worse. a major impact on travel plans, two closed and how to get around that mess. holiday shopping, how to save big bucks on back to school supplies and a lot more. >> still taking me a while to get back to this back to school thing. >> i know. >> i want summer to stick around forever. >> we are set for a nice weekend. >> a gold star weekend. we brought in the star this weekend, team lauryn ricketts. what do you say? >> there are so many times during the summer we're talking about severe weather. we were talking about severe weather last night. doug was. we had pretty severe storms roll through the area. we're clearing out. i

through our windows. it is nice, 74 degrees, wind 14 miles an hour. temperatures only in the low 80s. very comfortableable as the humidity is dropping. a good looking saturday. we will talk about the rest of your weekend including your sunday and when we can see rain chances coming up in a few minutes. >> thank you very much. we are following a developing story in western d.c. where police are investigating a fatal crash that caused quite a bit of damage. >> live at that gas station where it all happened. good morning, derrick. >> reporter: quite a scene now. you can get a sense how violent it was. that car

this happened around 3:00. according to police the car that started this was westbound on fla, it struck that parked car. when police got there, they were in the heavily policed area and found the driver some distance from the car and when they got to the car they realized there was another person inside. no identifications at this point. the driver is with police technically not this, and we will hear more from metropolitan police. take a listen. >> at about 3:15 last night we received calls for an accident simultaneously, patrol units were in the area, came upon the accident as calls were coming in, came upon

flame. >> reporter: the other thing is there was a firehouse a few blocks away. the fire department was on the scene very quickly but not quickly enough to stop what happened here. this is all under investigation and ask anyone in the area to call if they might have seen something. neighbors in carrolton can rest a little easier now that police have cleared a shooting scene. prince george's county police say shots were fired from a balcony around 7:30 last night. officers set up a barricade and told people to shelter in place. no one was hurt and three arrested. taking the metro this week it can make a mess of your travel plans shutting down a stretch of the green line. the

branch will be shut for two weeks. looking to stop the leaks on the tunnel at the red line. and buses running to strat more. special counsel robert mueller, this is significant because this is the first time we are hearing about this type of request. the times reports mueller's team is after documents related to former national security advisor michael flynn. there are questions whether flynn was secretly paid by the turkish government while working for the white house campaign. flynn is cooperating. president trump on a 17 day working vacation for his golf course. this isn't unusual.

also because renovations are being done to the west wing of the white house. so far, president trump has spent about one-third of his time at his resorts. a staggering number of leaks during a press conference yesterday, saying the current administration has tripled the number of investigations since the end of the obama administration and calls the leak a throat to national security. a new fbi unit will take over. and chuck todd will have a special forecast about president trump and the party and our broken politics at 10:30 after "news4 today." this is a video police want you to look at, involving two suspects involved in a deadly shooting thursday night in brooklyn. several shots fir

two other people who were shot are expected to recover. the mother of the man who was killed is pleading for the men to come forward. they were driving a chevy malibu or impala. some people in baltimore are fed up with the violence calling for a cease-fire. already they have 208 homicides on pace to go past the 318 homicides last year. the motto is nobody kill anybody. it will be up to everybody who lives in baltimore to make sure this happens. coming up, swimmers sick and local pool shut down. and sending several kids to the hospital. savings

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a federal jury finds notorio shkreli. he looted his drug company to re-pay investors in two failed hedge funds. those investors got their money back and thensome. he says he feels exonerated. >> this is a witch hunt of epic proportions and they found one or two broomsticks and we feel exonerated of the charges. >> he took to twitter and say there's's a 50-50 chance he won't face any punishment.

a sentencing date has not been set. too much chlorine in a local pool caused kids to get sick. it happened on roberts road. an electrical malfunction shut down the pump and sent a rush of chlorine into the water. about five kids went to the hospital to get checked out and expected to be okay. there will be an inspection before it is re-opened. lauryn is updating your forecast to see how hot it will go. what if you saw this on the road. take out a close look. check out the van and no one driving that van. this all happened on a

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if you want to head outside today and get fitness in considering the last couple of days have been hot and humid. today is wonderful. plenty of sunshine, a little bit of a breeze moving in from the northwest to suppress the humidity falling right now. plenty of sunshine. temperatures in the low to mid-80s for daytime highs today. when can we see chances of rain. the next time you need your umbrella will be sooner than you think. talking

five minutes. a local couple took a flight to paradise and found themselves in a complete nightmare. d.c. teacher, jennifer jones says she and her girlfriend were detained in aruba last week. it started after a note that said "bomb" was found in the restroom of a southwest airlines flight. they said jones was the last person to use the facilitate. the police separated them and they were appointed a lawyer and couldn't call their families or the u.s. embassy. they published their pictures and called them criminal suspects. the nightmare lasted 24 hours. >> i was pretty tried. this is the most scariest thing i ever experienced in my life. >> it seems as though there was discrimination involved. >> we have reached out to the aruban

heard back. no one likes traffic lights especially when they take forever to change. that it is expected to change in the district. new traffic timing at 280 intersections in northeast and southeast d.c. part of a 5 year plan in 2012 to improve traffic flow and make it's easier for pedestrians to cross the street. if you thought those self-driving cars were only for the future, look at this? in arlington, nobody there. first reported by arl now, it had virginia plates cruising up and town wilson and clarendon boulevards and went back and forth a handful of time. reporting county officials and vdot did not know about any driverless vehicles testing in that area. >> i don't know about that. >>

that's the wave of the future, i'm sure. >> yep. >> stores in virginia will probably be packed this weekend. >> that's all because the sales tax holiday is under way through tomorrow. it comes just as kids head back to school, if you can believe that. where did the summer go. if you buy clothes and shoes under 100 bucks you don't have to pay the state sales tax. for school supplies, anything under $20, per item, not for the total amount. you can save on taxes for items you might need in an emergency like a portable generator or batteries. millions of people will be staring at the sky august 21st, with good reason, it's the solar eclipse and turns day into night. >> absolutely. this rare phenomenon will cross the country causing spectators to flood small towns. miguel has an awesome look at the growing excitement and costly excite.

central oregon, there will be madness in madrin. >> there we go, step over. >> reporter: sabrina carpenter is getting the farm ready for a festival. on august 21st, the solar eclipse will drop darkness over her field, and spectators paying a premium, $1500 a couple to camp on her 80 acres. >> it's definitely a once in a lifetime opportunity handed to this tiny community. we'll be serving people right in the fields where we're growing the food. i'm really excited. >> reporter: this town of 6,000, bracing for 100,000 visitors. liquor sales are booming, legal pot sales could hit an all time high. >> we've been planning all these years to be ready for the big great american eclipse. >> reporter: john brewster has been planning for decades, even building his home in the path of the

>> all this work for two minutes, yes, of course! >> reporter: as the moon pass is in front of the sun, a ribbon of darkness, 70 miles wide, known as the path of totality, will move from oregon to south carolina, taking just under two hours. each town going dark for roughly two minutes. at grand teton national park rescue teams are preparing for the largest crowds ever. across the country, kids big and small are launching science experiments. for those that don't fall path of complete darknesses, tens of millions will experience a partial eclipse. you don't need a fancy telescope, just a pair of glasses like these if you can find them. >> how big a deal is this? look at this guy with his shades on! doug is going to south carolina and we are workingh

all. i don't want to be a debbie downer, what happens if it's cloudy that day, you paid all this money and sitting out in the field. >> they're paying serious cash. i couldn't believe some prices. this is the first one the continental united states has seen since 1979 and sea to sea since 1918. >> look at you. >> but you have to have the sunglasses to see it. >> that is one thing i do want to say. there's a lot of people that are selling the sunglasses and they have to be nasa approved. they will have something on the side that says nasa and make sure you're getting them from a reputable source. >> do we need the napa shades today? >> no. >> you do need some shades, though. no humidity. >> i can't wait for today. everybody kept asking me yesterday, the

it's incredible. we have a beautiful weekend over there. it will be absolutely wonderful. let's show you what's going on. for -- our director keeping me ahead on this saturday morning. you can see a little bit of blue sky. we're getting some clearing. if you were with us last hour we eventually will see some clearing. it is going to happen and we are already seeing it back off to the west as the frontal system is sweeping through the area. it will be breezy and winds picking up now. northwest winds, 10-20 miles an hour. sunday just as gorgeous. we have rain chances early next week monday as we head back to work. current temperatures, 74 in d.c. 60s and 70s elsewre

this morning. it is so nice. finally getting some sunshine, here's the cloud cover. this is the frontal system that passed through our area, you can see it on our satellite through new england and coastal carolinas. that will continue to push out. behind it, sunny skies, no clouds and breezy. we topped out at 90 degrees yesterday. it will be absolutely gorgeous for today. tonight, if you have plans, another great evening. open up those windows. humidity is not too bad and we're going into 50s and 60s overnight. it will be breezy tonight but winds calm down at 7:00 and clear skies into the overnight. if you're talking about going to the citi open, it will be breezy and howard county fair a

wonderful. and arling, virginia, has a tax-free weekend. a beautiful weekend and save money. it will be great for that. increasing clouds throughout the day. we will start with sunshine and clouds increasing. sit comfortable, low humidity and rain later in the day. this is sunday at 2:30. isolated showers and mostly dry into monday and monday scattered showers and thunderstorms throughout the day as you head back to work. a 70% chance of showers and thunderstorms, humidity comes back up. temperatures in the 80s. we head back to the humid and heat conditions. humid and hot conditions. there we go. what do i want to say there? humid and heat conditions. that doesn't make any sense. we have some storms as we head into next weekend. thank you, lauryn. we are looking forward to this weekend. coming up,

number one rule in any museum, don't touch anything. not this weekend, how one museum is transforming and how you can

it is fan appreciation day at redskins training camp. you can get autographs from players, coaches and cheerleaders. gates open at

big crowd is expected. practice begins at 1:30 and training camp ends next sunday. back to football season if you can believe that. the classic arcade games of your youth are in d.c. this weekend. >> love this story. you can get a chance to play them at the smithsonian art museum. no coins needed because it's free of charge. the annual event celebrating the art of video games will be in full swing today and tomorrow. in addition to the classics, test out your hand on a new game from the independent developers. >> i'm a gamer, i love gamers. games are cool and also, there's so much art involved and so much creativity and expression involved in creating video games. >> did we mention it's free to attend? >> great for all. and a break from the rain and the flag

tracking how soon showers could be back in our neighborhood as well. >> he was killed on his bicycle and the driver got away. the action the family is takg todayin

time now 8:29. d.c. police trying to figure out what caused a fiery crash that took down a sign outside a g

station. police say a car crossed an intersection, hit a pole and hit the gas station around 3:00 this morning around 6th street northeast. the driver is in the hospital with serious injuries, one passenger is dead. metro shutting down the branch avenue and green line stations for the next two weeks for a big improvement project working to stop leaks in the tunnels in the red line bethesda area. if you are shopping, head to the virginia area, tax-free this weekend including clothing and shoes and emergency supplies for your home and school supplies. good saturday morning, everyone. hope you're having a good one so far. i'm adam tuss in for david. >> good morning. i'm meagan fitzgerald in for angie goff. we're in store for a great

low humidity. good time for outside sports. how is it? >> reporter: finally the clouds are gone. i wish the camera was a bit wider. it is gorgeous as we see packets of sunshine and sweeping through the area taking the clouds through it. the northwest winds, 13 miles an hour. 74 degrees right now. i do believe our temperatures could drop maybe a degree or two and headed back to low 80s today. nothing too crazy out there. 90 degrees yesterday. you can see the clouds around baltimore, east of i-95 with that front moving through bringing us sunshine. when can we see more rain? we will be talking about that on that 10-day forecast when i join you back inside maybe. >> maybe. pack a lunch out there. >> thank you very much. right now, a fairfax county family n

man, 74-year-old man went missing last night. he went for a walk near leesburg pike in alexandria and didn't come back. he's visiting from libya. call police if you know where he might be. the family of a hit-and-run victim will dedicate a ghost bike and put out another plea agreement for help today. at the end of june burgess johnson was hit by a driver who checked on him and then left the scene. he died in july after his family decided to take him off life support. this morning, his family will host a memorial event at the anacostia library. they will dedicate a bicycle painted in white to be placed near the crash scene and ask for help to find this driver. you're supposed to trust the person who takes care of your kids. one fairfax man is accused of breaking that trust. this man

runs an in-home daycare is charged with sexual battery. an 11-year-old girl says she was inappropriately touched and another child victimized. police want to hear from any who thinks lazo had inappropriate contact with their child. a former teacher will spend decades in prison for child abuse. he was sentenced to 48 years in prison, convicted in june of touching children inappropriately. vigna taught at cloverly elementary and preyed on children for 15 years. despite the charges, dozens of people showed up at court yesterday and spoke in his defense. >> the circuit court judge who presided over this case, he thought the jury got it right and so do we. >> we will continue to fight until he is vindicated and justice is

>> the victims' families say he caused them so much suffering some contemplated suicide. metro transit police looking for a guy accused of taking up-skirt pictures of women. there is a picture here of the person police are looking for. the woman says she was on the escalate tore at the columbia heights station when she felt a hand up her skirt on thursday. surveillance shows the suspect holding a phone at that time. police also have evidence he targeted other women. one metro rider says it certainly makes her nervous. >> outrage and violated. it's scary someone would be on the metro doing something like that. it's crazy. >> metro transit police want you to give them a call if you see this suspect or have any information. >> deadly drug overdoses continue to rise at an alarming rate in maryland. the state health department released a new number showing from equestrian to march of

related deaths a 37% increase compared to the same period last year sflfrpt fentanyl is driving the overdoses, linked to 37% of the teethes. it's 50 times more potent than heroin and when the two are mixed, it's often a deadly combination. to see how severe the epidemic is, look at stafford hospital in virginia, forced to change procedures for handling overdoses after first responders got sick. a stafford county deputy saw a couple passed out, the woman had the needle in her arm and took her to the medical hospital and he ended up getting a does of narcan because he was suffering overexposure to the drug. during that process a nurse got sick, too. >> we had to close down a number of rooms because we didn't know what the room con

er a heads-up if a fentanyl victim is on the way and staff will put on protective gear. look at this. this could have been a big disaster. what new video is uncovering about a dangerous new call during takeoff and what investigators now say is responsible for this plane fire. >> punishing north korea, the new action the u.s. could take

welcome back. check out this new incredible video from our sister station in chicago. look at this american airlines plane taking off the runway and it caught fire. it started after an engine line served a fuel line. if it had lifted off thereld

everyone was evacuated and one person did get serious injuries during that evacuation. federal investigators are still looking into the entire incident and what the cause might have been. >> talk about a close call. two university employees wanted after a stabbing death are wanted in a nationwide manhunt. authorities say wyndham lath then and warren gave themselves up. working at universities and accused of a death in a stabbing death at an apartment where lathem lived. according to the "new york times," the united nations council will cast a vote on a u.s. drafted

roughly $ $1 billion from its export revenue. the vote with the most pressure comes from china, north korea's most important trading partner. taking a look outside right now, it is warming up as you look at the potomac. a great weekend to hit the pool. lauryn is tracking how soon we will be clear of showers. how two officers answered the call and rescued a

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it's going to be a great day to head out to the pool. it might get a little chilly once you get out only because you will have a breeze in the northwest, 10-20 miles an hour, humidity is absent. plenty of sunshine and temperatures only in the low to mid 80s compared to 90s later in the day. all coming up in the 10-day forecast in about five minutes. >> thank you very much. for the first time we're hearing from the two police officers who saved a 90-year-old man from inside his burning home. >> a great story. clarence wade and his wife are still recovering but things could have turned out very differential if not for these two heroes. >> it was scary. it was really scary. >> reporter: surrounded by smoke and fire inside this northwest d.c. home, alex and

heroically rescued clarence wade. >> you hear stuff burning and you hear stuff popping, you see the smoke. everything happened so fast with the smoke. i was a little bit scared. >> reporter: the fire broke out early thursday morning and rapidly spread. clarence was on the first floor, his wife, geneva upstairs, she broke through this back window and climbed out and called police. meanwhile, clarence was still inside suffering from smoke inhalation and minor burns. police arrived later and neighbors watched as officers put their lives on the line. >> we started yelling to see if anybody was inside and sure enough we could hear someone yelling from the inside. >> reporter: that's when they ran in and pulled him out. the officers had a couple cuts and inhaled the smoke, they're okay. firefighters showed up a few minutes later and put out the flam. now, clarence and his wife are recovering at a hospital. theiniece isra

my uncle's life. >>y ver proud of these d.c. police chief newsome. >> i appreciate channel 4 giving them the recognition they deserve. >> that's what we're here for to serve the community and residents. >> reporter: they do it with honor. shamarry stone, news4. >> as we continue to remember our dare friend and colleague, jim vance, we want you to be able to view the tribute to him. if you're a comcast subscriber, go to your on demand button on your remote and news and information folder until you find nbc4. you will be able to watch our 6:00 p.m. newscast from july 22 rnd and tribute to jim vance special that aired. head to the nbc washington app to check all the ways vance impacted our community. >> a lot of great stuff you might not have known about him. >> if you're driving to the

face heavier than normal backups east of the chesapeake bridge because crews are making road repairs on salisbury continuing to this fall. the right lane will be closed on northwood drive and transportation officials are urging drivers to take the u.s. 50 business route that runs through salisbury instead. it has been a huge construction zone for years. route 1 in the fort belvoir area. >> reporter: construction is moving along a new six lanes instead of four. it has turn lanes and upgraded signals. benefits aren't just for drivers. >> it provides safer ways to get across the street for pedestrians, better bicycle connections and it

additional capacity and space for future transit. >> reporter: because of its location, some special accommodations had to be made during the improvement. >> richmond highway route one is not just a major corridor, also a historic corridor. part of this project required to make sure we were being sensitive to some of the historic landmarks, gunston hall and mt. vernon have their presence here on richmond highway. >> reporter: the new bridge over the creek is expected to end frequent road flooding. >> fairfax county says this new road helps set the stage for future improvements south of the county with more redevelopment plans in coming years. some new parking restrictions are making neighbors unhappy in arlington. those new rules taking place on 24th street north. some are elderly including one man in his 90s. he says he has to park on the re

that's not a good thing. >> it's convenient. right in front of the house, especially in bad weather. >> the county says it understands neighbors distress about losing parking spaces but it says there is a safety hazard if emergency vehicles cants maneuver on the street. prince george's county public schools will hold a "stuff the bus" event today. you can drop off items and starts at 11:00 this morning and ends at 2:00 this afternoon. items must be sealed in original packaging. the final "stuff the bus" event will be held next saturday. we have an update on a theory we brought you a few minutes ago. fairfax county police said they found this elderly man that went missing last night. family tells police he's visiting from libya. he went for a walk near leesburg pike

he has since returned to his family. good news and happy we can get the message out about his return. a lot of people are wondering if they can get out this weekend and you say, do it. >> after the news at 9:30 when we end, then get outside. it is gorgeous out there. we're already seeing that clearing out there right now. we had clouds when we came in this morning. clouds sweeping in and taking the humidity with it. we're rocking through the weekend. it will be a gorgeous weekend. it is beautiful out there right now but not always the case, we have more rain on the way. it's summertime. wonk wonk. i can't believe it's already august and june and july lasted about 30 seconds. capitol camera there you can see breaks in the cloud cover. it is beautiful. that frontal system is sweeping through the areand

with little bit of a breeze. 10-20 miles an hour northwest wind brings us cooler conditions. temperatures in the low to mid 80s for daytime highs today and yesterday at 90 degrees. rain does not return until monday. a little while before that rain moves into our area. we have scattered showers and thunderstorms monday. we had some scattered showers last night. some were pretty strong in the baltimore area towards hagerstown. other than that, you may have slept through them. they started at 7:38 and moved through the area, through this frontal system you can see pronounced on the satellite imagery. clear skies, lower humidity, sunshine, 74 in the district. 71 at dulles. coming in at 59 degrees right now. we are breezy, the way it will be through the day. wind gusts 29 miles an hour throughout the

northwest 29 miles an hour. temperatures in the low 80s for daytime highs today. a little breezy. maybe head outside, for brunch? we will see plenty of sunshine. no storms out there. nice and comfortable. forecast for tomorrow, low to mid 80s once again. we could have late day rainstorms in the area. clouds move in and won't be that bad. comfortable this weekend, humidity back up monday and falls back tuesday and wednesday. the reason, we have a warm front that will pass through the area monday and why we will have scattered showers and thunderstorms and maybe a few kicking off monday night. scattered showers and thunderstorms what we have to watch for. this weekend, beautiful. i want to correct myself. david on twitter wrote me the frying pan is actually in fairfax in

we will have rain expected monday, scattered showers and thunderstorms before we dry out next week. that is the beauty of social media. you make a mistake and you are corrected immediately. >> i'm glad i was. i even thought about it. thank you, david. i appreciate that. >> now you're correct. thank you. looking to relax but want some peace and quiet where you can find a quick summer get away not far from home?

there's still time left in the summer to take a vacation. if you're bored with places like the beaches the next place might help you unwind. >> news4's amy took a trip at standardsville, virginia, to look at a new hotel on airbnb. >> reporter: at first glance the white lotus retreat looks an awful lot like your average hotel. you have your shower, your air-conditioning, television, shampoos, all the amenities you'd expect. but if you step outside, you'll find this isn't your average hotel at all. it's in fact a treehouse suspended 24 feet above the ground on nothing but wooden stilts. >> people like to swing here as well. >> reporter: david vanderveer owns the plays and designed it himself. he wanted a way to sleep under the stars. >> it's nice to come back home to a place like this. >> i'm passionate about people coming and enjoying here. >>or

his treehouse on airbnb. a night will cost you back 150 bucks. it includes coffee in the morning. >> unique things do well on airbnb. it's a lot of work to maintain it. >> reporter: he says they do all the work and all the guests have to do is sit back and relax. in standardsville, amy cho, news4. >> there are five others listed in virginia and dozens throughout the country. >> you can read more about the treehouse hotels in our area in this month's issue of the washingtonian amazing, very cool. and coffee. >> all i need. time now, 8:56. a look outside at the capitol wheel. off to a nice start but storms won't be gone too long. how showers might dampen the weekend plans. >> reporter: and early morning crash in the northeast, one

"news4 today" starts now. >> deadly crash and a close call right now "news4 today," a violent crash and damage that could have been much worse. major impact on your weekend travel plans, two big projects from metro and how you can get around all that mess.

good it feels like holiday shopping. how you can save big bucks on back to school supplies and more all weekend long. >> back to school? pretty soon it will be holiday shopping. time is flying. >> where did june and july go? >> i don't know. >> it's saturday morning. hope you're having a good one. i'm adam tuss in for david. >> i'm meagan fitzgerald in for meagan goes. >> we are going to put snap to this forecast. >> i love it. snap, clap, anything, i'll take it as long as everybody is happy about it. usually the ebbs and flows head through the summer, thunderstorms and nice weather and heat and humidity. today, we have the lower humidity. we have plenty of sunshine, and a nice little breeze out there. so gorgeous, 75 right now. you can see that wind has come up a little bit.