returns to work for the first time since the historic democratic sit-in for gun legislation. the group will hold a rally this morning and walk from lincoln park in southeast to the capitol building. they're asking for universal background checks. a prince george's county ice cream truck driver is in critical condition after being shot during an attempted robbery. police say he was returning his truck around 5:30 yesterday afternoon when he was shot several times. other ice cream truck operators say they have long complained that the lot needs better security. >> we were expecting something like this to happen because actually the security system here is very poor. with the way people are playing with money. everybody knows vendors go out there and at the end of the day have a little cash. we're learning more details this morning about an explosion that serious

investigators are now testing that explosive compound that blew up in central park in new york city. connor golden stepped on the home made explosive on sunday and lost part of his leg. nypd investigators believe the device was created by an explosive hobbyist and don't believe the device was left there intentionally to hurt people. >> i'm mollet green at the live desk. nasa's juno probe is now orbiting jupiter. >> they're cheering. it took five years to get to this point. you can see the people at nasa cheering when the craft slipped into orbit. now the spacecraft is on its 20-month mission to study the giant planet. its clouds, four inner moons. the cameras were switched off for arrival, so no pictures of that ver

you. however, we do expect close-up views of the planet as this $1.1 billion mission moves on. >> that's why they were really cheering, the billion dollars didn't blow up before it got to jupiter. chuck is watching some of the rain tapering off. >> it will be closing to an end quickly. soggy start here early this morning. plenty of rain out there from overnight and a lot of puddles on the round. rain chances diminishing with time as we go through the course of the day. high heat is just around the corner. we may have to be dealing with triple digit heat index values as we head towards the second half of the week. for now out you go this morning. 's going to be a rainy tuesday drive in, all of 270 from the beltway to frederick is covered in rain. all the way to the blue ridge dealing with raindrops this morning. temperaturewise in the low to mid 70s now.

up into the mid and upper 80s. may have a chance for showers later this afternoon. help you time out the afternoon rain chance. jack taylor at wtop, good morning. >> good morning, chuck. we have an incidents on the outer loop of the beltway at branch avenue. at least threw three or four vehicles involved. callers say they got by safely to the right bt there were no fire or police on scene. the crash that was on the outer loop of the beltway near kenilworth got pushed to the shoulder. the beltway itself relatively quiet. be aware, as chuck said, dealing with a lot of rain. be aware of the fact and don't overdrive the conditions. make sure your headlights are on as well. people running with their daytime running lights on and

vehicle. breaking new developments in an american student's death overseas. about 30 minutes ago police in rome arrested a homeless man in the death of university of wisconsin student beau solomon. his body was found near the tiber river. he arrived in italy last week to spend a semester at john cabot university. wisconsin officials say they've accounted for all the other students in their study abroad program. as muslims celebrate the end of ram dam, suicide bombings rocked three cities across saudi arabia. a blast followed others in the eastern part of the country including one near the u.s. consulate in jed da. pretrial motions are expected to begin in the trial of lieutenant brian wright, one of the baltimore police ofrs

gray. he faces involuntary manslaughter. two other officers in the case have been acquitted. another trial ended with a hung jury. gray died a year ago after a neck injury while in police custody. in the race for the white house, north carolina will be the center of presidential politics today. donald trump will hold a rally in raleigh. later tonight nbc news has learned he'll be joined by tennessee senator bob corker. this comes after trump met with several potential running mates over the last few days. about three hours south of raleigh in charlotte, president obama and hillary clinton will campaign together. nbc's edward lawrence will have more on both candidates' events today in just a few minutes. today, a loudoun county democrat will push a resolution getting opposition from some county republicans.

numerous calls for the resolution after the orlando nightclub shooting, but the county's gop chairman, will estrada is urging members to vote down the resolution. he says people and groups should only be recognized for their achievements. we're one month from the rio olympics. with more excitement comes more problems for the host nation of brazil. on monday sailors complained about an oil slick coating votes and follows concerns about rising crime, the zika virus and slow ticket sales. military members did well during a dramatic day of the u.s. track and field finals. kale simmons took second place. kendricks in first place. it was a dramatic finish for the 800 meter final as well when elise yamon tan know tripped and ended up hopes for a spot in

come to an end for people. >> despite the weather, the fireworks show on the national mall for the fourth of july went on as planned. it looked like pbs tried to pull a fast one hon viewers with its broadcast of the capitol's fourth. they ran footage from previous years showing clear skies and no scaffolding on the capitol. kind of a dead giveaway. that's what the fireworks show actually looked like with all the low hanging clouds. the weather didn't stop many people. thousands waited for the big show in the rain. we caught up with one family from baltimore that waited four hours. >> was it worth it? >> no, no. >> it was to me. it made me feel like yah! >> as for pbs using stock footage, they tweeted saying we showed a combination of

fireworks from this year and previous years. it was the patriotic thing to do. some are calling it a fireworks fail. where fourth of july celebration took a turn for the worse. a gun, a drone and a youtube video. how all three landed a father and son in trouble and what can happen as early as tomorrow. did the rain wake you up last night? it has been coming down for a few hours now. chuck bell says our rain chances are diminishing.

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good morning. i'm mollet green at the live desk. news on the break news from the deanwood neighborhood. a man is in the hospital after police confirm a police-involved shooting that happened at 11:00 last night in the 1300 block of 49th street. police say they responded there to that location for a report of suspicious activity. when they arrived, they found a male with a gun. officers fired on the man. the man was hit. his condition unknown at this time. the officer who fired not hurt. our darcy spencer on the way there and will bring us more later. aaron? >> that video causing a lot of questions right now. a father and son will have to answer to the faa after they posted this video of a

youtube of a drone operating a flame thrower. the faa says it is looking into possible violations of regulations that ban people from operating aircraft in a reckless manner. the father and son live in connecticut and will be in court tomorrow. let's turn right to chuck bell and get a look at the forecast. people want to know how to dress to head out this morning. >> you bet. have the rain gear ready if you're going out first thing this morning. rain chance also be falling with time during the course of the day. first thing on your way out the door, plenty of rain to be dealing with, howard, montgomery, loudoun, fairfax, prince william, fauquier counties, all soaking in the rain this morning. you'll need sunglasses this afternoon but umbrella this morning. temperatures rising into the mid and upper 80s. there's a little chance for a few showers south of the city after 3:00 or 4:00 this afternoon. i'll show you where those

ten-day forecast. jack taylor, good morning. >> we've got the crashes in prince george's county on the outer loop of the beltway before branch avenue. the better part of the roadway is tied up. fire rescue has arrived on scene leaving the right lane and right shoulder getting by so be very careful riding through the area. we believe the crash on branch avenue near sar rats road might be cleared. imagine you're sitting in a restaurant at lunch today when a man climbs on the table and starts yelling about ala. the situation thsent some diner in running. now we're

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. welcome back at 14 before the hour. in an effort to build party unity, president obama and hillary clinton will hit the campaign trail for the first time together in a battleground state, north carolina, but they won't be in that state alone. just a few hours later, donald trump will rally supporters in raleigh. that tops our look at the white house. let's get right to nbc's edward lawrence. should we read anything into it in the talk about running mates. >> the only thing we'll read into the list is he's on the list. we know over the weekend indiana governor mike pens met with donald trump. they spent most of the weekend trog. their families got to know each other. then donald trump announced he met with iowa senator

ernts. this list is getting pretty long on the republican side. donald trump hoping to flush it out and finish the list by the republican convention in two weeks. >> let's talk about hillary clinton. what do we know about what president obama might say about her today on the campaign trail? >> the president is expected to say she's the one that can create jobs, continue his legacy and grow the government. the imagery they want, she's actually going to fly down on say air force one. they have that image of her leaving air force one to look more presidential. her ticket will be paid by her campaign. they'll build a campaign for those expenses. >> edward lawrence live on capitol hill, thank you. a young father of two is a murder victim, the latest of four men killed within a year in the neighborhood that straddled route 1 in alexandria. news 4's julie carey

23-year-old saquan hall. she blames police for drawing attention to saquan in a murder investigation. >> the way they came here, it put saquan in harm's way. >> one neighbor is calling on alexandria's mayor and city leadership to take a harder and more public stance against violence. another neighbor told us it's crucial that members of the community help police and offer any information they have to officers. we're just getting details in about a fourth of july display that caused a fire. it happened on two barges in plymouth, massachusetts, some sort of malfunction happened on one of the barges full of fireworks and it caught fire in the harbor. take a look. then a second one had a problem, cutting thsh

luckily there were no injuries and the fire marshal is investigating what happened. back to you. another scary scene. this one in kentucky. six people were hurt when fireworks fell over during the show on sunday night. instead of shooting off in the air, they fired off into the crowd. firefighters in prince george's county hope a crash involving one of their fire trucks can teach everyone a lesson. the car hit a truck while it was responding to a crash. the firefighters had just gotten back into their unit when the car crashed into them. firefighters say the truck's position protected police officers who were still working at the crash scene. it is a reminder of how important the move-over law is. >> we hope citizens can

to help protect us while we're protecting them. >> the crash caused $10,000 in damage to the truck. the driver now faces charges. people in west virginia celebrated the fourth of july by attending the benefit concert to help those affected by the historic flooding that hit west virginia. west virginia native and "america's got talent" season six winner eugene murphy performed. he previously announced he would donate all sales to flood victims there. today the prince george's county council will listen to complains about trash pickup. in may they restructured and many people have now complained about trash not getting picked up for days. more students in d.c. public schools could soon travel the world for e.

henderson says she hopes to expand the all expenses paid trips to all students in the eighth and 11th grade. d.c. council members snead to prove the trips have lasting and significant educational benefits. right now trips are paid for with money raised through the d.c. public education fund. a different kind of test for some high school students in the district. inspiring film makers were given 48 hours to make movie magic. students were given the props and equipment needed to put their films together. mentors say the tight deadline for students to work together and fine-tune their problem solving skills. >> you've got to be resourceful, be a problem solver. all these are 21st century skills we want to give them any way. >> the students didn't shy away from tough and controversial topics. one film centered around a mind

help a teenager planning to commit suicide. obviously deep topics these kids took on. >> great experience for them, too. >> let's turn to chuck bell. >> light bulb just blew out. happy 5th. >> almost took a dive there. let's talk about the weather. >> still dealing with a little rain and thunder and lightning perhaps, at least in the studio. quietness early this morning but we'll be dealing with sunshine later today. it will get hot later in the week. overall weather impact will be at the moderate level for sure. moderate rain coming to a rain. stayed in the low 70s, up for 80s today with many, many 90s

most of the rain this morning is on its way out. another chance for a thundershower or two later to bubble up with the daytime heating. 87 in culpepper. here is radar to show where the rain is this morning. plenty of light to moderate rain from the capitol beltway north and westbound all the way to frederick, maryland where winchester is. there's a boundary hanging across the area. clearing skies from late this morning up to lunchtime. 10:00 a.m. on future weather, getting the sunshine back. that will allow the quick warmup into the afternoon with daytime heating, we may bubble up another chance for a shower or thunderstorm primarily for the southern half of our viewing area. if you live south of route 50, you have a better chance later this afternoon to get a shower whereas northern maryland should be dry later today. here is your

today's highs mid to upper 80s. back into the low 90s tomorrow. we really get cooking thursday, friday and saturday. highs mid to upper 90s. friday's high likely to be 97. heat index values friday and saturday could be getting up to as high as 105 degrees. could be a heat advisory level for late this week into next weekend. cooler weather continues next week. >> not a good start in prince george's county. on the outer loop trying to move from the wilson bridge to college park. the incident is before branch avenue. a lot of equipment on the scene of the crash. on the outer loop of the beltway before branch avenue. the beltway itself for now, relatively quiet. you can see chuck's storms are blowing through here. be awareo

mormon temple, outer loop of the beltway. high standing water affecting the inbound lanes. be prepared for the weather. it's going to be a factor during rush hour. >> jack taylor in for melissa. a restaurant filled with people clears out in seconds. the man behind the scare and what police say met up to the mad dash. a case of mistaken identity. the takedown of a man visiting the

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if you're just tuning in this morning, we continue to follow the breaking news, an officer-involved shooting in d.c. the 1300 block of 49th street northeast. details are sketchy. we do know an officer was not injured. we have a crew headed to the scene. we el eel bring you an update in a few minutes. a li moving at storm team 4 through. surveillance video in a crowded restaurant in idaho, people rushing the exit after man climbed on top of the bar telling people to people quiet. he shouted alah is one true god. customers thought it might be terrorism. police say the man was just drunk and charged with disorderly conduct. in ohio a case of mistaken identity after a robed man at a hotel

arabic. people called 911 thinking he was a terrorist. >> don't move! >> body camera footage shows the man pleading with police saying he's just a tourist. moments after that they found no cause to arrest him. the united arab emirates businessman has been staying in the u.s. for months because he's getting medical treatment at the cleveland clinic for a heart condition. he tells nbc news he is upset by what happened. >> i'm sad, too sad and too much sad. >> the town's mayor and the police chief have both apologized, but the uae is warning citizens not to wear traditional clothing in the u.s. at this hour the u.s. coast guard is looking for three missing fishermen. their boat was just found overturned off the coast of hawaii. the man went missing on sunday when they left on the boat and did n c

helicopter, plane and patrol boat looking for the ment golden state warriors could be the team to beat again next year. that's because kevin durant announced his decision to join the team yesterday on the players tribute. fans can't be more excited. >> a great asset to the team. he's a great player. >> i feel like nobody is going to be able to beat the warriors for the next four or five years. >> durant led the oklahoma city thunder to finals appearances over his nine years with the team. >> good morning. i'm mollet green with new details coming in on the confirmed police-involved shooting in the district. we just found out a metro transit police officer actually shot a man around 11:00 last night. there's heavy police activity right now near thede