republicans are working on a new plan to overhaul obamacare after the senate bill died last night. angie goff working to bring you up to speed on that. first, we want to check in on the weather. storm team 4 forecasting more storms today after yesterday's caused this flooding. much of it across maryland. >> meteorologist chuck bell and sheena parveen start us off before we check in with the rest of the crew. chuck and sheena, good morning. >> good morning. it's a sticky one outside. the rain is going to make it less of a good hair day. >> i thought your hair looked fine. >> thank you, chuck. yours too. >> i must admit, the gray ones are less affected. >> i thought you dyed them that color. >> no. we have a rising sun in eastern sky this morning. it is a humid start to the day. we're 74 in cheverly.

upper 80s to around 90 for most locations. low 90s in and around the city. it is going to be a hot one for sure. if you're planning to sneak away and going to the beach, late this week into the early half of the weekend, it's going to be hot there too. offshore flow, temperatures near 90. ocean temperature, near 75 degrees. that actually feels pretty good. the whole weekend, in specific, the hair looks fine. >> you got to get closer. like a monet. don't laugh, melissa mollet. >> i'm laughing because you are so crazy. you have great hair. stop it. inner loop and outer loop of the beltway looking okay. this inner loop situation near annapolis road, it's getting better. it's off to the one side of the roadway. inner loop at annapolis, that live picture showing you things are a bit better than they were. this is an issue here. northbound 5 before sur at road, you have to stay

extra time if you have to head that wachlt hopi-- >> you're on time going 49 miles per hour. taking about 37 minutes. aaron? >> melissa, thank you. we are keeping you up to speed on the breaking news this morning. take a look at this. you can see intense flames that erupted at a row house on morgan street northwest early this morning. >> there were some injuries but the people who live there escaped safely. news 4's molette green joins us live from the scene. molette, what's going on? >> this is where it all started just hours ago. this white house behind me on the second floor. investigators, we can tell you, will be here in the coming hours to try to determine what caused this blaze. hard to believe there was a raging fire here just hours ago. four row homes impacted in all. smoke detectors alerted the folks inside the house where the

flames coming from the second floor out on to the back alley to the porches back behind these row houses. children woke up sleeping adults in another home. a man who lived here for 30 years right next door says a neighbor called him to get out. >> my neighbor called me next door here at 205. he called me and told me, les, the house is on fire next to you. i got up, looked out and fire trucks everywhere. >> reporter: a bit of good news. some of the neighbors who were looking for their missing pets apparently found one, a cat, this morning. just a short while ago. eight people forced out in all. two firefighters injured. one suffering minor burns. the other suffering from heat exhaustion and both expected to be okay. that is the latest live from d.c. >> molette, thank you. 6:03. developing this morning. health coverage for millions of people is in

affordable care act is dead. news 4's angie goff is in the newsroom with a look at what happened while you were sleeping. angie, good morning. >> good morning to you. simply put, the republicans do not have the votes to move forward. two more republicans came out against the latest health care plan overnight. that means four republicans, four in all, oppose the current plan. now, senate majority leader mitch mcconnell say they will vote soon on a straight repeal of the affordable care act saying, in part, quote, a repeal of obamacare with a two-year delay to provide a stable transition period to provide a senate transitional period for access to quality care. that's what president trump echoed in his tweet posted shortly after the latest defections were announced. to emphasize that will not take effect for two years giving lawmakers more time to create a new system. democrats calling for a bipartisan effort to

that's the latest from the fuss room. eun, back to you. >> angie, thank you. here's a look at the four republican senators opposing the health care plan. the latest senators, mike lee and jerry moran. coming up, mark murray will break down whether republicans have the votes to repeal the health care law. fairfax county police are checking missing persons reports to identify a dead man. he was found in a lake off trinity parkway in ten tremendousville last night. an autopsy should give us a better idea of how the man died. a fisherman found him around 7:30. parents want to know why it took seven months to arrest a former classroom aide accused of creating child pornography at school. this is carlos bell who is accused of abusing students inside benjamin stoddard middle school in waldorf. there will be a meeting tonight for parents. justin finch joins us live with more.

county officials say that cases like carlos bell often take a lot of time to investigate. often going longer than even they would like. now, we have an idea of why thanks to an investigation by our news partners at wtop. now, first a bit about carlos bell. as mentioned, he's a charles county aide accused of assaulting ten boys on campus and also at his home. we know too, that thanks to the wtop investigation that they found a maryland state police crime lab is understaffed and overworked. their workload is set to increase by about 40% this year. they of course are working this case and many others. they currently staff about four people with no immediate plans to hire more workers. now, you will recall that bell is accused of recording the sex abuse on his cell phones. this agency is charged with searching those devices and of course many more. despite t

county state attorney says that he never let up in this case. >> the reality is they don't have resources to get it done for quickly. doesn't mean they're getting things -- they're busting their hump. >> now to that parent meeting set for 7:00 p.m. this evening at the church of st. charles. parents will get pointers about talking to their children about sex abuse. also on hand will be experts to further guide parents on how to speak with their children about cases like this and prevent them from happening to their children. this is being put on by the group women of action. back in to you. justin finch. thank you. benjamin stoddard middle school will host its own meating to get parents more information on this case. the first meeting is next friday, july 28th at 7:00 p.m. at the school. prince george's county

the man's body was dumped off riverdale road early sunday morning. a neighbor found the body. he's a hispanic man between 35 and 40 years old. this marks the 13th in the county since july. since the beginning of the month. prince george's county police have 12-hour shifts for all officers in response to the recent violence. the family of a hit and run victim is urging someone to speak up if they've seen this car. d.c. police say this was the car that hit best of your knowledge us johnson. he was riding his bike near 29th and erie streets in southeast. after spending weeks on life support. johnson died at the hospital on sunday. it's 6:08. a plan to help drivers get between loudoun and montgomery counties quicker is getting pushback. today, the montgomery county council is set to vote on a resolution opposing the potomac river bridge crossing. officials say it's too costly. would create too much traffic and would ruin the agricultural

areas. loudoun county lawmakers want to study the idea further. raccoon worries. a local neighborhood on edge after recent attacks. the simple fix that could keep the predators away from your home. it's going to be another hot one. if you plan to exercise outside today, well, this time is going to be the best time to do it. any time before lunchtime. it's going to get hot again, a lot like yesterday. low 90s. isolated storm chance. then we get hotter as we go into the rest of the week. coming up, chuck and i are back with a closer look at the forecast. plus, two local men competing on a national stage. we'll tell you about the maryland men fighting to become america's next ninja warriors. find

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we are tracking breaking news out of northwest d.c. at 6:13. that's where at least four homes have fire damage after flames broke out early this morning. d.c. fire says the fire started inside one row house on morgan street. >> fire alarms woke up eight people who were able to escape safely. two firefighters are being treated for minor burns and heat exhaustion. molette green will have a live update coming up. melissa has breaking news in traffic. what's going on? >> we have a four-mile backup. this is northbound side. this is right before surratts. it is a big delay for that area. kind of a rare situation for the morning. wanted to mention that. inner loop at annapolis, looking better than it was. good morning, sheena. >> good morning, meliss

morning. just a little bit sticky out there. humid. warm. that's going to be the case through the rest of the morning. through the afternoon, it's going to be a lot like yesterday. low 90s. isolated storm chance. but it's not really today where we're talking about the extreme heat. that's going to be tomorrow, thursday, friday, into the weekend. we're really not going to have much rain once that starts to set in. coming up in a bit, chuck has a look at the forecast and a closer look at your weekend straight ahead. from the live desk, an update to a story out of atlanta that has four people in the hospital this morning. a couple other nearby businesses were evacuated as a precaution right here where a group of a restaurants collapsed. more than 30 people inside at the time by the way. the city inspector on site looking whether more could buckle. officials believe that heavy rain was a factor in why the roof collapsed. eun and aaron, six people are

morning. >> angie, thank you. a search for a missing man believed to have been swept away by flash floods in arizona will resume today. he's been identified as hector gar unique a. he and his extended family came to a swimming hole to celebrate his wife's birthday. nine people were killed by flash flooding. they range in age from 2 to 60 years old. the potential for flash floods will continue through the middle of the week. assisted suicide is now legal in the district. it could be a matter of time before congress steps in to stop that. the death with dignity act became official where doctors can pre skieb terminally ill patients life ending drugs. the patients must be over the age of 18 and have six months to live. they voted to begin the process to repeal last week. it will require the approval of both the full house and senate

about 6:16. there's a new effort today to change bail walls in maryland so more families aren't separated. the group color of change is having a community forum in clinton tonight to look at ways to change the bail system. organizers say a disproportionate share of people who are detained before trial are black and can't afford to bail out of jail. the meeting is tonight at 7:00 in mt. ee nan baptist church. police are hoping you can help them track down this woman. police say a 2-year-old boy was found playing in a parking lot. his 11-month-old sister was found crawling outside of the apartment. when officers knocked on the door, amanda sue allen escaped through a window. police say she's wanted for violating parole. she now faces charges for felony child neglect. the american flag is outside

fire. this is a follow-up to a story you saw first on 4. one man's home security camera was recording what he saw that suspect went door to door. >> i saw one house up the street go up. the next house go up. a gentleman come walking this way, opened my front gate that we're standing in now, walked right up to my house, lit it on fire and went right up the street this way. >> that video is now in the hands of arson investigators which is why we can't show it to you here. several other homes were hit the week before the fourth of july holiday. take a look at these frightening photos from northern virginia. >> they're frightening to me. >> frightening? >> raccoons are attacking people. these pictures show them coming in through someone's doggie door. there were multiple bites. one woman needed 87 stitches. others say they're worried a

we're maybe more vigilant in lock walking our dog. >> the animal welfare league because of how the community handles trash. the homeowners association doesn't allow trash bins outside, only trash bags. >> one of the suggestions to help you deal with this was to -- they have wooden trash cans apparently will protect. put those out and take them back in. that's okay in that area for folks who wanted to know. >> melissa, you have breaking news. i'm glad you were interested and paying attention. you support that idea. >> thank you for that information. it's a good idea. what do they expect. we have breaking news in clinton. it's just cleared. you were having to stay left to get by the crash to prince george's county. still a 3.and a half mile

backup. you can see the beltway is looking okay. we have the normal slowdowns there. a couple of things downtown. morgan street northwest. closed for fire response and then westbound east capitol at 50th street northeast. still have that light rain blocked because of the earlier crash. metro line here. green. delays to branch avenue on the green line. disabled train at west high yachtsville. looking at the travel lines. 270. top of the beltway. inner loop and outer loop. no problems there. just a little bit slow. very normal. 66 inbound at 95 northbound in virginia also looking typical. remember to listen to wtop 103.5 fm when you hop in your car. mr. chuck bell. >> good morning, melissa. so far 13 of the first 17 days here in the month of july have been 90 degrees for higher, including yesterday's 91. we have a whole lot more 90s straight ahead, including today. there's a live picture of the sun over northwest washington.

nothing on radar this morning. we'll have a chance for a stray shower or thunderstorm. on the whole, the trend is a downward trend for rain chances and upward trend for isolated storms. low to mid-70s in prince george's county this morning. mid-70s to a few spots in the upper 70s in and around the city to get your day started. four things to know about the weather. isolated storms again today. like yesterday. they'll be slow movers. they're not going to cover a lot of real estate. but the real estate they do sit over could drop a quick half an inch to an inch of rain. temperatures lime the next couple of days. mid-730s across the area. planning out your day, we'll be in the upper 80s to near 90 by as early as lunchtime. high of 92 degrees. it will be a warm one for sure. only a 30% chance for rain. nothing on radar this morning. here's future weather to help you plan out your day today. bubbling up of showers after 2:00 or 3:00. here's

thunder showers lined up along i-95 between the beltways and towards fredericksburg. isolated thunder chance in the shenandoah valley. it's going to be a hot and humid day tomorrow. even lower rain chances and potentially higher temperatures. 92 today. 95 coming your way for tomorrow. thursday and friday look stiflingly hot. highs mid to upper 90s. heat indexes around 100 degrees and a chance for thunder showers to come in on saturday. we'll give you the ten-day forecast and start talking about beach weather as well coming up in a few more minutes. for now, back to the news. >> chuck, thank you. two maryland men fighting to become america's next ninja warriors. we'll show you how they trained on national tv. on the hook for $50,000 worth of damage after his house is trashedtwice.

the ninja knocks it out. his first buzzer ever. >> all right. look at that. what a competitor. nick, an aerospace engineer from silver spring made it all the way in last night's american ninja warrior. he hit the red buzzer and advances to the next round. we're going to cheer him on next week. he's smart too. >> he can figure it out. nick wasn't the only competitor from maryland on last night's show. >> a man who once patrolled d.c. streets.

will washington is a former d.c. cop who makes a living helping others get in shape if in his prince george's county -- >> will went on -- out on the floating steps obstacle. if you're a ninja fan, you know chances are we'll see him compete again. >> as far as i'm concerned, knowing what i'm capable of and knowing what i saw and knowing what i experienced when i got there, i have unfinished business. >> that's the spirit. ever wonder if you or someone you know what is what it takes to be a ninja warrior? jim handly, brave man. he met with him to check out the ninja training technique. search ninja warrior challenge -- american ninja -- i definitely know. the pull-ups. >> you can pull that off. >> you could do one. just one. an international robotics competition wraps up today and a team of

afghanistan is fighting for first place. >> the young women were denied visas until president trump intervened. now they're competing against teams from 150 countries even though they just started taking their first robotics class this year. >> most teams had up to four months to build theirs. the afghan women built and tested theirs for a day before they had to ship it to the u.s. >> doreen gentzler will have more on the girls and the competition tonight at 6:00. how is this for good sportsmanship. when the team from iran couldn't get their materials into the country, students from george c. marshall high school in falls church stepped in to help. using skype, they took instructions from the team in iran, they were able to help build the robot, very nice. a superstar accused of running a cult and luring in young women. now r. kelly is ready to address the story trending on your facebook page.

>> reporter: houses impacted by a raging fire. that story coming up. i'm meteorologist chuck bell. temperatures in the mid to upper 70s inside the beltway. cooler in the shenandoah valley. it's going to be a

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the health care bill collapses and a row house fire sends d.c. firefighters to the hospital. >> we're tracking two stories we'll be tracking this morning. first, weather and traffic. >> melissa mollet has news 4 traffic this morning. >> this is prince george's county. still have to stay left to get by northbound branch avenue before surratts road in clinton. still a three-mile backup there. it's getting better. but the rest of prince george's county looks okay. inner loop and o

morning. 270 at falls road. main and local lanes there through rockville rolling along just fine. as you widen out you can see we look pretty good elsewhere. no other major issues. the green line problem just cleared up. we look at travel times coming up. good morning everybody. it is a very warm and humid start to the day. we're at the hottest time of the year, sheena. 89, 71 for the next five or six days. the average temperatures start to fall. >> we don't like that. our summers are slowly going to be fading away. i really like summer. i don't know if i'm going to like the heat. it feels like 81 already. look at your commute. dry roads this morning. we can be happy about that. we'll see dry conditions mostly. 88 degrees. heating up quickly. you'll want the air on. a lot like yesterday. isolated storm chance and

we go into tomorrow. we'll be hotter. for the rest of the week, feeling over 100 degrees. you already look exhausted. >> i can't stand this part of the summer. >> you like it. >> no. >> we'll be in the ac in no time. we're going to get back in the air conditioning. speaking of commute, we'll check in with melissa mollet. >> we'll do that in a little bit. thank you, sheena. >> we're following breaking news out of northwest washington. the flames are now out after an intense fire broke out inside one row house and then spread to neighboring homes. >> a couple of firefighters are now being treated for smoke -- rather, minor injuries. molette green live with the up to the minute details. molette? >> reporter: good morning, guys. we're in the alleyway in the back of the town house where you can get a good idea of the scope of the damage. this is 209. this is where the fire started in this white house. the flames contained to the second floor, then out the roof and then to the back porch. then you comeow

fire spread to the neighboring homes over here. to 11 and then the house beside it, 213. heavy damage to the backs of these houses. yes, eight people forced out, all okay. two firefighters injured, expected to be okay. in just a moment, in just a few hours, we are still expecting investigators to arrive to determine what caused this. but big flames hours ago broke out. a fierce firefight waged by these firefighters and luckily, everybody is going to be okay. of course, those people forced out have to figure out what to do next waiting on the insurance adjusters to get here and figuring out their next steps as well. live in northwest d.c., that's the latest. back to you. >> molette, thank you. it's 6:33 now. senate republicans are forced to start from scratch in order to repeal and replace the affordable care act. >> that's because the latest plan is essentially dead, at

two new republicans came out against the current plan overnight, bringing the total number of republicans against it to four. that means republicans don't have enough support to move forward. some of our local senators are reacting to it. maryland senator chris von holland tweeted this. because you spoke out, shared our stories and didn't -- still not over. keep fighting. virginia senator tim kaine had this to say in his post. #breaking. trump care. lacks gop support to pass senate. time for bipartisan public debate on bills to fix health care. not break it. despite the defeat, republicans are moving forward with a vote to repeal the affordable care act. we'll look at the possible impact with nbc's mark murray coming up. here is a look at our top stories. a capitol police officer is out of the hospital after someone crashed their car into a gate near the library of

this happened yesterday. investigators ruled out terrorism but have not identified the driver in custody. they initially called the car suspicious but found nothing inside it. a woman arrested for trying to get on to the white house grounds is expected back in court today. her name is alicia keppler. she was arrested july 4th while running alongside the south fence of the white house. it was the second year she tried to get on to the grounds. the governor race for maryland is more crowded. litsch ard madeleine -- physicianly entered the race. he's been a member of the senate after spending four years in the house of delegates. a new healthier snack option could be in a vending machine near you. the prince george's county council will decide whether to require whether half of the items in the vending machines meet stricter healthier standards. it would mean a limit on snacks and drinks with sugar,

every drink vending machine would have to offer bottled water as an option. you will see kirk cousins play quarterback for the redskins this season. after that, his future with the team is uncertain. team president bruce allen says the team offered cousins a $53 million long-term deal with the second highest guarantee of any nfl quarterback but allen says the 'skins never received a counteroffer from cousins' agent before the deadline yesterday. cousins will play the season on the franchise tag and make nearly $24 million. 6:36 right now. child porn scandal and accused sexual predator working at local schools. the reason for a delayed arrest, even after parents raised concerns. plus the r. kelly controversy. reports of a sex cult for young women. the latest reaction from the r&b star.

coming up on 6:40 on a tuesday morning. not much of a breeze out there just yet. temperatures already in the mid-70s. lot of spots are going to be in the 90s today. a whole lot more heat, haze and humidity in the days ahead. the ten-day forecast coming up. taking a look right now at manassas. new problem at prince william parkway near hastings drive. this one popped up. we'll check in with the problem inbound through prince george's county. the clinton area being impacted this morning. take a look at your travel times coming up. ♪ singer r. kelly is responding to an article that says he's running an abusive lt

brainwashing young women. >> that article appeared on buzz feed and it says parents of two women haven't heard from their daughters in months. >> parents sold buzz feed their daughters wanted to break into the news industry and living with r. kelly and won't come home. former members of the inner circle says he controls every aspect of their lives and r. kelly is now denying the allegations. >> in an interview on e-news his lawyer says r. kelly is alarmed and disturbed at the recent revelations attributed to him and quote, he unequivocally denies the allegations and will work diligently to clear his name. engaged to married and murdered by police. why and how it happened even after she was the one calling for help. another potomac river crossing could probably ease that commute you're

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we thought yesterday was our worst nightmare, but we awoke to the ugly truth and it hurt even more. >> a bride-to-be shot and killed by an officer. a father demands justice as the police department remains silent. child porn created at

school. parents discover text messages. now we know why it took months to arrest a former class aide. the social media firestorm fueled by a -- fire there on -- >> breaking news. flames devour homes. firefighters taken to the hospital. we continue to follow the developments hour by hour. 6:45 now. here's a live look at that breaking news out of northwest washington where fire investigators are going to be combing through a burned out row house. they want to find out what sparked the flames inside the home on morgan street which spread to neighboring homes. >> smoke detectors woke up residents. >>

left students vulnerable. it took seven months to arrest a former school aide accused of. -- news 4's justin finch is live with more on why things took so long. justin? >> reporter: aaron, good morning. the question lots of parents are asking and this morning perhaps an answer. our news partners, wtop, finding the agency that's working bell's case is understaffed and carrying a growing case load. let take you to another shot of bell here. you'll recall he's the former charles county school aide who is accused of sexually assaulting at least ten boys and recording it on his cell phones. wtop uncovering here the maryland state police crime lab is in charge of searching foes devices and processing evidence. wtop also finding that agency only staffs about

with no immediate plans to step up their staffing despite a growing workload set to jump by 40% this year. now, earlier this month, the charles county state attorney assured the public that investigators are doing their best to pursue justice in this case. >> the reality is that they don't have the resources to get it done more quickly. doesn't mean they're twiddling their numbers not doing anything. they're busting their hump. tonight the group women of action is holding a parents meeting at the church of st. charles. it will start at 7:00 p.m. they will have experts on hand to speak with parents about talking with their children about sexual abuse and identifying signs of sexual abuse. we're live in waldorf. i'm justin finch. news 4. back to you. >> justin, thank you. prince george's county police are still trying to identify a murder victim. the man's body was dumped along

a neighbor found the body. he's a hispanic man along 25 and 40 years old. the made marks the 13th in the county in the month of july. prince george's county have 12-hour shifts for all officers in response to the recent violence. a minnesota woman's family wants answers after their daughter was shot and killed by a police officer. . justine demand was supposed to be getting married in a month, instead, they're planning a funeral. she called to report a sexual assault in an alley near her home. a newspaper report said that she was shot while standing alongside the squad car in her pajamas. the officer's body camera and dash camera were turned off. there's no video of the incident. her father says the ordeal has been a nightmare. >> we thought yesterday was our worst nightmare. but we awoke to the ugly truth and it hurt even more. justine, our da

others. >> our affiliate in minneapolis identified the officer who fired asimo hamd nor. the police department hasn't officially confirmed the identification of this as the investigation continues. dealing with a big blow this morning. the effort to repeal and replace the affordable care act is dead. this comes after two additional republicans vp opposition to the repeal and replacement plan. >> they are trying to move forward. >> mitch mcconnell says that they will vote on a straight repeal of the affordable care act soon saying "a repeal of obamacare with a two-year delay to provide for a stable transition period to a patient centered health care system that gives americans access to a quality affordable care." what does this mean at this point? >> our team coverage continues with nbc senior

thanks for joining us. >> good morning imt. >> let's start with this. what do you make of mcconnell's position now? >> i think it's a last did he say plagues attempt to resolve something. most likely this isn't going somewhere. as mentioned, they don't have the votes to proceed on this particular senate bill. mitch mcconnell saying remember all the pieces of legislation that you passed senate republicans to repeal obamacare, we're going to sebd that same piece of legislation for you to vote on it. one of the problems with it, that legislation takes insurance away, 30 million people, a lot of moderates that don't want to be able to do that, so more likely than not, you're going to see nothing get done x and then republicans eventually retre retreating to other items on their agenda list. >> nothing gets done, so nothing changes, obamacare stays in place, republicans give up, you expect? >> that's the most likely outcome. in some ways, take your pick, it's been like john snow from game of

character out of halloween or friday the 13th. you can't kill it. never say never. boy, last night's developments, almost in depth, creating the death blow and now senate republicans and mitch mcconnell, after this move would go on to something else. >> those were beautiful analogies. >> very timely. what about the democrats, this pave the way for them and how do they get involved at this point? >> they've been saying, hey guys, your legislation isn't going to pass. let's come together in a bipartisan way and fix up some of the insurance exchange markets and fix what is not working and mcconnell ended up saying that was going to be, if this legislation didn't pass what he would end up pursuing, now he's going back to this full repeal and wait two years. we'll see how that goes. democrats are saying, hey, we want to work in a bipartisan way to fix what's not working. >> nbc's senior political expert mark murray. thanks for joining us, as always. >>ta

show. they will have every angle of the story covered for us. angie goff with the breaking news out of culpeper, virginia. we know that one man is dead following an officer involved shooting. limited details at this point. but the deputies were making a traffic stop just before midnight when they say that the man, the driver of the vehicle presented a quote, deadly threat to the officer. as a result, the deputies responded, firing and shooting and killing the man, the one man. deputies are on modified duty during the investigation until it's complete. at this point, the man's name and the deputy's name have not been released. back to you. >> angie, thank you. it's now time to check the traffic with melissa mollet. what's going on on the roads? >> overall, nothing terrible here as you look at the beltway and main roads. do have a new problem in

prince william parkway near hastings drive. a crash reported there. northbound before surratts road. stay left to get by the crash. have that backup there this morning. it was about four miles. it is getting better. beltway, inner loop and outer loop, okay. inbound 395, you can see it's slow as you approach gleeb road this morning inbound. inbound 66. at 123. normal volume there. a little light. 270 southbound. start there in rockville to the spur. as far as your travel times, 270 looking okay. top of the beltway, normal slowdowns there. 95 northbound was a little slower here when you're looking at the numbers this morning. remember to listen to wtop 103 fm when you hop in your car. >> good morning, melissa. a warm and sticky morning. it's a lot like what we have yesterday. going through the day today, we have the isolated storm chances this afternoon. later this week, we're talking about temperatures feeling well over, i would s

but over 100 degrees. temperatures in the upper 90s later on this week. temperatures about the mid to upper 70s. 78 degrees in the district. if the kids are heading to the pool today, by noon, near 90 degrees. hot and humid. by 2:00 p.m. could see an isolated storm pop up. even by 4:00 p.m. temperatures in the low 90s. keep an eye to the sky. if you're walking the dog, similar this afternoon. this is a dog available for a home. you can head to their website to figure out how to adopt them. by the afternoon, if you're walking the dog, keep an eye to the sky. this morning, i would say is the best chance to actually get out there. don't forget, clear the shelters is coming up saturday, august 19th. we'ree sightexcited about it. we do have the storms in the forecast later this afternoon. chuck bell, a few pop-up storms. aside from that, the heat is really on later this week. >> it sure is. the heat, haze, and humidity of summer is here. it's here to s

time to come. live picture outside this morning shows a hazy start to the day for sure. four things to know about the next four days. as sheena mentioned, an isolated thunderstorm chance. very hot and humid on thursday. there is no relaxation in sight for the heat and the humidity around here the next couple of days. honestly, thursday, friday, saturday, sunday, heat indexes could be at or potentially briefly above 100 degrees. somewhere between slim and none. maybe a 20% little chance for showers. highs tomorrow low to mid-90s across the area. the ten-day doesn't look cooler, sheena. >> no, it does not. speaking of cooler, we don't have rain relief in the forecast for thursday and friday. over the weekend, hot to upper 90s. we have a chance for showers. we're watching that closely. >> sheena, thank you. it's 6:55. the i

a racist slur made its way on to walmart's website. there was an ad selling a weaving cat. they noticed the racist color description. it used the n word to describe the cat. walmart apologized and blamed a third party retailer. it is a clear violation of our policy and has been removed. we are investigating the seller to determine how this could have happened. that third-party retailer said someone hijacked its brand to sell a fake version of their cat. 6:56. the senate's health care plan is dead. two additional republicans announced their opposition to the current bill overnight. d.c. fire investigators will find out what sparked a fire. it started inside one row home and eventually caught other homes on fire. molette green will have more on twitter for updates.

council will vote today on a resolution opposing a new potomac river bridge crossing. we'll have more information on the plan and why some council members are against it on the nbc washington app. a bethesda man says high schoolers broke in, partied and trashed his place on july 4th weekend. take a look at the damage. they caused $50,000 in damage to the empty rental property. montgomery county police arrested a teenage girl and two teenage boys for that incident. that is the broadcast this morning. we appreciate you starting your day with us. >> the "today" show

good morning. breaking breaking overnight, the senate healthcare bill collapses, dead on arrival after two more republicans jump ship. what's next? and is obama now here to stay? homicide. autopsy results are released in the fatal police shooting of a woman in minneapolis after she called 911. her heartbroken fiancée speaking out. >> the death of justine is a loss to everyone who knew her. >> the officer who pulled the trigger now breaking his silence as well. face of a killer? police issue a sketch of the man they believe murdered two teenage girls hiking in indiana. the suspect's voice recorded on one of the