5:00 a.m. good morning everybody. i'm aaron gilchrist. i'm eun yang. we're working for you to get you up and out the door on time. a look at the roads and rails with melissa in a minute. but first a look at your forecast. chuck and sheena have moved outside. what do you think, guys? >> i like it. it's nice outside. nice and quiet, nothing to worry about. >> i think it's fantastic. i'm trying to move around so the bugs don't bite me. >> you forgot your bug spray. >> it's a little bit sticky. it's a little muggy this morning. but it's going to be another hot day this afternoon. look at these temperatures comfortably mild. 77 degrees in the district. 72 sterling park. 72 fairfax city. if you're in prince george's county, mid to low 70s. 72 port washington. annapolis at 73 degrees. monday commute is looking good. dry roads. 7:00 a.m. muggy. by noon, you'll want the air on. 87 degrees. we're heating up to around 90 this afternoon.

couple thunderstorms. keep an eye to the sky. isolated storm chances there. tomorrow is going to be much of the same. then we really get hot. speaking of that commute today, let's check your commute with melissa mollet on this monday. good morning, melissa. >> good morning, sheena. looking at the beltway, everything moved out of the way. beltway is nice and clear now. no other issues to worry about. earlier roadwork we were watching. taking a look at 270 down to the spur, you can see you're speeding there, get there in 26 minutes. same thing if you're headed out of town, northbound on 270 this morning. 66 and 95, don't have any worries there. prince george's county, all of those routes looking quite good as well. pennsylvania avenue, 301, everything is rolling along well. aaron? >> all right. melissa, thank you. 5:01 now. angie goff with scary flooding in arizona. >> angie, what's going on here? >> the flooding of this creek s

turn. take a look. this is a new photo we got of the family that was there vacationing out in this creek. the search is for that man, the father, the 27-year-old man. that's expected to pick up this early morning. after a popular swimming hole was overtaken by floodwaters. this is cell phone video of that. at this point, nine people were killed. many of the people that were pictured, what we first showed you, more than half of those killed are children. this is all happening just north of phoenix. an area expected to be hit hard again by storms today. several were hurt in the flooding. most of those hurt are at the hospital this morning. back to you, eun. >> angie, thank you. it's 5:02. d.c. police are investigating two different crime scenes in two separate parts of the city. one man was shot and the other stabbed. this comes at a time when crime numbers are down in the district. but police are working to

the first incident happened on 9th and d streets in northeast off of maryland avenue around midnight. someone shot a man. police say the man was conscious and breathing when they took him to the hospital. police are looking for four suspects who were in a black toyota suv. about an hour and a half later, a man was stabbed in southeast d.c. this happened on good hope road, not far from ketchum elementary school. the victim was also alert when taken to the hospital. police are also looking for four suspects in this case. it's not clear whether the shooting and the stabbing are related. right now, homeowners living in riverdale heights are on edge after a man died in the middle of the street. prince george's county police say he died from a trauma to the body. a homeowner discovered the body around 4:00 a.m. on sunday on 60th avenue. if you're familiar with the area, it's off riverdale road. it was scary learning someone died on their street.

this in our neighborhood. you know, it's a big surprise to us, you know. >> things like this going on, it doesn't need to be around here because we got kids. >> now, it's not clear if the victim was killed in the area of 60th avenue or dumped there. police say the victim was a hispanic man in his 30s and they're working to identify him. this is the first murder in the county since the police chief announced officers would be working longer shift. the crackdown was announced since 12 men were killed in the first 11 days. we have an update on the nbc washington app. it was a germantown woman killed in an accident in olney yesterday morning. she was killed when two cars collided near fraley farm road. montgomery county police say a 13-year-old girl and two others were taken to the hospital. they are all expected to be okay. police are still

what caused sunday's crash. if you drive the beltway, you may want to hear this before you hop in the car. starting today, maryland will begin to crackdown on anyone who speeds through a work zone. the state has set up automated speed cameras near suitland road and prince george's county. that's where crews are working on a bridge. if you drive 12 mirror more over the posted speed limit, you will get a warning in the mail. then starting august 7th, you will get a $40 ticket. five minutes after the hour now. as soon as today, one of two former capitol hill staffers accused in a nude photo scandal could appear in court. juan mccullum has yet to go before a judge. while doreen brown lewis already pleaded not guilty. he's accused of posting nude photos online. that boss was congresswoman stacey plaskett from the virgin islands.

people on capitol hill over the next couple of days. protesting the senate's health care bill. several groups are planning a multiday people's filibuster rally that starts this afternoon. this comes as the senate is delaying a key vote on the bill until senator john mccain recovers from surgery. the congressional budget office is delaying its analysis of the plan. nbc's chris pallone will have a look at what this means coming up. the white house remains on the defensive this morning, continuing to down play a meeting last year between donald trump jr. and a russian lawyer. president trump once again defended his son on twitter, while the president's personal lawyer went on the sunday shows to say there was nothing illegal about the meeting. virginia senator mark warner says the meeting has brought the russia investigation to the next level. >> all of these efforts to say there was only smoke and there's no fire, well, that's all been put to rest. this is clearly -- brings the investigation to aew

senate intelligence committee wants to speak with donald trump jr. it is just about 5:07. we want to check in with angie goff at the live desk following the path of major wildfires and new challenges today, angie. >> looking ahead to today, it is going to be a tough one for firefighters in canada to get this under control. more than 37,000 fleeing their homes. many overnight. after strong winds spread the forest fires raging for more than a week now. this is in the westernmost province much british columbia. close to 3,000 firefighters facing dry conditions trying to get this outbreak under control. in total, 160 fires are burning. officials say it was too soon to say how much damage and how much loss has been done because the conditions are way too dangerous right now. we'll keep you updated. eun? angie, thank so much. volunteers and veterans will care for some much our nation's most hallowed grounds. >> it's the annual day

service at arlington national cemetery. news 4's amee cho is there with the big restoration effort happening day. >> eun, aaron, good morning. this is one of the most sacred places in the country. hundreds of thousands of veterans buried here. today it's all about honoring those brave young men and women who have served our country. hundreds of volunteers coming out to donate their time. i'm joined by one of those volunteers this morning. phil fogarty, thanks for being with us. >> good morning, aimee. >> what will you be doing today. >> the national association of landscape professionals will be performing lawn care treatments. we'll be enhancing the hard scapes and putting protection on the beautiful historic trees. >> some great work. why do you do this? >> for 21 years this group has come out here because we want to make sure that families of every active military and veteran everywhere know that there's a

refuse to forget the sacrifices that were made. it's a real honor for us to be here. >> absolutely. thank you so much for being with us. >> thank you, aimee. >> the event kicks off at 7:30. more live coverage later on in the show. back to you. >> aimee cho live at arlington national cemetery for us. we told you about an injured eagle found earlier in the year. we thought it could be justice. justice nests near the d.c. academy. it was a different eagle. they nursed the eagle back to health. justice was missing at the time. but justice came back last week. it's not clear we are went. maybe he wanted an adventure, change in scenery. >> you may want to grab an umbrella today. >> not looking for a big chance for rain today. it's all dry outside early this morning. there will be at least an opportunity for an isolated thunderstorm or two

this afternoon. best rain chances between 4:00 and 6:00 this evening. we'll take a look further down into the week and think about the weekend coming up. it is one. most deadliest types of cancers and it is on the rise across the country. the disease seeing a big spike, each more in our area. >> months after he lied about being robbed in rio. ryan lochte is n loon

5:13 right now. comfortable way to start the workweek. >> chuck bell, is it going to get worse? >> it is going to get warmer with each passing day. today and tomorrow, not so bad. pretty close to average. rain chances today. highest well out to the west. a few showers and thunderstorms to the coast. today's forecasted high, the average is 89. just about what you would expect for the middle part of july. rain chances today around 30%. highest chances in the shenandoah valley. sheena will look at your hour by hour planner coming up. for now, let's go to melissa. >> everything looking pretty good. no big red blobs or anything like that to be too worried about. live look,

just the inbound traffic there. apg i governor ba-- angie g the live desk. a jordanian soldier was convicted of killing a soldier back in november. the man was sentenced to life in prison with hard labor. the three army berets who were killed, many of the family members were in that courtroom this morning. i'm angie goff at the live desk. now back to you. >> angie, thank you. it's 5:14 right now. here are some of the top stories we're following this morning. a minneapolis community wants to know why a police officer shot and killed a woman who called them for help. this happened saturday night. officers say the original call was about a possible sex assault. the officer's body and d

ras were not turned on. they're looking for surveillance video. a surge in acid attack in britain is raising concerns. last week a 16-year-old boy was charged in connection to five attacks in london. the british government is now considering whether to put restrictions on selling corrosive liquids or creating tough penalties for those kinds of assaults. iran has sentenced an american citizen for ten years in prison for infiltrating the country -- the man is a graduate student and arrested last summer while doing research. university says it is working to facilitate his release. the "washington post" reporter held for months and freed last year has been calling attention to the issue on twitter. it was a wild and terrifying scene played out in front of people enjoying a summer day on an indiana lake. >> a boat operator lost control and sent all people on board

police say dominique, the person operating the boat, hit a high rate of speed and made a violent turn. by the time help arrived, the boat was sort of stalking the area, if you will. like a motorized shark in a way. didn't stop until it smashed into a police officer's patrol boat and another officer on a jet ski jumped on. >> once i was close enough, it was just a matter of stepping from his boat into that boat. >> the police say alcohol was a factor here. the boat's operator was arrested. >> it was one of the stories that dominated the rio olympics. team usa swimmers lied about being robbed and filed a false police report. 11 months after the incident, the charges against ryan lochte have been dropped. a brazilian court ruled that lochte's claims during an nbc interview did not

filing a fake report. pop star erin carter is facing serious charges this morning. he and his former girlfriend were arrested saturday night in georgia for dui. police also said he had drugs on him. carter is best known as a child and teen pop star and the brother of backstreet boys performer nick carter. news for your health this morning, the district has the highest liver cancer rates in the country. this is according to a recent american cancer society study. overall, deaths are on the rise across the country. there will be an estimated 25,000 cancer deaths. only one in five will survive after being diagnosed with liver cancer. an innovative program in providence, rhode island is teaching new parents different ways to talk to their children. the program encourages parents to do something called

conversation. it's where you're supposed to speak clearly to your little ones and include details. >> want to make sure that all children start school at a level playing field. when you start behind, it makes it that much harder to learn how to read, to get a job, to graduate high school. >> so the goal is to expose kids to at least 21,000 words per day. i didn't do the whole baby talk with my kids. i thought the more you speak to them as you would anyone else, not using crazy vocabulary. but they pick up on that. >> all that stuff is no good. if you don't have kids, you have a tendency to do that. >> are you sure you don't have kids? >> i've been around a lot of children. >> don't teach them how to talk, aaron. or at least like that. >> we love you otherwise. >> i like how she's backtracking. >> no, it's okay. >> guide him a little bit. >> it's going to be another hot week out there. >> yeah. >> it is. we have a hot week last week. now the 90s are really coming

90. later this week, we'll be in the upper 90s again, believe it or not. the heat won't be letting up any time soon. dry roads for your morning commute. exercise is going to be more comfortable early in the day. other than that, hot this afternoon. the pool today, it's looking good. it's going to be hot. you want your sun block. it's hot. stray storms possible this afternoon. if you're at the pool. keep an eye to the sky. currently at 77 degrees. 71 gaithersburg. clinton, 71. everyone is pretty warm this morning. we're nice and dry, though. any rain is offshore. it's going to stay offshore but the south wind could throw us a couple isolated thunderstorms flaring up. here is your pool forecast by noon today. temperatures about the mid-80s. by 2:00 p.m. 88 degrees. 4:00 p.m., 91. it's going to be a hot one. again, don't be surprised. if you see a stray shower or or

county. otherwise, a few isolated ones flaring up. not a huge rain chance. we'll be watching them off towards the west. areas like martinsburg might have a better chance this afternoon. today, 91 degrees. partly cloudy, chance of an afternoon shower. tomorrow, pretty much the same as today. winds dry, mid-90s. thursday, look at that 97 degrees and no rain relief in that forecast. friday, we're still in the mid-90s. take a look at your weekend. for now, let's check the road forecast. what are the roads looking like, melissa? >> actually, looking pretty good, sheena. thank you for this nice weather. 66 looks okay. 95, no problem. northbound as you approach quantico is a little slow. live look at 66 at waples mill. seeing the headlights headed inbound here this morning. taking a look at the beltway now, inner and outer loop of the beltway, everything is rolling on

on 270 northbound and southbound, looking good as well. 95 in maryland and prince george's county coming up. aaron? >> melissa, thank you. in a matter of days, o.j. simpson could be a free man. >> a hearing expected to get under way later this week and what indicate owe

we are remembering two hollywood greats this morning. oscar winning actor martin landau died this weekend much he's best known for his hit tv show mission impossible. he also won an oscar for best supporting actor in 1995 for his role in ed wood. landau was 89 years old.

he's known for night of the living dead. he was 77 years old. o.j. simpson has been in prison since 2008 and this week he could go free. >> simpson has a parole hearing on thursday. he was convicted of a burglary in las vegas from ten years ago. whether he gets parole is based on several factors. but not his fame or the personal opinions of the parole board. >> i think for the crime that he committed, he paid his due. i think people think that he paid over his due on that crime. i think he will be paroled. >> that was brian kaelin, known as kato kaelin who was a witness during his murder trial. you can see his interview on the "today" show right after "news4 today." good morning. it is a warm one as you walk outside this morning. little bit sticky right now. temperatures are mostly inhe

70s. later this afternoon, going to be a hot day again. around 90 degrees. it's not just today. we're talking about the heat continuing later this week. we're back with that forecast coming up. stay tuned. plus, they came from halfway around the world to compete. now a group of teen engineers from afghanistan is in d.c. a look at the first night of competition coming up. new nats players. what you should know about them before they debut at the ballpark.

right now on "news4 today," we're starting another hot week of summer temperatures rising. as you wake up. the storm team 4 forecast is just ahead. new video from a vigil for four murdered men. the former "voice" star who performed -- >> on sacred grounds, why a cleanup on arlingtoti

across the country. "news4 today" starts now. good morning everyone. i'm eun yang. i'm aaron gilchrist. we appreciate you waking up with us on this monday morning. we're working for you to get you out the door. melissa mollet will have a look at the commute. >> first, we'll check on the forecast with chuck bell and sheena parveen who are outside right now in the heat and humidity. how is it feeling out there? >> it is very sticky. i mean, it's getting stickier. >> thick is the best word to describe it this morning. >> would you call it soupy. i don't think people like that word. >> i need lower visibility for soupiness. >> sticky. >> there will be more soupy days to come. for now, very, very humid/thick to be outside this morning. going to be doing any exercising, get it done between now and 8:30 this morning, it's going to be a quick warmup. in the mid-60s this morning. low 70s in and around the city as you plan out your day today.

at 5:57. sunrise is getting later. sunset is getting earlier now. >> i don't like this information. >> temperatures is up around 90 degrees today. pretty soon, we'll be down below 14 and a half hours of -- i am ready for autumn already. >> only uphill from here with this information. >> the whole ten-day forecast and the beach weather. let's go inside to melissa mollet. >> good morning, guys. 66 before centreville road, a vehicle on the right side of the road causing a little bit of a slowdown headed inbound. in big issue there this morning. northbound between woodyard road and do you remember house. rest of prince george's county looking okay. >> looking at the beltway now, inner loop and outer loop just fine.

you 20 minutes -- it is 5:32. a warning now for drivers tops our news headlines today. speed enforcement cameras are now on the beltway. you'll just get a warning if you're caught speeding right now. but by next month, drivers will get tickets in the mail. molette green is on the beltway and will be live to explain where the cameras are and why they're there. a man is missing after a horrifying flash flood in arizona. the flood killed multiple children. search efforts were suspended overnight. but they will begin again this morning. d.c. police are investigating two different crime scenes in two separate parts of the city. one man was shot on 9th and d streets in northeast around midnight. about an hour and a half later a man was stabbed in southeast on good hope road. both men survived. prince george's county police are trying to identify a man found dead on 60th avenue in

hispanic man in his 30s. the exact cause of death is unknown. police say he suffered trauma to his body. an entire community joined in song and prayer to honor the lives of four men murdered in pennsylvania. >> ♪ >> a former contestant from the voice, matthew schuler sang in honor of the victims. they were found buried on a family farm in bu-- >> they lit candles at the garden of reflection. the son of the farm's owner and the cousin have been charged. cosmo dinardo and sean pratt are expected in court july 31st. the fairfax county school board will hold a final debate on an issue before voting next week. it was named in honor

confederate general. the debate has been going on for nearly two years. changing the school's name would cost nearly a million dollars. if you drive and have to take a bus or train to work, you'll have more places to park in northern virginia. design plans have been approved for an 1100-space garage in springfield. the garage will sit behind a sunoco gas station at old keene mill road and springfield boulevard. this will not be your average parking garage. it will also have a community event space on the rooftop. that could be used for outdoor movies and a farmers market. construction is expected to start in 2019 and the garage would open in 2022. we want to remind you that work to waterproof some metro train tunnels is changing the red line schedule on weekends through august 11th. you'll need to hop on a shuttle bus to get between friendship heights and medical center. during the week the work is happening after 9:00 at night. you can ride the trainut

tracking. you can get more information on the closures in the nbc washington app by searching red line. tonight you'll have a chance to meet with the prince william county police chief, barry barner. part of the conversation with the chief. the chief will answer questions and discuss the issues you care about. this gets under way at the building in woodbridge. the nationals added firepower to their bullpen. even though in first place, the pitching has been a weak spot this year. they traded for two players from the oakland a's. one of them, sean doolittle. his fiance has enjoyed the idea of coming to the nationals. she changed her twitter picture to include the walgreens logo. we all know that's the long curly w. she tweeted that she realized her mistake. it was an honest mistake. but fans didn't take too kindly to her mixing up the redur

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back at the old testament -- >> former president jimmy carter back at his church teaching sunday school yesterday. it comes days after he was taken to the hospital for dehydration in canada. the former president was in canada helping to build homes for habitat for humanity. doctors gave him all sorts of tests and everything came back fine. mr. carter heads home next week where he hopes to get a few days of rest. >> i would love to be in one of his sunday school classes. >> tough guy. >> he probably has a lot to say and talk about. it's like the olympics for robotics. it's happening for the next couple of days here in d.c. >> one of the teams has made international headlines. that team is this all-girls group fro

they went through quite a bit to get here after being denied visas to get in. president trump found out about it and helped them out. now they're here and will be competing against teams from around the world. >> i want to show them that nothing is impossible. >> they are powerful, they are strong and they are not silent anymore. >> the beginning rounds for the first global challenge get under way this morning inside constitution hall. should be great. today it's already sticky outside. it's warm out there. if you're exercising, you'll want the water today. stay hydrated. temperatures by lunchtime already around the mid to upper 80s. this afternoon will be another hot one. around 90 degrees. chance of an isolated thunderstorm. later this week, we'll get hotter. we'll talk more about that forecast coming up. melissa.

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arlington national cemetery where hundreds of landscapers are ready to honor those who died for our country. today is the annual day of service at one of our nation's most hallowed sites. this is the 21st year for this particular event. >> aimee cho is live with more on the meaning for this event. >> reporter: aaron, eun, good morning. this is the final resting place for hundreds of thousands of veterans, people who have given so much to our country. it's really about honoring what they've done, making their final home more beautiful. hundreds of volunteers will be coming to donate their time and joining one of those volunteers. coming here from georgia to be here today. why did you decide to get involved. >> i'm one of the many volunteers who come together every year to help beautify what's already a very beautiful place in honor of our

doing? >> there will be members doing a variety of things. some will be doing tree cabling to prevent lightning strikes. some will be doing lining, irrigation work. there's a children's program where we've got 50 children planting flowers at the nurse's memorial and a wide variety of typical landscape beautification projects. >> some great work and a very great cause. thanks for being with us, ed. >> reporter: these events kick off this morning at 7:30. part of that includes laying a wreath at the tomb of the unknown soldier. volunteers hope it's a change that will brighten your day. dozens of people worked to clean up d.c.'s h street corridor yesterday. they swept sidewalks and picked up trash all the way to 12th street northeast. volunteers say a cleaner community will instill pride and keep crime down. now to capitol hill where a key vote on the future of your health care has been delayed again. nbc's

>> chris, why the delay here and what impact could it have on people's health care coverage? >> mitch mcconnell had fully intended to bring the gop's latest version of their health care bill to repeal and replace obamacare to a vote this week. but over the weekend we learned that john mccain underwent unscheduled surgery over the weekend for a blood clot over his eye. some experts say it could be longer than this week. mcconnell decided to delay the vote. he's dealing with razor-thin margins here. at least two senators say they oppose the gop -- two republican senators have said that. with mccain not here, he didn't have the vote to pass it. what does it mean for people at home, status quo. if you have employer-provided insurance, you retain that. you keep going on that plan. medicare, medicaid remains the

>> in obamacare exchanges, who have said they need relief, the premiums have been spiraling upwards, insurers have been leaving the market, in some places leaving people are with few choices. the senate fails to act for yet another week on this bill. >> chris pollone on the ril for us, chris, thank you. president trump is hosting a made in america product showcase at the white house today. this is part of the administration's made in america week. the event will highlight american-made products and encourage companies to make their products in u.s. each state will have the chance to showcase a product. virginia will be represented by the national capitol flag company based in alexandria. heath's crab pots will represent the state of maryland. the white house remains on defense over the controversy surrounding president trump's son meeting with a russian lawyer last year. we'll have the latest on

jr. coming up at 6:00. 5:49 right now. delta is firing back at conservative commentator ann coulter. this started after she tweeted how upset she was that the airline twitched her seat assignment. coulter posted a series of angry tweets about the mixup. she said quote, your inculsultse uncomfortable and unnecessary. the airline said they would refund her $30 she paid. coulter responded, if you thought it was about $30, why didn't you give this woman $30 and let me stay in my pre-booked assigned seat? angie goff with a look at what's going to be another challenging day for thousands of firefighters in canada. these flames driving more than $37,000 people from their homes across the westernmost province of british columbia. many left everything behind overnight. thousands of firefighters we know, even th

on the ground as well as in the air there to help control and get the outbreak under control. now 160 fires are burning and officials think this will be one the worst fire seasons yet. already more than 400,000 acres of land scorched. eun? >> angie goff from the live desk. thank you. a popular pool in montgomery county has been renamed to honor a young woman who did so much for her swim community. sarah auer was 21 years old when she was killed in an accident. she was a swim coach in poolsville. she was on her way to that pools when she died. family and friends say her influence will never be forgotten. >> she built our spirit. she motivated us to be stronger and better than what we are. >> she would be overwhelmed and extremely happy and a little embarrassed and say, why are you making all this fuss about me? >>

young swimmers have received scholarships in sarah's name. 5:51. our time right now, want to turn to chuck bell and it's 77 right now. >> good pool day. good pool weather this afternoon. temperatures around average, which is what we would expect in the middle of july. it's not supposed to be cool and comfy. it will not be either of those things. there's a live look over downtown washington under partly to mostly cloudy sky this year. it's a muggy 77 in washington. enough humidity where there's even a little hint of a heat index before the sun is barely even up. it will be a hot one today. upper 80s, around 90 degrees for highs. the comfortable start in the shenandoah where the temperatures will be the highest later on. generally under 30%. rain chances in the shenandoah valley, a

in the 630s and 70s now. quick rise in most areas. in the 80s before 10:00 a.m. most areas in the mid to upper 80s by lunchtime. afternoon highs, about 91 downtown. 84 today in gaithersburg. 89 leesburg and fredericksburg. 85 in annapolis. chances for thunderstorms today. at least a chance, but a relatively low one. the odds of them becoming severe, only a marginal risk of severe weather today. the real issue would be any thunderstorms that do bubble up northern maryland, they'll be slow movers. they could put down a quick half an inch to an inch of rain. any time there's thunder, that means there's lightning as well. >> rain chances low. there's that focusing of rain chances along i-81 from winchester to martinsburg to hagerstown. if you're beach bound for the week, not a bad day today. tomorrow, tuesday, wednesday, and thursday, little bit of a warming trend in the beach. that warming trend is going to be taking place here. we'll be around

mid-90s for wednesday, thursday and friday. thursday likely to be the hottest day of the week up to 97 degrees. we head into the weekend, melissa mollet, a chance for thunder showers back in the picture. no washingouts just yet. >> i like that, chuck bell. tyking a look at the roads. a crash on the left shoulder. that's looking better through that area this morning. eastbound 66 for centreville. just seeing a little bit of a slowdown. people are wondering what's going on on the right. you stay left, you get bay that easily. northbound 110. the iwo jima memorial. that's near the pentagon south parking lot as you're approaching that area. inner loop and outer loop of the beltway. no issues on the beltway at this point this morning. let take a look now at your travel tiles. 270 south from germantown to the spur. you are on time there. top of the beltway nice and clear. 66

95 virginia. s listen to wtop 103.5 fm when you hop in your car today. >> melissa, thank you. enjoy it while it lasts. gas prices cheaper than usual this morning. they could increase in the next few weeks. a gallon costs $2.46 on average. if you're filling up in maryland, it's $2.24 in virginia it's only $2.03 for a gallon of rug unleaded. in west virginia, $2.32. we're working for you to get the most mileage after you fill up. here's how. if you're taking a long trip, close the windows and turn on the air conditioning. ac actually increases how much fuel you use. but it's actually more efficient when you're on the highway. you can save gas with less aggressive driving and by using cruise control. we know there is a lot of summer left. we understand that your child isn't ready yet to talk about the s-word.

thinking about when you're talking about heading back to school. you may have already noticed that a lot of stores are thinking about it as well. walmart is not only ready in store for back to school, but the company has launched a new online feature. if you enter your zip code, a list of supplies, specific school and grade pops up. national retail federation says it's a great tool for parents and they don't have to worry about losing that school supply list. a lot of retailers started as early as actually the first week of june, stocking up their shelves with back to school materials. joining the pens, pads on the back to school shopping list are electronics. a lot of schools are asking parents to buy their kids laptops or tablets. >> good morning, i'm landon dowdy. disney plans to

esteemed resort at walt disney world. the hotel would be their most -- concept ever. it would combine a luxury resort. each guest would wear themed costumes and be part of an individual storyline. the story will touch every single minute of your day and culminate a unique journey for every person who visits. i'm landon dowdy for the cnbc business report. >> thank you, landon. you might want to stay off social media if you are a game of thrones fan. >> your news feed will be filled with spoilers. season 7 premiered around the world last night. so many people were watching. it actually crashed on hbo go. there were issues in latin america. hbo says there weren't problems here in the u.s. game of thrones is still the number one trending topic on twitter in our area. ed

appearance on the show. >> that would be unexpected. >> i can't watch. now that season 7. who has the time to catch up now. i'm done. it is deadline day for nfl contracts. >> the redskins' future is up in the air ahead at 6:00. why it is unlikely kirk cousins will sign a contract before time is up today. the death at the maryland zoo getting attention worldwide. a nude photo scandal on capitol hill. the legal action they could face for leaking photos online. plus, more on the new fines you could face if caught speeding on the

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right now. another hot summer week. we'll fill you in on the storms you could be seeing today. deadly flash floods turning a vacation into tragedy. a search for survivors after a family is swept away. slow down for safety. a new crackdown to stop speeders could make your commute even slower on two major highways.

it is 6:00 a.m. i'm aaron gilchrist. i'm eun yang. a look from the studios. you can see the humidity today. we're more than halfway through july. can you believe it. no surprise it's hot out there. >> meteorologists chuck bell and sheena parveen are out there to see how it's feeling. then we'll hit the roads to look at a crackdown with speeders with melissa molette -- and molette. roof down, windows down, this is the perfect time of the day for a little fresh air. >> yeah. right now. because later on today, it's going to be pretty hot. it's going to be another day around 90. we're talking about the heat and humidity. not just today but wait until you see the forecast later this week. it's definitely