which chuck bell for an update. >> we're off to a mostly to yet. our picture here from national harbor shows a mostly cloudy sky today. for this morning, you are going to notice it's turning much more humid. by later this afternoon and into this evening, there will be a chance for thunderstorms coming through and we are under slight risk for severe weather today. keep an eye on to the sky. good news for your week, particularly saturday and sun, humidity will drop and the sunshine will return. tracking a few light rain showers down here, way south of us for now, at the rate they are going, if they are hold together long enough, they will be out to southern maryland at 8:00 this morning. our better rain chances coming in after 3:004:00 this afternoon. let's go to wtop's glass

enclosed center and jack taylor. >> the trouble spot, we're not hearing the severity of the crash, there's only a two-lane road, 15 south of point of rocks bridge. everything is blocked off right now as authorities arrive on scene from the loudon can county side. if this is a normal path of travel, be aware. right now, all lanes are blocked. 66 eastbound, also dealing with this issue. rosalyn tunnel, we've got a tree down in the roadway. there's two big limbs that came over the sound wall. v dot is there but so far it doesn't look like those limbs have come down yet. back to you. most roads near the national mall will be closed on monday for the fourth of july parade and fireworks there. the parade on constitution avenue starts at 11:45 on monday. the fireworks show will start about 9:00 p.m. most road closures start at 6:00 a.m. and they will stay closed until about midnight.

area. d.c. drivers will pay $2.54 to fill up. gas is a little cheaper in virginia, $2.37. a gallon will cost maryland drivers, $2.26. headed out of the area, the national average, $2.28. we're getting you ready all morning long for the fourth of july. coming up. we'll look at the best places if you are staying in town to see the fireworks. the chances of the displays being rained out and how security is being stepped up for the holiday. 5:02. developing now, new arrests in the investigation into the istanbul airport attack. an official at the turkish presidency confirms that 11 more people has been arrested. one of them is a russian citizen. we've learned yesterday the three suspects were from russia, uzbekistan and kurdistan.

they opened fire on the airport and 44 people were killed. break. we have what you need to know. >> i can tell you this is a long awaited policy. some travelers tell us that they sent letters to metros. others sent tweets asking for a refund realizing that there are going to be significant delays or waiting on a train that didn't arrive. starting today, metro says they will be refunding money.jñ &ho metro tells us that customers will have 15 minutes to decide whether they want to leave the station without being charged that base fare of ajnxñ$2.15 du peak hours and $1.75 during off peak hours. the new measure was approved back in march and metro says this policy is coming out of their operating budget. of course, folks should understand that again you only

decision that has to be made fairly quickly. a lot of changes coming this weekend. coming up at 5:45, we'll tell you what you can expect if you plan on riding metro this holiday week. back to you. metro's)xv3÷ general manage appointed a new general counsel, patricia lee will start july 11th. she's a native washingtonian. all eyes on atlantic city this hour where casino workers are about to walk off the job. 1,000 workers at the trump taj mahal casino are planning to walk out at 6:00 this morning. they failed to reach a deal like higher wages and health care. we're not hearing whether they are hiring replacement workers for the holiday weekend. andg%o a debate. recent graduates are asking the school board to include a more

program. >> if i had had the opportunity to be in an fle class where i would have understood what gender identity was, i would have been much better off. >> fairfax county has gone too far with next year's curriculum according to some parents. they are set to include some material on different sexual practices and gender identity issue. >> it shouldn't be up to us to baby-sit the school board. >> other lessons will educate students about sexual assault and consent. school board settled a legal dispute with montgomery'ñ'g soc inc. clearing the way for construction for new turf fields at winston churchill high school, for example. they will invest up to $500

million. the youth soccer organization will get access to the school in change. we'll have a live interview with the brand-new superintendent for montgomery county public schools, dr. jack smith. it's his first day on the job today and he's spending part of it here with us today. the olympics in rio are now officially next month. we've been telling you all about the olympic swimming trials. more on that in just a moment. the other trials to know about, the track and field trials begin today. they are happening at the university of oregon. you can watch them right here at nbc4 at 9:00 tonight. 8:00 swimming trials, katie ledecky back in the water. the bethesda native finished second. punch and dragged but still going strong. the latest

oldest park ranger beaten and robbed. keeping you safe, what authorities across the country are doing as people across the country are preparing to celebrate our nation's birthday. rain could dampen your holiday plans.

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. 10 minutes after the hour. i want to get you caught up on the forecast for the day ahead. >> storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell standing by with temperatures already in some spots in the low 70s. >> yeah. there's a couple. washington national, 72, annapolis, 73. fortunately for everybody who lives out on the western and northern suburbs and out toward the blue ridge, temperatures are comfortably lower than that. as you are plapg out the rest of the day, sixty for now, getting up into the mid 7

if you are traveling out toward the shenandoah valley, temperatures a little bit cooler than that, that's welcome news. if you are already thinking about the beach, good idea. great weekend at the beach saturday and sunday both look really nice. plenty of sunshine and low humidity, highs in the low 80s. as we get toward monday, a little chance for some showers or storms monday afternoon and monday evening at the coastline. a little better chance here in town. more about our thunderstorm chance here on the 4th coming up on your extended forecast in ten minutes. let's check out the route 66. >> trouble spot unfortunately, this morning. before you get into the rosalyn tunnel we're dealing with large tree limbs that came down over the sound wall. a single left lane is getting by. this is in place for a bit. if this is a normal package of travel, please plan ahead. if

maryland by way of 15 and point of rocks bridge, a crash on the virginia side, loudon county authorities are dealing with. two lane stretch, both lanes are blocked, northbound and southbound, nothing getting by south of the point of rocks bridge. drivers are getting an early start to this busy travel week. >> megan mcgrath joins us live from the bay bridge. >> it's the holiday weekend and actually more people are going to be traveling from our area this holiday weekend, the fourth of july, than they they did during memorial day and that means that a lot of people are going to be crossing that chesapeake bay bridge. we're taking the exit here from sandy point. we're on route 50 if you look on ahead here, we're approaching the toll bridge. we're not seeing any problems in terms of delays here. it is smooth sailing across the bay b

area are going to be traveling during the long holiday week here and most of them are going traveling by car. gas prices are low and so it's ib expensive to travel. a lot of people are hitting the highways and going to beaches and other places. right now, everything is looking a-okay as we go into the morning, the volume is going to build. a lot of folks are still working today. rule of thumb here is if you are going to be traveling, you probably want to let the regular morning rush hour pass you by. stay home if you can't get by in advance of it. stay home for a few hours and let people get to work and head out after 10:00 this morning. we are just starting to cross over the chesapeake bay. an absolutely beautiful morning here and we're going to keep an eye on the traffic and let you know the best time to leave and how the volume is going. so far, so good. back to you guys. >> megan, thank you.

now to decision 2016 and donald trump is turning his attention to conservatives in the midwest today. he's trying to gain support at the western conservative summit in denver. democratic leaders in virginia are trying to give hillary clinton an advantage in that swing state. "the washington post" reports that governor terry mcauliffe and senators cain and warner are lending staffers. in maryland, the minimum wage goes up to $8.75 an hour but montgomery county will see that increase to $10.75 an hour. drivers will pay for more gas with an increase in the gas tank. the fees for a birth or death certificate dropped to $10. in virginia, new laws to the increase minimum marriage age is now 18. exceptions forar

at 16 were removed. you won't be able to light up behind the wheel if you got a kid in the car under 8. and several new gun laws. virginia has to recognize out of state gun permits. the country's oefletd working park ranger is 93-year-o 93-year-old, police on monday night something broke into her home and beat her. >> someone managed to straddle her and punch her several more times in her face. >> the thief also stole the presidential coin that president obama gave her at the white house tree lighting ceremony in december. the president is sendinger her a new coin now. she's recovering. she should go back to work in a

residents in boise are returning to dig through what's left of their homes. investigators believe the fire near boise was started by illegal fireworks. the flames are no longer threatening home. that fire burned through more than 2,600 acres. no arrests have been made. neighbors in the las vegas area are cleaning up from flash flooding. downpours of rain and hail led to raging waters. firefighters had to rescue six people. thousands of people still without power this morning. a little boy is in critical condition right now. he nearly drowned on a cruise ship. that royal caribbean cruises anthem of the seas ship. they found the eight-year-old in a pool. the ship turned toward new jersey and the boy is in the hospital right now. close to 30 years he was homeless but last month at the

bought his first home. he said his time in homeless shelters was worse than his time at war. he came home addicted to drugs and with mental health issues, groups and the va, he's got a place to call home. >> some days i sit there and cry. >> according to hud, there's a less than 50,000 veterans experiencing homelessness at any given time. in news for your health now, over the next two aekeds, the number of older cancer survivors is expected to rise significantly. the national cancer institute predicts that nearly 3/4 of cancer survivors in 2040 will be 65 or older. that is a 62% higher than this year. scientists credit better detection and treatment of cancer. the sunscreen that you use may not protect your skin as much as you

consumer reports tested 65 sun screens and found more than 40% didn't meet their spf claims. the fda blocked misleading terms like sun block and waterproof in 2012. manufacturers who use the label water-resistant now have to say how soon protection breaks down either 40 or 80 minutes. the magazine recommends using spf 40 or 50 to increase your chances of getting at least sff 30. you are not leaving town this weekend, there's something you can cool to check out right in downtown d.c. tom sherwood shows us what's under tran for medication today. >> icebergs have invaded the national museum. the old center of the building museum is being transformed by the icebergs. you can walk around and walk inside. the exhibit runs saturday through labor day. it's this year's

filled the(@ floor . >> tough to top that. i think we might do it this year. it's spectacular. it was builder. >> some of the icebergs are nearly 60 feet tall and there's even a 20-foot slide down one iceberg. tom sherwood, news 4. we're anticipating the possibility, i guess, of some storms later today. >> certainly are. another cold front due to arrive here late this evening and as a result, we'll have a chance for some stronger storms today. we have a slight risk for severe weather from the good folks at the storm prediction center out at norman, oklahoma. your friday morning. skies partly cloudy. temperatures in the 60s in the suburbs to around 70 in downtown. storm team radar watching these light rain showers here well west of the richmond area now. they are losing punch a

if they were to hold together, in the next 2 hours, they could reach fredricericksburfrederick george county, after 7:00: 8:00 this morning. they are falling apart as they come north but should they hold together, that's not going to be severe weather. any severe chance comes in after 3:00 thatch. highs today will go from the 60s this morning into the 80s this afternoon. if you are heading down to the nationals game. first pitch is at 6:05. there could be a rain delay during the game as well. have your poncho and ready to completion, after the game ends at 10:00, there will be post game fireworks. it's worth going to the game and sticking around. future weather carries what's going to be a chance for thunderstorms. here's 2:00 this afternoon on future weather. it doesn't look all that

resolution computer model here so we're not going to garn for any time we have a cold front at this time of the year, it could spark off a stronger storm or two. behind the front tomorrow, sunshine returns. lower humidity returns as well. highs tomorrow only in the low to mid 80s. here's the next five days. 60% of chance of storms today. saturday and sun sunny and nice, temperatures cooler than average. monday, rain looking more and more likely and that could be just in time for the fireworks, if they have to postpone them and they never have, but if they do, they will do the fireworks on theykvñ mall on tuesday, unfortunately, there's also a chance for rain on tuesday. let's good to jack taylor to find out more about the friday morning commute and travails. >> big tree limbs dangling down on the roadway, eastbound before the rosalyn travel. v dot is there. they are going to get them quickly ou

quickly as possible. rock creek parkway, crews have about another half hour, 40 minutes working down at the kennedy. one direction getting by. we have our trouble spot in loudon county on 15 as you approach the point of rocks bridge going northbound. travel lanes are blocked. if you]"lç usually use this are please plan ahead. back to you. new details in the case of a daycare worker accused of pulling a chunk of hair from a one-year-old. what we're learning about that employee next. let's give you another live look at the roads this morning as you start hitting the pavement for the holiday weekend. our crews just across the chesapeake bridge and things are looking pretty good. pretty quiet. >> are you feeling lucky? huh? are you? >> we're gong toi

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start their travel plans. chuck, no pressure. >> keeping in mind, even a bad weekend at the beach is still better than a good weekend at the office. four things you still need to know about the forecast. humidity has come back overnight last night. you will notice it most of the suburbs are 10 d5ooytj milder than they were yesterday. there is a chance for thunderstorms. severe weather, the peak will be after 4:00 up until 10:00 this evening. saturday and sunday look good. the fourth of july looks like a significant chance for rain that may interfere with fireworks. out the door you go. rain free, temperatures mid 60s in the suburbs to around 70 in downtown washington. plenty warm and plenty humidity. chances for thunderstorms rolling in after 2:00, 3:00, this afternoon. have your nbc washington app ready to go and stay tuned right here at channel

and our news and traffic partner here wtop. >> not a great morning for those trying to ride inside the beltway at 66 ross lynn. v dot is there. single left lane is getting by. 66, eastbound. 15, blocked both ways. it's a two lane stretch at that point. you may find yourself potentially under police direction or not moving at all. plan ahead. metro rail, yellow line, single track and delays. and blue lines with additional delays. and happening today. president obama is expected to report the number of civilians killed in u.s. military and cia drone strikes in pakistan, yemen and africa since he took office. we're also told that

executive order. it was a unique vigil for a man who loved his motorcycle. that is how friends and family members came together to remember wayne rowlet last night. >> he was a hard working man. he didn't bother nobody. he didn't deserve what he got. i'm going to miss him so much. >> the vigil came a few hours after police announced 24-year-old lawrence rogers had been arrested in the shooting. investigators have not released a motive. d.c. police have identified the kids are us learning center employee who allegedly yanked a chunk of hair from a toddler's scalp. lisa vaughn was charged with child cruelty. the parents were told another child did it

video showed a different story. a man is in custody after he wielded a knife at police officers. this happened during a traffic stop yesterday. the man was not hit, but maryland transportation authority police say one of their officers fired a shot when the man would not drop the knife. starting today, if you pass a stopped school bus in virginia with a camera -- if you stop a bus that has a camera in virginia, you can expect a summons in the mail. drivers will have to pay $250 for a stop arm violation. over the next year, the military will end its ban on transgender soldiers. ash carter says the changes will be phased in. advocates are praising that move. >> what it means is that transgender troops can serve openly. they don't have to live in fear. they don't have to lie about who they are.

affect about 12,000 military members who are transgender. they will be able to get medical care and change their gender identification in the system. there could be a new route to montgomery county's ride service. there is a public forum set thursday, july 28th. vacation is supposed to be relaxing. one of those things that can give you some stress is tipping. we know it can be complicated. we sat down with kiplinger's personal finance. you should be,o[ñ tipping peopl. there's a good rule of thumb. >> people like doctors, lawyers, owners of hotels or guest houses, you wouldn't tip, but pe

make up their income, those are the people you would tip. bad service, you should also say something to the manager. there's a whole quiz about tipping you could take on line. we put a link on that to our website. if you need help with your fourth of july barbecue, you can call the grill masters. longhorn steak house put up a hot line. the number is on the screen there. do this before you start grilling because you cannot stand over the grill with your phone while your food is burning. >> not just that, if i'm at your party, i have real reservations about eating your food if you are on the phone calling somebody for help. >> go to the restroom and -- >> that's even worse. no. 5:35 right now. as you and your family gear up for the holiday

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your power bill could soon cost you a little bit more in pepco exelon has asked for a rate hike. residents would see a 1.5% increase per year. they say they also reduced the bill by $50 to cover the rate of the increase. we've got a mixed bag with the weather this weekend. >> we started with a rain chance today and ended with a rain chance on monday, the 4th. saturday and sunday are looking pretty nice. i'm forecasting 89 down on the national mall. 89 at the inner harbor in baltimore. what to wear. sunglasses and

shorts. the rain chances for later on today stand at 60%. if you are going outside today golfing, be careful after 2:00, 3:00, this afternoon. keep a weather eye to the sky and have your nbc washington app ready to go. at the pool is where you need that spf. much more humid if you are doing yardwork today. there's a delay. 66 eastbound kind of the story of the morning unfortunately. it's inside the beltway. before you get to the ross lynn tunnel.iú%(t&háhp &hc% tree lines down over the sound wall. authorities rain remain there trying to clean this up. plan ahead. a ton of progress isn't being made. metro rail, blue and yellow lines, trains are single tracking because of a signal problem. better news if you normally ride 15 down of your point of rocks bridge, the crash has now cleared. delays remain.

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now at 5:44. new change takesque for all of you metro riders today. the grace period you now have once you enter a station. a beach emergency, where some people won't be alloweds@v enter the water this holiday weekend. >> and there's storm team radar for you this morning. showers are aiming toward southern maryland in the next two hours. we'll track that rain chance and another one this afternoon. coming up in a few minutes. stay with us. starting k8but(vyou'll not getting penalized for leaving

metro station even after you swiped your metro card. >> we have more on the new grace period and some tips for your holiday commute. >> reporter: that decision was made back in march and metro says that the policy includes up to 15 minutes for passengers to decide whether or not they want to wait on their train or leave and get a refund. there's a lot of other things happening this weekend if you are taking metro that we want to tell you about. some things to keep in mind. that two-week shut down of the blue, orange, and silver line ends on sun and metro says they will not be doing any track work on the fourth of july to hopefully make traveling more efficient. brace yourself for the next surge on metro safe track plan. that starts on tuesday and could significantly impact your travel to the airport. starting july 5th, there will be no metro rail service between national airport and the braddock road station on the blue and yellow line. that closure will last through july 11th

we have a complete list of the closures, when they will be happening, what you need to know going forward on our nbc washington app. back to you. >> meeting began thank you. wildlife officials in montana are tracking down a grizzly bear. a u.s. forest service employee was attacked and knocked off his baton on wednesday in flat ahea national forest. they have set up traps to find that bear. >> we put out some remote cameras to try to get some visuals and images if the bear is still in the area. >> the man who was knock off his bike was killed. this surge is not going to be easy. there are about a thousand grizzly bears near that park. officials are trying to find out if the bear was a mother with cubs or protecting4[ nearby f.

each year it takes 30,000 older computers from government offices and sends them to public schools across the country, free of charge, including many local schools. but a news team i-4 investigation shows not all the computers are going where they are supposed to go. crooks pretending to represent schools or nonprofits have taken thousands of the computers and sold them for profit. millions of dollars in profit. >> we've seen various schemes. we've seen them sell them on craigslist individually. we've also had a case where an individual sold them in bulk to computer recyclers and wholesalers. >> and kept the money. >> and kept the money. >> our investigation shows why it can be ripped off, and what's being done about it. you can find that full investigation on the nbc washington app. right now, many beaches in south florida are under a state of emergency. rivers and beaches are coated with a

water temperatures and heavy rain have triggered a larger algae bloom this year. samples from the state's biggest lake contain 20 times moreuñ[th is considered hazardous. you are looking at a fence in ft. myers, florida, golf course and the alley gator who climbed over it. that gator was probably about eight feet long and clearly had somewhere to be. meanwhile, the son of a boston police captain has been indicted on terrorism charges. a federal indictment against alexander chicolo came down on thursday. he allegedly wanted to attack a university and bought a pressure cooker just one day before his arrest last july. he's been under fbi surveil since 2014 after his dad told them he expressed interest in

he faces charges on terrorism swls attempting to use weapons of mass destruction. we're sitting in the 70s already outside our studios here in upper northwest. >> we're 70 here inside the beltway but most of the suburbs are comfortably back down no the mid 60s this morning. skies are turning to partly cloudy this morning. here's the view from national harbor here this morning. sun is already up. just a couple of minutes ago, but kind of a grayish hint to the sky there early this morning. we're currently 72 now at national ai÷-vl with a southeast breeze at 6 miles per hour. notice how much cooler it is. frederick , maryland, 61. joint base andrews down to 65 degrees. away from the beef and away from the urban heat island, it's more comfortable this morning. upper 80s for afternoon highs today. 89 downtown. mid to upper 80s

areas. here's storm team radar for you this morning. there's one little cluster ofd rain showers. no severe showers. no thunder and lightning for this. it could go across southern charles and calvert county here. two hours from now. that's not going to affect the metro, our rain chance inside the immediate metropolitan area doesn't come until after 2:00 this afternoon. here's future weather, 2:00 p.m., potential line of that first line goes through at 4:00 to 6:00 this evening. they may actually go longer into the evening as well. waiting on the actual cold front itself to come by before we turn the rain chances off. headed down to the nationals game this evening, there will be a possibility of a delay. gametime temperatures mostly in the low 80s. first pitch at 6:00, not 7:00. there will be firework after the

tomorrow, nice day. humidity droppii once again. here's the next ten days. 89 today with a rain chance at 60%. tomorrow and sunday,ix)"ñ look . temperatures in the mid 80s and much warmer as we get into the middle parts of next week. the most important day out of the next ten is coming up on the fourth itself. showers on monday and monday evening. needless to say, we'll be watching that very carefully. let's find out how the friday morning commute is. >> crews are trying hard this morning. 66 eastbound, inside the beltway, before you get to the ross lynn tunnel. there's been a large tree limbs that came over the sound wall. only the left lane is getting by, unfortunately. we have an early and abrought delay. better news along metro this morning. we had some earlier issues along the yellow and blue yellow.

tracking but you have that potential for residual delays on both directions on both the yellow and blue butqkf ñ that er signal problem seems to be rectified. a lot of you may be getting ready to leave town or host family for the independence day weekend. security is top of mind with the recent terror attacks both here and abroad. nbc's edward lawrence is live on capitol hill now. he's taking a look at warnings. the bottom line is be aware of their surroundings. know they are there and don't let security concerns bother your plans for travel. 60% of americans are going to have a barbecue this holiday period. most are getting there by car or plane. a record 43 million people will travel. the big reason for the boom, gas prices are the lowest levels in a decade. that extra traffic means more police patro

security says it's not just the roads. you'll see a visible police presence also at airports because of the suicide bombing that happened at the airport in turkey. he adds there are plenty of security for all of the independence day celebrations across the nation. reporting live in washington on capitol hill, edward lawrence. back to you, aaron. >> thank you. the popular serial podcast oñ syed received a fair trial. now he's getting another chance. a baltimore judge has granted a new trial for him. he's serving a life sentence for the 1999 murder of his ex-girlfriend. >> the last three or four decisions in this case have gone our way, but we know that the state is not going to give up and we'll be ready. >> the state attorney general's officelq: says it's still belie that syed's conviction is valid. he's already spent 16 years in prison.liki

good morning. i'm susan li at c nbc headquarters. trulia as launched a new feature to help you find rental homes and apartments close to public the feature called rent near transit weeds out all houses more than a 15-minute walk from the nearest train and subway station. that includes d.c. metro system. i'm susan li. a waitress in oklahoma received an insult instead of a tip. taylor stewart works an ihop. it red gay is wrong. she says it is because who she loves and not the service she gave as a waitress. >> when i went to go pick up the check, i read it, it says gray is wrong. she said it was gay is wrong.

i was more shocked. it did hurt. >> the waitress says that everyone is entitled to their opinion, but she wishes people wouldn't be hurtful. you are getting an update today on the hurricanes that we can expect in the coming months. the tropical meteorology project team at colorado state put out their forecast a month ago calling for 12 named storms and five hurricanes between june and the end of november. that's average. but the team is vising their forecast today. we're going to let you know if there's significant changes to that. we continue the monitor the latest warning from government safety regulators from takata airbags. they say that you should stop driving them immediately and get them repaired at a shop. part of that larger takata recall that began several years ago. those who haven't made the fix

>> we have brand-new laboratory testing that showing some of these older models could have a 50% rupture race. >> honda said 70% of its cars have been repaired. a false alarm and a lockdown at joint base air base in maryland. the report of an active shooter, someone misidentified a security team that was conducting a routine inspection of the medical facility and called authorities. the base was also preparing for a planned no notice active shooter drill on the other side of the base and all clear was given about 90 minutes later. well, record numbers of people are traveling this holiday weekend. we're here at thesjdñ chesapeaky bridge. we'll tell you how things are going. ready for his first day. new superintendent jack smith joins us to talk about his

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prepare you for the holiday rush out of town. the crowds you can expect in the hours ahead on this get away day. while you are thinking holidays, montgomery county public schools new superintendent is thinking about his first day at work. we'll talk with him about his vision for the district. but first storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell has your out the door forecast. >> out you go to a partly mostly cloudy sky. it's turning much more humid than it was yesterday. you'll notice that for sure. the increasing humidity will lead to a chance of thunderstorms this afternoon and this evening. good news about the weekend, saturday and sunday actually look really nice. first thing this morning, tracking a couple of rain drops just moving into the city of richmond now. at the pace they are going, they should be in colonial beach by 7:30 this morning. rain chances will be highest south of

county. future weather carries a better chance for thundershowers moving after 3:00 this afternoon. take your umbrella on your way out the door. it's going to be a warm one today. temperatures in the mid to upper 80s. might even flirt with 90 on the national mall. let's go back to jack taylor at wtop. good morning. it's been a tough ride for those inside the beltway. 66 eastboundwf[ñ not used to th kind of delay. some tree limbs are down from lynn tunnel. 270 southbound, accident activity potentially after middle brooke road. we don't have any kind of delay behind it so far. also in the district, leaving new york avenue southbound into the third street tunnel, south capitol street, sounds like we