left four marines dead. what we're learning about the gunman when we go live to chattanooga. staying on top of the breaking news in prince george's county right now. massive police presence after two security guards were shot overnight leaving one of them dead.

new this morning japan's prime minister announcing the government will select an entirely new design for the 2020 tokyo olympic stadium. the current plans are being scrapped because of criticism from athletes and out of control costs. the building costs from up to $2 billion. the prime minister said he's confident the stadium will be finished in time for the games. google is going back to the drawing board with the self-driving car. three google employees suffered whiplash after the self-driving car was involved in an accident. it is the first accident for the car in which people were hurt. the car was rear-ended in california earlier this month. no one was seriously hurt. google says this was the 14th

accident in six years and about 1.9 million miles of testing. >> i guess if you do the math it's not so bad. got to figure out a way to get around that if you sell and these cars to consumers. >> drivers don't want to give up control, aaron. >> she's right. 6:41 right now. a live look outside. weather and traffic on the 1s. >> tom kierein tell us what day we'll have. >> if you're self-walking to the bus stop or metro this morning you'll need a long sleeve shirt because it's rather cool. but later today, short sleeves and sun block. low 70s over the next couple of hours. dry walkways and lots of sun. walking back home from work, upper 80s, getting more humid. look at the storm chances for the weekend and the heat wave, next weather and traffic on the 1s at 6:51. delays on metro, what's going on? >> it's because of an earlier problem at rosslyn.

95 at 270, no issues. 66 unbound and 95 north everything nice light volume. remember to listen to our friends on wtop 103.5 f.m. when you hop in your car. people across the midwest picking up the pieces this morning after a powerful tornado touches down. what we're learning about the damage. and we are live on the scene of a deadly shooting overnight. two security guards at a capitol heights

we have breaking news right now in capitol heights. guards on the job and one has died. this happened in the middle of the night outside of an apartment complex. >> the investigators have been on the scene for hours now. as has news4's megan mcgrath. she's live with the latest. megan? >> reporter: well, good morning. just moments ago, some of the crime scene investigators walked behind us here with several evidence collection bags. three or four bags and just placed those bags into the evidence van there. it looked like one of the bags may have had tactical gear perhaps from one of the security guards who was shot here. investigators still on the scene. the parking lot by the central gardens apartment complex is still cordoned off.

we have evidence markers here on the scene. and that's been the -- that's been the case all night long. this happened right around 1:00 in the morning. neighbors say they heard about four or five shots. two security guards were hit by those bullets. one of the guards has died. the other has very serious injuries at the hospital. no word on what started this, why shots were fired. but residents here say there is a regular security presence. they have security guards and they say those guards are armed. >> the security is pretty much, you know, they walk around here and protect the neighborhood. and i can't imagine why anybody would kill a security officer. i can't imagine. >> and they're armed? >> they're armed. >> reporter: and no word of any motive or arrests at this point. we are expecting to hear from police later on this morning and

we'll be following this on midday. back to you in the studio. >> thank you. as far as closures, cindy lane is still down. we have blue line delays also. we are following that developing story out of tennessee this morning. today we could learn the names of the four marines killed in the shooting rampage in chattanooga. the suspected gunman started shooting at a military recruiting office. >> these when drove to the navy marine training center where he killed four marines. the suspect guydied in the shoot-out with the police. gabe gutierrez has more. >> reporter: good morning. while investigators have been here throughout the night, the fbi taking the lead in the inve search for a motive is intensifying. partly because of the nature of the military targets and also because of the timing, it's coming at the end of the ramadan, u.s. officials suspect

this may have been an isits inspired attack. this all started yesterday morning around 10:45 where the gunman identified as mohammad youssuf abdulazeez opened fire at this military recruiting center, firing at least 25 rounds here before driving seven miles to that naval training center. a short distance away. that is where the four marines were killed and where the suspect died. now federal authorities say this gunman was not on their radar previously. he was not on any terror watch list, but neighbors described him as a polite young man, highly educated, an engineer. again investigators today will focus on trying to narrow down a motive here as this community is shaken. guys, back to you. >> gabe gutierrez live for us in chattanooga, thank you. today, the agents searched

abdulazeez's home yesterday. he was a naturalized u.s. citizen from kuwait. several years ago his father was investigated for a potential connection to a terrorist organization, but nothing was found. more on his background and social life coming up next on the "today" show. today the suspect in a july 4th murder on a metro train will be in counter. today's court appearance for jasper spires is in connection to a separate assault case. on july 2, police say he tried to rob a man on wisconsin avenue. two days later, spires stabbed kevin sutherland to death on a metro train that was pulling into the noma station. spires is due back in court for that case next week. a maryland man will be sentenced in the district in connection with the death of a pedestrian. james chandler entered an alford plea in this case. police say he hit and killed philip snodgrass while under the influence of pcp. snodgrass was walking on the

sidewalk when he was struck and chandler can face up to 30 years in prison. this morning we expect d.c. mayor muriel bowser to name a new chief of the dna lab. the last one was reportedly fired after a damning report on lab practices. "the washington post" reporting a former head of the fbi's dna lab will be named the new director. right now, police are trying to figure out how a woman lost control of her car and hit and killed a mother of eight. maria posadas was hit on a sidewalk in montgomery county, this happened yesterday morning near randolph and veirs mills road in wheaton. the 80-year-old driver lost control and struck posadas. we are learning that several had been hit and killed by drivers in the same area. if you saw the incident police would like to hear from you. right now, new video into the live desk of damage left behind by a devastating tornado in illinois. this -- imagine this coming your way. this is near the iowa border in

the town of monmouth. this is damage to a small town called cameron. you see the tornado -- the strength of the tornado ripped down this railroad crossing there. damaged very bad in this town. still waiting to hear reports about any injuries. search and rescue operations are still going on. eun? >> thank you, kristin. now 6:51. police are asking nicely for now, if you scooped up the money that fell out of an armored truck, please return it. thousands of dollars flew out of the truck wednesday night in the baltimore harbor tunnel. drivers stopped both lanes and started to pick up the cash. the security door malfunctioned. the police say that anyone who took some of the cash can return it without being prosecuted for theft. the deadline is 5:00 p.m. on saturday. so we asked you, what would you do if thousands of cash fell

off an armored truck right in front of you? many of you and your friends answered on the facebook page. most said you'd give it back. if you wouldn't would you put at on facebook? >> let me take this poll and say i'll keep the money. yeah. if you made it as easy as possible to give the money back, like if you came to get it from me then we wouldn't have any issue making that happen. >> i was wondering why you were handing out $20 bills yesterday. >> i wish i could hand out cash. >> we're starting off this morning, people were loving the weather yesterday. and today we'll keep it going. at least for a little while longer. and then the humidity comes in later today. it will get uncomfortable. then tonight getting sticky and then oppressive humidity moves in on saturday. it will be with us over the weekend and into next week. right now though it's pleasant. these are the most pleasant temperatures we'll have for the next seven days, at least. right now it's in the low to mid 60s, northern virginia and

maryland and in washington near 70. right near the bay waters. beautiful sunrise this morning, charlestown, west virginia posted by patricia sherwood on twitter. a few clouds patting -- passing over now. and later this morning, by 8:00 should be in the low 70s. hitting mid and upper 80s by the afternoon. not quite sweltering. that's for tomorrow. highs saturday, the low 90s. it will feel like maybe near 100 degrees with incredibly high humidity tomorrow. and a chance -- a small chance of a passing thundershower mainly during the afternoon. that may interrupt some of your outdoor active tiffs on sunday afternoon. partly cloudy, very hot. it will feel like 105 with the humidity. sunday night we might get a passing thundershower in the evening. another hot day on monday, highs upper 90s. may feel like 105 again.

could get a passing storm on monday afternoon. and then wednesday and thursday next week a bit cooler. highs near 90s each of the days. melissa, what's going on? >> two brand-new crashes, seeing slowdowns, with ehad a brand-new crash pop up at mlk jr. avenue. and third street tunnel a disabled vehicle but the left lane is blocked there. causing some problems as well. big look at the beltway inner and outer loop looking quite good. look at that, about as good as montrose road can look at this time of the day. 66 into and out of town looking good. and remember, central avenue now open there in capitol heights even though that police investigation continues and cindy lane through the apartment complex is still shut down. guys? >> all right, melissa, thank you. a developing story in japan this morning. two people have drowned in the

strong tropical storm that's slamming the western part of the country. more than 23 inches of rain has fallen since it started yesterday. nearly 100,000 people have been asked to evacuate because of the threat of flooding and landslides. gridlock in congress could mean your commute won't be much shorter any time soon. our news partner wtop reports that local transportation projects like that big 66 expansion could be put on hold if congress doesn't come up with new highway funding. that's according to virginia's transportation secretary. congress might end up passing a short term extension. that could keep construction going through the summer. things are moving forward for maryland's purple line. we have a tentative start date for construction. "the washington post" is reporting that the state's board of public works will choose a contractor by january 15th and construction would start on may 16, 2016. it will the purple line would would connect montgomery and prince george's county. now 6:56. here are 4 things to know.

residents are cleaning up the mess left behind by a massive tornado in illinois. no one was hurt, but there's massive damage to the small town of about 600. the manassas muslim association says someone has targeted a northern virginia mosque for the second time. copper cables were cut on monday and last night it was targeted again. today we'll likely learn the names of the four marines killed in the rampage. the fbi is calling this an act of domestic terror. prince george's county police are searching for the person who shoot two security guards in capitol heights. one of the guards died this morning. so the air is cool now. in the 60s. by 8:00 near 70 with sunshine and then partly cloudy for your lunch hour by noontime. upper 80s maybe around 3:00 or 4:00. getting more humid. >> north northbound 295 at mlk jr. avenue, a crash there

that's blocking a lain and the 3rd street tunnel, we have the left lane blocked because of a disabled car. >> thank you. that's the broadcast this morning. we appreciate you starting your day with us. >> the "today" show is next. we'll be back in 25 minutes. have a great day and weekend. >> make it a great friday, everybody.

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