for your love and support and i want to say to nabra, i love you. >> fairfax county police are looking into the possibility that she was sexually assaulted by the suspect. as of now, police cannot say that she was conclusively -- they can't say conclusively that she was assaulted until the medical examiner's office finishes the examination. >> park police charged a man from south carolina for the vandalism. it's not clear he knew the significance of the items or the gathering. he collected things he found around dupont circle and lit them on fire in the fountain. developing this morning, you're going to want to keep a close eye on capitol hill. we're expecting senate republicans to release their plan to repeal and replace the affordable care act. this was erika gonzalez at the live desk. >> chris, whatar

have a huge impact on families, particularly their wallets. according to the associated press, the plan would cut and revamp medicaid and penalties on people not buying health coverage. eliminate funding for planned parenthood, subsidies to help people buy insurance based on income. remember, house republicans passed a health plan last month that called for tax credits based on age. tracie potts takes a look at how the senate health care plan could divide republicans. >> erika gonzalez from the live desk. thank you. this was a case that brought fake news to everyone's attention today. the man who pled guilty in a so-called pizza gate shooting in d.c. last year will be sentenced. take a look. prosecutors released never before seen photos from inside the restaurant after edgar welsh was arrested they showed the bullet hole from the one shot he fired and a gun resting on a keg where he set it down.

a conspiracy theory about a child sex ring connected to the hillary clinton campaign. prosecutors are asking for a 4 1/2 year prison sentence. this morning, a committee will hold a public hearing in d.c. and we expect it to be emotional. judiciary and public safety committee members will listen to residents talk about sexual assault and they'll be considering three bills that deal with the rights of sex assault victims. one of the measures would bring the district into compliance with federal requirements who says a child who has been a sex trafficking victim will be considered a victim of neglect and sexual abuse. prince william county is beefing up nondiscrimination protections for lgbtq students and staff. >> dvoted five yeas, three noes -- >> as you just heard, they banned discrimination in count

night. the new policy bans discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity. critics worried the policy will allow students to use bathrooms that correspond with their gender identity. but supporters argue fairfax county and other districts passed similar protections and each school would be able to adopt bathroom policies. a man went missing in rockville last night. this morning, his family is still trying to find him. greg gernert is 53 years old. we're told he doesn't have his medication and lives on bradley avenue in rockville. he went missing back in september. in that case, he was gone seven days before he got back home. you may notice a crowd at the jackson graham building in metro's largest labor union will hold a symbolic funeral. they plan to eulogize their status as a middle class workforce at metro. the

casket, tombstone and speaker to cli deliver a eulogy. you may want to plan ahead for sunday. there's major schedule changes that could affect what time to get out of the house. metro is ending the yellow line plus service and canceling a number of bus routes. on monday, the end of line metro stations will run trains every eight minutes during rush hour versus every six minutes. covering the district. a live look from our city cam as we learn mayor muriel bowser has a plan to get rid of the rats in d.c. it starts with better ways to eliminate trash. up to 60 businesses will be able to buy or lease trash comppact ors. residents will be able to text 311 and ask for an

desk with what we know about a tropical storm. what's going on, erika? >> they're pointing fingers at tropical storm cindy for rough seas and power outages in the gulf states. we want to show you a live picture where the storm is hitting louisiana. you can see the camera shaking in the wind. sadly, there has been one death reported in all this. a boy on an alabama beach was struck and killed by a log that washed ashore while he and his family were on vacation. states from louisiana to florida are seeing 2 to 10 inches of rain and there are more in sight. back to you. >> erika, thank you. it's now 4:35. a look at the weather here in a second when we check back in with lauren and sheena. >> first, let's check in with melissa for more of the breaking news on the beltway. >> breaking news on the beltway. the inner loop near green belt metro. we have two lanes that have reopened here right

we'll get live pictures from the scene in a minute. you can see the delays on the beltway. rest of the beltway no major problems. a couple of other things happening. northbound 210 after kirby hill, crash there blocking the right lane. southbound bw parkway, the ramp to 50, a crash there as well. you can see a little bit of yellow on the map and lawyers road east of soapstone, that's shut down each way. earlier crash brought down some wires. we'll talk more about this problem on the beltway in a minute. we'll talk to lauren and sheena. good morning. >> good morning. we were talking earlier. it's humid yesterday. made it to 90. i know you said you did that -- now we've got the humidity and the heat back on today. we're wafrmt look at the temperatures. we're close to 80 degrees p 77. 70 dulles. the humidity is up. it's a muggy start to the day. you'll feel that it's going to be more hum

afternoon today. here's your planner for this thursday. 7:00 a.m., near 80 degrees. in some spots, close to 90. 92 we should be topping out at. you'll notice more clouds around. can't rule out a late-day isolated shower. tomorrow we're watching tropical storm cindy around the gulf mexico making landfall currently. let's check on tomorrow, lauren. >> all the moisture goes somewhere, sheena. as it makes landfall between now and 10:00 a.m., the moisture will pull into the mid-atlantic as it begins to weaken. 4:00 a.m. on your thursday, no rain showers right now. maybe an isolated sprinkle, but for the most part, we're dry. we can't rule out an isolated sprinkle through the day today. more rain comes overnight tonight into tomorrow morning. a few thunderstorms as well. could get a break tomorrow midday before more rain moves back in here tomorrow evening through early saturday morning. so we do have rain

saturday. but then we clear back out for the weekend. sheena will have that forecast in a minute. >> thank you, lauren. we continue to follow breaking news in virginia where an amber alert has been issued for this girl. take a look at her picture. this is kimberly jane long. police believe she was abducted by joel d. long. plate number vwa 0044. we'll bring you another update in a few minutes. there's something that's supposed to end. police say it's ending in death. now they're demanding a real life treasure hunt come to an end. it's the world's largest swimming lesson. it's happening right here in our area. when a

welcome back. 4:41. >> here's a look at the four things to know as you get your day started. look at this black smoke over the skies in houston after an air national guard pilot safely ejected from a jet. it crashed at ellington airport shortly after takeoff. the pilot was conducting a training flight and he was rushed to the hospital with minor injuries. another person has died looking for hidden treasure in new mexico. now police are asking the man who hid it to call off

author -- said he hid $2 million in gold and jewels somewhere north of santa fe. two people have died looking for it. police are worried there will be more. queen elizabeth's husband is still in the hospital this morning. prince philip was taken there with an infection earlier this week in buckingham palace says he's in good spirits. the prince is 96 years old. today, thousands of kids will jump in the pool for a lesson on how to stay alive. the largest swim lesson will happen all over the country and our area as well. you can take the kids to the bourne memorial pool at noon for lessons. they'll be joined with maddy crip en. so important this time of year. today might be a good day to hit the pool as well because of all the hot weather. >> that's right. >> definitely. get out to the pool while you can. we're not

tomorrow. as you wake up this morning, you'll notice a lot more humid than what we experienced yesterday. we've got your full forecast including rain times. sheena will time it out for you after the break. we're also following several breaking news stories including one that could impact your commute. the crash that has part of the beltway shut down when we check in with melissa mollet. we're also following an amber alert out of virginia. police are searching for this little girl, take a look at her picture. her name is kimberly jane long. police believe she might be with joel d. long. we're going to check in with erika gonzalez at the live desk working to get more information in a few minutes. if you're just leaving the house, police want you to keep an eye out for a 1998 maroon toyota tacoma with plate number vwa 4004.

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governing everybody. we got a call from police in montgomery county asking to put an eye on a picture of a little boy wandering early this morning in the area of westfield montgomery mall. just before 2:00 this morning. he's nonverbal. he was wearing this orange shirt, some pajama pants and he's barefoot. he may be between 10 and 11 years old. again, he's nonverbal. they're looking for his parents p if you are making coffee this morning, take a quick second and look at the screen. if you recognize this young man, give montgomery police a call. they are looking for his parents trying to get him back to a safe home. from the live desk, i'm erika gonzalez. >> erika, thank you. breaking news right now. this child could be in extreme danger. a

she went missing in virginia. she's only 4 years old. >> police put out an amber alert for kimberly long. a toddler from smith county. they think she was abducted last night and could be moving toward roanoke in a maroon toyota tacoma that's nearly 20 years old. >> this is the man they're looking for. joel d. long. in his mid-20s and just over 6 feet tall. if you see either joel long, kimberly long or that toyota tacoma, call police as soon as you can. you can expect a busy day on capitol hill after weeks of working behind closed doors. senate republicans are preparing to unveil their health care plan. >> president trump weighed in on the issue last night suggesting that he's willing to change the bill republicans are crafting if democrats come on board. >> if we had even a little democrat support, just a little, like a couple

you'd have everything. you could give us a lot of votes and we'd be willing to change it and move it around and try to make it even better. even better. >> we're going to stay on top of this developing story with tracie potts live on capitol hill. tracie, we have some idea of what's in the senate's plan. that could be the biggest impact to families? >> one word. medicaid. it's a big part of this bill and how senate republicans decide to deal with medicaid. how fast, the question is not that they want to roll it back but how fast over a matter of how many years will they do it. will people get kicked off the plan? how will they help the most vulnerable people getting the government assistance to pay for their health care. the other thing to look out for, taxes imposed under obamacare. that's how they balance and pay for all of this. which taxes will roll back and which will stay. tax credits, which is something they pose for people who c

>> tracie, let's talk about the votes. will republican leaders be able to get their caucus on board here? >> it's razor-thin. they've got 52 votes. they lose three it's a done deal for this republican plan. president trump has acknowledged it's a razor-thin margin. you were just talking about him wanting to get democrats on board and making changes to balance that. you get democrats on board but may alienate some of the conservative republicans who, for example, don't want to see funding for planned parenthood, whereas democrats and moderate republicans do. you gain some, you lose some. it's a numbers game at this point. they don't really have a lot to lose. they can't afford to lose any republicans beyond those two. >> tracie potts live on capitol hill for us. tracie, thank you. [ applause ] >> listen to that. cheers for capitol police special

she threw out the first pitch at the congressional softball game in southeast washington. this is one wreak after james hodgkinson shot her and several others at the baseball practice in alexandria. the shooting still on the minds of lawmakers. >> it's an honor to be out here. all of us on both sides of the aisle and both houses. we're so sorry for what happened to steve scalise. >> the softball game pitted congresswoman against women members of the press core. it raised money for breast cancer research. the bad news babes won 2-1. paid respects to congressman steve scalise. bono met with the congressman's staff on capitol hill and signed get well soon cards for scalise and capitol police. congressman's twitter page posted these photos on tuesday. u-2 frontman gave scalise a

fedex field. scalise has been upgraded to fair condition. >> glad to see him doing better. kaiser permanente is notifying some patients may be at risk for infection. they had procedures in largo. a defective piece of equipment may have affected the sterilization process. kaiser permanente says the risk of infection is low and only limited to 23 patients. it wants all of them to be screened for possible illnesses by hiv and hepatitis c. kaiser permanente released a statement saying the health and safety is our top priority. we're reaching out to potentially impacted members and committed to ensuring this does not happen again. we will see a lot of familiar faces in northwest. the d.c. landmark unveiled the new mural yesterday. it features historical

including harriet tubman and president obama and michelle obama. there are 16 figures in all. we're proud that our colleague there, jim vance is among them. he spoke at the unveiling yesterday. >> the blessings never stop flowing. i came here on june 10, 1969, and one of the first places i came to spend my money in d.c. was the chili bowl. >> vance joined us by phone to talk more about this honor. we posted that conversation in the nbc washington app. they were looking for a public vote and a ton of people said especially on social media they wanted vance to be on that. >> well-deserved honor. breaking news on the beltway this morning. >> me lis has the latest on the crash. >> t

inner loop at greenbelt metro. this is chopper 4 showing us what's happening over top here. right now, they're getting this tractor-trailer out of the way. we know we have the fuel spill in place. it could take time to get the rest of the lanes open. right now, we have two left lanes getting by here. the beltway, overall, looks better than it did earlier. things have really helped since they got the two lanes open, of course. >> back to you. >> thanks, melissa. we're talking about the heat and the humidity coming back. i thought yesterday was perfect. i'm sorry. >> nice little break. >> i thought it was nice, too. the humidity crept up a little bit yesterday. we hit 90 degrees today. little hotter and more humid. it's ahead of the tropical storms though. we're watching tropical storm cindy currently making landfall. show you that in a a second. well down to the south. as we go through the day, we'll stay on the drier side. hot and more

tropical storm cindy's remnants. it will not be a tropical storm when it gets here. i don't want to confuse you on that. saturday morning, still going to see rains from it. in the afternoon, saturday, humidity will be dropping. it will really be that way through sunday and all of next week. currently, it's 77 in the district, 73 clinton. 77 quantico. it is a warm start this morning. if you're exercising today, it's looking dry. just about mostly cloudy in many areas. short sleeves by noon. close to 90 degrees. 5:00 p.m., we're talking about the low 90s. need plenty of water today. feeling like sum he were. maybe an isolated shower later today. currently, just about dry. we're going to zoom down to where tropical storm cindy is. making landfall currently. it looks like on the border of texas and louisiana, still a lot of heavy rain moving on shore there. but it is still a tropical storm and we expect it to continue to make landfall. it's still very far away. the track isng

to take it inland. it's going to quickly diminish in strength. the leftover rain, the tropical moisture will move in our direction tomorrow and saturday morning. the future weather, today we're fairly dry. an isolated shower late in the day. not a big deal. here's friday now. we could be talking about areas with heavy rainfall. should be moving along quickly, though, through the afternoon. maybe not so much. maybe a break. then saturday morning more rainfall and then we become way less humid as we go through saturday afternoon, big improvements and it stays that way for sunday. sunday looks good too. look at next week, next week looks fantastic. our next rain chance looks to be next saturday. closer look at what tropical storm cindy will be doing locally coming up. thank you, sheena. if you are just turning on your tv this morning, we're following several breaking news stories right now. there is an amber alert out in virginia. >> yeah. this is kimberly long who

long, a family member. police asking you to keep an eye out for a maroon toyota tacoma. vwa 4004 is the plate number. we're work to go get more

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a new government study estimates more than half of teens have had sex by the time they turn 18. about 80% of them say they used some form of contraception during their first sexual experience. meanwhile, the most commonly used method of birth control was condoms. more than half of sexually active females said they were on birth control pills. a new study suggests legalizing recreational marijuana is not only -- car crashes. according to the study releezed today, legalizing it in colorado, oregon and washington state has resulted in more collision claims. how much more frequently? well, about 3% higher overall. that's compared to states where they did not legalize marijuana. >> our study was designed to compare states that had legalized recreational use of marijuana with nearby states that had not done so. >> you're going to hear more about the study from the president of the insurance institute for

coming up on the "today" show. that breaking news, something that could really impact the morning commute for a lot of you. a crash on the inner loop of the beltway involving what looks like two cars and a truck. take a look. here's the scene live from chopper 4. this is in greenbelt near the greenbelt metro station. good morning everyone. i'm eun yang. >> i'm chris lawrence in for aaron this morning. a crew is headed to the scene of the crash. let's start with melissa and how it could impact your morning. >> good morning. we still have some lanes closed and we had these rolling closures happening. taking a look from the chopper. you can see the ikea in the foreground. they're trying to slow folks down so they can get the stuff out of the way, including the tractor-trailer and off of the highway right now. we're seeing delays, especially as things are temporarily, temporarily blocked here right now. inner loop and outer loop of the beltway. no major issues when you're lo