there's likely to be rain moving back in before lunchtime today. for this morning, just areas of light rain around. during the afternoon, steadiest rain likely between noon and 6:00. for this evening, it will be cloudy for the fireworks there could be some lingering rain chances all the way into fireworks time. temperatures courtesy of the clouds and rain chance. it's going to be a cool, comfortable day to be outside. temperatures will get up in the low and mid 70s today. our average high is 88. cooler than average fourth. look at all the rain back across central, west virginia. that's all coming our way. that's our afternoon cluster of rain drops right there. pockets of dry weather in central kentucky that's our best hopes to be at least sort of, kind of, mostly rain-free for the firework. it will still be all wet but hopefully the heaviest rain will be over today. don't get used to the cooler weather. there's a lot of 90s ahead. back to the news. it is all quiet on the national mall but that is

soon thousands will come for the capital fourth concert and the big fireworks show. molette greene joins us live now. the rain a big concern for organizers tonight. >> absolutely. all skies on the skies on this day and the two biggest must-see events, the capitol fourth concert. this is video of last night's rehearsal. the show set for 8:00 tonight. the fireworks show kicks off around 9:00 p.m. we've got a chance to talk to the national park service about the kinds of weather that could actually force them to counsel. >> what we're looking for are a combination of low visibility, high winds, heavy rain, thunder and lightning obviously. if any of those things contribute and would marr the performance or put the safety of our employees or our visitors in danger, then we'll look at postponing or delayi

of that show. >> now, coming up at 6:45 this morning, what you need to know about those security checkpoints to get on the national mall and to get to that concert at the u.s. capitol. that is the latest live from the scene. here on the national mall, molette green, news 4. thank you. plenty of holiday road closures are now in effect. everything around the mall including the arlington memorial bridge closed until about 11:00 tonight. there will also be closures along constitution and pennsylvania avenues for the parade. ♪ america, america ♪ >> that's a taste of what you'll hear at tonight's capitol fourth concert. it starts at 8:00. tom bergeron is hosting this year. if you are taking metro, you won't have to deal with track work today but there will be crowds.

morning and closes at midnight. trains are running on a saturday schedule until 2:00 this afternoon. then ramp up to near rush hour service levels before and after the fireworks. now, because of the large crowds, you cannot bring bicycles and large coolers. metrobus runs on a saturday schedule. again, but expect detours around the national mall. now, if you are still making plans, we have a list of fourth of july parades and fireworks on the nbc washington app. that includes events costing $40 or less, search fourth of july and share your pictures with us. do that. just make sure to use th the #howwe4th. a fairfax county man is recovering after his foot was severed in new york's central park.

he stepped on what police say looks like a homemade firework. >> we learn how his family is dealing with that accident. >> to hear that news it was like surreal, it still is. still like i'm in a dream. >> more like a nightmare for this family. their 18-year-old grandson suffered a dramatic leg injury in central park in new york when investigators say he stepped on an explosive material. >> i hope they find out who did it. to get anything else like that out of central park. >> he's from fairfax county. he just finished his freshman year at the university of miami in miami. he was in new york with a couple of friends this holiday weekend when it happened. >> connor spoke to his dad by phone but he was very woozy and he said he didn't think it was a firecracker. >> reporter: carey golden is his grandfather. he says they had to remove his leg below the knee. >> my son is having a tough

so hopefully it's going to work out for him. i mean, this is a life-changing thing for this poor young man. >> reporter: his grandparents say he graduated last year. he's musically talented and enjoys outdoor activities like rock climbing and parasailing. >> i get sad. because i think does connor know what's happened to his legs? >> reporter: connor was also an eagle scout. it helped build his character and he loves the outdoors. >> hopefully between his parents and the eagle scout he's got the character to deal with this. >> reporter: darcy spencer, news 4. we'll have a live report from new york on the latest in the investigation and his condition. right now, police are looking for a suspect on a fatal shooting in northeast d.c. they say is happened last night on v street. they found a man who had been shot and who died there at the

are asked to call police. it took about 20 minutes and a hundred firefighters to put out this fire in adams morgan last night. the fire covered the upstairs, the upper floors of this row home there. you see the flames. this is calvert street near adams mill road. we're told no one was hurt, but four people this morning without a place to stay. today, an event in space. scientists have been waiting for for the last five years. nasa's juneo's space craft is arriving at jupiter today. it launch in 2011 and it has a year and a half to examine how jupiter evolved. it will orbit the planet 30 times before the harsh radiation causes to fail. it's going to take color pictures around the planet and hopefully relay some helpful information. >> we'll

pictures of the planet and -- >> and the clouds. >> and all that. hopefully. like you said earlier, you see these pictures, you don't know what you are looking at but you know it's pretty cool. >> amazing stuff. making sure sure you make it home from your fourth of july celebration safely. what you need to know to get a free cab ride today. >> storm team meteorologist chuck bell tracking the impact this rain is going to have on your independence day plans. he has your beach forecast at 6:11. plus what you need to know about phase three of metro's

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i'm storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell. coming up at 6:11 on your montana -- morning, the fourth of july. light rain,

steadier rain drops down to our south and southwest. as a result your rain chances are going up, up, as we go through the morning and up until the noontime hour. it's comfortable outside. temperatures mid to upper 60s across the area. if you are headed down to nats ballpark, the brewers are in town. 11:00 a.m. first pitch. little earlier than average. they will et good the rain started, but the steadiest rain is right through the peak of the afternoon. there's likely a delay. parade, rain likely for the parade. hopefully we get the steadiest of the rain out of here before it is firework time tonight at 9:00. if you are leaving today to go down to the beach, a shower chance at the beach tomorrow but warming up and drying out as we go later on into the week. our five-day forecast coming up in ten minutes has 90-degree days coming up around the corner. right now, a

after his foot was severed in a central park explosion. investigators believe it was caused by a homemade experiment left behind. our sister station is live now in lower manhattan with more details on what happened here. good morning, lori. >> reporter: good morning. 18-year-old connor golden is recovering from surgery and we're learning labor more about him this morning. his grandmother is staying that he's an musician and honor student and a member of his school chorus back in virginia. he was here in central park with two of his friends and they were climbing rocks yesterday when he stepped on a plastic bag covering homemade plastic material. that set off a blast, severing his foot. the noise which was heard blocks away had many fearing the worst. police closed off the park. the bomb squad, fbi, and police canines were brought

police say they don't believe the explosive material was a bomb or was signed to hurt anyone. it could be a homemade firework and they do believe that explosive material had been in the park for at least a day and again they are looking now for whoever may have placed it there and they are asking for the public's help but once again they don't believe that it was meant to harm anyone. back to you. >> all right. thank you. we are following a developing story overseas. 167 people were killed. sources say that a suicide bomber driving a mini bus filled with explosives targeted a busy baghdad market and shopping district right at the end of ramadan. isis has claimed responsibility for this attack. the country's prime minister is ordering new security measures in the capital. a suicide bomber was killed and two others injured in a blast earlier today near the

officials say the attacker detonated his suicide vest when security guards approached him near the parking lot of a hospital. all staff at the consulate have been accounted for. new this morning, another development in the investigation in egypt air flight 804. new reports say the bodies of plane crash victims have been recovered. there were 66 people on board that flight when it crashed into the mediterranean sea back in may. egyptian investigators are very covered both black boxes in that plane. they found evidence of smoke and heat damage. they are still working to figure out what exactly caused the crash. search continues for a man who tried to sexually assault a woman in northwest washington. he came up to the woman around 2:30 sunday morning. the woman got away before anything happened.

there was a deadly crash in the district. vincent king was killed when he crashed his car on georgia avenue saturday night. according to police, king hit a ford f-150 pickup truck on georgia avenue again and jumped the curb, hit a hydrant and overturned. the pickup truck also flipped. that driver survived. police say speed was a factor in the crash, but they are still continuing their investigation. phase three of metro's safe track program begins tomorrow. that means there will be no service on the yellow and blue lines between reagan national airport and braddock road. they are already warning riders to expect reduced service at a lot stations in virginia. crowds will soon be heading to the national mall. it's going to be a busy day filled with parades and fireworks. it won't be this empty there much longer as you look at that live

check out on the national mall. that includes the smithsonian folk life festival. it's highlighting the diversity of cultures here in the u.s. and the traditions being kept alive. performances start at 11:00 this morning. they should wrap up around 5:00 this evening. the folk life festival continues through july soth. if you plan to drink, there are a few ways to get home safely tonight. sober ride is giving free cab rides from 10:00 tonight until 4:00 tomorrow morning. you can call 1-800-2 hundred-taxi. that's number is on your screen. that will get you a safeway home. >> the program is only as good as its use. i would hate to think that anybody gets in a car after drinking that says they didn't know about the program. >> the washington regional alcohol program is partnering with nine taxi companies. more than 230 people took advantage of this service last year. the annual macy

july fireworks special kicks off tonight. >> right here on nbc4. workers have been preparing the five barges in new york's east river using 56,000 pyrotechnic shells will be fired off. they will be sin kronized to music from the united states air force band. we've been talking a lot about the rain and looking at the radar this morning and chuck says he thinks we're going to be tonight. no promises. >> fingers are crossed. >> we'll do everything we need to do. it's going to rain today. it's absolutely going to rain. let's hope we can get the rain out of here before 8:00, 9:00 when it is time to stare sky wards and hope for fireworks. i think they will get the displays off. that does not mean it's going to be a dry evening to be outside. right now, it is all cloud cover here in washington. a

pockets. the steadier rain is due to arrive in here just before lunchtime today. the overall weather impact on your plans today, moderate to high, depending on how much you really wanted to do outside. rain is likely pretty much throughout all of the afternoon hours. on average, half an inch, maybe some places as much as an inch of rain today but the rain should be easing up by about 8:00 this evening. again, fingers are crossed for that. outside, here's your planner. planning the next 12 hours, 9:00 this morning, might even get a little bit of sunshine. 9:00, 10:00, 11:00, this morning before the steadier rain moves back in. temperatures in the 60s this morning. the near 70 by noontime with the heavier steadier rain moving in right around lunch. so very tough for barbecuing. heaviest rain likely around 3:00 in the afternoon. by 6:00, 7:00, rain should be coming to an end but the skies will remain very cloudy and occasional light raindrop still can't be ruled out. for now, we're all stit sitting around cloud cover but most of the rain is back down to our south and west and that's

couple of hours. right now, it's 66 in duls, 66 in gaithersburg. here's future weather to help plan your day out. 7:00 a.m., cloudy. here comes the rain by lunchtime today. there's the heaviest of the rain. likely between 2:00 and 5:00 this afternoon as we get past 7:00 or 8:00, that wave of steadier rain moves out, though occasional light rain drops cannot be ruled out. here's 9:00 on future weather. cloudy with best chance for showers mainly up to the north of the city. another chance for rain, maybe rumble of thunder late tonight, into the early hours of tomorrow morning and tomorrow gradually things will start to dry out a little bit. today, with the clouds and the rain around, temperatures will stay in the 70s. but for tomorrow, breaks of sunshine. should allow temperatures well back up into the 80s. here's the next five days. today, 100% chance for rain. 76. tomorrow, most of that rain chances before lunch tomorrow, just enough sunshine to get us back up to nea

look at the 90s coming right back into the forecast for wednesday, thursday, and friday. another pretty good chance for some afternoon storms on thursday and a slight chance on friday as well. coming up at 6:51. i'll give you the ten-day forecast that includes next weekend and a whole lot more. 90-day days coming our way. thank you. 6:20 right now. the fireworks for the national mall knoll the -- not the only fourth of july tradition in d.c. what you need to know if you want to catch this year's independence day parade. plus, cooling off or causing trouble? why the pool at the world war ii memorial is sti rr

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four helicopters and air crews helping to battle two while fires in central california. they provide water drops, medical evacuation and equipment transportation for crews on the ground. dozens of homes are threatened by these fires. new this morning, a united airlines flight from sydney, australia, to los angeles was forced to make an emergency landing after hitting a bird. officials say it happened shortly after take-off from sydney. the plane turned back around and landed safely a short time later. no within on board was hurt. if you are visiting the national mall this holiday, you should know about the controversy at the world war ii memorial. itat

a body of water. some people are using the water as a pool. many find that offensive and say it's disrespectful to our veterans. weigheding in the pool is actually against national park service rule. different people have different opinions. you won't go wading into the reflecting pool. >> no, it certainly wouldn't cross my mind as a parent to have my daughters at that location, you know, when you are surrounded by these veterans who -- >> you are thinking about -- >> served. it's sort of like, you know. >> all week long, athletes are going to be running and sprinting and jumping, trying to secure a spot in the olympics. >> that's right. track and field trials started a few days ago and one of the most notable things that's happened so far in 18-year-old made the team. vashti cunningham became the youngest track and field olympian since 1980. she's the daughter of

there was also an american record set in the men's 100 meter race and in the decathalon defending olympic championship ashton eaton won despite an injury. >> he's pretty amazing to watch. his wife is also a track athlete. as a team. amazing stuff. >> it's amazing what they can do with those athletes. >> 6:25 our time now. getting ready for the big parade here along constitution avenue. the first of the independence day events. i'll tell you more about it coming up on news 4. also ahead, making history while celebrating our independence. the special opportunity for thousands of military members and their families to catch a baseball game like never before. and outside we don't have any rain in the immediate metro area just yet, but oh, that was about ready to change. there are rain drops that are coming our way likely toac

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. right now, it's all quiet on the national mall. however the crowds will begin building in the hours ahead as we celebrate our independence day. the question is what impact will the rain have on your fourth of july plans. you can see there's the showers pushing their way toward us right now. chuck bell is here with the four thing you need to know. hey, chuck. >> good morning, kristen and aaron. good morning, everybody. happy fourth of july. let's make it a safe one. let's know that it's also going to be a little on the rainy side out there. especially during the milling of the afternoon. barbecue plans could be dicey. it's cloudy outside right now. four thing you need to know about the forecast. grab the rain gear if you are

the parade, have the poncho ready to go. steadiest of the rain likely between noon and 6:00 p.m. it should be a little break in the rain after 8:00 tonight. that will be perfect timing for the firework. the fireworks should fly but i'm not the guy that make that call. i'm just telling you that i think they are going to be able to get it in. planning out your fourth of july, light rain this morning. rain much more likely between noon and 6:00. could even have some pockets of heavier rain between 3:00 and 5:00, and hopefully the rain showers coming to an end by 9:00 time frame. here's the break in the rain right here across central kentucky. that's the breck that we need to be over us for firework time, but between now and then it's going to be rain coming our way. so have the rain gear ready to go. right now, heaviest of the rain is still well down to the south and west of the d.c. metro area, but again that dry stretch is not going to last for plong. on the up side, it will be cool today. temperatures staying in the 70s because of all the clouds. all right. it's 6:31 right now. we turn to the race for t

white house this morning. hillary clinton trying to pull the email controversy behind her with just three weeks until the democratic convention while donald trump is dealing with a new controversy of his own. nbc's edward lawrence has the latest. he joins us from capitol hill. good morning. >> reporter: this is a week for image control. hillary clinton trying to put a positive spin on an image that could look very bad. her being interviewed by the fbi for three hours during a possible criminal investigation. hillary clinton wants to focus on narrowing down a vice-presidential pick and attacking the republican. instead, she met with the fbi for a three-hour interview as part of a probe to see if clinton mishandled classified information on her personal email server. >> i'm not going to comment on any further on the review but i've been answering questions now for over a year. i've released more than 55,000 pages of

public to read for themselves. >> clinton surrogates took to the sunday talk shows to defend her. >> i think there won't be an indictment. >> but republicans are still skeptical. >> i think she's disqualified herself as our commander in chief. >> donald trump is fighting off another controversy of his own doing. in attacking clinton over the fbi investigation, he tweeted what appears to be a star of david over a pile of money. this same image used a month earlier on a twitter account of a user who also promoted other racist imagery. the image was reese placed. >> a tweeted a simple tweet and the bottom line is you can read in things that aren't there. >> the anti defamation league says it's long over due for trump to reject racist and anti semits. >> hillary clinton will be in charlotte, north carolina, on

with president obama on the campaign trail together. reporting live on capitol hill, edward lawrence. all around the world, people are remembering elie wiesel. this is video from his funeral. president obama was not there, but did say he fought against hey dret and bigotry and former president george w. bush said he lived an example of a grateful life. the president and first lady are hosting members of the military and families at the white house. they are hosting a barbecue on the south lawn accompanied by a convert. this is video from last year event

stage. after all thark the group will watch the fireworks. well, there are events you can go to all over our area but nothing quite beats the fourth of july on the national mall. the celebration starts this morning with the national independence day parade. derrick ward is live there. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. you can tell that something is up here. constitution avenue is indeed still open. you can kind have your own little parade before the big one and sort of feels that way when you ride down there. it's adorned with flags and what have you. take a look. the parade starts at 11:45 here at 7th and constitution and it goes down 17th and constitution. the steps at archives are some of the seating you'll have. otherwise, you'll be standing along the route here to take a look at that parade. people love this thing. if you've seen the parade, you know what it's all about. it's all about

from all over the country, or fife and drum corps, they are all part of this. it puts you in the mood and tells you this is indeed a special day for this country. back with you live here, archives. this is the hub of it all. this is the home of the declaration of independence, the document that started it all. archives for the past couple of years has been setting up a little store outside. there are some souvenirs, things like that and they are open at 10:00 and they are encouraging people to come in and view the declaration of independence. a lot of people may be taking advantage of that. it gets under way at 11:45. runs until 2:00 from 7th and constitution down to 17th. road closures are not in place yet. they will be soon. you'll be directed around the parade route if you are coming down for some of the other events here today. we're live on constitution avenue.

back to you. baseball players will be wearing special uniforms in honor ofarc america's birthday. the national are playing the milwaukee brewers here in washington at 11:05 a.m. if you are thinking about going, you should plan ahead with all those road closures around the mall. the atlanta braves and the miami marlins made history last night by playing the first professional sporting event at a u.s. military installation. you are looking at ft. bragg, north carolina. it is the largest military base in the world. the game was played in front of members of the military and their families. players from both teams also visited patients at the womack army medical center there. this was the first major league baseball game played in north carolina. how about that? >> really? wow. that's interesting. that make sense. >> pretty awesome. it was -- i think it was a golf course that they converted into a baseball diamond. major league baseball went in and did that and they get to keep the diamond. >> to make it happ

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officials are also dealing with tree damage from this storm. when i was coming in this morning, i felt lfs a light kind of mist. we know the rain is going to pick up throughout the day. everyone is wondering what will happen tonight cht. >> the fourth of july fireworks at 9:00. we have a lot of rain between now and then. with any luck, indications are we should get the rain out of here for fireworks. weather headlines for today, areas of light rain this morning, steadiest of the rain during the afternoon hours and by evening still cloudy for the fireworks but most of the steadier rain should be coming to an end by 7:00 or 8:00 this evening. so hourly temperatures, we're in the 60s, mid to upper 60s now. only get up to the low 70s for highs today. have your rain poncho, and shorts umbrella. no need to worry about the spf today. your exclusive ten-day forecast it coming up in ten minutes. right now, the entire area around the national mall on lockdown for secut

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mall. >> security measures are in place for the show. what you need to know. >> what you need to know before you head down there. chuck bell is tracking the weather. how does it look? >> it looks a little cloudy outside for now. there are rain drops lying in wait just down to our west and southwest there. moving in our direction, so if you are going to the nationals game, the first pitch is at 11:00 today. plan on at least a rain delay. they may have to postpone the game until some other day when we're not dealing with the rain drops. see you in a few more minutes on that ten-day forecast which is a summer sizzler. timing is everything for the celebrations on the national mall. thousands looking forward to the capital fourth of july concert and the big fireworks show, of course. news 4 molette green is joining us live with what we need to know about security. molette. >> hey, aaron. you can see security sweep happening near the live truck locations

stations. the security sweep is happening at all of the checkpoints, park police on foot using those canines on motorcycles. this entire area around the national mall shut down for this sweep that's to be expected with the heightened awareness surrounding very large events, especially with the concert coming up tonight, the fireworks show as well-being two of the biggest draws. pack your patience when you get to these checkpoints. >> take a look for those, those banned items, no alcohol, no glass. i want to stress again no drones. leave your drone at home. >> now, eight checkpoints set up on the national mall. most of them opening at 10:00 a.m. after this sweep is complete and then there are two set up for the area around the concert, where the concert will happen. toes will open up at 3:00 this afternoon. that is the latest live from the national mall molette

>> thank you. watch out for road closures as you head out to the fireworks and to the parades today. everything around the mall, including the arlington memorial bridge, they are all closed now until about 11:00 tonight. there will also be closures along constitution and pennsylvania avenues for the parade later this afternoon. ♪ god bless america, land that i love ♪ >> that's a preview of what you'll hear at tonight's capitol fourth of july concert. tom bergeron is hosting again this year. kenny logg anys, smokey robinson and the voice winner allison porter will be performing. >> trains are running on a saturday schedule until 2:00 this afternoon, then ramps up to near rush hour service levels, before and after the fireworks. now, bicycles and large coolers won't be

metrobus runs on a saturday schedule but expect detours around the national mall. if you are still making plans, we have a list of fourth of july parades and fireworks on the nbc washington app. that includes events costing $40 or less. search fourth of july and please do share your pictures with us. just make sure to use th the #howwefourth of july on instagram, facebook, and twitter. right now, police are saying the device that exploded in central park on sunday appear to be homemade. they say 18-year-old connor golden jumped on some rocks in the park, landed on the device and it blew up. his leg had to be amputated below the knee. the blast could be heard blocks away. >> it certainly was louder than a firework. >> investigators don't believe this incident is related to terrorism and they say there are no specific credible threats directed at new york city. the victim again,

he graduated from oakton high school and just wrapped up his freshman year at the university of miami. he was in new york for the holiday when he was severely hurt there. we caught up with his grandparents here in northern virginia. they tell us when they learn what happened, they just couldn't believe it. >> to hear that news, it was like surreal. it still is. kind of like i'm in a dream. >> connor is still in the hospital in new york city. he's in critical but stable condition. right now, police are looking for a suspect in a shooting that killed a man in northeast d.c. police say it happened around 9:45 last night on v street. when officers got there, they found a man with a gunshot wound. he died at the scene. if you have any information about this, you are asked to get in touch with police. it took 20 minutes and about 100 flfs -- firefighters to put out this fire in adam morgan last night.

the fire covered the upstairs, the upper floors of this row home there. you see the flames. this is calvert street near adams mill road. we're told no one was hurt, but four people this morning without a place to stay. today, an event in space. scientists have been waiting for for the last five years. nasa's juneo's space craft is arriving at jupiter today. in launched in 2010. it will strt taking photos of the planet's aurora's and clouds. it has about a year before the harsh radiation causes to fail. >> space is an unfriendly place. >> you know we travel broadly. >> jupiter is running about 200 below zero on a good day. not to mention -- birds chirping? >> no, that's "star trek." those are sensors scanning. >> when you

gray hair around their ears like me, that means their old and hard of hearing. >> not a whole lot of rain just yet but that is going to change before too much longer. temperature 69 degrees. cloud cover. a couple of drops here and there. not a whole lot of heavy rain just yet. you plan out your fourth of july, just light rain by 7:00 this morning. by noon, rain likely and an 80% of chance of rain at noon and a 90% chance of rain by 4:00 this afternoon. heaviest of the rain probably between 2:00 and 5:00 p.m. rain chans are falling but they are not all the way down to zero. there still could be drops down the firework on the mall, but the heaviest rain will be off. raining along i-81 just west of charlottesville, all the way down to the roanoke

here's your future weather to help you plan out the day. by 11:00 noon, here comes the steadier rain for noontime. between 2:00 and 5:00, pockets of moderate and briefly heavy rain. here's a reason i'm optimistic for the fireworks. there's 5:00 on future weather and 9:00, still cloudy with an opportunity of some light rain, but nothing heavy. there won't be any gully washers during the time of the fireworks display. there could be rumble of thunder late tonight. tomorrow afternoon, just enough sunshine to get things warmed back up again. maybe a spotty shower tomorrow afternoon but most of tomorrow's rain chances in the front part of the day. here's your exclusive ten-day forecast. today in the 70s with 100% chance for rain today. 60% chance for rain tomorrow, but the return of sunshine will get temperatures back up into the upper 80s and here come the 90s, wednesday, thursday, friday, saturday, sunday, all 90 or higher and some of these days could be 95, 96 degree as we

this week. after today, there's an whole lot of summer heat, haze and humidity coming our way. phase three of metro's safe track begins tomorrow. there will be no service between reagan national airport and braddock road. it's warning riders to expect reduced service at a lot of stations, especially in virginia. if you are going to be drinking. there are freeways for you to get home safely tonight. sober ride is giving free cab rides from 10:00 tonight until 4:00 in the morning. so take advantage, if you need to. you can call 1-800-200-taxi for a safeway home. up to a $30 fare. the celebration starts this morning, the national independence day parade begins just before noon. derrick ward is live along constitution avenue on the mall with the

this morning. derrick. >> reporter: well, we're here at 7th and constitution where the parade kicks off at 11:45 this morning. runs ten blocks down to 17. here's it the route. the parade starts at 11:45. ten blocks down to constitution. some of the only seating that you'll have will actually be on the steps of the archives and that is appropriate as it's the home of the declaration of independence on permanent display here. that's the document that started it all. thousands of people come down here to take a look at this parade. hundreds of bands from all over the country participate. some of them are recommended by their state governors. back here at the scene, we can see some of the roadblocks starting to set up. traffic is still moving down constitution but roadblocks are indeed in place. if you are working your way down here, you might want to find another way or work around because things are starting to shut down to get the

under way. we're live downtown on constitution. derrick ward, back to you. a lesson that fireworks can be dangerous no matter who you are. an emergency room doctor in minnesota lit four sparklers at once during his daughter's birthday party. they exploded, burning his hand. he didn't know that as you combine more sparklers, the flame becomes more dangerous. >> you are an idiot, i can't made you a sparkler bomb in your hand. i never knew. this is intense heat. even though you are safe and you see kids running around with sparklers. this stuff is the real deal. >> yep. don't do that. >> when handling sparklers, lying one at a time. stay at least six feet away from other people and put the flame out in water. >> there are literally going to be thousands of firework displays across the country after the sun goes down tonight. >> there's another reason why you should let t

run the show. being check your insurance policy to see if you are covered in case there's damage and if the fireworks are illegal that's a whole other issue. many policieso not cover damage done by illegal fireworks. you've been warned. 6. . 56. here are four things to know before you head out the door this morning. iraq's prime minister is ordering new security measures after a bomb attack in baghdad. at least 167 people died. isis claims responsibility. new developments about a plane crash mystery. crews are recover the bodies of the victims from egypt air flight 804 which crashed into the mediterranean sea back in may. still no word on why the plane went down. a fairfax man's leg had to be amputated after an explosion in central park in new york on sunday. police believe he stepped on a homemade firework. and thousands will enjoy the fourth of july on the national mall. it starts at 8:00 tonight and fireworks shows

checking your radar there, there's one little hole in the rain back across central kentucky. that is our hope for some dry weather here during the firework. it's going to stay all cloudy but that little hole in the rain is about 11 hours away. that puts it here right about in time for 6:00, 7:00, this evening, but for now we're dealing with the droughts. it won't be a scorcher of a fourth. twingt in the low 70s. that is the news for today. thank for waking up with us. have a good morning. >> the "today" is just ahead. we're back with a local news update at 7:25. happy independee day and ncm

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good morning. where did it come from? a teenager seriously injured after accidentally jumping on a firework in new york central park. a search to find who put it there and why. a suicide breaking over tphaoeult night, a suicide bomber in saudi arabia. an attack at a u.s. consulate in saudi arabia. in baghdad the death develop climbing from a truck bomb in a busy shopping area. chilling revelation. the father of the boy who was killed by an alligator at disney world reportedly told emergency crews he was