chance for storms in your backyard. here's a little something to wake you up. ♪ >> sing it. he's the latest internet sensation. the kid who loves whitney and the people around the world who love him. do you know how hard it is to sing whitney houston? >> i'm going to get myself in trouble. don't set me up with a whitney anything, okay? 6:00 right now. good morning everybody. i'm aaron gilchrist. i'm eun yang. we're getting you ready to get out the door this morning with your "news4 today" team. >> ee begin with storm team 4 meteorologist sheena parveen and lauryn ricketts on the weather deck with your up to the minute forecast. >> it's a great forecast for today. if you liked yesterday, you'll

unfortunately, the added humidity. >> yes, you can feel it this morning. temperatures, i would say still very, very pleasant. especially for this time of the year. 72 right now in washington. 64 dulles. 63 gaithersburg. 68 kwaupt coe. the good news is today for your commute, nice and dry. this is how most of the week will shape up. 91 degrees by 5:00 p.m. a little more humidity. but going into the weekend, we're watching showers approach the area. we'll talk about what you can expect fort weekend. if you're headed to the beach, we have that forecast too. speaking of your commute, let's check in with jack taylor. >> good morning. 75 at 7:00 a.m. i'd like to head out if i can. i'd like to mow the grass. >> just inside the beltway, auth road at -- malfunctioning traffic lights. maybe rectify that situation. may be under police direction.

same situation in newington. fairfax parkway at terminal road. a bit of an early slowdown. topside of the beltway, no real huge delays from 95. passing georgia avenue toward connecticut, traffic is moving just fine. back to you. jack, thank you. 6:02 now. breaking news in northeast washington. someone was shot this morning. they told you about all the violence that happened in the district over the weekend. >> this most recent shooting happened on pond street in northeast. molette green is there live this morning. molette? >> reporter: good morning everyone. we are focused in an alleyway here in the 4400 block of pond street northeast as you can see. officers in this alleyway. we just saw them using their flashlights. they brought out the canine unit. at one point there were about a dozen officers gathered in this area. we can tell you, we're not far from eastern avenue. about five minutes away from the shooting

street over the weekend. this alleyway is taped off. police have said shots rang out around 4:30 this morning shortly after that time and that one man is suffering nonlife-threatening injuries. but we want to make clear police are telling us that the injured man was not shot. this shooting you can see the markers there on the ground about six of them that we can count happened and is just the latest in a string of shootings that have happened in the district in as many days. but one man suffering nonlife-threatening injuries, but he was not shot this morning. we're still working to get more details on exactly what happened and what led up to this and a lookout for any suspects in this case. that is the latest now from northeast d.c. back to you. >> molette, thank you. coming up on four minutes after the hour. prosecutors are begging parents to talk with their kids

scandal at benjamin stoddard middle school. >> the number of cases has dublgd. the principal has been reassigned and there could be more cases. justin finch is live with more this morning. justin, good morning to you. >> reporter: eun, good morning. no doubt, there could be a painful process ahead for the victims and their families. especially those who have ties to stoddard middle school here. charles county investigators say as their investigation is expanding, the number of victims here could grow as well. right now, we have word of 24 victims identified. 11 have yet to come forward and 119 charges filed against carlos bell, who is the center of this ongoing sex assault and child porn probe. he's said to be hiv positive and was a track coach and school teacher's aide. he's accused of recording himself on cell es

in sexual abuse of middle school age. he's accused of giving them marijuana and knowingly transmitting hiv. >> you don't expect to be able to send your child to school and have something like that happen. >> it's horrible. really horrible. >> it make me want to do home-school. >> reporter: charging documents have also unearthed this alleged abuse took place for more than two years and just yesterday, as was mentioned, stoddard's principal was reassigned to administrative duties as his investigation seems to continue to expand. we're live in ball dore of, justin finch, back to you in the studio. >> justin, thank you. >> the charles county district has a new website. it has links to a lot of prevention resources. this is one of the websites, darkness to light. it outlines five steps to help protect your childre

washington app by searching protect kids. the school district is rolling out new classes for both students and teachers. 6:06 now. a loudoun county family is in mourning after a search for a mother, her son and his cousin ended in tragedy. the search began after courtney ash and the two missing boys were not found on friday. late yesterday afternoon, courtney's car was found overturned in a creek. the sheriff says the carca was driving in stormy weather when the car was found off of evergreen mills road in leesburg. officials say ash's body was ejected from the car. her son and 9-year-old cousin were found in the water. her mother says this is heartbreaking. >> it was raining really, really hard when they left here friday. i, again, ask myself why didn't you make them stay.

found that car yesterday afternoon. and the family says the young woman also has three other children, including a 2-month-old. prince william county police need your help finding this man, robert bruce graham ii left his home in bristow. that was around 2:00 yesterday afternoon. police believe he may need help. if you see him, please call police. we're working to learn why a woman lost control of her car and caused a deadly crash. this happened on 28th avenue in temple hills last night. prince george's county police say the driver was in a parking lot off of branch avenue and somehow lost control of her car. the car went into the road and hit another car with three people inside. they're all going to be okay. but the driver of the first car died. that person has not been identified. police want you to take a good look at the man wearing a white t-shirt i

d.c. police need help finding this person of interest. it has to do with a homicide that happened over the weekend. police are offering a reward leading to his arrest. two people were shot on sunday morning. one man died. tonight, police and neighbors will come together across our area to get to know each other better. this is part of national night out. they host -- it's happening all over the country. you can find your local events in the nbc washington app. search national night out. mosquito protection continues today. the health department is sending crews to spray. lanham woods, oakwood knowles and the new carrollton area was yesterday. they found the west nile virus in mosquitoes collected last month. developing, take a look at this video out of moscow. it shows movers with

the grounds at a residence in moscow. it comes on the heels of vladimir putin ordering the u.s. to cut hundreds of the staff stationed there by next month. 6:09. the white house is on defense following a report in the "washington post." the newspaper reports that president trump was responsible for the way donald trump jr. responded to questions with about a meeting at trump tower. angie goff has the story from the newsroom. >> aaron, eun, the paper says that president trump himself dictated his son's original statement last month. trump junior claims the meeting was primarily about russian adoption. later, he suggested that the neating was a way to get dirt on his opponent, hillary clinton. here's one theep

the president, who believes he's the best politician, he's the best advocate for himself and now it's clear that he has the best sort of legal strategy, took this dilemma as he viewed it, by the horns and decided he would decide how it was going to be handled. >> the president's personal attorney dismissing that story saying in part it's misunderstood. not accurate and -- another issue, the ouster of anthony scaramucci as commune kapgss director. the new york city press is having a field day with this. check out the cover from the new york daily news. adios mu chach owe and the new york city post says va'a mush. lindsey graham will discuss the latest in the white house shakeup and republican efforts to repeal and replace the affordable care act. that's comingp

today." you might have seen his name trending on twitter last night. for good reason. >> gio gonzalez almost threw a no-hitter during his game against the marlins. what a show. >> clapping for gio gonzalez. how many times have you seen an opposing hitter clap for a guy who almost throws a no-hitter. >> it was already an emotional night. yesterday would have been jose fernandez's 25th birthday. he was a close friend of gonzalez's. fernandes played for the marlins and died in a boating accident no year. he played into the ninth inning in marlins park. the nats won the game. what a show support from both teams. the redskins training camp happening right now. there are a few players taking the time to shine. >> look at the new video from terrell pryor southeastern

one receiver. he's hoping his story insires someone else. >> maybe that will get kids out and work harder. people that look up to me. that's another reason. that's a little deeper for me. >> i think i'd last one minute. that looks hard. >> we have another video. fans were talking about this on social media. >> that's josh norman sleeping. kirk cousins apparently posted this. norman is an open mouth sleeper. apparently he intercepted cousins' throw. it all comes around. prison break and one still on the run. the unusual weapon that helped inmates trick prison guards to open the door to freedom. >> one of the most popular

temperatures today warming up to 90 degrees. plenty of sunshine. you step out this morning, might be more humid than the last couple of days. humidity increasing today. rain chances increasing by the time we head through this workweek. we'll talk all about that. let's talk about traffic with mr. jack taylor. good morning jachbl, jack. >> it's all in all not that bad. chopper 4 is down at the bottom end near the lane divide. it's moving well near the old bus lot, past tuckerman and toward democracy boulevard on the spur. newington, careful for a delay. fairfax county parkway, terminal road. lights are short timing. hopefully, they'll fix that very, ve

back to you. jack, thank you. a death investigation is under way along ocean city's boardwalk. >> a woman's body was found on the beach near second street early yesterday near the famous ocean gallery, covered with art prints. the 30-year-old was from texas. that woman was discovered buried in the sand with just her forearm and hand exposed. many of you forced to cancel your summer trip to the outer banks want to know whether you'll get your money back. north carolina's governor hopes so but they haven't worked out the real legal ramifications. it may take up to two weeks to restore the power to ocracoke islands. a construction crew knocked out power to the two islands. at least 50,000 tourists had to evacuate. an inmate it on the run in alabama. we know how he and 11 others managed to escape. >> all itoo

box of peanut butter and tricking a new guard. apparently, they use peanut butter to cover the number above above a cell and convince the guard to open the wrong door that allowed them to break out. then they used blankets to climb over the razor wire wall and break free. 11 of those inmates have been captured. one man has not been found yet. well, this just in from l.a. take a look. some crazy video of another high-speed space through southern california. look at what they're doing. jumping out of the window or hanging out the window. taunting the police officers. like a lot of these runs, they have to come to an end. you can see the sparks flying there. what happens next is the driver jumps out, surrenders and you see the passenger, not sure what's going on here. crawling along in worm-like fashion. needless to say, all three were taken into custody. aaron, everyone is lucky that

back to you. >> angie, thank you. only in l.a. 19 after the hour now. we told you about the push for rear seat alarms in cars to prevent children's deaths. we're hearing from one person who experienced it firsthand. harrison, talked with our news partners at wtop. he doesn't want any other family to go through what happened to him and his wife. their almost 2-year-old son chase died in a hot suv in 2008. on this map, you can see the places where 30 children have died in hot cars this year. a new bill in congress would require a back seat alarm system and all new cars and a study on how to add it to existing cars. >> you can all agree that raising kids can be stressful. but you may not believe the new thing that moms are doing to cope with stress. according to the cdc, many are not drinking wine but using weed. >> i've heard from hundreds of moms who use marijua

there's so many moms still hiding because they're ashamed and you shouldn't be ashamed. >> maria shriver sat down with a group of moms who smoke every day. why it makes them better parents. that's coming up on the "today" show. 20 minutes after 6:00. >> listen, don't -- >> sorry. >> nothing to say. >> 20 minutes after 6:00 is what i was trying to say here. a 9-year-old in texas has about 20 million fans this morning and that number is growing. you have to hear and see him sing-along to bhit awhitney hou. his parents call him amazing gain. ♪ >> so this is dane miller. i mean, he's feeling the music. he has down's syndrome. you can hear how much he loves to sing and loves

whitney houston's i have nothing. >> everyone should know that. that's a must know song. >> he's crushing it by the way. in case you couldn't tell. >> the emotion, the -- this is what performance is about when you're feeling the music. >> you got to go all in. a full body experience. >> he's stylish too. he's really get sbog it. i like it. sniefrmt what do you have a little sun coming up over the horizon. it's nice. going to be a gorgeous day. get outside if you can. dry stretch continuing. the kids want to play on the playground. fantastic day to do it. some of the equipment might get hot later with temperatures around 90. in fact, through the whole week, we'll be around 90 in the afternoon. until the weekend, we have a little bit of rain in the forecast. then back in the 80s. beautiful look outside. 72 degrees outside in washington.

we'll see that throughout day. uv index obviously high. 72 washington. 64 gaithersburg. most areas are in the mid-60s. 68 degrees there. 68 leesburg. 68 in little wray. this is link for -- this dog needs a home if you need a dog to walk. by 7:00 a.m., 75 degrees. noon at 87. getting hot today and humid. 6:00 p.m., around 90 degrees. less than a month away, saturday, august 19th. clear the shelters. you can find out more on the nbc washington app. if you're grilling out later today, by 5:00 a.m., if you're grilling out, temperature but -- still very warm. we stay around 90 the rest of the week. ahead of some showers on saturday. rain chances looking lower saturday. mi

the weekend doesn't look too bad. we'll take a closer look at the weekends forecast. let's check the roads with jack taylor. good morning, jack. >> sheena, thank you. good morning. we've got our trouble with a downed tree. beach road closed between tilden and blackmon. chopper 4 has been hanging out on 270. so far so good if you're riding from urbana to the lane divide. nothing in your way. new trouble in virginia on 66 trying to get into centreville. the cash is blocking right now, but that will change by the time you hit the road. >> jack, tharpg you. hackers target hol wide again. we have a spoiler alert for game of thrones fans. plus an iconic sign in d.c. now, there could be changes to the uptown theater. how one neighborhood took action and delivered results. coming up on ellen. diane keaton and the first

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ware of spoiler alerts for one of the most popular shows. that's right. we're talking about game of thrones this morning. hbo is dealing with the latest cyber attack. apparently hackers got their hands on the script for the next episode of the sunday night hit, game of thrones. the hackers had an episode of ballers and a new episode of something called room

back in april, a hacker leaked episodes of season 5 of netflix's oran"orange is the ne blac black". no indication on whether the same individual or group might be responsible for the hbo attack. hard to keep track of all these shows. safety concerns on metro. what puts you at risk during your commute and what's being done about it now? some beautiful conditions out there now. the humidity is going to continue to increase. lots of sunshine out there today. we have small chances of rain. eena is goingsh did you know slow internet can actually hold your business back? say goodbye to slow downloads, slow backups, slow everything. comcast business offers blazing fast and reliable internet

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it is 6:30 and we're working on developing stories for you this morning. first, we need to get you out the door with your weather and traffic. storm team 4 lauryn ricketts is on the weather deck with what you can expect today. looks pretty good. >> it's nice out there. >> it feels really nice this morning. it's going to be nice through the afternoon. little bit more humid i think. >> absolutely. creeping in. >> it is cre

you can feel the stickiness and i will say lauryn, the past couple days, we didn't have bugs but we do now. >> you're right about that. >> kind of a difference going on. 72 degrees. mostly sunny skies. nice calm winds. in the mid-60s. gaithersburg, leesburg. as we go through the afternoon, nice and dry, more humid. 87 by lunchtime. you can still eat outside. it's going to be pretty warm. each warm by 7:00 p.m. the dry streak, that tips for most of this week. we'll talk about any rain chances in the forecast and going into the weekend, we'll talk about the rain chances too. we'll look at the beach forecast coming up. let's check the roads with jack taylor. good morning, jack. >> good morning, ladies. 66 eastbound is not looking good right now, unfortunately. we had a crash in centreville. authorities arrived on scene. two left lanes blocked at the scene. here you can see the slow down and more equipment arriving. that's v dot with that truck rolling up the

two left lanes are closed. auth road at auth place traffic signals malfunctioning. a downed tree on beach drive near tilden and blagden avenue. i'm in charles county, maryland, where a principal has been reassigned follow a growing sex abuse scandal out here. the change comes after investigators file new charges against a former school's aide accused of sex abuse. carlos bell is accused of victimizing 24 boys and attempting to transmit hiv. officials warn there could be more victims out there. i'm working on a full live report in the next 15 minutes. the day's long search for a missing loudoun county family has ended in heartbreak. the bodies of courtney ash, her son and his cousin were found in a creek in leesburg. sh

lost control during stormy weather that hit a guardrail. it was found overturned in the water yesterday afternoon. prince william county police need help finding this man. bruce graham ii left his home in bristow around 2:00 p.m. yesterday. police believe he may need help. if you see him, call police. the olympic games are coming back to the u.s. and you will just have to wait a bit. los angeles will host the summer games in 2028. this will be the third time the city has hosted the olympics. l.a. will receive $1.8 billion for hosting. the last few days have been violent in the district. now, police are investigating yet another shooting. shots rang out around 4:30. this happened on pond street in northeast. d.c. police say one man was hurt. but that he was not shot. that person is expected to be okay. police say they are looking for a suspect or suspects in a burgundy chrysler. if you have any more information, call d.c. police. a fight over a hat

trump campaign slogan ended with assault charges for a man in d.c. you've seen this before. the hat said make america great again. it happened outside the grill fish restaurant in northwest. now, a florida man is charged with three counts of assault. one of the victims says after some comments were made inside the restaurant, things turned violent later. that suspect, lewis trav owe so has been released from police custody. he tells news 4 that he acted in self-defense and that the incident was terrifying. 6:34 dmnow. several montgomery firefighters are requesting protective orders against a fellow firefighter. this stems from an argument over a confederate flag license plate at the bethesda fire station. according to court documents, he saw the plates on a pickup truck belonging to charles lee. he reportedly called lee a racist. during a fight, he threatened lee saying he had a lot of guns. he told news 4 he did not threaten anyone.

comment. we are working to learn when a man shooting a -- will appear in court. ernest stickell is back in virginia after being extradited. he turned himself in to police after the shooting on july 19th. this happened off the beltway on the eisenhower connector. witnesses heard a van and suv honking at each other. two people got out of the van yelling and challenging the suv driver to get out. that's when stickell opened fire. the woman was shot and is expected to be okay. a tropical storm roaring ashore. the new developments this morning on the changing conditions and the impact that's ahead. uptown theater just wouldn't be the same without that iconic sign. the reason someone wts toan

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temperatures in the 6 0es and 70s right now. but we're in

for highs. another gorgeous day with the humidity creeping in little by little. rain chances creeping in this week little by little as well. you need the umbrella coming up. right now, take a look at the roads, traffic. jack taylor, no jack taylor. back to you guys in the studio. >> lauryn, thank you. we'll get to jack in a minute. a chorus of neighborhood cheers, plans to replace the uptown theater sign in cleveland park have been canned. amc lowest owns it. >> they planned to replace it with a new sign. the neighborhood wasn't happy about it. they tweeted and wrote letters to save the sign. an amc logo may be added but that sign will stay. anyone who knows that neighborhood knows it's a big landmark for d.c. safety shakeup. new concerns on metro. the reason the feds are keeping a close eye on your commute. bombshell russia re.

right now the white house shakeup. the first full day for president trump's new chief of staff. >> he will do a spectacular job. i have no doubt. >> who is in, who is out and the new bombshell report that is widening the russia

i'm going to miss my daughter, my grandson so much. and my little cousin. heartache after a family tragedy. the search for a mother and two children comes to an end. how their car ended up in a virginia creek. >> again, ask myself, why didn't you make them stay? a school sex abuse scandal. a change in leadership and now a plea for help to local parents. anybody knows anything about this case, anybody needs to come forward and tell us something, please do so. you heard it there. prosecutors are asking anyone with information about a sex scandal at a charles county middle school to come forward. >> a former teacher's aide is accused of sexually abusing students at benjamin stoddard middle school. a principal there has been reassigned add officials worry there's more victims. justin finch is

>> reporter: aaron, good morning. until last december, carlos bell was a charles county school's aide with a stint here at stoddard middle school. several months later a tough conversation with parents and their children. it is a tough talk that could lead investigators to the 11 victims they are working to identify here. at this point, we have 24 victims who have been counted but more than half have not yet come forward. 119 charges now filed against bell in this ongoing sex assault and child porn probe. 30-year-old bell is said to be hiv positive and served as a former school aide and track coach here in charles county. he is accused of recording himself sexually assaulting middle school age boys, giving them marijuana and trying to transmit hiv. the charles county state's attorney says since bell's arrest last month, the investigation has only expanded. >> every time you interview a

toss talk to. just goes on and on and on. because of that, i will tell you that i can't predict for you when this investigation is going to be over. >> reporter: charging documents note the alleged abuse took place here at stoddard middle school and also at bell's home. we also can tell you, too, that the prosecutors in this case, they say this highlights the need to identify the remaining victims. how far this investigation has spread in a month's time. i'm justin finch, news 4 back in to you. justin, thank you. more details for parents to know. the charles county school district has a new website to help both students and teachers recognize sexual abuse. it has links to prevention resources through the website darkness to light. it outlines five steps to protect your children. you can find it on the nbc washington app by searching protect kids. the school district is rolling oune

students and teachers. a loudoun county family is in mourning today after a search for a mother, her son and his cousin ended in tragedy. the search began after courtney ash and the two boys went missing on friday. late yesterday afternoon, courtney's car was found overturned in a creek. the loudoun county sheriff says the car was driving in stormy weather when it hit a guardrail and flipped over. >> the ford taurus ended up in the water there. the car was found off of evergreen mills road in leesburg. officials say ash's body was ejected from the car. her son and 9-year-old cousin were found in the water as well. as you might imagine, ash's mother is heartbroken. >> it was raining really, really hard when they left here friday. i, again, ask myself why didn't you make them stay? >> the mother of ash's little cousin found the car yesterday aftern

the family says the young woman has three other children, including a 2-month-old. >> you might want to take a good look to see the man wearing a white t-shirt in the video. they need your help finding this person of interest. it has to do with a person of -- over the weekend. police are offering a reward that leads to his arrest. two people were shot on sunday morning. one man died. happening tonight, police across the area are trying to build better relationships with their communities. this is part of national night out. neighborhoods will host block parties, seminars and safety demonstrations with police and first responders. it's happening all over the country. you can find local events in our nbc washington app. just search national night out. >> st. barnabas road is back open after a deadly crash. prince george's county police say the driver was in a parking lot off branch avenue and lost control of her car last night. the car went into the road and hit another car with three people inside. they are all goi

died. police have not identified that driver. there are some disturbing new details about your safety on metro in a new federal report. it was put together back in may. they found critical work has not yet happened. concrete repairs at the rhode island avenue station were requested in december. in addition, boxes used to cut power to the hot third rail were not working all the time. the report discovered lapses in worker safety protocols. it is 5:48. new this morning, a cleaner way to move around d.c. -- mayor bowser will introduce the flyer excelsior buses. they will use clean diesel technology. the new buses will have usb charging ports to charge your phone. we have a scam to tell you about this morning.

they pay a fine for missing jury duty. they say they're with the sheriff's office or local law enforcement officials. if you receive this kind of call, hang up immediately. and verify the claim by calling the sheriff's office. law enforcement will never ask for money over the phone. there is a new fight to save two brothers from deportation. they were brought to the u.s. as children run frg violence in el salvador. diego earned a scholarship to play in college. he's supposed to start in the fall. but i.c.e. agents -- friends demanded their release at a protest outside the department of homeland security last night. >> they did not give them an opportunity to plea for his opportunity to remain in the country. he was not given an opportunity to remain in this country and continue to

he was detained for being a hard working young american. >> the brothers would not have been priorities for deportation under the previous administration but president trump's administration made it clear that any up documented immigrant may be deported. >> we're learning more about that shooting two months ago. according to a report, capitol police officers were initially directed to the wrong location that morning. the report says a response team was instead directed to house minority leader nancy pelosi's home in skbrorj togeorgetown. it's not clear what caused the confusion. some police officers were on site because house majority bhip steve scalise has security detail. an investigation is now under way. the white house is in the middle of a crisis this morning. >> there are several developing stories right now. first, a report in the "washington post" says president trump himself dictated

trump jr. about meeting with russian lawyer during the campaign. the statement claimed the meeting was primarily with the adoption of russian children. trump junior released e-mails indicating it was a way to get information about hillary clinton. anthony scaramucci has been pushed out of the white house after making crude remarks to the new yorker magazine. some republicans on capitol hill say they do not plan to let the affordable care act collapse. several told nbc news that they do not want their constituents to lose coverage. you'll want to stay tuned to the "today" show because senator lindsey graham will discuss the latest on health care and the white house shakeup. that's coming up in a few minutes after "news4 today." tropical depression emily could still dump rain on parts of florida this morning. >> it came ashore as a tropical storm yesterday causing some minor damage, including

coast of the sunshine state. many people felt winds of up to 45 miles per hour. you can look at all that water on the ground making it difficult to drive. >> tis the season, right? >> 6:52 right now. want to get you caught up on the commute. >> hey guys, good morning. 66 east is the trouble spot right now. unfortunately, we've got delays stretching back out of manassas. the accident activity. chopper 4 on scene. everything was moved over to the left shoulder. but within the delay back near sudden lee, a dump truck and maybe another car involved in a crash blocking the right lane. we have our slowdowns moving through manassas. otherwise, beyond it, decent shape toward the beltway. beltway itself, typical slowdowns. 95 to georgia. incompetenter loop, st. barnabas road toward the wilson -- not bad. ths

bridge. really nothing in your way. all in all, not too bad. my traffic is not too bad. the weather seems good. i keep hear you talking about the humidity. is it worse, sheena? >> no, jack. it is going up a little bit. here's a live look outside. you'll notice that this afternoon. yes as you drive this morning, a bit of sawn glare. the weather outlook, if you're exercisin exercising, it's warming up quickly. you need the sunglasses. a little bit humid for the pool. sunny, warm. you want the sun block. 72 washington. 64 dulles. 68 clinton. 63 in frederick right now. as we go through the day today, it's looking very warm. by noon, 87 degrees. 2:00 p.m., the sunscreen. 89. if you're heading to the pool, by 4:00 p.m. humid. you will notice that 91 for a high temperature. high pressure keeps us nice and dry. for most of this week. as we look to the south, very different story in florida. a lot of the rain dried up in

emily now. a lot of the rain moved off into the atlantic. not going to impact us. look at this track, though. it's going to stay well off the coastline. we do not have to worry about this storm impacting us. our weather pattern will stay dry until we get to the weekend. tomorrow is going to be another warm one out there. let's head over to lauryn ricketts for a look at that. good morning. >> good morning, sheena. it is going to be a little on the warm side. temperatures once again at 90 degrees. but as the humidity begins to creep in today, you're certainly going to feel it tomorrow unfortunately. again, fortunately, we're going to have plenty of sun. we do have isolated chances of maybe fay thunderstorm popping up tomorrow. for the most part, we'll remain dry with plenty of sunshine out there. again, that temperature right around 930 degrees. now, if you're headed to the beach, not too early to think about that. it's looking fine. isolated chances of storms on friday. chances on saturday. the water temperature, perfect right now. temperature on that water

mid-70s. all right. how is the rest of the weekend around here shaping up, sheena? >> the weekend will be beautiful, lauryn. i would definitely go in the water if you're going to the beach. weekend temperatures in the mid-80s. we have the rain chance on saturday. we'll be watching that closely. i don't think your whole saturday will be a washout. sunday looks good too. temperatures slowly warming back up next week. good morning. i'm landon duowdy. lyft teamed up with taco bell to get a late drive through snack. the raid hailing service has a new partner. disney teaming up with lyft. they can order lyft to take them westbound the complex. the vehicles are painted to look like minnie mouse's dress and are called minnie vans, they come with two car seats for kids.

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his son's original statement on questions about a meeting with russians last year. the "today" show will have the latest coming up. and today's going to be a nice one. 91, mostly sunny tomorrow. thursday, friday. just an isolated chance late tomorrow or friday. then we go into saturday. not too bad. we'll be watching the rain. temperatures in the mid-830s. >> thank you, sheena. >> would you like to add anything? >> no. i think it's going to be great. sheena took care of it. >> that is the broadcast this morning. thanks for waking up with us.

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