months after the arrest. there could be a major development in this case. deep breath everybody. >> it's going to be miserably hot outside today. >> the angry faces today when we go out, get ready for this weather alert day. apparently, a bug alert too. >> chuck and sheena are outside with more on what we can expect. i think the bugs are liking the heat. >> in the last 30 minutes, the army of gnats around here, we've been swatting around like crazy the last couple of minutes. this is unsuitable for flying. you think they would call it a day. >> this is the best time to get out. the bugs know it, too. >> they are forming around your head right now. >> weather

>> it's going to be uncomfortably warm today. temperatures going to get very close to the record. the record at reagan national is 100. dulles is at the 97. all of those are somewhat out of jeopardy. as you plan out your day, heat indexes likely to be 100 or higher as soon as lunchtime. the heat advisory goes from noon until 8:00 p.m. only a very slight chance of a shower or thunderstorm to cool things off. the big story today, heat indexes much of the afternoon near about 105 degrees. check on your friends and neighbors, go to that community pool and sit there the afternoon. >> can i say the bugs are literally flying at my eyelashes which is why i'm swatting so much. >> i'm sure there's a swatter in here. single tracking between east falls church and boston right now. >> no major pros

route 1. you can see the -- in the corner everything is looking good inner loop and outer loop. headed down to spotsylvania. fredericksburg westbound three shut down at cherry road. lanes are blocked westbound. eastbound, though, which i know many more of you will use to get to 95. it's just fine this morning. northbound 395 before seminary. again, that has cleared out of way. eastbound 70 before 17 meyersville, crash off the road. the right side of the roadway. aaron? >> melissa, thank you. 6:02 now. team coverage continues on this weather alert now. justin finch made his way to the rockville station. he's talking to riders on how they plan to stay cool today. tall order this morning, justin. >> reporter: eun, tall order indeed. the temperatures are in the 70s. already sticky. people are sweating. pretty gross out here. passengers are

to the rockville platform here. lots of rolled-up sleeves, tank tops. iced drinks. doing anything they can before it actually gets hot. here's what you need to do as you're making your way outside. the rockville volunteer fire department says get at least one liter into you today. you want to cling to the cool places. ac, all that stuff there, make sure to check on the elderly, your children, your pets as well and any underlying medical issues. but there are some people right now on their way to work and they work outside. they're telling us that yesterday was tough and now they have to tough out today, too. >> yesterday, i know it could be worse today. you got to do what you got to do. drink water. pour water on your head as much as you can. keep

>> reporter: drink water. also, try some sun block here. you want to make sure your skin is protected. reapply every two hours between the hydration, the sun block, staying in cold places. you might be able to beat this heat a little bit. but the best advice is to get inside when you can. that is the latest here. justin finch. back to you. >> justin, thank you. 6:04 our time now. we're working for you on this weather alert day with helpful information to get you through the heat. all the air conditioners will put a strain on energy companies. pepco and bte are offering you a credit if you useless than normal on your power. trash trucks are getting an early start today and tomorrow. they just wept out at 6:00 a.m. several area cooling centers will be open along with schools and rec centers. we posted the top ten places you can get cool today on our facebook page. you can keep your eye on the at

washington app. breaking news that you have been hearing all this morning and also i'm sure on your social media feeds, investigators made a grim discovery overnight. the bucks county district attorney's office confirms the discovery of multiple human remains in a deep common grave. that property owned by the family of this man, a man called a person of interest. cosmo dinardo. the discovery includes the body of one of four young men. 19-year-old dean fin char owe. all of the men have been missing since last week. another one attended loyola university in maryland. eun and aaron, back to you. >> erika, thank you. as erika reported, one of the men attended loyola university in maryland. the school held a prayer and candlelight vigil for him last night. patrick finished

year with distinction. they have not formally named patrick as -- he's not been seen since last week. an update is expected at 11:00 this morning. here's a look at other top stories. d.c. police have taken a man off the streets accused of hurting two people with his dump truck. ishmael alvarez is accused of hitting two people. he hit a gallon debt student. the student went through surgery. alvarez was charged in 2016 but never showed up for trial. in a few hours, we'll find out exactly how you and your family will be affected by the senate's new health care bill. the plan is expected to keep billions of dollars in cuts to medicaid. but republicans have put more money into a fund to help lower income people pay for medical costs. the latest plan is aimed at getting the support of wary republicans who weren't happy with the

we have good economic news for the area that may affect where you shop. a wegmans is coming to tysons. it will be part of a new major development including capital one's center. the building will be the second tallest structure in our region. megan mcgrath will have more on that new development. it's now 6:07. the murder of an army lieutenant who was just days away from graduating from college grabbed the attention of people across our area. today the man accused of that crime could be indicted. this is sean urbanski. he's charged with killing richard collins iii at the university of maryland. prosecutors face an important deadline today. a judge or grand jury must decide whether there's enough evidence to move forward with the trial. if not, prosecutors must drop the murder charges to less severe charges. collins was visiting friends in college park when police say urban ski stabbed him. collins was set to

tracee wilkins will be following the developments. you can follow her on twitter. today we expect corey stewart to announce he's running for u.s. senate. that's what julie carey understands. he's a staunch supporter of president trump. he nearly pulled off an upset last month in the republican primary for virginia governor. if stewart wins, next year's republican primary he would take on tim kaine. he's been a vocal critic of president trump. president trump and the first lady are in paris this morning. erika gonzalez with more on the visit from the live desk. >> president trump has tweeted that the first couple has landed in paris. he and president macron are set to meet ahead of bastille day. the two are expected to discuss the crisis in syria and counterterrorism strategies and are expected to hold a news conference after their

then president trump and the french president and the first ladies will have a very nice dinner at the top of the eiffel tower this evening. we're hoping to get you live images later this morning when this happens from the live desk. i'm erika gonzalez. >> erika, thank you. president trump is closer to having a new fbi director. >> his pick for the job, christopher ray, faced a grilling from senate lawmakers yesterday. he talked about his determination to be an independent director. but he was also asked about the russia investigation specifically whether he agreed with the president's stance on the issue. >> as the future fbi director, do you consider this endeavor a witch hunt? >> i do not consider director mueller to be on a witch hunt. >> ray could be confirmed for this position before the senate leaves for its august recess. a hit and run arrest. the pedestriaas

friends believe a driver tried to run her down on purpose. wild weather. it's not the heat but mudslides that deliver the dangerous weather. look at this dramatic video and what one driver says happened as the wall of mud moved in. this morning, we are warm already. but as we go through your morning to kick off your thursday, temperatures quickly get into the 80s. we have a heat advisory for today with temperatures feeling like triple digits. we'll talk about how to stay

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moment a mudslide hit a road in china. you can see how fast and powerful that mudslide came in. these cars were completely buried. it flipped his car over. no one, surprisingly was seriously hurt. good morning. i was just watching that video. 79 degrees right now in the district. feels more like 82. it's going to be a hot one today. the pool is going to be the perfect place to be. have the sun block or the sunscreen and the shade. you want to stay hydrated. temperatures into the mid to upper 90s. feeling like 104. coming up, we'll talk about the heat and the threat of severe weather tomorrow. good morning, melissa. >> good morning, sheena. on the rails, take a look. there's still singing tracking orange and silver line between east falls church. late clearing roadwork. chopper 4 showing the commute

over 270 southbound. mostly on the -- couple of problems in virginia. we'll talk about those in just a minute. melissa, thank you. it is 6:15 right now. the man accused of using his car as a weapon against a transgender woman will be in court. >> d.c. police arrested anderson for the july 5th hit and run in northeast. devon washington is still in critical condition from that crash. her friend tells news 4 a man dragging her down after she refused to give her number. >> we're targets. every summer it's a similar situation where we have to face this kind of violence right here in our own home. >> police have not said anything about a motive for the hit and run.

[000:15:59;00] volunteers. we know that. unlike the holiday season, summer is a tough time to recruit people willing to help out. from homeless shelters and food service groups at the central union mission. child and adult care make a big difference. father john enz letter is thankful for those who volunteer but he's running a summer of service program to draw more people in. >> they still have hunger and still have no clothing, whether it be december or summertime. >> the father says most organizations could use an hour of your time any time you can give it. in news 4 your health this morning, dogs are helping in the nonstop fight against cancer. >> doreen gentzler has more on how they're contributor. >> for thousands of years, dogs have been our companions, our friends. they've been with us on the battlefield even. as it turns out, they're helping

us now when it cancer in humans and especially in children. this jack russell terrier boz is having a ct scan to find out if the mass on his hip is a malignant tumor. he's being scanned at oncology services in springfield, virginia. if it's positive, he might be considered for a trial that studies similarities between cancers in canines and humans. >> as you take a human bone cancer and look at that under the microscope, the pathologist can't tell you whether it's human or dog. >> that's especially true when it comes to some cancers in canines and in humans. i'll have the full story tonight on news 4 at 6:00. >> those dogs, they're so good. they do so many things. >> generally speaking, dogs are better than people in a lot of ways. they're more loyal and friendly. >> think about dogs and people

in extreme conditions. >> a lot of people have outdoor make sure they have extra shade and an extra cold big bowl of water. don't ever leave kids or puppy dogs in cars on days like today. not safe for that at all. temperatures today up close to the records and a closed can car on a day like today can heat up to more than 150 degrees in less than 15 minutes after you leave it. be extremely cautious before you leave your car today. make sure that nothing you left behind is heat sensitive, like kids and puppies. right now, it's 79 degrees in washington. we already have a heat index of 82. that's not so bad. later today, as temperatures climb from the 70s now into the mid and upper 90s, it could be 100 to 108 degrees. heat advisory from noon until 8:00 p.m., only a 20% chance of

a shower. lunchtime, heat index around degrees. just know it's going to be miserably hot. for tomorrow, not quite as bad. but still, heat indexes over 100 tomorrow. shower chances today are going to stay primarily to our north. i could rule out one or two isolated thunderstorms today. tomorrow, this is the severe thunderstorm risk for tomorrow. on friday, there is a slight risk of severe weather around here. be weather alert for tomorrow afternoon and evening as well. today's high 98. tomorrow's high 94. if you're wondering when it will cool down, just in time for your weekend. saturday and sunday, highs in the upper 80s to 90. that is average for this time of the year. now, let's go over to melissa mollet, see if anything is cooking traffic. >> a couple of little things happening. single tracking between east falls church and ballston, a little delay there. that's for about an hour. hoping that gets out of the way

soon. chopper 4 over you can see the folks headed southbound and the folks headed northbound. light volume at 6:20 this morning. two issues here in virginia right now. northbound 95 before 610. a crash there on the left shoulder. not seeing too much of a delay there. 66 overall looking okay. westbound 3 tlp in fredericksburg at cherry road, westbound lane shut down for that crash reconstruction. eastbound open. as we widen out a little bit, no major other issues happening right now. the beltway looking quite good. eastbound 70 before myersville, crash off to the right near 17. as far as your travel times, you can see it's reflected here as well. looking good on 270. looking good on the beltway. 66 inbound, 95 northbound. also rolling along pretty well this morning. remember to listen to wtop 103.5 when you hop in your car today. aaron? >> melissa, thank you. 6:20 our time. good night for sports stars at

the e kevin durant among those getting awards. >> he won for his finals win with the warriors much there's one winner who will certainly be all over your social media feeds today. >> i'm jimmy -- the award is amazing. i want to thank the who dat nation. >> can't help but love him. that's 15-year-old jarius j.j. robinson. he is battling a rare chronic liver disease that's severely stunted his growth. the new orleans saints super fan started the it takes lives to save lives to bring awareness to the importance of organ donation. wonderful. kevin durant and the golden state warriors won best team. not before durant was roasted a little by peyton manning for his choice to go to the warriors.

russell westbrook, his former teammate won simone biles, our olympic champion won best female athlete. there she is. >> i'm throwing out my tux and buying sweatpants. it's different style rules at the espy's. 6:22 now. stuck in the atm. we're not talking about your money. the unusual rescue mission to get a man out of the machine. plus, who doesn't love the cookie monster? come on. find out why this toy doll had the attention. <

>> on the ellen show. catch it al atl all right. take a look at this. this is a unique way to hide drugs. you heard me correctly. someone in florida tried to conceal a large amount of cocaine in a cookie monster doll. that is -- >> c is for cookie. >> and only cookie. sheriffs deputies found it in a car during a traffic stop. he thought it felt heavy for a cookie monster. >> the deputy found two packages of cocaine in the cookie monster. i feel bad for him. >> he'll be okay. picture this. this is a story you have to listen to.

you go to the atm to withdraw cash. instead of a receipt, you get a note that says help me. >> follow us on this. this happened to some people in texas. this is after a contractor actually got stuck inside an atm. apparently this worker didn't have a cell phone with him. he started passing "help me" notes through the receipt slot of the atm. some people thought it was a joke. somebody eventually called the police. they had to kick the door in and literally withdrew him from the atm. >> we have a once in a lifetime situation that you'll probably never see or hear about again. >> he was trapped in the atm for two hours. i'm glad finally someone took him seriously. could you imagine? >> no contest of what the atm is like. >> i would be so scared if i received a handwritten note. burned in the middle of the night.

a rude awakening for a war ii veteran. the action that one neighborhood took and what they want the police to do now. >> reporter: a new wegmans, new parks, event space for art lovers. all part of the campus redevelopment in tysons. a live report coming up. we're in storm team 4 weather alert mode to help keep you safe and cool as temperatures soar to near dangerous levels and potentially records later on today.

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change. "news4 today" all right. take a live look outside right now where it already feels like 80 degrees and it's only 6:30. >> on this weather alert day, the temperatures are definitely on the rise. >> we have to be ready for this, you know what i mean? hot and humid already. i'm eun yang. >> it could be the hottest day of the week. >> take a look at the temperatures out there right now. storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell and sheena parveen here with everything we need to know. we sent them outside because we want them to experience it. >> i don't mind the experience before 7:00 in the morning. still a lot of gnats around. an issue must more true today than the past few days. about the oebl only way to describe the afternoon. >> i would say yes. with the heat and humidity, look at the temperatures right now. this is the best time to get outside. currently in the district, 80 degrees in quantico. 73 in leesburg. it's warm and going to be hot as we go through the day, especially now that the sun is coming up.

heat index around you see the heat advisory for all counties shaded in orange. the remember short walk for the dog. by this afternoon, feeling like 105 with temperatures in the upper 90s. clear the shelters saturday august 19th. love talking about clear the shelters. don't leave the dog in the cars today and don't leave the kids in the car either. way too hydrated. we'll talk about the weekend forecast coming up. good morning, melissa mollet. hopefully the bugs have stopped bothering you out there. orange, silver line. no longer single tracking. that's good news for folks arriving here today. new crash in port washington. allentown road at webster lane is where the accident is. we should be there. we can show you what's going on. northbound 95 before garrisonville. still the crash on the left shoulder. spotsylvania county, westbound

lane at cherry still all lanes blocked. as we widen out, no other major problems. take a look at the travel times coming up. melissa, thank you. pennsylvania police discovered multiple human remains in a common grave. the property is owned by the family of cosmo dinardo. he's being called a person of interest in this now homicide investigation. the discovery includes the body of at least one of four men. the 19-year-old, all the young men missing since last week. an update expected at 11:00 a.m. president trump is in the middle of a two-day trip to paris. he's expected to take park in ailun chon with the french president macron this afternoon. sean urbanski is charged with killing richard collins iii.

a judge or grand jury must decide if there's enough evidence to move forward with a trial. a 1-year-old boy is back home after being shot in his stroller in northeast d.c. his parents thought he'd be safe hanging out while kids were playing in their backyard. >> he was hit by a stray bullet monday night. now we're hearing from the boy's mother about this ordeal. this is a story only on news 4. erika gonzalez has more from the newsroom. >> his mother is thanking god that her little boy is once again smiling. it was monday when a group of men were arguing steps away from where kids were playing. one of them pulled out a gun and started shooting. jeremiah was caught in the crossfi crossfire. he was rushed to the hospital and into emergency surgery. he survived and is expected to be okay. she called jeremiah her miracle baby. >> by the grace of god. that's all i can say. the doctors found one bullet and

a he has three holes and was shot twice. >> d.c. police said they are close to making three arrests in the case. a go fund me page has been set up. you can find a link through our nbc washington app. back to you guys. >> erika, thank you. it's 6:35. we have good economic news for our area that may affect where you shop and have fun. >> the barnes and noble on bethesda road is getting a makeover. >> tysons is welcoming a new grocery store and event center. you've probably seen the construction near the capital one headquarters off the beltway. megan mcgrath is there to tell us how the new businesses will be a part of that complex. megan? >> reporter: hey guys, you can see behind me the 32-story new capital one headquarters. the tower has been under construction for a while. now comes final approval for the

larger redevelopment plan tysons. take a look at the architectural drawings here. you can get an idea of what we're talking about. it includes an 80,000 square foot urban style wegmans that will be here on the campus in tysons. also, an events auditorium with a black box theater and orchestra pit. it will be used tore corporate events for capital one but it will be made available for public cultural events. the good news for art lovers. four new parks are included in the plan as well, including one that's seven stories up on the roof of the wegmans parking garage. that's going to have bocce ball, a lawn with seating. a great place for people to come and hang out. it's open to the public. coming back live behind me, that corporate headquarters building well under way. when it is done, it will be the second tallest building, only behind the washington monument. back to you guys.

>> all right. megan mcgrath live for us in tysons. we mentioned bethesda row is getting a new shopping option, women's retail chain an thr anthropology will be three times the size as a typical store. >> it will have beauty products, bridal wear and a shoe salon in addition to the clothes, jewelry and kitchenware they normally have. this will be the first concept store of it kind in the area. >> that's a huge space to fill. that barnes and noble was really big. it's scheduled to open in the fall of next year. a new development in the area. the action police are taking to keep the community safe. there is no doubt -- i'm storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell. we have the heat advisory from noon until 8:00 p.m. for basically the i-945 corridor and points east towards the bay. heat indexes could be as much as

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america runs on dunkin'. just into the live desk, we're hearing about a shooting investigation in prince william county this morning. you may be seeing police activity if you live near ak kwon road and colonial drive. it looks to be a residential area. you may see a lot of police cars out there. two people were shot and taken to the hospital. sounds like they'll be okay. there's a heavy police presence in the area. police saying this doesn't appear to be random. if we get more information, we'll bring it to you through our nbc washington app. back over to you. >> erika, thank you. take a look at these temperatures right now. in 70s. 79 in d.c. right now. >> we continue working for you on this weather alert day. justin finch live at the rockville metro station now checking on how folks plan to

keep cool today. we're looking for go i justin. >> reporter: that's right. aaron, most people say this is the longest they plan to be outside today, waiting for their metrobus or train here. let me tell you about 6:45 already and it is sticky. but people here are doing the right thing. light clothing, t-shirts, shorts, lots of cold beverages, water. you do want to stay hydrated, at least a liter will help you. make it to work, destinations, to a nice cold place, even the bus is nice and cold today. we've been asking people out here in the battle of humans against heat, so far who is winning? and here's what they had to say. >> it's going to beat me because i'm a teacher. i'll be outside. >> i normally go out for lunch, take a walk. me and a couple co-workers. not today. not today. >> reporter: that's a smart move. bring it inside today as much as possible. the ac, the fans are going to be

your friend your pets, check on them. make sure they're inside or somewhere safe. it's very easy to underestimate what heat like this can do to your body. i'm justin finch, news 4, back in to you. >> justin, thank you. our team coverage continues now with storm team 4 meteorologist sheena parveen and chuck bell. >> there's the bad news. what can we expect. >> temperatures a little higher today. we're going to go from uncomfortable to unhealthy outside for how high the heat indexes will be going. >> we're talking about telling everyone to stay cool. the best way possible. right now it feels like 82 degrees. few degrees warmer than the actual temperature. by noon, 92 degrees already. feeling close to 100 in some spots. 98 for a high. feeling like 105. we have a heat advisory out for the area through the afternoon. you can obviously see why. you want to stay hydrated.

stay in the shade. periods of time. the elderly and neighbors. what you can expect going into the weekend with nice cool changes. that's all coming up in a bit. >> sheena, thank you for that. it's safe to say that folks are getting full use of their air conditioners today. that's going to put a big strain on energy companies. both pepco and bge are offering you a credit on your bill if you useless power than normal during peak hours today. we posted the top ten places you can get cool today on our facebook page and keep the nbc washington app open today. we'll be updating the forecast there and conditions all day long. good morning. this is breaking news that you're going to be hearing a lot about today. investigators making a grim discovery overnight. the bucks county district attorney's office confirming the discovery of multiple human remains. the property owned by the family of a man being called a person of interest.

cosmo dinardo who you saw in the prevs of at least one of four young men, 19-year-old man. all of the men missing since last week. car patrick whose picture you see here at loyola university. back over to you. >> the developing story out of the philadelphia area. as erika mentioned, one of the young men -- the school held a prayer and candlelight vigil for jimmy patrick last night. patrick finished his freshman year with distinction. investigators have not formally named patrick as a victim in this case but he has been missing since last week. an update is expected at 11:00 this morning. just one day into a crime crackdown in prince george's county. police have taken a murderer off the street. investigators say he shot and killed two people on atwood

street in district week. those victims were 2 of 12 people killed in the county in the span of 11 days. the homicide led the chief to hour 12-hour shifts for his police officers. we have a map here showing the locations of the homicides on our nbc washington app. search homicide map. this morning a man is being held without bond after what alexandria police call a brutal attack against one of their officers. the officer is seriously injured. it happened in the old town section of city yesterday morning. the officer was responding to reports of a man smashing windows in cars. the officer -- no one was hit. >> an army veteran found his american flag at his home burned in the middle of the night. >> this is alexandria native dick cohen. his american flag was burned in his front yard the morning

before july 4th. a few of h they're calling on police to catch whoever is behind this crime. >> i guess in a state of shock. i never seen anything like that before. >> i thought it was a disgrace. it's our american flag. we're very proud of it. >> this is video you're looking at from a similar incident down in virginia, in richmond. police there are charged the suspect with arson. there are good news for cohen one of his neighbors helped replace and hang a new flag outside his home. they helped him fly his flag in ol dart. >> the heat of the morning commute. >> melissa mollet with first 4 traffic. >> you need to use the ac this morning. >> the woodrow wilson bridge showing a normal commute. >> a pretty morning for us. >> in ft. washington, allentown road at webster lane. the rest of prince george's

county looking okay. >> that crash s little slow. beltway overall looking good. looking pretty good as well. inner loop, broken down bus. 95 before 6:10. in fredericksburg, westbound 3 at cherry road, still blocked there are open after that crash reconstruction. 270 is the half of the beltway. 66 inbound, 95 northbound there in virginia, kwaubt coe to the beltway looking okay as well. remember to listen to wtop so 3.5 fm when you hop into your car. sheena parveen is here. >> good morning, melissa. going to be a hot one today. however you need to cool off, stay cool. temperatures will be feeling like 105 degrees. however you need to do that, severe storm threat possible. chuck will be back to talk about that in a second. otherwise, we have heat relief into the weekend. relatively speaking, it will be

relief for the so some heat tips for you. stay hydrated today. check on the elderly and your neighbors. never leave children or pets in the car. we tell you this all the time and hope that you remember. way too hot today. 79 degrees currently in the district. 8 0e quantico. 70ga gaithersburg. this is the best time to get out if you want to exercise outdoors. it will be feeling like 105 this afternoon. uv index will be very high over today and through the weekend. you want the sun block. going to be a hot one. those who are lucky could see an isolated shower. another storm threat tomorrow. >> chuck has more. >> good morning, sheena. weather alert mode tomorrow. especially in the afternoon showers for the chances of strong to severe storms. when we have an extreme heat

event, it usually ends with powerhouse thunderstorms. they're up near pittsburgh and traveling more east than south. tomorrow, that will be different. the storm prediction center in norman, oklahoma, issued a slight risk for severe weather tomorrow afternoon and evening. that includes all of the news 4 viewing area. future weather starting tomorrow at 10:00 a.m., hot and humid, temperatures mid-90s tomorrow. by 1:00 or 2:00, a chance of the first round of thunderstorms coming on through. we could have hit and miss chances for thunderstorms as late as 9:00 or 10:00 tomorrow afternoon. it will be a hot one tomorrow with temperatures in the mid-90. if you are beach bound, stormy on friday. temperatures in the low 80s for the coastline. weekend looks fantastic compared to today and tomorrow. dry across the area for most of your saturday. early chance of a few showers. sunday looking good, around 90 this week. next week, though, if you think

we're going to drop back into we'll be back into the 90s. good morning, i'm landon dowdy at cnbc headquarters. searching for a parking space is costing drivers time and money. a new report by analysts says people are spending an average of 17 hours a year hunting for a parking spot. that adds up to an estimated $345 per person in wasted time, fuel and emissions. drivers in large cities face the biggest challenges, of course. in new york, people spend an average of 107 hours a year looking for a space. l.a., san francisco, washington, seattle round out the top cities for the toughest places to find a spot. here are four things to know before you head out the door. president trump is in paris for a two-day visit. he will hold a joint news conference with president macron today.

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