>> the breaking news on metro this morning as well. train single tracking between pentagon city. green lines single tracking between -- three lines single tracking because of a late roadwork. real dae lice for a lot of people. the other issues on the roads. inner loop before 4. chopper 4 over the scene here. you can see on the right side of the roadway there, we have this pepsi truck burned down. around 3:30 this morning. inner loop before 4:00 this morning the backup building. this is going to be here for some time. good morning, chuck and sheena. it's a beautiful start to a monday. it was a pretty weekend around here. the beginning of what's going to be an ugly week ahead. >> that's going to be the story as we go

today, we're starting off comfortably through the rest of the week. heat and humidity on the rise. we could have one day. i'm sorry, chuck. >> wait until you're standing out here in that suit with a shirt underneath. going to be really hot and humid. we're seeing mostly sunny skies right now. temperaturewise, rest of the area, 64 dulles. 67 clinton. gatorsburg at 63. your morning commute, we have sun. you're about to head out. by noon, already mid to upper 80s this afternoon. this afternoon around 90. later this week, we're talking about near triple digit heat. but really feeling like the humidity. >> going to be hot. we'll show you that forecast coming up in a bit. all right, guys. it's 6:01 now. breaking news, a tractor-trailer accident could tie up the commute on the beltway. >> this is happening on the innlo

with what's happening. justin, good morning. >> reporter: eun, good morning. we're being kept back a bit. they want to remove the trailer portion from the roadway. that's a pepsi trailer back there. inside, lots of burned up soda cans and that structure is totally damagedment look down a bit, perhaps you'll see it's missing tires in the back. that fire broke out close to 3:30 this morning. the inner loop, we're seeing movement here. it's been slowing down at portions over the course of the morning. those left lanes are moving towards pennsylvania avenue. however, there's a right lane where you're going to find that tie-up and cleanup. the crews telling me that one issue will be moving that entire trailer structure because it is so damaged because the wheels are kind of damaged as well. it won't be an easy haul out of here. it could have issues as they move the structure out to get it of

that could be where the next tie-up comes this morning. back to you. >> justin, thank you. developing right now, prince george's county police are still looking for clues in suitland. this happened near a busy strip mall and near the census bureau. the shooting was in one of the alice. one of the victims ran into the popeyes. no word on a suspect or motive. >> a trooper is recovering after a suspected drunk driver hit his cruiser. the trooper was on a traffic stop early sunday morning in lanham. police say a truck hit the back of his cruiser. the trooper is out of the hospital. he's been identified as andrew mitchell charged with driving under the influence. the i-team says this is the 39th incident involving a maryland

last year. investigators could learn how a baby girl died ingatorsburg. her named is brooklyner by. she was in a van. the family may have been living in that van. they were doing an autopsy to determine how the baby died. the man accused of killing his stepfather and posting a selfie with the body could be in court. beverly was arrested in bowie after leading police on a chase. they had been to their home before for violence between the suspect and the stepfather. beverly apparently said to a witness, "i told you i would do it." once we learn more about the court appearance, we'll alert you in the nbc washington app. president trump's oldest son on defense this morning. donald trump jr. was promised damaging information about hillary clinton before agreeing to meet

a statement. confirmed that meeting that said the lawyer's statements were vague, ambiguous and made no sense. he went on to say the lawyer didn't provide details or information that reemtlated to hillary clinton. it is quiet on capitol hill right now. but that will not be the case. congress returns from the week long break today. at the top of the senate agenda will be the madison county plan. republicans are trying to figure out how they will move forward. right now they're hoping to hold a vote next week. you can expect protests today as well today. people with preexisting conditions are planning to occupy several offices in opposition to the health care bill. >> it is 6:05. a look at top stories. today marks one year since seth rich was shot and killed. d.c. police believe rich was the victim of a random robbery attempt in the bloomingdale neighborhood. rich worked for the

convention. no arrests have been made. a wake is planned today for new york police officer maria amelia, a candlelight vigil was held over the weekend. she was ambushed in her cruiser last week. her funeral is set for tomorrow. metro will test out a new way to prevent water from leaking into the rail tunnels. the goal is to prevent the arcing insulator issues that frequently stop service. news 4's molette green will be live at 6:45 to explain how it will affect your ride. a popular london tourist spot. angie goff has more. >> a fireball is shooting into the sky above the market. 70 firefighters worked through the night to get it under control. so far no reports of any

>> angie, thank you. if you're looking for savings on amazon prime. today might be your day. >> the retailers annual prime day deals start at 9:00 tonight. 30 hours of deals we're talking about here with new deals coming every five minutes for most of the day. this year prime members can find exclusive deals with the help of amazon echo devices. hello alexa. fire tv or tablets. if you're looking for a new 4k tv or an e-reader. an amazon prime membership is $99 deal or $10.99 a month. >> amtrak's summer of hell. emergency track work canceled. taking a trip to new york got harder. murder in georgetown, a teenager killed. what we're learning about what ha

shopping hotspots. i'm storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell. weather is getting hotter with each passing day. you need to find yourself your favorite pool and do swimming this week. temperatures this afternoon up close to 90 degrees. each hotter days ahead. i've got your beach forecast on the other side. breaking news in first 4 traffic. we're talking prince george's county this morning in district heights. inner loop before 4, still the burned out truck on the right side of the roadway. chopper

breaking news in sfirs 4 traffic. we're talking prince george's county. inner loop before -- chopper 4 showing this pepsi truck burnt out. two-mile backup as you

side of the roadway this morning. you can see that slowdown on the beltway. the rest of the beltway is okay. we'll take a look at the travel times in a minute. good morning, chuck. >> good morning, melissa. i like to see all the green on 50 eastbound. so does everybody else who is interested and going out to the beach for a couple of days. the temperatures get higher and higher in the city. it is going to be hot each at the coast tuesday, wednesday and thursday. ocean city to rehoboth. the chance of an afternoon storm. that sounds cool by comparison. sheena has a sizzling forecast coming up. d.c. police trying to solve a shooting at the water front. we've learned the teen that was killed was kennedy javier from maryland. another man in critical condition. police have not yet told us his name. the two were shot

whitehurst freeway. no arrests have been made. angie goff here at the live desk with wildfires. more than a dozen wolves being evacuated. they had to leave a nevada refuge. they were moved into crates. crews fighting the fire. today, they're working against more challenging weather conditions again. been a tough fight all weekend. the fire has grown to 315 acres. as of this morning, it's only 10% contained. back to you. >> ang you, thank you. if you need to hop on amtrak, fewer trains are headed to new york city. >> amtrak reduced service because of extensive repair work in new york. northeast regional service cut in half between d.c. and new york during the week. that means there will be three round trip trains until september 1st. there are no changes to the express service. the

inconvenience thousands of trains this summer. they were expected to do it over a few years. recently derailments convinced them to push the work up. relief could come for the parents of a terminally ill boy in britain today. a court is expected to rule whether charlie gard can receive treatment in the u.s. the 11-month-old boy has a rare genetic condition. he cannot move his arms or legs or breathe without help. doctors in london recommended he be taken off of life support. his family wants to do experimental therapy in the u.s. two hospitals outside of the uk have offered to do it. but a british court ruled the child could not leave the hospital. >> want to take our son from one hospital where they do a lot of specialties there. it's a fantastic hospital. they're doing great things there. they're not -- the specialists are in america where

go. >> a court will decide whether the family can get charlie help outside of britain. there is new medical research that suggests the experimental treatment could help the university of maryland school of pharmacy will offer training to prepare workers for the medical marijuana industry. it would make the school one of a handful to bring educational standards to this growing industry. classes would be available online. maryland along with 28 states and d.c. have made medical marijuana legal. it's probably a debate that you had every time you go out to eat. how much money to leave for a tip. >> a new study out this morning is showing who is best when it comes to tipping at most restaurants. credit carts.com says men, republicans and northeasterners who pay with a card instead of cash tend to tip a median of 20%. women tip about 16%. democrats, southerners and people who tip

about 15%. etiquette experts say 15 to 20% when you go out to eat. >> one in five people who eat in a sit-down restaurant don't tip at all apparently. i try to stick with easy math. 10% and 20%. >> it depends if you give me excellent service. i'm going to do more. >> not so good. >> less than excellent, less than adequate. you get less than adequate tip. >> we have to get to breaking news in your traffic. >> melissa mollet has it. >> this is less than adequate. >> chopper 4 showing you what's going on. this is that pepsi truck we've been talking about. around 3:30 this morning. it's been three hours. we have the right lanes blocked for the most part. the two-mile

complaints there. northbound 95 at dale city. heerd about a crash there. the left side of the roadway. as far as metro on the yellow line. single tracking between dale city, by the green line, between navy yard and p -- red line tracking and -- as far as travel times, top of the let way, no big complaints there. 66 inbound, 95 northbound there in virginia. also looking pretty good. wtop 103.5 fm. when you hop in your car. talking about the nice weather this weekend and the end of that. we have heat ahead. i mean, these are temperatures that are going to be close to 100. then you're not even factoring

we're going to be cooking for sure. we're going to be feeling at 100 or above 100. that's going to be -- beautiful sunrise by the way. plenty more sunshine today. little bit hotter today than it was yesterday. tomorrow hot. wednesday hot. temperatures will be in the mid-90s. thursday is the day. p thp week on thursday, believe it or not, today will be the coolest day this week. by thursday, like i mentioned, nearing 100 degrees. currently, it's comfortable outside. not feeling the heat and humidity yet. currently in the district, 67 degrees in clinton. if you're walking the dogs today, it's going to be hot by this afternoon. this morning comfortable. here's birdie, needs a home if you need a dog to walk. find out how to adopt her today. by 7:00 a.m., mid-70s. by noon, 87 degrees. maybe a shorter walk for the gs

don't forget, clear the shelters is saturday, august 19th. we're getting excited about it. find out more on the nbc washington app. you can adopt an animal or two, hopefully. future weather today. mainly dry. the models trying to pick up on clouds. mainly a sprinkle. it looks on the dry side. tomorrow is different. hotter than today. but we have a chance for an isolated shower tomorrow afternoon. we go into wednesday, the rain chance still there in the afternoon. 95 degrees. by thursday, we could see thunderstorms around 98 degrees. that's today. it will be feeling around 100. by friday, we'll still be in the 90s into the weekend. the rain chances start to go up by your friday. coming up in a bit, chuck and i will be talking about the weekend forecast and also all that heat headed our way. that's straight ahead. angie goff here at the live desk. we're hearing from new york governor andrew cuomo who says the

the family of a veteran trooper shot and killed while he was responding to a domestic dispute. this is what we know at this point. it happened in the town of teresa. joel davis was gunned down approaching a house where a woman was fatally shot. the suspect is a 32-year-old justin walters. an army infantryman. he did surrender peacefully. his wife was indeed the one that was found fatally shot at the scene. eun? thank you, angie. our next hometown star. the nba's number one draft pick. the injury that benched the player. wells fargo caught in a multimillion dollar scandal. the deal that could have money going back into your bank account. >> catch up with the ell>en

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oh, bother. this is sort of a predicament that only winnie the pooh could understand. that's a bear cub with his head stuck in a jug. >> you know he's looking for honey. this was the scene yesterday morning in ayala vern, california, area. the police spotted that bear cub trying unsuccessfully to remove that jug. the bear waited patiently as

else pulled the jug off. no worse for the wear. do you think he learned his lesson? >> no. >> keep trying. the police department put the video on social media. kind of cute. >> there's good news this morning for the 76ers marquel fultz. >> he was diagnosed with a sprained left ankle after rolling it in a summer league game. he's out for the rest of the summer league but should be able to return in a week or two. the rookie says he's okay. it was a scary moment on the court. >> my ankle hurt and i was thinking like, can't be over this quick. it just started. i knew once i looked down, i thought i rolled my ankle. i knew i would be fine.

a series of injuries and issues, top draft picks in recent years. >> it does look like fultz is making a quick recovery. he was walking around at the practice. can you imagine being injured in an nba game. >> glad it's working out. >> the nats ended the first half of the season with a win. they ended 10-5. 52-36 record headed into the all-star break. it was a big day for anthony rendon who had two rbis. they head into the break leading the division by 9.5 game. they were selected to the all-star team. more breaking news this morning in traffic. another problem in prince george's county on the inner loop of the beltway. this one brand new. chopper just got over it near 202 landover road. right side of the roadway. looks like a landscaping type truck lost its load trying

figure out what's going on. impacted on this one. this, another problem on the beltway. delays on metro and travel times coming up. heads up metro red line. service changes coming starting tonight. we'll show you why when and where coming up. a beautiful start to the week. enjoy it because temperatures will heat up. we'll show you which day will be nearing 100 degrees. that is straight ahead.

a soda truck crash on the beltway causing problems on metro. we have team coverage arriving over the scene add laner

mollet with more on what's going on. a lot of probable lemts, melissa. a couple of miles ahead of the other problems. a couple of minutes ago. inner loop at landover road. some sort of landscaping. >> looks like it went off to the right side of the roadway. we're getting real backups this morning. you hit this backup and then a real -- you're going to hit another one here. this one is that pepsi truck that burned out overnight. left side here is getting by for both of the crashes. you can see the two different impact here as i mapped out on the beltway. top of the beltway has your typical slowdowns. otherwise, you're looking good in virginia. as you approach dale city, that crash is now out of the way. can we have another day like yesterday? >> we hope so. today, melissa it's going to be similar. it's goingto

hotter. the rest of the week is going to be -- >> there's plenty of time to panic tomorrow for how much hotter it's going to get. temperatures back up to average. our afrmg high is 89 degrees. we were only 86 yesterday. what do you need to know? not too humid yet? back to near 90. high heat and humidity are coming back with only limited rain chances until probably friday afternoon. about the best thing we could hope for. an isolated shower. the mid-60s to 70s now. 86 ingatorsburg. 91 in theburg. i like to call it the 'burgh. if you haven't been to fed ricks burglary, it's a lovely town. >> not looking forward to that. whether you want to see it or not, coming up. appreciate

traffic is still blocked on the beltway this morning after a pepsi truck crash. >> justin finch live along the inner loop with what we need to know. >> aaron, good morning. best to move that pepsi trailer from behind. it took heavy damage in that fire back there. lots of damage. the structure of that trailer also ruined as well. it's also now missing several wheels. the video from earlier. 3:30 this morning. maryland state police arriving out here. finding that trailer fully ablaze. the good news is the tractor portion was able to disengage from the trailer platform and the driver is okay. no injuries to report here. however, the pli indicatiocompl be moving the tractor-trailer from the scene. heavy damage to the trailer as well. looking live from the beltway

replains closed. as they continue to -- the left lanes are moving. traffic moving slowly at times. getting by this scene here this morning. the real issue will be trying to figure out how best to get that away from the roadway given the conditions. without the wheels, it's harder to tell. the next big challenge will be getting this off the roadway which could impact traffic as well. live on the beltway, justin finch, back to you. >> justin, thank you. it's 6:33 now. a look at the top stories. "the new york times" reporting that donald trump jr. was promised damaging information about hillary clinton before agreeing to meet with a kremlin connected lawyer last year. the meeting included president trump's son-in-law jared kushner and then campaign manager paul manafort. trump jr. claimed the lauren wanted to talk about a russian adoption program. family members say the loss

loss of him is unbearable. he was killed in greece. eight people have been arrested he was visiting greece for a fashion photo shoot. he was a recent grad from austin. near a busy strip mall in suitland on silver hill road about 7:30 last night, there was a shooting. one of the victims ran into the popeye's across the steet after being shot. no word on a suspect or motive in the case. officials say someone intepgs ally set this fire at a home in southeast washington. a neighbor captured the massive flames on camera as they shot into the sky early yet morning on wheeler road. investigators are looking to see whether an accelerant was used

homes and caused quite a bit of damage. families were forced to rush from nearby homes and are thankful to be alive. >> i thank god that all my kids are safe. >> they can get another house. but it's the family and everybody came out house. thank god for that. >> one firefighter was taken to the hospital with minor injuries. but they are expected to be okay. families at a manassas mobile home park hope to get good news they've been waiting for months for. the city council will decide whether the group can buy the troubled east end mobile home park. it would take on the responsibility of fixing the broken water and sewer system. the city was going to buy the park, but that would have metropolitan the roughly 55 families living there would be evicted. the meeting begins at 5:30 this evening. a father of ten murdered, the killer on the loose. his daughter speaks out about the father she lost and

the crime in the community. plus, have you heard? prime day is here. we're getting you prepared to shop before you log on. this morning, very comfortable but if you are exercising, take advantage of the morning hours. this afternoon is getting pretty hot. stay hydrated. nice and sunny later this week. 'll bewe

breaking news in prince george's county. two dirn problems on the beltway. chopper 4 over the first one. on the incompetenter loop near 202. vehicle on the right side of the roadway causing a one-mile ck

problem. pepsi truck burned out on the right side of the roadway to get by all of this. this one is a two-mile backup. good morning sheena. >> good morning, melissa. 73 degrees outside right now. pretty comfortable compared to the heat we'll see later this week. it's going to get pretty hot out there. we'll show you this wake-up weather. by 9:00 we're in the 308s. if you're dining out today. expected to be near 90 by happy hour. still very dry outside. each by dinnertime. still in the 80s. still show you the rain chances and that near triple digit heat straight ahead. sheena, thank you. wells fargo has been given initial approval to pay $142 million top customers whose credit ka scores were hurt by paying fake accounts. this is part of a class action

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it is back to work on capitol hill. find out where the health care battle stands now and whether the gop is closer to getting a bill passed. have you heard more about metro track work. the impact to riders. plus, we're staying on top of the breaking news. more team coverage on the latest crash on the beltway. ♪ ♪

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president trump under fire. his son met with a russian lawyer during the campaign and lawmakers are firing back on a plan to get help from the russians on a plan for cyber security. >> enormous assistance in that since he's doing the hacking. a murder mystery honoring the life of someone in the wrong place at the wrong time. >> he loved his family. the ride-on bus crash with passengers on board. the action taken this morning. waterproofing metro? the changes happening while you were sleeping and the impact that riders may never even see. right now, breaking news on the beltway in prince george's yoint county. take a look at this.

scene. right side of the roadway now open. we're still slow. sort of looking over to the right side of the roadway. a few miles south of here. inner loop at darcy road. right side of the roadway is blocked. aaron? melissa, thank you. vacation is over for congress. the republican controlled house and senate are still trying to send president trump a health care deal. there is still a lot of debate and not a lot of agreement. congress also dealing with the fallout from the president's latest tweets on russia. trump is facing stark criticism from both sides of the aisle after his meeting with vladimir putin. nbc political director and moderator meet the press chuck todd is breaking down the bigger impact of this controversy. >> president trump's tweets and his own reaction to his meeting with vladimir putin is not playingll

opponents from the previous administration or republican senators. here's former cia director john brennan. >> he says it's an honor to meet president putin. an honor to meet the person who carried out the assault against our election? >> the -- it isn't limited to just the former cia director, republican senators, lindsey graham, marco rubio disturbed that he doesn't finger vladimir putin and lets the denial stand. it resonates on capitol hill and the question is, does it come to a point where some republicans won't support the president on other things because of his stance on putin? coming up next on the "today" show, nbc's peter alexander looks at what president trump is saying about his meeting with putin and why donald trump jr. is facing criticism for his meeting with

lawyer with ties to the kremlin. senator bernie sanders is trying to use his popularity to repeal and replace the affordable care act. >> he took his message to one republican's backyard hurjiurgir to say no. >> good morning, eun and aaron. it was with charlene moore -- she was among the group of republicans who expressed concerns about the health care bill. sanders spoke to a packed crowd and urges her to resist efforts to sway towards that bill. >> this is a deeply immoral piece of legislation. and i urge senator please join your fellow west virginia senator joe manchin and vote no when this bill comes up before the

the senator will do what is best for the people of west virginia. in prince george's county now, a vigil to remember a father of ten. someone shot malachi israel yesterday earlier this week, rather, in the lincoln heights neighborhood of northeast d.c. his brother says he was in the wrong place at the wrong time. israel's family met in upper marlboro and released balloons in his memory. his eldest daughter says her father was a really good guy. >> he would give us and my brothers and sisters, he really did love us and his family. >> we're told israel's youngest child is just 3 years old. crews were back out on the scene of a ride-on bus crash overnight. five people went to the hospital yesterday when their bus was in an accident. we're told the d

into a telephone pole on western avenue near the chevy chase -- in the county. no one was seriously hurt. no word yet on why the bus crashed. 6:50 right now. starting today the red line on metro will be the focus of more repair work. >> this is part of a test to prevent the arcing insulator issues. molette green is live at the medical center station to tell us how it will impact your ride. molette, good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. service changes. they're coming in a matter of hours as metro gets ready to test out the new grouting process. if this fix-it plan works, metro says it could have long-term benefits for passengers on the red line. we all know water and electricity don't mix very well. in order to resolve the insulator problems, metro contractors will start drilling and drilling and then they will inject high

into the tunnels. that means service changes for riders starting tonight at 9:00 p.m. with single tracking between friendship heights and medical center and then every weekend in july and the first week of august that suspends service on both tracks. something they have to deal with. >> why they do it when it can hurt you? [ inaudible ] >> reporter: this is just a test program, a pilot program on a small section of track. the general manager is working up his argument for a full scale solution like this that will, of course, take a lot more time that will cost a whole lot more money. that's from the station. >> molette, thank you. >> we want to get

speed. >> we have first 4 traffic and breaking news. breaking news in -- inner loop near pennsylvania avenue. this is a burned out truck. pepsi truck off to the right side of the roadway. a two-mile backup. you have to say -- this is one of two issues. that side of the beltway through prince george's county. down there on the scene. justin, what's happening right now? >> reporter: melissa, as you mentioned, backups. traffic is moving on the inner loop left lanes by the pennsylvania avenue exit. the right lane is blocked. that's up close. that pepsi box truck fire back here. that's the trailer. as you can see, heavily burned here. hardly no structure. lots of soda still inside. this all happened close to 3:30 this morning. maryland state police still on the scene as they prepare to clean this up. that willke

because of how severe the damage here is. no injuries to report in all of this. you will see impact on the roads in the inner loop this morning. back to you. melissa? >> all right. thank you. inner loop near landover road. we did have a shot of that to show you what was blocked on the roadway. here is what you can see on the map this morning. two different delays there. that is also about a two-mile backup. rest of the beltway looking nice and light with the exception sft outer loop approaching georgia avenue. a little bit of a typical slow doup. no actual issues. no major problems. metro, green and yellow lines. no longer single tracking. travel times looking good on 270, top of the beltway. it's a little slow on the outer loop. 66 inbound, fairfax county parkway to the beltway, a little slow. looking pretty normal. wtop 103.5 fm when you hop in

>> good morning, melissa. nice start weatherwise. we have a big-time warmup coming our way into the week. so far, for the month of july, six out of the first nine days of the 90 or higher. likely to make number 7 today. i guarantee, tuesday, wednesday, thursday, not only 90 but potentially 95 or higher. it is going to turn into a very steamy stretch around here. 74 degrees in washington. still in the 60s in the suburbs. up into the low 80s by lunchtime. 91 in fredericksburg. 86 nearby the bay. the heat and the humidity are getting ready to increase day by day. for more on that, over to sheena. >> good morning, chuck. >> we're keeping our eye out when the heat and humidity are making it close to 100 degrees believe it or not. going to be a hot one around

you will notice the changes each day this week. today, though, not too bad. close to 90. we go through the next several days, the future air temperatures, hot and humid conditions starting really tomorrow, wednesday and thursday. then look what happens as we go into thursday, feeling at or above 100 degrees. going to get really hot. the heat indices feeling much hotter with the humidity. normal high is 89 this time of year. there you see, close to 100 into thursday. but do we have a cooldown through the weekend, chuck? >> little bit. our best chance for rain this week on friday. weather front slides on by. should bring temperatures back down closer to average, meaning upper 80s. that is all excellent news. we have to sweat it out the next few days. thanks, chuck. 6:56. four things to know before you head out the door. still no suspects or motive named in a

shooting in suitland. it happened near a strip mall across the street from the census bureau last night. we'll give you any updates in the nbc washington app. >> starting tonight, red line trains. metro testing out a way to waterproof the tunnels. follow molette green on twitter for a look at how metro plans to do the work. donald trump jr. is under scrutiny due to a report in "the new york times" that he was promised damaging information about hillary clinton before he agreed to meet with a kremlin connected lawyer last year. the "today" show will have the latest coming up. a state of emergency because of wildfires. the wall fire has burned through 6600 acres and forced 4,000 people to evacuate. the "today" show will have more coming up on that. two different problems through prince george's county. one at 202, another one at

pennsylvania avenue. another two-mile backup. it's slow through prince george's county. p guys? >> today we're looking at near 90. more humidity as we go to tomorrow and wednesday. mid-90s and the shower chances increase. look at thursday. that is the hot one. close to 100 with the humidity you can bet it will be feeling around 100. so far the weekend doesn't look as hot. but we're watching thursday. >> cooley emergence there. >> sounds like a plan. "today" show is coming up

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good morning, looking for dirt, donald trump junior now admitting he met with the russians who claim to have information on hillary clinton during the campaign. why his story changed so dramatically over the weekend. and the president appears to distance himself from his own idea to form a psycher security unit with vladimir putin after fellow republicans line up to mock it. >> that's the dumbest idea i've pretty heard but it's pretty close. dead on arrival, congress returning to wrk this morning with senate republicans still at odds over their own healthcare view. >> my view, it's probably going to be dead but i've been wrong. >> while another republican lawmaker warned fas now or face the