we'll take a look at the long-term plan for that position. but first, the not as hot forecast with meteorologist chuck bell. we're going to measure progress in small doses around here. it will be better than it's been. mostly clear skies this morning. it's a dry, warm and humid start this morning. temperatures most areas, especially inside the beltway, above the 09-degree mark. rain and thunder shower chances creeping up, up, up into the evening plans. a dry start may turn into a wet finish today. have the umbrella ready to go on the safe side. high temperatures today, 91 in leesburg, 92 in manassas. upper 80s alongside of the chesapeake bay. that's a little bit in the way of progress. speaking of progress, let's go to melissa

southeast, southwest expressway. eastbound southeast, southwest freeway, split at the third street tunnel, the left lane is getting by the crash. sounds like the exit ramps are unaffected right now. that's very good news through that area. northbound bw parkway, crash. chopper 4 headed that way. westbound 7 at carlin springs road, the three-car crash is hanging around there. the beltway there at river road, no major problems. guys? melissa, thank you. we're tracking a breaking story in the district. police on the scene of a triple shooting. this happened across from nationals park in southwest d.c. news 4's kristin wright live with more on the investigation. kristin? >> reporter: good morning. we just now talked with a woman who lives right here where the shooting happened. she says in the middle of night she heard about 15 gunshots and then heard a car just tearing out of here. also talked to one of the

he told us -- he described this as a gun battle involving a car. now, if you look down the street here, you see the two police cars, this is right where it happened. we have video from earlier. we want to show you this. it shows investigators out here a number of them taking pictures of all of the evidence. we also saw a number of evidence markers scattered across the street down first street here. i'd say about 20 of them. police officer here telling us that all of those evidence markers were marking bullets and shell casings. three people shot. two women and one man. not that long ago. about 3:00 this morning. police telling us that all of those people were taken by ambulance to the hospital and they're all expected to survive. this is important. police right now looking for a cream or tan-colored vehicle. back to you. kristin wrht

6:04. live pictures of road closures under way in northwest washington after an underground transformer explosion. power is still out in the area of 18th and l street. we told you about the fire yesterday morning. pepco does not expect repairs to be completed until 3:00 today. traffic will be diverted to 19th street until then. that fire may be to blame for trouble for sprint customers. they had trouble getting through to emergency dispatchers yesterday. the phone company said that phone service is -- the issue was connected to a power outage and fire near one of the switch sites. people are back inside at the marriott courtyard on washingtonian boulevard in gaithersburg. they were evacuated just before 2:00 this morning. a tractor-trailer apparently hit a gas meter on the side of a building. everyone was

the gas leak is now under control. steve some brass will take over the top job. he replaces scott silver thorn who resigned after his arrest this in a sex for drugs bust. fairfax residents had first chance to speak up last night. some acknowledged the work silver thorn did for the community. others focused on the embarrassment they say he's caused. >> he has worked hard for the city and he's still a friend. if he needs to reach out, i'm available. i'll talk to him. i'm not afraid of him. >> how do i explain to my 13-year-old daughter the details of the mayor's arrest. that's a reality. >> a special election to pick a new mayor is scheduled for february 7 ft. the search for a swimmer missing in the potomac river will pick up at 8:00 this morning. chopper 4 flew over as boats and a helicopter looked for the man near great falls last night. the search was suspended when it got too dark. montg

rescue says the man went underwater near billy goat trail and did not resurface. search and rescue crews begin a 7th day of work at a deadly apartment explosion. another body was found in the rubble of the buildings. none has been identified. fire investigators say they could know what caused the explosion by the end of the week. people who live there say they smelled natural gas before last week's explosion. washington gas says its tests of the area, quote, confirm the integrity of its equipment. the gas company completed checks of nearby buildings. they appear to be working properly. washington gas says representatives will stay on the site to respond to community concerns and the gas company reminds people to get to safety and call 911 if they ever suspect a leak. take a look at this video of this explosive wildfire tearing through southern california right now. more than 80,000 people now worrying abou

left behind in san bernardino county. the blue cut fire has already restored more than a dozen houses and buildings and 18,000 acres. two firefighters were hurt. but they are expected to be okay. meanwhile, the governor has declared a state of emergency. we have posted photos and updates in our nbc washington app. i'm angie goff at the live desk. back to you. thank you. today is day 12 of competition in the rio 2016 olympic games. a live look at the caldron in rio de janeiro where it's just after 7:00 in the morning. this morning, everyone will be talking about the big upset on copacabana beach. >> blocked! >> that was the beginning of the end for team usa's hopes of a fourth gold medal in beach volleyball. kerri walsh jennings and april ross lost to brazil last night. it was a stunning upset here. after the match, walsh jennings called it the worst kind of loss. >> one thing to lose and it's another thing to lose in

you never ever want to lose which is by losing the fundamentals of the game. i'm proud that we stuck together and we stayed -- >> now, the americans will take on brazil's other beach volleyball team tonight for the bronze medal. now to the gym where it was a golden night for team usa. simone biles won a fourth gold medal of the games in the floor exercise event final with a flawless performance. teammate aly raisman took home silver. also flawless. >> stop, no way! >> what could possibly cause that giddy reaction from the world's best gymnast? >> take a look. zack zev ron, her celebrity crush. tune in to see how he surprised a particular 19-year-old. she had a crush on him for years. looked up exactly when you can watch the members of team usa today. first up, the men's basketball team. they will face argentina at 5:45 this afternoon. it's an elimination

after twop close games, their gold medal chances are on the line. as aaron mentioned women's beach volleyball continues much the bron -- americans stephens and torrey bowie will compete in the 200 meter final at 9:30. it's a medal match. every olympic game is on tv. you can watch online. there's a lot of events to get on. everything else, be sure to open on the nbc washington app and watch all the games there. go to nbc olympics where we'll be streaming all the games online. replacing police chief cathy lanier will not be an easy job. the hot weather is taking a toll on the national mall. a major fish kill. the plans are in the works to prevent this from happening a

chuck is back with how much of a difference you'll notice when yo head outsideu

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good morning everybody. wednesday morning under way. skies are clear, temperatures near 80 degrees. 80 downtown. 79 in prince george's county. there's your clear sky out there. sun not up until after 6:20 this morning. days shorter all the time. you need your shorts again today. lightweight, light colored clothes. rain chances sneak up. most of us don't have to worry about rain until after 6:00 or 7:00. may want to have that shower. the outdoor planner today. the morning run plenty humid. golf or tennis, play it early or not at all. pool day, not a bad pool day. the evening shower may be interrupted by raindrops. what about weekend rain chances, the five-day forecast i

minutes. let's go over to melissa. >> chopper 4 over what was an earlier problem. clear. don't have to worry about it. northbound bw parkway northbound and southbound looking good from above. thank you, chopper for that picture this morning. eastbound southeast, southwest freeway at the split for the tunnel, the left lane getting by that crash. you can start to see slowdowns here this morning. speaking of slowdowns, a tad slow top of the bell way, 95 to 270 on the outer loop to 70. looks good in the southbound direction. 66 and 95 northbound in virginia. not bad. eun? melissa, thank you. it's deadly. the 100-degree heat is killing fish on the national mall. take a look at this. nick eye nellie at wtop shares a photo of the constitution garden pond. it's full of dead fish. the national park service says a shallow water in the pond gets overheated very quickly. the hot water needs morale ji and less

a new top cop. cathy lanier announced retirement after 26 years with d.c. police force. she'll head security for the national football league. community members have questions for the next police chief. >> someone who really has the heart and the drive to make the district a safer place. >> we need to have a chief appointed that knows the city. comes from the ranks of the metropolitan police department. >> chief lanier was not the first woman to lead d.c. police. that distinction goes to sonya proctor who served as interim chief in 1997. d.c. mayor muriel bowser will have to fill two sheets. chief lanier steps down on september 17th. the chancellor, kaya henderson leaves at the end of september. 6:15 now. this morning, two people are in prison for allegedly using teenagers for a trafficking scheme. the two have been indicted on charges that include prostitution. police are still looking for a third i

joshua jones. according to charging documents, since 2013, the suspects lured victims by posing as on online modeling and escort agency. fairfax county police say a man attacked stuart guards with a post before he was shot and killed. the 29-year-old was just discharged from the hospital. the guards were walking him to the bus stop when he had a mental health episode. a fairfax county deputy shot him multiple times after failed attempts to negotiate with him. the deputy is on administrative leave as the investigation continues. 6:16 right now. jesus alfredo guzman, the son of joaquin "el chapo" guzman was one of several people kidnapped from a restaurant on monday in puerto val art a. for two decades, "el chapo" has single handedly run the sinaloa

cartel. other gangs could be trying to tear the sinaloa cartel apart and knock out the guzman clan. he was captured in january after he escaped from a mexican prison. if you need to commute on the red line, things will be slow for the rest of the week. metro extended the safetrack work that's currently under way until sunday. and it's also adjusting the rest of the repair schedule because of safety concerns after the derailment last month. it will include 7 new weekend shut downs on the orange and blue lines. metro will announce more changes in september. today, you can find out what alexandria is doing toified an prevent mosquito-borne diseases. the health department is holding a meeting at the william ramsey rec center today at 6:30. they will discuss how to prevent zika or the west nile virus. day 12 of the games of the xxxi olympiad in rio. a live look at

caldron. winning medals isn't the only things on the athletes' minds competing in rio. a lot of them are hoping one set of rings will lead to another. moments after securing silver in the triple jump, will clay climbed into the stands and popped the question to his girlfriend. she said, i'll ohm say yes for gold. no, i think she said yes. >> this isn't the first time it happened. the chinese diver dropping to one knee asking his teammate to marry him and two same sex couples also got engaged at the olympics. clay was so pumped after his jump, he just wasn't nervous about popping the question. >> you know, after the adrenaline rush of jumping, it was like man, i can do anything right now. i don't each know how i got into the stands. >> i love it. >> his fiancee is a track runner. she barely missed a spot to qualify for team usa. she won the diamond. bronze silver

>> this is why we love the olympics. not just the amazing incredible athleticism and events. all the behind the scenes stories and the romance and the love. >> yeah. >> unity. i'm going to sing we are the world soon. >> don't do that. right now, let's get an update on the medal count. >> team usa is dominating. 84 medals. take a look. we have the same amount of every color. 28 across the board. china and great britain in a dead heat for second. china leading with one more medal. it is raining again in louisiana. thousands upon thousands of people clean up from the devastating flooding there. even more are wondering how they will ever recover. only a small fraction of people have flood insurance and many are applying for federal aid. they'll also be getting help from superstar taylor swift. the singer is donating $1 million to the victims. she called the situation in louisiana heartbreaking. coming up on 6:20 right now. 79 degrees outside our studios. let's see

>> not that bad. >> not bad. back to the usual summertime levels of heat and humidity. not the extreme stuff we've been suffering through for the last couple of days. skies are mostly clear this morning. a dry start to the day. sun is not up for another three or four minutes here. you probably noticed that the days are getting considerably shorter. we're more than an hour shorter than the summer solstice. sun back up at 6:24. sets before 8:00 at 7:59 p.m. sunset doesn't happen after 8:00 again until may of next year. right now, 79 degrees under that mostly clear sky. kids in fauquier county, virginia and washington county, maryland, back to school you go. out to the bus stops this morning. temperatures mid-70s early on. up to 80 degrees by 9:00. an outdoor recess day for sure. rain chances increasing with time. a dry start. this rain across ohio and southern west virginia. that's all part of a weak cool front that's going to be trying to slide through here late

chances between sundown tonight and sunrise tomorrow. here's future weather. by 7:00 today, showers and maybe rumbles of thunder liningly from hagerstown to frederick maryland to leesburg, winchester, that's at 7:00. most likely time for rain in the metro between 7:00 and 10:00 p.m. then drying out a little bit later tonight. if you're going to be barbecuing today, temperatures will be generally in the upper 80s at 6:00 back into the mid-80 eads by 8:00. grill early. because rain chances go up with time. there's the way the next five days shape up. hot and humid. but not as bad as it's been. highs in the 80s for most tomorrow. near 90 for friday and saturday. showers looking more likely on your sunday. back in ten minutes with the four things you need to know about the forecast. good morning, melissa. >> have real volume here. chopper 4 over the top of the beltway at hampshire avenue. it looks typical but little hard to see sometimes early in the morning. inner loop is moving nicely. no problems there.

outer loop after the new hampshire is where he was for us there. eastbound, southeast, southwest freeway the split for the third street tunnel. the left lane is getting by the crash. you can see the delays starting to build. this is now gone. westbound 7 at carlin springs road, that crash out of the way. you can see the rest of the beltway and the main routes into town looking good. guys? thanks, melissa. fitness trackers are popular. we'll tell you about a fast food restaurant helping kids get involved in the trend. >> a lot of folks didn't -- play in colorado last night. rain delay had the game going into the early morning hours. we'll te youll

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it -- should be available at mcdonald's for the next month or so. > . >> there it is. jayson werth set a national as record. reach base in 44 consecutive games. the most by any nationals player since the team moved to d.c. the nats are in colorado and thoonks a rain delay, their game ended after midnight there. they lost to the rockies. but they play again this afternoon. they can make up for that. go nats. doing well against the braves. >> get back on track. a viral video that has police launching an investigation. we're hearing about the young at the center of the encounter. rg3 could be dealing with a personal distraction at the start of the football season. we start of the football season. we real milk vs. almond milk ingredient spelling bee

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viral video backlash. the woman in this video is speaking out about her encounter with d.c. police. what she wants you to know. donald trump is making changes trying to shift the momentum back in his favor. first, though, at:6:30, a break if the extreme heat. let's check in with chuck bell. >> still going to be a plenty warm day to be outside. not as dangerously hot as it has been. sun is up on a wednesday morning. welcome to hump day. fours things to know about the weather. the 105, 110 degree heat indexes, mid to upper 90s. it will still be a warm one for sure. chances of rain showers and rumbles come in after 5:00 or 6:00 today. most of the day will be dry. dry weather carries us into the first part of the weekend. have a look at that weekend forecast coming up with a wet finish to it and finally cooler weather coming next week. i know that's all anyone wants to hear. the other thing people want to hear, it's going to be an easy

>> close your ears if you're taking the southwest freeway. i can't tell you that right now. eastbound southeast, southwest freeway at the split for the third street tunnel. left lane gets by and westbound after the third street tunnel. broken down vehicle in the right lane. quite the delay there in the 395 area. chopper 4, outer loop at new hampshire avenue, looking typical. a big look the at beltway, overall, rest of the beltway looks good this morning. metro, red line sing single tracking between friendship heights and van necessary. angie? >> here at the life desk we're fog following p update at the neonatal unit at the prince george's hospital. a potentially dangerous back tier in one patient care area outside of the nicu. it follows the death of two babies last week after the discovery of the bacte

pseudomonas. babies were moved out of the nicu, and it still has not been reopened. we're waiting to find out when that will happen. hospital officials also saying that this new trace of pseudomonas is not affecting other patients now and we're still working to find out where exactly it was found in the hospital. eun? angie goff on the live desk. thank you. four things to know about pseudomonas. it poses little threat to healthy people. it's found in soils, plants and water, most deadly infections occur in hospitals. it's usually spread on the hands of workers or dirty equipment. it's also found in moisture in drain pipes or feeding tubes. cdc estimates 51,000 care-related infections each year in the u.s. 6:33. that's the time right now. as we turn to decision 2016 with less than three months before voters head to the polls. donald trump is making changes at the top of his campaign team. it

first classified intelligence briefing today. our sister station in new york, tracie strahan is outside the fbi office in new york with more. >> donald trump has to come to the fbi's satellite office here in lower manhattan because this is a security briefing that has to be conducted in a secure location. but it comes after an overnight overhaul that added two new names to his campaign right at the top. nbc news has learned that kelly anne conway who is already a senior adviser to his campaign will be donald trump's new campaign manager. steven bannon, the co-founder of breitbart news will be the ceo of the campaign. the shakeup follows weeks of polling showing trump trailing democratic challenger hillary clinton in key battleground states. when asked about the changes by the "wall street journal," trump simply replied, "i want to win." intelligence officials say the briefing today that he'll get here will be sensitive but fairly general. with deeper information closer to election day. e

his foreign policy adviser, as well as new jersey governor chris christie. in lower manhattan, i'm trace tra -- tracie strahan. hillary clinton leads trump in the key battleground state of -- that's among registered voters. there's a error of plus or minus 4 percentage points. rg3's marriage coming to an end. now the starter for the cleveland browns is getting a divorce according to cleveland.com. the website reports that robert griffin iii and his wife re beng a had been separated for several months. they were married for three years and have a 1-year-old daughter. the title says it all. the greatest olympic champions michael phelps and katie did ley are gracing the cover the sports ilst

legendary olympians taken on sunday night. in this picture they have 14 medals between them. after the photo, biles earned two more medals. this is the 11th time that phelps appeared on the cover and the second cover for ledecky and biles. katie ledecky headed back home to the d.c. area today. welcome back. she's such a hometown hero. >> great picture. >> apparently michael phelps had to help them arrange the medals. because he's so experienced at it. to see them all. >> they seem like they're having such a good time. they're nice people on top of everything else they've accomplished. let's get another look at a local athlete who competed in the rio games. instead of jumping in the pool. it requires so much

strategy. she's expected -- excited about the exposure her sport is getting. >> people are seeing fencing and the cool white sabery aspect and mom, dad, i want to fence. >> after the games, she will head back to princeton where she is premed and majoring in neuroscience. >> who needs fencing when you have all that. my goodness. they're so super smart. a lot of the athletes. if you missed wendy rieger's stories. you can watch them all on the nbc washington app. check out the cool pictures on instagram as well. 6:36 your time right now. violence overnight in the district and in the last half hour, we heard from neighbors about what happened moments before a triple shooting. in a few hours, a search mission will continue at great falls. my goswho is teaming up to find missing swimmer. a wildfire is devouring homes, businesses and now a part

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now, your storm team 4 forecast. good morning everybody. 6:39. almost 6:40 on your wednesday morning. planning out the rest of your day after a nice dry start this morning. temperatures in the 70s now. we'll be in the 80s by 9:00 and most areas today will be at or just above the 90-degree mark for afternoon highs. it will still be a hot and humid day to the outside. just not as bad as it's been. clouds will develop after 3:00 or 4:00. could get showers on i-81 after 3:00 oar 4:00. rain in the metro area likely after 6:00 or 7:00 this evening. already thinking about the weekend at the beach. yes indeed. temperatures in the 80s. cooler in the mountains. rain chances are highest on sunday. if you're going out of town, what about our local forecast, that's kooming up. new problem on metro. single tracking on the red line between friendship heights and van ness trying to get more information on that.

tunnel. left lane gets by that crash. westbound there after the third street tunnel, a disabled vehicle. travel times this morning, 270 not bad. top of the beltway is a little slow as chopper showed us a short time ago. it was in the air at new hampshire avenue. 66 inbound and 95 northbound. not so bad. the times are looking good this morning. i'll see you in a few minutes. we're following a number of breaking news store r stories. first, we're live on a triple shooting. >> reporter: the victims are two women and a man. i am kristin wright with the up to the minute details on the lookout and what happened. talk about a beach volleyball bummer. we're going live to rio to see how team usa hopes to bounce back. >> today

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we are tracking breaking news. we're standing next to what used to be the summit inn. buildings are burning and part of american history goes up in flames. new video and the report from the wildfire out west. plus, the transformer fire that shut down an entire block of downtown washington is impacting people for another day. when things could return back to normal. and you are not the only one shopping for back to school supplies. our melissa mollet is hitting the aisles

save with a very happy helper. >> what's this? a pencil sharpener. >> i don't think you need that. >> we are following a number of big stories this morning. >> we have weather and traffic to get you started today. but first, we begin with breaking news out of the district at 6:45. police have now cleared the scene of a triple shooting in southwest d.c. this happened on first street near p street not far from nationals park. chris inwright is live outside headquarters in southwest with more. >> reporter: from talking to neighbors, it seems like everybody heard the shooting because there were so many shots. but people didn't want to look outside much less go outside. so now that the sun is up, they are finding out that three people were shot right outside. want you to take a look at this video. we saw a tow truck pull up just a few minutes ago. police are towing away an suv

through the front windshield. they're also taking away another car that has a bullet hole in the front driver's side window. two women and one man were all shot. a triple shooting here. they were all rushed to the hospital. police do think they will survive. a lot of evidence markers scattered across first street this morning between o and p and an officer told me all of those marked bullets and shell casings. that same officer described whatever happened to me as a gun battle. we talked to a neighbor as he was headed to work. he said the same thing and that it felt like they just kept shooting and shooting. >> sounded like it was about a hundred shots or a hundred fireworks went off. too close for comfort. >> reporter: another neighbor we talked to said that she also heard the gunshot and then a car peeling out of there. right now, police are

vehicle. aaron and eun, back to you. >> thank you, kristin. it is now 6:47. right now, road closures continue in northwest after an underground transformer explosion. power is still out in that area of 18th and l streets. we told you about the fire yesterday morning. pepco says power should be restored to most of the area about lunchtime. traffic will be diverted on to 19th street until then. that fire may be to blame for an outage that caused trouble for sprint customers. users had trouble getting through to emergency dispatchers yesterday. the phone carrier tweeted overnight that service is fully restored in d.c. it's still working to restore all service now. sprint had said the issue was connected to a power outage and a fire near one of its switch sites. the search for a missing swimmer in the potomac river picks up at 8:00 this morning. chopper 4 flew over as poets and a helicopter looked for the man near great falls last night. the search was

the man went underwater near billy goat trail and did no, sir resurface. d.c. police investigate a viral video showing an officer pinning the young women against the car with her feet dangling off the ground. they are aware of the series of videos posted on twitter monday afternoon. this happened near a bus stop at 7th and t streets northwest. it's not clear what prompted the officer's reaction there. no charges have been filed at this point and the woman was released. the woman in the video said on twitter, she did nothing wrong. >> either way you look at it, it's harassment. i'm a school teacher and i help these little girls all day every day. it's no reason to assume somebody doing the wrong thing. >> police have not said whether any action has been taken against the officer. it was an exclamation point for the women's gymnastics team. they took gold and silver in the floor exercise fienlts.

her jump, that set her apart to earn her fourth gold medal of the games. jay gray is live with more on the final event of the gymnastics in rio. jay, hey. >> it's a dance party every morning, guys. good to talk to you. you talk about gymnastics and simone biles. brilliant and power and grace in the floor exercise yesterday. it's her favorite and she comes out with the gold. aly raisman getting the silver. great way to close out gymnastics in rio. let's go to the beach where it wasn't so great for the americans. the best beach volleyball ever losing for the first time ever in the olympics. just tough to see that unfold. kerri walsh jennings, though, really kind after that loss and says they'll be ready for the bronze medal. what to watch today. men's basketball, by nair standards they've been struggling a bit. th

always a tough battle there. usain bolt back on the track. the 200. that's his favorite race. it should be a lot of fun. that is the latest live here in rio. back to you guys. >> thanks, jay. angie goff here at the live desk where i just got an update that's going to impact a lot of you who use metro and the red line. just hearing that it is no longer single tracking, this is between friendship heights and van ness. it was single tracking to this point. expect delays in both directions. we made calls and spoke with with montgomery county fire. firefighters are on the scene there at the friendship heights station dealing and trying to fix an arcing insulator. they're unable to give us a timetable when everything will be fixed. but the update, again, is that they're no longer single tracking, but you want to factor in extra time on the red line. thank you,

breaking news in san bernardino county, california. a wildfire is causing a state of emergency. the blue cut fire pretty much exploded in size overnight. it's forcing tens of thousands of evacuations and has destroyed a dozen homes and businesses. adrian arm beaulieu in los angeles is in front of one of the buildings. >> reporter: we're standing next to what used to be the summit inn dating back to the 1950s. a historic place and american landmark that sits along the i-15 and the cajon pass. some of biggest names in american history stopped here. everyone from elvis presley to john wayne. television shows were shot here like i love lucy, movies were shot here as well. it is in ruins. it is one of at least a dozen homes and businesses that have been destroyed or damaged in the blue cut fire. it started around 10:30 on tuesday mo

acres. we can tell you that at least 80,000 people have been evacuated from their homes. at least two firefighters have been injured. we can tell that you this fire has been unique in the sense that, according to firefighters, it essentially created its own weather patterns. our camera -- two fire tornados. two people, firefighters injured fighting this blaze. moving forward, we can tell you that more hot conditions are expected later on this morning. we're talking about temperatures in the 90s. we're also talking about winds somewhere around 15 miles per hour. i'm adrianna ram beaulieu, back to you. the heat wave goes on. our heat wave is easing off just a little bit. we made 97 yesterday and so far here in the month of august, it's the warmest august on record. the month of august is now 5 degrees warmer than average. 2 degrees ahead of the current record holder, august of 1980. today is going to be another hot

temperatures in your hometown, 5 degrees cooler than yesterday. showers across parts of ohio and southern west virginia. they will be coming our way, but probably won't arrive until this afternoon and this eepg. here's future weather. the arrival of rain showers after 5:00 or 6:00 this evening. rain most likely between 8:00 tonight and midnight. could have a lingering shower into the first part of tomorrow. most of your thursday will be dry. friday's dry too. saturday starts out dry. few showers possible saturday evening. best chance for rain after that comes sunday afternoon and monday. behind that rain chance, we cool off. here's melissa. >> as angie told us from the live desk. no longer single tracking between friendship heights and van ness, southeast, southwest freeway at the split for the third street tunnel, left lane the ohm thing getting by that crash. take a look at this. we're very slow inbound there. really, really not looking good this morning. it looks like that red

major issues. you can see the normal slowdowns. top of the beltd way looking good. 270 at montrose rolling along fine. a little delay that's opened up a bit. good morning. i'm landon dowdy at cnbc headquarters. a.m. zone owned a twitch -- amazon making a deal to expand, just acquired a special service for an undisclosed sum. amazon's new service allows them to talk to each other and share information over the internet. some called it a skype for gamers. i'm landon dowdy. >> thank you. it is back to school time as we all know. gets complicated. this year it's a big deal in our house. he's heading to first grade. he wants anything and everything star wars-related. before you hit the store, focus on four ways to save. plan ahead, have a list of supplies from your child's school and get just those. for clothes, the

maybe less than you think. vernon needed a few shirts and pants and no shorts. something else. map is out online. a new stars wars only stuff would be -- i knew star wars only stuff would be a problem. i searched online. download and upload. print the coupons, put them on your phone before you head out. upload apps like thread up. it's a resale site where you can buy almost new clothing. trading? great way to gather new gear for free. swapping clothes is fun and teaches the kids a lesson and you can donate anything left over. he had a lot of fun and eun, with three kids, i don't know how you do it. >> i just am going through doing the same thing, going through bins and see what doesn't fit, what they need. thank goodness for hand me downs. >> pass them to brennan. >> i'm amazed how fast that little guy moves. it's 6:56. four things to know before you head out the door. the city of fairfax will swear

morning. former mayor resigned after a sex for drugs arrest. a special election to fill his seat is scheduled for february. net rmetro is extending the safetrack work. more changes to come. power outages and road closures continue after a transformer explosion in northwest washington. power should be restored to most of the area near 18th and l streets by lunchtime. prince george's hospital center hired a company to remove a dangerous bacteria found in water in a different part of the hospital. last week the neonatal intensive care unit was closed after pseudomonas was discovered there. another check of your exclusive ten-day forecast. the hottest day out of ten will be today. that means there's a cooling trend coming our way. we love the sound of that. it will be plenty warm today with highs in the low 90s across much of the area. rain likely after 6:00 or 7:00 this evening. may want to take the umbrella with you to play it on the safe side. most of the rain comes from about sundown

tomorrow morning. dry for most of the first half of the weekend but showers looking likely for sunday afternoon and monday. that is ahead of a real change in the weather pattern. highs only in the mid-80s next week. that's technically average. we like it. chuck, thank you. that is the broadcast this morning. we appreciate you waking up with us. >> the "today" show is next. see you in 25 minutes for weather, traffic and any breaking news. until then, enjoy your day. >> make it a great wednesday everybody.

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