the thunderstorms to bubble up. you can see showers and thunderstorms with a broken line of rain and then continues down into culpeper county, orange county, spots vain yeah area and moving into fauquier county. a severe thunderstorm warning for culpeper and fauquier until 5:45 and everybody else in pink, a watch until 10:00 p.m. this evening. heavy rain could lead to isolated flash flooding. maybe a bit of hail for another look of radar and any new warnings that are issued, we'll bring it here to you.  from chopper 4 as we move through the area. it's going to be slow on friday. expect a lot of company this weekend if you're heading out of town because a record number of people are traveling and many are heading to t

going? chris gordon is live at the bay bridge with the latest on our traffic situation. chris? >> reporter: right now, there are traffic delays for people heading out of the washington area on the bay bridge. eastbound traffic is backed up 2 1/2 miles before the toll booth. three lanes on the bay bridge are for traffic heading east to the beach. two lanes carrying westbound traffic. the pattern will be reversed on monday traffic on the bridge is heavy, slow and sometimes comes to a complete stop. >> it's slow and steady. >> reporter: dawn and her neighbor hit the growth from gaithersburg with their teens earlier in the day. what would you say for people waiting to go this evening? >> you shouldn't wait. get an early ta

>> reporter: tonight after 10:00 is the best time to cross the bay bridge, tomorrow morning before 6:00 a.m. or after 7 c:0 p.m. afters kroing the bay bridge, this goldendoodle named dexter caught a breath of fresh air. he's 1 years old and didn't do well in the car. >> reporter: has he ever been on a fourth of july vacation? >> this is the first time. >> most intersections you might sit there for 10, 15 minutes. >> reporter: still, as a local residents, you're enjoying the visitors? >> yes. we love to get out and shake their hands and say hi. >> reporter: that's good he has a sense of humor. at 6:00, i'll give you a phone number to call from your home or car to get realtime information about bay bridge traffic and backup. that's coming up

wendy and jim, back to you. >> thank you, chris. the leaves are blowing around in the background. as you know, everything around the national mall and the arlington memorial bridge will be closed from 6:00 to 11:00 on the fourth.ç the fireworks show is scheduled for 11:00. there will be a parade that kicks off just before noon. tom, district leaders want to make sure that the holiday is as safe as possible for you and your family. they updated the public to let them know what they are doing to keep you secure. we break it down and derrick ward is working the story right now and is live with us in about ten minutes. news4 is helping you get ready for the holiday. >> we're going to show you how to enjoy the festivities on a budget and how c

museum for free. >> and facebook and twitter will go with the #howwe4th. we'll be showing them on air and online all weekend long. staying on top of breaking news right now at the live desk. as many as 40 hostages taken at the capital of bangladesh. we're told as many as nine gunmen stormed a restaurant, a place where many foreigners would be. security forces quickly engaged the gunmen and so far four police officers have been killed. what's not clear is the state of the people inside the restaurant. security forces say they are trying to negotiate with the gunman and an isis-affiliated news agency says the terrorist group is taking responsibility for the attack. the state department can't confirm those reports but can tell you

the american troops there are accounted. we don't know if there were american citizens inside that restaurant. we'll have updates as soon as they come in. back to you, wendy. >> thanks, scott. he's been arrested for allegedly having sex with a 14-year-old student but he's still on the run after a federal judge in florida released him. news4's mark segraves broke this story on twitter. >> alan coleman was supposed to be extradited last month but that's not happened and two months after his arrest he's still in florida out on bond. alan coleman was arrested in gainesville, florida, last month. he was wanted by d.c. police for having sex with a 14-year-old girl who was hisç student at a acam me in southeast. police records

told police coleman would have him dress up in a purple wig and schoolgirl outfit and take pictures of her and have sex with her. a search warrant shows that coleman continued to have a sexual relationship with the teen for five years. he left his job at kipp d.c. shortly after he started having sex with her. both schools notified parents of the allegations after coleman was arrested last month. in a letter to parents, the founder of kipp academy says they are cooperating with the police investigation. the charter school principal told parents once they learned of the allegation, coleman was suspended and then fired. there's no indication that there were any victims at the capital city charter school. after being fired from his school in d.c., coleman moved to gainesville, flori

worked as a high school teacher and tennis coach. he was placed on leave from that job after his arrest last month. he was to be extradited to face the charges but a federal judge in florida released him. now, according to court records from florida, the judge released coleman on a $50,000 bond and he's required to wear a monitoring device but it remains unclear when he'll have to return to face the charges in d.c. because the judge hasn't set a hearing date. so until that happens and when coleman is notified of that date, he can remain free on bond. >> this is unbelievable. how was he getting hired if the allegations date back to '04? >> because even until today, he has a clean police record. he's only been charged and arrested. he hasn't even had his first court hearing and

even if i ran the database, it comes up as a clean record because he hasn't been convicted. if you did a background check on him, he would come back clean. >> mark, thank you for bringing us that story. one of the few options that the prince george's county has for fresh food won't be there come morning. the safeway is closing, increasing the anger of the fooç desert. our tracee wilkins is there. >> reporter: this also shows you how difficult this is. you can see inside safeway and the food options, please who live in this community say that has not been the case and because of that they did not continue to shop here. safeway lost a lot of money. they were hoping for a lot of money but what happened insteads is a cle.

if you go out and and start at the district line and go all the way to 495, there is not a grocery store for these people to shop. >> reporter: the closing leave this is community already considered a food desert with one less option. >> we just can't go along with this any longer. >> we understand the disappointment in our community when a store would close that they've enjoyed having for many years. >> reporter: jim coleman, president of the prince george's county economic development corporation. this safe way was in money here. >> while we're disappointed, safe way had to make trstrategi decision. >> reporter: these people say they know why the store lost customers and money. >> there has not been a -- not even a paint job inside

people shop in a store that looks presentable, that is clean and conducive to them wanting to shop there. >> reporter: the committee hoped for improvements and investment by safeway. instead, it's the closure. >> we had to talk about having the sprinkler systems over the vegetables so they would not wither. >> reporter: now these residents are worried for what will happen when the anchor is gone. >> i'm sad for them because they are going to lose income because people aren't drawn here for a grocery store. >> reporter: the economic cooperation say they consider safeway to be a partner in prince george's county with development saying that they hire some of their employees. a number of people who live here, in fact, all of the people who work at this store, will be moved to other stores here in the county. but they also point out that the stores that they have opened have been on t

beltway and not the inside of the beltway. this is an example of another closure. at 6:00, what is going to replaceç this store, if anythi. tracee wilkins, news4. >> tracee, thank you. a new twist tonight in the government's investigation of hillary clinton's e-mails and the role of attorney general loretta lynch after meeting with bill clinton that's raising eyebrows. and surveillance video shows the moment a police cruiser ran over a man who was walking in the middle of the street on a dark and rainy night. and we're on weather alert mode as we head into the holiday weekend. you'

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top dristrict leaders. >> news4's derrick ward is live from the national mall with what you can expect down there throughout the weekend, particularly on monday. derrick? >> reporter: we start off with d.c.'s police chief, mayor and a bunch of people from the roll call today, bringing us up to date on what they plan to do. they will have a significant presence here and also have a significant presence and keep the people safe in the neighborhoods as well. july 4th is probably one of the biggest and busiest days for d.c. and it's not just on the mall. >> thousands of people come to the district to celebrate the weekend throughout the neighborhood. as the families get together, there

family gathers as well. >> reporter: metropolitan police will have a full compliment of officers on hand. there's no specific threat but the attacks in turkey are being factored in. >> there have been some small changes.ç it's nothing significant. >> the chief and the mayor attended the roll call this afternoon. regular officers and those fresh out of the academy were on hand making a formidable presence everything from crowd security to traffic control. to that end, you're not being encouraged to drive. >> it's important to note that the safe track maintenance program is wrapping up their second surgeon sunday night and there will be no safe track disruption. >>

encouraged to take metro probably to the smithsonian or the capitol south station. here in the district, explosive fireworks are illegal. you can have sparklers or fountains but use them with adult supervision if you give them to the kid. they'd rather you leave them up to the adults but keep a water hose handy more of this coming up on news4. right now, at the mall, derrick ward, back to you. >> important reminders. thanks so much. at least one person is dead tonight and 20 others missing after a landslide in china today. crews are racing the clock to rescue more than two dozen people buried under debris. heavy rains triggered the landslides. the summer is a rough time. china floods have killed 20 people this year and last wee

tornado killed close to 100. developing right now, a former high-ranking d.c. official is facing prison time. he was charged in a tax evasion case. federal prosecutors have charged him with making a false statement to the irs, underreporting his earnings in 2009 by nearly 250,000. if he's convicted of that charge, graves would face up to three years in prison. when contacted by news4, no comment by graves or his lawyer. he's expected in court in the coming weeks. the nation's top prosecutor weighing in again on the controversy surrounding her role in the ongoing fbi investigation into hillary clinton. the fbi is looking into the presidential candidate's use of a personal e-mail account during her time as secretary of state. today, loretta lynch said she realizes her recent private meeting with former president bill clinton has, quote, castç shadow over the public

neutral in that investigation. she reiterated her position that the meeting didn't compromise the integrity of the probe. >> it's important to make it clear that that meeting doesn't have a bearing on how this matter will be reviewed, resolved and accepted by me. >> lynch said she and the former president mostly talked about his grandchildren during their impromptu meeting on monday. they chatted on her plane after running into each other at the airport in phoenix. the media and public should have an easier time gaining access to government information. today, president obama signed a bill that includes major reforms to the freedom and information act. this will cause most records to be public, not private. it creates a central website for people to submit requests. finally, agencies will be expected to proactively release documents of public interest before the requests are made.

[000:19:58;00] watch the big manassas fireworks show. it's usually closed on the fourth. tickets could have gone from 99 to 200 bucks. but there wasn't enough interest and they plan to reorganize the event next year. and tracking a severe storm in fauquier county, rain in the district in parts of arlington.

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♪ stand by me. all right. we've talked about rough weather moving in. how close is it to d.c., amelia? >> here's the latest of the severe thunderstorm in culpeper county moving towards fauquier. concern for lots of rain and lightning and strong, gusty winds which could lead to wind damage. you can see the bright colors here. very heavy rainfall. it's moving towards the east. aside from that, very quiet and active as we look up towards the north. parts of new york under a tornado watch. new jersey, under a severe thunderstorm watch.

that's until 10:00 p.m. this evening but i weather service will drop the watch before it's set to expire. not very impressed with what i am seeing right now. certainly notç helpful if you' trying to get out of town. as we look at parts of the metro area, you can see rain inside of the beltway. heavier rain pushing in to arlington and parts of the district within the next 30 minutes. bowie, you'll get rain in 20 to 30 minutes as well. severe thunderstorm watch until 10:00 p.m. this evening. weather alert day here, big concerns would be heavy rainfall and gusty winds. heat index right now showing how muggy it is. it's feeling about 90 degrees in washington and leesburg. 93 in manassas. humidity shot up today. good news as we head into the evening and overnight hours as the threat of rain comes to an end around 8:00, 9:00 p.m. the humidity diminishes and clouds move out.

as we move towards 9:00, 10:00, mid-70s. really nice at this point. and then moving off to the east, maybe scattered showers until 8:00, 9:00. it's not a widespread, severe evening at least in our area. good news there. tomorrow, sunday, two beautiful days. plenty of sunshine and low humidity. high of 86. we start off with 68 degrees and sunday is looking nice, not too hot. by the time fireworks get under way, potentially dry. here's your fourth of july planner. 8:00 a.m., 67. it's humid and cloudy. rain moves in around 8:00 p.m. we could pick up 1 to 4 inches of rain. on tuesday, still a chance for lingering showers and a thunderstorm and a high of 84.

wednesday, thursday and frida the humidity really moves in next week. as we look to next weekend, saturday and sunday, high temperatures in the low to mid-90s so potentially tracking a heatwave, wendy. >> wow. that doesn't look good. we have a lot of news coming up in the next half hour. a maryland woman has been in prison for two months now and her family says she's innocent. they think they know why she was arrested and now congress is getting involved. fairfax county just released a video of a man being hit by a police cruiser. it's being done in the name of transparency but is it too much i'll take a look in a live report. a 61-year-old woman spending her holiday weekend playing tennis and more tennis.

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the fourth of july travel rush is on. weekend. many travelers are headed over the bay bridge. chris gordon will have a live report. a woman has been behind bars since april after getting mixed up in a government protest. news4 talks to her family who says this is all one misunderstanding. and a police cruiser hitting a man who is walking across the street. first up now at 5:30, fairfax county police have released the dash cam video that shows that accident today. >> they released it because they promised more transparency. julie carey looked at that video and reveals how it fits with what police said about the accident.

julie? >> reporter: well, the victim sports bar in the kingstown area. he was walking home on a stormy night when he was struck and killed by a police cruiser. the video released today that i watched confirms what police have said about this incident. the groups that have been pushing for more transparency would like to see more. we're not going to show you that video in its entirety because of the graphic nature. a gofund me page raised $26,000 for jeff aguilar, described as a young man with a heart of gold. the fairfax county officer who struck and killed him did not bear any responsibility, calling it an unfortunate accident. the video released today on youtube seems to bear that out. there is poor visibility as the officer turns on to the street and the light ahead is green. he has the right-of-way when suddenly theç victim is in his

path. happened, the officer stopped, immediately exited, called for an ambulance and rendered medical aid. >> reporter: after a failure to reveal details about the 2013 shooting of john gear led to years of criticism. the release of a sensitive video will be made on a case by case basis. in this instance, both the victim's family and officer were offered a chance to see it first. >> we don't want to offend anyone but we don't want to be seen as withholding anything either. >> reporter: the group northern virginia copblock has been one of the department's harshest critics. >> i really wish that they keep going this way and increase the amount of transparency and maybe

release the rest of the video. i'd like to hear -- i'd like to see why they stopped the video. >> reporter: one of the victim's friends who also works here sees it much, much differently. coming up on news4 at 6:00, his reaction to this very graphic video. back to you in the studio. >> thank you, julie. we have some breaking news right now. chopper 4 is over a scene. a child has been flown to a helicopter after being bit by a dog in frederick county, maryland. no word on the child's condition but certainly serious enough to have him flown to the hospital. no word on the dog or the dog's whereabouts and no word exactly on the condition of the child. these are live pictures in frederick county, maryland. starting today, if you pass a school bus that is stopped in arlington and you are caught on

one of the safety cameras, you're going to get a ticket. mounted cameras and record vehicles that pass them and the fine is $250 in virginia. chopper 4 is over a house fire and when crews got to the scene in landover, they saw the flames spreading to the roof. this is after firefighters put the flames out. no one was inside at the time. crews are trying to determine the cause. as congress battles over a funding bill in the fight against the zikaç virus, the c is awarding money to state and local facilities. this includes 1.3 million for departments in the districts of maryland and west virginia. the cdc says at this point there have been no local transmission of zika in the continental united states.

all right. this is one of my favorite stories of the day. a local grandmother is using her love for tennis to support the troops. >> she usually plays once a week but after months of training and preparation, this weekend, tennis is all she's going to do. >> and she will be a world record holder if she accomplishes her goal. >> reporter: you may have heard someone being called the world's best gram. bonnie may get the official title this weekend. she's attempting to break the guinness book of world records for consecutive tennis single matches. the record right now is 36 in a row. she played in her first match this morning and plans on plays one after another continuously until monday morning. a 72-hour marathon with only a five-minute break each hour.

as i mentioned, she's 61 years old and she c >> i have all of these goodies. i brought with me a pillow and cushion so that if i need to or if i can find to, i can get some rest. pickle juice is one of the keys to keeping your stamina going. >> and gatorade. >> who needs gatorade when you have peickle juice. >> reporter: all going to thanks usa tennis thanks the troops which provides scholarships to military families. that's the inspiration. >> i'm thinking that this is benefiting the military and i'm thinking about all of those people that i can draw inspiration from and what they do. this doesn't even begin to compare what they go through every single day. >> reporter: vona doesn't expect to win many of these matches.

the goal is to keep playing right into the carol maloney, news4, sports. >> she says it's all about pickle juice. the cool thing is, this organization is great, by the ç way, been working with them for years, they gave me a time. they said i could play against her. they said, are you free at 3:00 a.m. on sunday? i'm like, not so much. she's giving it her all. >> she's available at 3:00 a.m. on sunday. is she taking breaks every so often, carol? >> i don't think she gets long breaks. if anything, just short bathroom breaks. >> right. >> pickle juice will do that to you, i hear. good for her. she's doing it. >> and we are in a weather alert mode as a severe thunderstorm watch is in effect for the night. amelia draper and lauryn ricketts are

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these days and the cost >> reporter: and there are more accidents because people are driving more? >> they are driving more and driving faster. >> hmm. but there are things that you can do to bring down your premiums, like calling your insured to see if you qualify for discounts. "nbc nightly news" will feature a segment on that tonight at 7:00. and a lot more security as you travel this holiday weekend. there will be greater security at the airports, train stations and other high-profile spots. no specific threats but recent attacks have prompted these extra precautions. >> you'll see k-9s and officers out and about. >> they are hoping it makes travelers feel safer. the olympics is going to get under way in rio is just under a month. >> you'll be there.

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>> go off.ç we have thunderstormni 6:30 and i believe the threat will end a little earlier. of course, people are heading out of town and getting ready for the holiday weekend. we want to prepare you for it in terms of the weather. now let's show what you is going on right now. storms are firing up. this is ahead of a cold front entering west virginia. with the humidity we had out there, the moist air mass, we see heavy downpours as well. really, this is the line of storms that we're watching going through washington. taking that washington split right there and then up towards baltimore and anne arundel county. the area outlined in orange is where that warning is. lakeshore, you'll continue to see it. it will move out to the bay and off to the eastern shore. just north of 50th in the bay bridge, thank goodness. we'll head south now. we also have had a severe

thunderstorm warning until 5:45 we're not seeing it pop up in the orange. lots of heavy rain and it's not moving. we'll have to watch for flooding concerns. it's not going to be widespread. tornado watches up through new york. for the most part, a very scattered storm in virginia beach earlier but not too bad here in the d.c. metro area. storms around this evening, overnight, dropping humidity, looking gorgeous tomorrow. we're going to have plenty of sunshine out there for tomorrow. current temperatures, we made it to near 90. didn't get to the 90-degree mark but close and it probably felt like it with the humidity. temperatures in the 80s across the board and some areas in the 70s but all in all, in the 60s tonight. a gradual slip into the 60s. i do believe that the front will be out of here. 5:00, storms are right around here.

i-95 over the next 15, 20 minutes or so and scoot up. a few lingering showers and here and there. the severe thunderstorm watch goes until 10:00 p.m. look at the clearing overnight. that sets us up with plenty of sunshine. the good thing about tomorrow, humidity. great pool day and sunday is not looking too bad either. it's not going to be too hot. there are rain showers south of i-66 in virginia, closer to central virginia. most of usç will stay dry and there's a chance south of the d.c. metro area. and then everybody is going to have that for the fourth of july. we're going to see some rain and heavy rain on the fourth and it could be out of here before the fireworks start just after 9:00. we'll have to watch for heavy rain. 1 to 4 inches of rain on monday. a lot of rain.

scattered showers as through the late evening and even a few showers lingering into tuesday. a 30% chance. temperatures in the low to mid-80s. humidity creeping in on monday and you'll really feel it on tuesday, wednesday, thursday, friday. of course, amelia was talking about a heatwave. looks like we could have our first one of the year as we get into the next weekend. >> thanks, lauryn. two people are recovering after being injured in an accident in sandy spring. chopper 4 above the scene as crews rescued the driver trapped in the car. the pickup driver was also injured and police are trying to determine who was at fault. her family says she was just on her way to the bank and now she's in jail. >> she was visiting her family in west africa in gambia. she got caught up in some kind of protest and has been behind

jail e kristin wright spoke to her worried family members today. >> reporter: she's sitting in jail in west africa. this is her leaving court getting on a bus headed to one of the most notorious prisons. she's charged with rioting and unlawful assembly and stuck in jail since april. her husband and two daughters in frederick have had no communication with her for more than two months. >> very, very difficult. >> reporter: she was arrested during a violent protest against gambia's dictator. her family says she wasn't even part of the demonstration. >> they just hauled everybody inside and threw them into trucks. >> reporter: they say her detention is political. her uncle is a leader of the opposition party. they say, "we are extremely concerned about her continued incarceration and call for her

immediate release." married 20 years, look at. >> i cannot sleep. >> reporter: the çgirls, weari free shirts feel lost without her. >> school activities and award ceremonies. >> i got an award for my -- >> they need her at home. kristin wright, news4. five weeks from today, the winter olympics get under way but there are major concerns about the water in the bay. full of debris and raw sewage from rio's poor neighborhoods. they contain viruses 1.7 million times more hazardous than a beach in the united states. despite the concerns, brazilian

authorities continue to say the bay >> well, to the clean swimming pool waters, we've been enjoying the swimming trials all week but there's a lot of coordinating and work that goes into producing it ahead of the game. nbc sports is using 23 different cameras to catch every angle of the action. two are dedicated to bringing super slow-mo replays and another two are under water tracking the swimmers. >> what i'm really looking forward to the most is it it all live. our morning heat is live, evening sessions are all live and the energy that you get at olympic games and when three kids win their gold medal, it rocks. >> when those trials wrap up on sunday, the olympic swimming team will be finalized. we already know a couple from this region, including bethesda's katie ledecky has made the cut. inspectors are checking out

a roller coaster after a do an hour on the new revolution virtual reality coaster at a park in the dallas area. it got stuck on the first climb. park officials say that the censor indicated a problem and stopped it at a safe place. employees helped riders out of their seats so they could walk down. federal regulators have launched an investigation after what is believed to be the first fatal crash involving a vehicle in self-driving mode. this included a tesla like this one set to autopilot. that vehicle did not apply brakes and wound up colliding with a tractor-trailer in florida in may. in a statement, tesla says the brakes were not applied because neither the driver nor the autopilot could seeç the white side of the truck against a very bright sky. how would you like some cash in your pockets this holiday weekend? you could get a lot of it if you hit the jackpot.

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on a cruise ship hed as we've mentioned, we're in weather alert right now. we'll likely be in it all night long. storm team 4 is watching as storms move in. an update in minutes. the nats are tweeting out that

they have postponed the so stay tuned to find out when they will start back up. marco rubio calls the al guy an economic disaster in florida. he said it smelled and looked like an open sewage pit. this is a manatee swimming through the mess. the governor has declared a state of emergency already if two counties. an 8-year-old boy remains in critical condition tonight in new york city. the boy fell into a pool on a royal caribbean cruise ship after it left port yesterday. the ship turned back to port. nbc's s nbc has more. >> reporter: an unidentified 8-year-old boy fell into one of

the ship's pools.ç according to the coast guard, the child was under water for eight to ten minutes before he was pulled out. the cruise ship left new jersey on thursday afternoon bound to bermuda. >> medical emergency while out on the sea. >> reporter: medical staff performed cpr on the boy and a helicopter later landed on the ship to wisp the water away to the hospital. the cruise ship turning around to bring the large family back to a waiting bus. earlier this morning, "we are assisting a family of 8-year-old boy sailing on "anthem of the seas" who had an accident and we are providing support to his family. please join us in our thoughts and prayers. they made news as there was damage to the ship during a bad storm and later that same month, another cruise was cut short due

to an outbreak of the a severe thunderstorm watch in effect. >> and the timing couldn't be worse as hundreds and thousands of people hit the road for the holiday weekend. this is traffic as people make their way to the beach. >> let's start with amelia draper tracking conditions from the storm center. how does it look? >> we have a severe thunderstorm warning for northern anne arundel county until 6:30. this front clears the area overnight tonight what i'm tracking right now is the main event and maybe a few additional scattered showers. and lots of lightning in some of the storms and potential for gusty winds and hail. you can see as you're heading up towards the north, new jersey is under a watch as well. parts of new york under a tornado watch this evening.

this goes until 10:00. here's the severe thunderm warning right around the glenn burnie area. north of annapolis, here's a look at the district. we're tracking rain in parts of southeast and southwest washington. moving through alexandria as well. severe thunderstorm watch until 10:00 p.m. tonight. if you're north of this line, this is montgomery, loudoun, baltimore, you're going to be dry from here on out. but the district and areas to the south, potentially still dealing with a little more rain. i'll have more on this evening's forecast coming up and also taking a look ahead to a rainy fourth of july, çwendy. >> thank you, amelia. in other news tonight, attorney general loretta lynch under fire for a private meeting with former president bill clinton. >> she said it was a casual conversation at the airport in phoenix, but with the fbi investigating hillary clinton's use of a private e-mail serve, even lynch admits she wouldn't do it again. brian mooar joins us from