stories. we're talking about this one impacting people on the beltway. two-mile backup inner loop at van dorn street because of a car fire on the right side of the roadway. inner loop as you're approaching van dorn street. north of the beltway, crash reported there as well. 5 outbound the ramp have a crash there. and then this one, we've been talking about this one, darcy spencer out on the scene. glebe road at 123. at the chain bridge. lanes blocked both ways. darcy's out there. hi, darcy. >> reporter: good morning, melissa. yeah. this is creating some problems for commuters. we're seeing people having to do the u-turn and drivingangrily. i can tell you. we see flashing lights. that's good news, an indication that someone is here to deal

we actually see a person back in there so maybe they're working to get this thing cleared up. we're right up chain bridge, agency you said, past the flares, that's chain bridge right here. just to give you an idea. this is a major area that people go through, chain bridge to go through north washington or northern virginia. just to give you an idea of the location, we're right under the gw parkway. so this is a very heavily traveled area leading into georgetown and other areas. if this is part of your morning commute, you'll have to find another way around. back to you. >> darcy spencer in arlington, thank you. we also have to check our forecast with foggy conditions early this morning. >> chuck and sheena are out in it. tell us what you you see. >> oh, yeah, lots of fog. the rain has left a soupy atmosphere. sheena is complaining her hair is getting frizzy. >> it's falling fla ing flat an

some areas of improvement, 66 degrees. very calm wind and that's helping the fog settle. gaithersburg, half-mile visibility but we've seen big improvements so far as we go through the rest of the morning hours. warrington to a mile. was at zero earlier this morning. the relevant of this morning, i think we'll see fluctuations still looking at clouds around 2:00, light showers around hagerstown. we're going to keep the clouds in the forecast. temperatures low 80s. we do have a chance for showers, thunderstorms for the evening commute. keep that in mind. a few around. not as bad as yesterday. you might want to have the umbrella, big changes as we end out the week and head for the weekend. of course, we'll have the details and forecast for that through the weekend. that's all coming up. >> sheena and chuck, thank you. 6:02. continuing our team coverage. last night's severe storms that hit northern

ridge mobile home park just outside of winchester where it looked like a tornado may have touched down. >> justin, we know that some of the trees fell on top of homes there. how's the cleanup going this morning. >> reporter:? hey there, aaron, so far, cleanup has not started just yet. close to 6:00 last night the storm broke through bringing heavy winds and hail too. take a look at the damage it's caused here. snapping huge trees at its base, and several feet out here, nearly missing another home. i want you to walk with me this way. i can show you how it fell on this home here. part of it here, branches here just missing the front of the home. the relief is that no one was hurt we're hearing as a result of the storm. county officials saying, too, it appears localized in this area of berryville in winchester. and it

and we can tell you at this time, people are still working to see how big the damage of the storm was. we spoke with one resident who said lots of panic after the storm came through and what he did at the height of the storm. >> the hail started. me and my uncle were standing at the front porch. we were watching the storm actively. and it started to hail. i told everybody to go to the bathroom. i know storms. i knew exactly what was happening. >> reporter: and crews will have to cut through this tree at some point. you can see a very large tree. a lot of trees were cut through yesterday to get power restored through the area here. no reports of damages. i spoke to a official who said that moat of the neighborhoods are going to be clear so kids can get to school today. at this point, we have to wait to see just what this was, if it was a tornado, a

perhaps it's a bad storm. that will be decided by weather officials. that's the latest, back into you. >> justin, thank you. 6:05. angie goff following the breaking news out of the bombing in afghanistan. >> americans, stay away from kabul, that is the word from the american embassy. after that suicide bomb killed 80 people. take a look. that was actually a truck bomb explosion, security forces, ambulances rushing through the city looking for survivors. it's an attack that. whatted in the area known as the green zone. a well-protected part of the city, home to the u.s. military headquarters, embassies and many other foreign embassies. a mushroom cloud right there continues to tower over the green zone. the weight of the blast so strong that it sent shock into houses and countless cars during rush hour for up to half a mile. no group has claimed responsibility for the attack so far which, by the wa

president trump considers the u.s. military's request recently for thousands of more troops to be deployed to afghanistan. aaron. >> angie, thank you. if north korea ever launches a missile at the united states, the pentagon says it has a way to stop it. the u.s. shot down an intercontinental missile as part of a test yesterday. north korea has ramped up its threat within the last six months with nine successful missile launches. the military says north korea may have the capability to fire at hawaii. president trump meets with the prime minister of vietnam. but the stories that dominate the day are the russia investigation and a presidential tweet. here are 4 things to know this morning. former national security adviser michael flynn will provide personal and business documents to the senate intelligence committees. the intelligence committees have also asked for information from a former white house aide and president trump's personal attorney michael cohen. cohen says he will only testify if subpoenaed.

that the president's use of his cell phone is raising security concerns. but it is the president's "covfefe" tweet that is lights up twitter. we'll have more on that at 6:30. a man found dead inside an apartment. prince george's county police said they were called to check on a man in newton street. once they got there, they found a man's bode with signs of trauma. his identity has not been released yet. the d.c. neighborhood is on edge after a rash of shootings and it's not coming together in hopes of venting any more violence dozens marched in the neighborhood because they said they are algernon jones was killed there. police are looking into where the shootings are

an elderly woman is in the hospital with critical injuries after she was hit by an suv in southeast washington. fire officials said a driver ran into her at the intersection of club street and pennsylvania last night. no word yet on what caused that accident. it is a tough day for students at gwen park high school. norman white was killed last night in clinton while driving home from a pizza parlor. prince george's county police say the 17-year-old lost control of his car and slammed into a tree at temple hill road at celina street. a funeral service will be held at the first baptist church in glenarden. the naacp is calling for a zero hate policy on bias. it comes after the unprovoked stabbing of lieutenant richard collins at the university of maryland. police have l

to a white supremacist facebook page. the university has announced the hate bias response team. but the naacp says the punishment for these incidents is not harsh enough. >> i'd like to see out line of a policy. the sequences. i want to see a tank force on the campus. not just with people that are in the college. but also maybe outside. >> some students want at least 50% of that tank force to be populated by students. the state attorney's office says that once the prince george's county police are wrapped up with the homicide investigation, the fbi will take over to determine if collins' murder was a hate crime. new overnight, the nationals beat the giants again but people are now saying free bryce harper. did you see that sign? mlb handed him a four-game suspension for his involvement in an on-field fight. you remember the brawl there. harper is appealing that suspension now. he was also fined. here's what happened just to

threw a 98-mile-per-hour ball into harper monday. harper threw his helmet. went to the mound. everyone is fighting. giants suspended strictland for six games. both players are appealing the decision. they were both on the field last night. it's not exactly when the appeals process will be complete. >> they spend so much money on that field, i don't know if it's worth to get into the heat of a fight. airport scare. new developments overnight, after a man pointed a weapon at an officer inside a busy airport. we'll fill you in, straight ahead. and we continue to follow breaking news. live pictures out of arlington where a tree has fallen on glebe road at 123. >> we'll talk more about that right now, glebe at 123, chain bridge, not going to work for you this mo

beltway coming up in just a minute, aaron. >> it is that time of year again.

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we continue to follow breaking news at 6:14. part of glebe road in arlington is shut down. this morning, route 123. a live look at the scene right now. looks like crews are there trying to figure out how to solve the problem. our darcy spencer also at the scene. and she were bring us live updates as they happen. >> in the meantime, we turn to melissa mollet with big time traffic on the beltway.

melissa, what's goi ing on? >> we're talking about a five-mile backup. inner loop one lane getting by but now all lane it's open. still a five-mile backup, major for a lot of people headed through that area. chuck. >> all right. we've got a foggy start again after pretty powerful thunderstorms late yesterday. things have settled down quite a bit overnight. certainly a foggy start early this morning. it's not going to change too much between 9:00 and 11. there are pockets of visibility down after a mile. sunshine making a comeback at 9:00. more sunshine to move temperatures from the low to mid-60s up into the low 80s. though there will be a chance of an isolated thunderstorm or two. right now, 66 and in the fog. sheena's got that peek at the weekend coming right up. angie goff here at the live desk. it's something that

think about whenever we fly. it's become a reality and a real scare for passengers. laptop battery, it caught fire on board a jetblue plane from jfk to san francisco. the smoke caused the pilot to have to land the plane in michigan. the fire was put out before they touched down. nobody was hurt. the plane and flight finally made its way to the last destination. and here is the head line one d.c. school lost more than a quarter of its teaching staff this year. it was "the washington post" report that shocked many when it came out earlier this week. but this morning, d.c. mayor muriel bowser said the resignations were quote, outliers and do not represent a real problem for student it's. and she tells news4 that parents appear to have more faith ever in the d.c. public school system. >> parents aren't losing confidence and we know that by increase

chir children in public schools. there was a time where parents lost confidence. you know what they did? they exited the system. >> the chancellor wilson met with parents until 8:00 last night. that's where the post mentioned blue high school were located. 115 schools 59 had two or fewer resignations since last august. well, how well are you spell? today, hundreds. best spellers from across the country will compete in preliminaries for the scripps national spelling bee. and this year, it's harder than ever before. there are nine local spellers taking part. take a look. these are the students from north virginia. and the ones from maryland come from all different countries. there is only one person representing the district. margaret isaacson from oyster adam adamsley lingual school. there's margaret. today, they'll each had

the finals are tomorrow. good luck to our local spellers. >> and our pat collins may have a bit of a run for his money next winter. >> that competition is a pints-sized 8-year-old who packs a lot of power from germantown. >> to me, this is the storm, i'm 32 inches. this here is 30 inches and right now sh now, there. the reason i want to be a newscaster i want to you update people to keep them safe. >> we need to hire her right now. she's ready. >> with the show and tell in the live shot there. >> i love it. >> that's bryanne, she's with steve harvey on "little big shots." if she keeps up all that hard work and practice, i'm sure she'll, here in no time. i think we should hurry up and hire her

>> you can see her interview tonight on news4. breaking news, we're dealing with several problems including delays caused by a large car fire on the beltway. >> let's get to melissa mollet. >> thankfully, that fire is now out. and everything is on the right shoulder. those lanes have just reopened in the past couple minutes. doesn't really matter, inner loop at van dorn street, as you're approaching that area, guys, a five-mile backup because of this problem. very, very slow. glebe road at arguington. we have that at chain bridge. we'll have a live reporter from darcy spencer in just a few minutes. northbound, new hampshire at the beltway, a crash reported there. as you look at the beltway the outer alone looks nice and clear. again, the inner loop approaching van dorn, you can see the delays approaching all the way back toed with gro

wilson bridge. 5 inbound, has that crash there. 270 southbound no problem. top of the beltway, outer loop. no major issue there. going about 40 miles per hour. that's pretty good. 66 inbound. kind of slow there from fairfax county parkway to the beltway. and 95 north looking pretty normal going back to 40 miles per hour. quantico to the beltway, remember to listen to wtop 105 fm when you hop in the car. i'm going to toss to sheena. >> good morning, melissa. it is a foggy morning, if you're driving like melissa showed you, take your time. patchy fogging but some improvements in some areas. recess today, cloudy, mild, we expect showers later in the day. lunchtime, we start to warm up, closer to low 80s. for the evening drive, we could have a couple thunderstorms developing. i'll show you the timing. right now, visibility not too

warrington, a half-mile visibility. but will you notice it fluctuating for a little while longer. mostly dry, a couple light showers around hagerstown. maybe a sprinkle near winchester at 81. that's really about it for now. as you see, the weather pattern still unsettled. whenever you see weather patterns early and offshore and imla inland, that means we're 1234 in store for a store. 65 in quantico. if you're walking the dog. or if you need one, here's kane, you can head to the website on how to adopt him. areas of fog by lunchtime, 73 degrees. and a chance for a couple thunderstorms. this is future weather, we go through lunchtime, mostly dry, a cub showers south. later on today, 5:00 p.m., we could be seeing showers and storms mostly south of the district. tomorrow, friday, we d

back in the 80s. the weekend, though, that's holding out for chances of rain, unfortunately. a closer look at your forecast that's coming up. homemade explosives left behind in a popular trail. water bottles being turned into bombs. what you should look out for. >> and darcy spencer is still out at the scene. road closure. a tree is blocking glebe road at 123. we'll check back with her. >> and melissa

a twitter campaign is helping investigators solve a mystery that goes back decades. a little girl went missing in palm beach county, florida, back in then 84. over the weekend, the county sheriff's os started sharing posts like this. and detectives said they received several promising leads. luna was 8 years old when last seen at a grocery store. even though there was a massive search she was never found. there are some 50 tweets now. to ynow to the illicit affa that so many remember from so many years ago. mary kay letourneau and her student have separated. court documents say vili fualaau asked for a separation earlier this morning. letourneau was accused of raping

mother, fualaau was 12. they got married in 2012 and have two daughters together. and the dog park could be cut in half. >> last night, they heard from arlington officials about the plan for the sherlington dog park. they said they need to change the size of the park to meet stormwater regulations. it backs up to a stream. the county is taking a look at multiple proposals before making any decisions. a taxicab assault. a woman said had happened while she was sleeping. how she escaped the man who was supposed to give her a ride home. plus, storm damage, the look at aftermath from a possible tornado. >> and we're following breaking news in arlington with a look at how storm damage is impacting traffic. team coverage is straight ahead. good morning, a little bit of a breeze this morning helping to c

otherwise, it's temperatures in the 60s. coming up, we'll show you the rain chance for later on today. there's the fog lookgy

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breaking news overnight. a deadly rush shower bombing. a suicide attack kills dozens of people. what we're learning about what may have been the target. damage at daylight. is this our first look this morning at how a virginia community was littered by storm debris after a possible tornado touchdown. our team coverage begins right now. heavy rain, hail and trees ripped from their roots. >> a community in virginia is wake up to a massive cleanup job after a strong spring storm rolls across the region. now, we brace for what comes next. and take a look at the damage from last night's powerful storm in frederick county, just outside of winchester, virginia. several trees fell down

power was knocked out for people living there. no one was hurt. >> we want to give you a live look at that damage right now. trees split in half in this area. going to be a rough day ahead for a lot of folks out here. >> right. while the cleanup is going to be busy the storms and weather conditions are having a big impact across the region. >> we have team coverage from a possible tornado out in virginia. to a tree in arlington. storm 4 working for you, of course. >> we'll get to breaking news in your first 4 traffic. we'll show you video from 30 minutes ago. this is a car fire at 495 at van dorn street. melissa mollet is here with the "first alert" traffic. melissa. >> good morning. still continues as far as delays. they have just moved the camera. that is good news because we're not watching it as closely. all lanes are open. it is now out on the shoulder and completely gone, out of the way. ow

that is normal commute there. inner loop as you're approaching van dorn, where darcy spencer is. glebe road at 123 in arlington. still have cruiews trying to clr things up. southbound bw parkway. inner loop approaching vandorn, not so hot. going to take a look at the weather, chuck and sheena. good morning. >> good morning. there's a hint of the breeze. we've been getting totally rained on from the trees. >> there's a tree above us. the fog has started to clear because of that. but rain drops are falling on our hair, chuck. >> big rain drops. the fog, that you can't see the top of the washington monument. be ready for a lot of fog. fewer storms than yesterday. that's excellent news. we actuallyet

sunday's rain chances continue to creep ever upwards. visibility starting to improve now. more than enough sunshine to get temperatures in the upper 70s and low 80s. we'll detail more about the weekend coming up. >> all right, thank you. back to that breaking traffic news in arlington that melissa just told us about. >> this is darcy spencer near the scene of a downed tree on chain bridge. right there on glebe road. darcy. >> reporter: well, good morning. well, we had the big storms last night, so there's a lot of damage across the area. this is just one example. take a look right here. a little bit of good news for commuters this morning. they have made great progress in the last half hour, trying to get this large branch out of the roadway. we're here on north glebe road. the tree cutters there have already cut up the tree or large branch. and that shredding it. looks like they're wrapping up soon but some of the damage has been done on north glebe road. if you take a look here.

we're right over chain bridge on the virginia side. if you cross the bridge, canal road, you can see commuters are lining up here trying to get through the roadway. there had been flares out here earlier but they are gone. commuters need to be prepared. if this is part of your normal commute, you need to find a way around this, north glebe road near chain bridge. road crews are here getting the tree out of the way. hopefully, it will be cleared up soon and commuters can get on their way this morning. we'll send it back to you. >> darcy spencer live in arlington. thank you, darcy. 6:34. if you live in virginia you may have seen all of that hail overnight. this is the video. >> over until frederick county, trees on top of mobile homes. that's where news4's justin finch is this morning. justin looks like a lot of clean upto do. >> reporter: there is a lot of cleanup to do indeed. we're off of route 7

ridge mobile home park where neighbors are waking up to find damage. perhaps few will find damage closer to their homes than this home here. this is a large tree falling. large branches falling on just their front steps here. remarkably no injuries to report we're hearing from frederick county officials but to show you the enormity of the tree here. take a look at the base where it snapped. this is more than six feet high and that is where it broke. it also extends well nond thbeys home that it hit and fairly missed the home in the back. neighbors described heavy hail conditions that through through here close to 6:00 last night. the damage appears to be localized in this area of route 7. neighbors are waking up to see lots of large branches in front of their homes. some damage to their cars as well. now, later on today, you will hear perhaps just what kind of storm blew through here. officials are expected to come out here and survey and analyze the

and officially determine just what happened here. whether it was a tornado as many people speculate that they saw. they tell me they saw funnel clouds and all blowing through here. but that officially has not yet been confirmed after a time. we are told by county officials that school and other activities will resume as normal but luckily, no injuries to report. after a very quick and damaging storm here in frederick county. that is the latest live, i'm justin finch, back to you. >> justin, thank you. we have breaking news from afghanistan this morning. a suicide bombing targeted a busy area in the capital. 80 people are dead. hundreds of others are injured in that blast. this happened near several foreign embassies. some were damaged. no one has claimed responsibility. the taliban said they will not behind the attack and we're working to learn more about this breaking news outside of l.

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first 4 traffic. arlington, glebe road at 123. chain bridge affected as well because of this downed tree. they're doing a pretty good job getting it out of the way. if you're leaving sometime soon, you're going to have to take an alternate. checking on the weather. >> good morning, melissa. we're talking about -- >> announcer: your storm team 4 forecast. good morning, melissa, we're talking fog out there. 66 degrees. you see outside, calm winds and that breeze trying to pick up and we'll see some improvements in the visibility. we're seeing improvements across the area, compared to what we had about an hour ago. but later this afternoon, chance of thunderstorms. we'll show you the timing of that coming up in just a bit. >> sheena, thank you. tiger's dui case, more details emerge what happened to the golf star behind the wheel and what they plan to share today. plus, damage after the

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ne. and we'll make sure this never happens in virginia. welcome back. it's 6:45. we have breaking news right now on a deadly bombing in afghanistan. >> angie goff at the live desk. angie. >> aaron and eun, a

80 people were killed more than 300 injured. bodies are still being pulled from the rubble. truck bomb exploded near the u.s. embassy and military headquarters. you're looking at the german embassy and how zached damaged. taliban has denied responsibility. but history shows that terrorist groups have both stated attacks on the capital in the past. with the wake of the requests for the pentagon to send troops. and we're seeing delays in alexandria, virginia. it's clearing up now. that car that caused all the problems this morning, we don't know how it started, but that fire is out now. and we're working to learn whether everyone was hurt there. >> take a look at these live pictures right now. crews are working to remove a

this is between the chain bridge and the arlington parkway. that road is shut down to get that tree out of the way. and less than an hour ago, commuters had to turn around at that spot. this should be wrapped up pretty soon. until then, avoid that area altogether. 6:47. this morning, we're also working to learn whether the national weather service will classify yesterday's storm in virginia as a tornado. >> several trees fell down on top of mobile homes and power was knocked out. news4's justin finch is live in frederick county with more. justin, good morning. >> reporter: hey, eun, aaron, good morning. neighbors are expecting to find more scenes like this, very large trees falling on or near their properties. take' look at the size of this branch. i can tell you it is very heavy. we see a lot of these in the streets. also on top of homes as well. we're told by neighbors the storm blew through at 6:00 last night. lots of heavy wind and hail that

crews arrived here to come in, cut the branchs and eventually restore power. we're told by county crews, there are no reports that any injuries related to this storm at this time. i want to see some of the damage that came through here. lots of extensive damage with lots of trees out here which is not uncommon in route 7 at the blue ridge mobile home park. we spoke to a woman who described for us very, very scary conditions. she said she also has damage now to her windshield. take a listen. >> the tree branches are coming down. >> reporter: what do you think happened? >> tornado. i saw it. i saw it. huh? i saw the wind twirling- wind twirling -- >> reporter: thank you so much. as you heard from her vantage point, the

damage the tree that did fall on to a home. barely missed another home. the relief here for neighbors is that no one was injured as a result of this storm. back to you. >> all right. justin, thank you. now, as we head out on your morning walk or run, police want to you watch out for suspicious containers. take a look. these two homemade explosions were found in germantown along a trail in greenway valley park. police say inside was a mixture of water, drain cleaner and aluminum foil. they say that can cause a small explosion, if you spot any devices like this, police say don't touch it. give them a call. the naacp is calling for a zero tolerance policy on hate and bias incidents on college campuses. the demands from that group and student leaders come after the unprovoked stabbing of lieutenant richard collins at the university of maryland. police have linked the suspect in this case to a white supremacist facebook group.

announced plans for a hate bias rapid response team. more money for diversity education and task force. but the naacp says the punishment for these incidents are not harsh enough. >> i want to see outline of a policy. the consequences. i want to see the task force on a campus, not just with people that are in the college. but also maybe outside. >> now, some students want at least 50% of that task force to be populated by students. the state's attorney office says once prince george's county police wrap up the homicide investigation, the fbi will take over to determine whether collins' murder was a hate crime. well, it is the nonword that everyone is talking about. president sent twitter with a confusing tweet overnight. right around midnight it said "despite the confess negative press covfefe" no one had an idea what that

deleted. that popped up who can figure out the true means of covfefe? question mark, question mark, question mark, enjoy. one person said this should be the new slogan for the president. covfefe. and josh gad said guess what covfefe is the name of the villain in "frozen 2." a lot of people thought it would be the word of the national spelling bee. probably not. probably just a typo but who knows. overnight, kathy griffin is apologizing for the way she despiced president trump. griffin had a bloody decapitated head that looked like the president. we're not going to show you pictures. here's what she's saying. >> i asked for forgiveness. i'm going to ask the photographers to take down the image. i'm asking for y

i am sorry. >> people reacted from outrage. people from both sides of the political spectrum, if you will. chelsea clinton said it was vile and never okay to joke about killing a president. donald trump jr. called photos disgusting. there are also indications that the secret service. and saying those that it protects receive the highest priority. and the roads that we're talking about this morning. >> to melissa mollet with traffic. >> good morning, this breaking news out of arlington. again, this is glebe road. darcy spencer out there on the scene, we're think they're making pretty quick work of this, right, darcy? >> reporter: that's right, melissa. i can tell you one lane is open. take a look, this is north glebe road. the traffic that you're seeing come in here is inbound traffic heading towards c

chain bridge. right now, one lane is open, they're rotating traffic trying to get people through here. there is a large branch in the roadway all morning long. that has been cleared up, you can see they're getting ready to clear the scene. good news for commuters this morning. back to you. >> that is welcome news for sure. over to van dorn street looking much better. had real delays. rest of the beltway, no major issues. southbound, bw, 197 crash reported there 66 and 195 looking good. when you look at travel time, 66, fairfax, parkway, a little slowdown, northbound to 70. top of the beltway pretty normal. remember to listen to wtop 1 owe 105 fm. and live here, couldn't see thop

all the way over to the top there. visibility will continue to improve over the next couple hours. we have a nice warming trend back in the 80s for today. and near 80s for tomorrow. right now with the clouds around, a very nice north breeze. averaging 13 miles per hour. the return of that breeze is helping to improve the visibility very quickly. 66 in washington. 60s across most of the map as well. but again, we'll get sunshine back by 8:00 or 9:00 this morning. visibility is already improving. it will be a gorgeous day to be outside. highs near 82 degrees today. clouds will come back and another chance for a shower or thunderstorm later on today. right now, most of the light rain is confined across parts of north maryland. that's probably where it's going to stay for the next couple of hours. thunderstorm chances do come back later today. one or two may be on the strong side. we'll be here to post you on that. much is focused to the north. we have dry weather for the next few days but i'm worried about the weekend, sheena. >> me, too, chuck.

especially the second half of the week. we're watching the rain chances as question go into saturday or sunday. until then, we're looking dry over the next coming of days. here's future weather, to put showers over us, we'll have a cold front approaching and stay in this wet pattern. that's saturday morning, still a chance for the afternoon. then into sunday, this is a bit of a higher chance of scattered showers around. here's your weekend forecast, 67 by 7:00 a.m. saturday morning slight chance of a showers low 80s by the afternoon. then we go into sunday, the rain chance is up after that. 66 in the afternoon. temperatures in the upper 70s so make sure you plan accordingly. let's take a look at the ten-day forecast, chuck. >> we've had a lot of rain lately so all of the grass is green. it's going to continue to grow. weekend mowers will have to get out there or wait until later next week. it looks like we should start to dry

parts of next week. still no 90s on that ten-day forecast. here's are 4 things to know this morning. 80 people died in a rush hour bombing in afghanistan overnight. it's not clear what the bombing was but the bombs was near several embassies. the "today" show will have the latest on the attack coming up next. we will send out an alert on the nbc washington app once the national weather service confirms it was indeed a tornado that hit our area yesterday. several trees fell down on top of mobile homes in frederick county, virginia, just outside of winchester. a live look as crews finished up the removal of a downed tree in arlington. between the chain bridge and bw parkway. traffic is flowing perfectly as you can see right now. today, we expect to see the video of tiger woods dui arrest in south florida. the golf star was allegedly asleep with the car running early monday morning. woods said it was a bad reaction to prescription drugs. more on the story coming up

the "today" show. >> aaron, what are you doing later? we might need somebody on traffic. glebe road at 123. as aaron just mentioned we are nice and clear in both directions. chain bridge is open. a big difference from this morning. we saw the backups because of that closure. >> i would rather deliver the baby. >> no -- >> no-no. >> there's more to it than yelling push, you realize that? >> yeah. >> he'll be so calm. >> i was going to say. >> that is the broadcast this morning. >> "today" show is next. enjoy your day. >> make it a great wednesday, everyby!od

good morning. breaking news. massive attack. [ sirens ] the rushou >> is housh hour suicide bombing in the heart of zban's capital. at least 80 people killed. more than 350 wounded. the taliban denying responsibility. who was dehind it? >> ready to cooperate? michael flynn, president trump's fired national security adviser agrees to hand over documents to the senate panel investigating russia's mettling in the election. this as a garbled tweet from the president left up for hours causes confusion overnight. what he's saying about it this morning. outrage