>> using the proceeds to buy drugs. >> you want to track them down? >> we sure do. >> police are offering a $10,000 reward for any tips that lead to an arrest in either case. "news 4 today" begins with breaking news. >> breaking news on the roads right now. montgomery county, darnestown shut down between black rock road and whites ferry. fatal car crash involving a ferry. you could take clopper road. inner loop at 355 wisconsin avenue, you can see we are jammed. that's because of a tractor-trailer that got spun around blocking lanes. back with more this a couple of minutes. >> check in with you soon. first, good morning to you. i'm eun yang. >> i'm angie goff in for erin. the weather, storm team four weather is not as crazy as last night.

>> it did. it left us very, very drenched. let's give you a look. we found one woman walking through high water to safety in fairfax county. her car getting stuck on woodburn road in fairfax county. it came down in the district. our region has been abnormally dry for the last several weeks. this rain will help us make it up. he has more on who and what kind of rain we're going to see later today. >> the good news is we did pick up needed rainfall. the bad news, it came down fast and furious. there's still high and standing water. flood warnings until 8:00 in the morning for portions of central and northern loudoun county. weather headlines, a cloudy and wet start. watch out for the high water. there's a chance we may be dealing with more heavy rain from tropical storm potentially hurricane joaquin by the weekend. more in a couple minutes. here's the next batch of light rain coming out of central

virginia. that will impact the second part of the morning commute and leave us with off and on rain chances throughout the course of the day today. hometown forecast in occoquan, virginia, most part staying in the 70s all day long. a lot of puddle jumping. impact on the commute in ten minutes. back to the news. >> thank you, chuck. right now, maryland state police are looking for the tractor-trailer driver who we now know killed a marine last night and drove away from the scene. police tell us the truck hit 21-year-old william farrell on u.s. 15 northbound near auburn road in frederick. moments ago we learned farrell was a corporate in the u.s. marine corps in north carolina. he stopped to help a driver in the pouring rain last night when a tractor-trailer hit him. police are asking that you keep an eye out for the black tractor-trailer. it kept going north on 15.

they say it is designed to haul cars. you may notice a lot of damage to its front right side. right now officers in howard county, maryland, are worried about an 82-year-old woman. take a moment to look at the picture. this is mildred wright. the last time anyone saw her she was heading to her home in ellicka city. that was after visiting a patient in howard county. she triefs a four door gray lexus with maryland tags. today the man accused of abducting and killing two virginia students will be in court. jesse matthew heads back to court as we learn new details about his past. a judge unsealed a letter written by a former girlfriend. she said matthew was sexually abused and raped multiple times during his elementary years. a high school man will go on trial for a deadly hit and run on the bw park way. 73-year-old earl teeter hit and killed 38-year-old rick ward on super bowl sunday. ward was trying to fix his car

on the side of the road. this case also triggered an investigation as the anne arundel county fire department -- or at the fire department a dispatcher was fired after she told his daughter to stop whining. a death row inmate in georgia was executed hours ago. kelly gissendaner died at 12:121 a.m. a late appeal was denied by the u.s. supreme koufrmt she was convicted of plotting to kill her husband back in 1997. she was georgia's only female death row inmate. the man who actually did the killing is serving life in prison right now. this morning we are learning about a violent threat against police officer in anne arundel county. the words someone killing aac cops coming soon were spray painted on three walls at the

shopping center. this read, quote, kill cops. the county police chief says these kinds of threats will not be tolerated. if you have any information, call police. it is going to be a busy day on capitol hill. congress has hours to avoid a shutdown. at midnight the u.s. government will no longer have the legal authority to spend money. there is a spending bill currently in the works. now if it's passed today it would only postpone the possibility of a government shutdown.vtñ coming up nbc's tracie potts will explain how lawmakers plan to get this bill passed before that deadline. today is your last chance to visit the crime and punishment museum at gallery place. the museum is in northwest and it's closing today after seven years. the people in charge say they were asked to leave their building. they didn't have a choice. the museum will continue to offer some programs like the assassinations in the capitol walking tour and traveling educational programs.

a 21-year-old from fairfax is dead this morning after what the pentagon is calling a non-combat related incident. the navy is investigating how seaman phillip frazier mane died in bay rhrain. 5:06 is your time. d.c. public school chancellor kaya henderson will give her annual state of schools address. our jim advance will sit -- jim vance will sit down to discuss the schools. breaking news montgomery county. and a deadly car fire in darnestown, maryland. we're tracking everything you need to know before you head out the door. chances are your commute home was a wet one last night. downpours. what will your walk to the metro be like this morning. the next weather and traffic on the 1s. he met with a lot of people on his trip to the u.s. what we're learning about a what we're learning about a

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the kentucky clerk who refused to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples says she met with the pope. kim davis's lawyer said she met with the pope at the vatican embassy. vatican has not commented. today the first flight to cuba will leave from bwi airport. bwi marshall is the only airport in our area that is authorized to send charter flights to cuba. the flight will operate twice a week on wednesdays and saturdays. the time right now almost 5:11. we want to talk about the weather and whether you decide to use the rales or hit the roadways, you're going to have to bring along something to keep you dry. >> storm team 4 meteorologist

chuck bell will tell us what to expect today. clearing up, chuck? >> not much clearing up today, no, no, no. you might get a sliver of sunshine today. that is it. as far as road shut downs, there's a yellow and red. fog and drizzle and light rain. by later on the weather picture should improve a bit. most of the high water will be gone. fog, under 1 mile visibility up to suburban maryland and montgomery county. there's high water. highlighted areas, loudoun county, parts of culpepper. those are flood warnings until 8:00 this morning. so there will be an impact. big puddles and standing water for the drive in this morning and because of some more showers, wet roads again possible later on this afternoon. temperatures in the 70s. there's a whole lot more rain chances where that came from as we head towards the weekend. more about that in ten minutes. breaking news continues in first 4 traffic. breaking news montgomery

county. 28 shut down from darnestown road between black rock and whites ferry. inner loop at 355 wisconsin avenue has only the left lane getting by. delays were a little bit better than they did a short time ago. just got off the phone with police also with a crash on the outer loop in the very same area. right now in annondale. we have croon road in brandy wine blocked at 381. it is now 5:12. developing a former cabinet secretary under president bill clinton is recovering from a stroke. the clinton's say donna shalala had the stroke late last night. she was the health and human services secretary for eight years. she just took over as president of the clinton foundation this year. the clintons say initial reports about shalala's condition are very encouraging. right now the search is on

for a prisoner missing in louisiana but he didn't escape. how guards mistakenly released him. nbc 4's molette green arrived on the scene montgomery county. an update on the breakin

we are following breaking news montgomery county this morning where a man is dead after a very bad car accident and fire in darnesup to. take a look at this picture. you see all the flames there. just got off the phone with molette green who is there. all of the flames there, she told me that a car was going eastbound on darnestown road, hit a tree, flipped and burst into flames. again, one man is dead. that area is going to be closed throughout the morning. we're talking between whites ferry road and black rock road in darnestown road shut down in

both directions. we'll keep you updated. i'm trying to wake people up and i'm trying to honor the folks who have been murdered. >> lloyd wolf said he is doing something to express his sadness and frustration. we are tracking a rise in violence in d.c. so far this year police have opened 120 homicide cases. that is a 50% increase from last year and wolf wants to illustrate that. the documentary photographer runs be a blog he calls d.c. shrine. he said everyone who died is someone's son, daughter, mother or father regardless of the choices they may have made. wolf thinks it's important people consider this a regional issue. >> we are all in the same-) community and i think siloing it that we live here and you live there doesn't work. even at a practical level. you don't pay attention to the troubles downtown it fwleeds your own neighborhood.

>> if wolf cannot find a memorial to take a picture of, he puts the victim's picture on his blog to make sure they are not forgotten. in a few hours a man accused of killing his wife's new husband will enter a plea. they say that he broke into the home of denise and cory madison earlier this year and shot cory to death. the madisons had been married three months when this happened. 5:18. we all know parking in d.c. can be really tough and parking where you shouldn't can cost you big time. now the d.c. council says it is considering an exception for firefighters and first responders. it's so hard to find a good spot near the downtown station at 13th and k street some firefighters put signs in their windshields pleading for a break. council members say they are planning a public hearing on whether to allow a few stations special permits for parking. the calcium supplements you may take may not be doing much good especially if you are older than 50. in this news for your health

update researchers in new zealand found by that age any effort to increase calcium will have small effect to bone mineral density. and a new study reveals vitamin d supplements can help build muscle in women even after menopause. vitamin d deficiency is a common problem among older woman. a group who received vitamin d for nine months increased their muscle strength by 25%. the placebo group lost 7% of muscle mass. wow. one thing you can't get from food, vitamin d, you have to get it to the sunday. let's check the forecast now. i don't think we're going to get any sun today. >> no. you know what? look being at the forecast into the weekend, it looks like that's going to be the case all week. we're in for a gloomy stretch, chuck? >> that's right. very gloomy, indeed. remember all those weeks of nothing but sunshine? we're going to pay for that over

the next couple of days as sunshine will be all but impossible to find and rain chances not only did we get that with rain last night, more shower chances today and the chances for much heavy rain coming up as we finish the week and go into the weekend. still dealing with high water so be really careful out and about. percyville to leesburg, down towards culpepper. watch out for high water this morning. that, again, is all part of this great on shore fetch of moisture. high pressure is going to start teaming up. as we get towards the weekend. this area of low pressure likely to be hurricane joaquin. that's going to continue to push all the moisture in. as a result, we have more rain in the forecast. coastal flooding, beach erosion. it will be windy. we could get three to six additional inches of rain between now and the end of the weekend. there's the very latest plotting positions for tropical storm joaquin for now. expected to become a hurricane later today.

as we get towards the weekend what will be a slow moving storm will accelerate as it comes up the east coast. this as we get towards sunday night somewhere off the east coast of the eastern shore. so we are going to have to watch this real careful as that trajectory may carry it onto the jersey coast line. similar track, not similar intensit intensity. of immediate concern is today's rainfall. more rain coming our way over the coming hours. temperatures are mild. we're in the 70s now. we'll stay in the 70s all day today. take your umbrella. you'll need it today for occasional light showers. more rain possible for tomorrow. friday, saturday, sunday on into the weekend, we may be dealing with heavy rain and wind thursday, friday, into saturday and joaquin saturday into sunday. so a whole lot of rain in our future. we'll break down today's rain chances hour by hour. for now, first 4 traffic is continuing in breaking news mode. breaking news montgomery county, we're talking about

darnestown road. we'll be shut down for much of the morning commute between black rock road and whites ferry road. alternate is clopper road. inner loop at 355 wisconsin avenue has just the left lane getting by. that is an earlier crash there involving a tractor-trailer that was sort of flipped around the wrong way. now we have that left lane getting by. things looking a little bit better. also have a crash in the same area on the outer loop of the beltway and in falls church this morning. blaire road shut down between columbia pike and malibu circle. also delays on marks, brunswick you are 20 minutes behind. weather and traffic on the 1s. see you then. 5:22. authorities in louisiana are searching for a convicted killer on the loose. he didn't escape, correctional officers mistakenly released him. the inmate completed his time on three felony convictions but he should have never been released

because he still has a sentence to serve in a separate manslaughter case. the father of a washington state teenager who carried out a school shooting has been convicted on firearms charges. a federal jury said raymond fryberg illegally owned the handgun used in the catch tear yeah shooting. he had a domestic violence protection order that made it illegal for him to own the weapon. last october jaylen fryberg shot his cousin and three other teenagers and he turned the gun on himself. a man could spend life in prison for killing adrian patterson's 2-year-old son. he assaulted peterson's son ty rece two years ago. patterson's lawyer said he choked on a fruit snack. a federal court agreed to hear an appeal on the deflategate case.

here's the wild part. it could happen during the super bowl. a judge overturned a four-game suspension against patriots quarterback earlier this month. the nfl and the players association both asked for a hearing which is now scheduled for february 1st of next year. fugitive u.s. intelligence contractor edward snowden joined twitter yesterday. within hours he attracted more than 625,000 followers just like that. this morning he has over 900,000. in his profile he used to work for the government, now i work for the public, that's what it says. so far mr. snowden who is wanted in the u.s. for leaking information follows only one account, the nsa. here in the newsroom we are watching recovery from the typhoon in china. typhoon brought flooding and landslides to the eastern part of the country. so bad people became trapped because all of the rising water.

some roads impassible. look at all of that there. more than 320,000 people had to be evacuated. schools closed. the typhoon now has lost most of its strength fortunately as it heads inland.

. we continue to follow breaking news montgomery county where at least one person has died after a car fire in darnestown. here's what we know so far.

a man was driving eastbound on darnestown road where a man hit a tree. molette green is on the scene. we'll bring you any updates as soon as we get them. 5:28. also happening, we are keeping our eye on storm team 4 radar. take a look for yourself. it's clear in our area right now but chuck bell says don't expect things to clear up any time soon. >> no. it's going to be soggy. good morning to you, i'm eun yang. >> i'm angie goff. we are tracking what's going on on the radar as well as there is a flood advisory in the area. so a lot of things that we need to keep our eye on closely, right, chuck? >> you betcha. about an inch and a half of rain in the metro area. three inches across the shenandoah area. the overall weather impact going forward will be fairly low. a couple of passing showers. you'll want the umbrella for sure. light rain in central virginia.

that's coming our way over the next couple of hours. even if it's not raining at our house now, it may very well be raining at your house. current temperatures, still feels like the tropics. temperatures in the low to mid 70s. planning out your day hour by hour, mostly just puddle jumping this morning. chances for rain at lunchtime, chances for rain mid to late afternoon. cloudy and breezy by the time we get into the evening. temperatures today mostly in the 70s through about 4:00, 5:00. falling back down into the 60s by 8:00 this evening. so, again, highs today will be in the 70s. when i see you in a few minutes we'll start talking about bus stops. what the kids need to wear for their school day. talk about that in ten minutes. for now, breaking news continues in first 4 traffic. breaking news once again this morning. montgomery county, darnestown road is shut down here, 28, probably will be like this for the next couple of hours. closed there between black rock road and whites ferry road. your alternate there to avoid the whole thing and take clopper

instead of taking 28. maryland, 355 wisconsin avenue the inner loop is where we had the earlier problem looks better than it did with the left lane getting by. had a tractor-trailer crash there. that looks like it's partially cleared out of the way. outer loop at 355 wisconsin avenue, same area, we do also have a crash on the outer loop. the beltway is looking pretty good. we're driving on route 7 headed into leesburg. road might look a little slick from last night but overall looking okay. i know they're looking for perhaps some standing water e perhaps some flooding. we have seen it here and there this morning. eun? time is ticking for the government shutdown. the senate and house are expected to%fie vote today on temporary spending bill. this is a temporary fix on the budget problem. nbc's tracie potts is live on capitol hill. are the two sides going to reach across the aisle to come up with

a long-term solution her? >> i don't know about long term but short term people are pretty much rest assured they'll go to work in the morning and get a paycheck. it's all starting in a few hours, 10:00 a.m., senate vote followed by a house vote. now senator mitch mcconnell on the senate side said, yes, he wants to do a long-term deal, two-year deal so they don't have to go through this for the next couple of years. not sure if that's going to happen especially with the leadership changes going on on the republican side in the house, john boehner stepping down, republicans wondering how much of this negotiation they can get done before he steps down. bottom line, the vote that's happening today is temporary. it will extend the budget that we currently have through december 11th. in a few months they'll be doing it all over. eun. >> tracie potts live on capitol hill. thank you, tracie. there's an eighth indictment in the long-running investigation into the shadow

campaign that helped elect vincent gray as mayor of the district in 2010. a federal grand jury indicted d.c. businessman reuben charles on two counts of failing to file his federal income taxes. he's seen here shortly after gray's election. charles was a major fund-raiser for the campaign and at one point was in line to be fwra's chief of staff. gray has not been charged an has denied any wrongdoing. penalties for drunk drivers involved in deadly crashes will go up. .08 or higher will have suspended licenses for six months for the first offense, a year for the second. if the driver's bac is .15 or above the new penalties will be one year on the first offense. a driver will lose their license completely if it is a second offense. d.c.'s inspector general says the effort to help prisoners to re-enter society is all but ineffective.

it doesn't have fundamental tools to cary out the mission. the report found the office lacked, in its words, a strategic plan and it has not worked well with other district agencies. we'll let you know whether mayor browser decides to respond to the audit. there is new money this morning to study the cost and benefits of the paid family leave program montgomery county. paid family leave allows employees to take paid time off to tend to a relative with medical needs, whether that family member is a newborn child, a sick parent order a hurt spouse. the u.s. department of labor's women's bureau approved the more than $63,000 grant yesterday. today you can be part of a ceremony to mark the start of national fallen firefighters memorial weekend. congressional leaders plan to recognize 87 firefighters by presenting american flags from here, the u.s. capitol to the national fallen firefighters foundation. the public is invited to a ceremony that will happen at the upper senate park at 2:00 in the

afternoon. a motorcade directly after the ceremony will travel along the beltway and i 270 and i 70 north into fredericks. >> the redskins are about to get a big settlement from minneapolis. they agreed to pay the team $237,000 from this bus crash last year. eye minneapolis police car lost control while escorting them. the minneapolis police department no longer offers to escort pro sports teams. 5:34. maryland is saying a chemical skill in the potomac does not appear to be harmful. a paper mill spilled synthetic latex into the river last week. water treatment facilities in our area and as far up as hagerstown say they're enhancing their treatment process for now. a water district is closed for up to seven days. do you have one of the new credit cards that have that little microchip on it? they're supposed to be better to

protect your money. a new study finds american credit card holders don't have one. tomorrow business owners will be responsible for fraudulent transactions if you don't upgrade your credit card machines. both businesses and credit card companies are behind in making these changes. today is the last day on the job for the leader of the library of congress. dr. james billington is retiring after 28 years on the job. he doubled the size of the library's physical collection while in charge. he also established the national book festival. as of right now it's not clear who his successor will be. breaking news on the roads right now, a car fire on darnestown road has shut the road down. two other crashes. one just happened maryland 95 southbound details coming up. storm team 4 radar, all clear right now but for how

long. chuck is back at 5:41 to let us know if the kids will need the umbrella at the bus stop. get ready to say awwww. an update on panda cub bei bei and the adorable moment captured on camera. your time is

spray painting a sign where the killer of cecil the lion works. the dentist went back to work earlier this month. he admitted to killing cecil. it happened at a wildlife preserve in zimbabwe. shifting gears now. an adorable sneeze from the national zoo panda cub bei bei all caught on camera. >> did you hear it? >> that thing is so little. >> so cute. >> it sounded pretty loud. the five-week-old cub was taking a nap with mom mei xiang when that happened. he weighs a whopping four pounds. back to the live camera. >> is he there? >> it's hard. it is pretty early. >> there's movement. >> close up. just stretching, stretching trying to get up.

first lady michelle obama dnchts oh, there he is. we've got a little panda belly this morning on the camera, guys. >> just want to remind you they named bei bei last week. the naming broke the tradition of waiting until the cub is 100 days old. >> some people wereup set about that, not only because it breaks tradition, remember -- >> let's check in with storm team 4 meteorologist to find out what kind of day we're going to have weather wise. good day, chuck. >> good day to stay in your enclosure if you're a panda. light rain across parts of central virginia. that's coming our way. don't stray too far from the umbrellas. getting the kids ready to head out. they'll be puddle jumping between 7:00 and 8:00 courtesy of the heavy rains. you'll get away without needing the umbrella first thing this morning but have it with you because rain chances come back in on us by later in the

afternoon. temperatures in the mid to upper 70s to the. joaquin likely to have a big impact on the second part of the weekend. i'll talk more about that. tough morning on the roads. >> tough morning on the roads. breaking news again here this morning. montgomery still has this problem here. darnestown road shut down between black rock road and whites ferry. that's where molette green is this morning. that's because of a fatal car fire. your alternate is to take clopper road. a brand new crash on i-95. inner loop at 355, wisconsin avenue. left len getting by. we are slow. 270 on the beltway, 16 minutes. on the outer loop. inner loop totally different story. 66 in bound is fine. 95 north a little slow.

right now all eyes are on the bahamas where a tropical storm is about to become a hurricane. tropical storm joaquin could be upgraded at any time. there is a hurricane watch in the bahamas right now. chuck says the storm could move up the east coast and bring a lot of rain to our area. when and where the joaquin impact could have an affect on our weather in our area. and why your next uber trip could cost you if you live in a certain nearby county. your time right now is 5:42. we leaf you with mei xiang cuddling bei bei having a very special moment this morning. aren't cuddles the best? >> cuddle kam because, you know what, it's only wednesday and it's going to rain so enjoy this while you can.

we are following breaking

news right now. the inner loop of the beltway is completely shut down right now after a tractor-trailer problem there. apparently montgomery county fire tweeting that there is cleanup from an earlier crash and the inner loop is completely shut down. this is near 355. you should expect serious delays. you can see on the right-hand side of the screen some traffic problems. on the left-hand side, storm team 4 radar. don't expect any dry weather any time soon. in the day ahead a hyattsville man will go on trial for a hit and run. earl teeter hit and killed rick war rick on super bowl sunday. war rick was trying to fix the car on the side of the road. this triggered an investigation at the anne arundel fire department. a dispatcher was fired after a

dispatcher told war rick's daughter to stop whining. a sailor is dead after a non-combat incident. he died in bahrain. he served on the "u.s.s. gladiator." he was supporting operation resolve. right now officers are worried about an 82-year-old woman. take a moment to look at this picture. this is mildred wright. the last time anyone saw her she was heading to her home last night after visiting a patient around 5:30 at howard county hospital. she drives a four-door gray lexus with maryland tags. police in arlington are looking for a man they say attacked a woman. this happened around hearndon street saturday night. the young woman told police she doesn't know who assaulted her, only that he is a white male in his 50s heavy set wearing a dark suit and dress shirt. the fbi wants to hear from

you if you recognize this man. take a look. he's accused of robbing a bank just before monday in the district. it happened in the city bank on connecticut avenue near chevy chase circle. he passed the teller a note demanding money and walked out. he is considered armed and dangerous. a teacher from fairfax county is now back home after a very serious car crash. kelly anessa can also walk again. she was driving her son carson to get ice cream when a car slammed into the back of their car in june. she was in a coma for four weeks before she woke up. she talked with news 4's chris gordon about being home. >> what is your goal? >> to be happy. to be independent. >> okay. now we have to step up. can you step up when the wheelchair? >> she said her family has played a big role in her recovery. carson, her son, who was also in that accident is still in the hospital in rehab for a broken leg right now. today d.c.'s public school

chancellor kaya henderson will give the state of the schools address at 7:00 p.m. jim vance will sit down with her. walgreens is providing free health tests today. the test measures a number of things ranging from cholesterol to body composition. regularly the tests could cost you over $100. you can sign up at the greater washington urban league at 14th street in northwest. testing is from 10:00 this morning to 4:00 p.m. officials in prince gorges county hope that fixing the roads will atract more business. $33 million will be put into the route 1 revitalization project. this is in college park. more than 40 million on repaving roads across the county. there will also be improvements on branch avenue into southern prince gorges county. we are also learning this morning your next uber ride in the county could carry an added surcharge. 25 cents a ride.

the surcharge will go towards bus service and making taxies in the county more accessible. >> excited about uber coming. we think it's going to be innovative. it's all a part of our strategy in bringing the world to prince gorges county and become an economic destination. >> montgomery county and the district have similar surcharges on uber and lyft. it will be up for a vote in prince gorges county next month. breaking news on the roads right now. a couple of different problems to talk about. first of all, the inner loop at 355 wisconsin avenue, we were shut down just a moment ago. they got that tractor-trailer out of the way. they're taking that off on to old georgetown road. looks like we just reopened in the past ten seconds. in darges town, darnestown road shut down. your alternate is clopper road.

the road will be shut down for a couple of hours. 95 before powder mill road starting to see delays because of that accident involving a tractor-trailer. big look at the beltway, inner loop and out ter loop looking like it's flowing okay. 95 will be the slowest spot. eun. thank you, melissa. 5:51 now. looking live at storm team 4 radar, we are seeing a lot of wet rainfall from last night. we had some downpours and pretty soggy, still? >> right. we wanted to check in with storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell. >> we are not done with our rain chances at all. rainfall totals overnight, 1.3 to 2 inches of rain from the time the sun went down to midnight. all of these counties, be on the

lookout for high or standing water especially before the sun comes up. it's all cloudy and rain free at the moment. 72 leesburg, 71 culpeper. it will be cloudy and humid to get you out the door this morning. occasional light rain showers possible starting mid to late morning and off and on throughout the afternoon. turning breezy as cooler and dryer air starts to come in. planning out your morning, cloudy. low 70s this morning. occasional rain chances from noontime up through about 5:00 or 6:00. temperatures in the 70s all day long today. it won't be cold at all. there goes the heavy rain into new york and new england. that's the heavy rain we dealt with last night. these are the next rain drops from charlottesville towards south hill and richmond. all coming northbound. most of the rain will be along the i-95 corridor into portions of southern maryland. slightly less rainier over the

interstate. another opportunity for showers to bubble up once again. take the umbrella with you. you won't need the big downpour umbrella, just the small pocket sized umbrella. bigger one for the weekend. all eyes on what is expected to become hurricane joaquin still a couple hundred miles off the coast of florida. the real concern is this last little part of the forecast track as it turns towards the east coast as we get towards saturday night and sunday. heavy rain comes our way friday and saturday and then saturday into sunday we'll have to see where joaquin decides to go. umbrellas needed all the way through the week and on into the weekend. joaquin could really interfere with your weekend plans. we'll be watching that very, very carefully. eun? >> thank you, chuck. a new plan for route 7 corridor. they're working on a way to ease

congestion on the roads and will put out a plan this week. they're considering several options. they include dedicated bus lanes, street car and a light rail line. >> what we're hoping to do is come up with something that will move people all day long and reduce their travel time by about half. >> the new public transportation could take 9,000 people off the roadways. after the new plan is released there will be a series of public meetings about it come november. good morning, i'm landon doughty -- dowdy at cnbc. customers will have 14 days, that's up from 7 now, to get a price adjustment. rivals include amazon, walmart.com, sam's club and costco. twitter is tossing around ditching 140 word limit. the final version isn't set but

some at twitter are in favor of raising the limit by 10 or so characters. with your c fl bc morning business report, i'm landon dowdy. >> you may be able to help police. he is wanted for stealing laundry detergent pods from several grocery stores including the giant in wheaton. they're also looking for a second man wanted for doing the same thing at a safe way in rockville. montgomery county police say the men pulled knives when someone tried to stop them. an employee was using mangoes to try to stop the thieves. >> they may be using the proceeds to buy drugs. >> you want to track them down? >> we sure do. police are offering a $10,000 reward for any tips that lead to an arrest in either case. if you saw this video on the nnk washington facebook page, hopefully it didn't gross you out too much. a swarm of bees trapped an obamacare county sheriff's

deputy. thousands of these honeybees became, oh, my goodness, free and then just swarmed this truck that was carrying them. when police responded the bees became nice and come if i there on top of the cruiser that stopped on the scene. >> wow. >> beekeepers were called in to rankle as many of them as they could. that is a tough job. >> wow. you could soon have to pay a bit more if you want to take uber or lyft in prince gorges county. it would add a 25 cent surcharge on rides from ride sharing services. according to the washington post that would help improve the county bus system. it would apply to all the trips that originated in prince gorges county. they already have surcharges in place in d.c. it will be another six months before the officers face

trial. william porter is the man in the upper left screen. his trial was set to begin in two weeks. prosecutors want porter tried first because they also plan to call him as a witness against two other officers when their trials start up next year. breaking news montgomery county where a fiery accident overnight has darnestown road shut down right now. it will likely remain that way through the morning rush hour. take a live look at the scene. you can see the vehicle on the right-hand side completely on the side. emergency crews on the scene as well. molette green is live on the scene with what we're learning about this crash. plus, melissa mollet is helping you get around this accident and several other problems next

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"news 4 today" begins with breaking news. we have breaking news right now. at least one person died overnight in a car crash. roads are closed in the area of darnestown road montgomery county. and this is in darnestown, maryland. news 4's molette green has just arrived on the scene. molette, what are you learning this morning? >> reporter: angie, we want to show you this horrific scene where a man lost his life hours ago shortly after 3:00 a.m. the car is still there flipped on its side flipped in the road.

accident reconstruction working to piece this altogether to determine what happened, how this all took place. an adult male we've learned is the only one who was in this car. single car crash. this is a ford explorer. it lost control going east on darnestown, hitting a tree, flipping over and catching fire as it landed on its side on the side of the road. now investigators are going to be here for quite some time. the body, we understand, is still here on the scene on darnestown road. we are working the scene throughout the morning. they just put up a tent because it's now starting to rain as they continue to work this investigation to look into several factors, whether speed, of course the weather was bad overnight, whether there was a deer. they just don't know at this point how all of this happened, but we'll stay here live on the scene. of course, area roads are