building. >> people have died. officials are not saying how many. erica gonzalez is monitoring the very latest from the live desk. have an update straight ahead. 6:00 a.m. right now. good morning. she. >> and she's making a spectacular sunrise. it's gorgeous out there. >> absolutely nice and humid out there this morning. headed out for morning jog or bike ride. know it's very humid. there is improvement on the way. right now it is still 78 in washington. 80 in indianapolis. way cooler in central virginia. upper 60s along the pennsylvania border as

single 90 on the map. it will be close. heat index will be in the 90s today. a lot nicer than it's been. very humid this morning. watching out for chance of thunderstorms this afternoon. >> looks like snow. let us go back to melissa. air-conditioned studio. apparently just where she likes to stay. >> that is where i like to stay. it's a little humid in here even. chopper four over this problem. 95 southbound. see here a pickup truck off on the right guardrail. have response on the scene. as far as delays chopper 4 sooms out, see a one mile backup there heading southbound. have to stay left to get past that this morning. east dale drive still has right side of roadway blocked there in silver spring. 95 north one lane blocked there. as you're headed inbound becau

inner loop and outer loop of beltway, no problem. you have response on the scene there. >> melissa, thank you. several breaking news stories happening overnight. first in northeast washington, a man was shot and killed. police found him on field right at 58th street around midnight there in northeast. not clear who shot him or what led up to the shooting. training trying to pass through montgomery county are at a stand still this morning. car stopped on the train track in kensington. take a look at that. says the car was looking fuel. one person was hurt. check the nbc washington app and get updates on the stories throughout the day. we do have breaking news at the live desk to tell you about. firefighters this moment inside the smoking high-rise. they're looking for the people who survived the horrific fire overnight and for anyone who died. >> those are l

this was an intense scene in london for hours. news 4 erica gonzalez at the live desk with the latest on what we have on this. in the light of day, you can still see the smoke billowing from an apartment building in london ravaged by flames. heard about this unfolding before you went to bed last night. firefighters still working to get this completely put out. also still underway, but sadly deaths are being reported. as to how many, still not clear. firefighters saying they've never seen anything like this. all 24 floors engulfed. people seen and heard screaming from the windows. this is what it looked like last night. at least 50 people have been reported injured. apartments have just been upgraded last year. residents have long complained of fire safety standards and now we're seeing very dramatic images this morning. also tell you there is in fact an engineer on site analy

building. the safety of the people around the area. back to you. erica, thank you. 6:04. one more breaking story to tell you about. university of virginia p student detained in north korea back on u.s. soil. brought off the plane here early this morning. he is also in a coma right now. warm borrbier warmbier. we know who your choice will be on the ballot for virginia next governor. the republican race is tight. it wasn't nearly as close for the democrats. >> today the goal for the democrats is to unify their party. northam and per yellow

>> we're going to focus on building the team and building our party out of virginia. we feel confident about running the race in november. >> northam vowed if elected he would work with state republicans to move a progressive and realistic agenda forward. from the republicans, republican national committee chairman ed gillespie got a win over corey stewart. he also says he does want to work unite the parties. stewart has refused. >> we've been backing down too long in the culture of our heritage and our country. and we for the last several months have been fighting. that fight will continue. >> and another big story of the night, the number of female winners, 14 of the 20 democratic house primary winners are women.

also ahead in our next half hour, we are going to give you a closer look at the testimony of attorney general jeff sessions. making headlines for the questions he refused to answer. 6:06. this morning a reminder about being safe at the pool. >> it comes after two drownings and two near drownings just yesterday. joins us this morning and near where an almost two-year-old boy lost his life in a backyard pool. so tragic, megan. >> reporter: yes, tragic indeed, as you mentioned police are telling us that little boy was getting ready to celebrate second birth in a couple of weeks. tuesday morning around 11:30 when that call came out for a boy who was unconscious inside the backyard of this home day care. hours later, a body of a man was found in montgomery

the rocky gorge reservoir. two separate water related incidents. as we always try to do, we are working for you this morning to give you some safety tips to try to keep you and your family safe. experts say first closely watch your kid around water. only takes a couple of seconds and inches for a wichild to dro. make sure tlrs a life guard on duty. experts say it's important to learn cpr. >> it's not loud. it's not people flapping around in the water saying help, help, i'm drowning. it's very quiet. it's silent and quick. you have to make sure when you are watching your children, that you are not distract ed. center for disease control says every day at least 10 people die of drowning.

>> happening today, we will find out how soon you can text 911 for help in d.c. announce the service later this morning. texting 911 can be crucial when making calls might be dangerous. and also more accessible for people who are deaf or have speech disability. there are several places that already allow you to text 911. signed an act of congress designating. national flag day. bit of a strange good buy from sexual assault trial. bill cosby due back in court as jury deliberates fate. coming up, what will happen in they can't

and we've got a muggy day out there once again. beautiful sunrise, but temperatures already on the warm side. we're going to get a little bit of a break from the humidity. rain in the forecast. chances of rain. time it out for you and let you know what to expect for the weekend coming up. also, dreaming of a gatehouse safe way

a look at the roads with chopper 4 here this morning. southbound 95 at 32. do have most of the response now off to the right side of the roadway. still talking about a two mile backup there. chopper 4 over there showing us delays. also problems on metro coming up. 6:13 right now. montgomery police searching for fingerprints from the home of murdered teen. 16-year-old with 18-year-old on june 5, shot to death inside a car in montgomery village. the father tells news 4 he thinks his son was tarlgeted an the killer may have been inside their home. dad says he believes the other teen was just in the wrong place at the wrong time. 23 shots were fired from two different guns and one of the teens had money in his hand. i'm erica gonzalez. statewide man

after a pair of career criminals shot and killed two correction officers. this happened tuesday when a large group of prisoners were being transported from one facility to another. during that time, inmates escaped the handcuffs. overpowered the officers and shot them with their own service weapons, which we're told they still have. since then, police say the incredibly dangerous men were spotted at dollar store and ransacked a home for food and clothing. leaving people all throughout the state on edge. back to you. 6:14. if you see angry messages about uber on social media pages this morning, this could be why. the company held a meeting yesterday to discuss the findings of report of allegations of sexual harassment. during the meeting, uber board member made a sexist remark about women. later apologized and resigned from the board. different note, kalanick

indefinite leave of absence. that was comedian bill cosby with an unusual outburst as he left court yesterday. this morning the jury back for a third day of deliberations to decide fate. cosby on trial for sexual assault. accused of drugging and assaulting a woman back in 2004. cosby says his encounter with that woman was consensual. facing three counts of assault. jury has to be unanimous about any verdict that it hand down. attack inside a deli left a clerk with pretty serious injuries. video you've seen all over social media. see the chaos erupt at new york city deli after a clerk tries to quick two men out of the shop. police say the clerk did not speak english and the suspects became angry and started throwing avocados. started throwing other fruit at the clerk and other employees too. cl

broken jaw. in news for your health, getting that perfect tan might look nice for a while. temporarily changing color could have lasting health consequences. that is why researchers right now are working to develop a drug that could safely give you that sun kissed glow minus the sun. researchers at the national general hospital say the drug would darken the skin. researchers hope this will most importantly prevent skin cancer and also the appearance of a tan. wait another day to see a rocket launch. cloudy weather forced nasa to delay the launch again. the fifth time nasa had to push back the wallops island launch in virginia. scheduled for tomorrow night. going to send colorful chemicals into the atmosphere and see it at high altitude. they were the cinderella story of the u.s.

chris s christos totos fc. in the end united proved to be too much. >> we played as hard as we could. we had a good time out here. to get a goal against mls team is something to be proud of. christos fc is sponsored by a liquor store. the team doesn't practice. d.c. united team won 4-1. see if they face off again at next year's open cup. breaking news on i-95. >> take a look. chopper 4 over southbound 95 at 32. about a two and a half to three mile backup. should be clearing soon. you can see this is a truck that ended up on the back of a guardrail here. it's back e

that is an issue that's blocking the right side of the roadway. you are getting by to the left at this point. still very, very slow. eastbound dale drive at colesville road. finally clearing and gone now. westbound montgomery village avenue at 270 still have a crash there. northbound 95 in virginia as you're approaching, one lane blocked because of disabled vehicle taking a look at metro. silver line and still havele delays on the orange line. as far as your travel time, no major issues right now. i can tell you on the 95 southbound there in maryland near 32, look to see alternates. welcome to wednesday everybody. sun is up. mostly clear sky here in sh

already tweeted out my picture of the flag. picture of old glory snap and it hashtag it flag day today and send it to me on twitter. looking out on instagram. forecast for you. outside right now, pleasant enough way to get your day started. plenty warm too. 78 degrees. things will be improving today because of this. a north wind. north to north westerly breezes bring humid air down from pennsylvania and new york. as a result won't be as stifling hot out this afternoon as it's been the last few days. plenty warm and muggy. perfect day to head out to the pool. just go early. pool conditions will be deteriorating after 3-4:00 this afternoon. plenty of heat between now and then. highs upper 80s to near 90s. again, after 95 degree days back to back, monday and tuesday, today won't feel anywhere near that bad. tomorrow, partly to

cloudy. considerably cooler. highs tomorrow back down to upper 70s and low 80s. won't that feel nice. here's your forecast. 50% chance of storms. have your washington app downloaded and ready to go. a chance for rain all of the next five days. most of the rain chances, especially on the weekend come up during the afternoon parts of the day. i'll give you the beach forecast for the coming weekend in a few minutes. for now it's back to the news. 6:20 right now. pieces of country's history up for auction illegally. coming up, how items from the national archive ended up on ebay. plus, we are working for you to help your kids become financially fit even if you're children have jobs of their own, there are ways to help them out. tips to keep them smart spending. that's next. saving it for later. possible for

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independence, important to make sure their developing good habits now for the future. four ways to help them. number one, make sure they're actually saving. hopefully started putting money aside with their allowance. now is the time to talk about different kind of savings. retirement, emergency funds, long-term goals. number two, match fund for a large purchases. learn the value of earning something and health is dependent on their hard work. number three, let them pay the bill. put them in charge of one of the monthly household bills. reimburse it when they show you it's been paid. number four, teach them to be responsible with credit. consider letting them have a credit card with a low limit. keep close tabs on it. >> at the end of the month, check out their statement, see what they're spending it on. what they're doing with the money and how they're going to pay it. >> so many other great tips for teenagers and managing money. we have those for you rig

just search teens and money. >> keeping your children how to be financially fit doesn't end when their turn 18. tomorrow our series continues with the best advice you can give your kids after graduation to put them on a track for financial success for life. 6:26. developing this morning, a substitute teacher accused of soliciting sex from a child. what to know about the man who may have been in your kid's classroom. history at the virginia primary. details on the first transgender assembly candidate and incumbent she's up against this fall. absolutely a gorgeous morning out here. you are going to feel humidity once you step outside. we're going to keep the humidity around today. get a little break as we head through tomorrow. little break from the 90s as well today. chuck has full forecast talking about rain chances in the forecast. that's all coming up on the

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that will turn into a wet wednesday. >> start your day, but they will be falling back by tonight. we have your storm team 4 forecast. fairfax county police believe this man a former substitute teacher may have put children in danger. i'm dustin finch. what he's accused of doing coming up. breaking news from the live desk. former university of virginia student held for months in north korea. back in the u.s. details from the hospital where he was rushed after his release. good morning. right to storm team 4 forecast with chuck. first check in with melissa tracking breaking news on i-95. breaking news. talking about i-95 in maryland here this morning. take a look at this. chopper 4 over this problem. this is 95 southbound there a

right now most of this is on the right side of the roadway. still not enough lanes getting you by to the left. that's the alternate i would tell you. you might want to think about route 1 there instead. beltway is okay. good morning. >> you know it's a bad day when route one is a good option. >> saying that right now. at least it's a gorgeous morning. people can be dealing with that. bright side. >> put the windows down. relax. pleasant way to get your day started. sun is already up here. been up quite a while now. beautiful wednesday morning. not as hot today. thunderstorms likely this evening. temperatures in the mid to upper 80s. that is the war

four days. little bit of a cooling coming our way. slent news. ten-day forecast coming up in a bit. now back to the news. >> thank you. erica gonzalez at the live desk this morning. following what's going on with the uva student detained in north korea. the uva opportunity as you just mentioned who was detained is north korea is back home in cincinnati. video were seeing of his arrival last night. he's in a coma. that was the news video saw of him being rushed by balance from the airport. he krakted botulism and has been in the a coma the last year. his parent only heard about that last week. he was arrested for stealing a propaganda banner last year and sentenced to 15 years of hard labor. secretary of state rex tillerson says there are ongoing discussions regarding the three

in the north. back over to you. 36:33. looking at top stories this hour, huge apartment building in london burned for hours. we know that some people died there. just found out six people confirmed dead by the police department there in london. you're looking at live pictures from west london. also learned no danger this building will collapse. death toll could go higher as crews search the building. right now training trying to pass through part of montgomery county are still at stand still. take a closer look at the picture there. car, leaking fuel. stopped on the train tracks in kensington. near metropolitan avenue. check nbc washington app. we get updates on the stories throughout the day. >> the race to become virginia's next governor is set now. face off in november. just a few minutes tell you about the republican

refusing to compete. >> another primary race. involves the first trans jendser candidate for assembly. won the nomination for the 13th district primary. fa proposed bills that would mandate serving in the virginia national guard. >> following disturbing developments out of northern virginia this morning concerning a new fired substitute teacher. 22-year-old charged with arranging to have sex with a minor. justin finch live now with information that fairfax county police want parents to hear. justin, good morning. good morning. that's right. moms and dads out there, listen up. fairfax county police now looking for more victims in the wake of the arrest of this former substitute teacher. he now accused of seeking out a young girl for sex.

22 years old. he was arrested monday evening. now fairfax county police go as far as back as june 9. last friday began making arrangements to meet a teen girl for sex. that of course is chilling news given he's a former fairfax public school substitute teacher. school officials say that no students are involved in this case. he is now no longer with the county we are told. however there is reason to believe there could be other victims out there. fairfax county police are looking for your help. we have those numbers now on your scene. he is now facing charges for soliciting and also other intend intend intended. >> tight-knit community now rallying around three children left without their mother

their father. community fundraiser for them. stabbed his ex-wife sabrina to death at her home in vienna sunday. then a few blocks away stabbed himself in his own backyard. the mother had twin eight-year-olds and a son. fundraiser is happening today. money will go to help with medical bills and funeral. there's also a go fund me account online to raise money for the children. you can find all the details on the washington app. tense testimony, the attorney general grilled on capitol hill. what he refused answer that's sparking questions. temperatures warming up out there. upper 70s right now. beautiful morning. we're going to be a little cooler today. in terms of air temperatures. rain chances. chuck is going to talk about ten-day forecast including the weekend forecast coming up on the other side of the break.

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breaking news rights now. still over southbound 95 at 32. finally have a toe on the scene. truck up on the guardrail. talking about a three mile backup as you're heading southbound. a lot of other things happening right now. talk about all of that and talk about travel time coming up here in just a minute. >> we have a little bit of a heat index right now. feels like 80 degrees. temperature is 78. little bit on the muggy side this morning. humidity will start to ever so slightly go down. as we go through the afternoon. still going to be a muggy day. temperatures in the upper 80s. rain chances. likely after 2, 3, 4:00 today. again, humidity will actually

thursday. little break from humidity finally. >> made a surprise appearance at a mcdonald's the other day. had a chance to see him if your order ds something on your phone. took a second to register. hot chocolate on a hot day. wawa coming. the race to be virginia's next governor is set. the results andhy

next. two people drown, a total of four water related rescues in our region in one day. megan fitzgerald, temperatures on the ri. sesa

a third candidate says he won't concede. >> i will continue to fight with you as long as you continue to fight with me. summer safety under scrutiny. >> early in the season. people are not accustomed to or in the mode of safety around the water. >> four emergency rescues and two deaths in 24 hours. we're working for you with reminders to keep your

quick guys. quick. >> breaking overnight. a high-rise burning with people trapped inside. very live look out of london this morning. >> democratic governor northam and republican ed gillespie face off to become virginia's next governor in november. race will get a lot of national attention. >> that is because the results could be seen as going into the 2018 midterm. victory speeches both candidates called for unity. >> we're going to focus on building or party, building virginia. we feel confident by running the races in november. >> we want

only will listen to you, we will fight for you through november to win this election. we want you to be part of our effort and you are very welcome to join this campaign. >> that call for unity is important on the republican side. the campaign chairman refused to the election in order to ask for recount. the final vote margin would have to be less than one percentage point according to virginia department of elections. mr. comey said that there were matters with respect to the rue c recusal that were problematic and he couldn't talk about them. what are they? >> why don't you tell me. there are none, senator. there are none. >> attorney general jeff sessions not holding any back in testimony before the senate intelligence committee yesterday. >> but his comments aren't stying some

joining us live from the white house this morning. peter, what should committee take away from that hearing and how is the president reacting to sessions performance. >> didn't get to see a lot of the testimony yesterday. he was satisfied with what he did see and hear about. thought attorney general was good at denying any collusion between trump campaign and russians thchlt was a dramatic day. the nation's top prosecutor jeff sessions largely claimed defense. he insisted he never crossed a red line. denying that collusion. in fact called it appalling and a lie. disputed allegations he may have had a third secret meeting with the russian ambassador, but what is new today is the democrats are really pouncing on what they see as a window. what he wouldn't sayarly his

that's going be their focus going forward. it's worth noting there were some contributions between what we heard from the attorney general jeff sessions skand the fired fbi director. one of them is misrepresenting the facts. back to you. peter alexander live for us at the white house. it is 6:49. breaking news out of london. we know six people died in the fire we've been telling you about through the morning. if you were watching news 4 at 11 last night. saw what it looked like when the fire started. here live pictures from london. this high-rise building still smoking right now. you can see the flames. not clear what caused the fire. engulfed the building. hundreds of people were inside sleeping at the time. at least 50 faken to the hospital. this building was renovated last

damage and for anyone left inside. this morning a reminder about being safe at the pool or beach. >> two near drownings yesterday. news 4 megan fitzgerald joins us live. >> reporter: good morning. tragic story. now police tell us this little boy was getting ready to celebrate second birthday in just a few weeks. yesterday morning that his body was found unconscious in the backyard of this day care at a home in a pool. rushed to the hospital and died shortly after arriving. then just hours later in montgomery county, another drowning. police say the body of 21-year-old man was recovered near the rocky gorge reservoir where swimming is not allowed. all the weather heating up, want to get safety tips to you to help keep you and your fy

close attention to your kids when they're around water. only takes a few inches of water for a child to drown. never swim alone. even if you're an expert or experienced swimmer and experts say make sure there's a life guard on duty and take some time to learn cpr. >> you know, one of the most important things you can do is have your family, not just your children, but your adults also take swim lessons to become comfortable in the water. feel safe in the water. you want to headacmake sure if something happens to your child, you're able to help them. >> as for the drowning, police say still an active investigation, but so far no charges have been filed. back to you. 6:51. a story in maryland. facing serious charges. federal prosecutors say he

history and tried to sell it to the highest bidder. u.s. attorney office says he stole dog tags from the national archive in college park. hayes did not work there, but investigator say he visited that building several times. took the tags. prosecutors say he tried to sell them on e bay and also tried to donate them to virginia. he faces up to ten years in prison if he's convicted. a prince william county straightaway is a prime spot for street racing. >> news 4 i team found a solution to fix the road back in 2015, but that has yet to happen. a preview of tonight's investigation. >> reporter: neighbors here along this road have been fighting for a stop sign or speed bump for years. the county finally agreed. thought it was fix the problem. 18 months later still waiting. homeowner security camera

running off the road and into parked suv. he said he was standing there minutes earlier. >> they need to do something before somebody actually dies. news 4 i team found the solution to the speeding problem certainly isn't quick. wednesday news 4 at 11 what's been causing the delay and when homeowners might finally see some action. news 4 i team. breaking news on 95 in maryland. >> breaking news. take a look. chopper 4 still over this spot. southbound 95 at 32. so right now have to stay left to get by the crash here on the right side of the roadway. three mile backup. usually take gw parkway. right now that is quite a mess. might take you a while for that. northbound third street before the avenue blocked by a crash there. inner loop and outer lor

now. northbound 95 right side blocked by the crash. prince william parkway crash blocking the right lane there as well. up top, 270 is okay. 28 crash there. southbound north frederick road we have a crash. taking a look at travel time. 270 is not bad past the beltway. looking normal. same situation. remember to listen to 102.5 fm when you hop in your car. plenty on sunshine now. slight chance for stronger thunderstorms later this afternoon. better chance for thunderstorms in the valley than closer to chesapeake bay. nothing on radar here this morning. not expecting much on radar until after 2 or 3:00 this afternoon. future weather. 3:30 this afternoon. thunderstorms and

and charles county. rain chance today, 10-15%. clouds and added rain chances keep it cooler. 70s. today high 89. temperatures tomorrow make it to low 80s. have clouds, i believe we'll have some sun. another storm chance through the day tomorrow. 10:30 looking good tomorrow morning and then could have a few showers and thunderstorms tomorrow afternoon. go with another chance for showers and thunderstorms as well on friday afternoon. humidity starts to keep back in on friday after we get a break tomorrow, but, again. chance of rain. even through the weekend, chance unfortunately. >> here's your ten-day forecast. 89 today. thunderstorms around this afternoon and evening. most of your thursday will be dry. shower chances are late in the day tomorrow and friday maybe a passing shower or two. warmer over the weekend. sunday, 93 degrees. 6:55.

way to d.c. wawa will open first store in the district on 19th street. this will be the biggest store built so far. 9200 square feet inside. >> it will offer everything from custom brewed coffee. the one thing it won't have is gas for your car. just the beginning. wawa says it will open between five and ten stores in the district in the next couple of years. 6:56. here are four things to know before you head out the door. high-rise in london still smoking. last half hour, police confirmed six people died. university of virginia student is in a coma after he was freed from north korea. sentenced to 15 years of lard labor for stealing a propaganda banner last year. he just arrived back in the u.s. and was put into an balance. look for breaking n

alert. as soon as a verdict comes down for bill cosby, today is third day of jury deliberation. accused of drugging and assaulting a woman in 2004. he says the encounter was consensual. >> you know who will face off to become next governor of virginia. party gno follow us on twitter for updates. >> that is the news today. thanks for starting the day with us. >> the "today" show is new york is standing by.

good morning. breaking news, a massive fire engulfs a london apartment building overnight. panicked residents trapped inside. some using bedsheets to escape. at least six people have died. more than 50 others injured. the building still smoldering this morning. and there's fears it could collapse. we'll be there, live. breaking nov ining overnigh warmbi warmbier, held in a prison, returns to the u.s. the 22-year-old in a coma, rushed to a hospital. what happened to him? and why the north korean government decide to release him? not mincing words. attorney general jeff sessions feisty and defensive during a tense