"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

very cool, comfortable start. going to be a great day today. mix of clouds and sunshine. no rain chance. today's high near 74 degrees. big weekend coming up, capital pride this weekend. parade saturday afternoon at 4:30. festival on pennsylvania avenue saturday afternoon until early parts of the afternoon. let's go in to melissa mollet and see if there's any issue on the roads. >> couple of new problems, westbound 50 before 201 kenil worth avenue. crash reported there. 395 is looking typically slow. southbound 395 ramp to washington boulevard at 27th, that was an accident. it's off of our system. that is gone. inner loop and outer loop of the beltway looking good this morning. no big problems there. live look 270 at

main lanes and local lanes running quite likely. we'll have travel times coming up. melissa, thank you. 6:02. the countdown is on. we are just now under 4 hours away from a hearing that people in this country and around the world have been waiting for. former fbi director james comey's testimony before congress. this is setting up to be one of the most closely watched congressional hearings in years. >> take a live look now at capitol hill where things are quiet. that will not be the case at 10:00 a.m. when comey tells his story. news 4's kristin wright has a look at what he plans to say. kristin, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, aaron and eun. the release of james comey's testimony was a big surprise yesterday. we've broken down four things you need to know about it. 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

prep rate and, quote, very awkward. comey told trump he wasn't under investigation. he asserts first as president-elect and then as president trump pressured him to tell him whether he was personally under investigation in connection with the russia probe. comey said he offered that assurance on january 6th and march 30th. comey confirms reports that he told associates that the president tried to get him to drop the investigation of former national security advisor michael flynn. you can expect a lot of guess that. comey says he had nine one-on-one conversations with the president over nine months. comey said he spoke with trump twice in person. it will be interesting. aaron, back to you. >> kristin, thank you. nbc news special coverage of today's hearing begins at 10:00 a.m. you can watch

be sure to watch the "today" show right after news 4 today. savannah guthrie is here in washington reporting on the lead up to the hearing. today the woman charged with leaking a secret nsa report is expected to plead not guilty in court. government contractor reality winner hopes to be released on bond today. winner is charged with moving classified material from a government facility and mailing it to a news outlet. the search is on. the motive here is unclear. one of the victims was found holding a $20. yesterday his cap and gown that he never had a chance to wear were on display at his funeral. he was found shot to death along with 18-year-old friend. they were sitting in a parked car on monday night, the day before their high school

graduation. police say there were 23 shots in total from two guns. also montgomery county right now, you may be able to help police put two violent men behind bars. investigators are asking for surveillance video on or near thoreau drive in bethesda. a 23-year-old man was stabbed and beaten. the incident started when the victim accepted a ride from two men in a small silver suv. the vehicle was picked up on sunday morning. may have thought he was getting a ride share vehicle. he was dropped off on thoreau drive and that's when he was attacked. he is expected to survive. after months of investigating, this fire in the district has been ruled a homicide or the death that resulted from this fire. it broke out on queens street in northeast back in january. crews found a man dead inside that apartment. the medical examiner said the cause of death is smoke and soot inhalation as wells

blunt force injuries. $25,000 reward leads to an arrest in this case. we now know a light fixture is to blame for this fire in restin. fairfax county fire says the lights melt. the firefighter who fell through the floor is expected to be okay. developing story in prince george's county. someone tried to use a backhoe to break into an atm in district heights and now police are trying to track him down. look at this video here. prince george's county police say someone stole the backhoe. they think this may not be the only atm he's tried to break into. at 6:30 we'll show you more of this video and show you what police know about this person so far. live look from the city kam into t -- cam into the district. there it is.

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million. we're now at9 million. we're now at the point where we are helping do more 24 fundraiser. nbc 4 is partnering with the united way and the national capital area on this drive. let's take a look at the leader board. >> people are already making a lot of donations. the total is climbing. we have all of that information on how you can help in the nbc washington app. there's so many options and great causes. six months of mgm national harbor. neighbors were worried it would create traffic and bring crime. how is it half a year later? we'll go there live coming up. and good morning, everybody. sun's up and a beautiful

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this is on pope street. you can see just how bad this fire was. this town house is there, you can see just that dark black color from all of the fire. firefighters say they do have this one under control at this point but that there was a lot of heavy fire when they got there. now two firefighters we understand were taken to the hospital. we're told their injuries were not serious and they should all recover. four units there, look at that, really bad damage. amazing that no one was hurt too badly in this one, but four town house units look like they're destroyed there altogether there on pope street and manassas. a lot of people with no place to stay and right now the red cross is helping them out. back to you. kristin wright. we're less than four hours from the testimony of james comey. a live report from

i'm storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell. don't get too used to the cool, comfy temperatures. no chance for rain now. when i see you in a few minutes, the five-day forecast. we'll see if there's any chance for rain between now and monday. and an update right now on this one, westbound 50 before kenil worth avenue. delays because of the crash. we'll take a look at the beltway and travel times. the mgm grand casino in prince george's county is six months old. what's the report card look like from county officials? i'll tell you coming up on news 4. ahhh. >> relax. >> ahhh. >> advisory neighborhood commissioner kendall simmons is back in the news this morning for a domestic violence incident in maryland. cell phone video captured him being arrested by police in the district last week. we're learning about another incident involving simmons in prince gege

police arrested him for domestic violence on tuesday at a wegmans. simmons is due in court on monday. in news 4 your health this morning, today leaders in prince george's county will discuss whether to stock vending machines with more heart healthy options. the bill would require half of the items to meet the recommended health standards. if they pass the bill, it would then go to the full county council on june 27th. happening today, you're going to see the transformation of district flagship library. mayor muriel bowser will be there when they start renovating the library. first thing they're going to do is remove a massive oil painting of martin luther king jr. himself. this is a library on f street near

they're changing the look, adding a cafe, rooftop and project center. it will take three more years. 16 after the hour and it was a cold december night when thousands made their way into the mgm national harbor resort casino. >> the resort has been open for six months. the morning question is was the county's gamble on mgm national harbor worth it? news 4's derrick ward is live there with a report card. good morning, derrick. >> reporter: good morning again. we're now inside the conserva r conservatory of the mgm grand casino. this is what it's all about on this warm june day. we are looking at the six-month mark since this casino opened. it's been a success by a lot of measures of people in the county. one of the measures is revenue, and county officials say it's generated about $11 million per month. now that is good by any measure. and they sayha

indeed, helping with the infrastructure along the 210 corridor where it is located. jobs, about 1800 to 3,000 jobs. that is also something that is pleasing to county officials. there was a lot of trepidation about the traffic that this may cause along 210 especially when they have big events here. it was no small fete to get this all done. as we hear from the police chief, they've been planning for a couple of years before it opened. >> as we stand here at the beginning of june we still don't know what 4th of july at mgm looks like. we still don't know what the holiday season at mgm looks like and so we have been able to reduce our footprints in terms of efforting as the public has become familiar with the roadway changes. >>

this. perhaps they'll see changes. so far so good at the mgm grand. that's where we are live. back to you. >> derrick, thank you. an overview of what's going on right there. >> nice. >> the coldest temperature's just before the sun comes up, then it can stay pretty chilly for a couple of hours. these early mornings, so nice. >> get to enjoy it while it lasts, chuck. >> i am so dreading next week. you have no idea. >> did the weather man just say that? >> i'm dreading next week. yes. i will repeat it over and over and over. it's going to be scorching around here next week, so enjoy this while we can. there's the view. still a little bit of fog hanging right over the potomac early this morning. as you're planning out your day, don't forget to send us your picture of your best friend. there's mine. like harry truman said, if you want a friend in washington, get a dog.

of your dog. if your best friend is actually a human being, send us a picture of that. we'll give you some social media sharing. right now, what a beautiful morning. 56 in washington. just a couple of fair weather clouds around. a lot cooler in the suburbs. 46 in winchester, strasburg, virginia, this morning. 52 warrenton. 55 in prince george's county. if you plan out your day, plan on a fair amount of sunshine early. we'll pick up extra cloud cover between about noon and 3:00 this afternoon. not rain making clouds, just extra cloud cover around. daytime highs in the upper 70s. tomorrow, spectacular. maybe our last chance to get below 60 degrees at national airport for quite some time to come. 50s tomorrow morning to near 80 tomorrow afternoon. the weekend promises quite a bit of warmup. 87 o

sunday, it will be hot into the low 90s. the humidity really starts to build on monday. forecasting 95 monday. that would tie a record for the date. coming up a little bit later on we'll show you the complete ten day forecast. for now it is time for traffic. >> all right. thank you, chuck. again, this problem we have on 50 has just cleared westbound 50. we had that crash reported. again, it is now out of the way. that is good news for lots of folks. inner loop and outer loop of the beltway, looking good. everything rolling along there. live look 270 at falls road, main and local roads rolling along fine. top of the beltway, also looking good. down low here to prince gork's county. as you're headed in bound, normal delays on 210 and branch avenue. looking at travel times on 270, no delays at all. top of the beltway is rolling along nicely. 66 in bound, 95 northbound starting to see those. remember to listen to

you hop in your car today. melissa, thank you. 6:21. we turn to a developing story out of new jersey. it has a lot of people upset here. witnesses say they saw a jersey city police officer kicking an innocent bystander to a crash on sunday night. the hudson county prosecutor's office says the man seen on video being kicked by officers turned out to be that innocent man, not the driver that police officers were initially pursuing. prosecutors are investigating the video and helping to identify the officers involved. we are helping you to get fit for summer. there are ways to do it without ever stepping into the gym. we'll fill you in on how to get in shape from home. coming up today on ellen, actor owen wilson is there to have a little fun. set your dvr for ellen and

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the comey hearing, it is must-see tv. >> in just hours the words of the former fbi director will be broadcast across three networks, social media, and cable news. and we have team coverage from nbc news to nbc 4. >> reporter: this could be the most pivotal day in the russia meddling investigation, and we already know what comeys

lawmakers' questions. >> reporter: senators, their staff as you imagine are working overnight are putting together questions for james comey today. >> reporter: today is likely to be such a day when the entire nation, indeed the world, will be trans fixed by what james comey has to say. the countdown is on. in about 3 1/2 hours former fbi director james comey will finally make his much anticipated appearance on capitol hill. >> it is 6:30 right now. this could be a day of dramatic testimony. >> the investigation into russian meddling in the u.s. election could come down to what happens here at 10:00 this morning. >> first though, we do want to help you get out the door this morning. meteorologist chuck bell is on the storm team 4 weather deck with our forecast. cool start, chuck. >> absolutely right. beautiful morning outside. sheena took a day off to enjoy the great weather. job well done, sheena

enjoy it, too. look over washington from the city camera. sun rays bouncing off the potomac this morning. temperatures 40s and 50s. only 50 in lorton, virginia. 59 in annapolis. today's high under a mix of clouds and sunshine with a light northeast wind. up around 74 degrees for a high today. so a really nice day to be outside. perfect weather for running and biking, eating outside, all of that just about perfect. maybe the only knock on the day won't be the best possible day to be on the pool. maybe a little too cool for pool side. cool weather is coming. i have the ten-day forecast coming up. it is traffic time. good morning, melissa. >> 7-year-olds, they don't care. it's fine. they'll get in the pool any time. 55 degrees, no issue. 295 at pennsylvania avenue, had that crash reported there. that's a brand new

slowdowns there. taking a look at 270, as you're headed southbound 270 down the spur going to take you 45. a little run through germantown. one in the rockville area this morning. my look, 66 at gallows road, just your normal volume. 95 in virginia, northbound we have a little bit of a delay in fredericksburg. we'll take a look at prince george's county. >> thanks, melissa. following breaking news right now in prince william's county. >> chopper 4 over the scene of a two alarm town house fire in manassas, actually. news 4's darcy spencer live on the ground for us. darcy, what can you tell us? >> reporter: i can tell you that this fire happened at the worst possible time, 12:45 in the morning, when many people are asleep. we have two firefighters injured as well as a third person. a by

firefighters have already been released from the hospital. let's show you the scene in prince williams territory. it started in one and did spread. a total of five townhouses impacted by this fire. a number of people have been displaced as a result of this early morning fire. i was talking to some of them. they were trying to figure out how exactly it happened and what their next steps are going to be. you can see them here listening. one of the women i talked to in the red jacket said she was asleep at 12:45 this morning when there was a knock on her door from the fire department telling her to get out of the house. she came outside and saw all of the smoke, saul all of the flames. obviously not the way you want to start your day. the good news is there were no serious injuries. two firefighters hurt. they've been released to the hospital. another civilian, that's how it was described to

be okay. the investigation is starting to see where this came from. 6:34. here's a look at our top stories today. montgomery county police asking for surveillance video for homes near thoreau drive in bethesda. a man was stabbed and beaten early sunday morning. he was picked up by a couple of guys in an suv. they attacked him. he is expected to survive. a thief trying to get creative stealing atm machines. someone tried to steal an backhoe and break into an atm. police believe the same person tried to break into another atm last march. ahhh. >> relax. >>

>> relax. >> advisory neighborhood commissioner kendall simmons is back in the news this morning be for a domestic violence incident. you might remember the video of him being arrested in the district last week. he says he was roughed up by officers. officials are now reviewing body camera video in that case. now we're learning about another incident involving simmons in prince george's county. police arrested him for domestic violence at a wegmans on tuesday. the elected owe fegsal from southeast d.c. grabbed his girlfriend by the hair and punched her. he's due in court on monday. this could be a crucial day in the russia investigation. former fbi director james comey will testify before lawmakers later this morning. we start with news 4's kristin wright in the newsroom. kristin? >> reporter: aaron and eun, we already know w

remarks this morning due to them being released yesterday. it details comey's interactions with the president. you can expect comey to face a lot of questions about his january dinner with president trump. at that dinner comey says the president told him, quote, i need loyalty. i expect loyalty. comey goes on to say, quote, i didn't move, speak, or change my facial expression in any way during the awkward silence that followed. over all comey's prepared testimony makes assertions directly at odds with president trump's accounts of their conversations. comey says he has memos to back up his version of events. aaron and eun, thank you. >> the "today" show's is a sflan g -- savannah guthrie is anchoring in washington. we've seen james comey's prepared remarks. >> reporter: hi, good morning to you. we're hea f

from comey himself what allegedly happened here. i think it will be very interesting to see what the lawmakers pull out of his testimony and how republicans and democrats decide to attack it. we're going to actually have live, exclusive interviews with some of the lawmakers that will be doing the questioning today. i was observing it was vintage comey in a way, eun and aaron, it has some things that republicans will like, some things democrats will like and in that case it is the ultimate comey document. >> savannah, what do you think lawmakers are likely to press jim comey on today when they start launching into questions? >> reporter: well, i think democrats will be very interested in the narrative. they're going to want to see some meat on the bones in what we saw in this written statement, about what exactly the president said to comey in the oval office and on the phone, what were comey's impressions of that. republicansl

after this. why he didn't say so much about it. if it was such a cause for alarm. if you thought this was bordering on obstruction of justice, why didn't he say anything. >> savannah guthrie live on capitol hill. thanks so much. >> reporter: thank you. >> of course, the "today" show konk of the comey hearing starts right after "news 4 today." savannah will be on the hill waiting to hear from comey including democrat kamala harris. 6:38 right now. did you see the nba playoff game last night? prince george's county's own kevin durant does it again. how he's making hometown fans proud and how his home mom is getting in on the celebration. >> cool and sunn

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to the comey hearing. murder mystery. a fire and a possible coverup. the gruesome discovery when the smoke finally clears. anywhere anything could happen. >> hailing a ride after a night out. what was supposed to be the safe way to get home ended with a violent assault. your time is 6:46. following breaking news in prince william county this morning. >> two firefighters and one other person injured in a two-alarm town house fire. this happened in the 10,900 block of pope street in manassas. live look via chopper 4. we'll have that for you. there was a call for help just before 1:00 this morning. when crews got there, there was heavy fire. that fire is under control again. two firefighters and one other person taken to an area hospital as a result. right now you may be able to help police montgomery county put two violent men behind bars.

be or near thoreau drive in bethesda. that's where police say a 23-year-old man was stabbed and beaten. the incident happened when the man accepted a ride from two men in a small silver suv. he was picked up around 1:00 in the morning on sunday. he may have thought he was getting into a ride sharing vehicle. 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 the death of a man in a fire in the district has been ruled a homicide. the fire broke out on queens street northeast back in january. crews found the man dead inside an apartment here. the medical examiner said the cause of death was smoke and soot inhalation as well as multiple blunt force injuries. there's a $25,000 reward that leads to an arrest in this case. there is no doubt this will be one of the most closely

>> you're looking live at capitol hill where the eyes of the country and the world will be focused on what former fbi director james comey has to say. while we already got his testimony, we know what he's going to say. >> appreciate you coming in. >> good morning. >> we have the release of comey's opening remarks late last night. this is after top intelligence officials were on the hill. did you read anything getting these remarks after that on the hill yesterday and what do you make of the remarks you got so far? >> this is released by the committee, the senate intelligence committee. they said they did it with comey's permission. i think in some ways to get all of this out, it's good to have a public record before he ends up answering some questions today. >> what questions should we expect now that the lawmakers have seen his 125i789s? what could come out of this and what more do wean

>> i i'm really interested in rop ca republicans and the questions they ask. do they end up trying to prosecute comey or do they ask probing questions as well. what i'm fascinated by is donald trump's lawyer says he's been totally vindicated by what james comey ended up saying. that had to do with james comey saying donald trump wasn't a person of interest when it came to the counter espionage investigation, but what is fascinating is is that in comey's testimony he ends up saying hey on the michael flynn thing, i want you to let that go. in a news conference that president trump gave back in may he said, i never said that about michael flynn, next question. so there's a big contradiction there. i wouldn't be surprised if that becomes a very big part of today's hearing. >> we know a lot of people are watching it very closely to see what comes out of it. >> thank you. >> wish we had more time. nbc's special coverage of

today's hearing begins at 10:00 today. you can watch it here and on the nbc washington app. 6:50. it may be hard to believe, but it's been six months since the mgm national harbor opened. we're checking november to see whether the county's roll of the dice was worth it. >> derrick ward is live with a checkup. good morning. >> reporter: good morning again. well, you know the county put a lot of investment in. this was a bit of a gamble. and six months now the county's picture looks good especially in terms of revenue. about $11 million a month. that is the estimate county officials say have been generated by mgm national harbor. and they will boost the fabric of the joint and

tax revenue. overall between this facility and national harbor down by the river there, this can serve to put prince george's county on the map. >> little things are emerging. we think we have a destination site, okay. it's on the waterfront. >> reporter: and six months in they are looking at waiting another six months before they assess things, like traffic patterns and just what kind of coverage they need here for police for big events. speaking of big events, going to have don henley here tonight, the who is coming later. we're told mary j. blige may be among the big acts coming here. that's going to be one of those tests to see if prince george's county is handling it as they should. all indications now county officials are pleased. derrick ward, news 4, back to you. >> now let's get an update on your commute with melissa mollet. >>

southbound 270 before 80 urbana, crash on the left lane. some slowdowns on 270. in gaithersburg, warfield road, brand-new crash. southbound 295 at pennsylvania avenue. crash reported there as well. beltway inner loop and outer loop looking very normal. eastbound here on 66 at sudley road. do have the crash off to the left shoulder. right now folks are just getting by a little bit this morning. 95 virginia northbound here out of fredericksburg, headed into quantico. as we zoom in on the bottom of the beltway in prince george's county, in bound indian head highway is a little bit slow as is branch avenue. up here, reported there. as far as your travel times, it is what they are. what you would expect here on this thursday morning. nothing too atypical. remember to listen to wtop

good morning, chuck. >> good morning, melissa. good day to be outside. today temperatures below 60 degrees at national airport in the morning. it's that time of year where this is more and more of a rare occurrence. on average our last day below 60s is june 5th. the middle of september was the last time they will drop below 60. we're well below 60 this morning. even 40s out across the shenandoah valley and the rural areas this morning. we may be below 60 again tomorrow morning, then that's it. the heat wave moves in on sunday. enjoy it today. temperatures around 70 in gaithersburg, 69 in winchester for a high today. 74 in washington. another nice day coming up. temperatures early on friday morning. back into the 50s one last time. friday afternoon up near 80 degrees.

here's a look at the ten-day forecast. 87 on saturday afternoon. sunday, capital pride festival down on pennsylvania avenue. it will be a sizzler. by monday, tuesday, wednesday we will be hot and humid, both, and we may be flirting with record high temperatures on both monday and tuesday. saisy good-bye to springtime. a lot of you are getting on board with the do more 24 campaign. not quite seven hours in. >> it's raised more than $200,000 already. take a look. this number just keeps on going. nbc 4 has partnered with the united way, news 4's aim cee ch is is live. love to see the numbers going up. >> reporter: it is a great day to give back. setup is already underway here as you can

20,000 meals. i'm joined here by the charities. >> what are some of the charities people can donate for. >> there are hundreds of organizations. you can fit something that fits your personal passion. all you have to do is go to the website. think about what drives you and make that contribution. we really, really appreciate it. >> reporter: lots of great causes, everything from veterans to education to the homeless. if you want to get involved, all you have to do is head over to the website, do more 24.org. you can also find more information in the nbc washington app. eun, aaron, back to you. >> aimee cho, thank you. it is 6:55. here are four things to know this morning beginning with darcy spencer live in manassas. >> reporter: good morning. we are here on tubs street as you said in manassas in prince william's county. an

homes. a number of people are gathering here. five town homes are involved. most of the damage to the back of the houses. three people were sent to the hospital, that includes two firefighters as well as a third person here on the scene. the good news is those two firefighters have been released from the hospital. a third person is said to be okay. a number of people were asleep this morning and they got a knock on their door saying the houses were on fire and get out. former fbi director james comey testifies before lawmakers at 10:00 a.m. stay tuned for the "today" show for a preview of what to expect and make sure to watch special coverage of the hearings starting at 10:00 a.m. on nbc 4. asking for surveillance video on and near thoreau drive. a 23-year-old man was stabbed and beaten there early sunday

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good morning, moment of truth. the most >> the most operated showdown on capitol hill in a generation hours away. fired fbi director james comey set to testify that president trump repeatedly had inappropriate and concerning conversations with him. the commander in chief allegedly commanding loyalty pressing him on the russia investigation. overnight a top official calling the russian scandal bigger than water gate. why does the president say he feels vindicated? today thursday, june 8th, 2017. >> this is a special edition of "today." the comey hearing with matt lauer live from studio 1-a in