stuck in traffic, late into the >> thedent finally signs renight. an order to end family separation at the border but will this order bring any lasting resolution for the in g immigration debate. theroup responsib for last year's white supremacist really in charlottesville wants a repeat rally exactly one year later but not in charlottesville. now their sights are set for the white house. >> announcer: "news4 today" starts now. good nerning, ever thanks for joining us on this thursday. good morning, i'm eun yrnang. >> and i'm aaron gilchrist. a lot of you want to know there's another delay on the roadway, melissa mollet is keeping track of that for us. >> but first chuck bell, more rain. every time we think we're going to get an end, we get more raink

chbell. >> yes, that rain is gradually going to come to aen here's the way your thursday morning is going to look. a lot o clouds outside this morning. most of the rain is sta uing to brea over the mountains today. it will be arier day today. still a few lingering drops. there are puddles to be dealtth his morning but with no heavy rain. a low impact weath day f you. temperatures in upper 60s to around 70 degrees. f very typic the month of june. here's your planner on summerso tice day, yes, indeed, the sun is at its highest above the equator. days start getting shorter, everybody. temperatures reach to partly to mostly cloudy skies. highs in the low to mid-80s. we'll start timing it out. coming up, to melissa mollet who has to have better news. >> that is true.

got to be better thanyesterday. taking a look at the bottom of the beltway, woodrow shut down for almost 12 hours there on the outer loop. looking good there now. bottom of the bridge, here's a live look at the wooow wilson bridge. outer loop and inner loop just fine. beltway, n construction there. 56, fairfax county, to the beltway. aaron, we were talking about this for a while. happy to see that things h finally cleared out of the way. >> i sat in that traffic for an hour, 8:00, trying to get back from d.c. it should have takene ten minutes. hey, take a look. a frightening scene for miles around, huge pillars of smoke from what was a deadly tractor trailer crash on the woodrow wilson bridge. the driver was killed and three

workers had to be rescued. the driver lost controlnd crashed into work trucks parked on the bridge. people in the are feared the worst when they heard the crash. >> at rs i thought there might have been a breach of massive security or something, and somebody was going to bomb the bridge. because the smoke was s high up in the area. >> it reminded me of 9/11. >> the construction workers who were using those trucks were under the bridge at the time and had to be lowered down from a bucket they were in to a police boat waiting in the water. none of the workers were seriously hurt. the accident triggered a massive traffic nightmare that lasted 12 hours. the bridge that connects alexandria virginia, to fort washington, maryland was shut wn for hours. and drivers scrambled to find alternate rtes but i most

cases drivers in d.c. and nor w virginiae stuck there. drivers had time to tweet their frngtrations. coup, we'll show you what they had to say. newinhis mo one person is dead outside of suitland las night prince george's police say two cars hit a man. both drivers remained at the scenentil police arrived. policeis arrested an deymonlevarne childs last nit. he's accused of raping a rider. he's an employee for first transit which operates first access metro service. hs been a familiar face in our area for years.rd al mccarrick is roved after allegations of sexual abusesurfaced.

reports say the cardinal sexual abused a teen 55 years ago. the archdiocese of new york said there was a credible and substantiated allegation against mccarrick. he sai he's innocent but is sorry for the pain that the about kie accuser has gone through. >> process was taken, the process led up to protect young people in fact worked. >> this morning, we're alsoin he reaction from cardinal timothy dolan, he's the archbishop of new york. dolan told wrc news that it's personally hard breaking for him. >> thi is heartbreaking, when you see something like this.

>> new jersey said it received three sexual misconductga alletions against mccarrick in the 1980s. we're told none of the incidents involved minors. family and friends will s a final fairway to fashion designer kate spade. her funeral is being held in kansas spcity. e committed suicide. two years ago, she launched a new brand, francisaltine named after her daughter. now, to the crisis after the border after days of mounting pressure from both parties, president trump signed an executive order that will keep children and parent it's together while adults wait forn immigrathearings. the order also instructs the shelters o build new for families but it does not end the administration's zero

tolerance policy which requires every person crossing the border illegally to be prosecuted. >> it's abouteeping families together, while at the same time, to ensur that we have a very powerful, very strong border. >> the order does not address how or when families that were separated will be reunited. more than 2300 children are currently living in shelters in 17 s without their parents. some may never be >>united. ust hours after signing that order president trump doubled down on the order during a campaign rally in minnesota. thousands packed an arena in luth last night. the president defended the administration's stance on immigration, and he blames democrats for the immigration crisis. >> democrats don't care about the impact of ntunlled migration on your communities, your schools, your spals.

your jobs or your safety. democrats put illegal immigrants before they put american ze ci. what the hell is going on? >> for more on the president's executive order and the ongoing legislation at the border coming up at 4:30. meanwhile, president trump is getting ready for a tripo england for a royal visit with the queen. prident trump will meet with her majesty next month. this will beir her trip to the uk as president. it's calling for prime minister teresa may to cancel the visit because of the immigration policy.> >> a man who breached theho whie e security barrier earlier this week. judge has ordered alexander minor to under way l gogo a 30-l evaluation.

this is video of miner. he believes his 29-year-old son may have been suffered from ptsd. >> he served his ecountry, came back not quite the way he wanted and now he's not who he was. and i don't think it's his fault. > miner said his son's conspiracy theories started after he returned from afghanistan while serving in the marine corps. group white nationali whose rally triggered violence in charlottesvilleowants to rally outside of the white house. the group wants to hold a anniversary rally on august and 12th. that marks one yeart since l year's rally. and you may remem in that clash between wte nationalists and counterprotesters one woman died when a car drove into a crowd on august 12th. two virginia state troopers also died patroll the violence. the natiol park service has

approved the application, but has not yet issued the >>permit. happening today, one of the largest hotel companies in the world will kick off construction for its new headquarters in downtown bethesda. you take a look at the map here, marriott international plans to relocate its headquarters from there. marriott will host a pop-up root beer stand and sell root beer and commeve mugs until supplies run out. marriott's founder opened the first a & w stand back in 1927. this morning, the prime minister of new zealand is a new mother. ardern gathered attention because she's the first prime minister to give birth in 30

years. she' t grateful for kind frns many people, congratulations. canada is not the first country to legalize marijuanabu it's certainly the largest. it means the bright north will be getting green very soon. > a view of washington that's stood for more than 200 years may b going away but a group is wokking to see the nation's capital from their home. good morning, everybody. 4:11 on your thursday. a couple of sprinkles around here thismorning. it's an improving weather picture as you go into your thursday. don't get used to . more rai [ roar ]

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"news4 today." welcome back at 4:15. the hearing for t california parents accused of holding their 13 kids hostage continues today. the disturbing information was revealed in yesterday's hearing including a 911 call. the judge didn't allow cameras to capture audio of those calls. but in them, the 17-year-old daughter said three of her siblings were chained to their beds. police rescued the 13 turpin children back in november. they were severely malnourished. a hearing will determine if there's enough evidence for a trial. a salmonella outbreak linked to melons is getting worse. the cdc said fruits in 17 states have been sickened.to foods has sold food in plasticcontainers.

canada wants to legalize recreational marijuana by fall. the prime minister said by doing this canada hopes to draw money away from organized crime. the new law goes neck october 17th. there is a development debate at the home of george washington at mt. vernon. dominion energy wants to build s gation directly across the river. the mt. vernon ladies association said that will threaten the view. the agency will start to stop the agency next week. and this year's congressional women's softball game. >> left fielder, california representative nannette aryan. >> this was at watkins field in southeast d.c. last night. you can see there, with a lot of pink on the field.

and it was for a good cause. e friendly competition raised b money forast cancer. the final score was 5-0. well, we sawome rain in our area last night, it wasn't as bad as this. look. this morning, crews are still pumping water off flooded roads in western pennsylvania. this is about 40 miles east of h pittsb some areas saw two inches of rain in hours. some people's basements were illed with several inches of water. >> we can relate, can't we? >> we really can. weikust feel every time we get a few clear days, we've been having a lot of rain. >> it's causing a lot of problems too. a lot of flooding. >> youeould think bef may 12th we're in an moderate to extreme drought. we turned that pattern around. >> we certainly have. >> i just looked up on the calendar, over the last 40 days if you felt like building an

ark, no doubt about it. 25 out of the last 40 days we've had measurable rainfall and it's add up in cope pie copious amou. and at the national airptt, it's alm3 inches, every where has been equally affected. right now, on fairly quiet start to your thursday morning. here's your thursday plaler st few rain drops and sprinkles around this morning. not a big deal. so if you're trying to get out to walk the dog or morning jog, not much to worry abdt. a comfortable afternoon, and warm and humid. we will actually get a few breaks of sunshine. and rain chance are a little on the lower side so that is certainly welcome news. as far as your weatherneor the couple of days go, why is that thing not going forward here? what's going on? why does it do this to me, why, why, why. let's hit the magic button --

no, nothing is going to happen here. while i continue do hit the atton, it's going to be mostly cloudy morning. again, warm and humid. highs today in the low to mid-80s. unfortunately, our rain chanc t star go back up again as we get into your friday. 80% chance of rainow tomo unfortunately, most of the rain will come in the second half of the day. so, it's going to be a very tomorrow.d and we could get another inch of rainfall. th's not welcomeews at all. let me show you future weather here. you can get an here's your thursday morning. showers moving on out. peeks of sunshine today. best rain chancetoday. highest chance south and the d.c. metro area. from fredericksburg or colfax, a higher chance of rain. here's the peek at the recast. a better chance of rain through most of friday afternoon and evening.

and saturday t will be sunnier and sunday the warmer half. for a check of traffic on a thursday morning, let's go talk to melissa >mollet. good morning, chuck. taking a look at the roads here. beltway looki good here. no road work this morning. that's good news. a reminder, bottom of the belt wii was a messer yesty. no problems on the woodrow wilson bridge. have loop and all lan opened again. taking a look at the 70. 70 at the spur, running 66 miles per hour. it's going to take you 20 s. minu same situation on 66 there through virginia. you'll be seeing a lot more instagram.on find out who will be able to post video.

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instagram. >> thas too long. i'm not watching that. >> an hour of video. i have a-y r-old. he's not allowed to post anything for an hour. >> there's nothing that interesting. >> exactly. you may soon be trusting your virtual assistant like amazon alexa to do your banking. several of your banks have allowed banks and credit card fe cures allowtomers to check their balances and pay bills with voice this, of course, is raising security concerns. users must create a secure connection betweenir bank and device. customers must also provide a four-digit pin. >> you can imagine, you don't even trust thern in? you're going to trust alexa? >> exactly. amputees sometimes feel sensatio with their hands and feet that are no longer there. it called phantom limb. now engineers at johns hopkins

are one step closer to making those sensations a reality. it's called e-dermis for skin. the e-dermis giv users a sense of touch includinghe ability to detect pain. researchers say it could also be used for prostheti feet. how modern technology married those together. it's incredible. what do you do when you find a bear in your kitchen? >> is this a trick question? i think there's only one answer. it happened to a teen in connecticut. the teen said he was in his eabedroom when he noises. he went into the kitchen to check it out and saw a black bear. the bear apparently climbed in through a window and went straight for the bread and bagels. he grabbed the food and the bear left. >> just praying that it didn't start charging me. that all i was hoping for. >> yeah. the teen was not hurt. thankgoodness, later local authorities did find the bear

and put it down i whic sad. i know, bear was just doing what do.rs >> he just wanted a bagel. cinnamon raisin, too. 4:26 now. bears are dangerous animals, pandas >> don't talk about my pandas. >> your wake-up weather this morning, temperatures areea hovering 70. still a couple sprinkles out there. most of the rain is fading away. it wl be out to a humid start, up to 85 this afternoon. i'll talk about our weekend rain chance coming up in a few minutes. and we'll talk to melissa mollet and a frustrating night after the backup. most of you told us it took hours for you to get home. and bacn vegas for the cup. the caps return for the nhl award. now for the first meti.

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today" as you start your thursday, we're taking a look at hee roads. that's at night a lot of folks said they had the commute they've seen in years. on your left, a look at the roads right now. on your right, the, back spotted on highways all over the area while into the nit. social media was fired up over this traffic last night. the rain did not help indeed. our chuck bel t saidt the rain would come during the afternoon rush hour and he was right per usual. the battle othe beltways was put on hold because of the rain. nats park was mostly empty by the time the nats and orioles wereeble to t the field after nearly a three-hour delay. the oriels won 3-0 after midnight. theve to believe is th delays had a factor in the game. doing all of this waiting, you know? good morning, everyone, i'm eun yang. >> and i'm aaron gilchrist getting a