on what we have been watching overnight. hey, adam. >> the united nation's security council is set to hold a meeting on how to respond to this. look at this map. it shows north korea and alaska. north korea's latest missile launch was an itbm, as it's known, capable of reaching the united states and more specifically, alaska. here is another look at that video we got in. u.s. secretary of state, rex tillerson is calling the launch a new escalation of a threat to the united states. we are continuing to monitor updates on the situation. >> adam, thank you. north korea's latest missile test comes as president trump leaves for a second trip overseas. it is going to be a major talking point. he is going to make a stop in poland before heading to

that will include a meeting between president trump and vladimir putin. it's the first face-to-face encounter for them. will president trump raise the issue of meddling in the 2016 election. here is a preview of what they could talk about. a horrific scene in maryland. police are investigating this fatal accident. it happened near the bp gas station on route 175. the medical examiner was already on the scene when our crew arrived. one person died there. we are working to learn more about how this happened and who was involved. another developing story out of prince george's county. take a look at this pick-up truck. greenbelt police are gathering details in this case. no word on the condition of the driver or if anyone inside that store was hurt. this morning, parents are demanding er

officials. they want to know how a teacher's aide, accused of sexual abuse had time and access to students during school hours. carlos bell was accused of abusing seven students. he has hiv. he was arrested last week but the reported abuse dates back to last year. he worked with special education and general education students. that meant he had access to a number of classes. we spoke to some of his neighbors who say they don't know him well, but the allegations are horrifying. >> he should be punished. >> their life is just beginning, they are in middle school. what kind of person does this? >> the sheriff's office says additional charges could be filed against bell as soon as friday. adam tuss heret

desk. we are following breaking news in prince george's county this morning. police are investigating a homicide. a man was shot on darrel drive. as you can see from this video, the investigation appears to be happening at an apartment complex. you can imagine, this is a frightening situation. the shooting happened just before 1:30 this morning. anyone with information is asked to call the police. back to you. >> thank you. 4:33. d.c. police need your help finding this man, nathan matthews was last seen on wisconsin avenue monday. if you see him, call police. new video from a large gaithersburg townhouse fire. we told you about the fire yesterday morning. the cell phone video shows how intense these flames were after a mishap sparked the fire. fire crews believe the homeowner may have used

propane grill. it cost at least 550,0$550,000 damage. july 4th celebrations wrapped up around our area. they are cleaning up after a spectacular fireworks display on the national mall. thunderous booms echoed across the monuments as thousands watched the night skylight up. it drew people from all over the country. the celebration was more of a community affair. >> washington always does it best. >> different colors. >> it is refreshing. i love coming together as a community. >> over in greenbelt, cars got stuck in traffic trying to make it to the fireworks. this is on kenilworth after.

from their cars. i could hear -- it was like the apocalypse until midnight last night. >> really? >> yeah, yeah. >> it was rough. i didn't get much sleep. 4:35, our time. i'm not complaining, though. >> it sounded a little like a complaint. >> we can deal with it. let's check traffic and weather. >> we can check it for you. i don't know. maybe i just always hear what aaron says as a complaint because i know him better. may want to grab that umbrella. needed rain chances back in the picture. it will be with us not just for today, but tomorrow. friday as well. very optimistic about the weekend. for now, light rain moving to the west side on the beltway near tyson's corner. i-66 inbound there, rain drops across the northern virginia commute. temperature wise, with the clouds around and

chances, nowhere near as steamy. temperatures only in the upper 70s to low and mid-80s today, the severe weather chances will remain a way for days. we'll look at the weekend forecast coming up in a few. good morning. >> good morning. taking a look at this in loudoun county. this is clark's gap road. all lanes are blocked. sounds like a vehicle off the roadway near the gas station. we are going to keep an eye on that one. the rest of the beltway looks okay. no complaints. taking look at 66 as you fly in here from fairfax parkway. no issues. listen to wcop when you hop in your car this morning. northbound vw, left lane blocked by a crash. that was yellow, now it's red here. quite slow through that area. westbound 50 at 197, also have a crash reported there near the 197 intersection this morning. back in a couple minutes.

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needed help evacuating. the officer thooz drive-through flames to get to people. at least 14 were killed, 2500 homes and buildings damaged by the fire. fourth of july sales came to an abrupt end. shoppers had to be evacuated after five inches of water rushed into the mall's first floor. the fire department had to shut off the fire after a water main burst. a fireworks celebration turns frightening in rural alabama after shells misfired. one fireworks exploded. one went toward a crowd. two people suffered mi jor injuries. the company says the shell may have been defected. >> you think? >> yeah. that kind of

quite often. it's the risk people take. it's an independence day tradition in our area. >> thousands flock to the national archives to hear the words that changed the modern world. >> it becomes necessary for one people to resolve to political bans to protect them. >> a group dressed as the founding fathers and read the declaration of independence along constitution avenue. a woman literally lives and breathes these words. she is a descendent of philip livingston, one of the men who signed the declaration of independence 250 years ago. murphy delivered the keynote address. >> free speech. freedom of religion. the rights can be eroded. unless we stand-up for them, we will be in trouble. >> murphy was part

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good morning. we are tracking rain drops for you on a wednesday morning. luckily, we missed all the interrupting level of rain on the fireworks yesterday. more chances that you are going to be interrupted by rain drops today and potentially tomorrow as well. i'll have the ten-day forecast in about five minutes. see you then. the mosquitos are back and so is the fight to keep another zika outbreak from happening. what you need to know to keep you and your family safe. snap chats, i know my kids use it. the feature that could allow people to track your kids. final preparations are on the way in poland, people hanging signs to welcome the president. he will give his first outdoor address out of the country. they want to hear the president in light of the surge in russia. >>

first stop overseas. >> the highlight is the first face-to-face meeting with vladimir putin at the g-20 summit. tracie potts is live on capitol hill. will the president bring up the election meddling? >> reporter: we don't know. it's the big topic not to mention syria and ukraine and other areas where the u.s. and russia clashed. with the investigations happening in washington, it would be odd and the talk of the g-20 summit if president trump sits down for the first time with russia's leader and doesn't address the fact that 17 intelligence agencies here in the united states say they found evidence that russia tried to interfere in our election, whether the results happened or not. because the white house said there's no agenda, this is up to what president trump wants to talk about. frankly, we don't know if it will come up on friday. >> high stakes

everybody's minds. what could come out of that? >> reporter: a couple things. the u.n. security council could decide whether or not to impose its own sanctions as a result of the missile test, which was the longer range icbm that could reach alaska, or they could also try to put pressure on china, which is a member of the u.n. security council to lean on north korea because they are the biggest actor in that country. we expect to see that meeting happen today. >> tracie potts on the hill for us. thank you. 20 minutes to the hour. they are heroes when a gunman opened fire at a congressional baseball practice. we are hearing from one of the two capital police officers for the first time. [ applause ] the d.c. society sons of the american revolution presented them with their law

accommodation medals. they were part of security detail for steve scalise. they engaged the gunman and kept them occupied until the police arrived. they are credited with saving many lives. >> honored to be here. thank you for the award. just thank you. appreciate it. >> special agent was not able to attend the event. his supervisor accepted the award for her. days after the shooting, we saw her throw out the first pitch at the congressional women's ball game from a wheelchair. shees recovering from a gunshot to the ankle. over the weekend, a 7-year-old girl drown in a backyard pool. it happened along hunter's ridge lane on saturday. the fire department says the girl fell into the pool during a gathering with about 100 people. relatives and

administered cpr, but they were unable to save her. we are working to see who was killed in a train crash. the man was killed when a csx train hit his suv on baltimore avenue. the train tried to stop but didn't have time and pushed the suv down the tracks. the train was headed to balt flor detroit. this is the third deadly incident in our area in a week. last week, a 13-year-old died while hiking along the tracks with her brother and cousin in manassas. she was walking along the bull run bridge and couldn't get out of the way of the train. two csx workers died north of union station. steven of pennsylvania and jake from cumberland, maryland were hit by an amtrak train conducting safety checks. mtsb is

crash. i'm adam tuss. we are following breaking news from a police officer. a woman officer was shot in the bronx early this morning. take a look at video from the scene. police put out a press conference a bit ago and explained what happened. >> well, she was sitting in the vehicle and he came up and fired a round into the vehicle. so, i don't know if anything else could be more unprovoked than that. >> the nypd says the suspect drew a gun and he shot and killed him. another person, believed to be a bystander struck by a bullet is in stable condition. back to you. >> thank you. 4:51. many of us head back to work after the long holiday weekend, you may notice more road projects tieing up your commute. the projects are happening many maryland to virginia. many will impact commutes all summer long.

build thag will go on top of it. ? virginia, toll lanes are being added along i-66 and the road is being widened. in rockville, a new pedestrian tunnel is being built. drivers have noticed -- >> it starts and hasn't stopped. goes on and on and on. >> are you kidding? this corner here is the worst. >> you can check conditions on the nbc washington app. open it and go to the traffic section. we have made it through the fourth of july. some fireworks shows were delayed because of rain. >> yeah. not all of them. the one i was at at the national mall, no problems. we had hit and miss showers across the area. we had to move the rain chance up yesterday morning. we ramped it up for you. a lot of postings and great response on the social media feed. hopefully, we helped you navigate around

it will be harder to miss them today. no one cares. it's back to workday around here. we need the rain after the third driest june on record, we could use more in the way of rain drops from mother nature. we will get that today and tomorrow as well. not going to rain everywhere all the time. you want to know where the umbrella is. northeasterly breezes are back. that will bring cooler air back to the region as well. nowhere near the 92 degrees temperatures we had yesterday. the hit and miss rain chances that extend from washington westbound to st. louis and kansas city. no heavy rain out there this morning. swipes of the wipers are likely along route 50, 66 and 7 toward leesburg and herndon. the future weather continues to bring this rain chance around between now and really anytime through the rest of the morning commute. just know that it's going to be kind of a showery start to the day. a little break in the action early this a

just warm enough where we might be able to cook up thunderstorms later today. the best rain chances from washington south and westbound toward charlottesville and blue ridge. highs today, generally the low 80s. nothing all that much to concern yourself with. same story, again, coming your way tomorrow. warmer on friday. highs back up to 90 degrees with thunderstorms around in the afternoon. look at the weekend, melissa mollet. saturday and sunday, full of sunshine and lower humidity coming your way for sunday. >> i love it. i'm already looking forward to the weekend. taking a look at the beltway. inner and outer loop, no issues there. you can see the rain here starting to kind of move through all that green, slimy looking stuff. clarks gap road in loudoun county, that crash cleared out of the way this morning. taking a look elsewhere, 270 flying down from 70 new york city problems from 70 to the spur. you are nice and on time here this

that, of course, is good here. northbound vw parkway,that has cleared. so has 50 at 197. aaron? >> melissa, thank you. a sitcom from the '80s and '90s that some are doing in real life. the golden girls trend taking hold for older women. also ahead at 5:00, a warning for a lot of you before you hit the road for work. why you may want to stay out of the left lane. we continue to follow the latest developments out of north korea. take a look at this video just in out of the

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welcome back. safety concerns about a feature in snap chat. the snap mat allows viewers to pinpoint the exact location of their friends in the act. for some, it raises questions about privacy and security. they could be unknowingly making themselves targets for predators. the stranger danger we used to teach our kids about, be on the lookout for a creepy van. they don't need the van anymore, they can find out where you are at any given time. >> the snap map is off by default and has to be turned on. you can turn on ghost mode in the settings. your kids may be out of school, but there are a number

in the classroom. the government's office on adolescent help says the portion of teens enrolled last summer was four times higher than the 1980s. many teens are spending time at jobs. 23 million teens were working or looking for a job. a quarter of them volunteered. get ready to meet the 2017 golden girls. they may not be dor think, blanch and rose, but given themselves similar names. >> they call us cha-cha girls. let's play cha-cha. >> the cha-cha girls live together in sarasota, florida. they are all related. their caregivers who recollecar related, they was looking for a comfortable way to care for them at the same time. they pooled their resources and

>> one has strength in one area, it makes up for a weakness in another area. they all look out for each other. >> the cha-cha girls are all in their 90s. >> what a great idea. it is 5:00 a.m. good morning, everybody. i'm aaron gill crest. >> it is back to work for a lot of you this morning. we are here to get you out the door on time. we'll have a look out the doors with melissa. first, some may need the wipers, not where you are, though. >> i'm hiding under the tree at the moment. there are light rain drops reaching us in northwest washington. 30 minutes from now, i'm probably going to have to hold on to an umbrella. for now, the leaves are giving me enough of a cover. cloudy skies all over washington here this morning. four things you need to know