65 in annapolis, 61 leesburg, manassas and purcellville, 57 in smithsburg, maryland this morning up along the pennsylvania border. so the next 24 hours look this way. just a beautiful way to get the day started. 50s and low 60s on your way out the door this morning. highs today will be in the low 80s by 7:00 tonight. mostly clear skies, temperatures back into the mid-70s and mid-70s to get your day started, mid 60s to get your day started tomorrow. a few more clouds tomorrow, but rain chances should hold off until middle of the week. more about the next rain chance coming up at 6:21. it is time for a check on traffic. let's go over to the traffic partner wtop and jack taylor. >> good morning. takoma park is our trouble spot. according to twitter, would we' seeing most of this on side roads. chopper 4 will head over. outer loop top side from 95 toward georgia avenue,

see this kind of pace as you ride around that stretch. traffic light. building toward new hampshire, but good to go toward the temple on 270. should find everything available. angie, eun, back into you. this was an act of terror, and an act of hate. >> please stand and join in a moment of silent reflection on this tragedy. >> please keep us in your prayers and hopefully this madness will stop. >> please join us on this one. ♪ we shall overcome, we shall overcome ♪ we're staying up to the minute on this tragedy. aaron gilchrist is in orlando right now. >> and with breaking developments, we're learning they're continuing to come into the newsroom. here is david culver at the live desk with more. >> just into the live desk, islamic stat

gunman omar mateen one of the soldiers of the caliphate in america. this just in. the orlando shooter killing 50, injuring 53 others. overnight the death tolls remain unchanged, but what we have seen are more names of those killed added to a city of orlando website. in fact 11 added in the past few hours. as we look live at the scene of sunday's shooting, a total of 21 people have been identified as of now they range in age from 20 to 50 years old. many of them latinos, not surprising given the shooting happened during a lat ten lat ten themed event. crews have working on removing and identifying the bodies of those killed. and we're working to find out whether federal agents learned anything from searching the shooter's home. they cleared neighbors from

pierce, florida concerned that omar mateen's condo could be rigged with explosives. officials are trying to determine whether terrorism, hate or both pushed mateen over the edge. and former co-workers describe mateen as, quote, toxic and racist. they reported him to the fbi twice because of the comments he made about radical islamic propaganda. law enforcement tells nbc news the 29-year-old swore allegiance to isis moments before the rampage. his father says the sight of a same sex couple kissing from n. front of his family recently set him off. many are waking up this morning hoping sunday's mass shooting in orlando was all just a bad dream. but this morning the entire country is dealing with the realization of it all. in our team coverage this morning, aaron gilchrist is on the ground in orlando for us with what the community is doing to move forward. >> reporter: this is the first monday after what was

in orlando. we know in the day ahead there is at least one large community vigil planned for the evening tonight, but through the day, we hope to get more answers from law enforcement broke their investigation and what they have been able to uncover about the real motive behind the shooting incident that happened here that left 50 people dead, another 50 plus people injured in hospitals across orlando. we did stop last night at a few places around town where people were gathering. some of the gay night clubs still open for business last night. a lot of the patrons saying that they felt the need to be around other people. they wanted to be together. this is a community that of course is quite sad gatoday, people trying to comfort each other. at the same time i think there is an effort to show resilience, to say despite what happened here in the early morning hours of sunday, this community still wants to show that it is strong, orlando strong is a hash tag trending on social media. so the community trying to show that ath

additional vigils, there will be additional gathers of people throughout the week here. families will continue to gather to try to get more information about the victims. we know that there have been a few locations for families to get that information and gather. but this is going to be several days more of sadness and pain for families here in orlando and for the orlando community. and the gay community in particular here. but the resounding pesage that we're hearing from them is that they to intend to bounce back from this. we of course will be here throughout the day and reporting later on for nbc 4. ♪ we walk hand-in-hand we will kroeovercome, that the message from the rally in front of the capitol. washington gay men's chorus sang and people

candles. and this morning more than 50 people are recovering from the shooting at pulse night club and people here want to know what they can do to help. megan mcgrath is live now with how you can assist. >> reporter: good morning. in the wake of this shooting, people have been turning out in large numbers to donate blood. take a look at this video. this was taken in orlando, florida hours after the shooting. you can see hundreds of people turning out at a donation center there. the line wrapping around the building. one donation center so overwhelmed that they actually asked donors to stop coming on sunday, instead asking them to make appointments and to come in a more spread out way over the next several days so that they could deal with the crowds. there are a number of donation drives happening in our area today. if you want to donate blood, it a look at the different locations. you can come here to the red cross on e street in northwest. the

park lawn drive. the alexandria chapter house on north alfred street. or the fairfax donation center on prosperity avenue. we are expecting to see large crowds at all of these donation centers, red cross says that they have extra toe natidonatio on standby. some of the drives take plus a as early as noon, but there are different times for all. for the exact locations and those exact times, you can go to our website, nbcwashington.com. back to you. and all over the country people are talking about the terror in orlando. take a look at the newspapers. >> the orlando sentinel says our community will heal. and others focus on the shooter or the 50 people who were killed. and the many questions that still remain. >> this story is having a big impact on our area as well. as

washington app to find out how you can donate blood today. there are also many vigils taking place. >> please call police, i'm going to die. >> the mother of one of the night club victims sharing xt cha the exchange she had with her son as the gunman was shooting. gathering to remember those who died. some of the ways people around the country paid tribute to those killed in orlando. also ahead, a community coming together to remember a teen who died with two friends the night before graduation.

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we'll be all dry here the next couple he days. next little chance for rain doesn't show up until wednesday. flying today, houston, perhaps milwaukee, could have weather interruptions. but ride out to work, nothing to worry about. near 80 on the ride home. if you're looking for a flaw sdai today, a little on the breezy side, but that's it. >> breeze i will take. we have chopper 4 over a water main break on 410 near pine any branch road. could have potential for a delay as crews get there. this is 410 at piney branch road in tacokoma park. also heavy traffic in virginia building on 66. nothing wrong, trying to get out of gainesville headed through

always more crowded in towards 50 and 123. pretty typical delays for the last week as we continue with the ongoing metro work. 6:13 is your time. right now people across the country is remembering the victims of the deadliest mass shooting in u.s. history. this is how things look right now in orlando. this is a live picture of the scene in front of the pulse night club where police have been combing the crescene throughout the night. so far 21 victims have been identified. the mother of one of those victims is describing her last conversation with her son who was in the night club as the gunman started shooting. it was a text exchange as her son asked her to call police. >> he texted me at 2:06 and said mommy, i love you. in this club, they're shooting. that was at 2:06. trapped in the

downtown. please call police. i'm going to die. call them mama, now. i'm telling -- i'm in the bathroom. he's coming. i'm going to die. >> in the next text, her son eddie describes the ghun munman terror. >> asked him was he hurt and he said yes. i said are some of the people hurt. he said yes. and i said what bathroom are you in. he said the women's bathroom. and then he said hurry, he's in the bathroom with us. he's a terror. and then i asked him in the men's bathroom and he said no. >> authorities confirmed late last night that her son, eddie justice, was among those dead in the shooting. people gathered outside of the iconic stonewall inn in new york city sunday to mourn those who were

intolerance aimed at the lgbt community. a vigil is planned for tonight at 7:00. the stonewall inn became iconic for the gay rights and gay rights movement following a police raid and street riots back wiin 1969. meanwhile the city of orlando will hold a news conference at 7:00 this morning to update everyone on the investigation. meanwhile stedozens of bodies w removed from the pulse night club as starting to learn more about the people who were killed. leanne gregg is live in orlando. you're right outside one of the hospitals where many of the victims are being treated. i know this will be a long methodical investigation. but what do we expect to learn today? >> reporter: one of the primary focuses, the question of why. they're focusing on what caused the gunman, a 29-year-old american citizen, to open fire. his father offered some clues. he said his son saw two men

enrageded and that could be why he targeted the gay night club. he was investigated by the fbi twice for alleged comments me about frichl both of those cases were closed. and then moments before the shooting on sunday morning, he called 911 and proclaimed his allegiance to isis. the gunman lived a couple hours south of orlando, he was a security guard. he was born in new york and moved to florida more than ten years ago. and as you said, this is only the beginning of a long and b n painstaking investigation. >> leanne gregg, thank you. >> and there is a special edition ever the "today" show this morning covering the horror of this event and how the orlando community is recovering this morning covering the horror of this event and how the orlando community is recovering. it begins at 7:00 a.m. 6:17. the parents of a

crash will bury their son, patrick shiflet viewing and funeral will be at st. john neumann. last tuesday they were riding in a pickup truck in damascus, the pickup left the road and slammed into a tree. al three teens inside died. three people are in the hospital this morning after a chain reaction crash in montgomery county on lockwood drive in the white oak area. a driver lost control of his truck, hit two people and several cars. one of those cars ended up hitting other cars. the truck ended up on its side and firefighters had to save the driver. two pedestrians and the driver are in the hospital now with serious injuries. closing arguments e set to begin today in the trial against a virginia lawyer. andrew schmuhl is accused of tasering and stabbing a couple after his wyche was

of the victims. the against was trying to prove that he was impaired by multiple medications at the time. dalai lama will be in our area today, he is giving a speech at american university. he will likely address the orlando night club shooting this his remarks about finding peace in a modern world. the speech begins at 1:30 this afternoon inside bender arena. well, it's 6:18. and we want to get a check on our weather. after pretty hot weekend, this is really refreshing. >> very nice change, that's right. chuck bell tracking our forecast. >> you'll like it outside today. no 90s compared to what we saw yesterday and over the weekend. saturday's high 96. yesterday's high 93. today's high only about 81 or 2. so it will be a pleasant change. there is a view outside here early this morning from our city camera view. a little bit of a ripple out there on the potomac as opposed to the mirror calm finish. so we know there is a

breeze out there. northwest winds if you're looking for something to complain about, a bit of a gusty wind is probably about all i can give you from the weather department. cool breezes are back, plenty of sunshine and highs back in the 80s where we should be at this time of the year. look how much colder it is this morning. temperatures are 23 degrees colder in frederick, maryland thorn. 22 degrees colder in winchester and leesburg than we were yesterday morning. even downtown, it's 12 degrees cooler. so the heat and humidity over the weekend with the 90 degree weather has been replaced by sunny and cooler weather that is coming our way and we'll be dry here the next couple days. we could actually use the rain. we're a bit behind, almost 3 inches in rainfall for the year. so there will be a chance for rain this week, but not anytime too soon. here is future weather to set your mind at ease for rain chances today. all sunshine all the time through your monday. dry overnight. a couple more clouds sneaking in by early tomorrow morning. and then tomorrow a mix of cloudsd

chances tomorrow are below 20%. so not much of a threat there on tuesday. by wednesday, though, this is future weather on wednesday morning, showers a possibility before lunch and a likelihood after lunch on wednesday. "7-day forecast," looks pretty quiet around here for most of the week. we'll see if we can make it show up here. come on. come on. you can-there we go. thought i was going to have to use a bad word for the weather computer. 82 and breezy today, 28 and dry tomorrow. wednesday a little chance for rain, but best chances for rain are thursday and friday. all eyes now anyway is to get it out of here before the weekend and so far i like our chances. melissa mollett stays away on maternity leave a little while longer, so let's go over to jack taylor now at wtop. good morning. in virginia 95 northbound as you head will up toward the prince william parkway, purely volume moving northbound toward the string field interchange. it's just volume.

410 near pain any branch road, tacoma pack dealing with the water main break. authorities trying to shut it off. so be aware there is a chance for lane closures in the area. 95 south moving past 109, brakes but traffic open. lanes are available headed south is the 121. making sure your kids are well rested. the new guidelines out overnight on how much sleep they should be getting every night. also ahead, paying tribute to those who lost their lives. how the tony awards took time to remember those killed in the pulse night club as our coverage of the terror in orlando continues.

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the city of pittsburgh is celebrating the penguins stanley cup championship this morning. police were out in full force, but we're hearing the parties were mostly peaceful. the penguins now have four championships. they kept rolling in the playoffs after taking out the caps. still breaks my heart. that was more than a month ago. last night's game wasn't much of a nail biter. penguins won 4-2. st sidney crosby won his second thi title. dloo today watergate owe tell hopes for the first time in nearly a decade. it has been undergoing reservations. owner spent $125 million to completely transform the inside. the only part of the origi

building's distinctive and historically protected facade. in "news 4 your health," there are new guidelines out this morning about when your kids should go to bed. the american academy of sleep medicine says that 13 to 18-year-olds need 8 to 10 hours of sleep a night. 6 to 12-year-olds need 9 to 12. and 3 to 5 should be getting 10 to 13 hours of sleep. >> who is getting that much veep? it's hard for us working moms to try to get our kids to go to bed early and now that it's summer, forget about it. >> my two-year-old boy needs tho three hours to recharge thaend he's like that again. and we need nor sleep, too. we're watching developments in florida after the terror in orlando. are you looking live from above at the scene at the pulse night club. coming up, we'll show you how the victims are being remembered.

at the u.s. capitol where the gun debate rages on. >> hate and violence. we will love one another. >> i thought i was going to die. like i didn't know if i was going it come out alive. >> you haven't heard from him? >> he's not answering the phone. >> you will not break us. we are better people than this.

. we're watching developments out of orlando in the wake of the deadliest mass shooting in u.s. history. this is a live picture of the scene in front of the pulse night club where streets around the shooting scene remain closed at this hour. we also have a view of the club from the air. we've watched police gathering evidence from different points around the building. >> 50 people were killed, more than 50 others were hurt. all by omar mateen, the investigation now turning towards his motivation as we're learning about possible ties to terrorism. >> overnight crews slowly recovered victims' bodies there inside the night club. we're learning more about their names and we've just learned that the city of orlando will hold a news conference about the shooting at 7:00 a.m. but first at 6:31 on a monday morning, here are the 4 things you need 40

the forecast. dry air back in place. heat and humidity of the weekend is gone. a nice northwest wind has set up shop and driven all the heat and humidity away from us. so no more 90s for now. might be a while before we get back above 90. and there is a chance of heavier rain coming late in the week. for now though it's a beautiful dry start. 60 at dulles airport, 60 in rockville, 61 in college park and 63 in brandywine, maryland. forecast for today, mid level clouds out there. that's all we have to worry about. temperatures 50s and 60s as you head out the door. we'll have afternoon highs up in the low 80s. that's a couple degrees cooler than average. we love cooler than average in the summertime. a check on traffic now, let's see if it's average, above or below. here is jack taylor. >> we've kind of hit the average on the south side outer loop 95 toward georgia avenue. just volume, volume. 395 north out of springfield, same thing. toward 14th street bridge, just driving in to some of that sunshine. 410 near piney branch road, dealing with a water main break. authorities are on scene. but at this stage, traffic still

of traffic, but definitely the potential for some folks being out of water in tacokoma park. back to you. >> 6:32. the orlando club shooting is already addressing the gun control debate about that president obama challenged country and congress to take action. kristin wright is live on capitol hill with more. >> reporter: omar mateen used the same type of weapon that has been used in so many mass shootings and that is going to fuel the gun debate in congress. this is a picture of the president being briefed yesterday about the orlando massacre. this morning we are all learning a lot more about omar mateen and his weapons. he had a handgun and an ar gsh 15 assault rifle. federal authorities say mateen bought the assault rifle legally in florida last week. it has become

p yesterday president obama said orlando is another the reminder of how easy it is for the wrong people to get powerful weapons. >> we have to city if that's the kind of country we want to be. in fact if we do nothing, a decision as well. >> reporter: mateen was flagged by the fbi if the past, but cleared. back to you. >> kristin wright on capitol hill for us. hillary clinton and donald trump will give dueling speeches today reacting to the shooting in orlando. aides to donald trump say that he will give a major speech with a focus on national security. he will also include remarks about immigration. he had planned a speech that would have targeted hillary clinton. meanwhile clinton will give her reaction to the attacks in cleveland, ohio. her speech there was initially planned

many families devastated by the terror in orlando and all around the country, people are coming up with ways to honor the victims and their loved ones. david culver is gathering details from the live desk. >> we know that in moments of terror and loss, many of you crave that togetherness,unity. it's for that reason several vigils are planned around the nation. today organizersing to remember the orlando victims this both baltimore and as well as hampton roads. tom there is a planned vigil set for the richmond air. and then on wednesday, the d.c. center will host a gathering that will be in northwest. with so many of these being planned, we've twooeeted out a link and you can find that on our twitter feed. it is 6:34. tributes are pouring in for the victims of the orlando club shootings and families. listen to how the tony awards

>> your tragedy is our tragedy. theater is a place where every race, creed, sexuality and gender is equal, embraced and loved. hate will never win. >> after the tribute, "hamilton" went on to win 11 tony awards. just one short of the record. an indiana man is behind bars this morning after police found three assault rifles and chemicals used to make explosives inside of his car. james howell's arrest came just hours after the shooting in orlando. police chief initially tweeted howell said he wanted to, quote, do harm at l.a.'s pride event, but she later corrected her fwooet to say that howell said he was going to the parade. one witness described his interaction with him. >> and answer i looked at him, he came out the car, he started running across the street and he started hiding in between the trees and

we looked at aeeach other a who long minute and i guess he got nervous. >> the fbi says the arrest has no connection to the attack in orlando. and vigils and covering it all. check the nbc washington app. he was mentally unstable and mentally ill. >> learning more about the man behind the deadliest attack in u.s. history, what the ex-wife and father of omar mateen are saying about the man they knew. plus doing your part to help the victims. the efforts by the red cross to help those in need.

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20 before 7:00 a.m. on a monday morning after a blazing hot weekend, we're finally back to slightly cooler weather. but still get away with shorts and t-shirts. don't forget your sunblock. school day forecast, mid-60s at the bus stop this morning. notice the flag standing straight out there this morning, a bit of a breeze out there northwest winds today will average 15 to 20 miles per hour. maybe even a little gusty at times. 7 day forecast which has no more 90s on it for a little while, that coming up in ten minutes. now it's traffic time. let's go over to jack taylor. up in westminster, sounds like we have a crash south of community college on 97 near 32. southbound lanes repor

area, just be aware you may be under police direction. otherwise beltway normal heavy traffic building on the outer loop top side 95 to energy avenu georgia avenue. inner loop. nothing wrong out of springfield. should find everything available to you. moving pretty well right now. back into you. blood drives in our area are expected to be crowded today as people try to help in the wake of the orlando shooting. i'm megan mcgrath, a live report coming up. >> my heart goes to the families. >> the father of omar mateen sitting down with nbc news to talk about his son in the wake of the deadly night club attack. plus aaron gilchrist joins us live on the phone to talk about the scene there in orlando this morning as our coverage of the terror in orndo continues. la

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hopefully this madness will stop. >> hate will never win. ♪ we shall overcome >> we're watching developments out of orlando. you're looking live at the scene in front of the pulse fight club where streets around the shooting scene remain closed at this hour. >> we're working all angels. first we want to go to the live desk with david culver. >> just in this morning, islamic state radio calling omar mateen a soldier of the caliphate in america. as we look live as the sun comes up above the pulse club, it is still surrounded by emergency vehicles as the investigation there presses on. crews worked to remove and identify the bodies of those killed. investigators

purchased guns, and he killed 50, injuring 53 others. what we have seen are more names of those killed added to a city of orlando website. a total of 21 identified. 11 added in just the past few hours. as of now, they range in age from 20 to 50 years old and we're learning of a press conference with city of orlando officials, that will xwib will about 15 minutes. angie and eun, back to you. it's now been more than 24 hours since orlando became the site of the deadliest mass shooting in u.s. history. family members still looking for loved ones are waking up to a growing list of identified victims. >> aaron gilchrist is in orlando this morning and he's got more on the community's reaction to the tragedy. aaron, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning. it's been a wild scene to watch here in the hours that we've been here. i talked to a youngn

yesterday who used the word shellshocked to describe how he felt and how some of his friends had felt. people here are -- no one thought that they would be making history when they went out saturday night into sunday morning. and now here we are looking at the deadliest mass shooting in this country's history. i was in virginia tech, at virginia tech in the hours and noons in the days after the shooting there. 32 people killed there and you would think that would be as bad as it could get and now here we are in orlando trying to make sense of what happened, not really able to make sense of it, at the same time looking for ways to comfort aech otheach ot. we saw a lot of strangers hugging each other in the streets last night. we went to one of the other gay bars here in town. they were all open. there was have a security, but people felt like they needed to be together, they needed to not sort of sit and stew. but to get together and try to comfort ea

they were doing yesterday. and now here we are on a monday, they will go back to work and again try to make the effort to find normalcy. >> and aaron, you're right, it seems like togetherness has been an overwhelming theme in the wake of this horrific act. we've been seeing live pictures from orlando this morning. it lacks liooks like an active still. you can tell us more about the investigation? >> reporter: yeah, the fbi fooish still the lead agency on this investigation. and there is still a lot of information ren sick work to be done. we believe all the bodies have been removed from the pulse night club. there were white vans pulling up to the club, bodies being brought out and put into those vans. the medical examiner here has asked for help, just an kroefr wl h kroefr weoverwhelming amount oft needs to bene

diminishes. and that building is turned back over to the owner. but it's hard to imagine what it must look like inside. 100 people killed or injured. i can't imagine the amount of work that is still to be done before that area really becomes normal again. >> staggering. definitely a lot to take in. aaron, thank you so much. i know that he will have more reports coming up not only online, but also on news 4 at 4:00, 5:00, 6:00 and 11:00 tonight. so thank you for that. it is now 6:49. former co-workers describe omar mateen as a -- we'll get to that. we're working to find out whether federal agents learned anything from searching the shooter's home. they cleared neighbors from the property last night concerned about omar mateen's condo, that

explosive explosives. officials trying to determine whether terrorism, hate or both pushed mateen over the edge. former co-workers describe mateen as, quote, toxic and racist. they reported him to the fbi twice because of the comments he made about radical islamic propaganda. the 29-year-old swore allegiance to isis moments before the rampage. his ex-wife calls him a significant man. >> emotional instability, he was mentally unstable and mentally ill. >> nbc new has not independently confirmed that mateen had any kind of mental disorder. his ex-wife says they were only together about four months before she filed for divorce. she said she is, quote, angry to be of a tiaffiliated with someo could cause so much harm.

♪ we'll walk hand-in-hand some day ♪ >> this concert gave way to a candlelight vigil. the washington gay men's chorus performed. people waved flags with candles and held up signs. one saying stop homophobia, stop islamphobia. flags at the capitol, white house and government buildings around the country will fly at half-staff this week to honor the victims of the shooting. and our team coverage on the orlando club shooting continues. more than 50 people are recovering from the mass shooting at the pulse night club in orlando and people here want to know what they can do to help. megan mcgrath is live now with how you can get involved. >> reporter: yeah, a lot of people around the country and here locally want to help. they want to contribute in some way. and a lot of people are giving blood. take a look at this video. this was taken outside of a blood donation facility in

after the shooting. you can see hundreds of people lining up, the line wrapping around the building. one donation center was so overwhelmed that they had to ask people to stop turning up on sunday and instead to make appointments over the coming days so that they could accommodate everybody. now, there are four blood drives in our area today and we are expecting a large crowd to show up. here are the locations. you can come here to e street, the red cross in northwest, the rockville donation center on park lawn drive, the alexandria chapter house on north alfred street. they're also taking donations at the fairfax donation center on prosperity avenue. red cross official says that they do have extra donation vans on hand and will bring them in if so many people show up that they are needed. now, in terms of the exact times and locations, you can find them on our website, nbcwashington.com. back to you. and we'll be

of the story and its developments throughout the morning. even when we're not on the air. at 7:00 a.m., there is a news conference in ordinary and you can watch it live coming unfollowed by a special edition of the today owing sh"today" sh. good morning, everybody. sun up since 5:42 early this morning. cool northwesterly winds are back in fashion around here. plenty of sunshine today and as a result of the nice northwesterly breeze, temperatures will say in the 80s. no more 90s for a while. rain chances nothing to worry about today or tomorrow, but by wednesday, thursday and friday, rain chances going up from scattered to likely around here especially thursday and friday time frame. but for now, big area of high pressure is protecting all of the eastern seaboard of the u.s. from anything in the way of rainfall. so we'll be dry up and down the northeast rr

traveling to new york city or boston or south to atlanta, nothing to worry about. future weather for us, locally just a few high clouds during the second half of the afternoon. overnight and tomorrow, i think tomorrow will be a partly sunny day. ribbon of moisture tries to come our way. it may wring out one or two spot showers in northern maryland, but rain chances tomorrow are below 20%. on wednesday, here is 7:30 wednesday morning, cloudy skies and a risk for a few drops around. wednesday afternoon, showers getting more and more likely. that is the rain chance that will continue to increase as we get into the weekend. the end of the week rather, not the weekend. so here is your forecast, 82 breezy and sunny today. 82 tomorrow. best chance for rain thursday, thursday night into friday. all eyes turn toward the weekend and so far more dry than wet and temperatures staying at or below average. let's go over to wtop now and jack

frederick on 270, nothing wrong. building volume down toward 109 and then through rockville headed toward the lane divide. here is a shot at 28. stacked on the main and locals. driving in to some sunshine, virginia 66 going east bound. manassas headed toward centreville. again fairfax county parkway passing 50, traffic crowded out toward 123 and beltway, but so far everything open along the way. angie, eun, back into you. >> i'm as shocked as you are. i don't approve this. in the united states anyone has the freedom and the choice to live their life. and nobody has the right to do anything or impose anything. so i don't approve of him. >> that is the father of omar mateen speaking to nbc's kerry sanders about his son carrying out the attack in

he said he was shocked when he learned what happened and he shares the pain that the families of the victims are going through. mateen says once the time is right, he would like to visit those who were injured. >> while vigils like this one take place arnts countound the the gun control debate is heating up. kristin wright tlive at the capitol hill. >> reporter: flags will be at half-staff. president obama calling for the nation -- calling on congress to take action saying that the orlando shooting is another reminder of how easy it is for the wrong person to get their hands on such powerful weapons. the ar-15 used in in san bernardino to kill 14 people and wound 22 more. sandy hook, 20 first graders and six staff members killed there. and the colorado movie shooting, a mass shooting at a midnight screeng

today senator bob casey of pennsylvania will announce his proposal to restrict gun sales and we're sure the first of many proposals to come. back to you. >> kristin wright, thank you. and at 7:30, the city of orlando is holding a news conference about the shooting. you can watch it as part of the special report on the "today" show. and we will stream it live. >>

♪ good morning. terror in orlando. new video emerges taken outside the pus nightclub during the worst mass shooting in u.s. history. at least 50 people murdered. 53 others wounded by a 23-year-old gunman before he was killed by police. this morning, a chilling profile emerging from his ex-wife. >> he would get mad outside of nowhere. >> do you believe -- >> yeah, i hope so, because what my son did this, it is a horrible thing. >> it