after his second round of chemo. in june, he announced he had been diagnosed with aggressive nonlodge kins lymphoma. and your wait times on metro will stay the same. it would have caused the wait times on the blue lines to go down. this is part of a plan by metro to reorganize the train schedules to match ridership. this would not impact the red line. the board says it wants more information before it makes a decision. good morning, everyone. stay with us. "news4 today" continues right now at 5:00 a.m. >> "news4 today" starts now. >> that's the big question. that's the -- that's what everybody is wondering why, why would this guy come here to this theater and just start randomly shooting people? >> that is lafayette, louisiana, police chief jim kraft, speaking overnight about the deadly shooting inside a movie theater asking the questions people around the country asking this morning. why? here is what we know. right now police are checking out suspicious packages found inside that louisiana movie theater. police found a backpack and a few other items moments after the gunman's car was found.

>> the suspect stood up about 20 minutes into the showing of "trainwreck" and then began firing into the crowd before turning the gun on himself. now, within seconds a teacher inside the movie theater was able to pull the fire alarm. governor jindal says that move and the quick thinking of police officers saved lives. >> the first officers heard the gunshots and they still rang through that theater. they do an amazing job of protecting us every single day. i'm grateful for their heroism. >> three people died including the gunman, nine others were injured. some of the victims are in critical condition right now. >> now the writer and star of "trainwreck," the movie condemns the shooting. amy schumer sent out a tweet saying my heart is broken, all my thoughts and prayers are with everyone in louisiana. it is 5:01. i'm aaron gilchrist. >> i'm erika gonzalez. welcome to "news4 today." it should be a beautiful friday. just happy that the weekend is

here. >> storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein has the weather headlines. >> good morning. a quiet and serene start on this friday morning. washington monument, clearly visible. don't have any of that humidity and haze in the air again this morning. fresh and cool. and then mild by mid-morning. then getting rather hot by the afternoon. up around 90. then turning more humid over the weekend. right now around the region it is cool. in fact, down to the upper 50s the panhandle of west virginia. nearby suburbs generally in the low 60s. maryland, virginia only in the upper 50s. right near the chesapeake bay in the upper 60s. away from the water just the low 60s. we'll take that on a july morning. next weather and traffic on the 1s, your walk to work forecast. now melissa is looking at slowdowns on 95. >> slowdowns on 95. 95 south here at mine road. looks like they could be clearing this construction with the vehicle getting out of the way here. that would be good to loosen

things up, because we have slow. northbound, no issues here this morning. outer loop at st. barnabas, the road work still hanging around. southeast/southwest freeway at main avenue asking you to stay right. we had a producer drive by that one. and then 29, top of the beltway, everything nice and greep and -- green and flowing just fine. >> thanks. 5:03. the man accused of killing a rockville couple on mother's day is expected in a courtroom today. scott tomaszewski attacked the couple while in bed, stabbing dick vilardo 42 times and his wife eight times. after news of the death went public, tomaszewski expressed sympathy on his facebook page. he's expected in court for a preliminary hearing later this morning. the trial begins for the woman and her lover who helped her murder her husband last august in takoma park.

larlane brown and ali zadeh are charged with first degree murder and conspiracy to commit murder. cecil brown was found beaten to death in his backyard. larlane brown searched for terms like poisons you can make at home before the murder. a child care worker is out of the job and facing charges of child abuse. the alleged victims are under a year old. police accused claudia roldan and they found bruises that appeared to be as a result of blunt force. when the police got involved a witness said she had seen roldan pinch other infants. news4's megan mcgrath is working on this story this morning. and she'll tell us what the owner of the day care has to say. that's coming up at 5:15. right now, president obama is in ramstein, germany, a quick stop on his way to kenya and

ethiopia. just before though, the president voiced strong support for gay rights in africa. in an interview with the bbc he said he had been quote, blunt with african leaders about gay rights. expect some delays on the roads this weekend. there's a big project shutting down lanes on a part of georgia avenue in montgomery county. melissa mollet is in the first 4 traffic center tracking work arounds. we of course will get a check in a little bit with her. molette green is breaking down what you can expect. molette, good morning to you. >> reporter: erika, good morning to you. this is a big heads up for all of you as you travel this through this area. new traffic patterns that will no doubt bring expected delays throughout the weekend. there's plenty of time to plan to avoid this area. here's what is going to happen. crews will shift on to newly

constructed lanes. this will shift lanes to one lane in each direction. state highway administration tells us you will still be able to make a left and right turn but no doubt expect your drive to be impacted. all of this happening because crews need to apply new double yellow lines and they will need to turn off traffic signals in order to be able to activate new ones among many other things that they will be doing over the weekend here. all of this part of a major effort to redesign one of the busiest areas to make it safer and work better as you drive through the area or if you are a pedestrian. all traffic lanes are expected to reopen on monday. but in the meantime, plan for a work around and melissa mollet in first 4 traffic can give you more on that. >> good morning molette. so again this weekend, it will be a mess at georgia avenue at randolph road. what molette said only one lane getting by in each direction

there. you can turn at georgia and randolph, some 15 total closures this week. pedestrians can get through. something to remember. really good alternate for this situation is going to be connecticut avenue this weekend. aaron? >> all right, thank you. 5:07. maryland state leaders are knocking millions of dollars off the cost of the in a letter obtained by news4, the transportation secretary tells county executive ike leggett that the county has to kick in an extra $40 million that's instead of the $50 million the state initially requested. a spokesperson said that leggett has agreed to the $40 million. the county council will look at the plan. prince george's county still in talks with the state over the contribution for the project. the cost went up last month when governor larry hogan scaled back rain slams into a limo and it was caught on camera. would you believe nobody was injured? what we are learning about that accident straight ahead.

#fab friday. a live look outside this morning where some places are waking up to temperatures in the low

wow. unbelievable. nobody got hurt. nobody hurt here when this train smashed into the limousine. this is in indiana. the limo was driving over the tracks and it got stuck. everybody inside got out safely. the railroad crossing was closed for several hours. all crushed up there. wow. well, in lighter news, should be a beautiful weekend out there for whatever it is that you want to do. these temperatures, the low humidity has just stuck around. and we have enjoyed. >> weather and traffic on the 1s now. let's check in with tom. >> it's been a dream walking to work, waiting for the bus at the bus stop the last few mornings

and today no different. this morning, dry walkways, cool temperatures. you might need a light jacket or sweater for the next couple of hours. in the 60s and then jumping into the 70s and then 80s by noon. afternoon, comfortable in short sleeves it will be around 90 degrees with dry walkways and a few clouds popping up. all around our region now we have got the first light of dawn beginning to show up. live view from the storm team 4 tower camera. sun coming up in a clear sky this morning. a look at a hotter and more humid weekend at 5:21. melissa has an update on an earlier crash. >> it is still there again this is westbound southeast/southwest freeway at maine avenue. you have to stay right to get past that one. hoping this is going to clear out of the way soon here. wide look at the beltway. no major problems as you look at the inner and outer loop. same thing on 66 and 95 looking a lot better.

slow here northbound. yellow there at dale city. taking a live look southbound at mine road the road work is out of the way. don't have to worry about that anymore. remember to listen to our friends on wtop 103.5 f.m. when you hop in your car. new calls to change the name of a virginia school. named for a confederate leader. who is demanding that jeb stuart high school come up with a new

you're watching "news4 today." >> good morning. i'm tom kierein with melissa mollet. we have a quick weather and traffic update for you early on this friday morning. cobalt blue sky, deep orange right at the horizon. by 8:00 it will be around 70 with bright sunshine. sunny, mid 80s by noontime. by late afternoon, up near 90. low humidity. lots of sun. a few clouds popping up.

brand-new problem in leesburg, we just got this alert. 15 shut down both directions at luckettes road because of a fire. more on this straight ahead. all right, thank you. 5:17. a woman entrusted with the care of infants is accused of child abuse. >> the woman worked a at high end day-care center in foggy bottom. that's where we find news4's megan mcgrath with more on how the owner is responding to these allegations. megan? >> reporter: well, good morning. the allegations are disturbing. a day care worker at the kiddie academy of d.c. west end accused of physically abusing two infants. a 3-year-old and a 7-month-old. 35-year-old claudia roldan has been charged with two counts of second degree child abuse. now, the 3-month-old examined by a doctor was found to have 12 separate bruises on the back, arm and both thighs. injuries that appeared to be

caused by blunt force or compressive force. the foggy bottom day-care center is well regarded and sends daily e-mail reports to parents. the center has an extensive security camera system and those camera images have helped police in their investigation. there is also a witness who told police that she had seen roldan pinch other infants. now, in a written statement from the owner of the kiddie academy of d.c. west end, they say we have been working closely with authorities that are conducting this investigation. the education, well-being and safety of the children in our care continues to be our priority. and of utmost importance to the staff and owners. megan mcgrath, news4. we have calls in to police right now to find out whether a man died after a shooting in the district. this happened near patterson elementary school on darrington street southwest last night. the police say the man was not conscious when the paramedics arrived. police have not released any information on a possible

shooter. the man you see here, 26 year olds, the family wants you to help catch his killer. someone shot adrian kinard last week. he and another guard were filling out paperwork when someone walked up and started shooting. his family and friends held a vigil asking anybody with any information to come forward. >> it's just very upsetting. adrian did not deserve this. he was such a loveable person. >> now the other security guard survived the shooting. police say they recovered -- they've recovered the car the suspect drove that night. the police believe they were targeted. we expect emotional testimony this morning at the sentencing for the maryland man who killed his girlfriend's 2-year-old son. clifton bernard of suitland pleaded guilty in december of 2013 to murder. excuse me, pleaded guilty in december to the 2013 murder. prosecutors say that he became angry with the boy and rammed

his head through drywall. the boy's relatives are expected to testify today. he is facing up to 70 years in prison. this morning, the man charged with killing another man on a metro train will go before a judge in two separate cases. d.c. police say this man, jasper spires stabbed american university grad kevin sutherland at the noma station on the fourth of july. police had released spires from jail in a separate assault case the day before that murder. he is due in court today to face charges in both of those cases. prince george's county police say they have arrested a man who dragged an officer with his car. danny harvell turned himself in yesterday. police say harvell sped off while an officer tried to question him last week in district heights. the officer got caught in the car's door and dragged about a hundred yards before the driver hit a tree and ran away. harvell faces attempted second degree murder and other charges. the officer has a broken leg.

there are new calls to change the names of three virginia schools named for confederate leaders. the fairfax times reports alumni of j.e.b. stuart high school and others wrote to a school board member presses again for name changes. the movement started after the racially motivated shooting at a black church in south carolina last month. the group has a change.org petition up right now and they have singled out robert e. lee high school and woodson high school. dominion virginia power has a new way to inspect power lines. small aerial drones equipped with high-tech cameras will take to the skies for the power company. the utility company says the drones could one day replace helicopters used to inspect transmission lines. the drone's first test will be next month along virginia's eastern shore. 5:21 our time right now. your weather and traffic on the 1s. how about we look outside. >> very nice out there. look at that. sun coming up. let's check in with storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein.

tom? >> erika, when you said the two words -- eastern shore, my mind went to the beach. and it's going to be great beach and pool weather here in the next couple of days although rather cool now. starting off early this morning with that clear sky. we saw that live view from the tower camera and temperatures are yeah, down near the upper 50s and 60s. rather cool for certainly late july. more like late september and that's also out of the mountains only in the upper 50s. closer to washington, it's generally near 60 in nearby suburbs. inside the beltway, 60s and 70. right near the bay in the low to mid 60s and away from the waters only 60s inland. temperatures will feel like the upper 80s today. it won't feel like 90 because it will be comfortably dry, but then the humidity begins to build on saturday. and the feels like temperature the peak will be 93. the hottest feels like temperature on sunday, 95 by the afternoon.

back down to 93 on monday as the humidity does begin to build over the weekend. hour by hour today we'll have that low humidity in place, lots of sunshine. soaring into the mid 80s by noon. near 90 by late afternoon. on saturday morning should be clear. during the afternoon a few clouds popping up. up near 90. more humid on saturday. quite humid on sunday. low 90s. sunday evening we might get a passing shower or maybe a thundershower and then monday afternoon a passing thundershower with highs near 90. still humid into midweek with highs low to mid 90s each day. only a small chance of afternoon storms wednesday, thursday and friday. and a look at your neighborhood highs next weather and traffic on the 1s. that's coming up at 5:31. melissa has an update. >> we have an update on this crash in leesburg. again, we have 15 shut down at luckettes road. best thing to do get around this, good alternate is new valley church road. no word on when this will be cleared out of the way because of the fire apparatus on the

scene. northbound connecticut avenue, east-west highway the two right lanes are still blocked. inner and outer loop, everything is rolling along nicely. 66 east of sudley road also moving along and 95 in maryland at scaggsville, northbound and southbound, no problems. see you back here at 5:24 right now. a developing story right now turkish warplanes have struck three isis targets across the border in syria. turkey's government says three f-16 jets took off from the air base earlier today. those air strikes come after isis militants in syria fired at a turkish military post killing one soldier. neighbors in tulsa, oklahoma, and a suburb are trying to cope with the horrify horrifying murders of a family of five. the two suspects in the murders the family's two teenager sons. late wednesday night officers responded to a silent 911 call and discovered a mother, father and three children stabbed to death. a 13-year-old was critically hurt and a toddler was unharmed.

police tracked the 18-year-old and 16-year-old brothers down in some nearby woods. if accused of murder, both could be charged -- the 18-year-old obviously is an adult, the 16-year-old could be charged as an adult. today, part of a california bridge that washed away in a flood will reopen. state officials say the westbound span of the i-10 bridge will reopen at noon. the eastbound span will take a little longer to fix though. the road is a vital link between l.a. and phoenix. especially for truck drivers. one man got stuck and seriously hurt when that bridge collapsed on sunday. we are now waiting to see if -- if a soccer official will be extradited. prosecutors in new york have officially asked to extradite the former president of south america's soccer confederation. the man was charged in the massive fifa corruption scandal. he is under house arrest and his lawyer said they're aware of the

request but they don't know how quickly they will move. so reports of a lion on the loose in milwaukee have some unexpected consequences. a man who thought he spotted the lion shot and hurt a dog. by mistake. the milwaukee police say they have investigated about two dozen calls of apparent lion sightings. someone gave police officers cell phone video of an animal that was a lionish creature. fortunately the dog survived. wow. that is the last thing you want to see, dropping your child off at school. it's a leopard that made its way into a school in southern india yesterday. a forest official managed to lock the animal in the empty classroom. he did get hurt when the leopard pounced on him. real world stuff right here, folks. police managed to get all the kids out before anyone else was

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we're keeping you updated on that developing story in louisiana. a quick response being credited with saving lives there. >> two police officers were in the parking lot of the theater in lafayette when a gunman stood up and started shooting. three people died including that gunman. nine others were injured. some of those victims are in critical condition right now. and the theater remains an active crime seen. . >> it's a pretty horrific scene

with that many people being shot. it's pretty horrific. >> police are checking out the suspicious packages that were found inside that movie theater. police said they found a backpack and a few other items moments after in the gunman's car. we know that the gunman is a 58-year-old man, but police are not releasing his name. police are expected to release some more information in the next hour. you can watch for updates here on news4 and of course on the nbc washington app. 5:31 is our time right now i'm aaron gilchrist. >> good morning. i'm erika gonzalez. welcome to "news4 today." should make for a nice friday and a very enjoyable weekend. here is storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein. >> it is a quiet and serene friday morning. good morning, live view from the storm team 4 camera. the sky is beginning to glow at the eastern horizon and temperatures will be quickly jumping to by 7:00, near 70 degrees. in the upper 70s by 9:00.

then by 11:00 the low 80s with lots of sunshine. neighborhood highs near 90 in washington. nearby neighborhoods around the beltway around the upper 80s. shenandoah valley and the mountains mid 80s for the highs and then mid 80s around the chesapeake bay. a little breeze off the water more humid, but overall a delightful day on the way today for playing golf, tennis, shooting some hoops. a great day for all kinds of outdoor work and recreation. now, melissa has a look at the traffic this morning. what's going on now? >> this problem still in leesburg. 15 shut down at lucketts road. your alternate is new valley church road to get around that because of a fire. 270 southbound after 80, a report of some debris in the slow down as you approach 80. could be something in the road for you this morning. would be, southeast/southwest freeway, stay past the crash. 66 overall looking good.

95 northbound a little slow through dale city, 270 at falls road no major problems there. looking good. >> thanks, melissa. just hours before last night's deadly shooting in louisiana, in that movie theater, president obama spoke out about gun laws. he told the bbc gun control was the issue that has left him quote, the most stymied. the president says he's frustrated the u.s. doesn't have what he calls common sense laws for gun safety. he also pointed out fewer than 100 americans have been killed by terrorism since 9/11. yet tens of thousands have been killed by gun violence. police in arlington want you to be particularly vigilant about who you let into or out of your office buildings. police say this man is a serial burglar responsible for 20 thefts in just 14 months. he targets officers in arlington right after opening or just before closing. he slips inside picks up several laptops and walks right

out the door. >> definitely a little bit brazen. he is traveling in daylight hours and obviously is not afraid of being seen. >> now, police say the suspect wears a cap and carries a backpack as you can see here. he also keeps a towel wrapped around his hand. we are waiting for the autopsy of a texas woman found dead in a jail cell. but preliminary findings show that sandra bland took her own life. marks around her neck are consistent with suicide by hanging and officials say she didn't have defensive injuries. prosecutors added there were 30 cuts on bland's wrists that they say were probably self-inflicted. bland's family maintains she would not have hanged herself. bland's arrest and death are under investigation. her funeral being held tomorrow in chicago. new developments in the

mysterious death of a georgia teen whose body was found rolled up inside a gym mat. johnson's death has gone unsolved for two years but yesterday cell phones and computers were seized from two of the former classmates. investigators concluded that johnson died in a freak accident, but the teen's parents insist someone killed their son. a new visitor center complex at the flight 93 national memorial in shanksville pennsylvania, will open on september 10th. it features an education center and a walkway tracing the flight's path on september 11, 2001. tickets are free but timed because the park service expects heavy crowds there. for ticket information, search flight 93 memorial on the nbc washington app. a public meeting has been scheduled about the merger. nova health is combining four to create one northern virginia regional health system. the meeting will be held in august at 11:30 at george mason university in manassas. august 5th.

federal prosecutors want a former peanut company executive to receive a life sentence. stewart parnell was convicted for the deadly salmonella outbreak. the prosecutors said the company falsified test results to cover up peanut butter tainted with salmonella. it was responsible for nine deaths. his attorney called the life sentence recommendation absurd. a federal judge will hand down a sentence in september. we are learning about a court ruling that will impact all you butt dialers out there. turns out when you sit on your phone, you accidentally call somebody you legally can't expect any privacy. this stems from an appeals court ruling after someone butt dialed a woman and she recorded the caller about how her boss was about to be fired. we get ready for the weekend and the return unfortunately of humidity. say it ain't so, right?

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just getting some live pictures on breaking news out of indiana this morning. you can see helicopter images coming from the scene of a horrible crash. this is on interstate 65 in

tippy canoe county in illinois. as we understand it five people have been killed as a result of an accident that we know involved two tractor-trailers and at least five other vehicles. reports are that there may have been a child involved here, a child they be among the dead here. it's been hours since this accident first happened. there was a construction site apparently in this area. traffic had slowed and looks like one of the tractor-trailers may have rear-ended some vehicles. five or six vehicles involved beyond the tractor-trailers. we are continuing to look for more information on this story. as we get it we'll bring it to you. another black bear spotted in northern virginia. new cameras were installed in great falls. we told you about this yesterday. so a dog there in great falls looks like it survived a bear attack this week. if you look at all those marking on that poor little thing. police are not sure if it's the

same bear or if it's the same animal that attacked blue here. your weather and traffic on the 1s. see if we can stretch out this nice weather another day. tom, what do you say? >> just because you asked, aaron, we will. excellent weather, travel wise for morning, midday and the afternoon. all green lights. dry roads for the morning commute. temperatures hovering near 70 with bright sunshine. afternoon heading back home, dry roads. next weather and traffic on the 1s a look at our next chance of getting wet roads from storms. that's at 5:51. melissa, is 15 still closed? >> 15 is still shut down right here. right there at lucketts road because of that fire. your alternate new valley church road to get around this one. 270 south after 80 some debris in the roadway and starting to see some slowdowns. no word on whether it's debris

or some normal volume headed southbound through hyattstown. germantown to the beltway on time. 66 inbound no problems. 95 north no problems. remember to listen to our friends on wtop 103.5 f.m. when you hop in your car. slapped with a $20 million lawsuit and wait until you hear what three women say forced them to take their landlord to court. christmas in july, why best buy is getting in on the recent black friday craziness. your drive through one of montgomery county's busiest construction zones is about to

right now the latest developments on the movie theater shooting in louisiana. overnight, lafayette's police chief said they have identified a 58-year-old gunman here. they are not releasing his name as of yet. we know he started shooting from the back of that movie theater about 20 minutes or so into a showing of "trainwreck." he then shot himself according to police. two moviegoers were killed

there. nine others hurt. we know their injuries range from minor to critical at this hour. right now, it is nice, cool calm outside. tom says that's about to change. he has your next chance for storms at 5:51. >> melissa is working on athough, an update on a wildfire burning in napa valley with kelly jackson. >> good morning. during our coverage in napa we met the woman who lived on this property. look at this, the fire edged up to within a few feet of her fence her house just behind. fire crews came in and bulldozed this line to try to keep the flames back and it worked. but nearly 200 homes are threatened. out in montana we'll show you the dramatic escape of a family at glacier national park. that's all coming up on "today." i'm hallie jackson. we know more about the family that escaped in glacier national park. the duncan family was leaving the park because the fire

ignited less than a mile from their location. at first, it looked like the fire was at a safe distance. then though the fire seemingly explodes and races towards them. they did make it to safety, but we'll show you what happened to other families in the park at 6:00 a.m. the trial begins -- excuse me the man accused of killing a rockville, maryland couple on mother's day is expected in court today. montgomery county prosecutors say scott tomaszewski attacked the couple while they were in bed. after news of the vilardos' death went public, tomaszewski wrote about their deaths on his facebook page. he's expected in court for a hearing later this morning. the trial begins today for a

woman and her lover both charged with murder. larlane brown and hussain ali zadeh are accused of killing her husband cecil. prosecutors said he was found dead, beaten to death in his own backyard. larlane brown searched terms like poisons you can make at home before the murder. today, family and friends will gather to remember two of the marines killed in a shooting last week in tennessee. a funeral will be held for david wyatt and a memorial service will be held for lance corporate squire skip wells. one of them was a recruiting center for navy and marine operations. we are hearing emotional testimony from the woman who survived an attack by a serial killer in alexandria. franco testified against accused killer charles severance

yesterday. she testified she was taking care of an elderly mother when she heard the doorbell. she said a loud noise sent her running for the door. lodato was killed. >> she witnessed a murder, she was shot. she led a 90-year-old woman to safety. had 911 called. and then she put her own life at risk and returned to ruthanne. >> a judge called a recess at the end of franco's tearful testimony. and franco then ran out of the courtroom. severance is charged with killing lodato and two other people over a ten-year period. a traffic alert right now. major construction project starts tonight at montgomery county. georgia avenue randolph road is one of the busiest intersections in the glenmont area. molette green explains how it will get a lot more complicated.

>> erika, good morning. here's how this already complex construction project shifts drivers in a big way. travel on both georgia and randolph road will shift to just one lane in each direction. state highway tells us that you will be able to make a left and right turn. this lane shift happening tonight at 9:00. and this will certainly impact your drive through this very busy interchange. to give crews basically space to work on new double yellow lines here. they're also turning off the traffic signals to be able to activate new ones and all of this part of an on going $34 million redesign to cut congestion and to make it safer to drive and walk here. all traffic lanes are expected to reopen on monday. the best bet for you is to avoid this area if at all possible. your alternative is 185

connecticut avenue. back to you. >> thanks molette. your wait time on metro will stay the same for now. the metro board was weighing a plan to increase the wait times on the orange silver, green and yellow lines. that move would have caused wait times on the blue line to go down. this is all part of a plan by metro to reorganize train schedules to match ridership. this would not impact the red line. the board says it wants more information before making a decision. the world cup soccer star who true up in our air -- grew up in our area is returning a champion. ali krieger is from northern virginia, she is back on the practice field this week in germantown playing with the washington spirit. she admits it's tough to come off the victory tour and go back to business. things as usual. but she refuses to take any time off because it's good for the game. >> right now, my focus is here. obviously i want to end up with

this team and hopefully bring that motivation and intensity and all that excitement from the world cup back here to this field and to this team and to this club. >> krieger will play her first game back with the spirit tomorrow in germantown. i bet she'll have a lot of fans cheering her on. >> no doubt. we have had an absolutely stellar week in terms of the weather. it will continue for maybe just a skosh more, right, tom? >> another gorgeous day underway. if you're headed out for a run you'll enjoy low humidity. will need the sunblock later on today. sunglasses and short sleeves you'll be comfortable. a wonderful summer day under way. look at the temperatures in the 50s. shenandoah, out in the mountains, nearby suburbs in the low 60s right now. reagan national at 70. on the chesapeake bay in the 70s. away from the water near 60 degrees. this photo was posted on my

facebook page. sunrise at 6:02. the feels like temperature will peak in the upper 80s today. low 90s saturday afternoon. mid 90s on sunday. low 90s again on monday as the humidity will build over the weekend. hour by hour through the day, lots of sun this morning. a few clouds popping up in the afternoon with the low humidity. as highs reach near 90. but that feels like temperature will be below that. then saturday up near 90 again, but more humid. few more clouds around. then quite humid on sunday and partly sunny. sunday night we might get a passing shower late and then on monday, partly sunny. up near 90 again. quite humid. afternoon storm is possible. after that a smaller chance of any storms around tuesday, wednesday, thursday. quite humid. highs low to mid 90s. what's going on on 15 now? >> still shut down on 15. take a look at lucketts road because of a fire from overnight

here this morning. so alternate there is new valley church road just to get around that one this morning. northbound at connecticut avenue east-west highway two lanes are blocked. inner and outer loop is looking good. 95 still slow a little northbound through dale city. beltway at branch avenue rolling along quite nicely as well. we have chopper over the top of the beltway. a live look at that in a couple of minutes. 5:54. "news4 your health" for your this morning, working up a good sweat may help once your memory starts to slide.ts by people with mild memory loss decreased levels of a protein linked to the risk for alzheimer's. exercise can also improve your life -- improve life for people with alzheimer's. in studies from denmark and canada, people who got 45 minutes to an hour aerobic exercise three or four times a week. three women are suing their

apartment in hyattsville over a bedbug problem. tonya stokes and her mother lived at the apartments and they say their apartment was infested with bedbugs but the property owners never fixed the problem. so they moved out and then a different tenant moved in and she was unaware of the creepy crawlers as well. >> my legs and feet were swollen. her chest and back of her neck was all bit up by the bedbugs. >> all three women filed a civil suit against the berkshire property advisers. they owned the building when they lived there. the women are asking for $20 million. seven of the biggest travel websites are running out of ways to fight d.c. over a $60 million settlement. an appeals court denied the appeal over unpaid sales taxes. expedias and others paid sales tax on how much they were charged, not on how much the

customers were charged. both have been fighting it out since 2011. well you are probably going to see a lot of tweets today about black friday. retailer best buy's two-day event kicked off this morning. they're offering deals on tvs and apple products. this comes on the heel of amazon's prime day when retailers around the world jumped in and offered their own deals. best buy is even kicking it up a notch by holding a cyber monday sale next week. great news for maryland's governor larry hogan's health. the tumor in his neck has shrunk 80% after two rounds of chemotherapy. his doctors are very pleased with how he's responding to treatment. he left the medical center in baltimore after the second round of chemo. in june he announced he had been diagnosed with aggressive non-hodgkins lymphoma. if you use marc expect changes this morning in harpers ferry because of the fire that we reported as breaking news

yesterday morning. the massive fire consumed several buildings in the historic town. the buildings were built back in the 1800s. good news to report here, nobody was hurt in the fires. this morning, passengers will need to board trains on the opposite track at duffield and harpers ferry because of the fire damage. a developing story we have been watching closely for you all morning. the man walked into a crowded movie theater in louisiana and opened fire on the audience. this morning we know at least three people are dead in this scene. what police are revealing about the shooting including the

"news4 today" starts now. >> why would this guy come here to this theater and just start randomly shooting people? >> and right now work is under way to try to answer that very question. why another movie theater audience was the target of violence. what we've learned overnight including what happened to the suspected gunman's car. also ahead parents unnerved after allegations of child abuse at a pricey day care in d.c. what one worker is accused of doing to two babies in her care. first though, meteorologist tom kierein is preparing you for the day ahead with your weather headlines. >> good morning.

look at your tv, we've got a peaches and cream sunrise under way. live view from the storm team 4 tower camera on this friday morning. starting off again with low humidity and beautiful morning under way. temperatures are cool now but they'll get mild in the next couple of hours. hot afternoon coming up. then turning more humid for the weekend. right now it is cool, it's just in the low 60s, prince george's county, much of montgomery county around 60. and rest of northern virginia upper 50s to near 60 degrees. next weather and traffic on the 1s at 6:11. your walk to work forecast. melissa is looking at light volume on this friday. >> light volume we'll take it, right? this is chopper 4 over 95 on the right side of your screen, outer loop of the