nice. also, we are broadcasting live right now on facebook. we will throughout the hour. >> multiple screens. >> yeah, come join us. >> yeah, join us during a commercial. >> we have business to get to. >> let's do it. >> that was your cue. >> it's time to tell us about the business. >> yeah, it was like what business? not a lot going on in the weather center today, and it's a beautiful morning out there, 78 degrees. a nice breeze as well. i know we had a breeze yesterday and i don't think it will quite as breezy today. if you want to eat brunch, go out side church services on your way home. the capital barbecue battle going on downtown still going on, and wear sun screen because there will be plenty of sunshine today. 90s on the 10-day

i will show you that in a few minutes. 9:00 on the dot. right now you probably see a lot of emergency vehicles around the pentagon station, and it's just a drill and the station should be opened by 2:00 this a afternoon. >> and a lot happening with metro. we are working for you this morning on this sunday to help you sort it all out. derick ward is live at the dupont station with everything you need to know. >> reporter: while you were sleeping metro was making more changes. now, there's a new paradigm of operation and costs with metro and a good way to think about this, this will cost you more or less in service. and today will be the first time metro riders will see these new hours or weekends. today metro opened at 8:00 a.m., and will close at 11:00 p.m.

until 11:30. if you are going out for weekend plans for metro you have a little more time. they will close at about 1:00 a.m. in the morning. so that will get you back and forth to wherever it is you are going. now, since 2014 we have not seen a fare hike, and all that changes today. rush hour will cost 10 cents more starting monday and monday will be the first rush hour under the new pricing paradigm and you will pay $2.25 for a rush hour trip and at most 6 bucks for a rush hour trip. off peek like today you will pay 25 cents more, and that starts today. if you are riding outside of the rush hour you will pay at least $2, and at most $3.85. not just on the rails, 25 cents more, a 25 cent increase on bus fare.

on the service, too. parking will increase 10 cents more on average for parking at metro. what do riders think? we will tell you coming up in the next hour. live at dupont circle, darrick ward, and back to you. >> possibly the biggest impact for yellow rush, that will be ending. but the good news here is if you are a blue line rider this could speed up the frequency of your trains because more are expected. >> you will feel the impact on the rails ads well as the roads and the metro riders who use the fairfax connecter will see a rise in fares. and the senior and disabled base fare will

but if you have a smart card that will help impact the rate increase. the next story absolutely heartbreaking. a little boy is in critical condition this morning and his twin sister died after a tragic pool accident. the toddlers wandered into the backyard pool of the family's s sterling home yesterday. m medics were immediately called but the little girl died. this d.c. mother and her daughter are missing. police say michelle manly and her daughter are missing. if you know where they might be, you are asked to call police. and then a story we broug

yesterday morning, and all d.c. firefighters taken to the hospital are now out after the massive apartment fire. the flames broke out around 3:00 yesterday morning, about 200 people were forced to leave their homes. you can see from the video firefighters had to carry small children down ladders as well as rescue some adultadults. larry minor lived nearby and talks about the commotion. >> i looked out my bedroom window, i seen the flames shooting. >> the d.c. fire and ems are still at the apartment building and they will stay there to watch for hot spots that could reignite, and no word on what caused the fire. nobody was hurt after the large restaurant kitchen fire in northwest d.c. you c

that clouded the sky. the fire caused guest here at the neighborering westin hotel to temporarily evacuate. the ventilation system is connected to the restaurant and the fire was under control an hour later. 9:06. this is a critical week for the gop health care bill. >> nbc's kelly o'donnell explains what is next before an important vote. >> taking the polls in maryland. >> none of this is good for the people. >> all of you can help. >> urges those anxious about a health care overhaul to pressure wavering republicans. >> we need senators to do right by their constituents and not by the bosses. >> they are

deal on an obamacare repeal. >> for the health care system you deserve -- >> to coaxing phone calls. sources say president trump is reaching out this weekend. he already spoke to ted cruz, one of five republicans publicly opposed to the senate health care proposal. republicans can only lose two votes from their members. a razor's edge margin, the president lawmented in an interview on fox news. >> it would be so great if the democrats and republicans could get together and wrap their arms around it and come up with something that everybody is happy with. it's so easy. but we won't get one democrat vote, not one. >> and venting against obamacare on twitter this morning, democrats slam gop health care proposal as obamacare premiums and deductible increase by over 100%, a twitter push from mike pence today, too. the vice president, who could

vote, tweeted photos from a chicago speech promising a repeal before summer is out. >> nbc's kelly o'donnell reporting there. coming up, six flags closing one of the rides at a new york park after a teenager fell. we will tell you how other people at the park helped to save that girl. open for business. a trail for hikers and bakers in our region, why it took more than 25 years to

go ahead! >> my goodness. that must have been scary. the cell phone footage was taken from the six flags in new york outside of lake george. sheriff officials say she

the ride was stopped after the operator got a distressed call. the girl does not have any serious kwreinjuries, thankfull. a popular road in back open and this time to pedestrians. a three quarter mile portion is now the klingle county trail. and euthe people who cut the ribbon, they say they have waited a long time for this. >> we have been watching the progress for months now, and we are really excited to come down. it's a great way to get into town and a great way to run around with kids and not have to worry about cars. >> the short trail costs $6 million to build and those who were against it they wanted it to be used for

issue is put to rest. >> and the bikes are out. a great day to take a bike ride today as the sun is up over the nation's capital. this week will be a roller coaster ride, from the 70s to the 90s and lauryn will make it down when we come back. keeping an eye on flooding, and this year's winter causing sajor problem

a pleasant day across the region. go ahead and make the pool plans. we have a few clouds in place but mostly sunshine today. dry conditions and low humidity, and when is the heat and humidity coming back? we have the answers on the 10-day forecast in about four minutes. thank you. more than two decades ago the same suspect stalked and attacked nearly a dozen young women in the d.c. area. >> one of those women were murdered, and he became known as the potomac river rapist. he never has been caught. and darcy spencer spoke to a woman that was raped when a teenager. >> i just remember saying, don't, you know, wake the babies. don't hurt the babies. >> kelly was an 18-year-old college student baby

said her attacker broke in and threw a blanket over her head and raped her. >> he had taken phone cords and tied me behind my back with my ankles, so he had pulled my shirt up over my head. >> she says as he raped her he talked to her, and she knew he had been watching her and her boyfriend, who had already gone home. >> he said things like, was that your boyfriend that was here? i said, yes. why wouldn't you having sex with him? >> after the rape she says he did not leave the house, and she could hear his footsteps on the hardwood floor walking around and even went into the refrigerator. that's when she broke free. >> i remember the phone cards that were doubled, tripled, i don't know how many times wrapped around

like superwoman, and i ripped away the cords and rubbed my face to get the shirt off my head so i could see, and i got up and ran. >> when police got there he was gone and he had run into a wooded area behind the house and vanished and that was in september of 1991, and her attacker would become known as the potomac river rapist. kelly was the second and youngest victim. >> it changed my life in bad ways, but in good ways, it made me stronger and it made me more of a fighter, i think. >> she's a wife and mother of three small children, and she's also a nurse, and she's sharing her story hoping to reach other victims of rape. >> if they can hear my story and learn something, you know, just something, and if i can help them not feel dirty or

if he were to be arrested i would be right there, and i would look him in the eyes because he has no control over me anymore. one of hillary clinton's closest advisers takes the hot seat before congress this week. john podesta will answer questions about russia during a closed session. he served as clinton's presidential campaign chairman. intelligence officials say russia was behind the e-mail attack. president trump sent out tweets this weekend that appear to acknowledge russian meddling in the presidential election by attacking former president obama. since the obama administration was told way before the 2016 election the russians were meddling, why no action? focus on them. and then

administration official said they choked when it came to acting. a mother facing serious charges after she left her two children in a hot car back in may. both kids died. investigators say she locked them in the car as a punishment and then went inside the house to do drugs and take a nap. police say the mother first told them the children actually locked themselves in the car. temperatures reached the mid-90s on that day. right now people are forced to flee their homes in california because of snow-melt. some people at a rv report south of fresno say they have no plans to evacuate however sheriff deputies have been asking people to leave since monday. in utah, a wildfire in the southern part of the state continues to spread. it has already reached

square miles, and 153 people forced to leave their houses. and it's a very dire situation out there, and it has taken a long time for them to get a part of the fire contained. >> we had wild weather, including cindy. we needed the rain though, tkpbtd we? >> we needed the rain. that dropped a lot and got out of here quickly saturday morning and now we have high pressure in charge and just looking good. i mean, you can feel the lowering humidity. you probably felt it yesterday coming in on the nice breeze we had out there yesterday. i believe we will have a little breeze today but you will notice the sunshine and notice just the wonderful and pleasant and delightful conditions out there. we have the sunny sunshine out there, sunny sunshine -- sunny skies out there, the -- what am i trying to say here. the sunshine continues for today, tomorrow and even a little bit on

showers here or there. just a stray one. i am going to say it's less than a 20% chance. then we are back in the 90s on thursday. for all of the summer lovers, don't be discouraged. we will have sunshine, and also some warming temperatures as we get into the end of the workweek with the humidity returning, of course. no humidity out there, of course. 73 in gaithersburg. 70s across the board. 85, that's what we are going to top out at today with low humidity and full sunshine. if you are headed out to the farmer's market, looking good through your morning hours. we have nothing really going on on the storm team 4 radar. the frontal system that passed to the south of us is now well to the south in north carolina, and that's where it's going to stay. we begin with a few high clouds and that's about it. could have a stray shower on tuesday, but really tuesday not lookingha

and here's where we have the 90s. we start to see that humidity increase on thursday, and we hit 90 degrees and then in the low to mid-90s friday, saturday and sunday with capitol hijust chan noon storms. >> thank you. there's political polling starting to look familiar, and it's a big reason why donald trump is staying a float. >> that number 40%. donald trump's approval rating is at the 40%. >> those that blame trump, 40%, and those that want to repeal and replace obamacare entirely, 38%, and those that just like the president, 38%. >> normally a

>> how long will trump's hold hold. time, 9:23. coming up, taking a risk that could make the difference between life and death. we will talk about a daring clinical trial thatould have c

two notable anniversaries comes this week. the tenth anniversary of the day apple's first iphone went on sale. if that doesn't make you feel old, i don't know what will. >> twitter is 11 years old this year, and twitter is older than the iphone which is surprising to some. time to take a look at a medical breakthrough here. you might know somebody waiting on a transplant list. >> and dr. torres explores the break through that could change the transplant system. >> today is

just a year ago, irma was suffering from serious kidney disease and on dialysis, irma was up against a five year wait on the organ transplant list. >> at some point i considered making a will. >> and then a phone call from her daughter with an outrageous proposal. >> i can get you a transplant but will have to give you hepatitis c to do it. >> hepatitis c infected kidney, otherwise healthy. >> what happens to that kidney? >> it literally gets thrown in the garbage. the kidney is otherwise a kidney that should be used to save somebody's life. >> this is the treatment that cures hepatitis c. >> betting on the new medication to be the game changer. there was no proof it would work in transplant changes until i

and nine other brave pioneers agreed to take the risk, and for irma the chance of getting off dialysis was worth it. >> i will take a pill versus dialysis. >> all ten patients got the virus and were treated with one pill a day for 12 weeks and today all ten are healthy with functioning kidneys. >> your transplant is functioning incredibly well. >> and now it's not just kidneys, but they are looking at a trial to use hepatitis c infected hearts. >> it's a milestone for me because i am me again. >> one woman's brave decision opening up a new era of oregon transplants. coming up, a developing story right now in pakistan. an oil

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sunday morning. metro riders dealing with new hours, higher fares and service cuts and it all started today. one of the first changes you will notice, trains just started running about 90 minutes ago at 8:00 in the morning on this sunday. a little boy is in critical condition this morning and his twin sister died after a pool accident. twin toddlers wondered into the backyard pool of the sterling home yesterday. caught on camera. a 14-year-old girl falling from a ride at is six flags ride in new york, and people catching her and the ride is now closed. i am adam tuss. >> i am angie goff. and other stories we are following up on impact the local community, but first the weather. >> beautiful out there, lauryn ricketts. you have to get outside, right?

lauryn ricketts, paging lauryn ricketts. this is a live look. >> lauryn ricketts went to the pool. >> she's back. >> somebody tell lauryn she needs to turn on her microphone. >> a few clouds out there, but all in all, not that bad. overnight, very comfortable. monday is going to be almost perfect because we will have the sunshine out there and low humidity and a stray shower possible on tuesday, but for the most part we are just going to be dry. 78. we have gotten up to 78 degrees right now. we have a nice breeze, and it was breezy yesterday but we have a nice breeze out there today. when can we see the 90s? we will show you that coming up in just a bit. >> thank you, lauryn. now to the developing story out of asia. in pakistan, officials say an oil tanker overturned and started to leak oil and there are multiple reports that people were trying to collect the

and somebody may have lit a cigarette and caused the explosion, and other reports say sparks from cars may have ignited the blast. you are looking at the video of the aftermath. dozens of other people are wounded, and many of the bodies are burned beyond recognition. we continue to follow the massive landslide early yesterday morning in china as everybody there was waking up. you can see just how terrible the landslide was in the footage here. my goodness. at last check rescuers recovered ten bodies and 93 others are still missing. meanwhile a colorado springs police officer in stable but ste steerious condition this morning after crashing as vice president was headed to peterson air

base. the president called to wish that officer well. it's not how the officer crashed but no other cars were involved there. a man from virginia has died after this crash on i-95. that accident tied up traffic for hours near springfield yesterday afternoon. virginia state police say two men were in the median trying to secure a boat to their pickup truck and a box truck slid into the boat and the two men. leonard schultz died and his nephew was hurt. the driver was charged with reckless driving. and then robin fitzgerald was killed on wednesday after a bullet passed through a wall and struck her as she was sitting in a friend's home after leaving a bible study class. that begins at 7:00 p.m. a fun florida vacation almost turned

prince william county family. >> and yeah, wanda moore has more on the rescue. >> a graduation gift for their daughter turned into a close call for marker and his family. >> we started seeing water in the boat and that's when i got nervous and we called out a may day. >> on another boat, ann spraouit heard them. >> the stern began to go, they jumped off and then they were able to float on some of their cushens. >> one of the ropes wrapped around matthew's ankle and started to pull him down. >> that was extremely scary. i was thinking, maybe, god, this is the way it ends but he had a

because i lost the shoe, too. >> and they were helping the family out of the water one by one. >> for a minute, we could not see any people. >> still in shock. >> it was one of the most scariest things i ever experienced in my life. >> but grateful to be alive. >> that was wanda moore reporting there. if you are around the national mall today, you may notice work being done to the world war ii memorial. dangerous business. tracking long lost treasure. why people are gting a warning et

don't see water in the pool at the world war ii memorial. they will drain the pool to replace the lighting and it

be refilled and working again by next friday. we love to see these kinds of games for the nats at nats' park. take a look. >> zimmerman to the gap in right center. goodwin is already beyond second base. he will score after turner. >> that was just the first inning. and let's break down some of the star hitting that took place yesterday afternoon against the reds. and that on base six times, and tayl taylor, nearly as good. four runs scored and even if you heard it last night this is a score worth repeating again, the nats won yesterday 18-3. that's what is called getting your butt kicked. >> doesn't get better than that. >> no. virginia is for lovers and wine lovers. we will get another check of this week's weather. the beautiful end to our weekend here. we will talk

maybe you are making plans for this sunday morning. you were thinking about eating brunch, some lunch, go outside and do it. if you are going to church services, looking fine on the way home and maybe stop for lunch on the way outside. and then even excellent conditions for

we have 90s and the phahumidity coming back into the region, and we will let you know when in three minutes. this story is wild. it's like something out of a movie. a treasure chest buried with goods. >> two people have died searching for the treasure tres. >> miguel almaguer has more on the hunt some people want to see end. >> in the rugged mountains near santa fe, there was a grim discovery, a body discovered who died looking for the treasure in the hills. the mystery began seven years ago. hundreds of t

the search, hikers looking for $2 million in gold coins, the only clue, in a poem. >> if you are brave and in the wood i give you title to the gold. >> the famed art collector hid his wealth to inspire fortune seekers to explore the great outdoor outdoors in the "thrill of the chase." last year, one hiker was found dead. >> i think this treasure hunt is ludicro ludicrous, out of control, dangerous, and it should be stopped. >> while he was lost, police say enthusiasts are dying to find finn's gold. he said he has not made a decision whether to call off the hunt. >> the treasure is not hidden in a dangerous place. don't look for the treasure anyplace where an

>> the man behind the money says the real treasure is in the hunt. >> miguel almaguer, nbc news, los angeles. former california governor, arnold schwarzenegger taking a jab out of trump's decision to pull out of the paris agreement. schwarzenegger said climate change should not be a political issue and we need to work toward a greener future. meanwhile the president has broken with an annual tradition to mark the end of ramadan. the white house did not host a dinner last night which has been done by the past three administrations. and they issued a warm greeting to those celebrating and instead attended the wedding

manchin. now one montgomery county teenager, 14-year-old caleb friday, he started caleb's cooking company to make food for kids that have special diets. he has crohn's disease which means he can't eat tkpwhraoglut grains or sue tkpwurgars. >> i just want to help kids have food they love. >> his company just started selling food online today, and they are planning to sell in whole food stores soon so you can find out more information in the nbc washington app. all you have to search is caleb's cooking company. >> i want those ke

speaking of eating and drinking -- >> why is that intro for lauryn? >> what better way than to welcome her to the weekend morning show. we are so glad you are joining us every weekend, bringing your spunk and energy. and, your fine taste of wine. i couldn't think of a better way to bring you into the show. >> it's funny because i went out to virginia. i am from virginia. virginia has become widely pop, as you know here in the mid-atlantic, for wine destinations. i wanted to know what made virginia so good to make these incredible wines. how does the weather match up to that? >> virginia, around 50 being right here in loudoun county. >> that's the vice president of bro vineyards.

mountains, and weather is a constant concern for grapes in the rapidly flourishing business. >> we live and die by the weather. >> there's always a risk. there's always a spring frost -- >> the manager is consistently watching the weather patterns and trends to make sure to produce the best wine possible in a variable virginia climate. >> when you want it to rain, it doesn't rain. when you don't want it to rain, it will always rain. >> and drought years are generally the best years for produce wines, as rain could have detrimental affects on the grape itself. >> it can suck up all the water and after a couple days it will come back down, and the sugar content might not get back to where it was but there's a balloon affect. >> water is essential.

>> why is this area favorable for wine production? >> you have these hills. everything is about drainage with grapes. everything is about drainage to not have cold pockets, and also so when it rains it trickles down and doesn't stay right here. >> i want to know and you want to know with all the harvesting taking place in the fall will 2017 be a good year for wines given our drought before we headed into the spring. >> a lot of neighbors got hill storms so they are already affected -- they already know their outcome, and for people that were not affected by the extremes or frosts, it could still go either way. >> it was so great to be out there. the rolling hills of virginia is what does it, and plus our climate, absolutely wonderful for wine making. get out to the vineyards today if you don't have your subpoenaed planned yet, wonderful weather and plenty

time to time, and mainly we will be dry and have sunshine. we could have a stray shower on tuesday, and then we're back to the 90s on thursday, friday and into the weekend. 78 here in washington, and everybody in the 70s at this point. we will take the temperatures into the 80s today, again, with low humidity. for your radar, nothing showing up on storm team 4 radar. and then the system passed through yesterday morning, and we have high pressure in charge and we are looking a-okay as we continue through your sunday and also through your monday and tuesday. this evening, pleasant conditions. temperatures will fall through the 70s and eventually end up in the 50s and 60s. low 80s for tomorrow. another great day with another low humidity day. now we do have a few stray showers possible on tuesday. this looks a little overdone, so i will give it less than a 20% chance. i did not

forecast. still low humidity on tuesday, and then building back up on thursday and hot and humid on friday, saturday and sunday and a chance of storms. coming up, we are keeping an eye

be closely watched this week. >> that's right. the justices will enter the final week of work before the long summer hiatushiatus. now there are rumors that justice anthony kennedy is planning to retire, and no word on when that might happened. kennedy has been on the court for nearly 30 years there. despite the lingering rumors, the justices are expected to argue two major cases, and one is the trump administration's travel ban and the other is the separate of state and church case, and if the justices vote in a tie those cases could be argued a second time in the fall. got that? >> got it. >> good. here's eun yang with what you can expect this week.

keep you and your family safe and your home secure. from the facts about dry drowning to the dangers of grilling, the simple things you can do to make all the difference this summer. four days, four ways, starting monday on "news4 today". take a look outside. feast your eyes on this. the sunday forecast looks great. we are looking ahead to a major cooldown during the workweek. new fares and new operating hours for metro. some of the changes going to

we have a lot going on this morning with metro. new hours, higher fares and service cuts all starting today. also today an emergency drill. >> lots to keep track of, but the temperatures over the next few days, they are going to climb a little bit but that does not mean you should not enjoy today. it's going to be a beautiful one, and we will tell you about what is coming up with the temperatures over the week. thank you for joining us. i am adam tuss. >> i am angie goff. we have welcomed lauryn ricketts to the show, and lauryn, what i can gather from your report, sounds l

nothing less than perfect. >> yeah, and we are going to have times of sun and clouds and it's just going to be a great day. the main thing, low humidity, and that's a plus, especially across the d.c. area. let's show you the temperatures. we start off on the cool spot, outside the beltway temperatures in the low 60s and now we have come up into the low 70s, and we will go into the low 80s at 11:00, and then possibly the mid to upper 80s. 85 in d.c., and went middle of the road with all sunshine and low humidity. a gorgeous day out there today. we have the heat and humidity coming back along with storm chances. we will let you know when those will be on the t10-day forecast in just a few minutes. and then