was guilty of putting herself before america. >> questions about plagiarism for a second day in a row. this time they surround donald trump and his eldest son in his speech last night. >> i know when my father says he can fix the country, he means it. >> donald trump jr. made a comparison about schools which closely resemble a passage from a magazine. they said he wrote both the speech and the article. he told the associated press makes that not an issue. the trump campaign defended melania trump's speech and -- tom sherwood and chris lawrence are covering the convention all week. you'll hear more from tom in the next half hour. first, nbc's tracie potts has what to expect in the day ahead at 4:45. take a look at

footage that we're getting into the newsroom out of utah. it's of a raging wildfire or actually just a fire in the town 70 miles southwest of salt lake city. more than a dozen homes and buildings already destroyed. reportedly two firefighters were hurt and hospitalized. we don't know of any other injuries. thousands are without power. people are evacuating and the red cross is on the scene right now trying to help out. still no details on what caused this fire. i'm at the live desk. back to you. time for weather and traffic on the 1s. man, we had quite the storm. >> chuck bell with four things to know. >> that's right. fortunate fortunately, that severe weather threat is gone and will stay gone for a couple days. time for a cool change. that's what we get around here today. for a little bit of tomorrow as well. our two-daybreak from the high heat and humidity. don't you worry. hot weather lovers, the heat blast is coming back for the weekend and you have a trip

sunday and monday. all three days could touch 100 degrees. outside this morning, in the 60s to around 70. a clear sky out there. way lower humidity. only slight chance for a shower today across parts of southern maryland. the d.c. metro area will stay dry. more about the weekend forecast down at the beach in ten minutes. for now, it's traffic time. chuck taylor, it looks like a tricky commute. chuck it could be. crews were able to do overnight work. southbound on 95. two left lanes getting by this morning. northbound at 95, moving up towards garrisonville, the -- also find unfortunately, beach drive remains closed between pine i branch roadway and broad branch road. we had flooding across the roadway. crews have been very busy through the night. they may still be there before the morning rush. not sure we can get it

quickly as possible. back to you. >> thank you. a developing discovery out of waldorf where a body was found off western parkway. charles county sheriffs investigators say the remains of an adult female were found in the wooded area around 3:00 yesterday afternoon. investigators say there are no obvious signs of foul play, but an autopsy will be done to determine the cause of death. civil rights leader and -- walter faunt roy -- there was a warrant out for his arrest for writing a bad check in 2009. the trial date will be set during today's hearing. a man accused of impersonating a top aide is scheduled to make a plea agreement. the news 4 iteam reported jared lewis, not related to the congressman was charged with pretending to be his chief of staff. he did so to score fi

special treatment at lounges in south beach and miami. he faces up to three years in prison. spokesman declined to comment saying it's now a matter for the courts. we do have sad news to deliver that broke overnight. famous director, hollywood director, garry marshall has died. he is the creative mind shall the director behind happy days, laverne and shirley, pretty woman, morning and mindy, beaches. he wrote dozens of shows and films. early in his career, he wrote for "the tonight show" as well as jack paar. he was 81 years old. i'm angie goff at the live desk. police are searching for suspects in the deadly shooting of a police captain. robert melton was shot in a drive-by shooting. he was rushed to the hospital where he later died.

baton rouge is preparing to bury two of its officers. funeral arrangements are set for matthew gerald and montrell jackson. the two officers and the deputy were killed in an ambush attack on sunday. police say a lone gunman and former marine, gavin long, wanted to shoot anyone wearing a badge. 4:35. right now, metro is preparing to begin a new wave of single tracking in virginia. this time it will happen between boston and east falls church. this is all part of the safetrack safety surge. crews will replace deteriorated wooden rail ties. each though metro is moving on to the next phase of safetrack, it's still having problems along a section of track that was just fixed. it's outside the stadium armory station along a section of track known as the d and g junction. metro says eight separate signals andtc

delays and unscheduled track work. however, officials say passengers were not in danger. riders, though, say the problem could cause some headaches. >> should have been taken care of a long time ago. now it's an inconvenience for everybody. >> metro says the problems outside stadium armory will remain a priority until all issues are fixed. today, a tanning ban goes into effect in montgomery county. no one under the age of 18 can use an indoor tanning bed. in april, montgomery county became the second county in the state to ban indoor tanning to minors. the ordinance requires businesses to post warning signs and customers to wear protective eye gear. today you have another chance to attend and informational meeting on the zika virus. members of the fairfax county health department will answer your questions at a meeting in chantilly. it begins at 7:00 p.m. at the sully st

center. a lot of people are remembering a redskins legend. not a player. but super fan. chief z. >> god bless y'all, man. >> zim a williams died in his sleep. he was a fixture at redskins game. always in full re gallon i can't. they held a vigil last night. they said he was something of a mascot himself. >> this is devastating. but he'll be with us in spirit, that's for sure. >> williams appeared at games since the 1970s. more than four decades. it's not clear exactly how he died. a lot of players and fans are reacting to williams death online. we'll show you what some are saying in the next half hour at 5:00. like a player himself. sad loss. 4:37 right now. it's one way to unify the party. how the gop hopes going after hillary clinton will help elect

craze. maybe you're even part of it. now fairfax county wants to give you your pokemon fix. how you can get in on a gaming marathon starting this morning. storms woke up a lot of people overnight. that's not a sign of things to come today. a closer look at that and your

now. >> chuck bell still watching that radar for us this morning. >> absolutely right, aaron and eun. >> south of leonard town towards the naval air station, nothing heavy. all the big thunderstorm activity from late last night is now long gone. as you plan out the remainder of your wednesday, a nice quiet start to the day today. temperatures mostly in the 60s this morning. you'll enjoy that. plenty of sunshine today. mid to upper 80s. if you plan to head to the beach this weekend, great weather at the coastline for all you sunbathers and sand worshippers. mid 80s tomorrow at the coast. getting hot on friday. beach locations will be in the low 90s. into the weekend, might be near 100 here. it will be in the 90s at the beach. the ten-day forecast is coming up in ten minutes. for now, it's traffic time. jack taylor tracking the latest of the troubles in northwest washington. >> the better news is

northbound on route 1, we have problems in maryland. issues with a tree down at the beechwood road. making progress there. you heard we've made the progress on beach drive. closure overnight was between pine i branch parkway and broad branch road. tree was able to to be removed from the roadway. metro's surge, surge number 5, we've got this morning later on orange and silver line will be single tracking between boston and east falls church through july 31st. back to you. outrage about transgender regulations for students in northern virginia. who is upset and why? a pokemon marathon. where you where you life's sharing a meal. and a kitchen with room for everyone. spend $4000 or more on a new kitchen

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we know exactly what four years of hillary clinton will bring. all the failures of the obama years but with less charm and more lies. >> expect more attacks on hillary clinton's day as big name republicans take the stage in cleveland. governor mike pence will address the republican national convention today. it is his first speech as a gop's candidate for vice president. also in the lineup today, senators ted cruz and marco rubio. tracie potts is live in cleveland with more on what to expect from the governor of indiana. tracie, good morning. >> eun, good morning. this will be his first appearance on the stage here. typically, the vice presidential nominee serves as the attack dog for the presidential candidate. but it seems to me almost the opposite in this case. donald trump goes after hillary clinton and mike pence brought in to balance this ticket and to bring some weight and s

terms of political experience. and also to draw in conservatives. almost to tone things down a bit. it will be interesting to see if he plays that role as opposed to this typical vice presidential role tonight. >> tracie, let's talk about hillary clinton. a lot of attacks, especially from governor chris christie as well. should we expect more? >> probably so. christie came in and did what he described as a mock trial on stage. he ticked through all of these things she did as secretary of state. all of these countries and how she dealt with them. she had the crowd involved cheering guilty throughout his speech. lock her up, which is getting a lot of feedback. whether or not that's the right message they want to send to lock her up.tle bit different i campaign than we typically see. >> tracie potts live in cleveland for us. tracith

doesn't stop here. tom sherwood and chris lawrence are in cleveland working for you. you'll hear tom's take on what to watch for today in the next 15 minutes. hillary clinton is taking a break from the campaign trail today. she was in las vegas yesterday for a vor registration event. her campaign is holding a fundraiser "today in new york." the presumptive democratic nominee for president is expected to be in florida on friday. clinton is narrowing down her choice for a running mate. tim kaine and retired admiral james salve ride is are said to be on the short list. you remember the campaign in northern virginia last week, she says she's looking for someone with national security experience. >> today, senator kaine will join senator mark warner for a roundtable discussion on business development in northern virginia. julie carey will facilitate the conversation at the center for

personalized health on gallows road in fairfax. they're set to talk about health care, tax reform among other things. a dollar tree store employee, a robber ambushes her at closing time. it was caught on surveillance camera at the rockville store. the robber tied the employee up and cleaned out the safe. then he wiped down all the surfaces so he wouldn't leave any fingerprints. before taking off, the robber threatened the employee with a gun. >> it's awful. she was totally violated, taken advantage of. very scary for any employee. >> she must be terrified. i would have been terrified for sure. >> there is a $10,000 reward for information that helps lead to an arrest. 4:48 now. new policies aimed at supporting transgender students in fairfax county are now on hold. the fairfax county school board asked to delay the new regulations which would extend the policy to include gender

evaluate legal issues, including a pending supreme court case involving a transgender student in virginia. this delay is difficult but trusts all students will be treated with fairness. businesses are working to keep pornography out of public places where children might see t mcdonald's is the latest business to make sure restaurants are family friendly in this way. it's activated wi-fi filtering in most of the restaurants nationwide. for years an internet safety group pressured the fast food franchises to block x-rated materials. >> a lot of people will do things beyond your control. you can take basic steps using equipment that's designed to help you with that. >> starbucks, chick-fil-a and subway filter theirs to block pornography. fairfax county is hosting a

12-hour pokemon go tournament. yes, you heard me correctly. the county says this is a safe and controlled way for people to play the game because we've seen a number of accidents. it begins at 10:00 a.m. and lasts until 10:00 p.m. tonight. it will begin inside the governmental center in chantilly. they will lead poke-walks to help people capture characters in surrounding trails and neighborhoods safely. all ages are welcome. you know we're going to see all ages at the pokemon marathon. >> i feel this craze is getting by me. >> when people are running into trees, and really walking off cliffs, driving, it really is becoming dangerous. i can see where fairfax county says if you want to do it, let's do it in a controlled environment. >> i like the controlled environment. this whole craze is passing me by. >> more incidents of things that are happening to people who are cr

you should pay attention to this. the forecast. because today and tomorrow are going to be the last two days before we get right back into the sweatbox of the weekend. right now, as you look live at union station, things are drying out here. in washington, winds are calm at this point in time. that's excellent news. a northwesterly breeze today. 71 downtown. most of the suburbs in the 60s. weather impact on your day will be nice and low. temperatures will stay in the 80s. not humid at all. that will be nice. only a little chance for a raindrop or two will be down across parts of southern maryland to lower parts of the bay. for those that are like me that were aroused from bed at 10:45 by the clap of thunder and hail, pae to marble-sized hail covered the ground by my house around 11:00. that cluster storms is off the coast by ocean city, maryland and moving away. the only remaining raindrops, southern st. mary's county. this area, lower she

the chesapeake bay might be the only ones seeing a continuing chance for rain. 66 in manassas, 71 in martinsburg. future weather today, no chance for rain from washington and points north. the only little rain chance today, later on. you can see on the future weather, bubbling up of the showers there. parts of the eastern shore and some could move across parts of the bay and parts of st. mary's county. on the whole, not looking for much of a rain threat, even in southern maryland today. here's your ten-day forecast. enjoy today and tomorrow. low humidity and seasonably warm. temperatures upper 80s to near 90. the high heat comes back on friday. friday's high near 97. saturday, sunday and monday all could be at or around 100 degrees. thunderstorm chances come back in saturday, sunday afternoon and peak monday and tuesday of next week. it is going to be tricky getting around the road closures from

virginia. 95 southbound, two left lanes get by. scheduled until 6:00 in the morning. metro's continuous work surge through july 31st. northbound on route 1 in maryland, college park near beechwood road. we have the lanes blocked with a tree down. follow police direction in the area. we did hear from park police. they decided to reopen beach drive. they drove it again and said no way. we can't do this. it's unsafe. beach drive still closed between piney branch parkway and broad branch road. thank you. was it the heat or -- an inmate dies after suffering a stroke behind bars. now his family is demanding answers. startling news when it comes to prostate cancer. why the most deadly form is on

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system was failing. weeks later that inmate's daughter is coming forward. she doesn't know what caused the apparent stroke but she's heard enough from other inmates. >> i really would like to find out why did he have to live in those conditions, why he was over there. something needs to be done. >> 70-year-old lesterer by was waiting on a court hearing on an assault charge when he died. in a statement, the d.c. department of corrections tells us an hvac contractor was on site to enhance air flow. it has no reason to believe he will vamted temperatures were related to his death. bill cosby was set to be arraigned in pennsylvania in the sex assault case against him. but the comedian is waiving his right to a formal arraignment which means it will head to trial. cosby is accused of drugging and molesting a former philadelphia employee at his home in 2004.

if convicted, he could face up to ten years if prison. in news for your health, the deadliest form of prostate cancer is on the rise. there's been a 72% increase in advanced cancer cases in just the last decade. the largest surge is among men 55 to 69 years owed. doctors believe the problem is twofold. the disease is turning more aggressive and fewer men are being screened. when caught early, prostate cancer is virtually curable. but if diagnosed after it sprets, about 3/4 of patients die within five years. >> in my mind the data is clear. screening for prostate cancer saves lives. >> the american cancer society recommends men with an average risk get screened starting at 50. those with an increased risk, like a family history of cancer should be screened at 45. children's water bottles. the base of the bottles

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>> right. >> you can wear them for a long time. >> you probably shouldn't, though. >> we should move on. stay with us. "news4 today" continues right now at 5:00 a.m. from rain to lightning, even hail, our region saw it all last night. we've each heard reports of downed power lines, trees, flash flood watches that were issued overnight. it is 5:00 a.m. right now. good morning everybody. i'm aaron gilchrist. >> i'm eun yang. >> let's check in with chuck bell. >> our skies finally cleared out after the storms from late last night. you can see from the tower looking off to the east there, nothing left of the overnight storms. this morning, cooler and more comfortable. this afternoon, nice, low humidity and even tomorrow not too terribly humid. back up to near 90