north korea's nuclear program is advancing faster than expected. but that has not proved at this point if it can launch a missile accurately. we want to break down what options the united states has in this situation. experts say no option is risk-free. the u.s. could pre-emptively fire strikes on north korean military targets, but that could lead to war on the peninsula, and put millions of people, including american troops, at risk. president trump could also stick to what's been done up till now and that's focus on trying to start up some diplomacy. we could get new developments about this at any time. and we'll update you here and on the nbc washington app. coming up in just a bit, news4's tracie potts will talk about what steps are being taken in guam right now. and we have more news breaking overseas and abroad. chris lawrence is at the live desk with more out of paris. >> this is happening in france, angie. someone drove a car into a group of soldiers in paris. right now, there is a search on

take a look. we're showing a live picture from paris. you can see the police presence there. all of this happened in the last hour or so. police say six soldiers were heard, two of them seriously. paris is on maximum alert after a series of terrorist-inspired attacks in the last two years. >> chris, thank you. it's 4:31 now. developing now, news no expecting mother wants to hear. d.c.'s health department has ordered d.c.'s united medical center to stop delivering babies for 90 days. officials aren't saying why services are suspended. but a spokesman said this restriction applies solely to obstetric and nursery services and will remain in place for 90 days or until the hospital implements its plan for obstetrics and nursery service. the nearest hospitals are more than 20 minutes away. for a list of them,

washington app. drivers, an alert for you today. if you use i-395, you may be hitting the brakes more often than you're used to. construction begins to add new toll lanes. three express toll lanes will run from edsel road through arlington. if you have an e-zpass and you carpool with three or more people, those lanes are free. otherwise, there's no limit on how high the toll can go. just like the express lanes on 95 and 495, the worse the traffic, the higher the price. coming up at 5:00 a.m., we'll have a live report on how construction will impact your drive to work and if the tolls are worth it. women taking the train around here may have been violated and not even realized it. this morning, metro transit police say there could be more victims in an upskirting photo scandal. 19-year-old brandon williams is charged with taking the pictures. police reviewed some surveillance video from the columbia heights station last

escalator and allegedly placing a cell phone up the victim's skirt. at his home, police found hard drives and phones with dozens of pictures. women we spoke to find this all very disturbing. >> i think it's disgusting. it's gross, and it's weird. it's nasty. >> williams is charged with misdemeanor sexual abuse. he's out on bond and has been ordered to stay away from metro. fire now, fairfax county police are doing everything they can to find this missing teenager who they say could be in serious danger. they believe that a gang may be targeting 18-year-old miguel carillo, who has not been seen since thursday. he was last spotted near a home on buckman road, near route 1 in alexandria. search teams have been out and about, combing the woods, using choppers and k-9 teams to find him. we'll share his photo on social media and hope that you can share it too. we also have an update to a story that we brought you last

today the scorched souls motorcycle club, a group made up of d.c. firefighters are holding a fund-raiser for dane smothers jr. you may recall he was injured a week ago when he was hit by that ladder truck while preparing to battle a fire. the tune inn will provide breakfast and lunch specials with the proceeds going to help dane and his medical cause. we'll be live there in our 6:00 a.m. hour to bring us the latest. and new overnight, it's official, aaron. i'm a loser. we're losers! >> i haven't checked mine yet. >> worthless, worthless. okay, so nobody hit the massive mega millions jackpot. >> you can get lucky later this week. it's all about the silver lining. although the odds are almost impossible. here are the winning numbers from last night's mega millions drawing. 11, 17, 50, 52, 74, and the mega ball was 14. now, because nobody won, the new jackpot is an estimated $382 million

is set for friday. >> if you can't wait until then, don't worry. there's more money to win, the powerball, also more than $300 million. i think i got one of those -- oh, i'm still in it to win it. >> still a chance. >> that drawing is happening later tonight. >> we'll see who shows up tomorrow. >> right, might have to do the show solo. let's get another check on your weather and traffic. >> want to turn to the commute with wtop's jack taylor in just a second. but first chuck and sheena with a look at our wednesday forecast. give us some good news. >> we can do that. we're all losers in the sense that we didn't get the lottery win. >> i didn't buy a ticket, so i'm not. >> you have to play if you want to win. >> we were just talking about it, would you go public. i read that can you wear a disguise to go public. i hope this is correct. >> a groucho mustache and

leave the country. it clearly we did not win. here's a look at the radar now. we're nice and dry. temperature wise -- i'm still laughing about that, i think it's really funny. 68 degrees in washington, 55 in frederick. a lot of areas are comfortable this morning. your wake-up weather is looking pretty good. 7:00 a.m., 71 degrees, very nice. 8:00 a.m., 74. pleasant this morning. how does the afternoon look? >> it's going to be a nice day to be outside, extra long walks, jogs, and time spent outdoors is all going to be a good idea today. don't forget your spf, 30 or higher. the sun angle is what's going to burn you. high temperatures in your hometowns, 85 in arlington, 82 in manassas. 80 in gaithersburg. 83, fredericksburg. even out on the eastern shore, a pleasant day today, only 80 degrees in easton and in cambridge. if you're going to the nats game tonight, game three against the marlins, split the first two,

1-1. tonight's game will be another night perfect for baseball. if you're already thinking about the weekend, which is frequent on hump days, looks like there's a chance for rain both days this weekend, jack taylor. more likely on your sunday. >> not too bad. we're starting in maryland, headed north on 270, the work zone is before the 80 in urbana. rock creek parkway at the kennedy center, that set of crews, not going to clear until about 6:00. potential for a slowdown there. right now, we're in good shape on 66 eastbound out of gainesville to centreville, continuing to hopeton. should find nothing in your way. off to a good start there. back to you. >> jack, thank you. it's a problem griffipping nation, including right here in our area. what's expected to happen today surrounding the opioid crisis as well as what one mother

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what are you doing? i'm with the news, dude. dude? can you pull over and we can talk for a second? >> it's a story you'll see only on news4. transportation reporter adam tuss cracked the case of the driverless van in arlington this week. the man was dressed as a car seat driving through the county as part of a driver study. many of you asked, is that legal? we looked into it, and no law bans somebody from covering their face while driving a vehicle. and no law banning companies from testing self-driving cars. there's a stipulation that a person be available to take the wheel if something goes wrong. some would say it's cool out there this morning. go for it. >> you're right, it's very cool outside. it's pleasant. 68 degrees now in washington. i think you're really going to like the way the day is going to shape up. we'll be on the

today, low humidity, very comfortable. coming up, we'll talk more about when the humidity returns and our next chance for a storm. stay tuned. >> and should people who are not u.s. citizens be allowed to vote. the controversial proposal under way in our region and why officials are delaying their decision. and you've probably seen the video by now, dale earnhardt jr. taking redskins players

good wednesday morning. we're looking at very nice conditions across the area, perfect for the pool. kids can enjoy that before they have to head back to school. but temperatures this afternoon in the mid 80s. enjoy that forecast today. it's gonna be a perfect day, but you want the sunblock. even though the humidity will be

uv index is still very high, sunburn in about 10 to 15 minutes. we'll show the forecast for late this week with our storm chances, that's coming up in a bit. shopping for shoes with her captor, the changing story of a model allegedly bound and stuffed into a suitcase. they will be met with fire, fury, and frankly, power, the likes of which this world has never seen before. >> but first the latest on the tough talk from president trump on north korea. >> 15 before the hour now, and the threats from both sides are reaching new heights this morning. >> north korea says it's reviewing a plan to strike the u.s. territory of guam. news4's tracie potts is following this developing story from capitol hill. what steps are being taken in guam after this latest threat? >> reporter: well, they pulled together their emergency team, guam's governor held a brief news conference overnight, made a statement on facebook, saying that he is

washington, that he's talked with the department of homeland security, the defense department, the white house, that the u.s. stands ready to protect its territory in the pacific, not only the u.s. military installation, but the 200,000 people who live on that island. he says that their threat level has not changed, it has not increased as of it morning, but it looks like guam's missile defense and protection by u.s. force system ready as of it morning. >> so it seems the two sides are just sort of trading threats. is there still a diplomatic solution that's out there, that's on the table at all? >> a lot of people are wondering and hoping that, to avoid any sort of major conflict. is there a diplomatic solution? yes, but are we seeing it in motion? no. china is going to be a big part of that, because china's sort of the intermediary here with relations with both the united states and north korea. bu t

state tillerson said the precursor for a sitdown with north korea, they have to stop the missile test. and in the last 24 hours, they talk about readying to attack guam. so the line that the u.s. has laid out for any sort of diplomatic solution to even start, they've already crossed that line. >> tracie potts bringing us up to speed on this developing story from the hill. thank you. and we are staying on top of this story for you. make sure you have the nbc washington app. that's where you can find all the latest developments and in-depth coverage throughout the day. i'm chris lawrence here at the live desk. we just got some new developments overseas. we're learned that even more people have died in a massive earthquake. you're looking at images from china, where we now know 19 people were killed when this earthquake hit.

among them, six tourists. the earthquake measured 7.0, and a lot of people there are still feeling the aftershocks coming right now. hundreds of people have been hurt and a lot of people in that area don't have power or the ability to use their phones. at the live desk, chris lawrence, news4. >> all right, chris, thank you. people in college park, maryland, will have a few more weeks to make their voices heard. >> if counsel goes through with this motion, it dilutes the meaning of citizenship. >> the city council delayed the vote until september. if approved, college park will be the largest city in maryland to allow all adults to vote in local races. this is a highly charged debate and some council members have been threatened. >> we are investigating threats. it's our homeland bureau police right here that is investigating these threats. >> again, the measure only applies to l

at least ten other districts allow green card holders and other u.s. citizeresidents to v they are citizens. there's an 81-year-old man, this man out there right now, who could be in danger. charles woody was last seen driving a blue toyota car in falls church. the license plate is cm woody. please call police if you see him. today st. mary's county will take a stand against the opioid crisis. they'll announce several indictments against drug dealers. yesterday we spoke with one mother who lost her son to an opioid addiction. >> we think every day, what a gift he was, and how his death is going to help someone, somewhere, at some time, so that

>> in maryland, there were 550 overdose deaths in the first three months of this year. up from 400 over the same period last year. the prince george's county board of education will swear in a new board member. dr. donna wiseman replaces dr. beverly anderson. dr. wiseman is the former dean of the school of education at the university of maryland. the former board member resigned in june saying there was dysfunction within the board and the school system. turning now overto virginia and loudoun county where we'll learn if there will be a bus driver crisis. a story we've been following for a while. drivers have to let the school system know this week if they're coming back for another year. last year, loudoun was short 89 bus drivers, many students ended up being late for school. to make driving positions more enticing, the school system has increased pay and benefits, re-drew routes, and also adjusted start times. the redskins had

he may have been more pumped up than the players. race car driver dale earnhardt jr. said he was so excited to be there, he left his truck running all day long. dale earnhardt jr. is retiring, we know, but he took some players out for a spin at the richmond international raceway. they hit 130 miles an hour on the racetrack there. then he ran some routes at camp. training camp closed through friday. but you can go to practices this weekend. no race cars involved, though. and if you're making plans tomorrow night, don't forget it's the redskins first preseason game. they're taking on the baltimore ravens. you can watch that game right here on nbc4. that's at 7:30. after the game, it's the prime premiere of "snl's" weekend update summer edition, followed by news4 at 11:00. >> have you ever been to one of those races? >> not at one of those. i've been to the drag races before. >> because the burning of the

like being up close, it's just really charging. >> so i'm not saying i turned on the heat, but i definitely turned the temperature up in my car this morning. >> did you really? >> i did. >> oh, my goodness. >> not 68, but up to 74 today. >> we are going to have to toughen you up. >> you know the point i'm making here, chuck? >> it's really comfortable outside. >> very comfortable. >> so comfortable you wouldn't even need any kind of conditioning of the air at all. you just open the window and enjoy it. if yang were here, she would have said the seat heaters were on and i would have gone ballistic. outside, a quiet start to the day, clear skies, humidity levels today and tomorrow in the comfy zone. toward friday, more typical for summertime, and rain chances are back on friday afternoon as well. as we get into the weekend, heat index value is back up close to 90 degrees. there's at least a chance for

not a wash-out, but a chance both days. right now, in washington, 68 degrees, that's at national airport, but as soon as you get north and west of the beltway, it's way down into the 50s this morning. 52 winchester, 55 in warrenton, virginia. northern mount county, mid to upper 50s. soak it in and enjoy it. throughout the day, comfortable from start to finish, low humidity. low to mid 80s. tomorrow also looks like another fantastic outdoor day. temperatures probably not as cool, but still in the comfy zone. and the next ten days here, chance for rain on friday, particularly in the afternoon, maybe a shower or two almost any poi point on saturday. best chance for rain over the next couple days, i think, comes up on monday. then we dry out next week. let's go to jack taylor at wtop. >> thank you, good morning. we'll start in woodbridge, where we have a paving

headed northbound as you approach i-95. authorities were there with the left lane getting by. crews are working on the rock creek parkway at the kennedy center. they hang out till about 6:00, doesn't caused a giant delay. alwa also, from gaithersburg to frederick, we have a work zone there with just the right lane getting by. volume still very light, its 's not causing a slowdown. new details surrounding the alleged abduction of a british model. what we're now learning about a shopping trip with her accused kidnapper. >> and it's not an anniversary anybody wants to celebrate. what's changed in the ten years since the financial crisis struck? when jim vance died, our community lost a legend. you lost somebody who helped make the world a little clearer each night. and we lost a very dear friend. so many of you have reached out to comfort us and share your memories

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there is a new wrinkle in the story of a british model who was kidnapped last month. the associated press obtained a transcript of chloe

deposition. at first she said she was held in a farmhouse for six days without ever leaving. but on the second day of questioning, she was confronted that witness testimony that she and one of her captors went shopping for shoes before her release. she said it did happen and she couldn't give an explanation about why she forgot to tell police about that. death rates from colon cancer are on the rise. >> this is alarming. new data says younger white americans are dying from the succeed at a higher rate now. five years ago, this was 33-year-old katie rich. she found out she had stage 4 colon cancer. she was just one of thousands of people under 50 finding themselves with colon cancer. she had just given birth to her third child. doctors have no idea what's causing the rise, but are now rethinking preventative care. today marks ten years since the start of the global

financial crisis. since then, several changes have been made to prevent it from happening today. central banks wrote new rules to save the financial system. governments started tightening banking regulations and low interest rates have prevailed. right now, rates in the u.s. are in the range of 1 to 1.25%. in august of 2007, rates stood at 5.25%. if there was ever a time to start a blog, virginia governor terry mcauliffe said they'll host the beer bloggers and writers conference. beer leaders from across the country will travel to loudoun county. virginia has more than 215 breweries across the state. and recently in the front royal area, they opened up the first virginia beer museum too which is kinda cool. >> that could be interesting. hope they don't serve too much beer at that

>> stay with us. news4 today continues right now at 5:00 a.m. news4 today starts now. they will be met with fire and fury like the world has never seen. >> now at 5:00 a.m., the escalating threats, the new vow from north korea as tensions rise, and where the country is planning to strike first. expectant moms turned away. why a local hospital is forced to stop services and the challenge for families to find care this morning. and show me the money. the history-making jackpots and why your chances are doubled as the prize keeps growing. good morning, everybody. i'm aaron gilchrist. wish i had a -- >> we're here. know what that means. i'm angie goff. neither of us won last night. but we are winning with the weather. because we're in for a gorgeous day. and perhaps maybe one of the best days we'll see in august. >> there's your win