cleaning up after damaging storms and tornadoes. angie goff live at the live desk. good morning. >> not only damaging but deadly as well. two people have died and dozens hurt after tornadoes blew through parts of wisconsin and oklahoma. take a look. this is what some people are favoring. this is just west of oklahoma city. heavy rains and dangerous, trying to escape, the many caught on camera like this one. we know that a mobile home park was completely flattened as well. more than two dozen twisters were reported across five states. aaron. another bombshell development rocking the white house this morning. nbc news has confirmed that former fbi director james comey wrote a memo claiming president trump urged him to shut down the investigation into former national security adviser michael flynn and

"the new york times." >> according to a source close to comey, the document was a paper trail that he believed was the denied allegations to the russian ties to the campaign. comey wrote the memo the day after flynn resigned. it was also after comey attended a meeting with the president at the white house. after that meeting, comey quoted the president as saying i hope you can see your way clear to letting this go, to letting flynn go. the white house denies that the president asked comey or anyone else to end any investigation. >> now, this latest development has led to a flood of reaction from capitol hill. some lawmakers say president trump's attempt to shut down the investigation raises questions about obstruction of justice. republican congressman jason chaffetz the head of the oversight committee sent a document to the fbi asking about all communications about comey and the president. he said

quote, if we need a subpoena, we'll do it. coming up, we'll go to capitol hill where news4's tracie potts will tell us where john mccain is comparing this latest development to watergate. the secret service says a person who jumped over a bike rack on pennsylvania avenue was arrested before getting on to white house grounds, according to our news4 i-team. two other people who were recently charged with fence jumping or security scares at the white house were scheduled to appear in federal court yesterday. today, chelsea manning will be released from the military prison 28 years early. the army says once manning is freed, she will be on unpaid active duty. president obama granted her clemensy before she left office. she was known as bradley manning when she was convicted in 2015 about

documents to wikileaks. covering northern virginia this morning, there is a search for a man who is accused of grabbing a woman on a bike path. the loudoun county sheriff's office said the woman was talking near tall cedars parkway and edgewater street in chantilly around noon when the man grabbed her. this is a composite sketch of the man. there's the photo. a composite sketch, police believe he was driving a silver honda sincivic. these suspects are behind an armed robbery. at the st. mary's shopping center. an hour and a half later, deputies received a call that the same men robbed a. cab driver at gunpoint. if you recognize the men in the surveillance, call the sheriff's office.

so, what you see happening here is the transformation of an old metro railcar. the retired 4,000 series car is now being turned into a retail kiosk outside of the rose vener-strathmore metro station. this is a test for food and retail stores. it's above a mystery, cicadas are emerging on an unscompepgtu unexpected schedule. do you know what cicadas are? they're really loud and ugly. no thanks. they could be taking over your front porch and sidewalks. cicadas typically crawl out of the ground in 17 and 13-year cycles but experts were not expecting them until 2021. experts say

they're out this early. apparently animals, foxes, skunks and dogs eat them apparently. >> parentally, they're low-carb, low-fat, protein. >> so, are you going to be right on that? are you going to have cicadas for lunch? >> not at all. let's get a check of the weather. let's begin with melissa mollet with that breaking news on 95. melissa. >> 95 northbound shut down in the main lanes before dale city. this is because of a tractor trailer crash. also involving a van there from last night. just got off the phone, police say they're hoping to open one lane soon. don't give us, though, an exact time with that. so, again, all main lanes are blocked. traffic, if you want to access route 1, you can get on to

northbound. blocking the left lane left of the beltway looks quite good. we'll take a live look at 270 coming up. guys. >> good morning. >> good morning. >> a warm morning. like it. yes. >> i know you love it. >> florida girl, they always like the hot weather for sure. but new englander like myself, this is a little too hot a little too early. and set record high temperatures in all three of our local airports. be looking for that to come out on our social media feeds. today hot, even more human. not much of a thunderstorm threat. much better chance for storms on friday that leads to a cooler weekend. i love a cooler weekend, sheena. >> well, depends how cool, chuck but i like the heat. let's take a look at the temperatures now before you walk outside. 63 degrees, and the district, clear skies is comfortable. i think a

outside. by 7:00 a.m., 64 degrees, watch as the warmup goes today. quickly, we'll be warming up to the mid-80s by lunchtime. it's going to start to get hot pretty quick. by 5:00 p.m., 93 degrees. that would be a record through the area, with temperatures running about 20 degrees above where we should be this time of year. and the heat doesn't stop today. it's going to continue tomorrow, even friday. but yes, a cooler weekend, we'll take a look at that forecast in a bit. since it is a scorcher, we thought, why not send doug kammerer outside for a barbecue. and be sure to watch doug. it's a secret locations. we'll have surprises but news4 coming up at 4:00 p.m. we'll have more details coming up. well, it's something that's been talked about for years. now, it just seems to become a

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there may be new eyes watching to make sure your ride on metro is a safe one. >> congress is working on a measure to create a safety oversight senate. it's needing passage in the house, though. it was going to be creating because of a deadly smoke situation at l'enfant plaza. trendy restaurants, hotels, shopping and doctors offices will be part of a new development in prince george county. county officials say in three years, a strip mall in capitol heights will be transformed into a development. the new development is part of a church, the kingdom square bought the land more than a decade ago. he said it was always the church's plan to help the community. >> our church made an investment in 2004. when we came here, it was run down wit

prostitution and alcoholism. all. things that we've encountered. >> the new development is expected to bring much needed jobs to the community as well. coming up at 5:00, news4's justin finch brings us reaction from businesses there. soon, you'll be able to shop at any smaller target store in wilson area. this is what it looks like from the outside. it will be a small format target like the one recently opened in bethesda. >> have you ever sorted through your lucky charms to get out the marshmallows because you know that's the best way, right? lucky charms is giving away 10,000 boxes of marshmallows and nothing else. you have to enter a code online. imagine a box with just marshmallows.

>> yeah. >> i've never had lucky charms. i was a cinnamon toast crunch/frosted flakes kid. >> i like cinnamon toast crunch, too. but you're an american. >> it's a warm start to the morning, as you go through the afternoon, you'll need to turn ac on in the car. we're talking about near record-high temperatures. going to be hot for a few days. we'll talk about how hot. and of course, a changing weekend forecast. that's straight ahead. despite what you see on your news feed. the family of seth rich says don't believe what you read. why they're shooting down another conspiracy theory surrounding his death. and the monitoring display a lot of information, train times an

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good morning, everybody. get ready to sweat it out this afternoon. with temperatures near record highs today. in addition to the heat, we also have an air quality alert. poor air quality, not a lot of air movement around here. so, getting kind of gunky out there. ten-day forecast coming right up. and a slain d.c. reporter remembered how the family of charisse milton plans to honor the life she lived. not just the way she died. but first, the latest on the shocking allegations against president trump. the president and white house once again in crisis mode. >> confirmed by nbc news, former fbi director james comey wrote a memo claiming the president asked him to shut down an investigation on michael flynn. news4's tracie potts is on capitol hill. tracie, what's the reaction to this and how are lawmakers reacting? >> in terms of lawmakers, aaron, democrats are

criticism, as you might expect. the thing to watch is how republicans reacted, people like mitch mcconnell saying he wishes there would be less drama coming out of the white house. john mccain comparing it to watergate. saying, get this, we've seen this movie before, i think it appears at a point where it's of watergate size and scale. a spokeswoman was saying he wasn't talking about guilt of the president, but more allegations come out day by day which is one of the reasons he called for a select committee to take a look at the russian ties to the trump campaign, if any. >> tracie, what's the latest on the report yesterday that the 43 revealed clarified information. >> we know that "the new york times" reported it that it came from israeli sources. the concern among our allies around the world is that if the president can't keep a secret,

risk. and while publicly, not many of them are condemning -- a few minutes ago, we got a statement from the australian prime minister, saying the relationship between u.s. and australia still as strong as ever. but in britain where theresa may deflected questions, there is, some officials say, some nervousness about all of this. and quite frankly, germany, they're said to be angie that the president released this information to russia. >> thank you. two of the nation's top security officials will be overseas to brief on the threat of isis. homeland and representatives meeting with their european counterparts in brussels. this comes amid new threats that isis may have figured way to smuggle bombs on to planes and laptops and tablets. that is the same concern trump brought up by russian officials. and the u.s. is also close

banni inning laptops on u.s. pl. milton was killed almost two years ago as she waited for a bus in southeast d.c. police say atv and dirt bike riders are involved in a shoot-out and someone used her as a human shield. d.c. police are debunking the conspiracy theory that falsely linked a murdered democratic committee staffer to wikileaks seth rich was 27 when he was killed last july. a private detective claimed on fox news channel that there's evidence on rich's computer that contains thousands of dnc e-mails to and from wikileaks. d.c. police say they never gave his laptop to the fbi after his murder. and a law enforcement source tells nbc news that rich's

e-mails related to wikileaks. >> i think it's bad enough that as a city, we lost a citizen like seth rich. the fact that this is irresponsibly connected to a broader fictional conspiracy adds to that pain. >> now, rich's family also released a statement yesterday denying the details of the fox news story, saying in part, quote, we are a family who is committed to facts, not fake evidence. an update now to monday's deadly crash on the suitland parkway. one. three people killed was a rising star in the local music scene. ♪ >> london dior was also known as artist londy. her boyfriend and another friend were also killed. the victim's grandmother said she wants londy to be referred for her music. >> she has awesome

social media just sending their condolences and they're crying out to us, they're loving us, showing her so much love. >> her family is still arranging funeral plans but they say the memorial service may be open to fans. well, officials at union station are trying to figure out how pornography started playing on a big advertising screen in the main hall. this happened during the height of the rush hour on monday. it took three minutes for crews to figure out how to turn the screen off. officials believe the screen may have been hacked. the advertising monitor has been shut off until union station figures out exactly what happened there. well, if you're planning to hit the road this memorial day, be prepared to hit the road with many other drivers. it's expected to hit a 12-year high because of a boost in consumer confidence and personal income. more than 39 million people are expected to travel over the holiday and most arexp

it's 4:51. we want to get back to breaking news, melissa mollet has the latest. >> good morning, northbound 95 before dale city. again, in the main lanes. we are closed this morning. had about a one-mile backup. you can see through dumfries, that delay. right now, police are pushing everybody through dumfries road if you don't want to wait in that big backup. express lanes belt to do, get on an exit, 143. traffic can exit route 1 westbound and get on 95 after the crash. inner loop add braddock blocking the left lane. guys. >> melissa, thank you. 90s, i'm not complaining, though? >> it won't be the first 90 degree day of the year. that happened on april 29th. >> i remember that day. >> it's going to be toasty warm, a little too warm. a little too

us. but that's the way the cookie crumbles around here. records for today. 92 in washington, 89 at dulles airport, those are the records for today. i don't think we'll get to 96 degrees tomorrow. but i do think we'll make it to 93 degrees in washington, 90 at dulles. dwi is the latest to hang on for another week at least. and the same area of high pressure over it the last few days, things have stagnated a bit in the atmosphere. 63 at national airport. light southerly breeze. temperatures nowhere as cool as the last few morning. 58 leesburg, 56. and as you're planning out your day, more than enough sunshine, record likely to fall in at least two or three airport it's. as far as rain chances, that's friday afternoon

between now and then, not much of a rain threat, we could see literally a few isolated showers. most places will be up in northern maryland and loudoun county in the shenandoah valley. here's your ten-day forecast. 93 today. 92 tomorrow. still near 90 on friday. but the increasing clouds and the rain chance should keep us out of the 90s. look at that for the weekend, highs back down in the 70s. good running and biking weather for the weekend. sheena's got a closer look today, hour by hour, coming right up. ahead at 5:00, it was a day that started like any other, when they dropped their son off at day care. but it ended tragically, how the 4-year-old managed to get his hands on a gun minutes before killing himself. and it's a device giving co

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it's one of the top places for millennials to live. the website took a look at job opportunities, affordable houses and restaurants. >> as millennials also thinking about those bills, too. it turns out they don't want parents to help them out. bankrate.com surveyed the generation and found that millennials were more likely to say they should be able to pay for things such as housing and their own car. millennials said they should be able to pay for housing when they're 22. and their own car at the age of 20. i mean, they're adults. you should typically pay your own bills, right? is that how it works? >> i don't know if i believe that sursurvey, but it makes se. stay with us,

continues at 5:00. as we get ready for wednesday and thursday, get ready for heat and humidity. >> tracking a major temperature warmup. >> tomorrow, though it gets rather hot. it's going to stay that way through the end of the week. >> it is really going to push the temperatures up challenging records over the next couple of days. >> we've been telling you about it for days now. our wednesday weather warmup is here. >> and we are getting you ready for this, as the mercury rises. we're going to check in with our team of meteorologists. you see them outside. we'll talk to them in just a minute. >> but first, melissa mollet with breaking news on 95. melissa. >> in virginia, main lanes still shut down this morning. northbound before dale city right now. right now, all lanes blocked. police are pushing folks off on to dumfries road. everybody in that one-mile backup. if you want to take the express lane, might be a good idea if you're headed out sometime soon before this clears