on nbc's "food fighters." danielle taught herself how to cook at the age of 7 after her mother was diagnosed with a rare cancer. danielle won a trip to a girl's science camp at stanford university and walmart donated $20,000 to her mother's cancer fund. in "news4 your health" you may want to listen up if you're wearing contact lenses. the cdc says almost all of you are doing it wrong. a survey found that of the 41 million contact wearers in the country, a third have seen a doctor for red or painful eyes. that may be because 99% of wearers report at least one risky behavior like keeping contact lenses on longer than you should. or wearing lenses while sleeping. those behaviors raise the risk of eye infection by five times or more. stay with us. "news4 today" continues right now at 5:00 a.m. "news4 today" starts now.

>> good morning, everybody. i'm aaron gilchrist. >> i'm "e.rerika gonzalez. change of plans this weekend, we'll tell you the handful of metro stations closing starting tonight. and the honor students are preparing to give for a beloved principal after his death. a man arrested four times for threatening to assassinate u.s. presidents. who local lawmakers say dropped the ball. but first, let's check in with tom kierein. >> with pleasure this morning. we have got beautiful weather moving in. this flag at union station on capitol hill is flapping a little bit, a bit of a breeze coming in out of the north and west. that is bringing in the lower humidity. your friday headlines, a mild morning. much less humid afternoon. beautiful summer weather coming in and then a dry pattern is going to be setting up here for the next seven days. temperatures getting much more comfortable now. metro area, right in washington, eastern southern suburbs, low 70s.

still humid around the bay. we're down into the 60s, most of maryland and virginia and into the mountains only around 60s. and next weather and traffic on the 1s, your drive time forecast for this friday. how are the roads doing now, melissa? >> right now looking good. we have some construction that is cleared out of the way. i'd love to tell you about. 66 east at nutley, all lanes are now open. we had the two right lanes blocked earlier. 270 northbound and southbound, looking quite good. nice and clear, 66 overall, 95 in virginia, overall, again, looking good as well. taking a look here, top of the beltway, don't have any issues there. 95 and 66 is rolling along fine. if you plan to take metro at all, get ready for some waiting. four stations are closing. all but one lane is delayed. news4's zachary kiesch is joining us from the stadium

armory metro that just open and it will be shutting down in less than 24 hours from now, right zachary? >> reporter: yeah, you're right. starting here in southeast d.c., now the closures go into effect one minute after midnight tonight. if you're a regular metro rider take note. a lot of track work is happening. you'll want to take note at some of these closures. take a look right here. we're talking about the potomac avenue metro station, stadium armory, minnesota avenue and deanwood. green, blue, silver lines run about every 15 minutes and the red line will run about every 20 minutes. one other thing that you will see here on sunday, here at stadium armory, a full stadium drill. it is really designed to simulate smoke and fire in the tunnel. we are talking about some of the

things we saw at l'enfant plaza about a year ago. so you will see that here at stadium armory on sunday. don't be alarmed. it will be just a drill. reporting live, zachary kiesch. back to you guys in the stadium. >> thank you. today, a woman who was shot by a d.c. police officer after she refused to drop a knife is back in court. renita nettles will have a mental observation hearing. she started a fire in a house on clay terrace earlier this month. police and fire crews arrived, nettles walked towards the police officer holding a knife. she had used a mixture of pcp and synthetic drugs that very day. the hearing was supposed to happen yesterday, no word on why it was postponed. today, two women will be sentenced for a murder at a d.c. hotel. jamyra gallmon pled guilty to killing messerschmitt earlier

this year. according to investigators messerschmitt was looking for other men on craigslist. gallmon posed as a man and robbed and killed him. she could be sentenced to up to 25 years in prison. right now, nerves on high alert in los angeles. this after a big explosion downtown. the explosion happened underground from below a 19-story office building. these are pictures inside of that building. the explosion loud. felt for blocks. the blast sparked a fire and knocked the power out down the street. all the way down to the staples center where a shania twain concert was going on. several people were hurt. sounds like not badly. our sister station out there knbc said a generator may have exploded. family, friends and students will gather today to remember a montgomery county high school

principal. a memorial service will be held tonight for wootton high school principal michael doran. police found him dead in his apartment on wednesday and they believe the 64-year-old died of natural causes. the service will take place at wootton stadium between 6:00 and 9:00 tonight. grief counselors will be on hand to support students and their families. right now a man who has been in prison four times for threatening to kill american presidents is in a d.c. jail. it's a story you saw first on news4. archie monroe glass has admitted to threatening to kill them on four occasions. he was released from a federal prison in oklahoma, but court records said he violated his parole and made two trips to d.c. this year. the secret service stopped him outside the white house and that has a lot of people upset. eleanor holmes norton said somebody dropped the ball. >> i'm surprised because the secret service is known for catching or at least tracking

people who threaten the president. what happened to them this time? >> news4 learned glass stopped taking his psychiatric medication before his latest trip to d.c. a federal judge says presidential candidate hillary clinton violated government policy by storing her work e-mail on a private server. that comes as the state department has been ordered to coordinate more closely with the fbi on the inquiry into whether classified information was mishandled in this e-mail arrangement. polls show the inquiry is taking a toll on clinton's presidential campaign. clinton holds a wide, but narrowing lead in the democratic field against vermont senator bernie sanders. today, if you're looking for a new job, you might want to head to the norton job fair here in the district. it takes place at the washington convention center. you can get tips on updating your resume, job hunting and preparing for an interview. you can learn how to dress for success.

the event opens at 10:00 with the job fair starting at 11:00. it's held by congresswoman eleanor holmes norton. developing right now, a week after explosions at a factory in china, we are getting word of new fires and a new threat to the people who live nearby. tom has your drive time forecast at 5:11. what time he says things will start to warm up. a d.c. murder suspect talks to our mark segraves, he said he's ready to turn himself in. what neighbo

new into the live desk right now, out of bangkok, new fires are burning there this morning in the city of tianjin. this is of course where those explosions went off at a chemical warehouse. firefighters today trying to put out this new set of fires and

flames. also new, high levels of cyanide in the city. 356 times higher than what is safe. this is in the evacuation zones, so workers cleaning up from the warehouse explosions are wearing protective suits. you see one there. dead fish are even washing up in tianjin. testing is happening now to see if this fish kill has anything to do with the explosions and what is in the air there now. back to you. >> all right, kristin, thank you. let's get a look at your drive time forecast this morning. tom kierein is in the storm team 4 weather center. >> we are drying out after we had the heavy downpours yesterday afternoon and evening. there's the sky over washington, clearing out beautifully for the morning. midday and afternoon, all green lights. traveling on dry roads this morning and this afternoon. temperatures in the mid 70s through much of the morning commute. afternoon, many it to -- mid to upper 80s. right now, showers are exiting.

if you're going to the beaches how does that look now, melissa? >> right now it looks great. nice and early in the morning. take a live look right now at the bay bridge, no problem either way there this morning. maryland transportation authority just sent out this little update for us. best travel times of course we know this, but something to mention today. before 10:00 or after 10:00, for the least amount of traffic which is our goal. inner and outer loop of the beltway, looking fine. history will be made when first female rangers will graduate. what t

right now, police in the district are searching for this man. 19-year-old marcus king. he's wanted on second degree murder charges. an a.u. grad was killed by a

stray bullet near the entrance to the shaw metro station on saturday and police say matt shlonsky was an innocent bystander. now, the man wanted in the shooting says he's innocent. marcus king spoke to news4's mark segraves by phone earlier this week. >> so tell me, did you have any anything to do with that shaw murder? >> no, sir. >> why do they think that you're involved? >> because i was right there, i was right there by the barbershop. >> king told news4 that he plans to turn himself in. we are working to find out if that is indeed doing to happen. it seems that many of you in the shaw neighborhood are concerned with the growing violence and anc commissioner spoke with area neighbors about safety concerns at a meeting last night. 5:17 now. today a montgomery county man accused of trying to cook meth at a federal facility will be in court.

the fbi says christopher bartley triggered an explosion at the national institute of standards and technology last month. they said he was trying to cook meth when that happened. he was a leader of the police force at nist. he is facing a single charge of trying to manufacture methamphetamine. if convicted, he could spend as much as 20 years in prison. north korea says it's preparing for war after exchanging artillery fire with the south. this morning, the north says it placed its front line troops in a quasi state of war. south korea is warning the north from taking rash actions. on thursday, south korea fired several rounds of after -- artillery. we are hearing from construction workers caught in the middle of a big gas explosion at a school in new york city. it happened in the bronx. look at the school now, windows all blown out. the explosion so power.

-- so powerful it shook windows at homes. our sister station said workers were working on the gas line and there was an explosion. three of the workers have burns. >> it was hit with a torch and it just blew up. that's what we heard from the foreman. >> that's one of the construction works there. mayor de blasio saying it's hard to say if students will be able to go back to school on the 9th. investigators will try to figure it what happened. back to you. >> kristin, thank you. 5:19. in georgia, the first female army rangers will graduate. >> captain kristen griest and shaye haver will receive the coveted award. they received incredible praise from leaders and their peers.

they spoke yesterday with reporters about why they joined. >> the reasons why i chose to come were the same as the men here, to get the experience of the elite, leadership school that the army has to provide. >> i came here to just be a better leader and improve myself and i feel like that i did that. don't lose sight of it and keep reminding yourself why you're there. >> despite proving their grit, they're still unable to join infantry, army special forces units. that could change though. next year after the pentagon reviews rules on women in combat. so are you looking to shed a few pounds but don't have time to spend hours at the gym? yeah. well, a new fda approved machine can melt away fat. it's called the vanquish machine. the panels don't touch the skin but they radiate heat at 110 degrees through radio frequency.

plastic surgeons say the ideal patient is someone who is about 20 pounds overweight. this is not cheap stuff though. a one-hour treatment once a week for five weeks will cost you between $2,000 and $3,000. >> what? the gym membership costs you 30 bucks a month. get to it. 'skins fans are shaking their heads this morning. rg3 hurt again. and it's not clear when he's going to be back. the quarterback got a concussion in the team's preseason game last night. he was sacked three times on just four possessions. take a look at this. after the third one, little slow to get up. he eventually walks off the field. the team says they're also treating rg3 for a possible shoulder injury. that's minor though. the 'skins play against the ravens in baltimore next week. not what fans want to hear. >> good luck, guys. 5:21 our time right now. we are waking up to a really nice morning across the district and it will be a nice weekend.

>> that's right. tom show them your omg face. so great this week. >> yeah, the sky has evicted the humidity and oh, my goodness, wonderful change. it's occurring right now with the northwest breeze. we have the lower humidity and cooler temperatures moving in. look at the temperature, shenandoah valley, around 60 degrees and out in west virginia, only in the 50s now. metro area nearby suburbs in montgomery county the 60s. near 70 in prince george's county. still humid around the bay, but the lower humidity is coming your way as well. in the next several hours. there's a partly cloudy sky over the metro area. live view from the tower camera. temperatures by 8:00 in the low to mid 70s. hitting upper 80s by the mid afternoon. a bit of a breeze through the morning. that'll settle down through the afternoon. lots of sunshine through the day. enjoy. the uncomfortable humidity we

had yesterday, gone. it will be pleasant here for the next seven days. don't have any high humidity in the forecast here. beautiful weather through the weekend. afternoon highs in the mid and upper 80s on saturday. perfect beach and pool weather. if you walk outside, i'm going on a bike ride, should be beautiful for that. then on sunday, partly cloudy, upper 80s. not too humid. it might get humid for a time on on monday. but then shot of dry air moves in tuesday, wednesday, thursday next week. highs in the low and mid 80s. delightful, low humidity. next weather and traffic on the 1s a look at our neighborhood highs on this fabulous friday and now melissak is looing at -- is melissa is looking at the interstate. >> nice and green and all of the earlier road work has cleared out of the way. that's great for anybody headed out any time soon this morning.

taking a look now at 270, northbound and southbound, out of frederick, down to the spur. everything looking quite good right now. no major problems. nice and green. you can -- when you hop in your car listen to our friends on wtop 103.5 f.m. top of the beltway, no issues. 29, 95, b.w. parkway, nice and clear. same thing when we look at prince george's county and there again, 270 at montrose, no major issues. a little bit of volume but moving nicely. back in ten minutes. a local mother/daughter duo have taken their back to school brain storming ideas and turned them into a successful business. they own the online and all the stuff they sell is for dorms. the pair began with stylized building and all things -- bedding and all things for that and then it took off. >> moms or parents in general

want their kids to be comfortable in college. so the whole aspect of decorating your dorm room is an activity that you do just before you leave for school and it's a fun one. our first customers are now in their first apartments. everybody says, i can still buy from dormify, right? >> business has grown 700% since the operation began and the products ships as far away as australia and the u.k. a man who taunted a florida sheriff on twitter is in custody right now. the florida felon was hiding from police when he tweeted here i am. logan hale was wanted along with another man in connection with a burglary. now the twitter battle has gone viral. >> i like a little levity in life and i appreciate him giving us something to giggle about today. >> now, the sheriff had the last laugh tweeting logan hale you are on your way to jail, your attempts to hide were to no avail.

epic fail. well, labor can be a pretty tense time for a mom and dad to be. there's one boston woman who cut the tension with some dance moves. take a look at -- this is how a mom tried to induce labor. she just got a -- got to bust a move. >> tootsie roll. >> tootsie roll. she posted the video on facebook. it's gotten more than 4 million views. the couple did welcome a baby boy wednesday morning and they say her dance moves are to thank for that speedy delivery. >> whatever you have to do, right? >> not first time i heard this. >> really? >> i heard a couple of natural ways to try to induce labor. >> good for her and congratulations to them. more fallout this morning in the ashley madison website cyber attack. the tv personality publicly fessing up and apologizing. one local school district

warning parents this morning if you don't get this done today, your students won't be allowed in the classroom come monday. let's take a live look outside. very nice. three words to describe today -- perfect summer weather.

"news4 today" starts now. >> just about 5:30 now on a friday morning. good morning. i'm aaron gilchrist. >> i'm erika gonzalez. it is going to be a picturesque

start to the weekend. let's send it on over to storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein. >> good morning. there is the capitol glowing under a mostly clear sky on this friday morning. we're starting off with a clearing sky, lower humidity moving in. western northern suburbs in the 60s now. afternoon highs in the metro area, should be mid to upper 80s. farther north and west, in the 80s. panhandle of west virginia, washington county into allegany. only near 80 right in central west virginia. and much of northern virginia will be in the mid 80s. right near the chesapeake bay, low 80s. lots of sunshine throughout the day. as the lower humidity does move in. coming up next weather and traffic on the 1s, we'll have your bus stop forecast as we have students back to school feeling finally like back to

school weather. not hot and humid this morning. a little touch of fall in the air. what's going on on the roads? >> we have a problem in warrenton. this is outbound lee highway at vint hill road. we have the left lane blocked because of a crash. probably won't cause too much of an issue, but again, if you're headed that way any time soon, a warning there because you will see that police response. 66 east of compton road, no problems there. 95 northbound and southbound in virginia rolling along nicely. beltway at central avenue looking good. same thing on 95 in maryland out of baltimore and all the way from the beltway all the way up to baltimore, nice and clear. back in ten minutes. >> thanks. today you may need to find an alternate route if you're heading to the tidal basen. the tidal reservoir inlet bridge will be closed to car, pedestrians and cyclists. it closes at 6:30 tonight but it will reopen before the monday morning rush.

news4's darcy spencer will join us in ten minutes. the ashley madison hack is hitting pretty close to home here in d.c. nbc's edward lawrence is join us now from capitol hill with the latest on this. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, aaron. yes, some of the i.p. addresses to the house and the senate. we are learning more about the consequences for some of the people who use the ashley madison website. hackers released on thursday more information about the folks who used the website. 13,000 e-mail addresses had military or government endings. the military is now investigating that. it's against military law to cheat on your spouse. so there could be some criminal charges in place for those if they're found service members cheating on their spouse. it affects departments of state, justice, treasury, energy and transportation. most of the e-mail addresses were attached to gmail and yahoo! accounts. we're talking about 28 million

men, 5 million women. some federal workers used their workstation at work and their office systems to access the website. now they found those i.p. addresses led to those government units. now, the city is -- with the most e-mail addresses is right here in washington, d.c. in the past the website has named washington, d.c. as the least faithful city in the entire united states. reporting live in washington, on capitol hill, edward lawrence. aaron, back to you. >> thank you. today a manassas man will be sentenced after pleading guilty to manslaughter for a deadly hit and run in prince george's county. jackie lewingrudge could face up to five years in prison. he hit and killed 21-year-old janelle olney in college park last year. police say he smelled of alcohol. we are learning that several of the victim's family members are expected to be in court today. this man now facing a fine, but not jail time after pleasing guilty to a fire -- pleading guilty to a fire in alexandria.

mourad taourirt was accused of setting fire to a crib mattress. he pled guilty for failing to report a fire. he and his wife told investigators that ghosts started the fire because it was haunted. the baby's mother is no longer facing charges. we have learned that the man accused of abducting and killing a uva student may have been fleeing to mexico. prosecutors say a map found in his sister's car in texas shows he had planned to head over the border. matthew is charged in the death of hannah graham. the judge ruled yesterday graham supporters can wear clothing with her photo on it in court. the judge also ruled matthew must be in handcuffs for pretrial hearings but can be in personal clothing for the jury in his next trial late july. 5:34. an invest into how a handgun

made it into the holding cell in baltimore. police confirmed that someone found the gun in a cell at a police station. they didn't say if anyone was in the cell at the time. the u.s. department of justice looking into the woman's death in a fairfax jail. they're looking into mckenna's case and she had schizophrenia. she died days after a stun gun was used to force her out of a cell. a medical examiner said that the death was accidental. republicans focusing again on immigration in decision 2016. presidential candidate donald trump will host a rally in alabama today. it's at a stadium that can hold as many as 40,000 supporters. trump and jeb bush are being criticized for using the term anchor babies. it refers to babies of undocumented immigrants born in the u.s. automatically becoming citizens. new polls show trump is beating bush in the home state of florida as well. as you get your kids ready

to head back to school we want to remind you about a vaccine deadline. your howard county seventh grader must have the shots necessary done by today. if not, they can't go to school on monday. howard county schools now require students to get the vaccines to make sure those are included in the records. all howard county public schools start monday, the 24th. you know, he was resisting at first, but he had eventually given up. he knew there was no way out. >> a thief with a ski mask walks into the wrong bar. he didn't expect to come face to face with an mma trained bartender. if the kids are headed to the bus stop, tom has your bus stop forecast. that's a lovely view. and a fashion statement

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if you own sandals from madewell, j crew said they can trip you up. they're recall the sandals because a metal shank can break through the sole. if that happens, you could fall. you're looking at a few of the styles that sightseer has. there are at least ten with this issue. madewell said you can take the sandals back to the store to a full refund. 5:41 is your time. time to get a check of your weather and traffic on the 1s. >> start with tom kierein. >> getting ready for the bus stop this morning the air is fresh and cool. temperatures in the 60s now. we'll stay in the 60s between 7:00, 8:00. students boarding buses under a mostly clear sky, bright sunshine. the humidity is continuing to drop. in the low 70s by then. so today with temperatures, comfortably cool, starting off the morning in much of the region. you'll be comfortable in short sleeves. won't need the umbrella today, may need the sunblock and

sunglasses later on today. next weather and traffic on the 1s, that's coming up at 5:51. a look at a dry pattern that's moving in and how long it will last. melissa is looking at light volume. >> dry pavement. got to love that this morning. inner and outer loop, no problem. kind of seeing a slowdown on the spur. to 270. 270 south no problems, top of the beltway, outer loop is rolling along nice. 66 and 95, nice and green this morning. moving along well. remember to listen to our friends on wtop 103.5 f.m. when you hop in your car. well, because of increasing fears about injuries we'll tell you which extracurricular activities more parents want to pull their children out of. and kiss frontman gene

you're watching "news4 today." >> 15 before 6:00 and big changes for your weekend travel. why metro is closing a handful of stations. >> what you're going to have to do instead to get around that. we're live from one of the stayings at the -- stations at the start of the 6:00 hour. breathe deep, the gathering dawn. live view from the tower camera this morning, we are emerging from the earth shadow. lots of sunshine throughout the day. a little breeze through the morning and midday, hitting the mid and upper 80s in the afternoon. melissa. we have one problem right now, lee highway at vint hill road, one lane is blocked. headed to the bay bridge this morning, you're also looking quite good. have fun. >> thanks, melissa. a woman who was shot by a

d.c. police officer after she refused to drop a knife is back in court. renita nettles will head to court for a mental observation hearing. she started a fire in a house on clay terrace and then this happened. as police and fire crews arrived, she walked toward the officer holding a knife. she had used a mixture of pcp and synthetic drugs that day. the hearing was supposed to happen yesterday. no word on why it was postponed. a teenager charged in the triple shooting in southeast d.c. will remain in jail. that's according to "the washington post." kevin lee is being charged as an adult with second degree murder in the shooting of tanika fontanelle. it happened tuesday afternoon on congress street southeast. police say 17-year-old lee got into a fight with his 12-year-old neighbor. the teenager got a gun and went to the boy's apartment, shots were fired and both boys were hit along with the 12-year-old's mother who died. homicides in d.c. are up 36% this month compared to august of last year. d.c. mayor muriel bowser said

the district is doing all it can to curb the violence, but no quick fix. bowser appeared on news4's "viewpoint" program yesterday. >> i want the public to know this. there's not a quick fix and there's not one thing that's wrong. that's why we have to attack all the things. everybody wants to know what's the one fix or the one thing that's causing it. and the simple truth is this. that there's violence, it's complicated. we see it in cities around the country right now. >> this is a taping yesterday for "viewpoint" which will air in its entirety on sunday morning. if may -- the mayor defended cathy lanier that city police officers are not properly trained to fight against crimes. and one person has been treated and released for the

west nile virus. there are steps you can take, use bug repellent, avoid standing water and take extra precaution from dusk to dawn when mosquitos are out in full force. a man accused of threatening to kill four u.s. presidents is back in jail. archie monroe glass has admitted to threatening to kill president obama, clinton and hillary clinton on four occasions since 1996. he was recently released from a prison in oklahoma but court records say he made two trips to d.c. the secret service stopped him outside the white house and that has people upset right now. eleanor holmes norton said someone dropped the ball. >> i'm surprised because the secret service is known for capturing or at least tracking people who threaten the president. what happened to them this time? >> news4 learned that glass stopped taking the psychiatric

medication before the latest trip to d.c. police are staying tight lipped about what prompted a search at the home of gene simmons. however, they say that simmons is not a suspect, nor are his family members. the investigators are part of a task force investigating internet crimes against children. a rep for simmons say police met with him about a crime that may have happened at his house when he was on tour. caitlyn jenner may be facing charges in connection with the deadly car crash in los angeles. the sheriff's office is recommending a vehicular manslaughter charge. jenner rear-ended another car and pushed it into on coming traffic. the driver was killed. the sheriff's office said jenner was driving unsafely for the prevailing road conditions. if convicted jenner could spend a year in jail. you will see several gyrocopters over d.c.

norad is flying them between 9:00 and 11:00 in the morning that's according to wtop. if you take a look here, this is what a gyrocopter looks like. you're looking at video from when a man flew one over the capitol back in april. he was arrested and has rejected multiple plea deals in this case. a would-be robber being held without bond after he was knocked out, punched, while trying to rob a popular bar in d.c. police say that the robber walked into barcelona, he was wearing a ski mask, had a knife and demanded cash. the bartender told news4 what happened after this. >> he came in in a menacing manner, he announced his intentions as soon as he got to the bar. i just clocked him in the jaw. >> the element of surprise is a powerful thing. cohen had been involved with mixed martial arts since he was 16. surprise. he an another bartender got the knife away from the man and held him until the police got there. >> that story makes me smile.

i love that story. >> never saw it happening. >> don't know who you're messing with. all right. 5:51 now is the time. and it's going to be an absolutely beautiful weekend. beautiful week ahead, oh, my goodness. there's no rain in the forecast? >> we got clocked by the storms yesterday. >> we did. >> and it came through with a lot of rain, a lot of lightning, then boom, gone. now this morning we welcome with open arms the lower humidity that's moving in and the cooler temperatures. look at how cool it's getting. only near 60 degrees in the shenandoah valley. it's in the mid 50s in the mountains this morning. closer to washington. only in the low to mid 60s much of montgomery and fairfax county. and there's the view from our tower camera, we are seeing in the light of dawn showing up, sunrise at 6:27, getting later and later. the temperatures by 8:00 should climb into the mid 80s.

low humidity, a bit of a breeze this morning. that'll settle down during the afternoon. lots of sunshine throughout the day. enjoy. a terrific day coming up. skycast 4 showing us that we have had a few of the morning clouds coming through. by noontime mostly sunny. the rest of the afternoon mostly sunny. just a few high clouds drifting over and then into the evening hours as well. should be mostly clear so we went from uncomfortable humidity yesterday to pleasant humidity today. it is going to stay comfortable for the next seven days. post your pictures like jen johnson did of this gorgeous rainbow. this is at the manassas battlefield yesterday after the storms went by. post your pics on facebook, twitter and share on instagram as well. tomorrow, another gorgeous summer day. afternoon highs in the upper 80s. lots of sunshine with low humidity. we'll keep that going on sunday. a little bit hotter up around 90. may get the low 90s on monday. then another shot of dry weather moves in tuesday, wednesday and

thursday with highs in the 80s. terrific dry pattern here for the next seven days. erika? >> thanks. today, the tidal reservoir inlet bridge will be closing. you may not know where the bridge is and what that road actually looks like. but news4's darcy spencer is there to show us what that area is looking like this morning and what the closures and delays could look like this weekend. >> reporter: well, good morning, erika. that's right. i didn't realize that there was an inlet bridge here, so it took us a little bit of time to find it in the dark this morning. but this is it. chances are, if you have come down to see the beautiful cherry trees in spring, you have either rhodes your bike across like this guy here, walked across it or driven your car across this bridge to see the cherry blossom trees here on the tidal basin. it offers some beautiful views of the jefferson memorial, the washington monument. just a beautiful view here this morning. this bridge is an old bridge

though. it is going to be shut down this weekend to do some necessary rehabilitation work. you can see a car coming through. a little bit of traffic this morning. the closure going to happen at 6:30 this evening and that means no cars, no pedestrians and no bicyclists are able to come through this weekend starting at 6:30 this evening. some of the lane closures could start before that. and this bridge will reopen by 5:30 monday morning. just in time for the morning commute. with more traffic troubles let's go to melissa. >> good morning, darcy. we have a brand-new problem, brand-new crash in woodbridge. arrowhead court at foothill street. police just responding to that. again, still have this situation as well, outbound lee highway, that crash is still hanging around this morning. inner and outer loop, no problems on the beltway. keep our fingers crossed for that one. 66 here into town, out of town. rolling along nicely. remember to listen to our

friends on wtop 103.5 f.m. when you hop in your car and right now, a live look at 95. 95 there at 123, gordon boulevard, no issues northbound or southbound. nice and light volume this morning. back in ten minutes. in "news4 your health," you may want to listen up if you wear contact lenses. the cdc says almost all of you are doing it wrong. of the 41 million contact wearers in the country, a third have seen a doctor for red or painful eyes. that may be because 99% of wearers report one risky behavior like keeping dirty contact lens cases too long or wearing lenses while sleeping. those behaviors raise the risk of eye infection by five times or more. stay with us. "news4 today" continues at 6:00 a.m. a concussion issue for the nfl may have many of you parents taking notice. a new associated press poll found 50% of parents are not

comfortable with their child playing football. but only 5% of you said you would actually discourage your child from playing. national numbers show fewer kids are suiting up for the gridiron. 10,000 played football in the 2012-13 than the year before. a new way to make sure your car is drivable. the new vehicle emission machines will be self-service. they will be available 24 hours a day at a station in glenbury. officials will release more information at a demonstration at about 11:00 a.m. today. gap which is struggling with weak sales, but they have a new game plan to try to lure you in. cnbc's landon dowdy has more on that. >> hey, aaron, that's right. gap which has been struggling with sales at the name sake stores plans to jump on the fashion bandwagon. a trend made popular by h&m. they'll test small batches of products in stores.

that lets them quickly adapt to changes in shoppers' behavior. >> thank you, landon. the redskins are hoping to help local kids feel more ready for the first day. the redskins charitable foundation hosting a back to school fair for elementary aged kids and families. a chance for kids to get free dental exam, physicals, hair cuts. kids will receive free school supplies. space is limited so you have to register quickly. this is is tomorrow in two shifts, one from 9:00 to 11:00 and then 12:00 until 2:00. >> the winner of this food fight is -- >> a culinary prodigy from frederick took losing in stride on nbc's "food fighters." danielle mcnerney taught herself how to cook at the age of 7 after her mom was diagnosed with a rare cancer. she won a trip to a girl's

science trip at stanford university and $20,000 was donated

now at 6:00, attention passengers. why metro is shutting down four stations this weekend and how it could impact you. >> when was the last time you woke up to temperatures this low? check it out. most of you waking up in the 60s, low 70s this morning.

the question is though, how long will they last? "news4 today" starts now. >> it is 6:00 a.m. good morning. i'm aaron gilchrist. >> i'm erika gonzalez. let's get straight to tom with your answers in your weather headlines. >> oh, that beneficial rain we had yesterday in some of the heavy downpours that caused the flooding that is now long gone. it's now crossing out of delaware bay. heading out over the open waters of the atlantic and behind that to our west. we have a clearing sky, all dry now on the storm team 4 radar on this friday morning. and the temperatures right now around the region are hovering in the 60s. low to mid 60s with the lower humidity. near 70 in washington. low humidity now pushing into prince george's county and around the chesapeake bay. that's capitol hill now under this partly cloudy sky and temperatures will stay mild through the morning. turning less humid even during the afternoon.