we're at a balmy 70 degrees. 8:00, in the low 70s. by 10:00 a.m., temperatures soar to near 80 with plenty of sunshine. by noon, we're humid and a temp around 84. you can see the haze outside as we take a look out there with our city camera. coming up, i'll let you know what you can expect into the long weekend. melissa, pretty quiet in traffic this morning. >> quiet on the roads right now. we're looking quite good right now. take a look at some problems on metro. red line delays to shady grove, fa malfunction at medical center. and orange, blue and silver lines speed restrictions until closing today. big look at the beltway overall beltway looking good. 66, the virginia visitor center, they turn this had camera around for us. you can see a little bit of volume headed

manassas. if you don't hit the road early, you could be stuck it in some of the worst traffic all year. the memorial day weekend rush is already on. megan mcgrath live at the bay bridge toll booth now with more on that. >> reporter: leaving early, that is really your best bet. we changed our location here this morning to give you an idea of what the toll booth looks like. granted it is very early, but as you can see, everything looks terrific. in fact we have some of the lanes here both the e-zpass lanes and regular cash lanes that have no line at all. one truck making its way slowly through this far right booth, but no delays, no tie ups at all. that is going to change however as the day progresses. if you don't leave early, we are expecting things to pick up sometime after 11:00. so if you can't stand

what is the best team to leave, the worst time? the best time is to get over the bridge sometime before 11:00 this morning. the worst time to travel, between 2:00 and 6:00. now, coming up in the next hit, we'll actually drive across the bridge itself, show what you that looks like. back to you. a lot of you are getting ready to head out of town right now as we mentioned. if you haven't filled up yet, here's what to expect at the pump. in d.c., the average price of regular unleaded gas is $2.48. maryland, $2.32. virginia has the lowest price on average $2.15. in west virginia, $2.36. go to the nbc washington app and we break down the best events by the day. search memorial day weekend.

a stabbing at a d.c. jail. this happened last night at the d.c. central detention facility in southeast. we're working to find out if the victims are jail staff or inmates. the jail was put on lockdown during that incident. it was one year ago today that d.c. reporter charnice milton was killed by a stray bullet in southeast. police say several atv and dirt bike riders were involved in a shoot-out and milton was used as a human shield. while her murder remains unsolved, that hasn't stopped the determination to catch the killer from the community or police. >> we never give up, we neff stop taking information, we never stop trying to close homicide cases. so i try and reiterate that as much as i can to family members. >> charnice's family is planning a vigil tonight on the corner where she was shot last year. good hope and thatnaylor road i southeast.

have been disciplined or suspended for viewing private records. the documen homeland security director jeh johnson says the employees improperly accessed files just after the start of hearings. an historic moment for america. president obama honoring the 140,000 killed at hiroshima, embracing survivors at peace memorial park, one of the highly anticipated moments of this visit. about an hour ago, we watched him and japan's leader lay wreathes. he did not apologize for the bombing, but instead called for a global reduction of nuclear weapons. back to you. happening today, it is time to kickoff pool season in the district. mayor muriel bowser is hosting an event this a

all the district pools and spray parks officially open tomorrow from noon to 6:00. after that, they will open at 11:00. 6:05. if you plan to use metro this holiday weekend, pack some patience. all the lines will be affected by repair work and there will be no orange line service. silver line service will replace the orange trains. also the vienna, dunn loring and west falls church stations will be closed. shuttle buses will be available for rides at those closed stations. you will also want to pay attention to metro's memorial day hours. on monday, metrorail will open at 7:00 a.m. and close at midnight. trains will operate on a sunday schedule. metrobuses will run on a sunday schedule, as well. metroaccess has been canceled for monday, but customers can make a separate reservation. a massive emergency repair project on the arlington memorial bridge is now complete. for the last year, the park se

support beams to reinforce the bridge deck and reduce vibration. but despite the repairs, that bridge still needs $250 million in overhaul work in order to keep it from closing by 2021. even tougher new rules couldn't prevent another tie in the national spelling bee. >> g-e-s-e-l-l-s-c-h-a-f-t. >> that is correct. >> third year in a row two people are sharing the title right now. the boy you just heard there is only 11 years old. he's the youngest champion ever. a 13-year-old is the other winner. you see them holding the trophy together. new rules actually made the final round three times as long. spellers still made it to the end of that and tied it up again. >> whatever it was that he spelled means an association of individuals

how some students this prince george's county rallied around their classmate that is coming back after fighting cancer. and a pleasant start to your holiday weekend as you look live at national harbor this morning. anneal i can anneal a heel are a draper has your . >> reporter: and i'm tracking a developing situation across the state of texas after a severe weather brings tornadoes to some and heavy rain and flood to go hers. ot

if you're heading to the beaches for the long weekend, water temperatures at a cool 65. but tomorrow we'll have plenty of sunshine, 78 degrees on sunday. a late day shower or thundershower is possible. otherwise partly to mostly cloudy skies. and monday showers are looking likely at the beach. otherwise plenty of clouds and a temp around 71. but i think any day at the beach even with rain not too bad. beltway looking clear and everything is rolling along just fine. of course we know 95 in maryland and virginia could be some problem spots here for later this morning just because of the getaway day. red line delays to shady grove because of the problem at medical center this morning. travel times, 270 no problems. top of the beltway is just fine. 66 and 95 also rolling

fm when you hop in your car. 6:12 now. developing that the hour, morning 300 passengers still trying to get to south korea. they were evacuated from a korean air jet that caught fire as it rep prepared to take off. all the peoples along with 17 crew members made it off the plane safely. right now it's not clear how that fire started p wi. this is in tokyo. days are begdwindling to fi the black boxes, but now they're only looking in a three mile wide area. they say they heard a significasignal from a transmitter are. the plane crashed over a week ago in the mediterranean. he crashed in to two emts and thousand he wi now he will spend over a year and a half in prison. six months longer than

recommended. he was driving drunk when he lost control and ran into the head can dicks seriously hurting them. the judge also cited his history of two prior alcohol-represented offenses for the additional prison time. right now prince william county police need your help to find a missing woman. alice so that elizabeth mott was last seen walking away from her home in haymarket on may 12. police say the 30-year-old also goes by the name of jewels rodriguez. if you've seen her or now who she is, you're asked to call police. former fire investigator is taking her former co-workers to court. patricia tomasello worked with the department for 20 years. she's now suing 17 firefighters after she says she endured bullying and sexual harassment. tomasello says it started when she became a firefighter in 1996. she says the harassment continued for years even

>> on a number of occasions, i had a couple of firefighters come to my room 2:00, 3:00 in the morning and just constantly h that harassing me about sex. >> tomasello file federal lawsuit two years ago, but a judge dismissed 9 case. recently the department has come under fire after another firefighter took her own life and lewd comments were found about her online. sexual assault scandal at baylor could get bigger. university t yesterday they demoted its president and removed its football coach. an internal investigation found a fundamental failure by the university in how it handles sexual assault accusations against football players. more actions could come from the u.s. education department or the ncaa. a man was killed at a t.i. concert and this morning we have video from inside that venue. thi i

developing story that we brought you yesterday. the nypd says the man with the gun here is rapper troy ave and that he's the one who started the shooting. he and two other people were hurt and another man, ronald mcphatter, was killed. right now ave is in the hospital and he's expected to face charges. 6:15. and next week, metro's aggressive maintenance plan goes into affect. the first phase known as safetrack will start on the orange and silver lines next saturday. it's 13 straight days of round the clock single tracking between ballston and east falls church. trains will only run every 18 minutes. some riders say they will avoid the train all together. >> when safetrack starts, will you just totally look for an alternate the option? >> yeah, most likely. >> the first will be most difficult for us and the customers. so it will be bumpy. i wouldn't be surprised if

bumpy. >> extra metrobuses will be running. and suber says it will expand is car pool options to give travelers some other options. no sign of two people reported swept away in floodwaters in texas. this is the latest from the bad storms there. the worst of it a tornado reported in central texas. look at this video just into the live desk. elsewhere nonstop rainstorms turned areas into rivers. high water swallowed some streets and cars in woodlands near houston. there are flash flood watches in effect right now. we'll stay on top of these develops storms. back to you. the video went viral when she danced with president obama and the first lady at the white house. and we have new video to show you of grandma virginia

receiving a special award. virginia mclauren took the mound at national park last night at 107 years old. and the nats honored her. she met dusty baker and received her own jersey. number 107 of course. a sweet, sweet lady. i think everybody can relate to her. grandma virginia to everybody. >> a tine any little lady there on that big field. >> with so much personality. >> first time at a major league baseball game. nice way to have that first visit. coming up, 6:17 now is the time. thanks for joining us on "news 4 today." should be a beautiful weekend. >> amelia draper is in the "weather center" to detail it for us about. >> good morning. if you're going out of town today, the weather having a pretty low impact on your travels. right now most of us now

60s. washington still holding at 70. we'll warm up quickly. already looking hazy outside. hazy, hot and humid today. by lunchtime, temperatures in the mid-80s. and during the afternoon and evening hours, some isolated showers and thunderstorms. mainly west of washington. especially back around the mountains. we'll hit our high today of 89 -- see the spider on the camera lens? a high today of 89. 8:00, around 82. and again, some isolated showers and thunderstorms. now, some showers unfortunately are being look likely on memorial day. and here's why. this area of low pressure if it becomes a tropical storm would be named tropical storm bonnie. regardless, it looks to bring us clouds and showers on monday. cooler temps at the beaches, as well, but most of the weekend is looking good. so weather outlook, yard work saturday or sunday, parades, again showers possible. a little cool on monday. not the cool though tomorrow. 87 for a high. mostly sunny. 8

still muggy with a late day shower or thunderstorm. showers during the first half of the day on memorial day, but not looking like a washout. folks leaving town right now, pretty good conditions on the roads? >> pretty good. chopper 4 is over 66. all of those folks in the eastbound lanes heading out to fauquier county. we had a police chase that has ended. they do have lanes blocked westbound on 66. so right now though inbound you can see typical slow downs. red line normal service to shady grove. the earlier malfunction is out of the way. 95 south near 32, truck stopped in the roadway. still being reported there. and taking a look at 95 south through quantico, we're pretty close going 16 miles per hour. weather and traffic always on the 1s. i had to push it aside and that

>> putting his own life on the line to help keep a man from jumping. the efforts of two men on the chesapeake bay bridge that helped save a life. . a lot of you will be spending your weekend in the pool. the things to remember to help keep your kids safe.

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let's go, chloe, let's go. >> usually this time of year first graders are thinking about their summer vacation, but right now this group of kids are getting ready to celebrate a classmate who has cancer. there is a special event this morning for chloe williams, a first grader in suitland. and she has a rare form of brain cancer. she hasn't been able to go to school for a while now. but this morning her class mama are holding courageous chloe day. she gets to go to school on a fire truck, there will be a pep rally, dance bu

excited and her family is honored. >> if you can come back to school, then that would be awesome so we can play with you. >> it's tremendous support that she has there and the love that the children and teachers show her. >> that was close i's whom there. she's already had several brain and spim surgeries and preparing for another one right now. the kids are -- this is our friend, she's been gone, dealing with this pain. and we want her to come back. >> and in their minds it's come back so we can play with you. best story of the day. when heavy rain fell in kentucky yesterday, more than a dozen clemson university studen students became trapped in a cave. a guide was able to rescue everyone instead leading the students through neck deep water to get them

the coast of north carolina. this happened yesterday morning. the navy says the two jets were on a routine training mission when they had an in-flight mishap about 25 mile east of the outer banks. the commercial fishing ship pulled all four crew members from the ocean. they were taken to a hospital in more folk. the navy is now investigating to determine what went wrong. this weekend kicks off the unofficial start of summer meaning that most pools will be open for business. but before you get ready to enjoy fun in the sun, experts say you want to pay close attention to your little ones. while drownings among kids and teens have slightly declined in the past few years, still about 350 drown every year. toddlers up to about four years old are most at risk here. experts suggest that you learn cpr as well and if you have a backyard, they recommend that you install some safety fencing around your backyard pool if you have one of those with a lock on

it so kids complaint slan't sli water. and you have to teach your kids how to swim. i fought it tooth and nail. my husband required us to learn. >> it really is life saving, but also really important it if you're going to be away the pool to have at least one person that is designateded to watching the kids only. because things can happen if a matter of moments. want to show you a live look from inside reagan national where the security lines already growing this morning. what holiday travelers are doing to make sure they make their flight. getaway day under way. how the roads are looking coming up. plus an entire town in west virginia up for sale.

holiday weekend travelers are getting a start. what travelers are doing to make sm sure they make their flight. but first amelia draper has the four things you need to know this morning. >> looking outside, you can see the hazy sky out

sunday. temperatures warming into the 80s. in fact near 90 degrees today and tomorrow as well. credit w credit w some late day storm chance today and on monday especially morning and midday hours. but memorial day isn't looking like a washout. just not a picture perfect day. the humidity continues next week. allergy report, trees coming in high, grasses in high, as well. weeds low, mold low. unofficial start of summer. what are your plans? >> we'll be out in the yard to sure. >> yeah, you can put things in the ground and not worry about frost or freeze. >> been waiting so long. taking a look chopper 4 here 66 in fauquier county, you can

they were looking for an earlier police chase that had closed down some lane. it looks like we're okay. orange, blue, silver line speed restrictions in the direction of new carrollton and largo until closing today. have those slowdowns. beltway typically slow up top, but actually quite light volume especially for 6:30 in the morning. i sa inbound 4, a crash blocking a lane. we are watching the roads as many of you head out of town for the holiday weekend. right now chopper 4 flying over i-66 in fauquier county. you can see traffic moving okay out there right now. coming up in about 15 minutes, we'll take you live to the bay bridge for a look at traffic will. holiday travel can almost always mean plenty of traffic and lon lines and many of you are making your way through the nation's airports. you need to be ready for a little bit of a wait

checkpoint. derrick ward has a look at how the lines are moving right now. >> reporter: they're moving at a pretty good clip. we've been here since early this morning before dawn and i can tell you that the volume at that hour was pretty much what you see at midday on a normal day. of course a lot of people getting ready to leave town for the holiday season. we've all heard the story about lines long enough for the tsa checkpoints at some airports to cause people to his their flights. it prompted the appearance of the tsa director on capitol hill and also statements from the head will of the department of homeland security. what they will do? $34 million has been allocated so that they can get 67768 new officers on line by mid june, that will allow them to screen 220,000 more passengers per day. and also money to convert about 3,000 part-time tsa employees to full-time and the director says that thas

problem, that he had a cap on their full-time employees and that was causing bottle necks. and travel numbers are up and expected to be even higher this year. so some relief is coming down. may not be in time for today, but maybe the trip back later on this summer. but just be prepared to be there a little early. derrick ward, news 4. thousands of veterans are riding their motor cycles part of rolling thunder ride for freedom. they will take part in a candlelight vigil at the vietnam veterans memorial tonight at 9:00 and then of course part of monday's memorial today itday s as well. it is graduation day at the naval academy and that means the blue angels will have a flyover during the academy's

commencement ceremony. as soon as i locked eyes with the gentleman, i knew that i had to push it at aside and that i would be there for him. >> this morning two people are being praised for putting their lives on the line to save a man as he dangled from the highest point on the bay bridge. this was a dramatic scene after that man climbed over the railing and threatened to jump. this was yesterday morning. driver jason hayes along with lieutenant kevin brenner talked to that man for 45 minutes until help arrived. >> able to radio into our dispatch center that we needed additional units for a i can't this needed help because he was threatening suicide. >> believe it or not, hayes is actually afraid of heights and now he says he wants to become an emt to continue helping people. the man accused of stabbing a pregnant woman to death in takoma park faces a hearing this morning. maria was a montgomery coun

investigators charged the suspect with murder. takoma park police have not said how the suspect knew the victim. a flower delivery turned into a robbery when the driver decided to let himself into a woman's house. anthony reeves now facing several charges. according to montgomery county police, this is him in a surveillance video trying to deliver those flowers to a home in ken zecsington on the day be easter. he cased the house and went in and took cash, debit card and ipad. police tell us reeves may have used his position as a delivery driver to commit more crimes and they're looking for additional victims. let's just say you had a million dollars to spare. just sitting on that kind of money. could you do a lot with it, maybe buy a nice home in d.c., maybe an entire town in west virginia. you're looking at sugar grove station, a former u.s. naval base and it's up for

bid. good luck to whomever is out there trying to buy it. you can file that warn under everything else that your monday will get you outside this area. >> a whole base all to yourself. good luck. the holiday could be a headache for you if you use metro. the stations that will be closed for the long weekend and how you can get around the work. also ahead, gearing up for hurricane season. when we'll learn how bad things will be up and down the east coast. and 80s through sunday, then upper 70s for memorial day with rain in the forecast. generally though on the light side. so that smaller umbrella will be just fine. i'll have more

today we'll get a closer look at the potential hurricane season. noaa will issue its initial outlook for the 2016 atlantic hurricane season today. experts will also hi

better hurricane tracking. the atlantic hurricane season officially kicks off june 1. worth noting we railroaded had our first hurricane of the year and that was in january. >> so we'll see how things are shaping up then for this season, right, amelia? >> and potentially tropical moisture likely impacting us for memorial day. if the system develops in to a tropical storm, it would be tropical storm bonnie. so here is the latest this memorial day. this area of low pressure will give us an easterly wind so that onshore flow that will bring us mostly cloudy skies for memorial day, cooler temps at the beach, highs only around 70. we could be dealing with rain at any point, but most of the holiday weekend is looking good. highs in the 80s on saturday and sunday. and then the humidity remaining high all weekend long. brand new problem southern avenue at benning road southeast. so right on the d.c. line. road closure because of

told. chopper 4 showing volume inbound 66 there at 50. looking pretty normal here for this time of day. otherwise looking good as far as travel times. 270 is betwegood, top of the be typical or maybe a little bit light. 66 and 95 north going to take you 26 minutes. that is on time as well. southbound out of town on 95, no issues right now. remember to listen to wtop 103.5 fm when you hop p in your car. traffic at the toll booth looks good. what about the bay bridge itself? we'll give you a live look coming up. and making a splash in the district. as the city kicks off the outdoor pool season. a historic moment overnight as president obama becomes the first sitting u.s. president to visit hiroshima. plus the thing a number

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we have have two different areas where we have seeing some slowdowns. northbound woodbridge, southbound quantico p. we'll show you a live picture coming up. and megan mcgrath is live at the bay bridge now to share the travel secrets we're learning. >> reporter: good morning. the secret is definitely to leave early like right now or leave late. we'll give you a live look here. we just got on to route 50 just prior to the toll booth. you can see the booth right up ahead of us. we have a little bit more traffic i would say than when we talked to but 45 minutes ago, but no problems. it is still very light. so the name of the game, get out before 11:00 this morning if that's at all possible. the worst time to leave we're told is today between

6:00. so what you want to do is just plan accordingly. and you can see we have a truck right up ahead of us going through the toll booth. if you have e-zpass, that's the way it go, as well. because of course this toll booth is the choke point. folks who have to pay cash and wait for change, that will be a bit of a problem. it will slow you down. so definitely the e-zpass is worth it. right now we have regular traffic patterns on the bridge. later we will see them run two-way traffic on the other span. but right now everything is okay. we'll send it back for you to ye studio. probably a good idea to till up the tank, too. here is what to expect at the pump. will d.c. achlg price is $2.48. in maryland, $2.32. virginia is the loes west at $2. west virginia, a gallon will cost you $2.36. our team coverage continues now. here is a

national airport. will you how are the lines looking to our south 1234 we'll send to kerry sander. he's at the largest airports hartsfield-jackson in atlanta. good morning, kerry. would you the looks of things, a pretty rough morning for the folks hepd will you. >> reporter: talk about get being up early. the line started at 4:00 a.m. now i'm at the pre-pre-pre-line. you have a line here, two, three, four. that's just the pre-line. then passengers are shuttled in to the next line. and as you know today is a very busy travel day, 2.6 million americans will travel today. it's the fourth business jest trav busiest travel day. hartsfield is the busiest in the world, so you can see why this is the second stage line where maybe somebody is smiling. after they get through this line, they go to the

it snakes back and forth, back and forth and then you have yet one more line where you finally get a chance to put your luggage in and go through. so when they recommend that you get to the recommend? three hours early to get to enjoy this. they're not kidding. at least at this airport. and while the scene that we just saw at reagan looked a lot floor controlled than this, you still want to consider that you have two ends here. your departure and if you're coming back on monday, you will go through it all again. so don't mess up your vacation. get to the airport early, guys. >> oh, my word. and i would be be the lady in line going excuse me, my flight leaves in 20 minutes, i need help. kerry, thank you very much. good to see you. >> reporter: i've seen that already a couple times here this morning. >> thank you, kerry sanders in atlanta for us this morning. if you're still making planning for this holiday weekend, open the nbc washington app. we're breaking down the best events day by day. just search

weekend. 6:49 now. three people injured, two of them seriously in a stabbing at a d.c. jail. this happened last night at the central tee tension facility in southeast. we're work to find out whether the victims are jail staff or inmates. the jail was put on lockdown during the incident. it was one year ago today that charnice milton was killed by a stray bullet in southeast. police say several atv and dirt bike riders were involved in a shoot-out and milton was used as a human shield. while her murder remains unsolveded, that has not stopped the determination to catch her killer there both the community and police. >> never stop taking information and never stop trying to close homicide cases. i try to reiterate that as much as i can to family members. >> charnice's family is planning a vigil tonight on the very corner where she was shot last year, did good hope road and naylor road southeast. it begins at 7:40 p.m. 41 secret service members have been disciplined or suspended for reviewing private

congressman jay so that chafin. he shares the house oversight committee and held hearings last year. jeh johnson says the employees improperly accessed files just after the start of those molett. president obama is heading back home after making history as the first u.s. commander in chief to visit hiroshima. all eyeds focused on obama as he paid tribute. he and japan's leader laid wreathes during a somber quiet ceremony. afterwards the president spoke about the horrors of war but did not apologize for the first u.s. atomic bomb attack. today get your sunscreen and swimsuits ready. mayor muriel bowser is set to

afternoon this afternoon at oxen run pool. but all of all of the pools and spray mist parks officially open tomorrow there noon to 6:00. and during the summer they open at 11:00 a.m. gese -- we'll let the champions show you how it's really done. >> gesellscha-e-s-e-l-l-s-c-h-g. >> that is correct. >> what he said. the youngest ever champion of the national spelling bee, 11 years old. he was not the only winner, though. he will share the title with a 13-year-old. they went through 25 rounds of words in the final. more than ever before. and still they tied. the organizers had changed the rules to try to

that didn't work. pretty awesome. >> i love just their reaction. it's great. congratulations to them. >> it's the super bowl. >> for kids their age, absolutely. beautiful this morning, but it feels sticky. you can start to feel the humidity coming back into the area. >> the mugginess is with us through the weekend. summer has arrived in the district. hot and humid today. perfect pool day. great day actually to get out and play golf. i have golf plans on memorial k day. moving those to today with showers in the forecast on memorial day. not looking like a washout, but you want to be prepared for some rain and plenty of clouds. it will be mainly dry saturday and sunday. currently we're in the upper 60s and low 70s. 71 this annapolis and 68 at dulles. future weather, tracking hazy sunshine and dry conditions. maybe a few isolated showers and

you can see this activity mainly back around the mountains. 6:00 the dwooes metro area is still dry. any showers still well west of the region. back around luray and petersburg areas, maybe some showers up around the baltimore metro area. but i really think that most of us stay completely dry today, tomorrow and most about it not all of sunday. if you're heading to the beach, water temperature at a chilly 75, perfect tomorrow, shower possible sunday and showers likely on a cooler monday, highs only around 70 with plenty of clouds. back here at home, high 87. 85 on sunday. chance of a late day shower or thunderstorm, rain likely sunday night, some rain at times on monday. 77. tuesday, wednesday, thursday looking quite nice p. >> i love it. taking a look chopper 4 over the top of the beltway. actually looking pretty good. southbound slow spot on 95, a lot of you worried about 95 today. have a slow spot through

quantico. no report of a problem, about but it's slow. slow slew woodbridge. 301, 210, pennsylvania avenue, everything there looking good and moving just fine. southern avenue at binnienning , road closure because of police activity. top of the beltway 95 this maryland, a smooth commute. 270 at montrose is rolling along just fine. and the bay bridge nice and clear. right now some pretty amazing video and very scary story out of japan. this jet caught fire as it was preparing to take off for south korea. there were more than 300 passengers on board and they were all evacuated and all made it off safely. the fire was extinguished, but we don't know why it even started.

all the lines will be affected by repair work. there will be no orange line service. the silver line service will replace those orange line trains. also the vienna, dunn loring and west falls church stations will be closed this weekend. shuttle buses will be available for rides at those closed stations. the newly repaired arlington memorial bridge faces its first holiday rush this weekend. last year the park service -- since last year they have been installing support beams. but despite the repair, the bridge still needs another $250 million in overhaul work in order to kip the brideep the br closing. i'm landon dowdy. most of the growth in the wireless industry is now coming from other devices such as tablets and lots and lots of cars. the major carrier adding more connected cars than they did in thir

mean that they didn't sell a lot of phones. but most were to existing customer. with your morning business report, i'm lap done dowdy. four things to know. severe thunderstorms are rolling through texas. there are flash flood watches. near austin, four people have been rescued from the water. president obama is on his way back to the united states. he just wrapped up his trip to japan where he called for a reduction of nuclear weapons around the world. many are bracing for what could be very long wait in airports today. derrick ward live at and i began national for us. tsa is working to keep up with the influx of folks in and out of the terminal. clearly in that shot there. thanks, d. >> somebody check and make sure he didn't hit his head. lower gas prices means more people will be on the roads. aaa says the best time to leave is before 11:00 a.m. traffic expected to get busy between 2:00 and 6:00.

memorial day. cooler at the beaches. 77 here. some showers likely, but most of the holiday weekend looking good. bay bridge looking fine. derrick ward may have a knot on his head. southbound slow through quantico and north through woodbridge. >> that is the broadcast this morning. thank you for waking up with us. >> we're back with more local news and weather and traffic at 7:25. "today" is up next.

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