this was the scene for hours in middleburg, virginia, last night. heavy rain and huge clumps of hail covering the ground. the line of thunderstorms with powerful wind. gusts snapped some trees in half. cars were damaged bad because of that hail. some neighbors actually put down sandbags to keep the water out while others were without power for hours. >> huge hail there. let's get to storm team 4 meteorologist amelia draper who was tracking when that rain will move out of your neighborhood. good morning. >> good morning. not only scattered showers right now and threat of rain really diminishes by 10:00 a.m. before i get to radar, i want to show you storm reports from yesterday. these are hail and wind reports combined. you can see they really favor virginia. hard any any reports in maryland and no storm reports in the district. as storms pushed eastward they fizzled out. look at the report out of b

area around 6:00 in the evening. here's what's left of this storm system. showers in southern maryland. widely scattered light showers in parts of montgomery and frederick county and heavier rain back over the mountains. again, this moves out of the area by 10:00 a.m.ç comfortably cool this morning as well with temperatures in the 60s. dave, you're tracking an issue on the roads after a quiet morning. >> luckily the bulk of that storm damage stayed well to the west of the metro area. the bulk of the metro area beltway included off to a good start. we're looking at i-95 and northbound traffic slow through woodbridge near prince william parkway. a crash just got put in its place on the right shoulder. all lanes are open. brief delay getting past it. not bad on 66. heavy eastbound toward centreville. beltway traffic growing. on rails, orange and silver lanes a

because of unscheduled/ no trains getting through at all. you'll have to find a work around. if you drive, you'll have a lot of company out there. for a lot of folks the work around is skipping rails all together and driving to work. we expect a lot of traffic out there on the area highways as the second phase gets under way. the second phase is going to be more painful than the first because the first time we had single tracking at least and now we have a

two of the stations. now, take a look at the area where the work is being done. it's between eastern market and the minnesota avenue and benning road stations. now, the potomac avenue and stadium armory stations, those are the ones that are going to be closed completely. they'll be shutdown on saturday. the work lasts 16 days. they won't reopen until july 3rd. now, there are going to be buses. a shuttle bus will go between here and new carrollton station but buses can't handle the ridership. they don't carry as many people as trains and so it's really going to be a tough go for a lot of folks. i talked to a rider this morning. he says he's going to ride the rails despite the work. he does expect it to take him a lot longer. >> double the length of my commute probably. easily. it has to be done. should have been done a long time ago.

officials are hoping that they can see a reduction in ridership out of prince george's county by about 60% to 70% so that buses can keep up and move people around. that's a lot of folks. 60% to 70% reduction in ridership from this county. a lot of people who would have to find another way to work. the advice here is plan ahead. don't wait until the last minute to figure out what you're going to be doing because this is going to be a difficult time and it's going to last over two weeks. back to you guys in the studio. >> megan mcgrath, thank you. in addition to safetrack there will be track work this weekend. be sure to check out the nbc washington app for a list of stations affected. i'm molette green at the live desk. new video of the western wildfires. hot, dry, windy conditions just fueling those flames. take a look there. one of the toughest blaze now 1,700cr

and ranches west of santa barbara with hundreds of firefighter attacking the flames on ground and by air. blazes in arizona and new mexico forcing thousands out of their homes. we'll keep an eye on it and that's the latest for now. back to you, angie. new details this morning as disney says it's going to start putting up warning signs about alligators. we now know how little boy died in gator attack. the orange county medical examiner says that 2-year-old lane graves died of drowning and traumatic injuries. an alligator grabbed him while he was wading in the water with his father near disney resort tuesday night. wildlife officials are removing gators from that lagoon and have not figured out at this point which one grabbed the boy. it will be a tough weekend for families affected by the terror in orlando. funeral services are beginning for the 49 people who lost their lives at the pulse nightclub on sunday. a city

offering free burials to all victims of the shooting attack. members of a church plan to protest funerals this weekend because of the victims. members of the human chain link group will be at funerals to counteract the church members protests. during the shooting massacre, the fbi says gunman omar mateen texted his wife around 2:00 a.m. he texted his wife asking do you see what's happening? she responded no. his last text read, i love you, babe. salman tried to call her husband several times but he never answered. we learn the owner of a gun shop in florida refused to sell mateen body armor weeks before the attack. the owner says he thought it was suspicious that mateen wanted body armor typically used by law enforcement. >> we could see demonstrations if the d.c. administration rejects the merger.

they say it made procedural areas when it approved the deal in march and say the utility merger is a bad deal for the public. and there will be a community meeting this morning about preventing the spread of the zika virus in prince george's county at the southern regional technology and recreation complex. they plan to share safe ways to cleaning up standing water and offer travel advice. that meeting set to begin at 10:00 this morning. three babies born in the u.s. have birth defects linked to zika. three more have been lost to s miscarriages or aborted because of birth defects. the cdc says it expects local outbreaks of zika in the u.s. as mosquito season starts. news4 went behind the scenes for a look at how the d

the virus. it includes trapping and testing mosquitos in all eight wards. up until this year, it only tested for west nile virus. this year it added testing for zika and two others. the district says it has no confirmed cases of any of the viruses. >> we want to make certain that we are testing, looking for things that are of concern and being able to report that to the public for public safety and also for confidence in where we currently stand. >> the testing on mosquitos is done in d.c.'s forensic lab. doctors showed us it found one potential positive case but they are not sure which virus it is yet. >> just seemed like the bus didn't weigh anything so we just lift the bus. >> some local heroes reflecting on the moment they rushed into help those hurt after a bus rolls over along the george washington parkway.

redskins name debate. the place where people are no longer allowed to wear the team's gear. the storms are clearing. you can still encounter some showers as you step outside this morning. storm team 4 meteorologist amelia draper is tracking when things will clear up where you live with your h

>> it will be refreshing as you step out the door this morning with temps in the low to mid 60s. 63 at dulles where yesterday 2.8 inches of rain was reported. 63 right now in camp springs. cloudy skies across the entire area and some scattered showers. as we move toward 8:00 a.m., scattered showers south and west of washington. winchester, fredericksburg, charles county around waldorf

area. by 9:00 a.m., isolated showers but plenty of clouds. as we move toward 11:00 a.m., the area dries out. we'll have a look at what temperatures to expect as we head into the afternoon hours hour by hour coming up. dave? >> we are taking a look right now at montgomery county and specifically shady grove road near ramps to 270 and 200. you can see live chopper 4 flying over the scene. you can see the lanes on eastbound side of shady grove are constricted by the response. a delay westbound on shady grove and you can't turn on 370. near the shady grove metro station. orange lines and silver lines are single tracking because of unscheduled track work. that's the very latest. back to you. i'm molette green. we want to show you a scary moment on stage for rock singer meat loaf that sent him to the

microphone you're watching here and fell to the floor during a concert in canada last night. no word yet on his condition this morning. it's not the first time that medics have rushed to his side after a stage collapse but in 2011 he got up and finished the show. we're staying on top of the latest developments in this situation. back to you. >> i just basically did what any person, any person with any kind of moral obligation would do. >> we are now hearing about the dramatic rescue along the gw parkway for the first time from the good samaritan who helped save lives after a bus crash. two army soldiers say it was instinct when they saw a crash on the way home. they were among a number of parkway heroes who stopped to help. they were driving home when they saw the overturned bus. they immediately pulled over and rushed to help passengers.

trapped under the bus after it collided with a car and tipped on its side. the soldiers say they were acting on adrenaline and duty to serve. >> i just basically did what any person with any kind of moral obligation would do. >> one person did die and more than a dozen others were injured in that crash. all of the passengers on the bus were tourists visiting from china. maryland judge upholds a controversial suspension. a boy who is now 11 was suspended for chewing a pop tart into the shape of a gun and then pretending to shoot classmates. the incident happened in 2013 at park elementary school. a judge ruled the school could consider the boy's actions disruptive and that the two-day suspension was appropriate based on his past behavioral issues. a 7 year old who

gun to elementary school will not be expelled. he'll be allowed back for his final day of school. he was suspended for ten days after the school board heard arguments the superintendent withdrew his expulsion recommendation. the defense gets back to work today in the trial of baltimore police officer caesar goodson. he's the van driver accused of taking freddie gray on a rough ride that eventually caused his death last year. yesterday the judge denied a motion to dismiss all the charges against goodson. the defense is trying to prove that gray's death was an accident and not a homicide. goodson is facing the most serious charges of six officers involved. second-degree depraved heart murder. federal prosecutors busted a local identity theft ring. they say the scam could involve thousands of victims and millions of dollars. investigators say that two people posted job listings on craigslist. police came they asked for

social security numbers as well and shell companies were set up to advertise cheap travel deals. the two now being held without bond in alexandria. d.c. police now searching for two persons of interest in this robbery in southeast. take a look at the surveillance video we got. it clearly looks like a school. d.c. police say the theft happened in the 3300 block of minnesota avenue southeast. that's near kimball elementary school. police are not saying what was taken but they do need help identifying the people who were in this video. we're watching a huge fire just raging in florida. it has now gone to five alarms. we want to show you the video we've been watching of this large warehouse. our nbc affiliate in that area of sarasota reports the fire broke out about 5:00 a.m. at the

7,000 square footwe warehouse. it spread to two additional buildings. unclear if anyone was inside at the time. we're staying on top of the latest developments here from t the live desk. back to you. senator bernie sanders is not conceding the democratic presidential nomination. in a new video message he urges his supporters to continue pushing for democratic political reform. >> it's no secret that secretary clinton and i have strong disagreements on some very, very important issues. it is also true that our views are quite close on others. >> sanders says he looks forward to working with clinton in the coming weeks and we aren't aware of any scheduled campaign events for clinton today. some of you already making plans. the redskins training camp is in richmond and it's next month. we're learning about some changes to make the experience even more fun for you and the family. first of all, there's a brand new video board. there's also a new timed obstacle course for the kids and

day at camp with activities just for your children and giveaways. training camp begins july 28th. and some students at a top d.c. school are not fans of the redskins name and they are taking action on it. the student government banned all redskins logos and apparel from its dress code. it says the team's mascot is offensive and anti-ethical to the values of the community. it's time to check our forecast. we had some severe storms overnight but so far so good this morning. >> we are hoping things dry out for the holiday weekend. it looks like it could be a good one. >> it's looking like a beautiful weekend. last weekend the first time the area hit 90 degrees so far this year. this weekend not as hot. 80s more importantly low humidity. i am tracking rain across the area on storm team 4 radar. i was following the storms last night on the nbc washington app.

have the latest forecast radar there on your phone. some showers in southern maryland. scattered light showers in parts of loudon, montgomery, frederick counties. these fizzling out and then more substantial rain around charlottesville area. for most of us, scattered light showers until 9:00 a.m. cloudy skies during the morning hours. we're in the 60s right now. comfortable this morning. 63 in leesburg. 66 in the district. as we work our way toward 7:00, temps stay in the 60s. by noon the threat of rain has come to an end. peeks of sunshine around 70 beautiful degrees. 4:00, 76. cooler than yesterday. our high yesterday was 89. hour high today is 78 degrees. what that means for your evening, spectacular. a temp around 74. now tomorrow a high of 82. sunday a high of 85. perfect weather for father's day.

chance of late-day storms on tuesday. a high around 90. hourly planner for sunday will start off the day with a temperature around 62 degrees as we work our way into morning hours, temperatures in the low 70s. dave, what's the latest on the roads? i know you're tracking an accident right now. >> traditionally friday morning rush hours are easy. so far so good. we'll look at the maps. mostly green around the beltway and really no appreciable delays anywhere around the beltway including that stretch between 95 and george avenue where we typically see slowing. a crash in montgomery county on shady grove road near the ramps to 370 and 200 east. eastbound traffic gets by to the right as they tow vehicles away. 66 heavy east through centreville and passing 50 interchange. on metro, it's slow and potential delays

for unscheduled track work. back to you. not the kind of guest you want to encounter while you're out in the backyard. where bears like this one have been turning up in our area. >> and the tweet from

welcome back at 6:25. in the countdown to rio olympic games, russia will find out whether there will be a ban lifted on the track and field team. they were suspended after a report found widespread state sponsored doping. if the ban is upheld, they can compete in the rio games since ioc makes the final decision on olympic participation. look at this tweet. it's been deleted and steph curry's wife apologized. it's a story of the nba finals right now. the cleveland cavaliers just

game seven after they were down 3-1 in the series. not only that, curry, the nba mvp was ejected last night. on the other side, the cavs star lebron james scored 41 points. as he leads them to the championship, this will be the city of cleveland's first championship since the 1960s. 1964. >> so much pressure and a lot riding on this game. a lot of emotions. >> ayesha fired up. she says anything, it goes out. she says she let emotions get to her and wasn't a fan of a bad call in her words. beware. where is our sound effect. silver spring on a bear alert after several people spotted a black bear waltzing through the area. >> my hometown. too close for comfort. police think it may

local counties. montgomery county police say multiple people called to report a bear sighting yesterday. look at that bear. viewers also sent us videos and photos from silver spring. one man says he saw the bear walking through the office parking lot. other bear sightings have happened in montgomery and prince george's county over the last few weeks. they're getting closer. >> see one and scream and make a lot of noise. all right. the rain has stopped. we're seeing the daniel left behind after a lot of that severe weather hit our area yesterday. the number of people waking up without power this morning. here are the storm reports from yesterday's severe weather that moved through the area. coming up, i'll let you know how the system will affect us through the weekend. >> you can catch the man: lifeet

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there are still thousands without power this morning after that strong line of storms moved through our area last night. northern virginia had the worst of it. do

3,000a 3,000 outages in northern virginia. also at this hour, 3,800 rappahannock customers are in the dark. derrick ward is live in middleburg with a look at what crews are doing to get the city back up and running this morning. >> reporter: we're in the heart of old town on route 50 as it cuts through the center of town. this is typical of what you see. damage in this store because the hail actually knocked a hole in the roof and got some leaks in there. a crew just left here taking a look at it. roofs took a beating in the area from the hail. the storm came through here. there was warning. they did hear the alarms going off and everything but we talked to one roofing crew that was busy since last night and off to another project and as you said, about 5,000 power outages in

area. that's keeping dominion power crews busy trying to restore power to folks that don't have it. in the heart of town they do but people on either side of main street that have issues with power this morning. we talked to a resident of this town and what it was lining at the height of the storm. from what she said, it was intense. >> warnings went off and rain came down. the sky turned a whole other color and down came the hail the size of tennis balls. it was absolutely crazy. >> reporter: we told you about how roofing crews have been busy all day. coming up, we'll talk to the guys about what they have seen and haven't seen anything like it in quite a while. derrick ward, news4. back to you. >> things are clearing up in our area right now. >> storm team 4 meteorologist amelia draper is here with four things to know on this tgi friday. >> good morning. happy friday. here are four things you need

some scattered light showers around until about 10:00 a.m. at the latest. after that skies clear. overall it will be a really nice day. what the storm system will help out with our weather as we head on into today and the weekend. lower humidity levels. refreshing today. cooler temps today as well but we warm back up into the 80s for father's day weekend. spectacular weekend at that. and very little rain chances in the forecast. our next chance of rain comes later in the day on tuesday. if you're getting out of town this weekend heading to the beach, water temperature now coming in at 73. i suspect some locations still in the 60s. today someorning showers at the beach. windy throughout the day. low to mid 70s for saturday and sunday with plenty of sun. dave, i know you have been saying it's a quiet morning. we expect that on a friday. any issues right now? >> a couple things here and there. it's great that the bulk of the storms stayed away from the

different story in middleburg. no significant storm damage to talk about around the beltway. in virginia on i-66, congestion building on 66 eastbound direction heading east through fair oaks in toward nutley street. trip inbound on chain bridge with caution on canal road toward arizona avenue. lights are on flash. police are not directing and all lanes go inbound at 6:15 a.m. with caution if you have yet to head out this way. that's the latest. back to you. molette green at the live desk following a developing story. a man in the hospital after a vicious stabbing this morning close to a d.c. police station. this happened shortly after 4:00 a.m. in the 3300 block of sherman avenue northwest. it's close to park road and the fourth district police station. police tell us they found the victim with stab wounds including cuts on his chin and cheek. his

serious although he was conscious and breathing on the way to the hospital. it's believed multiple people were involved but no word on suspects or a motive in this case. back to you. it's 6:35. today marks one year since the massacre inside a charleston, south carolina, church. nine people were shot and killed during bible study at mother emmanuel church. there are dozens of memorials planned in the city today. the biggest will be at td arena where thousands will gather to remember the victims. for families, today will be a tough day. >> anxious. i feel just -- i get down in the dumps. i cry. you know, without even knowing it's going to happen. i really have no control. >> the shooting started a

symbolism behind the confederate flag. dozens of state department employees are calling for u.s. military action in syria. 50 mid level officials argue military action would pressure syria's government into accepting a cease-fire and engaging in peace talks. some state department members are now endorsing air strikes. president obama has said that syrian president bashar al assad must relinquish control. secretary of state john kerry says he's reviewing options. it will be another two years before we see a new fence around the white house. a new design has gotten preliminary approval. the commission of fine arts approved a concept for an 11-foot fence which is four feet higher than the current one. it also would have wider and stronger pickets. the secret service and national park service expect construction to begin in 2018. a houston family is in mourning today after their child crawled into a

died in the heat. such an awful story. authorities say 3-year-old evan died after he went into cardiac arrest in the hot car. police say he may have climbed into the car to get a toy and the childproof locks were on. the family immediately called 911 and started cpr when they found him. no charges have been filed but an investigation is still ongoing. here at the live desk we just learned the second black box, the flight data recorder, now found in the mediterranean. just yesterday egyptian investigators recovered a damaged voice recorder from the wreckage of egyptair that crashed last month. information from both of these black boxes could tell us why that plane went down and if a bomb took it down with 66 people onboard. that's the latest. back to you. the thunderbirds are back in the air over ocean city, maryland,hi

crashed during a flyover at an air force academy graduation in colorado. the pilot was forced to eject. he was not seriously hurt. the team has been grounded for the last two weeks. while we are dealing with heavy rain out west, these intense wildfires have people on the edge. what we're learning about evac wa evacuations at this hour. with heightened fears over the zika virus, we'll show you the steps d.c. is

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not looking spectacular outside right now as you get ready this morning. isolated showers but by tonight you're thinking about the weekend, gorgeous weather in the forecast. comfortable with temps in the upper 60s to 70s. if you get chilly easy, you might want to bring a light jacket out to dinner. for most of us, very enjoyable weather. sunse a

here's the latest on storm team 4 radar. i'll update when showers leave the area in ten minutes. what's the latest on the roads? still quiet on this friday morning? >> for the most part. under overcast skies, it bodes well for travel conditions across the metro area. we're watching traffic on utter loop of the beltway. this is in montgomery county west of colesville road. this crash is on the shoulder. it's distracting but not blocking drivers on the outer loop. haven't had an update from metro. at last report orange and silver line trains are still single tracking unscheduled track work not related to the safetrack project. back to you. two metro stations will close during the second surge of repair work scheduled to get under way this weekend. do you have a plan for getting around? a live report coming up. also ahead, the safety changes being made at

disneyworld following that alligator attack at a resort. >> skies are clearing but we're tracking the impact that severe weather is still having on people across northern virginia thi

right now, we're tracking cleanup efforts across parts of northern virginia this morning where thousands of people remain without power after those severe

we're working on to get you up to the minute the minute you're up. we want to begin with megan mcgrath with more on the second phase of metro's safetrack program. hi, megan. >> reporter: good morning. it's going to be a tough go for a lot of people especially folks, riders who come out of prince george's county, say you're a federal employee and you normally take metro downtown. once this work begins this weekend, there are going to be two closed stations that block your path. you'll have to figure out some kind of a work around. that's a lot of people that will be impacted. they're going to be shuttle buses. the problem though is those buses can't accommodate all of the people who are going to use. them. it's simple math there. take a look at where the work is going to be done this weekend. it's between eastern market and minnesota avenue and the benning road stations. this is the phase two here. this means potomac avenue and stadium

going to be completely closed. this work is expected to last 16 days. gets under way on saturday. it will last until july 3rd. lots of disruptions. people are being asked to make alternative plans. here at prince george's county, they're trying to reduce ridership between 60% and 70% to take the pressure off the system. we'll see if people actually go that route or not. we spoke to one gentleman who says he's actually going to take one of the shuttle buses. >> come and take the shuttle i guess. it's the only option. i'm not driving to d.c. >> reporter: they'll be crowded. >> roads will be crowded, too. more crowded. it's two lanes most of the drive. i'm not taking that. >> reporter: and the hope here is that people will have a plan, come up with a plan in advance. back to you all in the studio. >> megan, thank you. in addition to safetrack there will also be track work this weekend. you'll want to check out the nbc washington app for a list of all of the stations affected.

we now know how the little boy died near a disneyworld resort. the orange county medical examiner says 2-year-old lane graves died of drowning and traumatic injuries when he was dragged off by an alligator earlier this week. we go to florida for more on what comes next. gabe, good morning. >> reporter: disney confirmed it will add more warning signs here at disneyworld following the horrifying death of 2-year-old lane graves. however, the theme park will not specify how many signs will go up or when. this morning the family of lane graves is also speaking out in a written statement saying that we are devastated by the loss and words cannot express our grief. now, disney, the debate has exploded about whether disney did enough to warn its guests of potential dangers in the water.

at the park and outside the grand floridian where this attack occurred. however, they do not specify that there are alligators in the water. again, the news today is disney is confirming that it will beef up its warning signs. back to you. >> gabe gutierrez live for us. be sure to watch gabe's full report coming up next on the "today" show. it will be a hard weekend for families affected by the terror in orlando. funeral services are beginning for the 49 people who lost their lives at the pulse nightclub on sunday. a city owned cemetery is offering free burials to all victims of the shooting attack the fbi says that omar mateen texted his wife during the attack. around 2:00 in the morning he texted his wife asking do you see what's happening? she responded no. his last text read, i love you babe. salman tried calling her husband several times but he never answered. we're also learning how the owner of a gun shop in florida

armor weeks before this attack. the owner says he thought it was suspicious that mateen wanted body armor typically used by law enforcement. we want to update you on the latest power outage numbers right now. the biggest outages are with two companies. dominion virginia and let's start now with 3,200 without power in northern virginia. worst hit area was richmond where more than 150,000 customers don't have power right now. richmond public schools are closed today due to widespread power outages and significant damage. look at these pictures from martinsburg, west virginia. some scary stuff here. you can actually see what looks like funnel clouds but no confirmed tornado. this morning the national weather service is investigating reports of a tornado in nearby berkeley springs, west virginia. there are reports ofr

thunder, heavy rain and huge clumps of hail came down for hours in middleburg, virginia. the line of thunderstorms with powerful wind gusts snapped some trees. cars were also damaged pretty bad. look at that hail. neighbors actually put down sandbags to try to keep the water out. news4's derrick ward is live this morning with a look at some of the damage in middleburg, virginia. we hear some police cars took bad beating from all that hail last night. >> reporter: we are here in middleburg and the storm came through the center of town. this is what hail will do. this is a roofing shingle we found on the sidewalk. if you look down there farther, you can see green. the hail knocked leaves off the trees. the storms indeed did a number on vehicles and roofs

town. we have been looking at the damage and you can see it off some of the side streets. there were folks who may have lost some power. for the most part, it was all about roofs, windows and cars. cars sustained quite a bit of damage. look at the vehicles that we found with broken windshields. one was towed away with the window broken out. with that stuff coming from the sky, it kept roofers busy. >> knocked windows out as you can see. shutters and stuff are busted up. metal roof in the front is beat up and damaged. some glass is broken in the back as well. >> common ground coffee house has power here. people who don't have power will come here to talk about it. what's the weather looking like? are we going to see any more of this or anything? >> no severe weather in the forecast today. some scattered showers out there this morning. overall the weather having a low impact on your day. we're looking at a really nice day when all is said and done. these show

we'll have increasing sunshine, low humidity. highs today in the 70s. it was hot yesterday before the severe weather moved into the area. high temperatures warm to 89 degrees. here's the latest on storm team 4 radar. still showers down in parts of southern maryland. only some sprinkles in parts of montgomery and frederick counties and heavier rain around charlottesville area continues to fizzle out. we're only going up from here. it's friday. as we head into the weekend, spectacular weather. so 8:00 a.m. still some widely scattered light showers. by 9:00 a.m., storm team 4 radar virtually dry and after that skies brighten by noon. we'll start to see increasing sunshine. partly to mostly sunny skies this afternoon and breezy. currently we're in the 60s. 66 in washington. 63 in leesburg. this is where we've been all morning. refreshing during the morning hours. spectacular for the afternoon. high today of 78. a high tomorrow of 82.

for sunday, highs in the mid 80s for father's day with sunny skies. monday, 88. summer officially begins around 6:45 monday evening. tuesday chance of late-day thunderstorms before the storms arrive we'll be hot and humid with highs around 90 degrees. what's the latest on the roads right now? >> our first crash on the baltimore washington parkway southbound south of 197 crowding left side. congratulations. slow south of 198 in laurel getting past it with police heading to the scene we'll look at the beltway right now and on outer loop it's a slow go to colesville road. taillights heading toward georgia avenue moving the activity out of the right shoulder and down on georgia avenue itself. lanes open but still slow traffic. volume delays but with reassurance that all lanes are open. that's the latest from the traffic center.

out west. flames spread across 1,700 acres fueled by hot, dry and windy conditions overnight in the rugged coastal canyons west of santa barbara scorching an area that hasn't burned in decades. 800 firefighters on the front lines. blazes in arizona and new mexico prompting evacuations as well. look for an update coming up in a few minutes on the "today" show. back to you. >> thank you. it's 6:55. there will be a community meeting this morning about preventing the spread of zika in prince george's county at the southern regional technology and recreational complex. health department officials will tell you clean ways to clean up standing water. and news4 went behind the scenes to look at how the district traps and tests mosquitos for viruses. the control plan includes trapping and testing mosquitos in all eight wards. up until t

it added testing for zika, chikungunya and denga fever. there are no confirmed cases of any of those four viruses. >> we want to make sure that we are testing and looking for things of concern and being able to report that to the public for public safety and also for confidence in where we stand. >> testing on mosquitos is done in d.c.'s forensic lab. doctors showed us it found potential one positive case but not sure which virus it is yet. four things to know before you head out the door on this friday morning. a man is recovering from a stabbing in the district. the attack happened on sherman avenue northwest just blocks from a d.c. police station. today marks one year since nine people were gunned down inside mother emmanuel church in charleston south carolina. there are dozens of memorials planned for today in

the delays will continue this weekend. phase 2 of metro's safetrack program starts tomorrow. check out the nbc washington app for the shutdowns. cleanup continues in many parts of virginia this morning including here in middleburg. golf ball-sized hail. look at that. caused major damage and took out windows during last night's storm. >> amelia draper is here when things are going to fizzle out. >> we'll see showers ending by 10:00 a.m. increasing sun through the afternoon. perfect weekend. >> thank you for joining us, everyone. the "today" show is next. have a great da y

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goo good morning. chilling messages. the texts exchanged between the orlando night club shooter and his wife as the shooting happens but an inside look at the gunman's troubling past stretching back 20 years as president obama and vice president biden visit with grieving families. >> they don't care about the politics. neither do i. and john mccain forced to clarify his controversial statement that the president is quote, directly responsible for orlando. taking action overnight. disney world announces to post more signs following the attack on a 2-year-old boy as the