she heard gunshots. >> the clinton foundation controversy and trump's play for minorities at the top of the hour. a newly released poll shows if trump push may actually be working. first that trouble in the tropics, north carolina outer banks, watching this storm, we'll show you. a second storm is brewing ready to hit florida. that one is impacting the redskins game this week. let's get to chuck bell who is tracking this all for us. chuck, we want to know about the latest tracking and timing of all this. >> that's right. we have a lot going on in the tropic. we have gaston way out in the middle of atlantic. we have a depression off the outer banks of north carolina and of course this depression, number nine, which is in the southern parts of the gulf of mexico. here's miami. there's tampa bay right there. the forecast track for this carries the storm up to tropical storm strength, so it is expected to gain intensity here

to be a named storm before the end of the day today and turn back toward the florida coastline here, potentially late wednesday night into the early morning hours of thursday, making landfall somewhere north of tampa bay up toward the big bend of florida and going back out into the open waters of the atlanta, somewhere near jacksonville florida. early indications this will be off the eastern coast that will bring us a nice labor day weekend. let's go back into the news because this storm could affect the redskins. >> definitely is, chuck. the redskins final preseason game is not going to happen on thursday. the game has been moved up now to wednesday. it was tweeted last night due to expected severe weather, thursday night's game has been moved to wednesday. you can catch the game, of course, right here on nbc4 tomorrow night at 8:00. we want to head

because melissa, you are tracking breaking news right now. >> that's right. take a look behind me. we're about to push this out. chopper 4 over this problem. this is westbound 50 as you are approaching deniedleworth avenue. he says this involves nine vehicles. we have a three-mile backup approaching this problem. this is going to take a lot of time to get through and a lot of time to clean up here this morning. so if you can make other plans, you are going to want to do it. right now, you can see that big backup as you are headed into town. as we widen out a bit, beltway looks good. all the other main roots in and out of town looking good. 95 northbound, and southbound lorton road, no worries there. 6:02. back to breaking news. a fatal shooting in northeast washington is now under investigation. >> now, this is a 90th murder in the district this

avenue near 10th street. molette green is live at the scene. you spoke to someone who lives near there. what did they say? >> reporter: lots more questions than answers at this point. the only thing we're hearing from police in terms of confirmation that a man is dead, shot late last night. working to get more information on a motive and suspect information. so about 20 minutes ago, i was able to speak to a woman who came outside her front door to find police tape blocking her exit from her home and to her car. this is along the outside or outbound side of rhode island avenue. she said she heard last night what sounded like gunshots. >> i was kind of scared. i didn't want to go out or see out the windows so i just like was awake and waiting for something or somebody to

on my door, expecting customs. >> reporter: the woman did not appear on camera. we're just a couple of blocks from the rhode island metro station. three police cars on the scene. one here. a few more down the road here at 10th and rhode island. this is 12th and rhode island behind me and that side of the street, the inbound side of the street of rhode island avenue closed off to traffic, but those folks going toward the downtown area are just fine here on this stretch of road. that is the latest live from the scene, back to you. >> molette, thanks. prince george's coin police say no one was inside this house -- no one who was there was hurt when a car ran into it last night. the driver of the car is supposed to be okay. we're working to find out why this crash happened and what caused some bad damage to this house on crown street and seat pleasant last night. we also want to know how

damage it's going to cost. >> stafford county authorities need help tracking down two suspects involved in a home invasion. sean colley and stephen szurko took off when officers attempted to pull over a group of men. they were involved in an armed home vegas robbery. anyone with information about where they could be is asked to call police. mayor muriel bowser called this weekend's d.c. 911 system outage unacceptable and this morning we've learned what caused it to go down. an engineer investigating a water leak hit the all stop button because he feared it would damage equipment. >> we know about the typical call volume that comes in during that time. >> 911 dispatchers were rushed to the backup center in northwest. officials don't know exactly how many calls were missed, but they say they are unaware of any

handled. a brand-new poll with the election. >> the poll just released in the last few minutes shows donald trump chipping away at hillary clinton's lead nationally. clinton leading trump by six points. 48% to 42%. clinton falling two points since last week's poll. now, in a four-way general election match-up, clinton leads trump by just four points. the poll also found that donald trump is making inroads with registered independents. clinton leads trump by only four points there among those voters. that's down from 12 points two weeks ago. the poll is among registered voters and has a margin of error of plus or minus 1%, angie. back to you. >> thank you. senate minority leader harry reid wants the fbi to investigate the

tampering with u.s. elections. in a letter to the fbi, director reid said evidence of a connection continues to mount. meanwhile, u.s. intelligence officials tell nbc news that hackers based in russia were behind two recent attempts to breech state voter registration databases. an alert was send out nationwide. did you see this? a rush hour rescue in rock creek park. find out what led up to this unusual accident. plus campus sex assaults. how one university in virginia is dealing with the rise of reported attacks. now might be your chance to live with the queen of england. there's a job opening.

>> a four-mile backup. take a look on the right side of the roadway, a big scene. chopper brad was telling us a short time ago, he believes it's a nine-vehicle crash here. a big, big crash causing some serious delays, inbound 50 near kenilworth avenue, you can see the backups almost to the beltway here. german town to the spur, not bad here. 95 to 270 is on time as well. taking a look at 66, not bad here and 95 north quantico to the beltway maybe a couple minutes behind. takes 24 minutes. chuck bell, good morning to you. please tell me another pretty good day. >> i think you are going to like today. warmer than average. temperatures in the mid 70s downtown. 76 at national airport. 72 leesburg.

shenandoah valley, where temperatures have fallen into the 60s. same as in montgomery county, mid to upper 60s there. warm one for sure. outdoor recess day for sure. after school activities, all that will be plenty hot. dinner out will be warm and dry. highs today, 85 in gaithersburg, 90 count town. it will be a good night for grilling out. back down to 80 degrees this evening. a look at the next five days coming up in ten minutes. developing right now in the district, four stabbings all within very close proximity to each other, all of them happening in northwest overnight around midnight or 1:00 in the morning. here are the locations there on your map. we have four victims, all of them male, all taken to hospitals, and all expected to survive and all of them stabbed. the other similarity

police say they do not have any suspect information to pass along at this point. kristin wright for us following developments at the live desk. virginia tech is on high alert this morning after dozens of people received email threats. the school's newspaper says that the one sentence email threatened to kill people on campus. virginia tech's police chief did not confirm the details, but did say other schools received similar emails yesterday and all are being investigated. virginia tech's campus is open and classes will not be canceled. police in richmond are investigating a series of sex assaults near virginia commonwealth university. there have been three reported sex assaults in just the last week. according to police all three occurred off campus and in all three cases the victim are recently met the attacker. the school says it is committed to keeping the students safe. >> having any number of assaults is never good and we don't want to have any of our students face

that situation. >> now, according to vcu police, there were 32 reported sex assaults last school year. the college search has begun for millions of families and just as important as deciding which school you want to go to is choosing how you are going to pay for it. consumer reporter susan hogan has important information this morning you need to know. >> reporter: although it may seem premature to be thinking about repaying student loans before you apply, you will save yourself a lot of financial hardship by thinking about it beforehand. there are a ton of resources out there to get a better idea of the financial aid that will be available to you, and remember, just because you got financial aid for the first year, you may not receive that same amount year after year. >> that's the case with certain scholarships or grants that are offered. they may not be fully renewable. there may be conditions that you need to meet to ensure that you continue getting that funding, but even more so, even though

the dollar amount might stay the same for the four years, your tuition may go up. >> now, there are also hundreds of college scholarships that go unused every single year, so have your kids apply to as many as they can. it costs nothing and the rewards can be huge. for information on scholarships, grants, and financial aid, just go to our nbc washington app and search college debt. a man is in serious can't after this incredible rescue in rock creek park. investigators are still trying to figure out why a tree fell on to his car while he was moving. it happened during rush hour, around 6:00 last night on beach drive. the tree was so big, first responders needed help from people who were passing by. >> he lifted the tree and push the car out from under it. the car was moving, so it's really a one in a million kind of thing. >> it took nearly 20 people to lift that tree and firefighters had to cut the o

car. they say his injuries are life-threatening. it's still unclear what caused that tree to snap. it was an absolutely awful crash that happened here on river road and the state highway administration has begun making changes. you see these poles coming up. there will be new flashing overhead signs telling drivers that someone might be in that turn lane coming across river road. also new turn only lanes are going to be put in place here at river road and if you take a look at the intersection in question, you can see how dangerous sometimes it's for cars to go across oncoming traffic. it can be an absolute crap shoot. residents and students have been calling for change. they say

enhancement. >> unfortunately, it took three deaths and a severely injured young lady to wake up the authorities to make a change. >> the safety changes here expected to cost about $300,000. they should be finished in the fall. back to you. the funeral for more than 200 people killed in that earthquake in italy is today. it's being held in the town of amatrice in a mass tent built overnight. prosecutors are investigating people who constructed those buildings. they say even newly constructed earthquake proof buildings suffered significant damage, including a school. huge damage from widespread flooding, fema says it approved more than $385 million in funding for the flood

for flood insurance alone. they are also paying for temporary places for those people to stay. 130,000 households applied for federal assistance. hollywood stars are coming out to remember gene wilder. the actor died from complications of alzheimer's sunday night. ♪ there is no life i know to compare with pure imagination ♪ >> you may remember wilder best as willie wonka. he was also known for starring roles in young frankenstein, the original producers and blazing saddles. jim carey tweeted, gene wilder was one of the funniest and sweetest energies ever to take a human form. >> he wanted to known for his dramatic acting. >> you mispronounce

fraunkenstein. you remember the movie? >> i've never seen the movie. i've seen willie wonka. >> aaron, we'll get you the dvd. >> he's still on beta. >> i saw it in the theater. it is a funny movie. outside this morning, a beautiful clear sky out there. can you spot the moon in our sky this morning? just a tiniest little thumbnail of a moon going up early this morning. it's going to be chased by the rising sun here shortly. the sun is coming up after 6:30 this morning. it's a mild one. 76 with national airport. northerly breezes have taken a little edge off the humidity. it's going to be another warm to borderline hot day to be outside

72 in mt. vernon, 73 in beverly beach. planning out the day, plenty of sunshine today but plenty warm too. most of suburbs well up into the mid and upper 80s today. around 90 for a high in downtown washington. north to northeasterly breezes 5 to 10. tomorrow, even warmer. 93 tomorrow. slight chance for few hours tomorrow, but here's gaston moving away from the u.s. tropical depression off the bank of north carolina, that one is showing signs of strengthening a little bit. it could take on a name later on today. and tropical depression 9 in southern mexico, that could also take on a name. the next two names on the list are hermine and ian. five day outlook, 93 today and tomorrow. showers off and on through thursday morning and drying out toward friday and saturday. i'll have you the whole labor day forecast at

breaking news. take a look at this. again, chopper 4 over westbound 50 there as you are approaching kenilworth. if we take that full, thank you very much, you can see the right side of the roadway is blocked here. this is an overturned vehicle that looked like it was partially burnt out. you can see a four-mile backup. this is a mess. you have to allow extra time or take your favorite alternate because it's a mess. westbound 50 near kenilworth you can see that red line this morning. 66 before 50, left center lane blocked by a crash. big look at the beltway and the rest of the roads around town, not so bad. back in a couple of minutes. a new tweet controversy for the trump camp and what we're learning ahead of the big speech

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so we've been asking you to share your favorite photos as your kids head back to school. >> well, we're no exception. i've been sharing what i can on snapchat and instagram from people who have been sending their pictures. as for melissa mollet, her son just started first grade. >> i know. i went home early yesterday to send brendan off to first grade. kudos to those out there who handle the morning madness every day. welcome to our first day of school. come on in. first up a little piano practice. >> 1, 2. >> breakfast, come on up. how about cereal with blue berrys. >> a secret message. then finalizing the outfit. new shoes that are a tad too big so we have to find others. slick hairdo. you have to look fancy on your first day,

>> the fansiest. gearing up with a bag four times the size of you. >> the thing is going to knock you over. >> i look like i'm in fifth grade. >> a photo op where the dog isn't into it. yea! norm! and we're off, first grade. >> i got for my flowers for my teachers and i'm ready to go. >> never go wrong with the flowers. >> and you got to butter em up early. he had a great day and i know lots of kids had great first days of schools. >> and norm the dog. >> he wants to walk into the school and stay all day. >> i know. he's going to be so sad. his summer buddy is gone. >> he will be all right. > >> reporter: surfing the netanyahu on -- net on metro.

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in the race for the white house. people are taking action after the outrage over the price the epipen. there's a new way to make sure you are getting where you are going on time. i'm angie goff in for eun yang. good morning. >> i'm aaron gilchrist, the awful august continues and there's trouble in the tropics. chuck bell with 4 things to know. >> those are two of the four things you just mentioned. it's going to be a nice day to be outside but just as typically is the case in the month of august, it's going to be another day bordering on hot to be outside. our awful august continues. we're currently tied for the warmest august on record. chance for september showers as we get a new month. trouble in the

a laudable labor day forecast. you'll like the way the weekend is shaping up. breaking news continues though in first 4 traffic. it's going to be a slow ride for some. >> breaking news on the roads right now. take a look at this. chopper first on the scene here. chopper 4 first on the scene, westbound 50 near kenilworth avenue is where this crash is on the right side of the roadway, a four-mile backup. it is slow there this morning. i wanted to show you the map there as well. as we widen out just a little bit, you can see the beltway is locking quite good. new crash. still this problem, left center lane was blocked. sounds like that is now out of the way. back in ten minutes with more on breaking news. happening today, the trial for prince george's county man accused of murdering his

osman sesay is charged with first degree murder. he was watching the little boy while his girlfriend was at work. the boy died from blunt force injuries to his head and torso. and suffered a lacerated liver. the trial is set to last through thursday. metro says it's listening to your concerns and providing free wi-fi. megan mcgrath has more on why this could be useful during your commute. >> reporter: good morning. it's a 45-day pilot program, free wi-fi being offered to metro customers at six stations, including here at union station. this is going to allow people to get on line and take a look at some of metro's features. things like an interactive map where you'll be able to click on an icon and figure out when the next train is coming, how long that train is going to be and so folks are going to be able to manage their commute. then from that landing page, that metro landing page, customers will be able to go to other websites, they are going to be able to

throughout their commute. now here are the six stations in the pilot program. take a look at the map. union station, metro center, gallery place, judiciary square, archives and l'enfant plaza. one man i spoke to says it's going to make his commute easier. >> i think one of issues that i have right now is that the systems in the station itself don't seem to always be up-to-date or fully cognizant of when trains are coming. anything that would help out with that would be great. >> reporter: and so the program is going to go on for 45 days, then metro is going to circle back, talk to customers, get their feedback, find out what works, what needs to perhaps be tweaked but the ultimate goal here is to eventually provide wi-fi service to all of metro's 91 stations.

thank you. and metro is expanding another pilot program that could save riders more than $30 a month. select passes allow you to pay a lump sum at the start of the month for unlimited rides. metro is now offering more price points that could save commuters who pay maximum rush hour fares. you'll get a select pass today in order to get the full bargain for the month of september. police shot and killed a deaf man in north carolina. what the dispatch calls are revealing. plus, flooding rescues. we're going to share more during the race to save drivers. new details about a shooting inthe district.

welcome back at 6:37. pastor mark burn, a high proceed mile african-american supporter of donald trump is apologizing after tweeting an image of hillary clinton in black face. burns has since deleted

image. hallie jackson is live outside trump tower with more on this. hallie, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. before we show you one time the image, we got to warn you the viewers may find it offensive and the intention was to do something with satire, at least that's what he told me when i interviewed him after this began really building up backlash on line. the pastor hadn't become aware it was controversial until we talked. i asked him would you apologize. at the time he said he would if he felt like he offended anybody. hours later, that tweet deleted. the pastor issuing the apology on periscope. burns is the person who leads the outreach to the african-american community and the timing comes at a tough time. trump's rhetoric on race under fire with his critic calling it

insensitive. trump is pushing hard on his outreach. he's he hadding -- heading out to detroit, heading out with dr. ben carson and trying to get the message out to these black communities. more from her on the "today" show. huma abedin is announcing her separation from her husband, former new york congressman anthony weiner. this comes after a report in the "new york post" that weiner sent an inappropriate picture of himself to a woman while their young son of was in bed. weiner told the post they had been friends and their communications were appropriate. weiner resigned from congress after a sexting scandal back in 2011. friends claim the couple were already living separate lives. breaking news right now on the roads. we have chopper 4 over this problem. having a hard time actually getting the picture to come up he

second. we're talking about westbound 50 as you are approaching kenilworth, we'll talk much more about this in a couple minutes. chuck. outside this morning, we've got a beautiful sun rise in place. there was a quick shot of chopper 4. that was a quick shot of chopper 4. yeah, that backup is significant there on inbound 50. melissa will have the latest in a few more minutes. for now, sun rising in our eastern sky. good looking day out there. another warm one. outdoor recease for kids back in school. temperatures in the 70s and near 90 by later on today. early look into the weekend forecast, holiday weekend, saturday, sunday, monday, labor day week, it's going to be flawless weather. highs in the upper 70s to right around 80 degrees, what about our labor day forecast right here at home? that forecast is coming up in ten minutes.

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we're hearing the dispatch calls for the first time in the death of a deaf man. >> shots fired. man down. >> high water rescues of stranded drivers. [ sirens ] >> we continue to follow breaking news. a deadly shooting investigation is under way in the district. that is where we begin at 6:44. d.c. police still at the scene of this overnight shooting in northeast washington. the investigation happening along rhode island avenue is the 90th murder in the district this year. molette green is live with the latest. >> reporter: good morning. in the light of day, you can really see the stretch of rhode island avenue between 10th and 12th where the police tape runs pretty much along this entire block here between 10th and 12th. this will give police a chance now to better collect evidence,

late last night. at this point, police only squirming -- confirming a man died hereafter a late night shooting. a woman who lives on this block came outside this morning to go to work to find police tape right outside her front door. >> reporter: i heard a couple of shots, three, four. i was not really sure if they were gunshots or not. i think after the shots, i heard screaming. something like that. >> reporter: we're still working to find out more about a motive and suspect information in this story that we'll be developing throughout the day. that is the latest live from northeast. not too far from the rhode island metro station. back to you. i'm kristin wright in the live desk with new dispatch audio where you can hear that trooper that shot and killed a deaf man in north carolina just a couple weeks ago.

the dispatcher. he's saying how there's a speeding car that won't stop. the trooper is trying to stop and pull over that car. then you hear the trooper radio in that the driver has a quote jump and run and that is right when the trooper fires those shots. listen carefully here. >> shots fired. one down. shots fired. one down. jump and run. shots fired. off of rocky river road. >> suspect is down at this time. >> the trooper had followed daniel harris here almost to his front door. harris got out of his car. there was some sort of altercation before the shots were fired. his family is asking a lot of questions about whether there was appropriate sensitivity training in this situation. the shooting is still being investigated, angie. back to you. kristin,

after outrage of mylan's price hike of epipen. >> good morning, you probably have heard the news that under tremendous pressure, miyln pharmaceuticals is going to offer a generic pen for its epipen. is that really a good deal? most are 90%. why is people in canada don't pay $900, or $300, they pay only $100. we'll tell you about all about it. we'll tell you what you need to know for your family, maybe a cheaper version for your pen. that story coming up on "today." a severe thunderstorm dumped heavy rain and hail on to

so much hail fell in colorado springs that snowplows had to be brought in to clear the streets off. emergency crews had to rescue several drivers from their cars after they became stranded. and outside this morning, a nice looking day out there, sun is coming up in a clear sky here this morning. it promises yet to be another day well above average here in the nation's capital. i'm forecasting 90 degrees again today. we were 94 yesterday. yesterday, that was our 49th day above 90 degrees this summer. we're still tied for the wawrlest august on record with august of 1980. today near 90. tomorrow in the low 90s again, so we may able to break that tie. we'll find out better by the end of the day tomorrow. right now, it's in the mid 60s, out to the north and west. 64 in frederick , maryland, 69 in charles town, west virginia. planning out the day, lots of sunshine and

with temperatures near 90 degrees, heat indexes will be in the 91 or 92 range. today, near 90. another mild start tomorrow and hot day tomorrow. increasing clouds tomorrow ahead of our next little chance for rain and that's about it. all of our rain chances this week are focused on late wednesday night and into the day on thursday. we dry right back out again in time for the holiday weekend. the rains coming from this little weather front across parts of the great lakes, it drops count into the southern great lakes tomorrow and reaches the i-95 corridor by about sun rise on thursday morning. tropical depression number 8, spinning off the outer banks of north carolina. this one could take on a tropical storm name later today. the other depression down here in the gulf of mexico, tropical depression number 9 also likely to gain strength and become a named store today. the next two on the list are hermine and ian, which one becomes which depends

movements. forecasting, the gulf, making landfall in the northern tip of florida there and going back out in the open waters of the atlantic. as of now, it looks like that one and the other one are going to stay off the virginia coastline. excellent news. off and on showers on thursday. perfect weather for labor day weekend, and next week, temperatures may go back into the 90s yet again. let's go to melissa. breaking news continuing here this morning. we still have this problem on the road. take a look right now. this is inbound 50 there, just as you are approaching kenilworth avenue. brad is up in chopper 4. tell us what you are seeing. we have a four-mile backup. >> reporter: it was a rough scene when we got out over here. once we started to get some light, we saw an overturn

vehicle. we were hearing over the scanners that there were nine vehicles involved and i see at least four still on the scene right now. this is inbound 50, just before 201. the delays have stretched quite a distance. at one point it was blocking the two lane and the right lane, which was the northbound exit ramp to 201. back to you, melissa. >> thank you so much. again about a four-mile backup right now. another problem, inner loop at branch avenue, still have that disable vehicle on the right side of the roadway. taking a look at 66 and 95, no issues. southbound, buckman road, still southbound lanes blocked. 175, crash on the left side. and taking a look at 270 southbound at 109, a problem there in the southbound lanes at old hundred. today, metro is helping you stay connected during your commute. >> the transit agency is launching free wi-fi in an effort to help riders reach ir

megan mcgrath is live at union station with more. >> reporter: metro customers want to be able to stay qeked to surf the internet, web, while they are riding the rails. metro is trying to make that happen with a 45-day pilot program that's going to bring free wi-fi to six stations, including here, union station. this is going to allow customers to get on line to go to a landing page from metro. they are going to be click on a map, get realtime information about, for example, when the next train is going to arrive, exactly -- give them an exact time. also tell them the length of the train. they can also access metro's trip planner so they can manage their commute from that landing page, customers are then going to be able to go on to other websites and continue to search on the internet, using this wi-fi. here are the stations. union station, metro center, gallery place, judiciary square,

archives, and l'enfant plaza. after the 45-day period, metro is to circle back and talk to customers. the goal here is to bring free wi-fi eventually to all 91 stations in the system. back to you in the studio. for one utah couple, a scary medical emergency turned into a miracle. >> that's because the couple actually discovered they were eight months pregnant and ready to deliver. calvin and brooke williams checked into a hospital on monday after having a few seizures. when brooke was little, she was told she could not have kids. >> she never had any sickness. t

doctors are still looking for the exact cause of the seizures, but mom and baby are doing well this morning. wow. how about that? >> a miracle for sure. looking for a job? are you? >> i'm good, i think. i hope i'm good. unless you know something i don't! >> queen elizabeth may have one for you. >> she's looking for a new assistant to work in buckingham palace. not an ordinary role. you'll be required to live on the grounds of the home, i guess we'll call it. >> is that kensington? >> among your duties, cleaning and caring for the furniture as well as, quote, historic vases and irreplaceable paintings. it makes no mention of salary. only calling the pay competitive. you'll get to rub elbows with the royal family or at least look in their general direction. i don't know how much rubbing they are going to be. >> they seem pretty

and will. they are like the modern family. >> good morning, facebook is making some changes as well. it will allow communities to trigger its safety check feature instead of the company having sole control. facebook faced criticism that applies the check, marks it unevenly. favoring some countries over others. 5 minutes until 7:00. four things you need to know. thursday night's red skins game against the tam ba pay -- tampa bay buccaneers has been moved to wednesday. howard county officials will talk about efforts to preserve ellicott's city main street after several were damaged in last month's flooding a car and driver rammed into a house

last night. and a man was killed in a shooting in northeast washington overnight. d.c. police are still at the scene there on rhode island avenue near 10th street. this is the 90th murder in the district this year. and all eyes on the tropics. there's two depressions we're watching. one off of the outer banks of north carolina. the other one down there in the southern parts of gulf of mexico. that's the one that's caused the change of plan for the redskins game. moving from thursday to wednesday night. that storm moves across the florida peninsula and stays out to sea. that's where we like them, out to sea. a couple of showers on thursday, no big deal, but great weather all days through the holiday weekend before we get back in the 90s next week. taking a look at this problem that continues westbound 50 near kenilworth avenue, still a four-mile backup. chopper 4 still over that scene. that's pretty nasty. you can see how much

slowing a little bit. 66 no problems, southbound 1 at buckman road with the southbound lanes block. 95 south before 175 that crash on the left side. 270 at old hundred, do have that crash as well. that is the broadcast. thank you for waking up with us. >> the "today" show is next. we're back with the news in 25 minutes. >> make it a grit tuesday. >> it's tuesday. >> you are trying to think.

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