>> almost see your breath out here this morning. it's nice. bikers and joggers, rejoice! this is the kind of weather that you love to exercise in especially here in the month of june. outside our sky camera looking out to the east. there's venus out in the eastern sky. that's the bright point of light. temperatures have dropped into the almost chilly zone. 46 in winchester, 46 up in fort meade. planning out your day today, a mix of clouds and sunshine. won't be all sun all the time. no real chance of rain today. more than enough chance to get temperatures into the low 70s. outdoor planners. running, you bet, biking, perfect. pool? on the cool side. eating outside, just right. check of the weekend forecast, a couple more minutes away. stay tuned for that. for now let's go over to m

>> good morning to you. in bethesda, reminder outbound river at goldsboro, one lane getting by. this should be cleaned up pretty soon, i think. they had all of the in bound, those routes into town and out of town, just fine. route 1, bw parkway. in virginia, 66 okay so is 95 northbound. southbound a little slowdown as you're heading towards quantico. three different things happening on the beltway. outer loop at old georgetown, and university and branch none of them causing a slowdown. 5:01. this could be one of the most important days of the trump administration. a matter of hours former fbi director james comey will take a seat before lawmakers and tell his story. this will no doubt be one of the most closely watched congressional hearings in years. >> it will get the attention of people in this c

around the world. here's a live look at capitol hill where things are quiet for now. that will not be the case at 10:00 a.m. when james comey starts to speak. we're already getting a look at some of what he plans to say. >> news 4's kristin wright continues our coverage from the newsroom. kristin. >> reporter: aaron and eun, we have a copy of comey's prepared testimony right now. here are some key take aways. nowhere in comey's prepared statement does he directly say he believes the president broke the law, but comey does say several times that he found the president's communications with him to be, quote, concerning, inappropriate and very awkward. comey told trump that he wasn't under investigation. the former fbi director asserts that first as president-elect and then as president trump pressured him to tell him whether he was personally under investigation in connection to the russia probe. comey says he offered that assurance on january 6th and march 30th

comey confirms reports that he told the president that the president tried to get him to drop the investigation of michael flynn. you can expect a lot of questions from lawmakers today on that. trump was hands on. comey says he had nine one-on-one conversations with the president in four months. while obama was president comb bring writes that he spoke with trump twice in person. back to you. >> kristin wright in the newsroom. thank you. nbc news special coverage of the hearings begins today at 10:00 a.m. you can watch it here on nbc 4 and on the nbc washington app. make sure you watch the "today" show today. savannah guthrie is reporting on the leadup to the hearings. you might be able to help police find two men behind an attack. surveillance video from homes on and near thoreau drive in bethesda. a 23-year-old man was s

the incident started when the victim started from two men from a small silver suv. he was picked up around 1:00 in the morning on sunday. he was dropped off on thoreau drive and that's when he was attack attacked. the victim is expected to survive. it took months but now this fire in dc has been officially ruled a homicide. the fire broke out on queens street back in the northeast in january. crews found an unconscious man inside the apartment. the medical examiner just determined that the cause of death was smoke inhalation and soot inhalation. it leads to an arrest in this case. >> two local families will not get to see their sons go off to college this fall. the cap and gown the student never had a chance to wear were on display at his

the 17-year-old's murder is getting a lot of attention. he was shot to death with his friend. they were sitting together in a parked car sunday night. the day before their high school graduation. there were 23 shots from two guns. investigators won't say whether they were set up but his cousin thinks it was. >> it had to be personal. you don't fire 23 rounds into somebody you don't know. you want to kill to kill, that's just personal. >> now the motive here is unclear, but sources tell news 4 that one of the victims was holding a $20 bill. it is 5:05. today the woman charged with leaking a secret nsa report is expected to plead not guilty in court. government contractor reality winner is hoping to be released on bond today. the air force veteran worked for a private contractor in georgia where she was arrested saturday. winner is charged with removing classified materiaro

government facility and mailing it to a news outlet. an alexandria man will be sentenced in october. he was convicted yesterday. he went to syria to see what the terrorist group was all about, but prosecutors say he carefully planned his travel to avoid detection and create alibis. he faces up to life in prison. 5:06 right now. start saving extra money. we have one final weekend to enjoy free parking along the national mall. starting on monday the national park service is going to activate those parking meters into popular areas. we've drawn some red lines on the map here to show you where they are. the only free parking will be on ohio drive. the parking meters are supposed to help prevent drivers from hogging free parking spaces. the meters will cost $2 an hour. mgm national harbor opened its doorgs six months ago. a lot of people are asking, how's it going

been booming. prince george's county police chief made the casino a priority to keep the peace with neighbors and keep traffic flowing. coming up, news 4's derek ward has what's new at mgm since it jeepd it appears that nobody's waking up $375 million richer this morning. powerball. take a look anyway. these are the winning numbers from last night's powerball drawing, 5, 21, 57, 66, 69. powerball was 13. no jackpot winners, but there is one $2 million winner and a few million dollar winners. none of them in our area. >> you want to check all of your tickets. even a few dollars that you could win, you could use it to pay for the next power balance ticket. >> buy more. >> and possibly win the big jackpot which is now up to $435 million. >> good luck. get ready to say good-bye to

because it's about to get hot and sticky. >> that's right. we're going to go from hot coffee and hot tea to iced coffee and iced tea over the next couple of days. nice, chilly start here early this morning. you can see on our little temperature trend. we'll be in the 90s by sunday and that's the tip of the proverbial iceberg. it will be a sizzler. i'll give you the five day forecast coming up. forget the candy and soda. why certain vending machines in our area could soon see things such as carrots and water. yum, aaron. >> exciting. and working for you to help you get fit for summer. the apps that may help you slim do

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5:11 your time now. i'm aaron gilchrist. >> hi. >> hi. >> i'm eun yang. let's take a look at some of the stories making headlines across the globe now. north korea fired another missile today. reports say the country launched multiple missiles designed to hit ships. this is file video you're looking at. it's not clear exactly where the missiles landed. south korea says it's looking to find out. >> not guilty of anything b

defending myself. >> the man charged in that deadly stabbing on a train in portland, oregon, had another outburst in court. you heard jeremy christian shouting at the man who survived that stabbing. micah fletcher was inside the court there. facing 15 charges including aggravated murder and attempted murder. christian yelled hateful comments to two muslim women on that train. fletcher and two other men were stabbed defending them. british prime minister theresa may just cast her vote in the national election. she hopes to increase her conservative party's majority and to strengthen her hand in european union exit talks. i'm kristin wright at the live desk. new information this morning in the investigation into those deadly attacks on london bridge. we've learned that police have arrested three more people, counter terrorism officials picked up two men on the str

a third man was arrested at a house near there. these attacks killing eight people on saturday. 50 people hurt when militants drove a car into pedestrians on london bridge. they also went over to bars and restaurants and attacked people with knives there. police there in london have arrested more than a dozen people so far. most of them have been released, however, without being charged. aaron, back to you. >> all right. kristin, thank you. 5:13 now. it may be hard to believe, but it's already been six months since mgm national harbor opened. who can forget the lines that snaked around the resort back in december. this morning many are wondering was the county's roll of the dice worth it? >> we're live with a progress report of sorts. derrick, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, aaron. you stole my gambling metaphor. now i've got to think. how dare you. we're at mgm grand casino. it put

national harbor. it was, indeed, a gamble to put a casino here. is that paying off? there's lots of preparation that went into this. traffic was a major concerned. they were worried about 210 being overwhelmed. officials went to las vegas and studied traffic patterns and customer patterns. when this place opened in december, they had 100 officers assigned. they're down to a dozen. revenue has been a big concern as county officials say it's been about $11 million per month. that's sort of on the low side, the minimum. it can be even higher depending on the events and type of events that they have. the infrastructure along the 210 corridor, about 1800 to 2,000 or 3,000 according to county officials. what are they expecting for the next six months? >> the more money we can get in, the more money the county gets in terms of taxes, the revenue,

kinds of things. >> reporter: now i can tell you this is an impressive facility and it fits into some other infrastructures that come from the county. of course, national hare ber and tanger outlets up the road. they're working together to coordinate. that's alleviating a lot of those traffic concerns. coming up later, more about this facility and its being six months old right now. we're live here at national harbor. derrick ward, news 4, back to you. are they making any changes now at the six month mark going forward? >> well, probably after a year. that's when the police chief said that he was going to reassess the traffic patterns and the number of officers they have here. as for other things, you know, there's been a lot of development that's gone up since the casino and whole facility has gone up as well. that's going to factor into that, too. i think we're going to look at the 12 month mark, the anniversary, to see what changes are going to be made if

to be. >> derrick ward live at mgm. derrick, thank you. 5:15. news 4 your health, leaders in prince george's county will discuss whether to stock vebding machines with more heart healthy items for your family. the bill will require half of the items to meet nutrition standards. if they pass the bill, it would then go to the full county council on june 27th. you may have a healthy food item in your refrigerator right now that's being recalled. happy sprouts is voluntarily recalling all packages of soy bean sprouts because they may be contaminated with listeria. the recalled items are labeled good seed soy bean sprouts. the items were distributed to retail stores in virginia, maryland and new jersey. we'll have more on the recalled sprouts on the nbc washington app later this morning. apparently there's an event at the georgetown neighborhood library tha

it's called friend speed dating or speed friending. that event is full. you can try to meet people at the library maybe by asking them what they like to read, too. just a joke. >> pick up people at the library, eun? >> that's friending. making friends based on similar interests. you like mysteries, i like mysteries. you like romances -- >> let's write our own mystery together. >> i'm just saying the whole -- you have to orchestrate. it's to facilitate making friends. i wouldn't be able to last very long. it's happening because there's a whole reason. the method behind the madness. it's national best friends day! even if you're not going to meet new people, you can celebrate your friendship. we'll show you how in just a few minutes. i recognize some of those people. samantha! >> some of them behind -- >> i saw isabella. >> my gic

you meet somebody in the marriage relationship health section, maybe that's the person you stay clear of. >> oh. >> if they're already reading up on how to make their marriage work. >> you're so smart, chuck. >> hopefully everybody needs a best friend in the world. there's my best buddy right there. it doesn't have to be a dog picture. i put this out yesterday because as harry truman said, if you want a friend in washington, you've got to get a dog. that's why i put it up there. you can send us pictures of your best friend people, #nbc4dc and #bestfriendsday. we'd love to see you and your best friends whether they be four legged or two legged. beautiful morning. temperatures nice and cool. maybe one of our last really cool mornings for quite some time. tomorrow morning also in the 50s. thereafter, quite the warming trend coming our way. today we will be in and out of the clouds and the sunshine gettinut

amount of sunshine early this morning. i think there will be plenty of clouds by midday before we clear out in the evening. northeast freezes around 10 miles an hour. it's well down to our south. there may be a lonesome shower or two west of the blue ridge. by and large, i don't think there's much in the way of anything of a rain chance. here's future weather as we go through the day. there's the patch of midday clouds. shows you the storm off the coast. future weather indicating showers out in the mountains of west virginia. staying all dry around the i-95 corridor and even the showers out in the mountains fading away as they come east into the shenandoah valley. i don't think you need to worry about rain drops for quite some time to come. mid 70s today, back near 80 grease tomorrow. saturday, 87. not quite terribly humid. that's nice. sunday, hot. not too humid yet. melissa, by the time we

lather, rinse, repeat. that will be the case through labor day. >> sounds like washington to me. that's what it's supposed to do. outer loop, left lane blocked by the work zone. one other piece of road work. and then the one other situation on the right shoulder there. at the top of the beltway is now gone. beltway looks quite good. 66 is just fine here into town and out of town. 95 northbound and southbound, you can see, we don't have any real worries there. just a little bit of a slowdown there near quantico. bottom of the beltway through prince george's county looking quite good. take a look at 270. melissa, thank you. we're going to have to get you a fan. >> sounds good to me. >> it started with a backhoe that quickly turned into so much more. what one man is accused of doing after driving for five miles. and remember to join ellen degeneres later today for her show. she welcomes owen wilson. watchll

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it started at midnight. it's going to go all day long, 24 hours here. people are already making donations to and raise more than $170,000 the last time we checked the leader board. you see it right there, up to almost 175,000. we have all the information on how you can help in our nbc washington app. you look at some of the organizations listed here, you see things about animal groups, economic development groups, groups that help folks with food. all sorts of things. all sorts of possibilities for you to help out over the next several hours. >> all right. from summer fitness to summer love. a local trail being used to find the one who got away. could you know the person the sign is searching for? and a cool start to this morning, at least for june, but the warmup is on the way for the weekend. we'll check back in with chuck. plus, hot car deaths. they happen every year. now there's technology that will make sure they don't happen again. hear from a

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anyone can dream. making it a reality is the hard part. from the b-2 to the upcoming b-21, northrop grumman stealth bombers give america an advantage in a turbulent world. and we're looking for a few dreamers to join us. right now on "news 4 today," countdown to testimony. james comey's hearing just hours away. the concerns being raised by republican lawmakers before it even begins. plus, anc commissioner arrested days after he said he was retained for reasons. the elected leader ends up in jail. the crime he's accused of

and a criminal getting creative to steal cash, but even with a backhoe it's not easy to break into an atm. see the video and what went wrong just ahead. "news 4 today" starts now. a live look now out at the roads at 5:30. a lot of people wish they could go back to bed. one major car brand is working on technology that would allow you to sleep inside self-driving cars. it sounds like a recipe for disaster. >> don't trust it. we're going to have more on that though and your top stories the next few minutes here. first, melissa mollet is going check your commute. she's wide awake. >> kind of. >> storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell going to bring us the forecast from outdoors. hey, chuck. >> hey, good morning. sunrise almost here in washington. our friends and neighbors well to our north in the great state of maine, the sun's already up. sunrise this morning in down east maine was at

morning. they are not only much farther to the east but they're also a lot farther to the north. that's why they get so much longer days in the summer. there's a great look at our sky in the morning. sunrise ready to occur in the next 10, 15 minutes. cool and comfy this morning. if you slept with the windows you needed your little blanket this morning. it will be a reasonable day to be outside. no chance for rain. plenty of chance for sunshine this morning. we will have midday clouds around. no chance for rain so your outdoor planner running, you bet. biking weather. cool? well, if you're going to find something to complain about, it won't be the best pool day but eating outside lunch or dinner, not a problem. coming up in a few minutes we'll start talking about that and the weekend forecast which looks oh, so toasty. let's go to melissa mollet who is always cold. >> always toasty. still have the heater on in my car.

road, left lane still blocked by the work zone. rest of the beltway is just fine this morning. 270 southbound, when you're coming out of fredericks, the first couple of miles are slow. a little slow southbound to urbana. then it is clear down to the spur. northbound you are unaffected and everything is moving just fine there. outbound river road and golds borrow, that has finally cleared out of the way. don't have to worry about that. 66, 95 in virginia, no worries there. eun? >> thank you, melissmelissa. let's go back to kristin wright at the live desk. breaking news as the u.s. embassy abroad. what's going on? >> reporter: there has been an explosion at the u.s. embassy in the capitol of ukraine. someone threw some sort of device in that area. fortunately, no one was hurt. the u.s. embassy put out a statement just a little while ago saying that at this time they do not believe that this was any kind of

>> kristin, thank you. coming up on 5:33 now. the comey hearing is no doubt the major story of the day and it could be a pivotal point in the russia investigation. >> former fbi director james comey will deliver his opening statement in just a few hours, but we already know at least some of what he plans to say and it's getting a lot of attention on capitol hill. >> reporter: director comey talked about in his testimony that the president asked for loyalty, in essence confirming what we heard. >> it does not surprise me. did it surprise you? >> reporter: is it concerning to you? >> of course. >> it's inappropriate that someone hounds him about making the case against flynn go away. >> now coming up, news 4's tracie potts will have a look at how the president and republicans plan to counter what comey has to say. in our other top stories this morning, the woman charged with leaking a secret nsa report is expected to plead not guilty in court. government contractor reality winner is hoping to be

classified material from a government facility and mailing it to a news outlet. montgomery county police asking for surveillance video on or near thoreau drive. that's where a 23-year-old man was stabbed and beaten early sunday morning. this started when the victim accepted a ride from two men on wilson lane near old georgetown road. police say they were in a small silver suv. the victim is expected to survive. there was no jackpot winner in last night's $375 million powerball drawing. here are the winning numbers though, 5, 21, 57, 6, 69. the powerball was my lucky number. the jackpot is up to $435 million. and then there is this video. you take a look at this here. it's a top story in our nbc washington app right now. somebody tried to use a backhoe us

this is in district heights a week ago. the suspect stole the backhoe from a neighborhood on brookfield drive, drove it five miles to this bank of america atm. the guy didn't get any money out of the machine though and police think the same suspect broke into another atm back in march. well, it would be a terrible situation to come out of the house and find this happening to your car overnight. someone is stealing the tires off of cars in fairfax county. look at that. the video is from a neighborhood in an nondale. people who live there say it's happened twice this week. the rims can be worth thousands of dollars, specifically we're told they're targeting wheels on newer model honda accords. relax. relax. >> ahhhh. >> advisory neighborhood commissioner kendall simmons back in the news this morning for a domestic violence incident in maryland. you may remember cell phone video captured him being arre

district last week. we're learning about another incident involving simmons in prince george's county. according to charging documents, police arrested him for domestic violence at the weg man's on tuesday. he grabbed his girlfriend by the hair and punched her. simmons is due in court on monday. still ahead, dethroning the king? could lebron and his nba champion cavaliers get swept out of the finals? what he's saying about a loss on their own home court. still ahead, the serial podcast trial back in a maryland courtroom. what it couldean for the m

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attention on u.s. route 1 today. >> that's because it's time for the annual torch run for the special olympics. the torch will be lit in arlington and carried along route 1 in richmond. it will be carried by police officers and special olympians. it opens tomorrow night at various locations. a deadly shootout from inside a public bus. how an armed man managed to get on board while being chased by officers. and it is a cool, comfortable thursday morning outside. i know this is a time of the year people are already mentally checked out and going to the beach. friday, saturday, sunday from ocean city to rehoboth, perfect beach weather all sunshine all three days. 70s on friday, into the low 80s on saturday and sunday. ocean water now, 66 degrees. that's almost warm enough to get into. got your ten day forecast coming up. right now we have something that has cleared on 295

northbound after pennsylvania avenue. all lanes open. live look here at 66. nice and clear as well. we'll take a look at travel times coming up. and do you want to get some extra sleep on your way into work? we're not talking about a nap on metro here. details on the technology that will let you snooze while your car drives itself. and finding love on a local trail. one man thinks he found someone special, but he needs your help to track her down.

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right now 5:44. all eyes on james comey as he heads to capitol hill. it's being called the super bowl for washington. we'll fill you in on republican action to the best bars to watch it all. hot car deaths happen every year. now there's technology that could help end the tragedy. how it would work and the fight to get it installed in your

car. plus, the cost of your commute going up again. when you'll see new tolls take effect and the change you could make so you don't have to pay. "news 4 today" starts now. 15 before the hour. live look at capitol hill this morning where just a few hours the former fbi director, james comey, will speak before a senate committee. this is the most highly anticipated congressional hearing in years. >> the reason this hearing is so important is because we will hear comey detail his interactions with president trump and that information could be key to the russia investigation. news 4's tracie potts is live on capitol hill. we've already seen comey's prepared testimony. should we expect any surprises? >> reporter: well, certainly lawmakers may push for even more than what we've already seen, which was his story in vivid detail about the nine contacts with president trump, three face-to-face meetings and six

about the president asking for his loyalty, asking if he can see his way to back off this investigation of michael flynn, the former national security adviser, but not necessarily the entire probe into ties between the trump campaign and russia. so lots of detail already coming out. but the key question for today is going to be how much more will he reveal under tough questioning. >> tracie, we also heard from the president's lawyer last night. is there a strategy the white house is rolling out here? >> reporter: well, the strategy is really coming from outside the west wing. that whole war room concept insiders say fell apart inside. we may see the president live tweet, but a lot of the response is going to come from the president's personal attorney who is said to be pulling things together. his office will be the central location for that response. they're putting together responses already. and then the republican party, they've already got surrogates

the president's behalf, on the party's behalf. they're putting together talking points. some have already been distributed. some basic talking points. they even have suggested tweets for republicans. watching the screen and watching your phone might be a good strategy for today. >> tracie potts live on capitol hill for us. thank you. thirteen before the hour now. with the hearing expected to be must-see tv, bars and restaurants are looking to cash in. bartenders were stocking the colors today. some places will have drink specials starting as soon as the hearing begins at 10:00 a.m. one spot on capitol hill said it will hand out a round of free drinks for every tweet the president sends about the hearing while it's going on. if you'd like to see a listing of the bars hosting viewing parties open the nbc washington app. today's special coverage begins at 10:00 a.m. as well. you can watch it live on nbc 4 and the nbc washington

officer is in serious condition not expe but expected to survive. the gunman died after trading shots with police from a commuter bus yesterday. a bystander was also shot and survived. officers surrounded the bus when suspects tried to use it to get away from an armed robbery. the suspect started shooting and that's when officers fired back. police have still not identified the gunman. today the man at the center of the popular serial podcast is again asking for a brand-new trial. adnan sayed was convicted back in 2000. then they said his lawyer was not effective and his conviction should be overturned. the state appealed the decision and there's a hearing about in annapolis today. a maryland mother will spend more than four decades in prison for killing her two young children. sonya spoon was

after admitting to police she suffocated her children, 2-year-old aiden and 3-year-old kayla. she was sentenced wednesday to 45 years in prison. she pleaded guilty back in march. well, your car alerts you when you've left your keys in the ignition or that your headlights are still on, perhaps. now there's a new push for cars to require you if your child has been left behind in the back of the car. this requires all cars to have an alert system informing drivers they've forgotten someone in the back seat. now this bill has cars to have a combination of an audio and visual alarm and hopes that it will remind drivers to check the back seat after they turn off the engine. a lot of times it's just a change in routine that makes people forget that your child is in the car. >> that will be technology well used. >> for

>> i know it's coming but i'm just a little leary of it. >> i'm with you, chuck. >> the other thing that's coming, summer. >> big time. >> summertime heat is on the way. this morning, nice and cool. tomorrow morning won't be bad, but by the time we get to next week this cool weather will be nothing but a distant memory. here's a live picture. instead of looking at the sunrise this morning, i turned the camera the other direction. looking at tyson's corner. you can see a little bit of fog hanging over the potomac as it drifts its way out of northwest washington up along fairfax, montgomery, loudoun county line. i say that the end of the cool weather is just about in site because of this. i looked back at this. over the last five years at ragan national the average below 60 is june

the next time we get below 60 degrees on average is not until the middle of september. so 2 1/2 months of temperatures not dropping below 60. that's been average around here for the last five summers in a row. so 57 now and, again, i don't know that national can get below 60 tomorrow morning. suburbs will be below 60 early tomorrow morning. when you're down in the 40s. 46 winchester, 48 gaithersburg. those locations will be in the 50s again early tomorrow. hourly temperatures again today, we'll get a nice warmup. we'll see some midday clouds around. it won't be all sunshine all day. no rain chance today. temperatures in the low 70s across most of the d.c. metro area. barely around the 70s up in the shenandoah valley. here's the ten day forecast and here's why i'm talking about big time heat. 87 saturday. >> not too humid. even on sunday.

thursday next week, heat and humidity in abundance. we may get close to record high temperatures monday and tuesday. the record on wednesday is 98. let's hope that one remains out of reach, but even with highs in the mid 90s, melissa mollet we will be talking about heat indexes near heat. >> i have a heater in my belly. that seems a little much for me. 295 after pennsylvania avenue, that is cleared out of the way. all lines open. 66 to nutley street, no problems. 95 in maryland, b.w. parkway. 32. 29. everything is rolling along just fine. route 1 as well. as we head down south here to parts of prince george's county, you can see indian head highway, branch avenue. only 301 this morning. travel times

seating to get there in 11 minutes. inner loop and outer loop looking quite good. 95 at 270 is going to take you nine minutes. in bound on 66, no big problems. fairfax county parkway to the beltway and 95 northbound in virginia, quantico to the beltway going 45 miles per hour. remember to listen to wtop when you hop m your car today. eun? >> thank you, melissa. all right. take a look. it's a beer lover's mess. a truck full of budweiser tipped over in arizona, and beer cans cass dated everywhere. what a waste, right? looks like it was mostly bud lite. the driver wasn't hurt. >> people running across. >> make a day out of it. if you drive on 66 you probably noticed some new electronic toll signs that have gone up along the road. >> soon enough, tolls will be charged during rush

inside the beltway. this is a look at chopper 4 of how all of this will work. these signs are going to be going soon. eastbound tolls in the morning, westbound in the afternoon. if you have two or more people in the car you can still use that road for free, otherwise, you have to pay during rush hour. if you see an emergency vehicle on the side of the road this morning, be sure to move over a lane and slow down. that is the message this month from local law enforcement, and here's why. the move over law in virginia is meant to prevent crashes like this one from happening. loudoun county deputies launched a new social media campaign this month to get the word out. maryland also has a move over law. technology could allow self-driving cars to do all the work. >> it would let you sleep behind the wheel. >>

know about this. >> too much, landon. >> aaron, eun, you know i'm going to find a way to nap. listen to this, they say the company is working on self-driving car technology that could allow passengers to sleep while on the road. he set the goal for achieving so-called level 4 autonomy or mind authorizing by 2025. honda aims to launch self-driving cars just in time for the summer olympics in tokyo. back over to you. >> good luck, everybody. right? >> all of a sudden i would end up in maine. you were going where? >> landon, thank you. you've probably seen the ad that seemed too good to be true. airfare for as low as $49. well, today is the last day to take advantage of the super sale from southwest airlines. as we mentioned, there are some flights as low as $49. longer routes can cost as much as $129. now, listen, if you're t

be flying late august through mid december. it also doesn't cover flights on fridays or sundays or over labor day or thanksgiving. >> that flight to peoria, now is the time. >> get there. >> in september. good luck. so if you are a copperhead girl, listen up, copperhead guy is looking for you. in fact, he posted this wooden sign along the wnod trail in ashburn looking for you. he said he should have asked her for her number and he hopes they cross paths again. now this sign appeared along the trail near smith twitch road. jessica balick of ashburn put it on her face and the search suddenly had dozens of helpers. big wedding when all of this comes together. >> wouldn't it be nice if he proposed there on the trail. >> don't forget, today is national best friend's day. look at some o

samantha and alex. isabella, chuck's dog. surprise a friend sharing the photos with us using #nbc4dc on twitter and facebook. showing the photos all morning. you can see your photo here in just a few minutes. >> see if you can dig up an embarrassing photo. >> why would you do that? >> that's best friends do. >> i have to find a photo. the cost of parking on the national mall going up just in time for the summer rush. we'll fin fill you in on the changes before you take your summer visitors downtown. the officers who responded to this fiery crash. why they're being accused of beating up an innocent bystander. we are counting down to james comey's testimony. we'r lookinge b

right now on "news 4 today." james comey's testimony. going under oath in four hours. we'll fill you in on everything you need to know. the ride home turns into terror. the man attacked outside his own house. now police are asking for your help. new details about the murder of two montgomery county teenagers. what one teen was holding when his body

"news 4 today" starts now. live pictures from our tower cam this morning. the sun is up. it's brilliant on the other side of this image. bit cooler outside this morning than we're used to this time of year, but it won't be that way for very long. it will warm up big time. 6:00 a.m. right now. good morning, i'm aaron gilchrist. >> i'm eun yang. melissa mollet will have a check on the forecast. are you sure it's june, chuck? >> absolutely. it's going to be a great day. number one rule of photography, don't fight the sun. backlit this morning, early sunrises of june. earliest sunrises of the year for the next seven to ten days. enjoy it. live view over capitol hill as the first rays of thursday morning find their way into your backyard. 49 in gaithersburg, 46 out in winchester, virginia. 56 downtown at