81 by the bay in annapolis. it's going to be another hot one to be outside. not quit a as hot yesterday. yesterday, 96 yesterday.r today clo to 90 for most areas. hour by hour, plenty of sunshine. things warming up. the high of 91 degrees. around about 5:00 this afternoon, a good noh, to northwesterly breeze. the humidity won't be too intolerable for today. that will creep up closer to the weekend. more on that in a few nutes. let go to melissa mollet who is cool as a cucumber. >> i would like to with go war up. i've got a heater under my desk all the time. the work zone blocking the right lane as well as the ramp there and also southbound gw parkway. right lane is getng by. that will -- inner loop after connecticut. left lanes getting by. lots of work zones this morning. in the district, southbound295 at suitland parkway. left lane getting by that wor zone.

eun? >> melissa, thank you.re two chi are safe after an hours-long amber alert in maryland. that went out aft police say dwight perry stabbed his girlfriend in gaithersburg and took off with his 9-year-old son and 18-month-old dauger. perry surrendered at a fire station after dropping the kid off with baby-sitters. neither child was hurt. perry's girlfriend is expected to survive. no word on any chaiges. ax county police say speeding may have caused this crash that left three virginia teens seriously hurt.m >> these i annals from chopper 4. you can barely make out the driver's side of the car. it was so smashed up. the roof ripped off and the rest of the car unrecognizable. the car slammed into a tree before crashing into that fence. two teens were airlifted to the critical conditio the other had serious injuries.

it's now 4:32 on this wednesday. here's a look at the other top stories we're working this morning. for theirst time in two weerks the entire wild boars soccer team is waking up outside of that flooded cave in northern thailand. the team is now in a hospital recovering. the boys range in ages from 11 to 16. thailand's prime minister says the ngoutpou of moral support made the difficult andangerous mission a success. tremendous tension already in belgium today as president trump is there for the nato summit. the esident is expected to -- rather, the president sat down with the chairman of european union this morning. their opening statements turned into a fiery exchange over defense spending and russia the images here, the president with the secretary o nato. you'll hear his remarks in a live report from capitol hill in ten minutes. the nfl players union filed a grievance with the league over

the new national anthem policy. e rule requires players to either stand for the anthem or stay in the locker room until it's over. the players union says the rule infringes on players' rights. the two sides agreed to a sit-down before going forward with legal action. 4:33 now. we're heang from one of th victims of a bizarre act of vandalism in northeast d.c. someone tossed giant chess pieces off an apartment building roof damaging several cars monday night. the pieces came from the senate square apartments near i andst second ets. the large chessboard and pieces are part of the rooftop amenities. he was relieved his wifeasn't hurt. she was working out when her car was hit. >> i have a lack of words. it seems so stupid. hurte could get really >> there was a thousand dollars worth of damage. no word on arrests. there's a lawmaker who wants to outlaw plastic straws in the

district. a bill has i beenroduced to the d.c. council to outlawng use plastic straws. they've switched to paper straws for environmental reasons. the village said it will go to -- it could become lawt sometime n year. some d.c. voters will try to raise minimum wages for workers. they feel disrespected by lawmakers. yesterday, members of the d.c. council introduced a bill to repeal initiative -- it would ise minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2025. reporters say the council is disrespecting the democratic process and d.c. voters. at least six council members and theayor say issue 77 is bad for workers and businesses. city leaders are moving forward with a plan to build a newtadium for the potomac nationals in fredericksburg. the city council aroved a tter of intent with the owners

of the potomac nationals. it callsor them to finance, build and maintain a 5,000-seat stadium. money o bonds would be borrowed from the city. but the city would pay the team just over a million dollars a year to use the stadium. if the plan is approved by minor league bas all and publi hearings go well, the stadium will be built just off celebrate virginia parkway and hopefully be ready for opening day in april of2020. the nationals currently play in central prince william cou ty. fro minor leagues to the best of the majors, d.c. days away from hosting the allstars. we'll get you ready for the crowd and the changes coming to the roads and rails. > the updat on the mirac by. the ofbafi

4:38 right now.n new details the miracle baby found ave in montana. >> a man charged with leaving a baby in the woods. m e his first court appearance. francis crowley told them he had buried the baby in the woods after crashing a car. the baby was in the woods for nine hours before searchers heard it in the middle of the a night. picture of the baby holding one of the first sponder's fingers went viral. >> i heard that baby murmur. i was so happy. i was more happy than hearing my own daughter's cry for the very first time. >> crowley admitted he would -- on bath -- he was high on meth and bath salt when the accident happened. the child is in protective custody. a warning as you wake up about something in your bed.

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tensions are running high already this morning in belgium. president trump is there for the nato early talks with the european union chairman got off to a testy start as they clashed over dealings with russia. >> two world war under -- [ inaudible ] >> what the country is getting personrgy from is the you want protection against or

from the group you want protection against? >> when we stand together also in w dealingh russia, we are stronger. i think that -- >> you're making russia richer. >>echat lre by the president went on for a few minutes with the gentleman across the table trying to respond ashe president's team looked on. the latest one of the issues to e conflict at today's summit in brussels. that was one of the pre-breakfast events before all the leaders get together to begin their talks. nbc reporter indicated that that was something you typically, the tension that would happen behind the scenes. not while there were cameras in for a photo-op. >> a lot of people were expected that it was going to be contentious and tense. we're seeing that t'already. check in with tracie potts covering the latest from capitol hill. tracie good morning. >> hi there, good morning. there was quite a testy exchange between president trump and the

cretary general of nato. mostly on the side of president trump where he talked about their fair share of dense. he talked about that before. even saying that they were delinquent what he really honed in on this morning was paying russia for gas. this is a big issue for germany. a sident trump said there's problem sending billions of dollars into russia to pay for natural gas while asking the u.s. and other countries to defend against russia. it was an unexpected exchange as they sat down together for breakfast. more meetings happening later today. >> tracie potts live on capitol hill for us. thank you. the bill to crackdown on noise fr the street performers in d.c. has been withdrawn. they can be fined upo $3 for not turning down the music. the chair said the bill aimed to limit noise levels, not get rid of street performers altogether. the bill could return for

council consideration in the fall. all-star game excite ataln time high. d.c. is hosting major league baseball's annual matchup fore irst time since 1969. events begin friday ahead of tuesday night's game. even if you don't have tickets, you'll likely feel the impact. dxpect road closures and restrictions aroun the navy yard neighborhood as early as friday. visirs are told to avoid driving. that will likely mean more people on metro this weekend. master card is paying to keep trains running late on monday and thell-star game on tuesday. the fan fest is all weekend. going to be a lot of fun. >> if you live near nats park like i do, you probably noticed aroundsier than usua there. crews started setting up an all-star village around t park. there will be a fan fest at the washington convention center starting on friday and runs through thend wee lots of options. you only have a few hours left to help get another

nantonals player get tuesday's game. trai turner is a finals candidate. he's up against four other players forne last spot on the roster. come on. voting closes at 4:00 this afternoon. we have a link on how to vote and a lot of information about al the events happening around the all-star weekend in d.c.ll checktar in the nbc washington app and then we're going to be out at nats parka head of tuesday's game. dot forget to vote for trai turner. he's so awesome. >> he needs incentive. bryce harper is giving ay two tickets if trey makes it on to the team. >> come on. live coverage of the great events. molette green will be out there. >> he's not giving away two tickets and a bat to everyone who votes for him, is he? >> not that he doesn't have the money. he has the money. o it's going pretty hot for all these events. >> any sor of an outdoor event

in july in washington, you have to plan on it being'r hot. the in the twin cities a couple years ago. they had terribl and had to postpone it for quite a bit in the past. as long as you like hot weather, you'll be all right. keeping a close eye on hurricane chris out in the open waters of the western atlantic here. it's a category 2 storm with winds up to 105 miles per hour. so s at 111 miles an hour becomes category 3. that's a hurricane. the hurricane center did think it cefld b reach category 3, major hurricane status lat today or tonight. once it gets a little farther north in latitude, the water is colder, it will weaken a bit. fortunately, no threat to land in the united states. only newfoundland has the threat of a land strike. we're protected along t eastern seaboard by a weak weather front just down to the . so the northwesterly wind is keeping the humidity at bay. dry air. it wasn't humid yesterday.

dry air coolsui offly at night and dry air warms up quickly. that's the reason we were 96 degrees yesterday. had some late evening showersth across sn pennsylvania towards deep creek lake in western maryland those are falling apart. we have left residual -obl clouds from late night showers. those are moving out. futureer today. not much of a rain chance. later on in the day,aybe a bubbling up of showers toward culpepper but by and large, rann s are low, low, low. temperaturewise, mostly the 70s this morning.80 downtown. 68 in manassas. another hot one. but 5 degrees cooler than yesterday. 91 today, 88 morrow. better chance of a shower tomorrow by the bay. not much of a rain threat around here. ne threat on sunday, monday tuesday next week. a lot of hot and humid weather in the next couple of ten days. let's go to melissa mollet and

see how traffic is doing. >> hi chuck. the beltway finally cleared. everything is gone. earlier roadwork. you don't have to worry about that this morning. and green. in the district,th souund 295 after suitland parkway. left lane is getting by zone there. ust kind of keep an eye out if you're headed that way. ft. washington, 210 there. farmington, northbound and southbound. indian head highway. paving in each direction maryland, we're looking good from 32 to the beltway. on time.es 71 m per hour. going quickly. it takes about ten minutes. here'se at live desk. breaking news out of california. one of l.a.'s iconic closed because of a brushfire. this started yesterday in griffith pa. it prompted an evacuation at the griffith a observatory nearby

trails as a precaution. take a look at the picture. at onehe point hollywood sign, the big white letters there, ad ba to the fire and smoke. get it unde to control. the observatory is not immediately threatened by the fire. but we checked the webte this morning. it will remain closed for the day. aaron. ang, i thank you.ul today is 11th. that means 7-eleven is celebrating its day by giving away free slurpees. no coupon necessary. be prepared to waitor a while. the chain estimates it will giveaway about 9 million slurpee he is each year. >> take my kids. >> it's going to be hot enough for it. t >> theynk it's a treat. they never get slurpees. never seen aunburn remedy

viral on facebook. menthol fm heali a sunburn quickly. she said leaving the fm onor 30 minutes made a sunburn disappear in a day. what do experts have to say about the remedy? >> anything withenthol may do the trick to soothe a burn. >> there's no real benefit to doing the shaving cream or menthol in another product. eral available in s products over the counter. >> experts say there's no scientific evidence that anything can heal sunburn faster. there are studies showing vitamin d can lessen the severity of burns if taken before going into the sun. you have to wear sunscreen because shaving cream or n mentl going to protect you from melanoma and skin cancer. there's that. >> well said. >> the reality of it 4:52 right now. a virginia teen says she was seriously burned by he cell phone. this girl lives in norfolk. she fell asleep on her iphone

while it was c rging. oh, msh. didn't expect to see that. she felt ail burning sensation on her arm and woke up. she took the pne to an apple store two weeks ago and says the store still hasn' t given h phone back. >> burned me to the point that lister. my skin is gone. >> apple -- look atthat. can you imagine. apple says the best way to avoid overheatingsour phone to avoid using chargers made by other companies and to the charger that comes with the phonehich she was usinghe said. >> we keep hearing stories about batterie catching fire in pockets and in the bed. in many places. it's terrible wtt happened. surprising that these accidents keep popping up in the news. >> i still hold my phone to my ear when i talk on it. it still heats up from using it. to plug it in, in bed.

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51ute of the matchup. it ended in a win for france. very exciting. very exciting for france. there's only one more match in the world cup sifinal to determine who plays. >> the winner takes on france in the finals. still ahead on "news4 today," tragedy hits a local community. how police sayen this ed. i> caught on camera. a wild police chasn florida comes to an end in dramatic fashion. details wn "news4 today" continues. stay with us. the time is 4:56.

good morning and welcome to your wednesday. i'm eun yang. i'm aaron gilchrist. just about 5:00 a.m. now. we begin this morning with a check on yourommute and the forecast. >> we'll get to melissa molct and trafn a moment. but first, our meteorologists chuck bell and sheenaparveen. another pretty hot day yesterday. the same? >> yes. unfortunately, if you've been watching us for an hour orso, it's cooled slightly in the studio. >> in the studio, yes. for ron's sake. >> he was just dying about a half hour ago. >> he's not sweating anymore. you don't look like you were sweating. >> and i tend to run very warm.

> >>. >> i like it hot. eun likes it hot. when it's too cold, we start complaining. >> going to be another hot one today. >> it is. we'll be in the 90s again today. just around 90. stil hot. it's 81 degrees in washington. many suburbs are milder than yesterday morning and of course the morning before, we're inhe 70s. low 70s through the neighborhoods right now. by 2:00 p.m. 89. by the afternoon hours, we reach our high around 91 degrees. have the spf 30 or higher. a hot day today. make sure you stay hydrated. look at rain chances in the forecast. let go to melissa. e what's happening on the roads. hey, melissa. >> good morning. a couple of things cleared out of the way southbound 295 after la