keep the company away. good morning, everyone. thanks for joining us on this friday. i'm eun yang. >> i'm chris lawrence in for aaron this urning. a lot early risers waking up to a pretty soggy friday. >> that means wet roaor your drive to work, which can cause problems as we know. melissa will have a look at trfic inust a moment. first, storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell has a gloomy start for the weekend. at least it's friday, >> it is friday. no matter what the forecast is, it will be friday, and if you got the weekend off, it'ot going to be a total wash jourt out o highest rain chances come on saturday. sunday it's all about heat and humidity.ur riday morning is all about the rain. not raining here inside the beltway too much just yet, but look at all the bright colors of the moderate rainow from culpepper and warrenton over tos frederrg, stafford, qauntico. this is all coming up the i-95 corridor. it will be a very rainy friday

morning commute. it will not be a hot day today. 75 rig now in washington. that's as warm as we're going to be for the rest of the day. once the steadier rain settles in, temperatures will hover in the upper 60s toround for most of the morning hours. the steadiest that the rain will be done before lunchtime, but off and on showery weather will continue well ievo the ing. your friday evening plans that you have stuff to do outside, yeah, i would have a backup plao ready tust in case. the weather over the next couple of days, well, more stormy we'll talk more about that heat and humidity on sunday coming up. let's go over to now.issa right find out if the rain is really starting to slow things down on the highway. >> you know, we'eeing it come in. that's for sure. alexandria, memorial street east of route one crash reported there. richmond highway, washington district, southern avenu near 23rd street and southeast. we still have lanes blocked for police activity ther otherwise, things are actually looking pretty good. inner loop and outer loop at thy beltokay. as chuck was saying, that rain

is moving in. right now inner loop and outer loop there through mcclain, you can see that slowdown here because of the rain. as we head up to 270 nd northbouthbound is fine, and at this moment it's dry. not going to be the case for much longer. eun. >> melissa, thank you. your time is 5:02. a change of plans on capitol hill helps lawmakers push back a vote on immigration reform republicans leading the negotiations say two issues need to be worked out. one, requiring employers to use an on-line systemo verify workers are citizens, and, two, making it easier to retain agricultural workers. meanwhile, the crisis at the border is shifting focus. confusion is growing over how to reunite parents and children after president trump's executive order to stop separating families. more than 2,000 children are being held in facilities across the country. >>he reason that those children cannot be reunified is becausen the system has bee overwhelmed by this policy. >> first lady melania trump made

a surprise visit to speak to children at a detention center in texas yesterday. she thank workers and said she wants families to be reunited as quickly as possible. mrs. trump's messages being overshadowed by, of all things, her jacket. it contained the phrase i reall don't care,u, on the back. critics called the first lady tone deaf. esident trump says the phrase was a shot at the media, tweeting, "he says his wife has discovered how "dishonest they are" and "no longer cares." the first dy's communications director e-mailed a response saying, "it's a jacketo there was hidden message." time magazine's new cover is getting national attention for this striking image. take a look. it shows president trump looking down on the little girl who has come the most visible symbol of the crisis at the border. the photo was taken last week by john moore, a photographer for

getting images. the distraught 2-year-old was ere as she and her mother were detained. a local muslim group is protesting the controversial imgreat lakes policy. take a look. choppe 4 was over news 4 tomorrow in briso. the facility is hding some young undoumd children who were sprayed from their families at the border. members of the council on american islamic relations call on the white house to takeio immediate a to reunite those families. the virginia department of strpgs transportation is now ng to add a new travel lane to 66 inside the beltway. news 4 transportation reporter adam tuss has been all over this. this is response to those of us who look around stuck in traffic and sayhy didn't they make this thingr? wi >> that goes back a ways that you know about,re sure,

and it would take all day to talk about the history of i-66 inside the beltway,ut we will have an extra lane here inside the beltway from the dual esconnector t fairfax drive. guys, that is four miles long inside the beltway that v-dot is now going to start adding a new idlane here i the beltway. it's all part of this overall projt. when v-dot put tolls inside the beltway, they also said that they were going to actually widen the road in spots, and that's what's going to happen here. there's also going to be some trail improvement in the w od trails. that is good news here. all of this starts next thursday there's a groundbreaking next thursday. now, the bad news when you add a lane, there's a lot of construction that goes along with that. t we are goibe dealing with construction until 2020, but a lot of people for a long timeve een saying why does i-66 -- it starts with many lanes, and then it narrows down as you get closer t t city. well, now we're actually going to make it a little wider here inside the beltway. not everyone is thrilled with

thatee because there'sa lot of opposition to it as well. the extra lane is coming, and that's a project that starts again next thursday. eun and chris, back to you. >> tnk you, adam. every little bit of extra space can help traffic move a little thank you so much. a heads up for your weekend travel on metro. the arlington cemetery station will be closed. crews are installing some wireless cables, so buses will replace the trains at arlington cemetery metro station. here's what we didn't see during that massive backup a couple of days ago. take a look at this video. it captures a daring rescue under theiln bridge. this video was recorded wednesday, by the fairfax county police helicopter. you can seeio constru workers being safely lowered into a boat one by one. a tractor-trailer ran into a construction zone. it slammed into another truck.

that ignited a dangerous fire that trapped the workers under the brid hee truck drivers died, but all of t workers areokay. the wilson bridge was closed for hours and the resulting massive gridlock lasted half the day. >> we have an update on the breaking news we brought you yesterday. montiamery county fire off said a profane tank fueled -- take a look at theomoted here chopper 4. fire officials say the couple who survived by jum ng from their second floor bedroom slept with their door closed. re officials say that closed bedroom door may have saved theirli s. the exact cause of the fire has want been determined, but abaer ling this fire for hours, firefighters went door to door in the neighborhood to check smoke detectors. ws 4 spoke with one couple who says it was a priority for them. >> this is not good. i don't want this to happen to our home. we have a baby. just get ready.

god etforbid sng happens. >> just a reminder where, montgomery county fire and scue service offers free smoke alarm installation and safety checks to residents. now to a disturbingtory out of calvin county where a woman was mauled to death by her fiance's dog. someone driving down highway 4 in huntingtown, ma.land, call when the maryland state trooper arrived, the dog was still warking the woman. when it started moving towards woundedper, he shot and the animal and immediately tried to help the victim. when additional troopers arrived, one of them killed the dog. >> i can't believe it. like i said, i have never seen him to even be aggressive. nothing. >> the neighbor said the dog was a dogo that looks somewhat similar to thiwikipediaimage. the owner is a police officers training for the canine unit. >> a montgomery county -- all

in t running to become the next headquarters for amazon. about 50 residents held a town hall to talk about their opposition. they say there's already nuf construction and traffic. the tech giant would make things worse. local leaders say they would bring 50,000 jobs and billions of dollars inrevenue. mp> a $20 million project to make ant on communities in prince george estcounty is complete. >> a ribbon cutting and dedication ceremony slated for tomorrow at the new life center -- new family life center in uppermarlboro. nicole jacobs is there now with why -- you know, tell us, nicole yrks is this new facility so unique.

>> it's hard to mention glenarden without mentioning first baptist church of glenarden. they're prepa ad to dedicate $20 million facility, and it's all a part of their community outreach. they're calling this a gym-natori mu. 63,000 square feet complete with three size basketball courts, a fitness room, a track, conc msions, says and soh more. the building is also eco friendly. the solar field will actually generate 50% of its energy from the worship center, which is just adjacent tohe fiel now, with 11,000 church members, we're toldhu theh actually raised all the funding for this property. it is the first faith-based property of thiud magn and as you mentioned, that ribbon cutting is set foromorrow rning. chris, eun, bough. >> all right, nicole jacobs. nicole, thank you.

well,on't let this weed fool you. it's big and dangerous, and it's been spotted in our area. coming up, what you should not do if you see it in your yard. plus, pope francis was very fortunate someone was close by to make sure he didn't tak a big tumble. more onah that straighd. news 4 today. chuck. i think it's safe to say the pope always has somebody looking out for him. with the barbecue battle that's coming to washington this weekend.an it's on pennsy avenue from 1 1:00 to 9:00 tomorrow and:0 11:00 to on sunday. it's the best smelling weekend f the year to be down on pennsylvania avenue. highest rain chances for the next three days are today. it will be more of theit and miss variety tomorrow. sunday looks like a perfect day to be eating barbec. i'll showou the radar which has rain moving into our are has rain moving into our are right now a co

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season. abc canceled the show last after roseanne sent a racist tweet targeting a formert presidbama advisor. roseanne barr will not have a role in this new series. >> other actors, there's a production team, they'll still get to keep their jobs. >> thastwas the big complaint. they daensed the show leaving a lot of people out of work. ather sighting of a poisonous plant in virginia. this time inalexandria. >> it's called hogweed, and it ka cause severburns, even blindness. take a look at the picture. this was found nestled between two buildings. crews dug it up and removed it last night. remember, just last week entists tech s identified the plant in clark coun. >> it actually is kind of cool, i guess that something so rare is in the neighborhood. unfortunately, it hbepens t something that you don't ever want to touch or get near. >> it's not cowar the plant ended up in virginia. remember, thiss plant nothing to play with.

experts say you should wear protective gear like goggles and gloves before you even try to touch it. michigan state university will decide today how to distribute money from a half billion dollar settlement to victims of sexual assault. the university board agreed to a dra $500 million settlement. it30 will go to vemz of larry nassar. the school's former sports doctor. each victim is examined to receive about $1.25 million. this morning peo around the country are remembering charles krauthammer. he was known as one of the most ant, influential, and thoughtful conservative voices of his time. yesterday he died from cancer. 68-year-old krauthammer was a heng-time columnist for washington post. earlier this month he wrote a by heart felt goo to readers revealing that he only this weeks to live. krauthammer w a knocks fuse commentator, a pulitzer prize winner and a harvard trained psychiatrist. new video this morning

showed pope francis taking a bit of a tumble at thealtar while celebrating mass in switzerland. take a look. he stumbled on the steps. you can see there. the aide caught him and prevented him from fling down. he didn't realize there was an extra step on that platform. the pope was not hurt. he continued with the profession out of the arena. looks to beat okay. good. >> always good to have people being. out for your well cpr training seems to be flat-lining. theeamerican h association says on-line and in person courses are falling short. a lot of people never really mastered the technique or they forget what to do. experts sugge courses should offer shorter but more frequent sess as well as continuous training for the instructors. this morning families across south texasng are dea with devastating flooding. governor greg abbott has issued a disaster declaration for six counties. they were hit by this flooding.

take a look at the images. you can see people having to wade through streets in that high water. the texas national guard is working to rescue stranded residents while one man lef his home of 32 years. that's 32years. >> just so heartbreaking for some of the families, and more difficult days are ahead. s our chuck belays this area is it expected to get an additional one to two inches of rain today. they had fe inches of rain yesterday. that's just a lot of water in a shor period of time. >> sure is. and the soil down there is very rocky and the terrain is very steep. those things add to flash flooding concerns. >> sure >> all right. it's goingf course to rain. >> of course it is. we would expect nothing less, chuck. >> why wouldn't it rain on awe

end. this will make seven out of the last eight weekends that we've had to deal with rain. it will not be a total wash-outa -out potential exists most of all on your friday morning. from now to lprchtime is ably when the heaviest and the steadiest of the rains are likely. there's a warm front bottled up just down to our south. high pressure from new england is providing an easterly wind, so we'll be cloudy and cool today.l temperatures wtay in the upper 60s to low and mid 70s all day todaoo that east wind at the surface. warm, humid air bottled up just down to the south. this is the warm front right here, a that's where the heaviest of the rain is. even rumbles of thunder well down to our south. localized flood warningy have alreeen issued out of across parts of central virginia nowrom lorray out towards culpepper where, if you see any high fastoving water, stay away. turn around, don't drown. don't want to have any issues like that this morning. there is pockets of very heavy rain now. culpepper county, stafford,

fredericksburg, all this is coming northbound up i-95. it's going to be a very rainy go for the nt little bit. the steady rain coming right into the heart of the d.c. metro area between about 6:00 and 10:00 a.m. this morning. later on in the afternoon, not anything in the way of sunshine today, but our stead rain this morning goes back to showery weather for the afternoon and the evening hours. temperatures today, as i mentioned, we're not going to move a lot. we're ithe upper 60s to low and mid 70s. that's it. that's where we'll be for most of the day today. about 75 degre by 5:00 in the afternoon. rain chance, 100% this morng. 80% chance that's going to rain on you on your friday evening. saturday, probably to have showery weather first thing. we'll get breaks of sunshine late morning into tomorrow afternoon. that will warm things up. we'll be mid 80s tomorrow. we're likely to have some t scatterednderstorms around tomorrow afternoon and evening. have a backup plan ready to go for all of yr outdoor activities tomorrow. the better outdoor weather day this weekend will be on sunday.

still an isolated chance for late day storms, but hot and humid. 90 degrees coming up on sunday. the humidity goes away, a the sunshine weather comes back monday, tuesday, and wednesday of next week. melissa, maybe we should take monday off. >> you know what, that actually sounds like a great ea. let's go ahead and talk about eun in a minute, and she'll agree. we have the left se blocked by a crash here this morning. not seeing any big delay, but now that we have all t rain moving through the area, you can see that radar showing you over the roads where it is, which is almost there as you are looking at 66 and 95. going to make things even slower. alexandria, memorial street east of route 1, crash reported there this morning. that's a little bit of an areag that's see tiny bit of dryness, but we still have that issu there. southbound branch avenue near moores road, crash there on the right shoulder this morning, and the district southern avenu near 2rd street and southeast, lanes blocked for police tooit.

as you a widen out look at the beltway, beltway right now it's pretty dry on the east de. through prince george's county, you're okay. in virginia here, you can see it's srting to get a bit wet. eun. >> melissa, thank you. these are hardly after school projects. kids who still can'trive are edging their way into the businese world. e how they made it there and o was giving them a special hand. that's straight ahead on news 4 today.

snoo how young is too young to start planning your business? >> these entrepreneurs are getting a head start with some tulp. adam has that story. >> i know someone. she said, you know, you should make a peacock. >> the excitement on their faces is pal tabl. >> we will cleanhe house. we will feed the pets. >> their ambition, through the roof. >> i like to sew. i decided that i wanted to start business. >> reporter: kids from 6 to 16 yearak old ready to a splash in the business community. >> it's like nicehi doing all ts stuff, and it's like i'm going to be doing my favorite things. rincht whether it's cutting the grass.im >> over i became addicted

to mowing lawns, so i started to run my own businer:. >> reporven selling used legos with guidance from the parents. >> my mom came toaiy and sd you got to rid get rid of all of these. >> reporter: these kids are part of the young business fare. >> they saw an opportunity and went for it. >> did you make these bandanas? >> dan, part of the inesville business community that is helping these kids hopefully to achieve their dreams. >> it's great to see this kind of energy bween business and entrepreneurship. >> reporter: there will be sharn young mds that are ready to meet you. gainesville, adam tuss, newz 4. >> you pa i to have your package delivered, right? but take a look at is in how they get to the door? whoa. next at 5:30, what fedex is saying about this viral video caught on camera in northern virginia. >>g and speakf virginia, we have some flood warnings now down across parts of central virginia for madison and green

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skbrierjts right nowk at the radar right now. it's not what we see as we srrt oufriday, but it is going to be wet as you head outside. that's the way it goes on a friday. >> but it's not all b news. take a second to just appreciate this sunrise. look at that. nothhag says summer like beautiful sunrise. >> it is pretty. >> good morning, everybody. i'm chris lawrence inor aaron this morning. >> not always the best drivers in the rain. >> no. >> to put it lightly. let's start with chuck bell and eathe storm 4 forecast heading into the weekend. complete wash-out or no, chuck? >> not a complete wash-out. the r al issue is peopl constantly swerving to miss all the drops. that's problematic around here. >> can't do that. kidding. heavy rain now down across parts of central virginia. that's coming nothhbound towards d.c. metro area. be ready for rain and soon.

flash flood watch for parts of stafford, fredericksrg, and out into central virginia. these red shaded areas, though, that's a flash flood warning. if you are out across parts of madison or green county this morning, be careful. watch out for high or fast-moving water. not a lot of rein in and around the beltway just yet. that will be changing with alme. that rain will come northbound. temperatures today, what you see is what you get. we'll be stuck in the upper 60s0 and low s with pockets of heavy rain through the morning hours. maybe a rumble or two of thun er later on ithe afternoon. more about that weekend forecast coming up in a few morelinutes as ws the beach weather too. let's go over to melissa. >> the beach weather has to be better than what we're sing right now. take a look at our radar over our roads here this morning. as chuck has been saying, this rning commute is going to start to get more and more wet throughout the next couple ofur here. all of this showing you where the rain is falling across the roads right now. all of tha green area, that rain falling. in clifton henderson rd at

clifton road, do have a crash there this morning, fredericksbuorthbound 95 gr spotsy veina. taking a loo alexandria, memorial street, group one crash reported there.in ha around. brandywine, over to maryland. mo les road, sounde that crash is now on the shoulder. now, when you take a lake-effect at the belty, which we'll do just here in a second, we'll see the beltway is looking good in the diherict. so avenue near 23rd, all lanes blocked for police activity. eun. >> melissa, thank you. new video just in of an emotional reunion for ar mot and child separated at the u.s. border. she and her 7-year-old son, darwi darwin, were just reunited at bwi thurgood marshall. they were separated when th crossed into arizona last month. they game from guatemala to seek asylum. she was released from custody last week.

four days later she still h did note her son, so she sued to find out where he was. the justice department agreed to releaseda in. both will return to texas where their asylum is still being decided. breaking news right now. virginia's two democratic senators are demanding answers following claims of abuse and a juvenile detention facilit where migrant children are being held. >> yeah, we're just getting word of this. zpliefrmts house republicans push back a voteim ogration reform. this comes as there is growing confusion about how families who already have been sfraeparated l be reunited. first lady melania trump made a visit to the border. talking aboutll what she was wearing. we'll explain why and what's holding up that vote in congress

coming up at 5:45. a new facility aimed atin ge communities more fit is finally complete in prince george's county.>> two years ago ground broke for a family life center, and tomorrow is the dedication and the ribbon cutting ceremony. news 4 nicole jacobs is live in upper marlboro now with a sneak peek of this new facility. we know the community there is looking fa reasonable doubt to th -- forward to this, nicole. >> it's the first faith-based project of this magnitude. it's really setting the tone, and the president for a solar and ieeco-ly component for a faith-based property tomorrow. first baptist church of glen arden has a family life center that was built as part of its ongoing outreach. they're called it a gymnatorium. three full basketball courts, fitness room, a track,

concessions, and so much more the building is also, as i ne ment eco friendly, and its solar fields watl gen 50% of its energy from the actual worship center, which is just adjacent from the field. all of this kicks off tomorrow with that ribbon cutting set for tomorrow morning. ris, eu back to you. >> all right. thank you, nicole. a lot to l k forward to there. thank you. it's 5:35. new this morning, shot down. a proposal to change the rules for outdoor shooting in loudoun county has failed to get anyti tr. the board of supervisors has decided to set up a study group to look at safety adjustments. the review comes in the wake of an incident last mon when bullets from an outdoor shooting range flew into the subdivision. bullets hit several houmes. the range was lawful. outdoor gunfire is allowed, as long as it is 100 yards away from any occe,ied struct as well as homes. some advisors believe with so

much growth into one's rural areas, safety zones might need to be expanded. thetudy group will roort back with suggestions. this morninge're getting new reaction to a news 4 i-team investigation which revealed hundreds of d.c. public school teachers are not licensed. scott mcfarland broke this story. he has the latest. the chairman of the d.c. council education committee says he is frugs rate. d.c. schools are failing to follow rules and regulations. our investigation found one of every four d.c. public school teachers is unlicensed, including some veteran instru instructor even members of the elite chancellor's teachers cabinet. child safety advocates and a member of the k.c. state board investigator says this is a safety risk. only licensed teachers are tracked by the national nasdtec teacher database which flags teache engaged in misconduct to prooept them from crossing state lines and finding new jobs d.c.'s deputy mayor for education says the school system is nonethess hirin strong

candidates. >> d.c. has beende a l in supports, development, often looked to for a very high bar that we set. d.c. public schools sets a rigorous i they hire teachers and school leaders across the system. s >> the they do run background checks, and in response to ourti invtion, the school says starting in september all newly hired teachers must have at least appliedor a license before starting work. scott mcfarnd, news 4 i-team. 5:37. easier time right now. coming up, he is the newest additiono the wizards. today you'll be hearing about what he was wearing whether he was picked. we'll show you why. >> bu firs packages tossed like trash. a video of a local delivery driver going viral with the way he handles on-li he handles on-li ne

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. see that? that's want the kind of service you would expect when you pay for shipping. an ashburn homeowner captured a fedex dver tossing h package like a frisbee on a home surveillance camera. there was nothing breakable in the package, but it is the principle of the delivery right? >> yeah. we get that. you know, we reached out to fedex about the video, and they put o a statement saying, "the behavior depicted in that videon is ceptable and inconsistent with the professionalism fedex ground service providers demonstrate every day. the homeowner says he wants fedex to tal to the workers about how they're handling the boxes, but he doesn't want this guy to lose his job. >> he is showing some compassion here. he says the man could have been having a bad da >> we all get them. >> just losing his patience and that he zevs a job. there you go. wla

zbliefrm what was a bright red sky on fire. it's get grayer all the time. if yhe are going toeach this weekend, a little chance of showery weather there today, ano some aft storms tomorrow as well. no total wash-outs this weekend gh, and if youth can hang on until sunday, it is going to be fine weather down at the ocoastline. y wish i could be there. ten-day forecast coming up. and a live look outside of our news 4 studios.ri we areing out ahead of a barbecue battle this weekend. aren't you hungry now? how can you join thfun. that'se a

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clover leaf4-h camp in lake placid. just from above the ground here directt of sarasota. >> chopper 4, wow. that is a long fligh t down florida. >> aerial images, and immediately saw chopper d had. wen't go to florida. >> it's still not clear what made everyone sick, but emergency crews say, fortunately, none of the

illnesses look all that serious. at least 60 others kids at the camp, they're okay. first lady melania trump travelled to the texas-mexico border to see what's being done for children caught up in the president's immigration crackdown. she visited a children's shelter where 55 children are being housed. f them were separated from their parents under the trump administration's zero tolerance policy. >> i also applied to ask you how i can help for these children to unite with their families as quickly as possible. >> it was not without controversy. she left washington wearing a jacket that said "i really don't care, do you?" that was on the back of it. blowback on social media was immediate. another boiling point in the already hea this very emotional issue. back in washington republican are delaying a vote to address the immigration crisis.

news 4 susan mcginnis is following the latest on capitol hill. susan, why is this vote getting pushback? >> good morning. it's gting pushed back because lawmakers here, house republicans, cannot agree on what should be in it. that's what sank the bill yesterday. second bill was scheduled for are yesterny. it's now b postponed to next week. they can take the weekend and try to work out their differences and com with the bill that has the best chance of passing. many here are telling me they think the next bill is doomed as well. noboas wants to immigration reform in an election year. prident trump continues t blame the democrats for the lack immigrationreform saying they don't care about the children. ut says they don't care a anything that they are obstructionist says. he is going to give some more remarks later today about immigration. we're waiting to hear what he says there. he is going to be joined by those ang families, the ones that have had loved ones killed by undocumented immigrants.

the measure is named for ashanti billy. shefts abducted from the naval base where she worked and was it created a notification system for adults who are thought to have been abducted and whose disappearance poses a threat to thei health and safety. >> people spent -- of antoine rose. the unarmed 17-year-ol was shot and killed by a police officer on tuesday after running from a traffic stop. police say the car was stopped for possibly being connected to a drive-by shooting earlier that night. take a lookt this aerial video. protesters took over the parkwah

eahway late last night. according to our nbc affiliate there, at least one woman was arrested. nbc's ron mott will have the investigation coming up on "today." well, less rush hour congestion on the beltway. sounds like a dream, right? well, the virginia department of transportation is hoping they can doth jus aut widening project inside the beltway. news 4 transportation reporter adam tuss is live in arlington with what drivers need to know. hey, adam. >> hey, chris. good morning to you, guys. yeah we're getting another lane on i-66 eastbound inside the beltway.ke look this morning. it's all going to happen right in here this is a confined space. next thursday skr dot will start a ground-breaking project from the dulles connector to fairfax drive. idys, that's hielz long of i-66 eastbound i the beltway. take a look. obviously i-66 can get jammed up

attimes, butt's part of the whole controversial project to put tolls inside the beltway. that's what they' going to do, and,s again, all of t going to start next thursday.ls that's happening. it's all also part of this project, that they're going to do irovements to the w and od trail that runs along 66, includin a bridge that goes over lee highway. anyone who knows that area knows that that crossing respect is a problem. it all starts next thursday. s guyss back to you. >> trying to squeeze out space wherever they can. thank you, adam.

>>. in sports news now three days after resigning as the caps head coachar bry trotz hass signed on a the head coach of the new york islanders. the deal is for five years and pays $4 million per season. that's a pay raise. he walked awaap from thes after he and management could not agree on money. he coached the caps for four years, and as he we know, he led the team to an aeyzing sta cup championship. >> more than doubled his salary. >> there you go. meanwhile, wizards fans have a lot to be excited about this morning. rememb this name. troy brown jr. >> remember the jersey he was wearing. he was a wizards first round pick of the nba draft last night. he is only 18 years old. 6'7". 6'10"ally showedff his wing span during his one yoerean oregon. >> with the 15th pick forhe

2018 nba draft the washingtons wizard select troy -- [ the only issue, though, that is a vas golden knights jersey he was wearing. he is from vegas, so he gs a esss, like bryce harper, but i'm hoping once he c to waurn wash, he feels athome. we can get him rocking the red. >> the younger you are, the faster you recover if you have an injury. it's hard to blame. >> does it work that way in meteorology? >> ask my 50-year-old knee. i can tl you, it stiffens up on occasion. it is a mostly cloudy start to

your friday morning. what was a beautiful bright red sky a few minutesetago, i did a grab of it on my computer and tweeted it out. ouif you want just getting up, you missed it. it's on my twitter feet. you can take a peek of it. it was a bright red sky. it's going to be all gray skies for the rest of the day. 75 here in town. 68 near columbia, maryland. 68 in leesburg. 71 in warrenton. ourecast for today, what see is what you get. temperatures in the upper 60s to low to mid 70s for temperatures all day today. heavy rain likely here to be moving in during theng and off and on showers will continue through your friday afternoon and evening. all part of this warm front right here that's pushing its way in. high pressure to our north has the cooler air wedged in at the surface. as a result, it will be a cool and rainy day. if are you traveling around charlottesville or roanoke, it will be noticeably warmer because they'll be ablt to break n sunshine. we won't get that around here. rain up and down the i-95

corridor throu virginianow. some very heavy rain out across parts of central virginia. these are flood warnings now across parts of green and madison county. that heavy inbound. coming flooding concerns are increasing a bit with timee ere. you can at heavy rain now through parts of fox ear grcoun. the umbrella. a 100% schans for rain today. what about your weekend? well, high dhans for rain tomorrow, but i will not be a washout. morning rains and late day thunderstorms tomorrow. high 85. 90 on sunday. coming up in the next hour, we will be outside talking about barbecuing on the front lawn. let's go over to melissa now. chopper 4 near 1 8. northbound, southbound looking pretty good.er not so hot in virginia. clifton, henderson road at there, andd, cra i'm saying not so hot because you can see the radar over the raining on 66 morning. every bit oft 66 and every bitf 95 in virginia right now.

quite wet through that area., bw parkway in mark i maryland not clear. not going to be the ion for much longer. bran brandywine at moores road. crash there on the shoulder. in the district near 23rd street southeast, two people all lanes blocked there because of the police activity. look at your travel time. 270 southbound looks good. top of the beltway no problem. 66 inboun 95 northbound. not bad. remember to listen to wtop 103.5 fm when you hop in your car. chris. >> all right. thank you, melissa. theve ue sole circus is in town, and they want you to know kids lives matter. you andour family can have pun fun under the big top and donate to charity at the same time. >> molette is working for you with details on how your trip to the show can help a child in need. molette, good morning. win-win situation here.

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good morning to you. i'm eun yang. thanks f joining us. >> yeah. friday. we finally made it. i'm chris lawrence inor aaro a lot of us waking up to a pretty soggy friday, but that's not stoing itrom some barbecue in the morning. take a look at that pit mas others will not be stopped by a few drops. famous dave's grillingfrp in t of our building in northwest d.c. >> that's the thing. we could eat that at 6.m. for the people who wake up at the hours we do, right? the food looks better than the skies do. skies are gray, and soon it will be raining across most of the dmv. heaviest of the