downed trees and power lines. chopper 4 spotted a tree across both lanes of the bw parkway. forced traffic to squeeze by on the shoulder in laurel. weather like that we saw last night, could cause major problems for the red line. >> you may not realize that tunnels impact your commute. they're doing all they can to keep tunnels safe and dry. water that gets in between the medical center and friendship heights. that section of tunnel sits underneath saturated ground. all that pressure from the groundwater presses on tunnel walls causing it to leak. this weekend, the stations will be closed to continue working on the problem. we continue to work for

follow adam on twitter for updates. more reports later today here on news4. there's a search for this 84 fairfax county man. police say he was last seen on oak drive yesterday morning. we are told he suffers memory loss, has gone missing before. call police if you know where he is. tensions remain high while a judge decides whether to grant protective orders for three montgomery county firefighters. firefighters say they need protection from a fellow firefighter. this is a story first on 4. it started when a confederate flag license plate caused confrontation between first responders. he was accused of making violent threats to co-workers. he says the allegations are false. >> spoke my mind in a controlled manner and i was met with jokes d

amongst other firefighters and i didn't feel like that was appropriate. >> the fire department is investigating. meantime, the judge already denied one of the protective orders. on this nomination, yays are 92, nays are 5, the nomination is confirmed. >> president trump has a new fbi director. they voted to confirm christopher wray. he assured lawmakers he would remain strict independence from the white house, takes over for former fbi director james comey who was fired in may. today lawmakers dig into the decision to keep the fbi headquarters in washington. last month, the government announced it scrapped a decade long plan to move the building to maryland or virginia. officials in both locations were excited about the number of new jobs it would have created. senate committee will examine that decision and address what actions need to happen to address the bureau's needs. president trump catg

about where he lives now, the white house. according to a report on golf.com, the president told members of his new jersey club that he spends time away from washington because the white house is, quote, a real dump. that led to a tweet from chelsea clinton thanking white house staff for all their work. 4:33. new this morning, a teen undergoing a mental evaluation after he jumped out of a plane at san francisco's airport. officials say the plane was from panama city, had just landed, was taxiing to the arrival gate and the 17-year-old opened an emergency door and jumped on the tarmac. other passengers say everything happened so quickly, they didn't have time to stop him. >> all of a sudden he popped it open and the emergency door was open and that's it. we were just landed on the tarmac. >> a construction crew working nearby confronted the teen and held him until

the plane taxied to the gate. you're looking at new video showing that final inmate in the alabama jail break we have been covering getting arrested. police tracked down brady kilpatrick in florida where they found him staying with a friend. the 24-year-old and 11 other inmates walked out of an alabama jail on sunday. they used peanut butter to hide the number above a jail cell, then tricked a new prison guard into opening a door to let them out. kilpatrick will be transferred back to alabama today. pulls one to deep left field. this has got a chance! max scherzer, his first major league homerun. >> how about that. max scherzer with his first big legal homerun, three run shot there. teammates had fun with him when he got back to the

icing him out at first and then celebrating. he took himself out in the second inning with what the nats call a neck spasm. scherzer said he slept on it funny. do that sometimes. >> and that can be disabling. >> an athlete, sure. >> good for him. it is now 4:35. we want to get another check on weather and traffic. >> check in with jack taylor at wtop. first a look outside with sheena parveen. good morning. >> good morning. the worst when you hurt your neck sleeping and you can't turn your head, have to do the full body turn, that's the worst, especially when driving. check in with jack in a second, speaking of driving. some issues out there. 76 degrees, mostly cloudy. good news is we are dry out there now. later this afternoon, we'll see a couple of isolated storms. areas similar to yesterday.

head to the pool, you want sun block. another hot, humid one. isolated storm chance in the afternoon. keep an eye to the sky with the nbc washington app. a check of the roads with jack taylor. good morning. >> thank you. good morning. we begin with our breaking news in port washington, 210 northbound, find a diversion point at palmer road. the overnight crash occurred four hours ago. find the accident was north of palmer road. accident investigation is on-going. northbound lanes of 210 are blocked at palmer road. southbound lanes, far right side getting back. they arrive with medical equipment in the southbound lanes. using 15 and 340, westbound 340 ramp is blocked again this

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good wednesday morning. it is a nice, mild start to your day. good news is that we're nice and dry this morning. once you wake up, head out the door, the sun comes up, you'll notice more clouds around. shower chances in the afternoon. temperatures in the district, 76 degrees, rest of the area around 70. some spolts in the mid 70s. later today another summer like pattern. temperatures around 90 degrees, another humid one. coming up, i'll show you the timing of that and what to expect for the weekend. >> thank you. 4:44. health care reform may be dead for now, but the senate is ready to focus on your taxes. >> that debate set to get under way next month. tracie potts live on capitol hill. could this end

care did? >> reporter: could be. they're already drawing battle lines. you have democrats pointing at republicans and vice versa. the republican leader already thanking democrats that want to work with him on this, tax reform, tearing apart the complicated tax code, putting it back together, deciding how and what we pay is something they wanted to deal with for a long time. the plan was to do it after health care. when health care fell apart, lawmakers decided to move on and the senate will take it up after labor day. >> what are democrats saying about all of this? >> reporter: 45 democrats signed a letter saying here's what we want when it comes to tax reform. they don't want to see the middle class pay more. don't want the wealthy to pay less. they want open hearings unlike what happened with health care. and they want to be sure it doesn't add to the deficit. that's what they're laying out at the

seems like people would agree, but the devil is in the details. they're drawing the battle lines on this. few weeks from now, we'll hear more about your taxes and how lawmakers want to change how you pay and what you pay. >> a lot of people listening to that. >> tracie potts on the hill, thank you. u.s. department of veteran's affairs fired long time head of the medical center. brian hawkins was in charge, but internal investigators found supply shortages and sanitary conditions in storage areas and cockroach infestation in food service areas as well. hawkins was reassigned to a new position in april and the va officially fired him yesterday. still, problems haven't cleared out at the northwest washington hospital this summer. i-team revealed a patient's body went undiscovered for two days in a parking lot outside. covering northern virginia, a sex abuse

church camp may be worse than investigators originally thought. trying to find out if richard hearns has other victims. he was a counselor at the summer camp in sterling, charged with soliciting sex from a boy under 15 last year. investigators say he used snap chat to send the young camper lewd photos and solicit sex. 13 before the hour. a little girl's dog called a hero. they say the dog bit a man that approached the girl and grabbed her arm. this was wednesday in good rich. the man took off, hasn't been located. he was wearing a white stripe shirt and light colors long pants. the girl is okay. a man facing impersonation charges. prince george's county police say he pretended to be an off duty police officer. he is accused of pulling over a car in ma nas is

left. the driver got the tag number of the car, gave it to police. he turned himself in yesterday and is due in court in october. three lawsuits filed against the construction company that caused a massive power outage in the outer banks. crews building a new bridge cut the main power cables last week. lawsuits filed in state and federal court say the construction company was negligent and should pay for the financial losses suffered by businesses. officials say it could take a week or two to restore power. if you are one of the people that has to can sell plans because of the power outage, if you didn't purchase travel insurance, you may be out of luck when it comes to getting money back. if you did, read the policy to see if power outage is covered. the prince george's county family out $8,000 for the vacation

hurts more than losing the actual money. >> this is what money can't buy at my age, memories. >> we have more tips on what to do if you were effected by outages in the nbc washington app. search outer banks. this story getting attention on the app and website. newborn calf in texas has similar facial markings to kiss front man gene simmons. the calf was born friday at a ranch northwest of san antonio. jeannie is a family favorite and will not be sold. >> i think gene simmons tweeted or something sure, about the calf. simmons would buy it and own it. >> tried to trademark

>> yes, another hot, humid day. could see a couple of isolated thunderstorms. most of the area stays dry. couple of pop up storms are not out of the question on a hot, humid summer day. summertime pattern continues as we go through the rest of the week. a thunderstorm is possible. mid-80s, comfortable 80s. those return this weekend. it does look good on the weekend forecast. a little relief if you thought yesterday was too hot and humid in the afternoon. 70 in leesburg, 73 in clinton. it is very mild this morning. 74 now in quantico. if exercising, more clouds and sun around throughout the day. 8:00 a.m., 78 degrees. heating up by noon, right around 90. by afternoon, if you're out and about, keep an eye to the sky. download the nbc washington app. an isolated storm in the forecast. locally don't

around, good for the morning commute. you see the cloud cover, we keep some of that in the forecast today. if you're curious about what tropical depression emily is doing, it is off the atlantic, off the coast, going to keep moving away from the u.s. we do not have to worry about it. keep our eye on it, it will head to the atlantic, not bother us. future weather today. 8:00 a.m. couple of light showers around baltimore. lunchtime is dry. then we go through the afternoon, 4:30. the model is entertaining a couple of isolated storms developing, not everybody by any means. then tonight, any showers around are dying out. 91 for a high. hot and humid. isolated p.m. thunderstorms possible. same tomorrow as well. the beach forecast does look good saturday. in fact, looks dryer. temperatures around 80 degrees at the beach. here's the full ten day forecast going into the rest of the week. this is your typical summer pattern. hot, humid,la

into the weekend, comfortable, mid-80s. a closer look at what you can expect this morning coming up. let's check the roads with jack taylor. good morning. >> good morning. thank you. we have breaking news in southern maryland into fort washington. 210 northbound, early morning crash occurred after midnight near palmer road. all traffic 210 north diverts onto palmer road. southbound, most travel lanes block to the left. you need to stay to the right to get by. everybody being diverted. if you can self divert, give yourself time to ride through what is a detour. 210 northbound blocked at palmer road. also a work zone on 66 west after the dulles connect road. two left lanes get you by there. new trouble spot in maryland on the beltway, inner loop to ranch avenue, vehicle through the guardrail off the roadway to the right side. authorities are headed to the scene

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we are learning about a heart wafrmg story out of arlington about a woman's final wish. emily pom rans died of pan create i can cancer. she jokingly asked from a milk shake from back home. the owner paid $123 to ship a frozen mocha milkshake that made it in time. >> what a smile. starbucks serving a new drink at its reserve rose tery in seattle. >> the drink described as sweet and savory. and features beef jerky. too early to be talking about this. the drink is called pepper night throw with a jerky twist. the cold brew infused with black pepper syrup. then topped wit

garnished with real beef jerky. the drink resembles a stout. this is only sold in seattle. you probably noticed more and more restaurants are adding gluten friday items to menus. >> doctors say it may be one way to help people with celiac and gluten sensitivities. in news for your health, celiac is a hereditary autoimmune illness aggravated by eating gluten protein. doctors say it won't offer significant health benefits for people that don't have celiac because it strips away heart healthy grains. doctors say eating too much gluten free things may have an opposite effect. >> because you're losing flour derived from nuts with m

calories, so you can gain weight. glittery iphone cases giving some people chemical burns. the company that makes them issuing a recall. they're recalling 263,000 of these, glitter cases for the iphone 6, 6 s and 7 the issue is the liquid can leak from the cases and irritate your skin. there have been 24 complaints. one person said the burns left permanent scarring. verizon center could get a new name next year when the naming rights deal expires. washington business journal reports some clues as to what it will be called next. the website domain name wire found more than 50 website domain names registered to capital one, cap one center d.c..com and capital one arena d.c..com. no word from capital one whether

rights. >> when we change the names up, it messes me up. stay with us. news4 continues now at 5:00 a.m. that breaking news could impact your morning commute. a deadly crash shutting down a popular route into the district. and the backups are starting to build. it is about 5:00 a.m. good morning. the roads were wet after last night's storms. sheena parveen has an update on what to expect as you get ready to head out the door. first team coverage on the crash. justin finch at the scene, we begin with jack taylor with how this is impacting you as you head out the door. >> can definitely slow you down for sure. northbound 210, accident occurred after palmer road. all traffic

road. investigation is on-going. crash occurred sometime after 12. 210 northbound, all traffic diverts to palmer road. southbound assistance arrived that blocked half the roadway. right side of the roadway getting by. crews working on rock creek parkway. kennedy center and virginia avenue. that should wrap up about 5:30. work at kennedy center should wrap by 6:00. back to you. getting new information on the victim in that deadly crash. >> justin finch just arrived there. bring us up to speed. >> reporter: good morning. this is a fatal crash involving a motorcycle driver as well as driver of a vehicle here. prince george's county police telling us the motorcycle driver died here on the scene. this investigation is