pepco has about 700 outages in d.c. and montgomery county. charles and saint mary's county also affected here by about 150 outages. >> let's find out what kind of day we can expect. no relief in sight. >> not any time soo soon. it's a little bit 0 on the mord pleasant side this morning. that will not last. we're under the heat advisory again. heat indexes could be flirting with 110 just like yesterday intense heat and humidity could lead to a chance for stronger storms this afternoon into this evening. hourly temperatures we should be above 90 degrees in most neighbors, around 12:00 noon,

98 in fredericksburg, 98 on the national mall in washington. i'll let you know how weather is going to affect your outdoor plans coming up in ten minutes. breaking news in traffic. breaking news inbound here at 123. we still have this four-mile backup even though the crash at 123 is now out of the way, we have a crash inbound at 50 as well adding to this problem here this morning. that crash is the right lane and you can see the backups here on the screen. 395 road, gleber road up. 6:02 right now a man is being treated after he was shot by a deputy outside a hospital. overnight police in fairfax county released more information about what led up to those shots being fired. molette green is inova fairfax hospital with the latest on all this.

you. the important message to get out from fairfax police is that this situation is under control. there is no threat to public safety here. shots fired late last night, right on hospital property is neushul. all of it taking place on the property but outside at a bus stop near the green garage here. a suspicious man was holding what police will only describe as an edged weapon. at this time a sheriffs deputy was on duty and in uniform and came to the scene, got here before the police did, and police say some sort of confrontation took place which led to the deputy shooting the man. >> three fairfax county officers responded immediately, and rendered aid to the suspect. until rescue arrived,

fortunately obviously they were literally right across the parking lot. rescue took the suspect into the hospital. he was treated and at least preliminary information is that he is expected to survive. >> reporter: so at this point we expect the man to survive his injuries. it is unclear exactly how many times this 18-year sheriffs deputy fired his weapon and how many times the man was shot. he is expected to survive. again, no one else injured in this confrontation. no word yet on possible charges here. that is the latest live from outside the hospital. i'm molette green. back to you. >> molette, thank you. a massive transformer fire has cut power to businesses in northwest washington this morning and the smoke is still going. take a look at the scene here. all the smoke and flames. d.c. fire and ems says the transformer blew near 18th street and l street northwest. firefighters had to wait at least an hour for pepco to come and cut power. kristin wright is following developments and we'll get an update from her

five people are in the hospital after a crash involving a fire truck in columbia heights. d.c. fire rescue says that truck was responding to a call when it complied wd a car. the lights and sirens were on when it happened. two people who had to be pried out of the car are in critical condition. three others are listed in serious condition. firefighters were evaluated as a precaution but are expected to be okay. maryland senator ben cardin and montgomery county ike legget will visit the scene of that deadly apartment building explosion. one person is still unaccounted for. a sixth body was found in the rubble yesterday. a man originally reported missing has been found safe. some residents reported smelling natural gas before last week's explosion and fire. d.c. police say they are investigating a series of videos going ra

an officer pinning a young woman up against a patrol car. they were posted on twitter yesterday afternoon. in them, you see the woman's feet dangling along the ground as she's held against the car. police have contacted the officer's commander but have not released any more information. happening today, the fairfax county city council will hold a special meeting to hold a special election for a new mayor. former mayor scott silverthorne was arrested last week. council members are expected to approve a date for the special election overnight. six arrests have been made overnight in milwaukee as protests calm down. it's a much different scene now. rioters set fire to buildings and cars to protest a police shooting death. 10:00 p.m. curfew for teenagers is set

outbreaks. we'll learn more about the break up of a major criminal operation. a joint news conference will be held later this morning. they will discuss how several law enforcement agencies helped dismantle this criminal group. today, we expect to be able to show you the full extent of the damage at the washington national cathedral. our crews will be allowed on the roof to see the cracked stones on the north and central towers. it's been five years ins -- since the emissco pal church was damaged during a quake. it wl be a dive for the finish at the line. >> it's dive everyone is talk about. miller dove across the finish line to claim gold. she beat allyson

of a second. >> how many centimeters is that? >> it's bitter sweet because it didn't come the way, you know, i would have hoped, but got to pick up the pieces. >> here's the thing. she still won silver and is the most decorated women's track star in team u.s. history. go allyson felix. it was a rough night for simone biles, a near fall cost her the gold in the ball beam final. she won the bronze. her teammate laurie hernandez won silver. another incredible performance by u.s. gymnastic team. angie goff here at the live desk where i just got my hands on a new poll that shows hillary clinton is holding on to her national lead as voters question donald trump's

clinton beat trump by 9 points, 50 to 41% in a head-to-head match-up. when it comes to the quality of temperament, four out of ten voters saying clinton has the leadership skills to be president. trump getting 17% of all voters on that trait. now with 19% of republicans saying that he has the personality to do the job. the poll has a march jirn of error of plus or minus 1.2%. i'm angie goff at the live desk. right now, metro is dealing with a new safety report that calls out the agency's train operators for running stop signals. a look at what's causing the dangerous driving and how metro is respond. spreading from state to state the latest case of zika and how it got to texas. the heat is going to become unbearable this afternoon. a weather alert day.

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it is a storm team 4 weather alert day. check out the roads in roanoke, virginia, when storms rolled in yesterday afternoon. several inches of rain fell in just an hour. a lot of rain, chuck, for parts of our area too, right? >> you bet. i used to work down at the roanoke at the nbc station down there. i know what it looks like to have flooding in that part of virginia and around here, fortunately not much flooding last night. we still did have quite a few trees down and a lot of people without electricity today. if you know someone without power, you may want to invite them over to your place to sit in the a.c. it's going to be another blistering hot day to be outside. your morning run is plenty humid. don't forget your spf and in

heat index is staying above 100 degrees until 6:00, 7:00, this evening. grilling out in the backyard, look out for thunderstorms. as we get into what to wear, lightweight, light colored clothes. breaking news, 395 inbound a four-mile backup as you are approaching glebe road this morning. still have that crash off to the west. other problem is i-66, a crash in the right lane. travel times, 66, inbound, fairfax parkway to the beltway, outer loop just a tad slow. not so bad there. thank you. it is 5:14 --

severe flooding across louisiana has led to 7 deaths. more than 20,000 people have been rescued from flood waters. hundreds of homes have either been damage or destroyed. more than 12,000 people affected by the flooding are now in shelters. >> until it happens to you, you just really don't understand. water is probably one of the worst mother nature beasts there is. >> president obama has declared a major disaster and authorized federal aid. metro says it is taking action to stop train drivers from speeding through red lights. the federal transit administration says between january 2012 and july of this year, metro train operators ran stop signals 68 times. the fta report blames factors like inattention, confusion, and unfamiliarity. and poor communication between the train operation and control center.

metro respond we will continue to work cooperate with fta on corrective actions and meet deadlines outline in the report. trains have been running at 35 miles per hour because of high track temperatures. systemwide delays could be possible. yesterday the heat led to vre delaying on the fredericksburg line. developing kmorng this morning, the man accused of killing two men outside of a mosque is expected in court. oscar morelle was charged late last night in the murder of a new york city imam and another man. he hit a bicyclist with his suv minutes later. both crimes were caught on surveillance. charge were filed after gun and clothes matching the description were found in his home. a 15-year-old is facing charges for a shooting in downtown washington. that teenager shot someone inside the mcdonald's at the verizon center last week. they arrested him yesterday and did not release his name because he's a minor. he has been charged wh

a multimillion dollar mansion that neighbors say is a party house is now being connected to a shooting in virginia. it's on chain bridge road just inside the arlington county line. police in the county say officers were called to the address twice between 5:00 and 6:30 sunday morning for reports of fighting. that was not the case, though, when they arrived. police believe a dispute that started there led to a driveby shooting in mclean sunday morning. >> altercation led to four people leaving in one car and at some point near the intersection of dolley madison and kirby they stopped. a second car pulled up to the first car. a number of shots rang out. one of the victims in that vehicle called 911. our officers responding. those victims drove themselves

to sibley hospital. >> authorities say two men were injured. the zika virus is already spreading beyond florida creating fear there could soon be an epidemic. texas health officials say someone caught the virus while visiting florida. miami now has 30 confirm cases. health officials say despite the new case there's no evidence the virus is spreading in florida like it has across latin america. heading back to rio, a live look at the olympic flame there. several medals are on the line today in day 11 of competition. team usa has been doing pretty well here. earning 75 medals in total. 26 of them are gold. china in second place with 46 medals. great britain is in third with 41 medals but has one more gold medal than china. rain and wind led to some pretty scary moments at olympic park. yesterday, seven people were hurt when a camera that shows aerial views

one witness said it look liked a flying saucer in the air. it says it's trying to figure out how this happened. a lot of damage but no one was hurt when a tornado touched down in indiana. take a look here. that is the massive funnel cloud. emergency officials say they have been cleaning up downed trees. there was a second tornado 20 miles away. around here, the severe weather we're expecting will be the form of extreme heat. >> chuck bell here with now on what we can expect. >> the fourth and hoel final day in a row where we have to worry about extreme heat indexes this afternoon. feels like factor could be 105 to as much as 110 degrees today. take your shade breaks. stay hydrated everybody and make sure your elderly fen

neighbors and your four legged friends are cool, comfy and safe today. skies clearing out after that round of thunderstorms late yesterday evening. sun rise a couple more minutes from now. temperatures all above 70 degrees as humid air is still very much in play. that humid air will lead for another chance for storms today, ton, and into tomorrow. finally that will lead us to slightly cooler weather for the end of the week. today, i'm forecasting 98 degrees for a high temperature. the record for today is 102, it won't be record but it will be dangerously hot. a little bubble of high pressure. all this moisture is still lurking in the low levels of the atmosphere. all we have to do is throw some daytime heating on it and we'll bubble up another chance for rain later today. here's future weather to help you time that out. by 3:30 this afternoon. chance for storms firing up along the west of the i-95 corridor. by 5:00, 5:30, that first line

pushing through the metro and on out of here. unlike yesterday when the rain didn't ramp up until after 6:00, 7:00, today's storm chances come earlier than that. it may even keep us from getting to 98. we'll see. nonetheless, heat indexes mean you need to be taking it easy. slightly cooler and when i say slightly, i mean back down to only aroundegre 90 d. see you at 6:31. taking a look here at breaking news. 395 north at glebe road. we have a five-mile backup. this has grown. the left side is blocked by the crash. we've gotten out of the way. still we have those backups hanging around. 95 north at fairfax county parkway, brand-new crash, this is a three-mile backup. northbound. 66, crash in the right lane is going to be cleared out of the way any second and a big look at the beltway, no major problems, 270 north and south rol

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an american tourist is among four people killed during an earthquake in peru. the 65-year-old man died sun night when part of the ceiling in his hotel room collapsed on him. 30 other people injured in that 5.3 magnitude quake had to be airlifted to hospital. many major highways in the southern region of that country remain closed because of damage. that huge wildfire in northern california is getting bigger. the clayton fire in lake county is now 4,000 acres wide and still only 5% contained. is it caused an estimated $10 million in damage. a lot of people have been evacuated from their homes as a result. officials believe it was intentionally set. they arrested a man

responsible for the arson and charge him with 17 counts of arson. a michigan company is suing pokemon and nintendo, they allege the placement of poke stops have turned their neighborhood into a nightmare. the couple is calling on the pokemon company and nintendo to remove all the poke stops near their neighborhood and i'm sure they are not the only ones complaining. arlington national cemetery had to send out a reminder to tell people not to play pokemon go on that hallowed ground. i'm kristin wright where a transformer fire has been causing a lot of trouble all night long. latest coming up. get ready for another hot and humid day. chuck is back with a look at what you

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it safe for some people to return to work this morning. plus, biles is all smiles on snapchat even after an olympic fall. we're live in rio. in case you missed it, vice-presidential candidate tim kaine is showing off a hidden talent. ♪ ♪ first, did storms wake you up overnight? we're in weather alert mode again today. >> we woke up to some power outages and some scattered storm damage. >> we have a chance of more storms. it rolled in pretty fast, the lightning added drama to the nation's capitol skyline. we saw damage with only trees and power lines down and we're in for more extreme heat. chuck bell is in the storm team 4 weather center. this could be a dangerous day for people without power or a.c. >> that's right. a lot of people dealing with power outage issues. everybody with or without electricity, it is going to be anotheran

spend any realtime outside today. if you have any stren would you say activities to do put them off another day or two get them done early this morning. four things to know about the forecast. today will be the last day without the extreme heat. heat advisory, heat index could be up to 105 to 110 today. this is the last of the extreme heat. another chance for thunderstorms today. not as much of a risk as we had yesterday. any individual storm could certainly have damaging winds and frequent lightning and heavy rain. higher rain chances move in for tomorrow and there is slightly cooler air coming our way this week and much cooler weather as we get into next week. i'll show you the exclusive ten-day forecast coming up at 6:15. let's find out about the power outages this morning. >> disheartening looking at your forecast today, chuck. i hope they get the power back on soon. they will need that a.c. most of outages are in maryland now. bge reporting more than 1,20

people still in the dark. over in virginia, things improving dramatically over the last 1 1/2 hours. only about 988 outages. most of those by the way in fairfax coin. d.c. and montgomery county residents, you are looking at about 800. that's according to pepco. we're still seeing a handful of people still without power in charles and saint mary's counties. we'll continue to follow up. angie goff. first 4 traffic, as far as the commute, 95 northbound at 32, brand-new accident that has really starting to slow things very quickly. already a one-mile backup that's growing here. it sounds like it's off to the right side of the roadway. taking a look at 395 inbound, still very slow there from the earlier crash at glebe road. fairfax parkway, a crash blocking the express plains as well. the beltway looks pretty darn

5 north at coven tri that left side is block by a crash. a huge underground transform er fire has knocked out power. the smoke hasn't stopped yet. the dangerous situation for firefighters and utility crews at 18th and l street. kristin wright is live now where the smoke is still smoerledering. how is it looking now? >> pretty much the same all morning. still smoking. just talked to two guys who work in an office building here at l street who told me they have no power. that is going to be the situation we believe for most of the day in this area. now, take a look here behind me. these are pepco crews. they just pulled that manhole cover off the ground here on 18th and it looks like one of them actually has gone down under ground. so this is a big job. if you look over here, you can see where it is still smoking. that is where the

this has been going on all night long. if you can look closely, you can see the smoke still rising. i want to show you some video overnight. this is tweeted by d.c. fire and ems. look at those flames. we saw big flames coming out of that transformer under ground, red, glowing, and then lots of smoke that followed after. like i said, this has been a situation all night long. one of the pepco crews told me as we arrived this is still very much a problem. as far as outages, we can tell you according to pepco, about 100 customers in this area without power. when we say 100 customers, that doesn't mean 100 individual people. we're talking, of course, lots of office buildings here. businesses. there's a restaurant. there's a hotel. there's nordstrom rack here. there's an office building. law firms down the street. so questionable as to whether those people are going to be able to work today. pepco telling us that this could go w

about 4:00. so, guys, a lot of work to be done here. back to you. all right. tonight, the fairfax city council is expected to approve a day for a special election for mare. former mayor scott silverthorne arrested last week resigned. he gave an under cover detective two grams of methamphetamine outside a hotel. the five-year-old girl killed in a crash on i 66 was from d.c. mahlon mitchell was strapped in her car seat. marnts seriously hurt there. the truck driver is facing reckless driving charges. coming up on 6:36 right now. we're staying on top of the presidential candidates and where they are headed today.

clinton is in the new nbc news survey monkey poll in philadelphia today, she's speaking in west philadelphia, at the high school as a matter of fact this afternoon. republican nominee donald trump is going to be in west bend, wisconsin. his rally at a county fair and conference center is at 8:30 tonight. meanwhile, donald trump says defeating isis would be the core of his foreign policy if he's elected president. the republican nominee laid out his plan for defeating the terror group at a speech in ohio on monday. trump called for extreme vetting of immigrants, trying to get into the u.s. but he also placed blame for the rise of isis on hillary clinton and president obama. >> the rise of isis is the direct result of policy decisions made by president obama and secretary of state hillary clinton. moving on, it's not every day you see a

>> last night, in asheville, north carolina, that's what senator tim kaine did showing off his harmonica skills at a local brewery. ♪ ♪ >> he joined the band to play a carolina favorite, "wagon wheel." you may be waking up to this video on twitter or your facebook feed. we're hearing what d.c. police are doing in response to this officer's curbside confrontation. plus a fairfax county deputy involved in a shooting outside inova fairfax hospital. find out what happened moments after that deputy pulled out his weapon. and it's a finish line dive. is it fair? you make the cl.al

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good morning, everybody. another weather alert day for dangerly high heat indexes this afternoon. the heat advisory for all of the i-95 corridor, including the d.c. and baltimore mel troe goes until 8:00 tonight. heat indeex between 105 to 110. 98 is the forecasted high. slight chance for storms today. rain chances go up that will help temperatures go down just a bit. if you are planning your weekend at the beach, week temperatures at the coastline will be in the 80s. only a slight chance for rain on sunday. rain likely in the mound tons on sunday. ten-day forecast in ten minutes. breaking news right now in first four had traffic. a couple of problems big delays. 95 north at 32, a problem a two-mile backup. very slow. 395 starting to recover from that earlier problem inbound there at glebe road.

inbound, 95 north, quantico at the parkway. 270 south, no major issues right now. it's okay and then the top of the beltway outer loop going 33 miles per hour. one small piece of good news comes out of the tragedy in silver spring. new details about who will be at the scene of that deadly apartment explosion today. >> reporter: a man with a weapon is shot. why police say the deputy fired

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. new this morning, a major health insurer is quitting most of the obama care health exchanges. plus, viral video and a police encounter. d.c. police respond to this social media controversy. it's an epic dive. the photo finish that still has everyone talking. >> i didn't know i won, until i heard my mom screaming, i thought okay, i had to have won the race. but first back to that developing story at 6:45. a man shot outside a hospital by a fairfax county deputy. >> overnight we learn what led up to that shooting outside inova fairfax hospital. >> reporter: good morning. we want to stress that fairfax county police say the situation is under control.

here, but hours ago, it was a much different scene here. we're working to find out details about the man who was shot and his confrontation with a sheriffs deputy. it all happened at a bus stop on hospital property near the green garage. now, fairfax coin police say the man was holding what they are describing as an edge weapon. >> the deputy was working at the hospital already and immediately responded, located this suspect, and some sort of confrontation took place and the deputy wound up shooting the suspect. >> reporter: now, three fairfax county police officers arrived after all of this. the man was taken inside for treatment. again are he is expected to survive his injuries. the sheriff's deputy was in uniform on duty a

was able to get to the scene very quickly and we're working to find out about any possible charges as well. back to you. today, maryland senator ben cardin and montgomery county executive ike legget will visit the scene of a deadly explosion in silver spring. 7 people are still unaccounted for. a man reported missing has been found safe. washington gas officials are testing the gas lines at nearby buildings. residents reported smelling natural gas before that explosion and fire. d.c. police say they are investigating a series of videos going viral that appear to show an officer pinning a person up against a patrol car. these videos were posted on twitter yesterday afternoon. in them, you can see the person's feet dangling above the ground as she's held against the car. the we've contacted the officer's commander b

released any more information. ♪ ♪ ♪ it will be tight! it will be a dive by miller for the line! >> it is that dive by shaunae miller that everyone is talking about this morning. a photo finish and stirring up a little bit of a debate. >> yeah, it really is. shawnae miller of bahamas dove across the finish line. we have more on this controversy. jay, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, aaron, eun. we've been trying to show the gear from the olympics. everybody not talking about the clothes but that dive like you are describing. is this a track meet or diving? because it was quite the show last night, you know. you had allyson felix in the lead but she does win the silver. right there at the tape. it's crazy. i've never seen this before, a full out dive from

miller from the bahamas. she gets across the tape first. is that it? do you get your head, torso? what's the deal? she's get the gold. al i didn't say son feel -- alyson felix got the silver. laurie hernandez with the silver. simone biles back at it again today as gymnastics wraps up trying to get the gold in the floor exercise portion. she currently holds the world record in that. aly raisman also like her toughest competition, a teammate. they took 1, 2 in the world. so it will be great to see them in their final go here in rio. it's been such a tremendous run for that women's gymnastics team. >>ay

>> be sure to put the usa jacket back on. i'm just saying. >> yes, yes. >> bethesda's favorite swimmer katie ledecky earns five olympic broeks -- broke records. >> for the past three years, i've had 5.65. my goal that i set three year ago was .356 or better and i went 356. that was the 56, the 5 was 805 or better in the 800 and i went 804. whatever it's doing. it's working keep it good. after the olympics, she heads to stanford university in the fall as a freshman. to swim for the swim team. that will be awesome. stay with news 4 with more reports with our wendy

rio. she got her own one-on-one with katie ledecky. you can check that out. chuck bell here with today's weather alert day. >> she trains so hard. she has talent but she works hard. >> you got to have goal. in order to achieve the goal, you have to set the goal first. good for her. our goal is to get somewhere below 90 degrees before the month of august is over. it's all about having goals and we will reach this goal potentially this week, but i think next week for sure. we should have some days without 90 degree weather in them. yesterday, though, the third day in a row, 100 or higher at national airport the last time we had four days in a row 100 or higher was 4 years ago, july 6 through 8th of 2012. rain cool this morning. temperatures in the low to mid 70s. a lot of low level moisture to work with. intense

today. could lead to another chance for thunderstorms this afternoon. probably not as much coverage or severity as yesterday. timing that out, you saw that flil flare up of thunderstorms most likely between 3:00 and 7:00 this afternoon into this evening. earlier than yesterday's rain chances, as a result probably not as widespread or as strong. the real issue we're dealing with today is another heat advisory. heat indexes 105 to maybe as 109 or 10. limit your time outside. stay hydrated and be sure to check on your neighbors. right now we're in the low to mid 70s across most of the area. afternoon temperatures way up into the 90s once again. suburbs, mid to upper 90s. upper 90s, flirting with 100 in the washington area and for tomorrow, not quite as bad because of more rain chances tomorrow. today's rain chance only 30%. tomorrow's chance up to 50%. we'll take it. rain ends early on thursday. thursday afternoon, friday, saturday it will be dry with temperatures near 90. another rain chance sun into monday.

that leads to yesterday -- yes indeed, melissa 80s for next week. breaking news here in first four traffic. marked delays. brunswick, east 890, we're one hour behind. on top of it, of course, you can take red line. pack that patience for sure. quite a bit delay headed northbound, about 2 1/2 mile backup. 121 at lewis dale road, all lanes blocked there. inbound, 395, you can see still a little bit slow but that's a lot better than earlier this morning. 66 has recovered pretty nicely as well. 95 north in virginia, fairfax county parkway, starting to see some real delays because of that crash that's blocking the ramp to the express lanes. no problems here really in prince george's county. 270

typical. guys. i'm kristin wright in northwest d.c. at 18th and l where a transformer fire has been going on all night and it is still smoking. take a look here behind me, right in front of this office building. you can see it is still smoking pretty good. we understand that the fire itself is out, but it is still smoldering. d.c. fire and ems tweeted this video overnight. it shows big flames from when the fire was really going, red glowing flames shooting up into the sky. we understand that it took some time because firefighters had to wait for pepco to come out before they could actually really attack the fire. there are over 100 customer outages in this area. we've heard from several people who say their entire office building is out of power right now and pepco is saying it could be until 4:00 before power is restored. we'll update you on the nbc

good morning, i'm landon dowdy. a major health insurancer is quitting most of the obamacare health exchanges. aetna losing hundreds of millions of dollars after it says the policyholders turned out to be sicker. it will only stay in exchanges in delaware, virginia. it will still offer individual policies outside obamacare. it is 6:55. here are four things to know before you head out the door. today's extreme heat could slow down your commute on metro. trains are running 35 miles per hour because of high track temperatures. power outages from those heavy storms are clearing but there are more than 3,000 customers without electricity around our region right now. a massive transformer fire has cut power to businesses in northwest washington this morning and the smoke is s

look at the scene there. the transformer blew near 18th street and l street in northwest washington. a man is expected to survive after he was shot by a deputy outside inova fairfax hospital in falls church. the man had some sort of a weapon and acting suspiciously. the deputy is now on administrative leave, which is standard. we're under a heat advisory again for today. this includes southern montgomery county, the loudon county, all of fairfax, prince george's, southern maryland all of the i-ate corridor under the heat index. only a slighter chance than yesterday's severe weather chance, but still a chance for stronger storms today. cooler weather is about a week away. pack that patience today on marc this morning. brunswick, 95 northbound at 35,

because of a crash on the right side of the roadway. that's slowing things down and 121 at lewis dale road, all lanes blocked there. thank you, melissa. that is the broadcast this morning. we pressure you waking up with us. >> "today" show is next. we'll be back in 25 minutes with weather, traffic, and breaking news. >> make it a great tuesday, everybody.

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