right now we have some late rain surrounding the beltway, light rain still falling where we've seen it all morning across 66 near marshal, gainesville, fairfax seeing that as well. more rain off to our west, but we do expect another round as we go into this evening. by 7:00 a.m. wet roads. noon a chance of a scattered shower. clearing this afternoon, light chance of a shower this afternoon. temperatures near 90. as far as your commute is concerned right now the good news melissa mollet is that we don't have much heavy rain. always good news for the commuters. >> keep it handy. >> just have the umbrella this morning. >> i will have it, that's right. it's in my bag, not that big. westbound 7 at the toll road left lane squeezing by but not causing any big problem. all of the green, the radar you see on the screen here this morning only see it on channel 4 showing you where it's raining across the area.

beltway but no major impact at this point. 95 at lorton road looking good, northbound and southbound. the travel times looking quite good. a look in prince george's county in the next couple minutes. >> all right. thank you. jo it didn't take much rain to cause flooding in some areas. look at this, parts of northern virginia and southern maryland got the worst of the rain yesterday. the downpours caused roads to flood, power outages and led to a water rescue. >> rain could impact your commute this morning. news 4's justin finch is live on 66 in centerville. how is the commute looking this morning, justin? >> hey there, erika, good morning, 66 eastbound leaving now. in the fairfax area take a look in front of us we are seeing the steady rainfall picking up in just the past few seconds here. this has been a drizzle light rain situation for the better part of the morning from our vantage point and the sun is up we're seeing this impact on the

points. others have been drier. nowhere near as dry as we saw much earlier this morning. here on 66 cars are kind of easing into this not going as fast as we saw earlier. also, that fog that very light fog we saw this morning, appears to be not an issue at all at this point. but as more cars get on the road, those wet roads and traffic could become a situation. back in to you. >> all right. justin, thank you. a close call for two kids in prince william county during the height of the rain. they lost control of their kayak in bull run creek yesterday. the current was moving too fast for them to control that kayak. they screamed for help and first responders rushed to the scene. the current made it difficult for the swift water rescue team to make it back on to dry land. the shift is on. and that's swanson up the middle and the braves beat the nats. >> while you were sleeping the nationals were on the field playing. first really they were

>> not only did they have to wait through the long rain delay but they lost to the brafx as you heard there and lost a key player, michael taylor suffered an oblique strain and will be on the disabled list. the game didn't end until 1:30 this morning. fans were literally asleep in the stands. >> and other stance were awake enough to post to twitter. did they ever. one of the tweets didn't want to take that "l" three hours ago. made us wait for a rain delay with no rain. other fans had fun with the long wait as well. cheers to you on that extra cup of coffee this morning. 6:03. tensions are high in hamburg, germany where world leaders are meeting for the g-20 summit. molette green is at the live desk with the big issues there and the violent protests happening. >> we're staying on top of the intense protests playing out for hours on the streets of hamburg. take a look at what's going on right now in this live picture.

on their agenda, we're hearing about incidents all over town this morning including one where dozens tried to block cars from accessing the meeting that's taken place in the downtown area. nothing on the scale of the big confrontations that we saw hours ago involving tens of thousands where they set fires, hurled bottles and rocks at police and the police fired back at them using water cannons and pepper spray. more than 100 officers hurt and 29 arrested. back to you, erika. >> all right. thank you. some of the top stories we're following this morning, congressman steve scalise is in serious condition after surgery. doctors say the house majority whip is suffering from an infection from the shooting injury he suffered during last month's congressional baseball practice. >> the former uber driver is accused of -- accused of a sex offense. this is ergun gunes. ic

after an alleged attack last week in hyattsville and may be driving a dark colored toyota rav4 with virginia tags. megan mcgrath is following this story and will have more at 6:30. the man who escaped deportation in loudoun county only to be recaptured is heading back to court. marlon rivas-mendez asked for an attorney. his preliminary hearing is set for this afternoon. rivas-mendez was deported five times before monday's escape. keep an eye on the nbc washington app as we learn more from the courtroom today. the man responsible for days of panic and confusion in prince george's and montgomery countys will be sentenced. as part of a plea deal, we expect the man to be sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. last month he pleaded guilty to shooting and killing his estranged wife and two strangers last year. the killings happened over two days. darcy spencer will be in the courtroom for today's sentencing and follow her on twitter @darcyce

seven people have been shot and killed in prince george's county. we learned the identities of the latest two victims. we brought you this story as breaking news yesterday. prince george's police say philip michael and kenneth edmonds were part of two groups arguing with one another that started with woods and ended with gunshots in the parking lot of an apartment building in district heights. 42 homicides in the county this year, compared to 48 at this time last year. they may not know their names or faces but last night neighbors in charles county prayed together for the ten boys who were reportedly abused by a teacher's aide. >> allow us to be servants, lord, to those young children whoever they may be and to their families. >> local ministers and the women of action? charles county held a prayer service last night outside benjamin stoddard middle school in waldorf. the sheriff's department said it was inside that school carlos bell recorded himself

some of the abuse happened at his house. bell is hiv positive. people gathered last night say everything about the case is heartbreaking. >> and we want the families to know that we're here, we're all mothers. we're here to support because as you know, when women get together, we change things. >> we're working to learn when bell will make his first court appearance and the possibility of more charges being filed. the school system will provide free hiv testing for anybody who may have been exposed to the virus by carlos bell. this case in charles county has striking similarities to one in prince george's county. former school aide deonte caraway is charged which abusing students in a elementary cool and recreational center. he's asking a judge to drop the charges because he believes his rights were violated. in a letter to the judge he says he hasn't been treated fairly since he didn't get a court date

judge he hadn't seen or heard from his attorney in more than a year. the judge wrote back saying they can discuss the matter at his next hearing set for july 13th. right now, we are hoping that you'll help us get the word out about a missing teen. myla cooper hasn't been seen since june 29th from frederick county maerpds. police say she was last seen on north market street last thursday. the nbc washington twitter and facebook page as well. if you see that come across your social feed, please do us a favor and share it this morning. there are raindrops to be dealt with this morning and there's another chance for rain, maybe thunderstorms coming up much later on into the afternoon and evening. so if you're planning a trip down to ocean city or rehoboth, beach time for the weekend, may have some thunderstorms to deal with down there today and there's an isolated chance of a shower tomorrow. honestly it's going to be a great weekend at the beach. what about

that part of the forecast coming up. >> it's the shopping habit that can cost you a lot if you're not careful. >> one in three americans admit they're guilty of it. we will tell you about the growing trend that could put

we've been in a cloudy and rainy pattern the last couple days and that won't change much today but the weekend is looking very nice. maybe a little shower around early on your saturday morning but by saturday afternoon we're back to sunshine and falling levels of humidity. sheena will look at the whole five-day forecast in a minute. it is melissa mollet's turn. >> good morning. i will take my turn this morning. outer loop, brand new crash here on the left side of the roadway. you can see the slowdowns there at the top of the beltway. that green again is showing y

area. still have the issue on 7 and a problem on the green line. take a look at all of that and your travel times coming up. molette green at the live desk. want to fill you in on a story you may see on social media as you get up this morning. a delta airlines flight attendant assaulted, forcing the plane bound for beijing to turn around last fight. a spokesperson for seattle/tacoma international says a first class passenger assaulted the attendant about 45 minutes into the flight. several passengers helped take him down. police waited on the tarmac to arrest the man. two people had to go to the hospital but they are expected to be okay and that flight was resketsled. it is 6:13. a montgomery county mother is not competent to stand trial. police say catherine hoggle was the last person to see her children alive. according to a new report doctors say there is still a chance hoggle's condition could change. jacob and sara hoggle

they've never been found. prosecutors say they've been building a murder case against their mother. another hearing is scheduled for the end of august. police have charged a georgia mother with murder after officers found her four children and their father stabbed to death. a fifth child was also stabbed but survived. all of the children were under ten years old. isabelle martinez is facing five counts of murder here. investigators say they've recovered the knife used in the killings. no word yet on a motive. today marks one year since the deadly police shooting in dallas where five officers were killed in that shooting by a sniper who ambushed police. the ambush played out late at night on social media live streams and on tv. dallas' mayor says it was not just a pivotal time for the city but one for the nation. mayor rawlings sat down with our sister station in dallas to reflect on how that shooting forever changed the city. >> what it has done is called upon all of

we talk, to try to deescalate versus escalate, and put together programs that we as a city come together. >> a memorial was unveiled yesterday and a second memorial will open next year. in pennsylvania family and friends will say their final good-byes to bianca roberson. the recent high school graduate shot to death during a road rage confrontation last week. police charged david des per. they say he shot the 18-year-old in the head as the two tried to merge into the same lane. a simple and friendly reminder to lock your car door. we've all done it, in a rush and forget to lock the car. montgomery county police warn criminals are looking carefully for unlocked cars. the thefts aren't just a problem for the car's owner. >> they're finding credit cards which turn into problems at, you know, banks and other retail establishments and crimes there. so it's causing an excess amount of work fore

nationwide problem. take a look, this is surveillance footage from a break-in in loudoun county about a week ago. tv shopping powerhouse qvc is buying its biggest rival. >> so well known for. i want to show you the size. look at that. >> look at this. >> qvc will purchase the home shopping network in a stock deal worth more than $2 billion. combined qvc and hsn reported more than $12 billion in sales last year. that's actually down compared to recent years. the drop is likely due to strong competition with the on-line shopping industry. speaking of on-line shopping, the convenience of apps and mobile wallets and the one click ordering could be enablers for impulsive spending. just a click of a button we can have just about anything delivered to our door steps now. a couple drinks can make the buy button more enticing. the average price tag of tipsy shopping sprees is more

$200 according to a finder.com survey. one tip to avoiding going overbudget is to delete the apps before you start drinking. while thinking about a it and consciously do it. >> if you add to the cup you add to the cart. >> dangerous. all right. >> some of you may never consider buying pringles' newest flavor unless you've been drinking. prescriptionles releasing a chicken top ramen flavor of chips. >> no. >> no. >> too much. doing too much. it's only available for a limited time. this is at dollar general stores. let us know what you think about the new flavor if you buy it and what it tastes like. does it taste like chicken ramen noodles. >> i would 100% buy that. >> would you really? >> oh, yeah. i love ramen noodles. >> you are -- >> i would 100% buy that. >> alone on that one. >> beef flavor i would get that too. >> no. sheena. >> let us know how it tastes. >> too early. >> i'm going to go to dollar general and get everybody one and more for me.

>> all right. tell us about this weather. we could use a little sunshine. >> we could use a little bit of sunshine. we could see the sun break out today. wet roads this morning, cloudy, muggy, and it's warm outside. but later on we'll see a nice big break and then over the weekend i really think you're going to like our weather pattern setting up for us. wet roads for your morning commute. even for your afternoon commute potentially, but that rain will mostly be here after the evening commute. lunch time mainly dry but again hot and humid. if you're exercising keep in mind the pavement still wet out there. lots of puddles. dinner time showers start to return and into this evening. we really have two rounds of rain today. a look at the radar, a lot of the heaviest will stay up to our north. locally we're still dealing with the light rain around the beltway and in the district, alexandria, bethesda seeing the light rain. reston as well. that goes up into parts of montgomery county but as we look off to the west still scattered light showers around winchester,

that's the main thing this morning. it is warm and humid out there. 72 sterling park, 72 vienna, and the district 75 degrees. prince george's county looking at mostly to mid to low 70s, chv let 72 degrees, and beverly beach mid 70s there, it's going to stay warm through the rest of the morning and then those temperatures are going to shoot up once we get the break from the rain. here's future weather. 8:30 still fairly light rain. the break coming by lunch time into the afternoon. mostly on the dry side. heating up to near 90. showers returning later this evening. could see a rumble of thunder. if you're walking the dog, russ needs a home find russ at the humane alliance. walking the dog by noon, mid 80s, 6:00 p.m. a chance of a shower. also don't forget clear the shelters saturday august 19th. the weekend is looking gorgeous. low humidity into next week. we will be back in the

coming up. check your commute on this friday, good morning, melissa. >> good morning. taking a look right now at the new problem on the beltway and we are starting to see slowdowns, no doubt the rain is not helping things here. outer loop, before roscoe pike the clash there is blocking the left lane. we still have the problem on 7 there at the dulles toll road. left side is squeezing by. this has been there for some time, but we aren't seeing too much of ap impact this morning. that is good. 66 and 95, both looking okay right now. dry at least for this moment in time. glean line delays both ways, track problem there. that just popped up. now as far as travel times i've got to get my belly out of the way for you to see them. 270 southbound germantown to the spur no problem. in virginia 66, 95, no major issues. remember to listen to wtop 103.5 when you hop in your car. >> all right. thank you. 6:20. school is out for the summer but

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today." check this out the national building museum released this video a time lapse of the construction of the new hive exhibit. it takes a lot of pieces to put all this together. watch it happen slowly. it features three domes made from 2700 paper tubes. it's the largest dome here at 60 feet tall and this morning that exhibit is one of our ideas for you to take the family to this summer for free fun. we brought you ideas this week from prince george, montgomery and fairfax, our series wraps up for a treat for folks in the district. >> the most instagramble spot of the summer. it opened to the public. d.c. residents invited to visit hives with complimentary admission on ward days. residents will be invited to see the installation, meet their

admission. we take our role as a citizen of our community seriously. we wanted to make sure we were accessible in d.c. folks who live in wards 3 and 8 are up first. free admission from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. on july 18th. for a list of the ward days go to the nbc washington app and search hives. >> police clashing with protesters violence in the streets, tensions are high as world leaders come together and president trump comes face to face with russia's president vladimir putin. >> police say he was working as an uber driver but 43-year-old ergun gunes is now on the run accused of a sexual offense. a live report coming up. and breaking news, a big problem green line service suspended between an cost ya. the problem ut

heights. requesting busses. a look at this and the other problems on the road coming up. >> umbrellas up this morning. the rain is continuing on the radar and as we go into the afternoon, you'll notice the break but another round is coming back later this evening. chuck and i are back in a bit with what you can expect for fios is not cable. and we believe everyone deserves faster internet. so with fios gigabit connection, you get amazing download speeds up to 940 megs 20 times faster than most people have. and it's just $79.99 a month online for the first year. switch to fios gigabit connection with tv and phone for $79.99 a month. plus hbo for one year and multi-room dvr service for two years. all with a 2-year agreement.

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"news4 today" begins with breaking news. >> it's 6:29 right now. if you're just waking up we have breaking news that may delay your commute on metro. >> let's get you to first alert's traffic melissa mollet. >> major problem for folks who ride the green line here. service suspended right now on the green line between nailer and an cost tia because of a problem outside of congress heights, they are requesting buss to help with the overflow. slow between those two for a lot of people this morning. outer loop before rockville pike the crash on the left side. kind 1/2 that left lane. folks are trying to stay right to get by that one. you can see the slowdown at the top of the beltway is our biggest issue road wise. travel times and a reminder all the green showing you where it's ai

morning commute almost everywhere this morning. i can thank you for that, right? >> yeah. down here, melissa. we are more than welcome to join us. we have enough room under the umbrella. >> dueling umbrellas on the weather deck. more humid, to make it start raining. 100% humidity out here now. not raining all that hard but it certainly will be a few swipes of the wipers this morning. and this little rain chance should be in and out of here relatively early and that is welcome news. so temperatures are in the mid to upper 70s by late morning and then highs today up into the upper 80s to near 90 degrees. there you can see the rain chance this morning. so there will be a risk of some showers early. should be mainly dry for the afternoon with enough sunshine again to get us up close to 90 degrees and another increasing chance for rain maybe a couple rumbles of thunder on your friday night. if you're going out late tonight going to be out

10:00 may have to deal with more rain chances at that point the time. we will detail the weekend forecast beach weather and all that coming up in a few more minutes. >> thank you for that. 6:31. working for you on this wet friday morning. a live look right now from our city camera where you can see lots of clouds there. a little traffic moving, but we know rain is coming down. >> that's right. let's get to the roads. justin finch is on the roadway. how is it looking out there, justin? >> hey there, erika. good morning. break for a second. rain still falling lightly however. we're seeing lots of splash from rain that fell on the beltway earlier. lots of gray skies and roads. traffic is moving at speeds. but there is lots of flooding we saw yesterday. those heavy rains really coming down in northern virginia in the manassas area over by the airport there. lots of heavy flooding reported in the area of piper lane as well. we talked floong

but in the bull run area in the centerville/clifton area. they saw flooding too. those areas drying overnight and of course into the morning. and out here on the roads that light rain and drizzle continuing this morning. it is a reason to slow down. and take it extra carefully because there will be slick spots on the road as you approach some of the highways and byways this morning. back to you. >> justin finch on the road for us, thank you. a close call for two kids in prince william county during the height of the rain. they lost control of their kayak yesterday. the current was moving too fast for them to control the kayak and they screamed for help and first responders rushed to the scene. the current made it difficult for the swift water rescue team to make it back on to dry land. we weren't the only ones dealing with flooding problems. emergency crews have been busy in parts of pennsylvania as well. look at this video. this is what one neighborhood outside of pittsburgh looked like after flash flooding turned

streets into rivers. and don't forget as you go through your day and weekend keep the nbc washington app handy. track the storms in your neighborhood with the interactive radar there and you can set weather as your home screen. the search is on for a former uber driver. >> he's accused of committing a sex offense while on the job. a look at his picture. take a look at your screen here. ergun gunes. news 4's megan mcgrath is live in hyattsville with how you can help police track him down. megan? >> good morning. well hiyattsville police say he was working as an uber driver when it happened, and he's wanted by police. take a look at this picture here. his name is ergun gunes. he's 43 years old. police are looking for help from the public in locating him. now the incident happened on june 26th, so about a week and a half ago right around 11:00 p.m. in the area of queens chapel road and hamilton street. that's in the hyattsville area. li

working as an uber driver at the time. his car is a dark colored toyota 2015 rav4. it has virginia license plates. now ergun gunes is no longer an active uber driver but police are still trying to locate him. anyone with information about his whereabouts, you are asked to call hyattsville police. back to you in the studio. >> thank you. right now, security is on high alert for the g-20 summit. news 4's molette green is at the live desk with more. >> no let up from the protesters near the g-20 summit. the scene last night as thousands clashed with police hurling bottles and rocks at officer and police responding with water cannons and pepper spray. take a look at what we're seeing on the streets of downtown hamburg right now. much calmer scene, nothing like the dramatic confrontations we saw hours ago. you can see those demonstrators on alert and police on alert there in t

and inside the summit we have seen world leaders starting to gather and starting to tackle some of the first items on their agenda there. these anti-trump, anti-capitalist groups are promising more demonstrations in the hours ahead. look for coverage to continue in just a few minutes on the "today" show. that is the latest. back to you. ♪ in our top stories this morning, a vigil for a man executed in virginia. last minute efforts to spare the inmate's life failed after concerns about his mental health. william morva was sentenced to death after killing a hospital security guard and sheriff's deputy during an escape in 2006. mental health advocates tried to spare his life because he suffered from a delusional disorder. we are showing you a picture of myla cooper, 16 years old from frederick county,

cooper hasn't been seen since june 29 police say damage at a fairfax elementary school was deliberate and want your help finding the people responsible for it. construction crews found the destruction and signs of arson around white oaks elementary in burk on monday. police believe the vandals struck overnight and did $20,000 worth of damage. school is out nor the summer and the building is under construction. hate crimes

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. breaking news right now in first 4 traffic. metro rail single tracking between anacostia. because of the problem outside of congress heights. we were shut down on the green line a short time ago and now seeing tracking. we'll take a look at the roads a couple problems there and your travel times coming up. good morning, sheena. >> good morning, melissa. we still have a few light showers on the radar. scattered rain for your morning around the beltway near 6

morning and moving into parts of loudoun county. as we go through the day you will want the umbrella this morning and later this evening but if you are exercising the biggest break will be around lunch time and into the afternoon with temperatures close to 90. chuck and i back with your beach and weekend forecast coming up. all right. thank you. while venus williams is playing at wimbledon today her attorneys will be in court in west palm beach, florida. the tennis star is being blamed in a car accident last month. the passenger in the other car later died. williams was asked about the crash during the wimbledon news conference she held on monday and shook her head, wiped away tears and excused herself. if you've been watching wimbledon this week we hope that you've been hearing for fran -- cheering for francis tiafoe. >> both he and his twin brother franklin trained the at a tennis facility in college park. francis turned pro but he was knocked out in yesterday's competition but the kids at the same tennis

in his footsteps, and he's setting a great example. >> he is. >> rain delay on the diamond and a nats game that went until 1:30 in the morning. why fans may be a little testy today. >> plus, a health scare for a congressman, a republican lawmaker returns to the hospital. the tough road to recovery after a targeted attack. and we're following the sex assault case involving students in charles county. the steps being taken to protect the victims and ♪ it's go time at dunkin' with two egg and cheese wake-up wraps for $2. enjoy two freshly made oven-toasted wraps and keep on running all day long. america runs on dunkin'.

face-to-face, moments ago president trump had his first encounter with the russian president. what's next for the high stakes meeting this morning. >> a form school aide accused of sex assault. what we are learning about his past, including a stint on reality tv. >> and frustrated fans, a rain delay for the nats, late night for baseball fans that didn't pan out as planned. you're watching "news4 today." >> this morning we're working to learn when a former school aide will appear in court. >> carlos bell is charged with abusing ten students in charles county and more charges could be coming soon. >> here's what we know about the case right now. the suspect worked at benjamin stoddert middle school and was a track coach at la plata high school. the sheriff's office said some of the abuse happened on school grounds and at bell's home and bell is hiv positive. none of his victims have tested positive for the

the community is rallying around those victims. >> they may not know their names or faces, but last night neighbors in charles county prayed together for those boys. >> allow us to be servants, lord, to those young children, lord, whoever they may be and to their families, lord. >> local ministers in the women of action charles county held a prayer service last night. that was downside benjamin stoddert middle school in waldorf. people that gathered last night say everything about the case is heartbreaking. >> and we want the families to know that we're here, we're all mothers, we're here to support because as you know, when women get together, we change things. >> before working for charles county schools bell was apparently on reality tv. these pictures of the cbs website for the now canceled show "the job" show carlos bell's picture. he was a contestant on the show hoping to become a fashion icon and work for cosmopolitan zi

will provide free hiv testing for anyone who may have been exposed to the virus by carlos bell. the latest. aaron? >> thank you. 6:47 right now. university of maryland has a new chief diversity officer on campus. education professor roger worthington is taking on that job. he says he plans to be in close dialog with students, staff and faculty on issues of diversity and inclusion. he says umd is mourning the loss of richard collins iii murdered on campus in may, a noose was found hanging at a frat house before collins' death. >> i want to be in touch with students. i want to be in touch with faculty and staff and everybody who is part of the university community here and listen to people and hear their concerns that they have. >> the chief diversity officer position has been around for years, but maryland's administration says the role is critical right now. also at the university of maryland one person taken to hospit a

explosion. this happened at the chemistry building yesterday afternoon. as a result of that, the building had to be evacuated. we're told the explosion was caused by some type of chemical reaction. >> congressman steve scalise remains in serious condition after surgery. doctors say the house majority whip is suffering from an infection from his shooting injury he suffered during last month's congressional baseball practice. right now, the pressure is on in hamburg, germany, for the g-20 summit. a live look at a much calmer scene after tens of thousands of protesters clashed with police outside the meeting. police are guarding the streets trying to keep demonstrators under control now. this is how violent it got overnight as you look at the video here. protesters were setting fires and hurling bottles and rocks and fireworks at police officers. police used water cannons and tear gas to get them under control. nbc's jay gray is in hamburg with a look ahead at today

>> reporter: hey there and good morning, aaron, erika, you may hear the hum of security choppers overnight. protesters still here in hamburg as they did last night. there was a sit-in early this morning. a small group of those demonstrators trying to block access to the opening of the g-20 summit. police used water cannon and then forcefully removed them and it did nothing to delay the opening of the session here. this all coming and unfolding as we are now just hours away from the highly anticipated meeting between president trump and vladimir putin, the russian president. on the agenda, we're not real sure. the white house has refused to discuss anything that the leaders may discuss here later this afternoon but you can assume there will be talk of syria and iran and also be talk of the ukraine and many back home are really demanding that the president bring up russian meddling in the 2016 presidential

here in hamburg, i'm jay gray, back to you. >> erika, and aaron. >> 6:50. learning more details as a story we brought you as breaking news yesterday morning. the two men killed in a shooting in district heights have been identified. philip michael and kenneth edmonds were part of two groups that were arguing with each other and ended with gunshots. in the past week seven people have been shot and killed in prince george's county. take the kids to meet a former washington redskins quarterback. jason campbell will be the guest at first baptist church car and bike show. the event kicks off tomorrow with campbell as the keynote speaker at 8:15 in the morning. the consider and bike show starts at 9:00 a.m. the shift is on. and that's swanson up the middle and the braves beat the nats. >> while you were sleeping the nationals were on the field

necessarily a good one for the team. not only did they have to wait through the long rain delay but they also lost to the braves and they lost a key player. michael taylor suffered an oblique strain and will be on the disabled list. >> the game didn't end until 1:30 this morning. fans were literally falling asleep in the stands as we showed you in the video. other fans were awake enough to post to twitter. one of the tweets reads didn't want to take that l 3 hours ago made us rain for a rain delay with no rain. other fans had more fun with that as well as you can imagine. >> sit and wait all that time you want a win. >> i hope everybody is off today. >> 6:51. let's turn to melissa mollet and breaking news in traffic. >> breaking news in first 4 traffic, still have this problem on metro here. single tracking on the green line between nailer road and anacostia, problem outside of congress heights we were shut down and they reopened and now single tracking. outer loop before r

roadway response on the right as well. we are seeing a good delay because of that and that's really the only big delay we're seeing this morning. take a look here outer loop as you're approaching rockville pike little slowdown on the inner loop as well as folks look to the left this morning. 66 okay, 95 in virginia no major problems. no worries right now. travel times, 270 germantown to the spur on time. top of the beltway slow. the inner and outer loop 66 inbound is okay, 95 northbound in virginia no worries there. listen to wtop 103.5 fm when you hop in your car. >> good morning, melissa. quiet this morning cloudy skies and pockets of light rain across the region. this is the first of two chances that you're going to get rained on today. we're in the warm sector of all this, it is soupy outside this morning. dew point which is the measure of moisture in the atmosphere in the 70s. it feels about as sticky as it

light rain from leesburg to frederick to gaithersburg to german town and rockville and bests theys da. watch out for a couple spots of wetness this morning. most of the first light rain chance in and out of here between now and about 9:00 or 10:00 this morning. by lunch time, though, sunshine will be breaking out and that will lead to a very warm day with temperatures in the upper 80s flirting with 90s degrees. we could have an isolated thundershower during the afternoon but another higher chance for rain comes in after 8:00 or 9:00 tonight as a cold front comes on through. it will take the humidity out of here for the weekend. 75 degrees now as you're planning your day out. near 90 today at happy hour time with a chance for a couple showers around but nothing major. always stay ahead of the weather using our nbc washington app. and the interactive radar feature. what about the weekend i'm promising lower humidity, you can deliver on that right. >> yes, i think we can, chuck. it's going to be nice as we go into the weekend. big changes from, of course, what we had yesterday and what

very muggy outside now, but i think you'll like your beach forecast. today if you're heading to cape may a chance of showers later on today. saturday and sunday looking good. sunday and saturday looking like the hottest day. sunday will be date with the lower humidity. rehoboth beach looking pretty good. tomorrow 88 degrees, slight chance of a shower but overall fairly dry. low humidity on sunday. ocean city very similar today. we still have the chance of a shower or couple thunderstorms saturday and sunday. looking good. down in virginia, this is where we will be in the 90s closer to the waerpts. by sunday looking at the clearing up, 84 degrees by sunday. for the rest of the area for the weekend, tomorrow we'll see a chance of some early showers. can't rule out a stray shower by tomorrow afternoon but mostly sunny and highs near 90. by sunday when we're looking at the low humidity, sunday looks like the best day out of the weekend. a lot more comfortable but let's take a look at the ten day. hot temperatures next week. >> we will be back in the 90s by tuesday of next week and we'll spend most of

higher. enjoy our break from the heat and humidity and sunday morning and monday morning are going to be lovely around here. 60s even downtown and there will be 50s in the suburbs sunday and monday morning. something to enjoy. >> good morning. i'm morgan brennan at cnbc headquarters. echo has a new skill, alexa can notify you on the day your page are on your way to your house. if you ask your device to do so the led ring will glow yellow when your items are set to arrive. amazon's prime day is this coming tuesday. with your cnbc morning business report i'm morgan brennan. >> thank you. 6:55 right now. here are four things to know. president trump has a high stakes meeting with vladimir putin at the g-20 summit today. this comes as thousands of protesters clashed with police. nbc's peter alexander has a live update from hamburg, germany, ahead on the "today" show. >> former uber driver ergun gunes is accused of a sex offense, last week in

hyattsville. he may be driving a dark colored toyota rav4 with virginia tags. we will pass along updates through the nbc washington app. we're getting the word out about a missing teenager. myla cooper has not been seen since june 29th. she's from frederick county, maryland. police say she was last seen on north market street. we shared her photo on the nbc washington twitter page. in pennsylvania family and friends will say their final good-byes to bianca roberson. the recent high school grad shot to death during a road rage confrontation last week. police charged david desper and say he shot the 18-year-old in the head as the two tried to merge into the same lane. slow spot on the rails, green line single tracking between nailer road and anna costa. because of the problem outside of congress heights. our slow spot on the roads right now. outer loop as you're approaching rockville pike still have the crash on the left shoulder. so it's out of the roadway. causing quite the delay as you're coming southbound on 95 from maryland on to the top of

have heavy rain this morning but another chance of showers later this evening. we'll see a break in the middle of the day and most of the afternoon. as for temperatures near 90 hot and humid, tomorrow small chance near 90 and then low humidity sunday looking gorby monday, much of the -- gorgeous by monday. back in the 90s. >> thank you. that is the news for today. appreciate you waking up with us. >> more local news and weather and traffic at 7:25. the "today" show is coming up next. >> make it a great friday, everybody.

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good morning. it's on. two of the most powerful and controversial men in the world, president trump and russian president vladimir putin, meeting one-on-one for the very first time, just hours from now. so much to discuss. but will russia's meddling in the u.s. election be in the aga agen agenda? outside, protesters clash with police. we're live in hamburg. more trouble in the skies. a frightening scene playing out on a delta flight. a first-class passenger accused of assaulting a flight attendant. the plane forced to turnaround as other passengers struggle to