hitting a man and is expected to be okay. his officers recovered a gun from the scene but are still piecing together what happened. congressman steve scalise is back in the icu this morning. late last night, med star washington hospital made that announcement. we expect another update on his condition later today. doctors say there are concerns about infections. scalise and others were in a shooting at baseball practice last month in alexander. right now, he is in serious condition. scalise had been moved out of icu on june 23rd. new this morning, president trump is in poland. this is video of a meeting with that country's president about an hour ago. it is the first stop ahead of the highly anticipated g-20 summit, which beginning tomorro

he has a packed day ahead. here is adam tuss with a look at what he is doing today. adam? >> let's look at live pictures of what is going on. the president has a lot of meetings and a big address today. you see live pictures there. he's expected to hold a news conference any moment now. in less than an hour, he's going to speak at the three c's summit. the white house is feeling is a major speech to the polish people. that's going to happen later this morning. we are getting a look at the speech. in it, he is expected to talk about immigration. saving our border is close to terrorism and extremism. back to you guys. >> adam, thank you. another live look from poland as well as capitol hill. we'll go live to the capitol where tracie potts will have a look at what the president hopes to accomplish in this visit to poland. we'll also look ahead to what

watched meeting tomorrow between president trump and vladimir putin at the g-20 summit. parents who are upset a sexual predator was allowed to work around their kids are going to question school leaders. it will be friday, a former school aide, carlos bell, accused of abusing boys at that school. that wupt the only place he had access to the children. he worked as a facility attendent, then provided care at jp ryan and wade elementary schools in waldorf. in 2016, he volunteered as an assistant coach. the mother of a boy who trained with bell can't believe he was around her son. >> i feel rage. you know? i want him to get what he deserves. kids at this age? some of

>> investigators believe there are at least ten victims and could be more. bell is hiv positive. the victims are being tested. right now, this man's family would like your help finding him. 60-year-old orlando brown was last seen in damascus last night. he has dementia. he was driving his ford focus tags 4bw777. this shows him with a moustache, but he is currently clean shaven. >> it looks as though a nonprofit group might face neighbors from being convicted. the mobile park was supposed to shut down after the property owner couldn't afford to fix a leaking sewer system. the group would buy the mobile home park for $1.4 million according to "the washington post" and pay to fix the sewer

>> folks on the dallas toll road will prepare for extra noise. crews started breaking concrete to get rid of the old route 7 overpass. the noise waiver will allow crews to work during specific times until august 30th. work will start as early as 7:00 a.m. during the week and 9:00 a.m. on the weekends lasting until 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. respectively. temporary lane closures on 695 for routine bridge inspections. the closures run from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. this afternoon, weather permitting, of course. drivers should expect delays. >> 4:34 is time. we want to look at weather and traffic. >> melissa hasat

foggy commute. let's start with chuck and the forecast. >> it's a cloudy start once again today. much like yesterday, don't plan on much in the way of sunshine. a break here and there, but it's going to be, on the whole, very cloudy and at times rainy morning. raining hard south of the city, moving toward quantico. heavy rain and rumbles of thunder here to the west of marine base quantico. the heavy rain about to move through. eventually, that's all coming straight into the city. the southern and western suburbs are going to get a heavy soaking in the next hour to hour and a half. there's a break to the south there. that is the dry stretch up to lunchtime. we should get warm enough today to bubble up more rain and thunderstorm chances this afternoon. you might get rained on two or three different times. temperature wise, from low 70s, with an abundance of humidity. as you plan out the day, an umbrella kind of thursday

pockets of rain off and on. highs today, upper 70s to near 80. turn the ac off to take a break, but it's awfully humid out there. >> it is. humid in here today, i'm realizing. two things here. we have this inner loop problem at 50 and maryland. then the outer loop, right side blocked by the crash, i should say at 50 and virginia this morning. all of that green showing where you are seeing rainfalling across the area, making it yucky for the morning commute. we have lanes blocked down south. then southbound 95, the ramp there along 23 accident there on the left side as well. aaron? >> melissa, thank you. new video this morning of the moments right after an nypd police officer was ambushed. what we are learning about the suspect and the possible hate for the police. one of the only things that survived a fire that

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spirit is giving them new hope. >> they are living in a hotel while their northeast d.c. home is being repaired. it's one of three homes badly damaged in a fire. neighbors have been more than generous and giving to your gofundme campaign. they have three children under the age of 3. one part of the house survived a fire. a wall with a very meaningful message. >> every month, a phrase, a bible verse. this path month, it was we do hard things. that wall remains uncharred. >> really incredible. they say they never considered moving any place else. they are going to start over there. >> planning to go back to that home in northeast. let's give you a live look at storm team 4 radar right now as the rain continues to push into and through the area. a lot of you are going to see slick roads on the way to work

today. the story could be the same for the drive home. chuck is back with a closer look at the timing of the showers. president trump is getting ready to meet with several european leaders. it's his meeting with russia's president that everyone is interested in. what the two are expected to talk about in a live report from capitol hill. she lost a son to gun violence, now she's preparing

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good morning, everybody. 4:44, our favorite time of the day at nbc 4. heavy rain now south and west of the beltway is coming on in. there's going to be a wave of heavy rain between now and 7:00 this morning. talking tomorrow and a peek of the weekend in a minute.

we could see similar scenes like that in 21 states today. several organizations are planning sit-ins at the office of republican senators. they are demanding lawmakers vote against the senate health care plan. they said they will bring the plan up for vote, sometime after the recess. >> the president is in the middle of a visit to poland this morning. >> he is holding a joint news conference right now with that country's president. later this morning, he will deliver a major speech to polish citizens. tracie potts is live on catol hill. what is the goal of that particular speech and his overall visit to poland? >> reporter: a big goal was to ensure central european countries the u.s. would back nato alliance. moments ago, the president spoke about that, praising poland for being what he said one of the few countries to pay up, to meet

the president said he supports it, but he wants other countries to pay up as well. they talked about syria and natural gas. recently, there was a u.s. delivery of natural gas to poland. the president said he doesn't want any country to be beholden to any one supplier. russia is a major supplier of energy to the eastern european countries. now, the u.s. wants to cut in on the game. >> let's turn to tomorrow's meeting between president trump and the russian president, vladimir putin. are we getting a better idea of what they are going to focus on and talk about? >> reporter: a little bit. we talked about whether or not the president is going to bring up the interference in the election. we don't know. what we do now know is secretary of state, rex tillerson said the president will be ready to talk to russian president, vladimir putin about syria and establishing no-fly zones. the u.s. and

different feelings on the syrian government. they are trying to work together to drive out isis. tillerson says russia has an obligation to make sure those areas where they have driven out isis that syrian forces don't come in and take over as well. we know they will talk about syria and better cooperation. >> tracie potts on the hill this morning. thank you. i'm adam tuss here at the live desk following developments of a shooting at a local middle school. this was on 50th street northwest, not too far from hellie middle school. a man and a teen boy were shot just before 10:00 last night. the man was unconscious, not responsive. police say they are not looking for a suspect at the time. we are going fill you in with details as we learn more. back to you in the studio. >> thank you. happening today, the mothe

in 2014 is due back in hort. there's another hearing for her. she was the last person seen with her son jacob. the children were never found. this comes the same week of jacob's fifth birthday, which was july 3rd. she is not mentally stable enough for tribal. she had to bury one son, now a suitland mother is reliving that all over again. >> the worst nightmare happening again, when haven't even finished grieving for my first son. >> someone shot and killed the 18-year-old. his mother says he was visiting a friend on darrel drive. police are searching for suspects and motive. four years ago, his older brother, c.j. was murdered at a bus stop. tyreke helped

unimaginable loss. she doesn't know what she'll do now. >> tyreke was part of my healing for my first son, because he looked so much like him. that was my bittersweet that i got to see a little bit of how c.j. charles would have looked. >> tyreke walter leaves behind a young daughter. a $25,000 reward leading to the killer's arrest. a fire is at the center of an alleged fight between firefighters. this happened at the scene of a fire. the incident involved a county career firefighter and a volunteer firefighter sunday afternoon. the volunteer called the police department and asked for a criminal investigation alleging assault. police officers took pictures of the scene. the chief says it's too early to determine if charges will be fired. they have been removed from emergency call of duty.

out in leesburg, smile because you could be on camera. police officers have body worn cameras. for $176,000, motorola will supply the town with the cameras. they cover new dashcams and backseat cameras for officer's cars. the program begins next year. >> the third time was a charm last night. the company has been trying to get the latest rocket off the ground since sunday. the weather cooperates, thanks, chuck, now the communications satellite is in orbit. space spacex did not try to recover it because the payload was so heavy. congress is determining to establish a space core. a major installation would be cape canaveral air force station. reporters say the

from the air force. it would be a new branch of military. 4:51 is the time right now. cool enough outside, but still kind officy. >> you can almost wring the moisture out of the atmosphere. super, duper humid. it will lead to heavy rain here early this morning and another chance to get rained on this afternoon and potentially again, this evening. it's going to be the one, two, three punch for mother nature in rainfall. the heaviest rain is literally coming straight up the i-95 corridor. fredericksburg, quantico, southern prince county. western parts of the county, heavy rain over the potomac this morning. 95 is going to be wet. 301 is going to be a wet ride in. 66 out here toward the plains into gainsville.

manassas and western fairfax county. rain everywhere. everybody's roads around the area are wet. there's a break in the action from la ray to charlottesville. that will arrive here in the mid to late part of the morning. future weather, here is 11:00 a.m. the first wave of heavy rain pushing through. a break in the action around lunchtime. more showers bubble up after 3:00 or 4:00. with all the heating, it will bubble up thunder showers for the evening hours. temperature wise, not a hot day at all. soupy, 70s outside right now. today's high 80-82 degrees. a chance you are going to get rained on today? i could have gone 100%, but i didn't want you to think it was going to rain all day, so it put it 80%. have the umbrella ready to go. a peak at the ten-day forecast. chance of showers early tomorrow, a chance of afternoon showers. friday is prettier

saturday and sunday, full of sunshine. sunday and monday, a break from humidity. a look at the beach forecast the next half hour. it is time to go to melissa mollet who hates it when it rains on a morning commute. >> not my favorite thing. it is harder for everybody in the morning. taking a look at one problem we have here in northwest beach drive near park road, downed tree blocking all lanes. not sure if it came down because of the weather or earlier crash but we have a tree down. we are raining across the district. inner loop at 50, outer loop at 50, a crash on the right shoulder. southbound 95 ramp 23, a crash on the left side. westbound 66, before 245, the right lane is getting by that crash. aaron? >> thank you. a popular craft store under fire. >> what the department of justice says hobby lobby smuggled into the country, cal

announcer: you're watching news 4 today. welcome back. fairfax county is delays a decision on a new synthetic purse at the nike park in great falls. they wanted to use a crumb rubber surface. the neighborhood association voiced concerns because of the question of impact on health and storm water. d.c. banned using crumb rubber. the

commission are investigating the risk. the craft giant known for making sure your next dyi project is facing a fine. hobby lobby agreed to pay a $3 million fine. the craft giant smuggled thousands of ancient iraqi artifacts and lied about it on paperwork. the artifacts include tablets and bricks. she paid for her 2-year-old to have his own seat. that didn't stop united airlines from giving that spot to a stand by passenger. now the airline is saying sorry. the toddler had to sit on his mother's lap last week. the stand by passenger claims the toddler was in that seat. the mother says she paid for the seat, but a flight attendant says it was full. >> i was very uncomfortable. my hand was smashed against the wall. i left feeling in my legs and

>> united says gate agents inaccurately scanned the boarding pass saying he was not on the flight, so staff released his seat. yeah. that's all on united airlines. >> they got a lot of splaining to do. >> i don't understand not scanning it right. the news continues now at 5:00 a.m. right now, take a live look in northwest washington. look really hard this morning. there is fog rolling through the area and that's not all you are likely to see on the way into work this morning. take a look at these pictures from one of our crews on the road in northern virginia. it is raining and hard to see there. roads are pretty slick this morning. fast approaching the 5:00 hour on this thursday. good morning, i'm aaron gilchrist. i'm molette green in for eun yang. you are

with fog and all kinds of stuff happening in the weather. >> our team is working on a story. we want to start things off with storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell. we know northern virginia is waking up without power. you are outside with a super big umbrella. >> i have the storm team 4 umbrella. you need a supersized umbrella for the next hour tor two as the wave of moderate to heavy rain coming straight up i-95. rumbles of thunder. heavy rain along i-95, north of fredericksburg. the heavy rain is moving into fairfax the next 20 to 30 minutes. the next hour, arlington and the district. montgomery county, light rain across the area. it is an umbrella ready morning. temperatures recover from upper 70s to 80 later on today. best way to stay ahead of the weather, have your nbc washito

be tweeting updates on the forecast on my twitter handle and find my favorite weather pictures on forecast4you on instagram. you are going to get rained on at least two times today, maybe three. details coming up in a few. >> sounds like something to look forward to. thanks, chuck. park road near northwest, downed tree there blocking all lanes this morning. that is going to slow you down. that is near the existing construction closure. after east capital, a crash blocking a lane. a new crash inner loop or outer loop? which is it? outer loop. outer loop at connecticut avenue. we have a brand-new crash, details there and showing where the rain is falling. aaron? >> thank you. we are staying on top of the breaking news th