to know about the forecast. it is really muggy this morning. skies are clearing, t and humidity will be falling today, and it will also be very breezy. northwest winds this afharnoon, and 15 to 25-mile-per-hour range. it is a good-looking way to get your thursday morning started as the skies are clearing on out. still remains very muggy, though. 76 in washington. nill 79 annapolis. look, though, now parts of the shenandoah valley have dropped out of the 70s and into the mid 60s now from haagerstown to winchester. the lower humidity air is coming, everybody. i promise. not going to be a much cooler sty today. just like day. forecasting a high of 85 this afternoon. falling breezy, but humidity. nothing to worry about there at all. car wash forecast absolutely. dry weather probably all the way until tuesday of next week. i'll have your gardening forecast coming up, and, o, courheena will be talking about the beach forecast. that's all in front of us, but for now let's go to melissa. >> good morning. taking a look right now at this problem still on the beltway. capital heights outer loop after

riie marlboro road. let's get a picture of that one here in just a minute. rest of the beltway, inner loop and outer loop looking okay. oxon hill, southern avenue. we have cleared there at wheeler road. all lanes now open. that is a shooting investigation fromer ght. this is cleared as well. vienna, we had hunter mill road at hunter station road shut down because of the downed wires. all overnight.d there again, that is cleared out of the way. travel times, no major problems. eun. >> melissa, says thank you. right now police are trying to find a shooter who opened fire on a man in southeast washington overnight. >> this was one of several overnight shootings in the district. news 4's justin finch is live there on southern avenue with the latest. g justind morning. >> aaron, good morning. the on scene investigation here has now wrapped up. close to 5:30 or so this morning. uthern avenue behind us here as reopened. d.c. police now tell us they are focused on finding the shooter in this case. e do want to tou to video from just a few hours ago he.

the call came in into d.c. police about 1:40 or so this morning. hocide detectives as well as crime scene investigators were called to this scene.th r focus has been throughout the morning this shell gas station here at southern a wheeler. also, a driveway right across they foundwhere several shell casings on the ground. it also appears there was no confrontation leading up to the shooting, so they are now focused on figuring out what sparked all of this. i do want to take you now t a map showing you the three shootings that d.c. police are no investigating. five men shot in this span. the first shootin coming in 11:48 last night. two men shot at stanton road in southeast. they were conscious when they were found by authorities. the second one, this onehere, about s 40 trning at southern avenue here in southeast. one man shot, and also a third now at ivan hoe street southwest. authorities say their injuries appear to be non-fe-threatening.

ck out live, the common thread in all these cases here is that police say the suspec, the shooters, in each case remain at large. aey're now working not only this shooting her southern avenue, but also those other two as well. live here at southeast, oout i'n jufinch, news 4. t bayou. >> justin, thank you. 6:03 right now. also developing i maryland. police need help finding the driver who ran over a man and kept right on going.ma >> o rivas cardenas was found lyin dead in wheaton. his brother tells our sis tr statiot he was on his way to put more money on his smart trip card. the 51-year-old was the father of two grown sons. signs have now been posted at th place where he died asking anyone with information about his death to call police. we have new details about the deadly police-involved shooting in d.c. tsday ght. the police chief now says there is sigficant evidence proving marquise austin fired at officers first. police say austin started

running from police before he ntarted shooting. this happened o first street southeast. officers fired back. police say the handgun recovered from the scene was inau in's possession illegally. the officers involved here were wearing body meras. 're told that footage will be released after it's reviewed by the u.s.toey's office. this morning there is a break in the cold case of an arlington woman who vanished 30 ago.s marta rodriguez disappeared in 1989. three years later a set of human remains turned up along i-95 in stafford county. new dna tests now confirm those remains belong to rodriguez. the details of her andisappearae death are still unknown. her ex-husband jose rodriguez cruz is currently in jail after leading police to where he said he dumped pamela butler's body. she was vered -- discovered from -- she disappeared from her district home back in 2009. both scenes were just miles apart on i-95.

it's not clear whetherodriguez cruz is a suspect. today marks one year sce a gunman opened fire at an alexandria basunall field ng a congressman and several others. to mark this day lawmakersill take to the field at nats park for the congressional baseball game. cell phone video captured the moment the gunman opened fir as lawmakers were practicing for last year's game. you may remember these images of police swarming the area minutes after the first shot. house wgopp steveli c stisecac. a congressional staffer and lobbyist were also shot. twoe capitol polficers were hurt when they engaged the shooter. gunman james hodgkinson was killed i a shootout with police.ni tot's game begins at 7:05. we'll have a live report coming up later in this newscast. 6:05 right now. mike pompeo just landed in lbeijing. chrirence at the live desk. >> this happenedus jt in the last few minutes. is are working to get video of

it. s a look at mr. pompeo leaving south korea for china. the secretary is briefing south korean, panese, and chinese officials on president trump's recent mting with north korean leader kim jong un. the second has said there will be no sanctionseay for north korea as long as it still possesses nuclear weapons. pompeo spoke during a press conference today. denuclearization of the korean peninsula will be a nrocess. it won't be easy one, and he expects that it will take some time. eun. >> all right, thank you. it's 6:06. we're following two developing stories out of hollywood this morning. both involve icons of the entertainment industry and both involve accusations ofabuse. >> police in los angeles are looking into claims of comic bookegend stan lee may have been the victim of elder abuse. the second case involves sylvester stallone and sexual abuse allegations there. we'll begin with stallone. these allegations first reported back in november.

they reportedly date back to the early 1990s, though, and may be too old to be prosecuted. the los angeles county district attorney's office is reviewing the ce now. there are new details about the allegations but stallone denies that. meanwhile, los angeles police are investigating those claims of elder abuse involving comi object book writer stan lee. they granted a restraining order against the95-year-old former business manager. tia morgan isus a of separating lee from his family, moving lee from his home, and king advantage of his failing hearing, vision, and judgment. morgan wasd arreste monday for making a false 911 call. he claimed there wer burglars in the house. it was actually people conducting a welfare check on lee. a big legal shake-up for ,resident trump's former personal attorn michael cohen, currently at the center of an fbi investigation. nbc news confirmed that is low cohen's legal team is leaving the case. the move sparks speculation that he will cooperate with pros utors, but sources close to the case say that cohen hasn

been interviewed yet. fbi agents seized millions of documents during raids on hff home and oice back in april. a federal judge gave cohen and his lawyers until fridayteo compheir review of the series. >> sarah huckabee sanders is firing back at cbs news this morning. the white house press secretary took to twitteres rnding to a report that says she's planning on leaving her job. sanders says she found out about the report at her daughter's kindergarten event tweeting, "i love my j a and honored to work for potus." nbc news is working to confirm multiple reports ofnd sanders deputy press secretary rod shaw have considered leaving their positions.e no responst from shaw. republican party leaders are nervous cory stewart's primary viniory in vir could cost them other races around the country. the candidate has mockedw fel republicans and promised a vicious campaign against democraticor incumbent senim kaine. president trump tweeted his support for stewart this time yesterday morning. party leadersre urging gop

house candidates to keep their distance. zpliencht the race for maryland's governor is changing by the day. now two former democratic rivals are teaming up. valerie ervin threw her support behind the prince george's county executive. she said she had to end her campaign after she is prevented from using campaign cash raised by her former running mate. ervin, who was originally candidate for lieutenant governor, decided t rrun after hening mate died last month. this sunday the sixthra leading demc hopefuls will meet face-to-face here on nbc 4. the goverr candidate' forum starts at 11:30 a.m. after "meet the press." tom sherwood is the moderator. a reporter panel which will include tracy wilkins and telemundo 44's alberto. if you live in the district, next week you'll get to weigh in on a pretty hot button issue llght now. >> it will act be able to decide whether workers who receive tips should get the full

minimum wage. it's part of initiative 77. d.c. law allows employers to pay tipped workers $3.33 a hour. that is set to go to $5 in 2020. if initiative 77 passes tipped employees would go to $15n hour by 2025. opponents say employers will probably have t raise menu prices, lay off workers, or add a service fee. pporters s the issue is not about tipping. it's about equality. 6:10 right now. the caps took home the cup, and now it may be time to focus on next thar. team held its final press availability of the season yesterday. >> what aeason it was. just want to thank all the caps for just a greride. there wasn't the party atmosphere that we've seen from y won the ince t stanley cup. the biggest symbol of the season being over. take a look athat face. you recognize this man? >> is that ovt hkin? >> alex ovechkin, who shaved. today marks one week since the team won the stanley cup, and even week later players still

talking about not taking this experience for granted. >> we just want to enjoy the moment. you know? enjoy the time. you know, it's something you dream. you dream about it. you know? head coach barry trotz says the team will always enjoy reliving the championship season. so will the fans. wonder if braden holtby shaved. >> i'm glad he got rid of the beard. i thought he was well into his 40s. >> ove isn't the only -- >> he is 32. >> -- player speaking outhe days after the parade. >> devote smith-pelly talks about a potential white house visit. >> it's one of the worst bottlenecks in our area. this morning details plan to fix it and get you where you are going faster. sheena. >> well, good morning. it is awarm, humid start to the

day. 74 degrees. the kids stand at the bus stop. we are going to be dry. by recess, though, ttiy'll being outside. the humidity will be much lower. breezy day. very comfortable later on. sunny skies with highs in the mid 80s. chuck will show you your father's day weekend warmup straight ahead. up next, what hap 4ned since neame to your community? checkingnack in o some of your favotes right after the brriea

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. 6:15 now. there's a new plan to ease congestion at one of the worst bottlenecks in our area >> virginia is considering extending express lanes around the beltway. the lanes would pass over the american legion bridg to the maryland line, but virginia needs maryland to get on board with the plan. an environmental study is underway. v-dot says some action could

start as early as next summer. the governor of marylan likes the idea of toll lanes. larry hogan proposed spending $9 billion to add express lanes to the beltway, 70, a bw parkway. well, whether it's raising money for childhood cancer research or shining a light on one of our area's hidden gems, would we're working for you in the community every day. >> this morninews 4 molette green brings us up-to-date on that you've tori been asking about. i love the response. people really care about the ri stories you'reing us. >> they ask you about it all the time when i'm at thee. grocery st when i bring you an update right here, we all love a bargain. especial us moms. busy moms. remember that huge consignment event out in prince george's county back in april? 80,000 items there. expectant mom katina wilson went on a $ 200 shopping spree. she had a healthy baby girl. look at that. yep. she had them the next month. she's going to be putting that

double stroller that sheicked out to very good use. love it. love it. >> bring me those babies. >> i know. also, we preview the jewish washingtonof greater annual event to get folks together on one day to do something helpful for someone else. the fedderation tells us 8,000 people came out to mark the day. those folks -- a whole lot of other projects. nbc i 4 rooted in the community project in temple hills. remember tha just steps from a fast food restaurant. that community garden, you know, kale, cucumber, tomatoes sprouting. nbc 4 even has a bed there. there's a big call to get more people planting. ten community beds up for grabs the gs to get more schools lstill. out, get them committed, get them digging in that garden, and ey even have classes that will train folks who don't have, you know, a good green thumb like

me. i don't have -- if you don't have a green thumb, you need to reach out toto p charles whitaker of the river of life he is the big proponent out there for that community garden. a few up >> that helps teach healthy eating habits. >> that's the goal. >> it's a great effort all around. >> it's in a fresh food desert. you know that community garden. you really needat >> some of these stories are a little outside the norm of what we might cover.ng how are you f these stories? >> you know, we depend on the community, the people out there, all of you to really send us your ideas. please, please, please cactus. you can do it in number of ways. you can e-mail us, send us a message on social twmedia, ter, facebook, instagram. i read all of the emails, and we try to et to all of those goo ones that are on ut there. so manys. good storie >> thanks, molette. let's head over to storm ck team 4's cell for a look at our forecast today. >> all right. thank you, aaron.

it is indeed a clearing sky overhead. already some sunshine. starting to reach the east facing, some of the downtown buildings hill. near capitol it is a very cloudy and humidity air overnight, and that hasn't cooled off an awful lot around the city. still 76 degrees. here's the answer to all of our humidity woes. a northwesterlyze, it will be up near 20 to 25 miles per as it blows that humidity away, we're going to be able to enjoy the secon half of your thursday and all of your friday and most of the first half of your weekend. ds in canada fri comes on in here and takes some of the summer stickiness out. we've had a lot of clouds overnight and the six-hour viewt of radar shows we had a couple of raindrops during the wee hours of thethmorning. 's all over now. we'll be dry going forward. temperatures still 79 in s, annapo and 77 down in st. mary's county. temperatures in the shenandoah valley now have already trended back into the 60s.

perfect day to get out and do some yardwork in the garden. temperatures mid 70s this morning. near 80 by noontime, and mid 80s later on this afternoon with plenty of sunshine. what coulddo you time to plan some of the things. the elephant ears. oh, i did that a coupl ago.ears i had one about yea big around. banana and t kanna lilys and hibiscus. you get to enjoy them the rest of the summer. grilling ouenoors this g. no problems there. temperatures falling into the upper 70s by 8:, and tomorrow sunny, sunny, sunny and sunny. low humidity on your friday as well. father's day weekend, saturday looks great with a high of 86. father's day itself, hot. 92. turning mor humid. mid 90s by monday with heat sbeks over 100. that's the kind of summer weather i cannot stand. >> that is going to be just a little bit warm. all right. owtaking a look right at chopper 4 over this earlier crash now on the shoulder. seeing a little bit of a slowdo b there on thetway because of that. you can see right there on the

right side of thepscreen. f the beltway, normal slowdowns on the outerloop. remember, wisconsin avenue, i should say, between m streetp ad orthwest have a film crew there for part of the day. some closures from 6:30 this morning to:0 tonight. 66. it's okay. a little slowmanassas, and 95 northbound, your slo spot will wood bridge. you can see that reflected with the wood bridge situation. qauntico to the beltway. going 35 miles per hour. going to take you 33 minutes there and taking a look here in maryland. right now 270 looks quite good. the beltway a little slow as we just w. remember to listen to wtop when you hop in your car. >> thank you, melissa. still ahead, chools are just preparing to let students out for thesummer. districts are already looking to next year. the security enhancements underway to make your child safer. also ahead, does the fairfax county schooldistrict's dress code unfairly target girls? says hool board membe yes. the changes he i the changes he i s

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sn the school year is just about over for many faermz in the area, and a lot of people mer now thinking about s vacation. some school officials are thinking about wig changes coming inside some local school classrooms as soon as the summer vacation ends. >> the ei-team scott mcfarland is talking about a new security upgrades in the wake of tragedies across the country. >> we begin intg mery county where we've learned school officials there will begin adding surveillance camer to elementary schools. school officials in that district don't think they have enough cama coverage at the elementary level, and they'll begin installing those new cameras starting this month. the cameras cane viewed and recorded at the school district's security hub in rockville. >> how rg? >> good.n

>> meanwhile o july 1st they'll start hiring a dozen new school security guards t help suppo the county's school resource police officers and to help provide new armed security and middle and elementary schools. these would be part-time security staff potentially including retired police officers, says the county sheriff. >> this will, again, be a prelude to a resource oicer inside the elementary schools at some pointt >> they'll wre -- >> they do. they do. and the community has been very vocal about >> tonight as part of our full report, the local school distgct has been check drnss, photos id's, and running real-time criminal background checks on all visitors and the local school is considering adding more school resource officers. r now skoi scott mcfarland, news 4. good thursday morning. you will notice warm and humid air when you step outside this morning. we have plenty of sunshine in the forecast today, but iis a balmy 76 degrees when you walk out the door.

now, lat this afternoon,ome nice changes in the forecast. when chuck comes back with me after the break, we'll talk about that and what to expect as we head into your weekend. plus, they're not pro athletes, but they are getting a shot in the national spotlight. a look at the local competitors with a chance to become nin warrio warriors. >> we continue to track breaking news. a violent night in the district after five people are shot.at thet updates and how hevestigators and t

. breaking news. three shooting investigations underway right now in d.c. this is a live look at the scene of one of them in southeast d. a man was shot outside a gas station along southern avenue. at road was shut down for several hours. we'll have an update for you on that in just a few minuters though, it is 6:30 now. good morning, everybody. i'm aaron gilchrist. >> i'm eun yang. another important thing to know as you start your thursday. it is already hot and humid outside. chuck and sheena are here to fill us in on the forecast. then melissa will have an update nd your commute. all right, chuck sheena. the temperatures are not that high. just fls really sticky.

>> it was a very, very humid stretch tough the overnight hours. we now finally got that northwest wind that will make it things feel ae better. >> yes. through the day today, you're going to notice the humidity, the stickiness that's really starting to go away. the dryer air filtering in. it's going to be a gorgeous day today. this morning, though, still pretty warm across the area. 72, dual es. 74, clinton. annapolis, 79 degrees. 76 in the district. locally, though, nice and dry. we had a couple of very, very eay morning showers. those have since left the area. a little bit of cloud cover still trying to move through, bu by the afternoon low humidity. a gorgeous day if you plan on heading to the pool today you'll want the spf 30r higher. plenty of sunshine.re it will bey through the afternoon. by 2:00 p.m., lower humidity with a temperature of 83. by 5:00 p.m. topping out around 85 degrees. though, we're nd, talking about a much hotter father's day. we'll take a look at that. chuck is back with that forecast coming up. ist's head to m on this thursday morning and see what the commute is looking glike.

d morning. right now chopper 4 over the top of the beltway. show us that picture here this morning. you can see just aittle bit of volume here right now. nothing major here this morning. outer loop there thatdas cleaut of the way, but you are still seeing a tiny delay there. rest of the beltway twoog looks good here this morning. no big complaints at least by mei' of course, looking at it. right, i'm telling you what it looks like once you head out. 270 southbound have our normal slow spots as you head southbound south of about gaithersburg, rockville. you're looking nice and clear all the way down to the spur. 66 inbound is okay. 95 north. vow spots throughginia here. it's going to be northbound to woodbridge. aaron. >> melissa, tha you. 6:32. we're tracking breaking news in the district this morning. ris lawrence withhe latest on several overnight shootings. chris. >> yeah, aaron. they all happened in a matter of hours overnight. three separate shootings. five peo take a look at this map. two men were shot in southwest d.c. along ivan hoe street.

two other men wer shot in stanton road. that's in southeast. another victim was shot in a gas station along southern i avenue al d.c. here's live pictures of that scene on southern. you canee it's a shell gas station, and just a few hours ago this is whatke it looked you can see investigators looking for clues and collecting evidence. we do know in theast few minutes southern avenue has just reopened to traffic. noneef these victims h died. no word on suspects, but to put this in perspective, there have been 70 homicides in the district so far this year. u thp more than 50% of this time last year. look for updates n in thebc >>shington app. eun. hris, thank you. it is 6:3 it will be an emotional day for lawmakers taking part in a congressional baseball game. thisyear's game comes one year to the day of the deadly shooting at an alexandria baseball field. you may remember these images from that day.

last year in the middle of practice a gunman turned that baseball field into a chaotic crime scene asawmakersrepare for today, last year's events are not far from their mind. >> every one o us has a different version of that story. you know, what i went through was one thing, but each of you went tough something similar or different. >> house gop whip steveli scase posted this video on twitter. four people, including him, were shot that day. he spent the last year covering from his near fatal injuries. we'll have a live report from nats park and more on the game coming up. 6:34 now. some breaking news now. the national weather service is going to be inre wilkes-b pennsylvania, today. they are trying to tell whether a tornado caused the damage you see here overnight. we just got the new video inag showing d in daylight. the storm took down several power lines and flipped trucks and left debris strewn across the area. at least 8,000 customers were left without power there.

there was also a strip mall as that was torn t to shreds. you see it here. that panera bread sigde royed. officials say six people havemi r injuries. now to our other top stories we're following for you. 6:35. you're working to find out whher the wave pool at six flags america at prince george's county will be back open today. eris a a teen nearly drowned yesterday. you're looking at video from chopper 4 over the pool there at the theme park i upper marlboro. prince george's county fire and rescue said the teenage boy had to be rescued from the pool around 1:30 yesterday afternoon. at last che he was in critical condition. t fbigent who accidentally shot a man in the leg in a denve nightclub may be headed back to the district. video of the incident went viral earlier this month. chase bishop made his first court appearance yesterday on assault charges. the judge sai bishop can return here to d.c. where he is based but he cannot carry any heweapo. ill be back in court next month. new details on that gun

incident at pai branch high school. charging documents reveal elijah niameceh tried to bring a loaded revolver into the school. po tce say on tuesday heed to enter the school by giving a fake name and school id number then he ran away. the school rource officer arrested him nearby and found the gun in his bag. happeni today, a fairfax county school board member is set to introduce new dress codes hel hopes w help end body shaming. >> the at large school board member brian mcelveen says school dress codes infairly taet girls. he wants viegss to be handled in prooilt private. it wasn't hard to find stueents who aith him. >> i do think that it is stricter for girls becausedo gu t really have as much limitations on what they can wear, andhere not really told they have to cover up anything. >> guys have it easier when it comes to shopping for school. >> mcelveen there propose an

amended dress cod this evening. the currentode was adopted in 2004 and says girls cannot wear clothes that "expose cleaveage, privateparts, or are sexually provocative. his proposal takes out those words and replace them with o "excessive amof bare skin." still ahead this wrning, he hein the cup. now what's next? we talk to devonte smith-pelly about his plans foita possible e house visit. >> plus, it's the raccoon that became airal sensation as she scaled the side of a building. now we've learned where that animal ended u animal ended u 6:37.p.th

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she was 56 yearsold. hundreds of fans now have new merchandise signed by caps smith-pelly.te he spent the day at dick's sporting goods in gaithersburg meeting with fans. he is a fan favorite, and reallc an uned star of these playoff games. >> yeah. he is also making some headlines for takingta a against president trump before the caps won the cup. he indicated he would not go to the white house with his team if so invited. we followed up on that question yesterday to see if he still feels the same way. >> you reportedly said that you don't want to go. do you still feel that way? >> yeah. i mean, i said what i said. i stand by that. >> as far as that visit to the white house, p most of thelayers we asked said they would attend if invited. skbrierj good morning. 6:41 on a thursday morning. time to start thinking about the weekend. dad's dayweekend. sunny both days, but it's going to be a hot one on father's day

oround here. if dad wants to go the beach, good idea. you should go along with. temperatures upper 70 on friday. nothing but sunshine through the weekend at the beach. sheena has our ten-day forecast with which includes our next heat we've coming up. plus, chopper 4 showing us some real slowdowns here top of the beltway. outer loop through the silver spring area. 'll take a look at this. a couple of other issues on thed roads,our travel times. and the congressionalch ity baseball game one year after that terrible shooting that happened at the reblican that happened at the reblican prpu

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right now police are working to find out more about several overnight >> news 4 justin finch in southeast d.c. now. the latest on this violence. justin, good morning. >> aaron, good morning. one of those scenes was right here a southern avenue and wheeler road here in southeast. d.c. police were focused on this shell station here as well as just across the street here at this driveway near another bus stop here. they found several shellinasings in the street there. homicide detectives and crime scene investigators spent hours here shutting down this stretch for their vestigation.

about 1:40 this morning they got a call of a man shot, and he was rushed to the hospital. this is one of three shootings th d.c. polic were looking into overnight. about 11:48, closes to midnight stanton road inal southeast a of two men shoppinger -- then al 2:00 a.m. on ivan e street in southwest, another of two men shot. their injuries said to be nonlife-threatening. back out live we can tell you a common thread in each of these three cases. the suspects remain at large. three shootings, five men fshot. the man who was shot here, police tell me at last check he remains in critical condition. live in southeast i'm justin nch, news 4. back to you. >> thank you, justin. we also have new details this morning about that deadlypo ce-involved shooting in d.c. tuesday night. the police chief now says there is significant evidence proving marquise austin fired at officers first. police say austin started running fro b policeore he

started shooting. this happened on first street southeast.ir officers f back. police say the handgun recovered from the scene was in esaustin' poon illegally. the officers involved were wearing body cameras. that footage wl be released after it's reviewed b the u.s. attorney's office. this morning there is a break in the cold case of an arlington woman who vanished 30 years ago. marta rodriguez disappeared in 1989. three years later a set of human remains turned up along i-95 in stafford county. new dna tests now confi those remains belong toro iguez. the details of her disappearance and death are still unknown. her ex-husband joseod reez egg kruds is currently in jail after leading police to where he said he dumped pamela butler's body. she disappeared from her district home back in 2009. both snes were just miles apart on 95. it's not clear whether rodriguez cruz is a suspect.>> a major legal shake-up for president trump's former

personal lawyer. mikeeg cohen's l team is leaving the case. this move is fueling it rumors that cohen could cooperate wit the ongoing fbi investigation into his business dealings. sources close to the case say that cohen has n been interviewed yet. fbi agents seized million of documents -- a federal judge gave cohen and his lawyers until tomorrow to complete their review of materials. more on this developing story dahea on the "today" show. white house press secretary sarah huckabee sanders is firing back at cbs news report that sh he is planning to leave her jobs sanders she found out about the report at her daughter's kindergarten event tweeting, "i love my job and'm honor to work for potus." nbc news is working to confirm multiple reports that sanders and deputy press secretary rode shaw honsidered resigning. shaw has not commented.

today marks one year since a deadly shooting at an axandria baseball field. four people, including house gop whip steveli s were hit there. the gunman died in a shootout with police. to mark that day lawmakers will take to the field at nats park for the congressional baseball game. >> now more on how lawmakers are preparing. megan, good morning. >> well, good morning. batting practice getting underway at 7:00 this morning. we're starting to see some of the congressmen arriving here at nationals park getting ready and, ourse, the big game is tonight. on the roster for the republican team is majority whip steve skolsko scalise who was veryjueriously inred. scalise released video on twitter yesterday. >> a year ago you all don't know what happened. grely in life do you a chance to change history. >> now, he was seen talking to his colleagues and fellower tea

me about today's game and the journey that they have allve been on -- since last year's shooting.g now, havinarrived this morning texas congressman roger williams, he was there at practice thatteful day, and talked to him a little while ago, and he sort of talked a little bit about how his life has changed over the last year. >> you realize how precious lif, ow short life is, and it's simply god is in control. evything is in hisands in the last year. you know, it brings bk together, and you -- in my personal situation, things that were a big deal aay year ago are not quite such a big deal y thr. we're just all -- blessed. >> so, of course, this game all about charity here. the proceeds going to local charities, and the gates open here at nationals park at 5:30 the first pitch at 7:05. needless to say, a very emotional game for those here, and they're just thrilled to be here and the fact that their

friend and colleague is going to be playing second base. back to you, guys. >> megan, thank you. i >>s 6:52. impressive athletes from our area had a shot to prove themselves on american ninja warrior. they had to try to beat the notoriously difficult kwors there in miami. watch this. [ cheering ] >>41-year-old dan courtney from alexandria said his daughter inspired him to compete on the show. he fell into the water there on the fly wheel obstacle. eli bl from winchester went farther, but he couldn't finish either. getting on the course, though, really is an impressive at. congrats to both dan and eli on thr performances last night. 6:51 right now. we want to head over and get a check on the forecast on what's already shaping up to be a h day. >> it's going to be warm this afternoon. much more comfortable than this morning. 76 degrees outside right now. very warm start. northwest winds have moved in, which means the dryer air isn moving too. the humidity will be lower later

on today. >> this is holtby available. you can find out howo --yeah, it's holtby. we all know why. yes, there you go. can you adopt that cutie pie. great day for dog walkingg, thi mornthough. it's a little muggy by lunchtime. less hooumd humidity. reallyyice little brey the afternoon. sunny with highs in the mid 80s. dot frefr, clear the shelters. it's coming up 18th.rday, august you can find all the information on the nbc washington app. hunl adoption event going on then. at the boech this weekend, it looks really good. tomorrow, sunny,75. if you are there for your father's day weekend, saturday, 77. 79 on sunday and sunny. i think this is the best beach weekend we've had sut far, sunday will be the warmest. if you are staying in your neighborhood this saweekend, rday will be hotter. 86 degrees. sunday will be the hottest day for father's da

92 for a high in the afternoon. maybe you are golfing with dad this father's day. sunday, it will be 81 for a tie team. by 1:00 p.m., dry. 88 degrees. afternoon high of 92. that's going to be hot brsh by monday, look at that. 95. 93 on tuesday. we have three days in a row of w 90s thld fififou feely be a heat wave before rain gets here. >> good morning, sheena. take a look at the beltway. chopper 4 over this problem. is is outer loop here at new hampshire avenue. right now crash on the right side. ome of the left lanes getting by, but we are seeing a delay. probably about three miles at this point this morning. 6 of inbound. 95 northbound. both of those looking very day.l for this time of as you see here, 66 this morning for your travel times, fairfax unty parkway to the beltway and qauntico to the beltway on 95 there invirginia, both going about 30 miles per hour.

in maryland 270 southbound germantown to the spur, pretty good there. 44 miles per hou south, and the top of the beltway there slow because of the crash we just saw. remember to lten to wtop 103.5 fm when you hop in your car. guys. >> now to an update on this famous raccoon. we showed you this video yesterday of the big girl. she spent two days scaling more th 20 stories of an off tower in st. paul, minnesota. tired.st be so she did finally make it up to the roof yesterday. >> clearly, they got to her up there. fed her some cat food, and then you see it right here. released her into the wild. she'll show up in a dumpster somewhere soon. diving, not dead. >> i'm just glad she's off the roof. that's a very tall building. very dangerous. >> good for her. the 2018 wor cup start today in russia. north america will be watching inip antion for the 2026

cup. the united states, canada, and mexico won a bid to host the cup. washington is amongst 16 potential host cities for the tournament. destination d.c. says that could bring in millions for our reasonable. you can watch the 2018 world cup live on telemuntdo 44. >> it is 6:5. here are four things to know. changes cook coming to the dress code for tids kids in fairfax county. a school board member wants to ke out language like cleavage and private parts and say students can't show an excessive ount of skin. plans to announce that at a school board meeting tonight. early voting for the primary in maryland. voters can head to 80 polling sites across the stateas to a ballot between 10:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. we have a full list of ldations sample ballots on the nbc washinapp.

the game begins at 7:05 at nats park. a man is in critical condition following a shooting on southern avenue in southeast washington. so far no arrests have been made. southern avenue wa tshut down fo investigation, but it is now back open. >> before we go, we want to wish eun yang a happy bert day for bie entire news 4 today family. happy rthday. >> thank you.♪ 'm >> guys, not just saying this. i work with the best people in the business. you guys are -- >> that'ue.

you do. >> and there modest. >> everyone behind the scenes. >> >> who was covering their face? was that ash? samant samantha? overing up their face >> you're going to get in trouble by eun. >> i love you guys so much. >> one quick look at weather. >> modesty is what i'm most proud of. hot for father's day. >> and final look at traffic. you can see top of the beltway is slow. outer loop a new hampshire. >> it's luanne's birthday too, and she's probably covering up he face >> that is the news for today. thanks for waking up with us. >> the "today" sw is next. enjoy your day. >> make it a great thursday, everybody.

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