the timing on all this is between 3:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m. temperaturewise, we're still 80 degrees in washington this morning. mid to upper 70s outside across parts of northern virginia and suburban maryland. that's a warm start. showers in western maryland. that 3:00 to 9:00 p.m. window as a weather front comes our way this afternoon into this evening. temperatures, highs today around 87. we'll talk temperatures the rest of the week coming up in a few more minutes. i'll go back inside and fix my hair. for now, back to melissa mollet. >> i'd have a real problem there if i was out there if you're getting messed up. reminder, safetrack surge 16. this is the first weekday for in. we'll talk more about it throughout the morning. those buses replacing trains between shady brook and -- inner loop and outer loop of the beltway, no big problems on the beltway. 66, no issues 95. situation southbound near

you don't have to worry about that one. 95 in maryland from 32 down to the beltway. on time. going to take you 11 minutes to southbound, northbound also look quite good. angie. >> thank you, melissa. a virginia family wants to know why their 17-year-old daughter is murdered. friends say that 17-year-old nabra was on her way back to the mosque in sterling when she got into a deadly confrontation sunday morning. the 22-year-old man has been charged with her murder. as you know, chris, there's a lot of questions. >> her high school in res ton where kids will be coming back to class, trying to cope with the fact that she has been killed. justin? >> reporter: that's right. grief counselors will be on hand at the high school where that victim is reported to have been a student and days away from the end of her school year. here's a look at the victim identified in this case. the 17-year-old br

she was last seen alive with her friends in the early morning hours of sunday. the suspect in this case, this 22-year-old garland martina torres. he's facing a murder charge. as you mentioned, torres and nabra got into a confrontation early sunday morning in the area of jer ansville and -- near the adams center where nabra and her friends walked to a nearby mcdonald's to have food before going back to ramadan prayers. now she's being mourned there at that mosque. >> it means that no one is safe here, especially the women here. my cousin comes by herself all the time sometimes. it's scary knowing that there's people out there like that. >> reporter: very hard time for those at the adams center mosque after all of this. an autopsy will determine the cause of death in this case and determine who this person is. family and friends

retention pond where the remains were found yesterday, that this is nabra. now it will be officially done with the results of that autopsy. back in to you. >> tragic story this morning. a follow-up justin finch, thank you. we continue to learn more about the man who will appear in court for the murder of these two montgomery county teens much this weekend, police arrested three men for the murders of the two. the graduating seniors were killed two weeks ago in montgomery village. police say that the shooting may have been retaliation for an earlier drug-related robbery committed by that jar. coming up at 5:30, we'll hear from his father about the robbery ak sakccusations agains son. trace molette green, there was another van attack in london? >> police confirming that terrorism is suspected in this latest vehicle attack. want you to take a look at these es

london. you see police vehicles there and earlier we have seen police standing in formation on high alert there. overnight, police announced their counter terrorism commission is on top of this investigation. the prime minister planning to meet with her top leelders as well about the ongoing threat there. this is a story we first brought you at 11:00 telling you that a van had plowed into a group of worshippers as they left evening prayers near two mosques. during one. holiest days of ramadan. one person is dead, ten others injured in this. one man is in custody. the incident has prompted extra officers to patrol mosques in new york city just as a precaution. earlier this month, you may remember extremists drove a van into a crowd on a london bridge killing eight people in that incident. back to you now, chris. >> thank you, molette. we're also following this developing story. the u.s. navy

seven sailors that were killed saturday morning when a destroyer collided with a merchant ship off the coast of japan. the sailors range in age from 19 to 37 years old. and two of them are from here in our backyard. xavier march ton is from -- martin is from the area. rigsby's death is hitting one community particularly hard. he graduated high school in fluvanna coin and served as a volunteer firefighter. his fellow firefighters describe him as the type of guy who would give you the shirt off his back. >> can't believe somebody that young. i mean, he had a great life ahead of him. but he served our country. he did what he loved. so i'm proud of him. >> flags are flying at half-staff in that community to remember the 19-year-old sailor. today, foreign

technology will talk president trump's agenda. he will meet with the president of panama and they are expected to talk about issues including the fight against organized crime. the president will host the roundtable and reception with technology industry leaders. on to the russia investigation. we noted that's on the president's agenda as well. coming up, we'll go live to capitol hill where we'll talk to news 4's tracie potts. she'll have a look at how the president's personal lawyer is contradicting the president over whether he is indeed under investigation. first let's go back to the live desk where molette has more breaking news. >> chris, new information coming in about the gunman who attacked a resort at mali. we have learned that security forces in that west african nation killed five militants in what police say was, quote, without a doubt, a terrorist attack. this is an area popular with westerners. flames were seen rising from the compound in all of the

gunmen stormed that resort outside the capital. they took hostages. security forces were able to rescue 36 guests in this. that is the latest. back to you. >> thank you, molette. if you're headed to metro this morning, we've got good and bad news. safetrack work on the red line. but this is the last safety surge. you'll see stations shut down between shady grove and twin brook the rest of this week. but it wraps up on sunday. you'll need to hop on a shuttle bus at the shadyville or rockville station or you could start your commute at the twin brook, grove ner stations. metro is replacing cross ties and welding on a five-mile section of rail. we're learning more about a plan to overhaul the system as a whole. maryland legislators from prince george's and montgomery counties are calling for an equitable funding plan. the "washington post" reports the proep sam would require the district, maryland and virginia to give met

year in each jurisdiction, how to fund the outlet. officials will release the whole plan later today. 5:08 now. water is filling up the memorial reflecting pool once again today. this is what it looked like over the last week. work crews very busy with the national park service draining and scrubbing that pool after 80 ducklings were found dead. the ducklings died because of a parasite found growing in snails inside that pool. officials at this point plan to continue to monitor the water quality. if you don't already have the nbc washington app, there's never been a better morning to download t it is a storm team 4 weather alert day. >> absolutely right. it's warm and breezy on your way out the door. upper 70s to near 80s already. strong storms near i-81 very early this afternoon and we're under the gun here or the i-95 corridor between 4:00 and 9:00 p.m. i'll show you future

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here are some of the top stories we're following for you this morning. we're getting a first look inside an apartment building in london that went up in flames and killed 58 people. you can see everything inside was literally reduced to ash. the police recovery team shot this video. a criminal investigation is under way into how it started. on the building exterior, it may have been illegal under british regulations. the death has risen to 62 in portugal because of this forest fire northeast of

hour to control the flames. entire villages were evacuated, helicopters have been taking those hurt to the hospital. closing argue arguments about to get under way in the retrial of a former police officer from the university of cincinnati accused of shooting and killing an unarmed black man during a traffic stop two years ago. he's been charged with murder and voluntary manslaughter. he took the stand friday and said it was not his intention to kill. his first trial ended in a mistrial last year when jurors couldn't reach a verdict. >> the names of the jurors who failed to reach a verdict in the bill cosby trial could be made public. a judge could make a ruling on that after several news outlets made requests. when a mistrial was dee layered, the judge told the jurors not to talk about the case. andrea constand accused cosby of drugging and assaulting her. they want to put

again. >> our plan is to move this case forward as soon as possible. >> prosecutors say they won't retry him on -- they will retry him on several charges. more coming up on "today." i'm molette green at the live desk with an nbc news exclusive. never before seen documents related to watergate. prosecutors had evidence that operatives for president nixon were actually considering using violence against demonstrators. it's been 45 years since the break-in at the watergate hotel. the document specifically says whistle blower daniel elseberg watts target. you can find more online at nbc news. molette, thank you for that breaking alert. a

six people resigned in protest. one of them writing an op-ed in newsweek alleges that the trump administration, quote, has no strart ji to address the hiv-aids epidemic. the department of health and human services did not immediately respond to comments. an important day today. juneteenth. the day is marked every year to remember when union soldiers enforced the emancipation proclamation and freed all the remaining slaves in texas on june 19th, 1865. we're covering the district and it wasn't the kind of father's day one d.c. dad was hoping for. an electrical issue sparked a fire at this home on massachusetts avenue near decatur police northwest. sunday morning, he lived there with his family. he's well-known for being instrumental in legalizing marijuana possession. he said the fire started near

daughter's room. >> my daughter lost everything in her room. she's pretty devastated and man, a home fire is a horrible experience. really horrible. >> no one was hurt in the fire. so that is the good news. but it's not clear when the family will actually be able to move back in. animal experts say this is something you should never do. a deputy in florida practically invited a bear into his car. take a look. >> first the deputy calls out to the bear. when it gets close, he opens his car door. now, the bear walked a wachlt nobody got hurt. but the florida fish and wildlife service says bears can consider eye contact aggressive and just stay away if you see one. it's funny. i didn't need to be told that. >> no. >> i didn't need a warning from fish and wildlife. >> i just got back from tennessee in the smokies. there's a sign when you enter

keep away 50 feet, you could get hurt or killed. if they're around all the time. >> old cb talk, police are smokey the bear. smokey bear should know better than to invite smokey bear into the car. you get an arm taken off. >> very docile and tender. you can't judge a bear by -- >> it's a carnivorous wild animal. just because he looks docile there -- >> how do you know this? >> i can always close the book up if i'm scared of the bear. anyway -- >> bear of a storm coming, right? >> absolutely right. we'll be under the gun for strong to severe weather this afternoon. don't turn your back on mother nature today either. good advice like don't letting the bear into your car. 80 degrees at national airport at 5:17 in the morning. unusually warm, unusually breezy as well. southwest winds,

per hour this morning. bringing up warm, humid and unstable air. that's fuel for the fire later this afternoon. already 79 in lees,burg. it's going to be strangely warm and windy today. temperatures into the mid, briefly into the upper 80s. storms are likely to fire up near i-81 between noon and 2:00 or 3:00. damaging severe weather is possible here inside the d.c. metro between 3:00 and 9:00 p.m. weather service ahead of the game here has issued a flash flood watch for all of the metropolitan counties here from 3:00 to 9:00 p.m. any one of the individual storms could very easily put down a quick 1 to 2 or 3 inches of rain or more. there's the storms now still out across the mountains much west virginia. down across south side virginia as well. we are not just under a small risk, under an enhanced risk of severe weather today. have us on

media platforms. i couldn't rule out a stray shower this morning. the concern starts after 1:00 p.m. storms an i-81 in this afternoon, once you're towards 5, 6:00, 7:00, that near the i-95 and the beltway corridor. the afternoon/evening commute could be badly impacted by the weather. the ride home could be substantially longer. primary threats, damaging winds and hail. a small chance for tornadoes today. a very busy severe weather -- download our nbcwashington.com facebook page. all of that ready to go. weather alert today. low humidity, a couple of nice days for tuesday, wednesday, back into the 90s thursday and friday. a check of the weekend forecast coming up later on in the show. for now, it is time for traffic. that means melissa molette. good morning. everything, again, staying nicer this morning. inner loop and outer looch the

virginia. that cleared out of way. you can see northbound here as you approach quantico, tiny bit of a slowdown. no actual incidents or issues. 66 looks fine here this morning. 270 southbound from frederick down to the spur. you're also on time there. same situation if you're headed northbound. we'll take a live look at prince george's county coming up. ang angie? the situation has been rampant. did she or did she not have twins? >> her dad seems to tweet it. tweeting happy birthday beloved grand dad. if it's true, queen bee and her rapper husband jay z are now a basketball team. family of five. >> i got three kids. they're not going to get much sleep. riding bus will cost you more. why metro is raidsing bugg bus

to pay. >> the last thing parents want to happen. having to rush your daughter or son to the e.r. how to make that easier when it happened. >> joins us later today for the ellen degeneres show.

all right. here's a question for you. when should a kid, a child be allowed to have a cell phone? that is a question parents grapple over often these days. one colorado law is looking to make that decision for the parents. the law bans retailers from selling or the proposal from selling smartphones used by kids under the age of 12. under that proposed law, cell phone retailers would be required to ask the age of the primary cell phone user before the sale and the business could be fined up to $500 if

>> interesting. >> i don't know. my kids aren't there yet. i don't know how i'm going to deal with that. all this week, we're focusing on ways to keep your kids healthy emotionally as well as physically. dr. kurt newman is the head of children's national here in washington, d.c. and he's been practicing as a pediatrician and pediatric surgeon for more than three decades. >> he's going to be sharing his tips to help us keep our kids safe and healthy. i've got three, you've got two. when they get sick or hurt, it can be really hard trying to find out all that information on the fly. doreen gentzler is here with more. >> being prepared before your child has an emergency is key. >> to have a plan ahead of time just like if you had a fire. it's the same thing for a child. >> here's a checklist. know the location of the emergency room nearest your home that treats children. and not just the one closest to your home but also close to school and close to

know if your children's hospital is covered by your health insurance plan. know what types of services are covered for your child in an emergency. not all of them are. for example, does your health insurance plan cover the cost of an ambulance. if you can't get to an e.r. that treats children, you should ask for a specialist. that's especially true when it comes to broken bones or concussions. growing bones and brains are much different than adults and they need special care. tomorrow, we'll have dr. newman's insight on caring for your child's emotional well-being. >> dr. newman has written a book called healing children about his experiences treating kids and their families. >> if you would like more information, search our nbc washington app. we're working for you on this weather alert day. take a live look at storm team 4 radar. you can see that line of storms just off to our west. you can see some severe weather

where. he's going to bring us an update at 5:30. the family of one of two montgomery county teenagers killed in a barrage of bullets is now speaking out. what they have to say after the f rest othree people in the

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. good morning. i'm chris lawrence in for aaron gilchrist this morning. i'm angie goff in for eun yang. we want to get a check on the weather and traffic. we'll get a look at your commute with melissa in a moment. first we want to start with chuck. wind and possibly hail today? >> absolutely. an enhanced risk for strong to severe thunderstorms this afternoon into early this evening. the weather alert -- be weather alert today. have your nbc washington app. download it and

well. high winds and hail possible with the afternoon storms. the nbc washington app with interactive radar is a great way to stay ahead of the storms as they make their approach later today. quiet weather tuesday through friday. flash flood watches are posted. it's windy this morning. windy and mild. we're already in the upper 70s to near 80 degrees. highs today around 87 degrees. chance of severe weather later today stands at 80%. indeed, it could be a very active weather day. be weather alert. i'll be here to help you to show you the future weather, the timing of all that. but, again, just know it will be a busy one today. doug will have you covered this afternoon. for now, though, let's go to melissa mollet with the traffic concerns. >> starting on the rails right now. we're going to talk a lot about this in the next couple of minutes. surge 16 shady grove and rockville closed. buses running between the areas and twinbrook this morning.

disabled vehicle blocking the center of the road at palmer livingston there. not much of a delay. at this point, rest of prince george's is looking okay. ponds wood road, there's a crash reported there. i wanted to mention that. 66 is just fine. no problems. 95 in virginia as you head northbound. you see that tip cam slowdown there as you head northbound through woodbridge. no big major issue, though, causing that. just a little bit of volume delays. >> chris? >> love seeing all that green. thanks, melissa. four things to know today. there are a lot of questions this morning surrounding the violent murder of a teenage girl from reston. she was killed after a confrontation with a man sunday morning. the girls' friend say it happened as they were walking back to their mosque for a prayer service. police haven't confirmed her identity. a family friend tells us her name is nabra. police found her body in a pond 12 hours later along with a baseball

darwin martinez torres has been charged with her murder. at least one person died in another van attack overnight in london. the police are calling it a terrorist attack. one suspect is in custody. two navy sailors from our area are among the seven killed saturday morning when a destroyer collided with a mer chapter ship off the coast of japan. >> xavier martin is from baltimore county. rigsby is from outside of charlottesville. the first commuting day during the final safetrack surge. the buses replace trains between those stations. we've learned that the deadly shooting of two high school students in montgomery county may have been payback for a different crime. >> knanajjar and ziberov were killed. there's reaction over the new

>> police are saying the shooting may have been retaliation for an earlier drug-related probablery. najjar may have robbed the girlfriend of one of the suspects. these two men have been charged with shooting and killing the teen. edward garcia-gaona and jose canales-yanez. despite what police are saying, najjar's father doesn't believe his son was involved in any type of crime. >> when i heard some bad stuff with my boy, i reacting because i know my son is a beautiful boy. >> he would never ever, ever harm someone or even steal. >> this investigation far from over. police saying they still need people to come forward with information about this case. chris, back to you. >> thank you, molette. covering montgomery county, the person has been found dead inside a burning

circumstances suspicious. the car was found saturday morning at a home on excalibur lane in sandy springs. zifrn we could learn the identity of a child pulled out of maple lake over the weekend. police were searching for a 13-year-old when they discovered a body. a grounds keeper found the belongings near the lake on saturday. if you ride your back or just walk in arlington county, you know how dangerous it can be at the intersections there. changes coming to improve safety. the arlington county aboard a $1.7 million project to put new traffic lights and swaukts on arlington boulevard at park drive and manchester street. the county will spend $2 million to improve several intersections along the trails and the w and no -- trails. starting next week, it will cost you more to ride the bus or take the rails. that's because fare

start on june 25th for metro. you'll pay an extra $.25 to ride the bus and it will cost between $1 it will offset the cost to run the system. if the weather holds up and it's probably not going to, look towards the east and the atlantic ocean to see a special rocket launch. the launch is happening atwal ops island in virginia. the rocket loaded with canisters of colored vapors once believe will be able to study how air moves at high altitudes. we got to tell you that launch has been delayed eight times so far. most recently because it was too windy. they're saying spectacular show. >> yeah. probably going to be delayed another time. we'll have the tenth time is the charm. >> but if you're waiting, 9:06 to 9:21 is the window. let's take a live look

that tries to start to -- sun that tries to come out. it looks rather pretty out there. we could see severe and dangerous conditions later today. we're joined with a closer look at all of that. he's accused of posing as a maintenance worker and raping a woman in arlington. he's still on the run. but this new video may help police find and catch him. the heartfelt message from the family of one of the victims of the congressional baseball shooting. what representative scalise's family wants him to do as well as an update on

we want to show you some new video that's related to that unsolved sexual assault in arlington. it's left an entire neighborhood on edge. >> a lot of people still talking about this. back in may, a man assaulted a woman inside of her apartment at the atrium condominiums on key boulevard. he posed as a maintenance man. take a look. because this is new video that shows the man entering the building just before that assault took place. you can see the suspect walking up to that door, signaling someone to open it up so he can walk inside. the suspect knocked on several doors, we're told before convincing a woman to open up her door and

arlington police say that they are devoting a lot of resources to getting this man off the street. >> while we continue to work our leads and this is a top priority of the department, we're using lots of resources from different areas, working with our regional partners, but the public plays a key role in this. we want you to look at this. we know someone will recognize this individual. we need you to report that information. >> we've made it easy to share this information in this video yourself. open our nbc washington app for our previous coverage of the case and more surveillance videos. search arlington sex assault. another maryland state trooper has been hurt, this time in prince george's county. the trooper was on the shoulder along i-495 when he had to jump off a barricade to get away from the car. it was near the allentown road exit and andrews air force base. the trooper had pulled

now that driver has been charged but this is not an isolated incident. according to the news 4 i-team report, at least 38 troopers were hit by cars on the job last year. is he or isn't he under criminal investigation? >> yeah. what we're learning about the fbi probe and president trump. we'll go live to capitol hill this morning. good morning. i'm storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell. a weather alert die on yoay on monday. winds are howling. bringing unstable and severe thunderstorm chances later this afternoon. coming up, i'll show you future weather and your forecast. problem on the be

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president trump says he's under criminal investigation, but his personal attorney says not so fast. we're working to get to the bottom of

microscope. days after he was gunned down while practicing for a congressional baseball game, a message from representative scalise. what he and his family want you to do. and it is derailed a lot of commuters this morning. routines, maybe even yours. safetrack is about to be a thing of the past. the final surge getting under way and the riders who will feel the impact. he's not worried approximate this. but there's not an investigation of the president of the united states, period. >> president trump's attorney going on offense sunday denying the president is under investigation for obstruction of justice in the russia investigation. now, that is despite the president's own tweet last week appearing to confirm that he is under the investigation. >> tracie potts is live on capitol hill to try to help us all understand this a little more. tracie, how is the president's lawyer explaining that twee

president was responding to a specific article with unnamed sources. they talked about the unnamed sources as being inaccurate. what the president says, i'm quoting, i am under investigation. he called it a witch hunt twice. then sekulow went on the sunday morning shows repeatedly, at least four of them yesterday, saying the president is not under investigation, that he's never been informed that he's under investigation. nor has he been under investigation. certainly, sources have confirmed otherwise to nbc. that the fbi as they looked into this russia collusion question, is also looking into whether the president tried to obstruct justice by getting high level officials to lean on the fbi to back off. >> thank you, tracie. the russia investigation has engulfed washington. but health care is something that's going to affect all of our families. we know that the president has been working on a plan. how close are they to actua

>> the majority leader, chris, says they may have something to put out there in two weeks. not everyone is really into that aggressive timeline. each some republicans like marco rubio have said it might be too soon. they don't want to rush this to a vote like we saw last niem. that people need a chance to digest it and be involved and get their input beyond the few people working on it right now. >> tracie potts for us on capitol hill. trying to make sense of it all. thank you so much this morning. a heartfelt message was post the to the account of scalise yesterday. in that post, he says his greatest joy is being a father to his children. it goes on to encourage all of us to "take the time to be close to the ones we love." . the congressman is in serious condition. he, along with several others, were shot last week while practicing for the annual congressional baseball game. we know that people living in

alexandria where that shooting happened, they're still waiting for the baseball field to reopen. they say that they're happy that they can once again enjoy the things that they're used to doing. >> i feel good because i feel like there's no more danger. and it's open. >> back to normal. >> for real. >> we're coming today because we want to check in -- we have friends who work here. like how they've been. lobbyist matt mika, following his condition as well. he could soon leave the icu. i'm molette green at the live desk. we're watching a major development play out the start of breakfast negotiations. take a look at video just in to the live desk. they just started talks but there's a long way to go here. a united kingdom negotiator says britain is looking for

but there are many issues dividing the britain and the eu that need to be settled. eu expects a breakup by 2019. britain's decided to leave the 27-member nation in a referendum held a year ago. back to you, chris. >> thank you, molette. it's been a long, slow slog this year. but the track is almost over. the first weekday commute in the last safety surge. happening on the red line between shady grove and twinbrook. news 4's amy cho is live this morning with a look at what we all need to know before we head out to metro. what are you seeing, amy? >> reporter: chris, good morning. this is the home for safetrack. one last week of delays and closures. so close to the end here. the shady grove and rockville station are shut down. free shuttle buses between here and twinbrook. metro

possible, you avoid the stations and start your trip at either twinbrook, white flint or grof ner. we have posted other transportation options in the nbc washington app. search safetrack. guys, back to you. >> thank you, aimee. >> you should grab your umbrellas before you head out the door. >> that's right. >> chuck showed me on the nbc washington app -- i didn't realize you could -- you showed me how you can really track the radar here and see how close the rain is approaching. that's really cool. >> when you start the nbc washington app, you'll see the current temperature in the upper right-hand side. when you tap the temperature, you'll see a map of the d.c. viewing area up close. that's the scrunchable, the pinchable part of the screen. you can zoom it in and out. it will help you track the rain and the thunderstorm chances coming into the area later on this afternoon.

degrees in washington. southwest winds. 15 to 25 miles per hour across much of the area this morning. it is warm and breezy. you'll notice it the minute you walk out the door this morning. something doesn't feel quite right. flash flood watches are issued for all the immediate d.c. metropolitan areas. that's from 3:00 until 9:00 p.m. today into this evening. current temperature is 79 in leesburg. 76 in martinsburg this morning. 78 in gaithersburg. incredibly mild here. planning out your temperatures today, we'll be into the mid and upper 80s. warm and breezy this morning. chances for severe weather this afternoon. again, have your nbc washington app ready to go. 87 today. lower humidity the next two days. before we get the low humidity air, we have to get past today first. maybe a sprinkle near dulles airport right now. most of the show is still well back out to our west. thunderstorms down here in southwestern west virginia. that's all part

front that's going to try and come through here. around the wiem we get to 5:00 or 6:00. severe weather chances today. marginal in the shenandoah valley. an enhanced risk for severe weather in washington. here's future weather. i couldn't rule out a few drops between now and lunchtime. dry late morning into the early afternoon. here's 1:30 p.m. storms firing up near i-81. by 5:00, lines of thunderstorms coming right here into the d.c. metro area. again, that afternoon/evening commute today could be badly impacted by severe weather. keep that in mind. damming wind, hales and an outside chance at a tornado today. a high end chance for severe weather today. cooler and less humid. not a whole lot. but that's what we expect tuesday, wednesday, thursday and hit and miss chance on sunday as well into the month of july. time for traffic with melissa mollet. good morning. >> chopper 4 over bw parkway at the

light volume. love to see that whatever time of day it is. outer loop, after pennsylvania avenue, disabled vehicle there along the right side. not seeing really much of a slowdown there because of that. as you head inbound on indian head highway, near palmer, livingston road, disabled vehicle blocks the center of the roadway. starting to see slowdown there. charles town, northbound at palmswood road. have a crash there as well. as far as your travel times around town, take a look. 270 south from germantown to the spur, you're on time there. 68 miles per hour. you'll get there in 11 minutes. top of the beltway, showing the outer loop. 95 to 270 again on time. inner loop is also looking quite good this morning. 66 inbound and 95 northbound. both of those, you are in the clear. no major issues there. remember to listen to wcop 103.5 fm when you hop in your car today. minutes away from the 6:00 a.m. hour and we have new numbers about the level of gun violence

specifically, how it affects kids. the cdc says that 19 children are hurt or killed in a shooting every day. about 1300 kids die in the shootings each year. shootings are the third leading cause of death for american children. according to the study, the homicide rate for children did fall for the suicide rate. that increased 60% during that time. if you've ever had trouble with allergies or sinus problems, there's a new trend to help you breathe easier. it's called salt therapy. imagine a room with soothing lights filled to the brim with himalayan salt. you sit inside the room and breathe in the air. those who operate the salt rooms say it can give relief from breathing issues. >> sodium chloride is ground super fine and it can reach the bottom of your lungs and work like a toothbrush to clean the inner sides of your lungs. >> a

lung association says these salt rooms may actually help some folks, but there have been no studies to back up this kind of therapy. obviously, you should talk to your doctor before trying it out. >> i've seen the humidifiers, salt air and it's the same concept. you plug it in and it emits salt into the air. >> looking to breathe easier. >> just go to the beach maybe. more than ever, people are ordering things online and having them delivered. do you ever wonder where does all the cardboard go when we talk about the box sns. >> honestly, never thought about it. toss it in recycle and move on. it poses a big challenge for recycling centers. in san francisco, one company collects tons of it a day. it used to be newsprint and magazines. now shippers will have to change the way your items are sent. >>

work on reducing packaging waet and also asking the consumers to be thoughtful and tell companies, hey, i don't want all this waste. i want it bought in reusable packagi packaging. >> the company is trying to cut down the number of boxes included in shipping. i'm landon dowdy at cnbc headquarters. uber losing ground to the competition. the giant's share of u.s. market from 84 mers to 77% last month. that's according from a research firm. back over to you. >> thank you, landon. we're working on a number of stories right now. still ahead on news 4. >> fending off robbers. a homeowner who takes matters into his own hand. >> breaking news out of london. worshippers attacked. new details about one person detained and the action being taken this morning.

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it's going to affect you and where you live in the next few hours. tragedy at sea. sleeping sailors killed in a collision. a new look this morning at the young lives lost. >> i mean, he had a great life ahead of him. you know what, he served our country. he did what he loved. i'm proud of him. good monday morning everyone. i'm angie goff. i'm chris lawrence. aaron and eun are off today. we're talking about severe weather today. damaging winds. all while we're under a flash flood watch. >> storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell is on the weather patio. he's out there to explain and chuck i mentioned to you when we walked in, it is warm and breezy. >> you bet. you'll notice the minute you go outside, you can hear it rippling across my microphone.