this vigil was held last night at dupont circle. not all people who gathered are convinced this was not a hate crime. right now, fairfax county police call it a case of road rage. investigators say the suspect argued with the person nabra was walking with near her mask. the i ma'am helped her father express himself last night. >> he is saying he wants to have the community to express love always to one another, regardless of religion, ethnicity or race. >> online petition gaining steam since her death. calling or authorities to investigate the death as a hate crime. that petition has already gained more than 11,000 signatures. later today, we are expecting to find out what the united states will do about otto warmbier's death. he was visiting north korea when he was arrested and detained for a year and a

officials from the white house are going to be meeting with chinese leaders later today, they will talk about adding pressure on pyongyang. angie goff has more on what happened to warmbier. >> reporter: what we have is news video held to honor the student, otto warmbier. uva community coming together to mourn the loss of their fellow student who was supposed to graduate from the school this year. as far as what officials say about his death, still no official conclusion on how otto warmbier died while being detained in north korea for trying to steal a propaganda poster in a trip last year. the 22-year-old was released from north korea in a coma. whether this is a catalyst can redefine the u.s. and north korean relations remains to be seen. we learned that his funeral, public funeral

the high school he attended in ohio. that's going to happen on thursday. i am angie goff from the live desk. republican karen handel is headed to capitol hill. she beat democrat ossoff in a special congressional election in georgia. the race drew national attention, becoming the most expensive house race in u.s. history. he was considered an icon in the district and this week you have a chance to pay respects to former d.c. councilman jim graham. he will lie in repose. saturday, funeral at all souls unitarian church. graham was a staunch advocate for gay rights and for funding hiv research. you're encouraged to wear bow ties as a tribute. congress will once again

for charity tonight. this time the women, the 9th annual congressional women's softball game gets under way 7:00 p.m. in d.c. the game pits members of congress against women of the d.c. press corp to raise awareness for young women with breast cancer. the game is on track to be sold out. one week after a man opened fire at a congressional baseball practice in alexandria, the field it happened is back open. a look at how it is bringing the community together in a few minutes. >> great to see the kids back out there. right now, police want her home, so does her family. this is 16-year-old that's missing. lives on ridge line drive in montgomery village and she is not the only girl missing in maryland. another was last seen tuesday at home in frederick. she's 13 yea

police are asking you to call if you have any information on either girl. angie goff is back at the live desk with this extreme heat out west and what it means for you. angie, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, another day of extreme weather. we know anyone, any of you that planned to travel to and from the west, maybe you have loved ones, you can be impacted. temperatures remain in 120s throughout the week in parts of southern california, nevada, arizona. scorching temps causing power outages and already dozens of flights had to be cancelled yesterday because of those conditions. the air is just too thin to fly when it gets that hot they say. excessive heat warnings are in place now and also growing concerns of wildfires and streets and roads buckling. we will keep an eye on it. back to you. >> even for phoenix. that

4:34. another check of weather and traffic. >> we will check in with sheena for what to expect on the first day of summer. >> first full day of summer. if you liked yesterday, you'll like today. humidity is still at a comfortable level, start to creep up tomorrow and friday. by the way, friday we can have tropical moisture headed this way. currently, pretty comfortable outside. 72 degrees, mostly cloudy. but we are dry by 7:00 a.m. temperatures in the mid 70s by noon. we are already looking at the mid-80s, similar to yesterday, but a little more cloud cover in the area. that's all streaming in from gulf of mexico. by 5:00 p.m., temperatures close to 90 degrees. locally i mentioned we are nice and dry. that's good news. we have cloud cover mostly south and east of the district. going through the day today, you will notice temperatures rising. little comfortable. we will talk about the rain end of the week.

>> good morning. taking a look at the roads this morning, overall going to look at the beltway in a second. just two items to talk about as far as road work. live picture of 270 at false road, northbound and southbound. don't have problems main or local lanes. 295, suitland parkway, left lane getting by there. here's what we are talking about, outer loop before the toll road, inner loop at 4 blocking the right lane. 66 after gleeb, left lane gebe, by. ben's chili bowl unveils new mural. >> we are

others include harriet tubman, president obama, and mary and barry. >> don't forget the point of having that in the area. seems like most kids have them, maybe even yours. there's a warning about those popular fidget spinners, who says they're dangerous for your kids. teenager accused of impersonating a police officer. investigators say it may have happened several times. they want to know if you encountered the imposter. a video filling up your facebook feed. two elephants help rescue a calf. what the

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welcome back. 4:40. several big stories following the news this morning. >> here are four things you need to know. two inmates will be in court in georgia accused of killing guards while escaping from prison. both serving time for robbery, now they're facing murder charges. extreme turbulence sent at least a dozen united passengers to the hospital. the flight on the way from panama when rocked outside cancun. emergency crews met the plane in houston to help treat those hurt. and check out this unro

downtown baltimore last night. broke windows, covered cars with debris. five were hurt when it exploded a few blocks from camden yards. nothing criminal led to the blast. look at this video from a south korean zoo. it was all over social media, a baby elephant tried to drink from a pond, lost its balance and fell in. the mother and aunt, you bring the family, came to the rescue. they brought the calf back to dry land. proved how strong a mother's love can be. no hesitation. if you enjoyed yesterday's low humidity, you're going to love today. look at the current temperatures this morning. a lot of people waking up in the 70s. sheena parveen is back with a look at the 90s returning. and it is a secret plan hatched behind closed doors that could impact you and your family. get a closer look at the republicans' healt

getting word of breaking news in the district where police are on the scene of a shooting. information and video just coming in. we check in with angie goff at ♪

angie goff here at the live desk with new video from the scene of a shooting out of northeast d.c. take a look. you can see investigators here in the 700 block of 51st street. police saying when they got to this area around midnight, found a woman had been shot. still no update on her condition. her identity has not been released, no arrests have been made. news4 will continue to follow up. eun, chris? >> thank you. and looking at the first day of summer, guys. it will feel like summer, too. if you look at the radar, we're dry. a few light showers to the south

some of you today. coming up, talking about tropical storm cindy, how that could be impacting us later this week. i'll show you the forecast and rain chances in a bit. >> thanks, sheena. after weeks working behind the scenes, we can get a draft of the senate's health care plan tomorrow. >> it could have a huge effect on millions of families, including yours. only a handful of lawmakers even know what's in the bill and some democrats and republicans are blasting the secret nature of the process. news4 tracie potts is live on capitol hill. are we going to learn about this plan? >> reporter: details are expected to start coming out. one of the key questions is what is going to happen to medicaid, government insurance for working families, for the poorest americans. is it going to be scaled back and how quickly. remember, medicaid was expanded under obamacare in a lot of states, including some republican states. republicans on both sides want to know

scale. that determines whether or not states would be able to pick up the slack. it is a big question that will come out with details in this plan. >> why is this process behind coming up with the plan been so secretive in the first place? >> reporter: because according to lawmakers on both sides, only a handful of people have been working on details. supposedly 13 lawmakers, bipartisan group who were giving input, but some of them said they haven't seen it, that senate leadership kept it close to the vest, concerned about rushing a vote, and trying to get the vote done before the july 4th break. they're concerned about rushing the vote when a lot of members haven't had a chance to see or read this bill. >> tracie potts. thank you. it was one week ago today when a gunman opened fire at a congressional baseball practice and today we're expecting to get more information on the investigation. the fbi and other law

news conference to share some information gathered so far. have the nbc washington app and we will send an alert for any updates. ♪ for the land of the free. baseball was back yesterday at eugene simpson skating park in alexandria, came after a week where several people, including house majority whip steve scalise was shot by a gunman. the game brought the community closer together, rejecting hate, embracing the love of baseball. >> nice, trying to spread the joy after what happened, how sad it was. >> i'm actually really glad to be here. i felt bad for families that are hurting. >> people thanked police officers, sheriff's deputies and firefighters who came out to protect them and show support. covering the district with

our top stories on the nbc washington app. maryland state police investigators confirm the body campers found in april is ariel espinal. he disappeared days from closing on his first home. his fiance said he went to work and never came home. the homicide unit is handling the case. d.c. jail officials trying to figure out how two inmates got a hold of a powerful narcotic. both men died of accidental overdoses of fentanyl, a powerful opioid sometimes mixed with heroin. d.c. department of corrections put out a statement we have no tolerance for contraband in our facilities, we are enhancing our security procedures and staff training in order to maintain a safe and secure environment. in montgomery county, a 19

impersonate a police officer was caught by a real officer. philip ross was driving fast and using emergency lights, even tried to back up an officer at a traffic stop where he was eventually pulled over and arrested. they say ross was cooperative, may have tried to do this before. prince william police are still looking for a different impersonator that fled from police sunday night. this into the live desk, uber ceo resigned. his decision came after major investors in the company sent a letter ordering him to do the right thing, to step down. this is according to report by "new york times." kalanick said he loves uber more than anything in the world, at this difficult moment in my personal life, referring to his decision to step down. we also know he is remaining with the company

directors. his resignation coming after a challenging three years, a lot of focus on allegations that the company fostered the culture of sexual harassment and misconduct. angie goff. back to you, chris. we're learning about changes taking place at uber that could impact you. new features users may love or hate in a story in about ten minutes. the competition at our local airport to attract the most passengers and one airport in particular is leading the way. bwi marshall is consistently the busiest airport in the area. is that surprising to you? so far this year 7.8 million passengers traveled through. nearly that many through reagan national, only 6.5 million through dulles international. >> means more options for our travelers as the airlines continue to grow, they are adding service to new markets

world, that means more travel options for customers. >> airport officials say there's no more room to expand at reagan national and they like to push people and more flights to dulles. friendly competition. >> that's right. when you wake up today and the sun comes out, it will seem like the sun stays out and out and out. >> yeah. if you're in alaska, talking about no darkness at all. in alaska, they're not getting the sun. >> morning, night, you lose track of time. >> today, getting close to 15 hours of sunlight. longest day of the year. summer solstice. 12:24 this morning to get technical. today is the first day of summer. and it is going to be another hot one. humidity is going to be comfortable. tomorrow is hotter. also talking about tropical storm cindy. i'll show you

down around the gulf coast, still in gulf of mexico, could be bringing rain this week. remnants of it. won't be a tropical storm when it gets here. going through the week, we have shower chances. nice day to dine outside. parts of the area may notice more cloud cover today. we will see sun and clouds by lunchtime. mid-80s. this afternoon, temperatures close to 90 degrees. still warm by dinner time, mid-80s. here's a look at the area. we have thin clouds around. more cloud cover south and east of the district. that's where we find showers in parts of virginia, virginia on the eastern shore. if we take a wider look, there you see that tropical storm cindy off the coast of louisiana, a lot of heavy rain around the gulf coast states but eventually this storm system will get wrapped up in a cold front. that moisture heads our

potentially from tropical storm cindy remnants that could be effecting us. look at dry conditions mix of sun and clouds. tomorrow a nice day, maybe a couple of showers sneaking in late day. here's friday, notice more moisture around late friday evening, though we could be talking about more rain from remnants of tropical storm cindy and tropical moisture moving in. rain chances stick around. saturday is not bad. monday, rain returns, rest of next week looks pretty good. let's check the roads this wednesday morning. >> good morning. southbound 295, still have that road work hanging around with left lane getting by paving there. both issues on the beltway as far as road work have disappeared. inner loop, outer loop, everything running fine. no big complaints there. 95 from prince william parkway, in virginia, 66 looks good,

95 a little further south, southbound after route 1, spotsylvania, left lane getting by there. closer look at prince georges county coming up. first there was amazon fresh, now a wardrobe service, make shopping for close easy as clicking a button. if you have kids, i don't need to tell you, they're the latest toy craze. experts say they may be unsafe. why you may rethink that fidget spinner. and the race for maryland governor, who is throwing his hat into the

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those little twirling gadgets that kids have been obsessed with lately may actually be dangerous for them. a nonprofit says fidget spinners are unsafe. the organization is expected to release a full list today of other unsafe toys. meanwhile, consumer product safety commission says spinners have small parts that can be a choking hazard. watch out for those. if you're looking to shed a few pounds, there's a new weight loss tool that doesn't require surgery. >> thing is, it is not for everyone. you're going to want to get your doctor to sign off on it. patients given a pill with a

and makes you feel full. it can stay up to three months. the procedure only requires three pills. >> after six months we do an upper endoes skop ee, put the patient in twilight anesthesia, pop the balloon, pull them out. >> they say this is for folks considered moderately overweight. patients still need to have a good diet and exercise regularly to lose extra pounds. soon when you take an uber home, you have a new option at the end of the ride. you'll be able to tip the driver. uber doesn't do that now. other ridesharing apps do such as lyft. they're also helping drivers by requiring you can sell a ride within two minutes, not five. amazon strikes again, plans to launch a fashion retail di

allows customers to order at no up front charge, receive the order, only pay for what they keep. the service will feature more than a million items. you can do anything online. prime wardrobe is still being tested. you can sign up to be notified of the launch. i purchased dresses from there with great results. stay with us, "news4 today" continues at 5:00 a.m. that breaking news, another person running for governor of maryland. >> angie goff is at the live desk with what we're getting. >> we have been hearing it for weeks. rush dleen ern baker is running for maryland governor in 2018. expected to make that announcement today.

joins a race that includes many familiar names. naacp leader, alex ross, state senator richard matalino junior, representative john gelaney. we will bring you more as the morning continues. once again, prince georges county executive throwing his name into the race for governor in 2018. >> we'll follow that through the day here on news4 and on nbcwashington.com. look at the beautiful scene. summer is under way. seems like it has been under way for awhile. summer solstice took place at 12:24 this morning. we're off to a relatively nice start. good morning, i'm eun yang. >> i am chris lawrence.