shutdown. changes comings to your kids' school lunches. the plans to make your kids' lunches healthier. news 4 goes sugar free. how you can join us on our healthy meal mission. "news 4 today" starts now. >> how are you filing? >> my good for nothing best friend sent me a picture of a stack of pancakes covered in syrup. >> ben? >> yes. that's the sugar place i'm in. >> good morning, i'm aaron gill crest. >> i'm eun yang. melissa mollet will have a check on your commute. first we want to get to the storm team 4 forecast. chuck bell and sheena parveen are here with warnings about tonight's four cast. >> weather alert day for us today because a very strong cold front promises to bring an end to the warm weather we've been having.

p.m. today likely to be our last day in the 80s for a while as a cooler weather pattern starts to roll in tuesday and wednesday and there may be another chance for storms coming up on friday. right now you can see the line of thunderstorms all the way from kentucky into northwestern georgia. that's all coming in our direction. we are under an enhanced risk for severe storms late afternoon and then primarily into the evening hours on the i-95 corridor. be weather alert. give us a friend, follow, like, or share to help get the word out to have severe weather by later on this afternoon and evening. for more on that, let's go over to sheena. >> as far as the enhanced risk is concerned, basically it means you can expect potentially damaging winds across the area. that is going to be the main threat on our storm impact scale from about after 5:00 p.m. to midnight because, again, that's going to be general time frame. after 5:00 p.m. this is

high winds will be the highest impact. never can rule out an isolated tornado. still low. hail possible and brief periods of heavy rain. keep all of this in mind as we go through the evening. monday planner looking good. warming into the 80s by 7:00 p.m. we're talking about severe storms possible. we do have a problem out there on the beltway. good morning, melissa. >> problem on the beltway. we'll watch to see how quickly this starts to back up. outer loop, approaching 7, the right side of the roadway is getting by. you can't see any major delay. inner loop as you're approaching rockville pike do have a little slowdown from some earlier road work. 66 is fine, so is 95. fairfax station road at colchester. we will update you on the beltway. take a look at travel times coming up. severe storms moving east this morning leaving devastation

live desk with the new death toll. angie? >> take a look. this is one of several twisters. 14 people dead after the severe storms and tornadoes are whipping through. major flooding the cause of death in arkansas. now the southeast braces for severe storms headed their way today. aaron? >> angie, thank you. 6:03. developing this morning, we have a deal. congressional leaders have agreed to a $1 trillion plan to fund the government through september avoiding a government shutdown. >> it does not include funding for a border wall but it does set aside money for border security measures. money to strengthen the military. the house and senate will have to vote on the bill. we'll have more details on the plan at 6:30. also happening

discuss new regulations for food. >> over the last eight years former first lady michelle obama was trying to make lunch healthier. news 4's justin finch is live in leesburg with the announcement at a virginia school to change the rules. justin, that's about? >> reporter: hey there, eun. good morning. 12:30 today ago culture secretary sunny purdue is set to have lunch here and the details are not yet out but this could lead to schools having some wiggle rooms in meeting federal school lunch requirements and could amount to a roll back of obama plans.

program says it serves more than 100,000 schools and child care centers nationwide. for a long time some republican lawmakers had issues with the cost of school lunch programs. loudoun county schools, their school lunch program costs $6.1 million last year. school breakfasts here, more than $1 million. again, that event kicks off today about lunchtime. back in to you. >> justin finch. justin, thank you. 6:05 right now. a straw poll is giving maryland democrats a look at who could be in the best position to take on governor larry hogan. congressman john delaney won the straw poll. the district covers part of that area. former naacp head benjamin jealous came in third. ra shan baker got 12 votes. the search is still active for an inmate that escaped in howard

suspended their ground search for inmate david watson. the u.s. marshall service believes that watson could be in delaware now. there is a $5,000 reward leading to his capture. maryland state police say speed caused a deadly motorcycle accident in prince george's county. a 32-year-old man was killed when he lost control of his bike, skidded and collided with a guardrail. happened yesterday evening at largo road and central avenue in largo. police say a man was riding with a group of motorcyclists when this happened. maryland state police say they've seen a spike in weather crashes since the weather got better. a tacoma police officer is in the hospital after a man ran over his foot. the man left the hospital, jumped into a

ran over the officer's foot. they caught up with him in a home in northwest washington, d.c. this morning d.c. police are looking for 16-year-old sade williams. this is her picture. police say she was last seen on saturday on call place. sade is 5'6", brown eyes, black hair. she was last seeing a black shirt, tan pants and white tennis shoes. it is 6:07. the caps really need the fan support right now. they are headed to pittsburgh down two games to nothing against the penguins. game three is tonight. as we said, they really want fans to get behind them. team is holding a pep rally for students at river dale elementary school in prince george's county. the school rocked the red. the rally is set for 1:00. tonight is 7:00. really need

i'm doing it, aaron's doing it, others are doing it. we're going sugar free. >> here's the challenge. only 40 grams a day. up to that much. you can go lower of course. >> yeah. >> we're all setting our goal a lot lower than that. we just started doing this. see if you can go all week. we'll be here to tell you. in ten minutes we'll tell you what a doctor told us and we'll have reports all week on "news 4 today." and everything you need to know about your monday. it will be a storm team 4 weather alert day. after 4:00, 5:00 today there's an opportunity for strong to severe storms. be ready for that later today. out the door you go later this morning. temperatures in the 60s and 70s now. an incredibly mild start. highs today into the mid to

sheena and i will keep it. plus, a huge game for the nats. more on the record-breaking ball game that's been trending all night. and your favorite shows could soon be forced off the air. why the next few hours are

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good monday morning. we are watching storm 4 later on today. it's a weather alert day. coming up in a bit, chuck and i are going to show you the timing of the storms and what you can expect. it's all off to our west and it will be moving in later today. that's all coming up. plus, taking a look right now at the beltway. outer loop near leesburg pike, you have to stay to the right. brand-new problem

dranesville road. one vehicle in the median. we'll look at travel times straight ahead. aaron? >> folks, thank you. in the south folks gearing up for another round of severe video. this is a deadly tornado in canton, texas. >> nbc's jay gray joins us live from missouri with more on the deadly storms. jay, good morning. >> reporter: hey there, eun, aaron. it was the wind in texas, it was the water in missouri. take a look. this is the kind of devastation that people are dealing with across the strike zone from the deep south to the midwest. this building was pulled off of its foundation, ripped apart by the raging flood waters. the water here reached historic levels in many areas and it's still blocking some of the roadways, some of the highways around this region. there are a lot of people that want to get out, clean up and th

conditions here. we could see more rain. we could see more severe weather. this is part of the system that continues to move to the east. you'll feel the effects of it. not nearly what it was as it moves across this area over the weekend. it's the same system that's going to bring you some rain a bit later. eun, aaron. >> jay gray live in missouri. thank you. here's something you may see on your social media feed today. times square is back to normal after a portion had to be closed for two suspicious packages. you see police in the middle of the left of the screen here. ininvestigating an unintended suitcase and cooler found around 11:00 last night. sugar free week here on news 4. we kicked off the sugar free diet sunday at midnight. >> the goal here is to understand how we have all become so dependent on sugar in our diet. depending on how much you eat, it impacts your health.

your brain. >> reporter: sugar can be very tempting. it's everywhere, and it can be hard to avoid. there are the naturally occurring sugars, the ones in fruits and some grains and vegetables, and then there is the added sugar. dr. nicole earhardt is an endocrinologist at george washington university hospital. >> sodas, snack packs that have added sugars. your yogurts have added sugars. all those types of things like a yogurt may appear healthy but it's not healthy if it has 28 grams of sugar in it. >> reporter: i started paying attention to the sugar in my diet several years ago because of family history of diabetes puts me at risk. so when eun and aaron signed up for the sugar challenge, i joined them. >> i don't think about it. i eat what i want to eat, drink what i want

>> no, i'm aware. just to quit cold turkey like we're supposed to, i'm a little worried. i'm a little worried i'm going to hit somebody. >> that is what happens if you cut sugar out, you get pretty cranky for a week or two. >> i warn you. >> i know. i'm going to be insufferable. you're telling me i can't eat chocolate and drink wine, might be a little problematic. >> this is really nice. thank you for putting all of these tempting chocolate donuts in front of our faces. tomorrow we're going to be introduced to a man with diabetes who says his life has really changed by cutting back on sugar. >> you can take part in this, too, and share your story with us. the limit is about 40 grams a day often a 2,000 calorie diet. take the pledge. a lot of folks have been on

us stories how they benefitted. >> we know we need to cut out this kind of thing, the deserts. a lot of people don't realize a cup of yogurt, light yogurt, has 10 grams of sugar in this one container and that would be the entire allotment for my day. i'd rather eat -- >> right. we lost our camera. >> chuck run to the wall. >> okay. i can go there. outside on a monday morning. wow, are we off to another warm start. we ended up with the warmest april on record in washington. 63.9 the average temperature for the month. even tied a daily record on saturday when we made our first 90 degree day of the year. 85 for a high later today. right now a very mild 66 here in washington but there are already 70s on the map. 73 on i-95 from

quantico, 70 at leesburg. patchy fog in northern maryland and the inner harbor. for today, partly and cloudy day. breezy, temperatures well into the upper 70s and low and mid 80s. chances for rain come in later on today especially this evening. school day forecast, not much of a chance for rain before 4:00. after 5:00, 6:00, it will be an increasing chance for showers. sneaking ahead for the weekend, way cooler. highs only in the 60s. for today there's an enhanced risk for severe weather that includes all of the news 4 nation today. our primary threat time in weather alert mode from 4:00 p.m. to midnight the likelihood of storms reaching i-81 about 5:00 or 6:00. could be inside the d.c. metro area between 7:00 and 10:00 p.m. there's that swath of rain ahead of it. cold enough on the back

where that is snow all the way down to kansas and nebraska. with that much cold air on the back side, that's the reason we have an opportunity for stormy weather. warm. 85 today. 70s later on in the week. might have some strong storms today joompt outer loop here at leesburg pike, a little alert here. 1 mile backup. that has slowly built up here in the past half hour or so. so, again, only getting by on the right side of the roadway. we'll keep an eye on that one. eastbound 7 at dranesville road. one car flipped in the median. fairfax station at colchester road, have that crash reported as well. minnesota avenue between mannie helen boroughs, repairs on 44

street. rest of the beltway is looking okay. travel times, 66 into mid town is fine. little slow at 40 miles an hour headed in bound. 270 south, no issues there. a little slow. 33 miles per hour going to take you 17 minutes. remember to listen to wtop 103.5 f.m. when you hop in your car today. aaron? >> melissa, thank you. safe track has made riding metro more difficult. now we're learning some repairs that were promised still aren't complete. what it could mean for future rides. plus, "orange is the new black" hacked. leaked online. >> the people who did it have a message for netflix. >> and a visit from ellen show.

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angie goff at the live desk with breaking news from chicago. >> we know a police officer is in critical condition after being shot responding to a domestic dispute call. they showed up to the door and the man who answered the door shot him. he and his partner shot back and killed the shooter. this is the eighth time since december that a detroit officer has been injured or killed i

shooting. >> angie, thank you. the nats are going up one of the best pitchers in the league, then they score 23 runs. people are still talking about it. now the nats have the best record in the major league. look at that ball sailing out of the ballpark. seven home runs in one game! anthony randone got three home runs. this was the most the team has ever scored in a single game. everyone is thinking, is this a baseball game? >> or a little league game. like the other team didn't show up. >> some of your favorite shows could go off the air if a major deal doesn't happen by tonight. there is a midnight deadline that needs to be met to avoid a strike. however, the "los angeles times" is reporting that

gild of america and the studios appeared closer to a deal. some of the contentious deals. orange is the new black is facing a new dilemma. >> a hacker leaked most of the season a month before it's supposed to be released. the hacker claims the company failed to pay ransom. more early releases can be on the way. >> when we're doing this for a netflix show not yet on netflix you better believe that will impact the screening service. >> you can hear more about the issue and what netflix is planning to do about it coming up on the "today" show. warning about the zika virus. the health department in virginia wants you to be prepared. the steps you can take to prevent spreading the virus. we're talking late afternoon, evening hours. some could be strong to severe. i think we'll be missing the commute with those

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now on "news 4 today," a deadly tornado and more severe weather, we are preparing you for when this same storm system hits our region. government shutdown averted. the winners and losers in the deal that kept federal workers on the job. going sugar free. we're getting the facts behind the fad diet. lifestyle change takeover on "news 4 today." >> "news 4 today" starts now. good morning, it's 6:30. monitoring severe weather right now just a few hours away from hitting our area. >> if you or the kids have after school plans outdoors, make sure you have the nbc washington app handy. tornadoes touched down in east texas destroying homes, tossing cars around like toys

more deadly storms swept across arkansas and missouri. at least 14 people, 14 deaths have been here. >> sheena parveen and chuck bell explain why it will be a weather alert day. >> mostly later in the day, too. most of the day just going to be warmer in the 80s. pretty breezy out there. >> southwest winds today could be up near 30 miles an hour at times. bringing warm, moist, unstable air into the region. so our chances for severe storms go up, up, up with time. we will be in storm team 4 weather alert mode starting at 4:00 in the afternoon. most likely timing for severe storms will be between 5:00 and 11:00. today will likely be our last 80 degree time. cooler weather moves in. another threat for strong storms on friday. today an enhanced risk for strong to severe storms through all of the news 4 nation. primary threat will be damaging wind gus

lightning. brief periods of heavy rain. tornado threat low but not zero. keep a weather eye to the sky. most likely time to get severe weather inside the beltway comes around 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. 70s now. 80s later today. now let's go over to melissa mollet. >> i have issues on the outer loop. almost a two mile backup. the crash, the response, everything being pushed to the right as far as traffic goes. another issue on the beltway, outer loop at university boulevard. the left lane is blocked. causing a little bit of pain up the top side of the beltway. 295, slowdowns getting by the work zone. southbound seeing delays headed into town. we'll take a look elsewhere and the travel times coming up. >> thank you, melissa. 6:31. top stories this morning while you were sleeping. a d.c. teenager

friday, 15-year-old shanetta payne disappeared. there was concern because the kids are 1 and 3 months old. d.c. police tweeted overnight that they were all discovered unharmed. speed may be to blame for a deadly motorcycle accident in prince george's county. this happened yesterday evening at largo road in central avenue. man died when he lost control of the bike and crashed into a guardrail. a prisoner who escaped from plips custody is still on the run. take a look at this picture of david watson. he took off from jesup, maryland, but could be in delaware. serving time for attempted murder. government shutdown averted. they struck a deal to keep the government running until september. angie, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, eun and aaron. negotiators working to hammer out the last remaining sticking points to keep the government open. overall this is a $

government for the rest of the fiscal year. not included in that plan, money for a border wall. you may remember president trump dropped his plan for the wall. he set aside money for border security and money for the military. i'm angie goff in the newsroom. eun, back to you. >> angie, thank you. metro service is back to normal on the blue line after a scare involving smoke in the tunnel. yesterday there was an arcing insulator that sent some smoke into the addison road station. no one was hurt. for a few hours trains were single tracking between the morgan boulevard and armory stop. metro has some unfinished safe track work to do. our reporters at wtop said they canceled some repairs because of undisclosed delays. metro says snow response

which is now planned for a later date. 6:34. just about now it is day one of our sugar free challenge here on "news 4 today." take a look at what we're battling. >> can you believe that? look at those donuts. >> the donuts and the orange juice. >> thank you, those of you who pledged to take on this healthy challenge with us. we're going to be in it together. you can continue to join us. use #sugarfree and #nbc4dc. angie joined in there. doreen gensler and her chubby hubby ice cream. angie in search of sugar free fries. jim handly. cupcakes for dinner and a glass of wine. >> that sounds so delicious. that could be a dinner for me. at 7:00

live and we'll chat about day one and the plan for the week ahead. i think one of the biggest issues is finding the hidden sugars in our diet. breaking news about a mass shooting in california. >> angie goff is following this from the live desk. what's going on? >> reporter: aaron and eun, take a listen to this. we heard gunshots. there you go. this is out of san deag dwoe at that apartment complex where we know one person has died, seven others were injured after police say a man started shooting aside. we don't know if the suspected shooter who has been named, peter celes, a white man, knew the victims. a motive has not been determined at this point. it's still under investigation. and, by the way, the suspected shooter was shot and killed by police in the shootout. eun? >> thank you, angie.

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as folks head south on 270 and the outer loop past river road, we'll see this connect if they don't get it out of the roadway here. it's on the shoulder. it's a little bit longer. blue line delays to largo center. we'll be watching early this morning not the storms, later today, but we'll be watching for sun glare here and there. we have the line much storms in the west. it is moving in the direction. the atmosphere will be in the setup for potentially severe storms. severe risk. more of an enhanced risk. we have a better chance of having heavy rain, hail, lightning. if you're walking the dog, we have one for adoption, ariel. thunderstorms later this evening with temperatures in the 80s. closer look at the forecast with chuck and i in a bit. >> thank you,

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now on "news 4 today," preparing for a weather alert day. the timing on when this severe weather will arrive in our area. may day protests. the new call for action that could spill into the streets. and sugar free for seven days. what to watch for and how to get started with us on "news 4 today." you're watching "news 4 today." right now 6:44. we're following a developing story this morning out of northeast washington. >> that is where major intersection near the minnesota avenue metro station is shut down no

live. molette, fill us in. >> reporter: that's right. i just want you to take a look at what the problem is. there it is. that is the utility poll that is leaning there at the intersection of boroughs and minnesota avenue. utility crews, we should tell you, you can see them. they are here on the scene, but as you can see, this stretch is blocked off. this is the way folks would go to get to the metro station just down the way there. they're going to have to find a work around. that would be further down nanny hills and borough avenue. you have utility crews on the scene. this is a busy intersection this morning, but there is a work around for folks but we'll stay on the scene and continue to give you updates inside our nbc washington app. back to you. >> molette, thank you. 15 before the hour. we could see some movement this week on the republican plan to repeal and

>> the bill could come up for a vote in the house. republicans have been working behind the scenes to get the votes to pass it. yesterday on "meet the press" vice president mike pence says they weren't ready to repeal obama care. i think we're close. >> there is a question on whether pre-existing conditions will be covered in the republican bill. president trump says it will while some republicans want to allow states to opt out of it. meanwhile, you can expect a day full of marches to happen. this is video from last year. people are protesting against president trump's efforts to boost deportation. here in washington people will gather at noon in lamont park in mount pleasant. d.c. police are looking for 16-year-old sade williams. she was last seen on saturday on call place near

she's 5'6". she was last seen wearing a black shirt, tan pants and white tennis shoes. news 4 continues to track missing teen cases in the district. you can find an updated map in our nbc washington app. search missing teens map. 6:47. the lunch your child eats at school has become a political issue of sorts in the last eight years. former first lady michelle obama's platform focused on making school lunches healthier. >> news 4's justin finch explains why the trump administration wants to roll back those regulations. justin? >> reporter: aaron, there is talk this morning this could be an effort to give schools nationwide leeway. the details are not officially out yet, but there is talk this could amount to a roll back of sorts of obama era school lunch changes. yo

michelle obama made a public push for schools to offer healthier options. they have been an $11 billion plus effort serving some 30 million students nationwide and for years many republican lawmakers have voiced concerns about the lunch program's price tag. in loudoun county where this announcement is being made, nbc news reports school lunches have gotten $6 million. the agriculture secretary will eat lunch and be on hand for the announcement. kansas senator pat roberts will be joining him for that. i'm justin finch, news 4. 12 minutes before the top of the hour. it was a physical game on the court. the wizards facing the boston celtics. >> they play again tomorrow

yesterday the wizards started the game up 11-0. john wall scored a fracture of the points. as wall goes, he's a big part of the team. >> the star of the team was isaiah thomas. he was accidentally elbowed in the mouth there. look at that. >> dedication. he later had his tooth repositioned. those teams are in the best of seven series and they play again tomorrow. they'll be in d.c. on thursday hoping we get back to our winning ways. >> and everybody keeps their teeth. >> need those. >> severe storm. people were killed and communities were unrecognizable. several twisters doing this. the severe storms leaving behind a lot of flooding. that caused some deaths in missouri and ka

now though the focus is on the southeast as they break for severe storms headed their way today. now over to melissa. or aaron and eun. >> thank you, angie. >> we're going to check in with melissa mollet now with breaking news. >> breaking news on the roads right now. take a look here at the beltway. so outer loop here near leesburg pike, this is just cleared off to the right. we have about a two mile backup at this point this morning, so that's going to get better instead of worse. that is great news. top of the beltway looking good. other routes outside of the beltway good as well. northbound 295 benning road still hanging around. that's causing the northbound delays to have the normal southbound delays. this is where molette green is here this morning, minnesota avenue and you can do a work around.

naas manassas drive. top of the beltway is okay as well. so is 95 as you saw right there. 270 a little slow southbound going 38 miles per hour. good morning, chuck bell. >> good morning, melissa and everybody. monday is often to a cloudy start. super mild start. already 72 degrees in washington. that's already one degree above an average high for may 1st. south winds at 15 miles per hour. it will be toasty warm this afternoon. highs into the low to mid 80s with breaks of sunshine. a real issue will be a chance of strong to severe storms this afternoon and particularly this evening. it will be a weather alert day starting at 4:00 p.m. have your nbc

downloaded. find any or all of us with your storm team 4 favorites. we'll help keep you ahead of the storms. we have an enhanced risk. that's the second step up in the categories. you can see the rain across ohio and kentucky. future weather brings thunderstorms into the shenandoah valley. the severe storm threat moves in between 7:00 and 9:00 p.m. primary threat today will be damaging wind gusts. heavy rain, frequent lightning. there's at least a chance we could see an isolated tornado. know it will be an impactful weather evening today. for more on that, let's go over to sheena. >> good morning, chuck. for today, like chuck just mentioned, storms later this evening, tomorrow morning all of this will be gone and

tuesday. take a look at the temperature trend. temperature 71. tomorrow the 60s for the end of the week. until friday we're going to be staying dry. after the storms tonight that chuck showed you, tomorrow we're nice and dry. wednesday we're nice and dry. wednesday evening, thursday most of the day. then by 8:00 p.m. thursday we have our next weather system approaching. rain late in the day and then we get our next weather system friday. we'll be watching weather get closer. by 8:00 p.m. the rain is moving out of the area. the temperatures over the weekend will be getting quite a bit cooler. at least the storminess of all of this will be gone. let's see what your weekend looks

>> 85% chance today. be weather alert today. let your friends, neighbors, family members know there could be severe weather this evening. we'll be keeping an eye out here for you on nbc 4. breezy tomorrow. cooler weather wednesday and thursday. stormy weather could have another storm on friday. much, much cooler weather. saturday and sunday only in the low to mid 60s. >> chuck, thank you. listen, i've been staring at these chocolate donuts all morning long. we have not caved in yet. >> we're going sugar free. >> here's the challenge. this is not going to be easy. cutting back on sugar can be good for your health. in fact, increased consumption of sugar has been linked to diabetes, heart disease and mental health issues. >> you can join us all week as we do the sugar free

you may not expect. >> sodas, snack packs that have added sugars, your yogurts that have added sugars. all those types of things like a yogurt. >> that was endocrine noologist nicole earhardt. consider this, they said on average the u.s. diet is low in vegetables, fruit and whole grains and high in sodium, saturated fat and those added sugars. >> in this challenge we're tackling added sugars. dr. earhardt advised us based on world health organization guidelines that 10 to 12 teaspoons a day, but some organizations including the american heart association advocate for even less. 10 gramts a day. so in just a few minutes after the show we're going to be kicking off a facebook live on the nbc washington page. we'll chat about our d

the plan for the week ahead. that's around 7 zblk six things to know before you head out the door this morning. congressional leaders have reached a deal. the "today" show will have the latest on the deal and the white house push for health care next. getting down minnesota avenue will be tough this morning in northeast washington. that's because a utility poll is leaping on some power lines near the intersection with mannie helen brooroughs avenue. follow molette green on more on the traffic. a massive tornado tore through canton. they have been going house to house looking for anyone who may be trapped. 14 people have died in storms across the southwest. the nationals have the day off. they could use rest after scoring 23 runs. the

nats park to play the diamondbacks. >> pretty cool. taking a look right now. outer loop near leesburg pike, that's pretty good. the crash is on the right side of the roadway. delays getting better. outer loop, crash reported there. weather alert day today, melissa, mainly later on this afternoon and evening. it's mostly for tonight. temperatures in the mid 80s. tomorrow dry and cooler as we go into the middle of the week. >> wow, what a change from this weekend. >> here's your

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good morning. breaking . good morning, breaking overnight. mass shooting. a man opens fire during a birthday pool party at a san diego apartment complex that leaves one person killed, seven others injured. the gunman killed by police. an overturned truck, floodwaters quickly rising. how they all got out alive as the death toll climbed to at least 15 people overnight, even more bad weather expected today. crisis averted. congress reaches a late-night deal avoid a government shutdown