3:00 p.m. on sunday. deadly shootings on camden and coral street. the police chief tweeted he was disheartened with the senseless shootings. >> these are some of the challenges that we're here for. we have to continue to engage the community. put a squash to many of the issues that are happening. >> now, the police department has increased reward money offered for the tips that lead to arrests here. you can find the amounts on the nbc washington app. just search d.c. shootings. >> today d.c. police are trying to calm parents' nerves after an attempted abduction. officers will attend an hoa meeting to answer any questions about it. a woman tried to convince a girl to get into her car. when the girl refused. the woman followed her for several blocks. the girley vently made it home and told her mom what happened. there was also an attempted kidnapping last i

woodbridge. >> 4:31 now. the white house begins with a new man in charge. be sworn in as chief of staff. the homeland security secretary was ousted last week. president trump hopes he can bring some order to his staff. angie goff with breaking news. >> there was a mass escape of inmates in alabama. angie, what's going on? >> this was the latest. a dozen inmates escape and all but two are back in custody. >> this is an ongoing manhunt. the inmates broke out of jail in jasper, alabama. police telling the people who live there, stay inside. stay indoors. turn on outdoor lights. it includes one man in jail for attempted murder. the other was in jail for possession of marijuana. we'll bring you more as you get it. eun? >> angie, thank you. developing now, investigators in los angeles are trying to figure out whether a driver who plowed into a crowd did it

the busy intersection, half a dozen are recovering this morning. four of them are were taken to the hospital and two treated on the scene. the driver did stay on the scene. >> why are you being arrested? >> i have no idea. >> that is one of the suspects arrested in a terrorism investigation in australia. authorities made the arrest after a terror plot to bring down an airplane was foiled. the suspects are believed to have been inspired by islamic ideology. they were planning to use an improvised device to attack an airplane. three others were taken into custody on raids in sydney homes. so far none of the suspects has been charged. >> today, prince george's county state's attorney angela brooks will announce her run for county executive. it will take place in camp springs. she will join a democratic field including anthony muse. she is the hnd

muse. baker can't run again because of term limits. baker is running for governor. chris christie is trending on twitter, not for a good reason. it is because he was in a confrontation at a baseball game yesterday with a chicago cubs fan. the fan told reporters he heckled christie and insulted him and that's when the governor was in the fan's face and said, quote, you're a big shot. no official response to see video of this confrontation. you can check out the nbc washington app. played so long with so many different people. >> this is a first for the nats. retired player ivan rodriguez earned his place in this year's class of the baseball hall of fame. rodriguez played 21 seasons in the majors. the catcher spent his first two seasons with the nats and he becomes the first player in the hall of fame to have played for the nats, how about that? his advice to kids

baseball x be happy and have passion. if you're not happy, it's too much work to not enjoy it, right? >> can probably apply that to anything. >> it's 4:34. >> it is. >> we want another check on your weather, chuck. >> wtop's jack taylor is in for melissa. first we turn to chuck and sheena to talk about whether we can keep the nice weather going a few days longer. >> absolutely. we pay for it. that friday, saturday was an ugly turn. we have earned it this time around. >> we have earned it. all the record rainfall we have. we have quickly seen nice improvements. the good news, they're going to stick around for quite a while. temperatures right now are pretty cool in some areas this morning. centreville at 58 degrees. potomac, 60. washington 69. prince george's county has 50s on the map. upper marlboro at 61.

[000:04:58;00] 70 degrees. mid-70s at 8:00 a.m. a beautiful start to your way. this area of high pressure will keep us nice and dry really through the week. good morning, chuck. >> good morning, sheena. hope you enjoyed that great weather. if you didn't, today will be almost just as nice. four things to know, then, about the weather. for today, a beautiful morning. yes, indeed. low humidity for now. dry most of week. next real chance for showers doesn't show up until late in the week or the weekend. today, sunny and 86. tomorrow, another mostly sunny day with relatively low humidity levels. temperatures tomorrow mid to upper 80s. but maybe a couple more days before we talk about 90 degrees today. the ten-day forecast is coming up at 4:51. chuck, we'll start things off on the beltway, you should

find nothing in your way. a couple that should slow you down. all your travel lanes have been available. right now, there's a crew working on the ramp from the outer loop. the ramp has been temporarily closed for the overnight. a detour should wrap up quickly. topside as you approach 29. colesville road. blocking a single lane. finally it's sing will -- single left lane. if it seems like the seat gets smaller each time you fly, not your imagination. your comfort on the airplane may not be the only thing at state. why the judge looked into seat size safety. it's not what they expected to happen when they stopped for a bite to eat.

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take a look street looks like. the community, state and local leaders coming together determined to rebuild. one year after that tragedy, city leaders are focused on preventing future floods. they're getting $18 million in money devoted to flood mitigation. you're not imagining things. we always talk about this. the seats on board airplanes in fact are shrinking. >> federal judge in d.c. ordering the faa to take a look at its policies. that judge wants the agency to review its decision not to regulate seat size. the seats are shrinking as americans get bigger. critics say airlines are cramming folks into planes and one reason. profits. safety is another huge issue. >> as we see, more and more people being squeezed into the airplanes. we're now reaching the point where we don't think people can get out. >> the ruling does not force the

faa standards. it does state agency has to explain why when it comes to passenger safeize. >> i'm petite and i don't know how people fit into these small seats. molette green will look at the case of of the incredibly shrinking airline seat. the heat and humidity are returning. still a little time to get out and enjoy this nice weather, sheena. >> going to be a nice day. eun, temperatures, i guess you can call it comfortably cool. as we go through the day, i think you're going to like it. the dry stretch sticks around for a before the next rain stretch. we'll talk about the timing and if it's going to impact this coming week straight ahead. mosquitoes are no match for prince george's county. what's happening there today that could give hope to neighbors who want added protection.

forget the solar eclipse. the other out good monday morning. we're looking at a beautiful start to the week. temperatures not too hot today. nice and warm. the humidity will be at a comfortable level. coming up, we're in a dry stretch. rain heading our way quite a few days from now. chuck will show you the forecast straight ahead. angie goff at the live desk. a story we're following closely abroad. we could get the -- it's been condemned by the state department already. violent protests ended with people dying. a warning, the video we're about to show is disturbing. you can see that street bomb go off right there. this was part -- as many as a

dozen people were killed in the fighting over this constitutional super body in place. the people say it's rigged in favor of the president allowing him to resolve the congress and rewrite electoral rules, essentially, rewrite the constitution. back to you. angie, thank you. 15 before the hour. there are new tensions between russia and the u.s. president vladimir putin is ordering the u.s. to cut under the diplomatic staff. >> it's due to congress -- news 4's tracie potts is live on capitol hill. how is the u.s. responding to this. >> the state department will comply by the 1st of september. in just over a month a dramatic reduction in the number of people america and russia working on behalf of the u.s. embassy in moscow and around that country. they call it regrettable and uncalled for but this is vladimir putin's response to what congress did here on capitol hill.

the sanctions on ra frankly the president hasn't even signed yet. although the white house says he will. while the president was trying to build this new relationship with russia, specifically with putin thrks could set things back. >> let's turn to north korea now. president trump spoke to japan's prime minister overnight about the north's latest missile test. what could be the next move by the u.s. on this? >> it's a good question. we don't know that. conversation overnight, president trump the white house has promised of course, we know that the u.s. is testing anti-missile defense in alaska. we know that the u.s. says bombers over the koreans peninsula along with south korea and -- their jets were involved in that. a show of force. trying to get north korea to back down. still they continue these missile tests. the next question is going to be, number one, how does the u.s. respond. how soon and how forcefully does the u.s. respond and what do we do to allay the fears of our allies.

especially japan and south korea closer to the danger. although now it looks like it has the potential to hit the -- >> tracie potts on the hill for us. thank you. senator john mccain will begin treatment for his brain tumor. his office says he will begin radiation and cream therapy treatment at the mayo center in phoenix. it was discovered when removing a blood clot from his left eye. montgomery county police want to know whether a rape suspect has other teenage victims. 21-year-old charles berry junior is charged with raping a 13-year-old girl. they connected on snapchat and instagram. in june, he took the girl to a hotel in germantown. the girl's family found out about the encounter and told police. he may have contacted other

girls on social media. a weekend tragedy this a call for a house fire on palmer street as they were putting out the fire, they found a man's body inside the home. investigators say the body was by the front door. the man lived alone, kept to him search and was pretty active. >> it was pouring down snow, stopped to give him a ride. never bothered nobody. really goodman. sad. >> the identity of the victim is being withheld until they notified his family. investigators are searching for the cause of the fire now. >> the fallout continues after 135 people got sick from eating at a local chipotle. two of the customers are suing the chain for $74,000 in damages. they ate at the sterling location around july 14th and became sick. chipotle says it may be the illness. the restaurant has been

sanitized. george's county are being protected from mosses. they're planning to spray in the new carrollton area. the department says the west nile virus was detected in mosquitoes collected earlier this month. >> they're reminded to protect them -- to wear protective clothing and insect repellant. did you know there was an international tree climbing championship. it's right in our own backyard. the contest at the national arboretum. 18 different countries. international p p -- took part in five events. raised awareness about the environment. what a beautiful day for that. >> swing frg a tree.

might as well go tarzan with it. go big or go home. let me get out there next time. >> see? never mind. we're already looking forward to the solar eclipse on august 21st. we told but that. >> before you see that, though, you'll be able to see the perseid meteor shower. best time to see nature's annual fireworks display is august 12th and august 13th. the shower happens when the earth has a massive cloud of dust and debris from a comet called -- >> is that really the comet's name? who names these things? >> it takes on the name of the two astronomers who i guess were swift and tuttle. >> don't you remember deep impact the biedermann comet? >> i remember the movie. >> comets typically take on the name of who discovered in. don't quote me on that one.

>> should we name the >> it may not be -- luckily, only 4:50 in the morning. not busy doing their astronomy homework right now. >> if you say it, i believe it. >> i know about the naming convention. that i do know about. i know that we'll be keeping a close eye on the florida gulf coast the next couple of days. hurricane center keeping a close eye on this. it's not a named storm yet. but if it becomes one, it would take on the name emily. if you start hearing the name emily this week, that might be in reference to this. it's expected to go a krocross peninsula. we're down toward sarasota or ft. myers, that could cause flight delays. it is going to be as nice as we can make it on the last day of july. we're in the 50s and 60s this

morning. afternoon highs, low to mid-80s low humidity, absolutely flawless weather today. tomorrow just a touch warmer. and a little bit more humid. by august standards, that will be pretty nice. a midweek break away to the beach. wednesday, thursday and friday. temperatures only in the low 830s. plenty of sunshine. perfect beach weather. also going to be very nice. highs today, low to mid-80s across the region. towards the second half of the week, going to get a little warmer and more humid. back to 90 degrees wednesday and thursday. there's a slight chance for a few showers primarily in the shenandoah valley on thursday afternoon. a chance of afternoon and evening thunderstorms on friday. our next best chance for rain everywhere comes up on saturday with highs back down into the 80s. a slightly cooler than average pattern. >> nice dry weather the next couple of days. always appreciative when you

keep my roadways dry to >> the inner loop before colesville road. it did block the left lane. it's still a green line. it's not causing a delay. crews are working overnight on the outer loop of the beltway. that had been closed through the overnight hours. that should be reopening quickly. we'll give you a live look in virginia. the epitome of all the interstate travel in virginia. volume is very, very light. the left side of the roadway with the headlights, that is the northbound travel. right in the middle of the roadway, the express lanes. traffic is moving very, very well. aaron, eun, back to you. >> jack taylor, thank you. it's like a -- for your lawn. straight ahead, a look at the robotic lawn mower that could make cutting grass a thing of the past. >> it's one of the more popular items to hit starbucks. can it help nursing mothers?

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apparently the pink drink is helping women produce some moms said their supply actually doubled. others claim it increased by ten times the amount. so far there's no scientific evidence to support why some moms are seeing the increase in breast milk. the pink drink is made with coconut milk and assay ee. wired bristle barbecue brushes, some are ingesting that when they're used to clean the grill. >> more than 1600 injuries from 2002 and 2014. to avoid this, doctors suggest using a cloth to clean the grill and examine the grill to make sure it's in good condition. the uk is giving the green light to cut emissions. they're banning gas powered cars by the year 2040. the move is designed to put the brakes on what some consider a

public health disaster that deaths a year. it will take more than two decades to get the mandate in place. environmentalists say the rule is too little too late. public health emergency. it doesn't seem to get the -- experts say it will spell disaster if the new country doesn't have a plan to have the technology to power this chain. france announced a similar rule two weeks ago. this is a good way to get out of those saturday morning chores. there is a robotic lawn mower that will cut the grass for you. robotic lawnmowers have been something state crews used to keep roadways well-manicured. homeowners are catching on to this game. the robotic mother will regularly cut your grass without you having to break a sweat. >> low maintenance.

does it the same without me worrying about it. it's been a help. >> you can program the mother to cut the grass on a -- mower to cut the grass on a specific day. some are on the market right now. nice little option. >> right. go out there and save some time. >> keep getting lazier, don't i? >> stay with us. "news4 today" continues now at 5:00 a.m. right now at 5:00 a.m., a family mystery, sudden disappearance and the one clue you might recognize to bring people home. >> the new push to stop violence in the district and why the police chief is saying enough is enough. >> meet the new boss. the growing challenge for president trump's new chief of staff and the first obstacle he'll face today. just about 5:00 a.m. i'm eun yang. >> i'm aaron gilchrist.

we're getting a break from the rain as you start your jack taylor is keeping a close watch on your commute. we'll begin with chuck bell and sheena parveen and a nice sunny stretch ahead. there's nothing to complain about in the weather department the next couple of days. it's really, really comfortable out here this morning. >> it is. i'm comfortably cool. you don't need a jacket but you can wear a jacket. and you wouldn't be hot. >> i think that's true. people would think you're crazy. >> not too crazy. it's nice out. >> 59 degrees. winchester. in the district, clinton 58 degrees. now your monday commute, you know i did not -- >> i think i picked the wrong picture for that. or i was just trying to fool you. it's not going to rain today. >> this morning, you can put the windows down.