you'll have to pay the new rate. >> that breaking news a a major crash in prince george's county that could impact your commute. >> we have team coverage for you this morning. getting up to the minute the minute you are up. we begin with erika gonzalez. what's going on? >> this is not looking good for drivers coming out of southern maryland. this is an accident in oxon hill that we've been monitoring since we started this morning. this is impacting what is northbound 210 wean palmer and livingston. we still don't have a better idea as to how many vehicles are involved. we can tell you that chopper 4 is en route there. we've also got molette green on her way there. i want to this to melissa who will let us know how it's impacting drivers

this is not looking good for folks. >> not looking good if you head northbound on 210 this morning. already an area where we get a lot of volume northbound. going to be much worse. this could last through 7:00 a.m., perhaps longer. that intersection, all northbound lanes blocked by the crash. you can see some of the slowdowns and it's still very early this morning. we had one person from the station come through 210 had to work her way through a neighborhood. 9th street at o, intersection still blocked by a crash. fatal accident with a pedestrian. good morning, i'm aaron gilchrist. >> and i'm eun yang. >> things have cooled off a bit. chuck bell in with our weather headlines. >> another round of late night storms. clouds are mostly cloudy this morning across washington. there are rain drops in northern virginia. forecast for today, the showers willco

fairly well. hot and humid during the afternoon. warm and dry for evening plans. nog heavy. our severe weather threat is over. there is rain drops now out to the south of the dulles airport. shenandoah valley. future weather, 5:00 a.m., showers slowly and steadily coming to an end. all should be dry by 8:00, 9:00 this morning. i couldn't rule out a pop-up shower or two later today but rain chances after 7:00 or 8:00 this morning are generally around 20% or less. it will be a hot one though. most of the metro area back up to 90 degrees this afternoon. given the outlook for the weather and how it affects your outdoor plans coming up in ten minutes. remember the story about ryan lochte being held up at gunpoint in rio? got a lot of traction on social media and of course on nbc4. well that story is developing. new this morning, three american swimmers, the

apparently happened, one of them have rockville, jack conger are talking to brazilian police exactly what happened. this is new video of the group exiting the police station south of rio, but the men were about to be en route home when they were called in by police. one of them already is. ryan lochte already back on american soil. at the live desk, erika gongs. brazilian authorities became suspicious of the swimmers story after seeing this video obtained by the daily mail. it shows the athletes checking back into the olympic village sunday night. the men did not act like they had just been robbed and seemed to have several items in their pockets despite claiming their wallets were stolen. police also said ryan lochte's story doesn't match with his teammates story. lochte spoke to matt lauer by phone and said he may have been embellished what happened. >> when he talked to me tonight, he said that's when the guy

and cocked it and i pointedly said to him you had said before it was placed on your forehead and cocked. he said, no, that's not exactly what happened. and i think he feels it was more of a traumatic mischaracterization. >> the u.s. olympic committee released a statement saying in part that jack conger and gunnar bentz will continue their conversations with police today. lochte is back in the u.s. and says he was never asked to stay in brazil for further questioning. ntsb is now investigating the deadly explosion at the flower branch apartments in silver spring. today marks one week since that blast. the agency's senior pipeline investigator has been on site from beginning. seven people died there. still no word on what exactly caused that explosion. sources tell news 4 the preliminary cause of that blast could be out by tomorrow. but until those results are released, some people who live

in the flower branch apartments say they are afraid to go back home. many are still trying to figure out what their next move is. residents like felishia and her husband came back to their apartment to get a few things. they didn't stay very long though. she was unsure about what will happen next. until she learns exactly what happened one week ago, she doesn't feel safe. >> all of us were so scared seeing what happened next door to our neighbors. >> until the results come back, felishia and her husband are splitting their time between the car and a hotel. the prince george's county executive says abuse allegations at the county's head start program are unacceptable. the federal government has now pulled $6.5 medical of funding. this follows allegations of student abuse and poor training. the program

planned at the end of the month. today, business owners and people who live in downtown ellicott city, maryland, will have a chance to clean-up. a five-day clean-up effort gets under way in main street which experienced the worst damage in last month's flash flooding. roads crumbled and buildings were torn apart. after the clean-up, the city will shut down the street for several weeks to make infrastructure repairs. a wildfire in southern california destroying even more homes and it's getting so big, in fact, firefighters really can't assess the scope of the damage. they say the blue cut fire has burned dozens of home and it is only 4% contained right now. according to fire crews, some of the people they are telling to evacuate have been staying home even as the fire grows. they are imploring anybody in san bernardino to get

they can. we've been talking a lot of fires at the live desk. that's because there are eight of them across southern california fueled even more by years of drought. back to you. it is now 5:07. happening today, a former alexandria fire department staffer is expected to plead guilty in a court hearing. monique jackson assante was indicted last month for money laundering. she's accused of sending taxpayer dollars to her friends over a six-year period. prosecutors are expected to ask for two years of jail time. the localized spread of the zika virus through south florida has officials in fairfax county taking notice. they will hold a town hall meeting tonight on that issue. it begins at 7:00 p.m. in the west springfield government center in springfield. identify cases -- 60 cases have been found in virginia. all travel-related. >> it's about educating people. what the symptoms are. what to look for.

some comfort as to what fairfax county is doing and we're on top of it and working on the issue. >> 29 of the 60 cases have been found in northern virginia. health officials say only one in five people with the virus shows symptoms. let's head out to rio de janeiro where it is day 13 of the games of the xxxi olympiad. the competition continues today. there's a lot happening on the court and on the track. here's what to watch for. ashton eaton will continue his quest to once again be the world greatest athlete, the reigning gold medallist heading into day two of the decathalon. >> and usain bolt will compete today in the 200 meter. in basketball, women's team will play france in the semifinals. the winner advances to the gd medal game. you can watch all the events right here on news 4 and on the nbc washington app. so much to see. a lot more fun to be had over the next four

right? >> sunday. >> our coverage of the 2016 rio olympics just getting started. still ahead this hour, a live report from brazil, and a look at hometown favorite katie ledecky's return. >> for the second day in a row, a lot of you are cleaning up after a string of strong storms. not like this one where the roof blew off and everything inside now. a closer look at how long we can expect lower temperatures stick artoou

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i want to get you caug up on the forecast. >> chuck bell, he's the one who really knows how to take a look at the radar. >> i can do it. >> you can do it too. >> that little bit of green means it's raining down in luray. >> you are right. it's raining in luray. what's it going to do later? >> that's all i got. >> therein lies the problem. anybody can look at at the radar and tell you what it's doing now. the question is later. kids at the bus stop may be dealing with a shower or two by 7:00 or 7:30. 8:00 or 9:00, sunshine coming out. steps -- temperatures on your way out are mostly in the 70s. highs in the 90s today. shorts and t-shirts, lightweight, light colors, m

outside of a chance of a showers later this morning or this afternoon, i think you can leave your sum ssh did -- you can brel la home. most of your eenk walk plans will be warm and dry as well. breaking news continues in first 4 traffic. breaking news. northbound indian head highway still shut down there at palmer road, livingston road, all lanes blocked by this crash going to be really bad this morning because they don't think it's going to be clear until after the 7:00 hour at least. it is a bad accident. southbound they were saying is unaffected. you can see the slowdowns right now. your alternate is wiggling your way through a neighborhood. not your best alternate. southbound wisconsin avenue by dorset avenue. as we zoom

a pedestrian struck around 2:30 this morning. a couple of hours ago. northbound bw parkway, ramp to 32, the ramp is still blocked by the crash response. as you can see, as i circled it here for you of the. it is still green. it doesn't look like it's slowing things too much. a little more about that crash that melissa just mentioned the in prince george's county. molette green is live there with the latest. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. we just got here northbound 210. a mess here as you can see. we're at the spot where police are diverting traffic on this stretch. the accident scene is a little bit closer to livingston road. some cars are taking this service road which is right by an apartment complex and others are just deciding to make a u-turn at this point and go another way, but you can see the backup here from my

point. we're working to get more details about the accident, but the investigation started, we know, in the 3:00 a.m. hour, and, of course, as melissa mollet just mentioned at first 4 traffic, we're hearing this this could be the scene throughout the morning rush. we're going to try to get a little bit closer to the actual accident scene when we come back in just a little bit. that is the latest live from the fort washington area along 210. back to you. baks here at the live desk. we've been talking about those heavy storms that rolled in last night. at the height of them, we had some 20,000 people without power in one area. 14,000 in another. those numbers have diminished drastically. looking good this morning. a huge kbrouxt, but still a lot of folks dealing with power outages this morning. so a few to tell you about in arlington, fairfax really with dominion, virginia, the amount of cluster is in fairfax with about 1,300

this morning. bge, its largest in anne arundel. pepco, in the describe of columbia, about 167 folks have still -- still some folks dealing with power outages, but not as bad as what we were witnessing last night when those big storms rolled in here. at the live desk, i'm erika gonzalez. more problems at the washington monument. the monument will be closed again today. this time, a cable attached to the bottom of the elevator broke. the elevator stopped about 500 feet up. there was an employee inside at the time. 84 people up top had to use the stairs to get down. the national park service says this new problem is completely unriltd to the power issues that closed the monument earlier this week. back to rewroe are -- rio where the women's track team made history with a clean sweep of the medals.

in the 100 meter. >> what a race! >> love the music, the music was sweet to u.s. track and field last night. the 100 meter hurdle, a clean sweep. the first time in this event that the americans have ever done that. gold, silver, and bronze, followed up by the long jump with the women where they take 1 and 2 in that event. so a very good nice for u.s. track and field, and they expect that to continue today with some good medal chances as the competition continues. right now, an american in the lead and looking at a possible record in the decatha-thon. that's good news. we will see usain bolt returning. he is running the 200. it looks like he's a shoe-in to win his second gold medal of these games, eighth overall. it's going for another triple. it would be his third olympics in a row to give him three gold medals. that would give him nine just behind

here. it should be a great day here in rio. we'll continue to watch the action. >> i don't know if anyone will ever catch up to michael phelps. very exciting for sure. >> ever. nope. >> live in rio. let's take a look at the medal county. team usa closing in on 100 medals. we have 93 right now. 30 of them gold. china is behind in second with 54 med yaleds. great britain third, with 50 medals. it's been a tough week for u.s. beach volleyball duo for kerri walsh jennings and april ross. they won a bronze medal. they will be on the "today" show to discuss their win. make sure you follow wendy rieger to see what's happening in rio. catch her reports every day at news 4 at 5:00 p.m. maryland state police want you to be aware of a new scam. they say it involves phone calls that appear to come from a

official who demands money and even threatens arrest. a woman in her 70s says she got a call who identified himself as lieutenant dan picket. he told her she owed $800 and said she would be arrested if she department pay that money quickly. the criminal enforcement division is investigating. more than 6,000 people have signed an online petition to keep parking free at rest ton town center. boston properties owned reston town center. the new fees may gave visitors pause but it is consistent with the center's long term plan in that community. good morning, everybody. i'm storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell. heavy rain overnight has tapered back to occasional showers this morning. there are still places where people are dealing with damage left over from last night's storms. this wisconsin

avenue, trees down across parts of the road. parts of your morning commute may be impacted by that. this is a live picture here of wisconsin avenue southbound just about near tinley town, south of chevy chase. it's only 5:20 in the morning. they should have plenty of time to get that all put through the wood chipper and out of your way. there are lots of other traffic problems here. she will have the latest in a second. most of the rain is over. we are dealing with some clouds and fog as well early this morning, reducing vivlts visibility just a bit. most of the heavy rain is gone. cooled by the heavy rains. mid 70s across much of the area. hourly temperatures will be in the 70s about 9:00 this morning. mid 80s at lunchtime. that is an improvement, believe it or not. yesterday we were 91 at noontime. a big improvement. it will be a hot day to be

opposed to 95 yesterday. becoming mostly sunny this morning. there will be another chan for a quick passing shower or two this afternoon but rain chances during the afternoon will be 30% or less. here's the rain this morning. just moving on to the west side of the capitol beltway, lots of wet road spray here along interstate 66 through fairfax and prince williams county. the heaviest rain is moving through now. those showers are headed toward i-95. traveling in from stafford and fredericksburg, that may be a wet ride for you. future rain carries all that rain out of here by 8:00 or 8:30 at the latest. quick chance for a passing shower or two later thav. it will be hot. 91 today. 92 tomorrow, friday looks great and most of saturday afternoon will be dry. there will be a chance for few showers late saturday but watching p

chance of what could be some strong thunderstorms on sunday. ahead of cooler, less humid weather. here's melissa. breaking news continues here in first 4 traffic. take a look at this. this is molette's green camera. it looks like they are actually trying to get around this problem here this morning and are trying to avoid those delays. i'm going to talk to molette here in a second. northbound, indian highway at palmer and livingston, all lanes are blocked. southbound, you can see a little slow as well. may not clear until 7:00 a.m. going to be a mess for folk this morning working their way through neighborhoods. southbound, wisconsin, near dorset avenue, all lanes blocked by a downed tree. that's what chuck bell just show you. 9th and o, a pedestrian was hit there last night. o

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remember those? homeowners heard a loud pop before a fire caused all this damage. good morning, i'm eun yang. >> and i'm aaron gilchrist. we have more on those stories. we're staying on top of breaking news on the roads right now. >> major problem here on ox on hill. take a look live at molette green's camera. she's trying to get away from this problem. indiana head at palmer and livingston. northbound indian head highway at palmer, all lanes blocked. southbound wisconsin at dorset. 9th street at o northwest. pedestrian struck. fatal crash. outer loop at colesville. >> and a lot of clouds in our sky early this morning.

temperatures are cooled after the storms. in the low 70s. there are areas of fog as well. on the whole, it's a mostly cloudy start. here's the four things you need to know about the forecast. cooler this morning with plenty of puddles around. plenty of heat this afternoon. most areas back around 90 today. watching for a chance of strong thunderstorms on sunday afternoon and evening. ahead of the break in the heat wave that we've been dealing with. for now, though, your thursday morning, cloudy skies and there are rain drops to be dealt with here. light rain moving into the metro. steadier showers out across parts of central virginia. the wettest right this morning will be up the i-95 corridor and coming up on 66. back in ten minutes with the latest. thanks, chuck. we're going to go to kristin wright who is live now. kristin, are you there? >> i'm here. >> reporter: this is a pretty sizeable tree we're talking o

avenue and chevy chase at dorset. you see the lights. they are chopping up the big tree trying to get it out of the middle of the road. you can see cars getting turned around. you cannot go ind bound on wisconsin avenue because of this tree. we figured it was probably storm damage, but it was actually a car accident. police telling us here on the scene that a car crashed into the tree sometime overnight, somehow bringing it down. we understand the person was not seriously hurt, fortunately, but this tree stretching across wisconsin this morning. now, back here live, i want to show you more of the traffic build up that is just beginning. cars coming up here to dorset avenue, getting turned around. just labor of a build up, but it's growing more and more -- >> the longer we've been out here.

trucks at this hour up and down wisconsin and those trucks are having to turn right around. some of them were going on the outbound side. police telling me this morning do not attempt to do that. we'll stay on top of it and let you know how long this is going on. we're not sure. i did ask police that question. she said she didn't know. >> kristin wright live in chevy chase for us. anger and disappointment. prince george's county executive is reacting after a federal head start grant is pulled because of allegations of abuse and poor teacher training. according to the review, one incident involved a three-year-old boy who was forced to mop up the floor after he had a bathroom accident. the school district ceo says the allegations are unacceptable. >> what i can say is our expect our employees to b

don't, i'm going to deal with them appropriately. >> the district plans to appeal and during that time the federal government must keep the funding in place. the program is still set to begin on august 29th. metro transit police say this man exposed himself on multiple trains. they think there could be more victims. william madison jr was arrested in july after an indecent exposure incident on a blue line train. he is being held in fairfax county on a $1,000 bond. a successful recruiting plan has hundreds of bowie state university plan with place to stay on campus.

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270 looking good. the bellway is not bad. 66 is fine and so is 95 northbound. a light rain. heavier storms from last night are long gone. no more threat for severe weather today. we're dealing with light rain this morning. it could be a wet ride from here from faquire county. just know that you may be needing the umbrella between now and 7:00 or 8:00 this morning. plenty of sunshine this afternoon. temperatures in the 90s. weekend at the beach, if you are going down there, sunny and nice. chance for storms on sunday. more about our storms in tens minute. a new management team and new focus, donald trump will head south today. the message he hopes to send

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breaking news at 5:46. an accident has northbound 210, indian head highway near national harbor closed right now. you are looking at live pictures of people trying to work around that closure after the accident. one person had to be transported this morning. molette green is on the scene right now. melissa mollet is tracking this accident as well. more in a little bit. return from rio. it was an olympic-sized homecoming for bethesda's katie ledecky. who could expect anything less?

medals and shattered world records along the way. she received a huge welcome at dulles national airport. >> welcome home, katie! >> anxiously awaiting her arrival. katie ledecky's friend from stone ridge, wearing the olympian's name. then came the chant. the and laugh. bethes bethesda's golden girl appeared, medals and all. katie's arrival comes after an incredible performance in rio. she broke two of her own world records. last time, she arrived back from the summer games, it was 2012. the then 15-year-old wearing one gold from london. >> katie, welcome home! >> today she learned a technique. how to hug with the neck wear. >> they are heavy. a little more than one from four years ago, i's

getting used to. >> at duls airport. news 4. i imagine they are heavy. she will have to used to it. she's only 19. >> she doesn't have to wear it all the time. >> i wear it all the type. are you kidding? coming up at 6. 30 woo tell you what she's looking forward to most now that she's home. the spread of the zika virus through south florida has officials in fairfax county taking notice. they are going to hold a zika town hall meeting tonight. that meeting is about getting ahead of the problem. >> it's about educating people. what the symptoms are, what to look for. letting people know and getting comfort to what fairfax is coin that we're on top of it and working the issue. >> the meeting begins at 7:00 tonight at the west springfield government center in springfield. as of last week, 60 cases of zika have been found across virginia and all are travel-related. happening today,

alexandria fire staffer is expected in court today. she's accused of sending taxpayer dollars to her friend over a six-year period. prosecutors are expected to ask for two years of jail time. today, a massive clean-up effort will get under way for people and businesses in downtown ellicott city, maryland. people who live and work along main street will have the next five days to gather and move items. main street experienced the worst flooding damage in last month's flash flood. after the clean-up, the city will shut down the streets for several weeks of repairs. a new poll shows virginia voters want former governor bob mcdonnell to stay out of elected office. that comes after the supreme court overturn his public corruption conviction earlier this year. 67% of responds say mcdonnell should not run for elected off again while 21% say he should. among republicans polled

private sector. one day after a big shake-up in the top of his campaign, donald trump heads to the important battleground state of north carolina. we're following developments on the campaign trail. donald trump has been mostly on message this week. he's expected to keep this up this week in charlotte. >> his new campaign manager advised him to stick to the issues. that's exactly what he's done last night and that's exactly we expect him to do last night in charlotte. he said hillary clinton's policy while she was secretary of state led to the formation of isis. >> let's talk about hillary clinton. how is she trying to use trump's campaign missteps going forward? >> she has some momentum in the polls and she wants to keep that going. she's pointing out -- she used a quote from maya

someone shows themselves, believe who they are. donald trump is that person who criticizes goldstar families. trying to capitalize on reshuffling. saying he isn't fit to be president. edward lawrence, thank you. breaking news, in first 4 traffic in oxon hill, 2 so northbound, shut down at livingston palmer road. all those lanes blocked by a crash. the only thing you can do is wiggle your way through neighborhoods. no great alternate this morning. new problem with a tree down. southern avenue at 23rd parkway in southeast. all lanes blocked in both directions. southbound wisconsin avenue near dorset, all lanes blocked there. kristin wright on that scene. southbound bw parkway, mills road. big look at the beltwnd

other routes, no major problems, but you can see the rain falling across the area adding to issues here. red line single tracking between van nest and dupont circle. the heavy rain is over. the bad news is any drops at all have a tendency to snare the morning commute. for us, weather wise, the heavy storms are gone. still a lot of clouds in our skies here early this morning and a little bit of light rain to contend with as well. so far, we're in first place for the warmest august on record but next week will be considerably cooler. we've have 41 days this summer, 90 or higher. more impressive than that, we've had 18 days this summer, 95 or higher, including yesterday's sizzling 95 degree day. right now, we're back in the low to mid 70s on our under ground network. 73 in potomac. there are rain drops from luray to

route 15 and 17 there, a couple of rain drops. rain drops had headed on to the i-95 corridor. nothing heavy, but road spray issues and swiping across the windshield that have to be dealt with. future weather, 7:00, most of this if not all of it should be out of here. most of the rain by 7:00 a.m. as it's falling apart should be going out toward the chesapeake bay. later on this afternoon, with plenty of daytime heating, most areas, upper 80s and low 90s, there will be a slightest chance for a shower. i don't think you need to worry about rain later on this afternoon. notice, i didn't tell you it was a zero percent chance. temperaturies upper 80s, low 90s. quick shower or two, early this evening. by 5:00, 6:00, by 5:00 tonight, things will be drying out and skies will be clear. tomorrow, even nicer. all sunshine all the time. still on the warm side. we

cooler weather as you get into friday, saturday and sunday. up in the mountains. rain chances are ramping on sunday now. a 70% of chance of storms on sunday. some of those may be severe. mostly your saturday looks great and there's the pay-off pitch. cooler weather. highs in the 80s next week. see you back here in ten minutes with a check on highs in your hometown. >> chuck, thank you. 5. . 54, how well you sleep may depend on the health of your romantic relationship. a new study from turkey says people who feel valued and cared about by their partner have less anxiety and improves their sleep quality. they also romantic tension can threaten security. good morning, i'm landon dowdy. best buy hosting a special sales event to celebrate its 50th anniversary. the promotion which sts

will spotlight 50 deals for 50 hours. electronics retailer saying special prices will be available at the stores and on line. best buy's deals include a $1 iphone p 6 s with a contract with carriers sprint and verizon. this will not be welcome news to at&t customers. the company is raising rates on his data plan. it will cost more to have more data but the price per gigabyte will be lower. the new rates begin on sunday. for now, you can keep your existing data plan, but if you want to change your data levels you have to play the -- pay the new rate zblxt there is a brand-new of public transit coming to the district. not for tourists though. the van service that's only for certain d.c. neighborhoods. >> reporter: you've never seen one of these before. a new taxi van service that's going to help under served areas get better transportation. it

service. it will target three specific routes, one each in wards 7, 8, and 4. when the pilot program starts, possibly in october, passengers will hop on board for a flat $5 fee rather than calling a cab or other car service. >> this service is for the neighborhood. this is not something that's taking you downtown. >> grandma who is going to the grocery store and needs a safer way to get back, actually, because we don't want folks to get into illegal vehicle. >> the vans will supplement more common forms of transportation and be cheaper than call-up car services. >> last night's storm having a major impact on this morning's commute. we have trees down, power outages and people out of their homes after wind takes part of an roof off an apartment building. >> we have their passports temporarily confiscated. >> we're following a developing story out of rio.

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>> these are live pictures of the backup right now. we have team coverage starting with melissa mollet. >> in oxon hill. take a look here. chopper 4 the only helicopter in the sky showing you what's going on here this morning. northbound 210 at livingston road shut down there at palmer road. take a look at this mess. it is very tough for folks headed northbound there on indian head highway. southbound open. big problem. major delays. could last until 7:00 a.m. we have a crew on the ground for you. >> molette green continues our coverage now with how people are getting around this backup. molette. >> reporter:,

we're right at 210, near the river point apartments. take a look at the backups as a result of this accident where we have learned one person has been taken to the hospital in critical condition. we are at the spot where the police are diverting traffic off this stretch, where cars are going through some neighborhoods, and we took the route through the neighborhoods to get back on 210. it took us about 10 minutes or so to get through from this spot, but as you can see those backups are way down there. so folks have to back their patience. we can't see much from this point, this vantage point of the actual crash scene, but one officer just told me a few moments ago that all of the cars or the cars involved are gone from the crash site. it's still dark out here so we can't see a whole lot. we're working to get more details on the actual accident itself. we've been following this story since about the