trump's pivotal press conference. she was already running for her life, then she got lost. how one woman managed to stay alive after being lost in the woods for weeks. jackpot, 430 million reasons you don't want to forget to buy a powerball ticket today. before we say show me the money, first we want to be able to see outside. take a look at your screen. all that fog on the live picture from the district. it is not even the thickest we've seen. something a lot of you will likely though deal with this morning. good morning, everybody, it is wednesday. we made it halfway through the week. i'm angie goff. get straight to chuck bell with more on visibility. driving in this morning, my car was a blanket. >> low visibility across much of the area this morning, with visibilities thislo

down, keep on low beams, keep your speeds down low as well. just be very cautious. temperature wise we're in the steamy 60s and 70s this morning. live tower camera view. you can make out nearby neighbors along nebraska avenue, but nonetheless a foggy start across the region. visibility is down under a mile across many reporting stations, columbia, maryland, three-tenths mile, three-tenths in winchester, below a mile to marksburg, west virginia. dense fog advisory nfor all shaded counties until 9:00. five more hours of potential bad visibility to get through. temperature wise, we're mostly in the 60s to around 70 degrees. up close to 90 today. closer look at the forecast hour by hour coming up. >> thank you, chuck. we are following breaking news now. two people are dead after a suspectedde

retirement community. prince george's county police responded to the center in upper marlboro for a welfare check and found a man and woman who were both shot. last check, police are trying to figure out the motive. we will keep you updated. now to the latest out of charlottesville where virginia governor terry mccauliffe and his wife will attend services for the victim. starting with the memorial service for heather heyer this morning, she was killed saturday when a man drove into a crowd on the city's downtown mall. this morning's service is at the paramount theater at 11:00 this morning, the family asks those who attend to wear purple in remembrance of heather. and funerals for two virginia state troopers will also happen this week. their hospital crashed while they were monitoring the weekend protest, not clear why the chopper went down.

virginia, and services for trooper bates are friday. he grew up in prince george's county. and fallout from president trump's response is dominating news and social media feeds again. "new york daily news" going after the president. what he said about the protesters in charlottesville in a stunning news conference, he defaulted back to his argument that both sides were to blame for the violence on saturday. >> i would like to think there's blame, yes, i think there's blame on both sides. you look at both sides, i think there's blame on both sides and i have no doubt about it and you don't have any doubt about it either. and if you reported it accurately, you would say that. >> mr. trump's comments seemingly catching advisers by surprise. one senior white house offl

quote, went rogue. all of it one day after the president denounced groups involved in saturday's violence. and the president also defended his senior strategist, steve bannon, saying he was a good guy, that he wasn't racist. bannon is linked to the alt-right movement. the fallout came fast, lawmakers not holding back comments. republicans as a whole condemning white supremacy, some directly criticizing the president for comments yesterday off the cuff. both sides are calling for real leadership now and to bring love where there is hatred. that was the message last night at a march around the monuments at the national mall. the march was planned before the president's press conference as reaction to violence in

charlottesville. garrett ward reports how marchers say it was a step toward healing the country. >> reporter: as the sun was setting over the nation's capital, hundreds gathered at the jefferson memorial for a walk among the monuments. short trek they hoped would go a long way toward healing and understanding in charlottesville. >> we're coming together just to kind of process what all happened this weekend, staying together as a community. >> reporter: alumni from uva and d.c. area troubled by what happened 100 miles south of here this past weekend, working toward binding the wounds together. >> you bring love where there is hatred, you bring peace where there is discord. >> reporter: hours before the rally, the president was facing criticism for his rhetorical response to charlottesville, both sides were culpable for the violence. >> this is not about donald trump, this is about our community, our university and symbols of hate that

>> reporter: there were not torches, candles lit the way to the memorial. next stop, a call from one marcher for cooler heads, condemning extremism from the right or left. >> it is an extremism that does not help. we're not going to be able to solve these issues unless people are reasoned about it. >> reporter: hate is talk, love can overcome anything. you can teach love as well. >> reporter: they stopped to reflect on next steps that must be taken. >> more things like this, people talking and showing that we're the strong ones. >> reporter: as marchers left the lincoln memorial, no one is sure what needs to be done next. you heard that woman say more talking and more going back and forth in a cool manner, showing they're indeed stronger than the other side. we are live at the

memorial, back to you. looks like this could be a tricky commute. you say that fog will last a few hours, right? >> absolutely. dense fog advisory until 9:00 this morning. low beams and low speeds are the best pieces of advice we can give you to get you to work and for some schools safely. tropical storm gert off the coastline, moving away from the continental u.s. good news there. more sunshine today than yesterday. we will look at the forecast hour by hour coming up. >> thanks, chuck. he is best known to an entire generation as the dad in "home alone." this morning we know how actor john herd died. also ahead, we continue to help you and your kids get ready for school. you may want to get your son or daughter back on regular bedtime

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more luck with the early morning forecast. >> just do the best you can is all i can say, if you have to drive an extended distance, commuting from martinsburg or frederick, maryland or frederiksberg, may want to leave early. can't put the pedal to the metal this morning. lots of fog. the national cathedral is a mile away, you can barely make out the outline of the top of the bell tower. visibility is around a mile or less across most rural areas. so be very cautious. dense fog advisory until 9:00 a.m. this morning. temperatures in the upper 60s in the suburbs to around 70 now. up close to 90 degrees today. there may be many more 90s in the near future. more on that coming up. >> it is august. it is like a story you expect to see unfold on the big screen, a woman lost deep inside the woods found alive more than a month later. what she says

a look at stories we are following across the world this morning. more than four years after the devastating boston marathon bombing, the city will honor one of the youngest

for a park named after 8-year-old martin richards will have it. he was killed when the second bomb exploded near the finish line. his park will be built on the south side near the boston children's museum. it has been a heart wrenching days in sierra leone after mud slides and flooding. many were trapped as they slept. rescuers are searching for people believed to be buried in their homes. the red cross says close to 600 are still missing this morning. more than 300 are dead. even first responders call this story a miracle. a woman survived after spending a month stranded in the woods in alabama a month. she ran into the woods weeks ago, trying to escape two men, ended up getting lost and couldn't find her way out. the 25-year-old survived dr

eating wild berries and mushrooms. someone eventually spotted her driving down the road and called 911. she lost 50 pounds but otherwise is doing okay. remarkable. 4:17. time to check back in with chuck bell who has already been busy in the weather center this morning. what have you got? >> very busy, tracking fog in the area and trying to figure out a bit of a rain chance as we finish out the week and rain threat into the weekend. shannon and i are flipping coins to decide how much rain threat we put on saturday. on the whole, most of saturday's rain chances in the very early parts of the day. speaking of early mornings, yes, indeed, lots of fog for your early start on wednesday morning. mile and a half visibility at dulles airport, under a mile across howard county, two mails in gaithersburg. little better visibility at national airport, 7 miles there. but under a mile visibility

under a mile in warrenton and winchester. low beams and low speeds to get your wednesday morning under way. and boy, is it thick outside this morning. temperatures in the upper 60s to around 70, but that humidity is just really extra thick. dense fog in the morning, oh, so humid weather hanging around for the rest of the afternoon. temperatures nearing in on 90 degrees. haven't been to 90 in almost two weeks. so it has been awhile. not only today but several more chances to be at or above 90 coming, and rain chances again, not much threat for rain today but quite a chance for rain late thursday and friday. again, storm team 4 radar showing not a lot going on. fogginess on the model, burns off between 9:00 and 10:00. only the slightest chance of a popup shower later today with all of that humy

here's the day planner for today. foggy now, humid, 85 at lunchtime. and today's high near 89 degrees. if you can't find the umbrella, you'll probably get away with it. >> sounds good because i can't find my umbrella. well, you know that sound all too well, especially working this shift. we are working to get you ready for school and get used to that alarm. that sound once again about to become very familiar for many of your children. before the buses start to roll out again, you want to make sure you're easing kids back into their normal sleep schedule for school. one pediatrician we talked to says the secret at this point is slowing down so the new bedtime is hardly noticeable as you go about it. >> 15 minutes, 9:45, n

>> the pediatrician suggests doing the same thing, wake up the kids 15 minutes earlier, ouch. make it 30 minutes if you're in a pinch to make the change before school starts monday. it is recommended, by the way, that elementary and middle school students get 10 to 12 hours of sleep. this is a great update. we want to let you know how the smallest member of the news team is doing. melissa mollet is enjoying maternity leave with baby collette. she says she looks like brennan did at this age, doing wonderful with eating and sleeping. she's lucky. barrett is embracing her big sister role, kisses her many times a day. melissa says she's adored by the family, she says three kids makes showers and meals hard to come by but she's so happy, we're so

look how precious! chuck bell, go from that to you. and you're in there messing with my weekend already. what's up with that? >> i have to start doing those collette impersonations. >> sorry, not as adorable. but good try. >> thank you for the effort. it is hard to be as cute as a newborn baby, i'll give you that one. we are tracking a lot of fog this morning. should be gone by 9:00, 10:00. if you're enjoying summer vacation, want to take a jump in the pool, not a bad day for it. it will be nice and hot this afternoon. cool will pool the ultimate place to stay on the cool side. what about the rain chances? we'll detail that in a second. check out news4 at 4:00 this afternoon. actor comedian marlon wayans

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sides for violence in charlottesville. and new details about last year's massive apartment explosion. what officials say they found at the scene. you can say it is something that will make a big stink. we're standing bias the corpse flower starts to bloom. fog is envelope the suburbs. >> look at how it will impact the commute. we begin with storm team 4 meteorologist, sheena parveen. >> we have fog. take your time on the road. the day shapes up nicely. >> as long as you like heat and humidity. >> i do, so does eun. >> two people that will be happy with how the day turns out. yes, indeed, a

fort immediate, all below a mile visibility. keep your low beams on and speed down. outside washington, other than dense fog, the other issue is humidity. man, a sticky, steamy day. temperatures nearing in on 90 degrees. most places upper 80s today, we get close to 90 again. another chance for rain. last thing we need is more rain. thursday night and friday could be on the rainy side. we will worry about that when it gets here. right now, let's go to jack taylor, see how the roads are holding up. storms rolled through yesterday, trouble on gaithersburg on 28, blocked at this stage between muddy branch road and edison park drive. rert

should be on scene. overnight crash on fairfax county parkway northbound after lee chapel road after water line drive. that crash cleared. travel lanes are available. more work on the beltway may cause delay, inner loop at the georgetown turnpike. right lanes get you by. volume is light. everything green on the map. hopefully keep it that way for the morning rush hour. back to you. following breaking news, two people are dead after a suspected murder suicide at a retirement community. prince george's county police responded to cameron grove resort center last night for a welfare check. they found a man and woman both had been shot. detectives are working to establish a motive. let's go to aeng aeng with more news from the live desk. >> we are getting answers about the awful explosion in silver

firearms and explosive is saying it discovered a disconnected gas pipe in flower branch apartments. it was in the meter room. the atf says that's where the explosion originated. it is possible the room filled with gas, then a small flame like a pilot light set it off. not clear why the pipe was disconnected in the first place. seven people as you know were killed in that explosion one year ago this month. back to you. >> angie, thank you. virginia governor terry mccauliffe and his wife will attend services for victims of violence in charlottesville. there will be a memorial service for heather heyer, she was killed saturday when a man drove into a crowd on the city's downtown mall. this morning's service takes place at the paramount theater at 11:00 a.m. her family asking those that attend to wear purple in honor of heather's memory. funerals for two virginia state police officers also happen this