justin finch is on his way to queen anne's county to see that damage. >> we'll find out about conditions on the roads. justin, how is it looking so far where you are? >> reporter: eun, aaron, making our way to queen answer's county. some roadways are dry, others are wet. there's ponding in spots. perhaps you'll find that as you make your way out. the heavy rain that blew through in our area didn't leave lots of wet spots. we have reports of some flooding in the area of tysons and alexandria. as jack mentioned, we have the spots along the rock creek parkway, not from the kennedy center, some rain over there. we did see flooding over there. we did see that police had the areas blocked off as they continue to mitigate that situation there.

this morning, be prepared to encounter heavy ponding as a result of the rain overnight. back in to you. >> justin finch live for us. thank you. >> as always x you can get the forecast in the nbc washington app. we'll send an alert when severe weather is headed our way. 4:31 is our time. literally for generations he was a voice and a guide to the biggest moments in d.c. history. this morning, we're remembering our friend and colleague, jim vance. vance died on saturday at the age of 75. >> and as you may know, he had been battling cancer the last few months. we begin our tributes with his friend and co-anchor for nearly three decades, doreen gentzler. >> we did the story in our 6:00 broadcast. you never know what's going to be amusing or terrifying. >> here's the jim vance you knew for 48 years. that smooth voice and calm presence that made us all feel

was, we would be okay. over the years vance was who he was. you probably know a lot about him already. he wasn't shy about sharing. you know he rode motorcycles. he liked cars and fishing and sports and mixing it up with whomever was reporting on sports. vance always had a way with kids. >> before becoming a journalist, he was a teacher in his hometown of philadelphia. he started reporting here in 1969. but from the start, the bosses knew they had an anchor in the making. he made a name for himself covering stories all over the world. vietnam, el salvador, south africa. but he didn't have to go far for some of his best work, reporting on the people in his adopted hometown of washington. think about every story in the. he covered it all, race

the plane that crashed into the 14th street bridge, watergate, the attempted assassination of president reagan, 9/11, he covered inaugurations for 12 presidents and all 7 of washington's mayors. in 1977 vance was the guy the ha and a half i muslims asked to speak to the night they seized three buildings in town. he was the first journalist marion barry called after he was arrested in 1990. vance interviewed every president, some at the white house, others on a fishing boat. he gave his view with a dose of reality that could be refreshing, even if you didn't agree with him. vance had some dark times here, too and some struggles of his own that are well-known. but he came out of those a better person and always used the lessons he had to learn the hard way to try to make life better for students trying to navigate their

it was just a few months ago that vance told us he had cancer and as we tried to hold our emotions in check, vance reminded us about the incredible life he's lived. >> the blessings never stop flowing. >> the last time he was in public was when they put him on a mural at ben's chili bowl just a few weeks ago. he's received so many honors and awards over the years. but you could tell this one was special. >> what an honor. >> all of you meant so much to him, too. he never grew tired of reminding himself where he came from. >> hello, i'm jim vance. >> and how lucky he was to be invited into your homes for so many decades. >> it is hard to put into words how much vance meant not only to us at news 4 but to this entire community. we've heard from thousands of you and we've really only scratched the

>> d.c. lost a treasure. d.c. lost not just an anchor, it lost a conscious human being. >> now, the news of his passing has hit hard all over town. he was a regular at the american diner for some 20 years. employees say he was almost like a member of the family there and booth number 9 was always his. >> he always make sure there was november meet loaf right there and jim vance would come in, make sure his table was there, ready. >> these are the kind of fast friendships, chance encounters and anecdotes that many of you will be able to hold on showing how much he was truly embraced. many of you are sharing your thoughts and your memories online as well. we have seen the word legend and icon over and over again. more than a few of you said you watched vance your whole lives. it seems everyone agrees

washingtonian. >> i think so many people are saying that vance felt like family. and that they felt that even though i hadn't met him personally, i knew him. you did know him. because who he was and the stories that he told and the person that he was every single day here at nbc washington was who he was. he was authentic and real and true to himself. that really shown through in everything he did. that's why people felt so close to him. people loved him. that's because he loved people. >> you got exactly what you thought you were getting. >> for sure. he not only was a magnetic personality. but he was so smart and thought provoking and he could talk about just about any issue and you'd feel smarter from having heard him say what he thought about it. i can't tell you what a tremendous loss it is for us personally and our entire

community. i know you feel it too. >> our doreen sat down with a few other legends, people who knew vance best here. you can see her interview with former meteorologist bob ryan and entertainment whiz arch campbell. they're on the nbc washington app. they're laughing. that's what vance would want us to do. remember he had such a rich and joyful life. he wants us to celebrate that. >> he had the biggest laugh in the world. we have a lot of stories about vance there on the website. if you think you want to see some of those and remember him as well. take a look. much more on vance's life and legacy throughout the morning. we do want to get another check on weather and traffic. >> wtop is in for melissa mollet. but first to chuck bell and sheena parveen. >> we had the wild weather last night. maybe you saw the heavy rain falling out your window and wind

later today. >> the last couple of hours, the heavy thunderstorms we had, there could be quite a bit of damage in queen anne's county. we have people checking on that for you. meanwhile, the heavy weather is well up the jersey coastline and moving away from us. the atmosphere has been very worked over, essentially, by that round of thunderstorms. as a result, a much lower rain chance for today. couple of sprinkles this morning. it's still warm and humid, temperatures in the mid-70s. but it will turn into a relatively nice day today. more sunshine than we've seen. not quite as hot. we'll be in the upper 80s to around 90 degrees today. it might be our last 90 for a while. the extended forecast in a couple of minutes. good morning, jack. >> hey, chuck. good morning to you. the wind restrictions. we're well above warnings as the storm blew out of the east if you will and the northeast just with winds still above 40 miles an hour that kept the restrictions in effect. with a lot of the storm damage and thee

across that are considered high-profile, police may pull you off to the shoulder and say let the winds die down a tad. with damage from the storms, rock creek parkway remains closed because of high standing water at this point. be aware if you're headed out early. aaron, eun, back to you. >> jack, thank you. 4:39, here are some of the other top stories. in texas, a truck driver in custody and police are looking for other suspects after nine people were found dead in the back of a cramped, overheated 18-wheeler. investigators say there was no working air conditioning despite sweltering temperatures in san antonio. more than a dozen others from that truck are still in the hospital. victims of what police call a horrific human smuggling operation. president trump's son-in-law and senior adviser, jared kushner will be interviewed by the intelligence committee on his ties with russia. the interview will be with committee staff and not the entire committee. kushner's attorney

prepared to voluntarily cooperate and provide whatever information he has on the investigation to congress. lebron james is the katie lie dely deck i is here. >> she proved her dominance again. she won the freestyle in budapest yesterday. her mom sent us this. the 20-year-old pulled ahead in the first lap and essentially was racing her own world record. >> you know -- she won gold in a relay yesterday and has a chance at four more medals. >> she's super-duper. not stopping. here comes tokyo in the summer olympics in 2020. changes could be coming to metro as early as today. >> the leadership shakeup. president trump is getting ready to make. it seems like car dealers have a sale every time you turn around. if you're in tar

new ride, don't believe everything you hear. we're working for you to break down the myths when it comes to car shopping. we continue to honor the patriarch of our news 4 family. still ahead this half hour, how some of the hardest times in vance's life made him that much more human to all of us. >> i think about how loving and caring he was. when i told him a couple years ago we were adopting barrett, i was going to take time off. he said how much time do you have? i told him. he said no, no, no. you're going to use some of my time. that's such a sweet, loving, wonderful thing. he was so happy for us. you can really tell a lot about people with how they react to your happiness. we're going to miss him so much and his heart as well.

welcome back. even though fewer of you are buying cars, right now is the best time to snag some deals on a new ride. >> car buying experts say this is the best time to get a good price on a 2017 model. dealers want to get rid of the current models to get the new 2018 vehicles on the lot. experts say don't listen to car buying myths. they say shopping at the end of the month and on a rainy day doesn't really work. also, buying minutes before a dealer closes or looking for a deal on black friday aren't

they say you can save money by getting a loan through a dealership. >> a lot of these loans are subsidized by the manufacturer and you can get one or potentially 0% loans. that's not something you can get through a credit union. >> also use an online loan calculator to make sure you're getting a good deal. depending where you live, thunder probably woke some of us up last night, chuck. >> absolutely. that thunderstorm now is long gone. we still have a chance for a shower or a rumble or two of thunder later on today. on the whole, our weather picture is getting better with time. our forecast coming right up. we're following breaking news in prince george's county where the weather may have been a factor in this house fire. take a look at the video coming into the newsroom this morning. we're learning a firefighter may have been injured in all of this. angie goff wrking to geto

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angie goff at the live desk. this fire in prince george's county following this developing story. you can hear it and see it. the flames coming out of this home. this is in the glendale area. in the o 10,000 block of north landsdale street. we also know that someone was treated on the scene. hearing reports that a firefighter was the one injured. but we're working to confirm all that. we continue to follow-up and keep you posted throughout the morning hon. the live desk. eun? >> angie, thank you. it's 4:48. president trump's son-in-law and senior adviser jared kushner is heading to capitol hill to answer questions from the senate intelligence committee. he'll be answering questions about his meeting with a russian lawyer and lobbyist before the 2016 election. he won't

oath, though. today's meeting gets under way as donald trump jr. and paul manafort agreed it talk to congressional investigators. sarah dallof joins us now with more. >> like you mentioned, this hearing is not going to be open to the public. jared kushner will not be under oath. that's prompting some concerns from democrats. his attorney, however, released a statement saying that kushner will fully cooperate with this investigation. now, he's expected to be asked about his relationship with russian officials, specifically his meeting in 2016 linked to the kremlin as well as if he assisted in setting up any back channel communications with the russians. now, on tuesday he will appear before the house intelligence committee. we are told that his counsel said he'll be available for two hours for that meeting, prompting at least one lawmaker

indicating aaron and eun there will be more to come. back to you. >> sarah dallof live on capitol hill for us. thank you. as soon as today we may learn the names of two new metro board members set to be appointed by the trump administration. the "washington post" reports that they will replace carol ka mode i and david strickland. both were a pointed by president obama as transportation secretary in 2016. a scary road rage incident ended in an arrest in stafford last week. two men had a fight in the parking lot and 18-year-oldter rel garnet -- the other man then pulled a knife. garnet then went back into his car, threw a broom at the other man's car and dented it. deputies arrested the 18-year-old and charged him with assault. this is the third road rage arrest in our area in recent weeks. >> summertime ual

drop in blood donations nationwide simply because people are in -- tells our news partners at wtop this summer is no different and in need of blood types. type o negative is most in demand. they supply most of the products to medical centers around the country. this morning, we're paying tribute to our long time friend and colleague, jim vance. >> he wanted to share his struggles with depression and in an interview with doreen gentzler. this happened two years ago and wanted to change the stigmaheal if i can be a glimmer of light for one person by virtue of acknowledging i'm all screwed up but i'm cool with it now, then i'll be very happy with

that. i mean that sincerely. it's no way to live. >> not wearing the bag of masks anymore? >> i'm glad it's lost. i have no idea where that is. most of all, i know joy. i get whole bunches of days now where i know joy. and i'm cool with that. i don't need a whole lot more. because from that, all doors are open. there are no closed doors. because i'm not afraid of what might be behind me because i go into them fortified with a sense of joy and love. i know joy. i know love. >> and we certainly felt that love and that joy through his presence here at the station and through commit

>> everybody had a connection to everybody. whenever you met him. he was a corvette guy like myself. >> you had that in common. >> that's all we ever talked about was corvettes. he was like is your old car back. >> he was an older guy with a new corvette. >> rest in peace, our good friend mr. vance. on a monday morning, we're still dealing with a lot of humidity today. but the rain chances are starting to come down quite a bit. the intense heat, the 97, 98 degree days of last week, that's gone. there's nothing anywhere near that hot in the forecast. plus, in addition to being slightly cooler, also lower levels of humidity. not much today but tuesday and wednesday, you're going to like it. unfortunately, the high chance for rain this week comes up on your friday. right now, it's 76 degrees in washington. light wind out of the southwest averaging 5 miles per hour. again, that was the round of storms that woke a lot of

i zoomed it in, we'll go backwards in time. this is the shower and thunderstorm complex -- whoops, it's not going to show me the loop. there's been quite a bit of severe weather noted on kent island and into parts of central delaware with that same storm. for us, we're dealing with leftover raindrops early this morning. a lot of clouds around. future weather brings that little chance of showers in and out of here this morning with very little fanfare. by 2:00 or 3:00, maybe a bubbling up of a shower or thunder shower today. but coverage and intensity of these storms today will be nothing compared to what we've seen over the last couple of days. here's your first peek at the ten-day forecast. a 30% chance of a shower or rumble of thunder later on today. look at that weather, tuesday, wednesday, thursday, highs in the mid-80s. lower humidity, particularly on wednesday. then there's a pretty high chance for rain on friday. that comes in and goes out quickly. leaves us dry for the

how the roads are holding up on a monday. >> got really wet and some are flooded out. the rock creek parkway is closed because of high standing water. should receive -- authorities are going to give us a heads up when lanes are reopened. for now, all roads are closed. better news on 66 westbound. crews that did hang out and work, they had two right lanes getting by. the work zone just cleared. mainly we're keeping an eye on the bay bridge. high-profile vehicles will be told not to cross the bridge. authorities are on scene. plan ahead. otherwise, a lot of storm damage east of the bridge. along with stretches through anne arundel county. jack taylor in for melissa. looking at live pictures right now. justin finch is headed to the scene of a possible tornado in

>> there have been reports of a lot of damage out there.

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loss of jim vance. it was on june 16, 1969, that vance started right here at news 4. you know what, never been the same. one of our favorite things that we loved about vance, of course, was his infectious hearty loaug. >> you had to lava long with him, especially when he laughed when you least expected it. >> it's fashion week over in paris. the latest fashions are on the runway for next spring. but there was a problem out there today. one of the british designers shows had the difficulty. a model fell down twice. that's her going down once. the young woman wearing the pink shirt in the platform shoes. never quite recovered. there she goes. that had to hurt. that was uncool. that's embarrassing. this is at least the second time

[ laughter ] >> well, you all are just really tickled by that, aren't you? you try walking in those shoes. >> hold on. hold on. will. i mean, never gets old, right? >> went viral several many times over. >> laughing at that poor model. >> good morning, i'm aaron gilchrist. >> i'm eun yang. we'll get back to our tributes to our good friend, jim vance. >> you may have heard the storms that moved through the area overnight. we're hearing reports that a tornado may have touched down. >> angie goff is at the live desk. before we check in with the