with a check of the traffic. another scorcher but a beautiful sky to wake up today. soo. the first peeks of slight bouncing off the dome. >> few clouds around, beautif day. a little cloud cover makes for a unautifulse you're artistic. you could paint this. >> i could paint this. beautiful sunrise hereoming up. we have clouds around. 78 degrees. it's a warm start to yourday. many suburbs in the 70s. we were in the 60s. the day before tt in the 50s. a mild trend as we go into this wednesday morning. annapolis is coming in at 80 degrees right now. as you wak up and walk outside, you'll see clouds around early e sunshine throughout the day. by 8:00, around 80 degrees for many of you. a mid- by 9:00 a.m. yesterday in the 90s.

today we'll be around 90 degrees for a high temperature. another hot one. we'll show you what to expect in the afternoon. wel need to see what to expect. melissa mollet with a look at that. >> good rning, sheena. taking a look at first 4 traffic alert. southbound into gaithersburg this morning. chopper 4 over -- multiple vehicles. the problem now is not t crash. because as you see, that's on the left side of the road. the problem is we have a three-mile backup headed southbound approaching montgomery villagevenue this morning. you might want to allow a little extra time. you have to stay -- stay away from all of that mess on the left side of the road. re outn see that delay t of germantown to gaithersburg. beltway loo okay. suitland parkway through the road, crash on the right side. >> eun? melissa, thank you. this morning, three virginia famies are hoping their teenagers survive following a >> two of the teens in critical

condition, a third with serious injuries. justin finch is live at the scene's school in fairfax with moren what police say caused it justin. >> reporter: very sad story. we don't have much information yet about the agesr names of those involved. but we know that they're all students here atin rn secondary school. police are pointing to speeding as the cause of the crash. the driver losing control of the vehicle hitting a tree and tn also a fence. now we have two teen boys and a teen girl left badly hurt.pe ch 4 was over that scene esday afternoon near colesville estat road. it's a winding and curvy road out there. the 2005 suv was heavilyge da responders had to act quickly. the most seriously were sent to the hospital and a third via

otbulance. word out to neighbors in the community about the crash and, of cose, they're hoping for the best. >> three robinson high school kids, two in critical condition. it's like, oh, my gosh, these roads are not designed for kids learning how to drive. >> reporter: and police are continuing to investigate this crash. we can tell you that this is coming in the 10 deadliest days between memorial day and labor day when they see an uptick of teens in accidents,articularly deadly accidents. they're encouraging parents to speak wi their children abo safety behind the wheel, including avoiding speeding, wearing seat belts and avoiding distractions. i'm justin finch, news 4, back to you. >> thank you. it's 6:03. a developingf story out college park. police are working to find the person who may have tried to

attack aoman whilehe was jogging. we're told this happened just before 7:00 last night. a woman jogging on branch trail a man wearila all advanced toward her, but she deflected him and ran away. the man was seen running into the woods. they're looking at surveillance video af thata to try and find out who this man is. will 's chris lawrence have more on this scare in the next half hour. newuestions about an amber alert that lasted for several hours in maryland. the two children at of the search are safe. their father in custody this morning. dwight perry turned himself in at a firehouse hours after he stabbed his girlfriend in gaithersburg. nerry did not have his children with him w he turned himself in. prince george's county police tweeted that the found the toddler at a daycare center in the other child was with relatives in hyattsville. both wer unharmed. >> given the nature of the call that our officers responded to,

our first priority is making sure the kids are okay since they were taken from the scene after a violent encounter. >>perry's girlfriend is expected to survive. we're working to find out what charges perry will now face. the nato summit in belgium is off to aen t start. president trump began his meetings with nato officials early this morning. he doubled down on his push to make allies pay their, quote, w fair sharen it comes to defense spending. >> this has gone on for cades, for many presidents. no other president brought it up like i bring it up. >> after the summ, president ump heads to london where he will meet wh queen elizabeth. thousands there are already protesting his visit. the trip wraps up with the president's first one-on-one summit with russian president vladimir putin. president trump commented he thinks that may be the easiest of his meetings while abroad. breaking news on a suicide bombing at an anti-talib rally

in pakistan. angie goff with the story. >> what we know is that 20re people now dead including an anti-talibante party candif dozens of others are wounde f here's videom the scene. the leadership was indeed their target. aaron, back to you. angie, thank you. back here in t u.s., president trump's supreme court nominee will be back on capitol hill making the rounds are lawmakers. ust brett kavanaugh will mee with orrin hatch and souen vrolina sor lindsey graham. yesterday,e president mike pence escorted kavanaugh to sit downs wp gop leaders. mitch mcconnell and chuck

grassley. they're working to support his confirmation. they need every vote to get him through. senate democra are fightin back. >> with judge kavanaugh's nomination, the presint has reproductive rights and vital health care protection particularly those that protect families with preexisting nnditions,e,t grrave risk. word yet on when a date will be set for judge kavanau kavanaugh's confirmation hearing to start. plans to return to cap and release immigration policy. this is something presiednt trump v to elimine. the deadline to reunite children under the age of 5 with their parents came and went last night. administration off 3ials say onout of 102 are back with families this morning. the justice dntartment has july 26th to reunite all

separated children regardless of their age. president trump's former national security adviser, michael flynn, is ready to move on from his legal troubles. his attorney made that statement during flynn's federal appearance yesterday. as part of the plea deal, h -- they agreed with prosecutor's request toay dentencing while the mueller investigation continues. it was flynn's first court appearance since pleading guilty to lying to fedagal ts. for the first time in more than two weeks, the entire soccer team is waking up outside that flooded cave thailand. it's something being celebrated loudly. >> the celebrationsang out from near the mouth of that cave yesterday after the last trapped person was safely rescued. the team isow in hospital recovering. those boys range in age from 11 to 16 years old.

ni> your time is 6:08. the nfl players has filed a grievance over the league's new rules requiring players to stand for the national anthem. >> the union say that new policy was imposed without consulting the union first. a lot of players are angry aut the new rule saying players must stand for the national anthem or stay in the locker room. the nflpa says it infringes on the players' rights. they have agreed to sit down for discussions on the new policy before going forward with any legal action. we are learnin more about tragic accident, a crash that killed a cyclist at a busy tersection in d.c. over the weekend. jeffrey long was in a designated bike lane near dupont circle saturday afternoon. a delivery truck took a right turn and hit hid long was ruso the hospital but died the next day. it's not clear whether the driver of that truck will face charges. now to a story first on news 4, we first told you about the issues with concrete on t next

i se of metro's silver line couple of months ago. the problem, the concrete holding up structures isn't as durable as it needs to be. government and the state of virginia are suing the company they say provided that shoddy concrete. the lawsuit says the company falsified reports to make it seem like the bad concrete was actually in good conditi. tests wil determine whether more than 1,000 concrete panels have to be rped out and replaced. new details on the helicopter crash. the pilot killed is believed to be a war veteran from northern rginia. the helicopter is registered to henry schwartz of zabd alexandria. -r affiliate in virginia beach reports that schwartz was a u.s. helicopter army pilot who served in the vietn the cause of the crash is under investigation. a 91-year-old woman living in a to t home where chopper crashed also died. police in florida had to chase down a robbery suspect who

escaped a standoff. we're ld the man driving the white suv you see there in front of the police car was barricaded in a home after an attempted y. robber you can see there police tried to stop him a few times on the dirt road but couldn't slow him wn. then the car went off the road and into that field. there was nowhere to hide in all that of open space and police surrounded him. then there's this new video. i thought this was a building before, like a scale model before i realized, no, it's a crocodile. 15.5 feetlong. they caught it in australia. 1300 pounds. one of the largest crocodiles on record apparently. the rangers had been hunting this thing since they spotted it in2010. >> i'm sorry. how does a le15-foot croco hide? >> he's good, apparently. they wanted to catch it to stop it from reaching a populated area. >> that wou be smart. >> it does whatever it wants at

that point, right? the 60-year-oldrocodile is going to live out its last days at a crocodilem f which is a thing in australia. >> makes you wonder. what else is out there? >> this may not come as a surprise. airlines want to make more money. >> not by increasing ticket prices butec dreasing the size of something else. plus, arizona gets a weather wallop. first, from a monsoon and then from this massive dust storm. look a that. chuck, how about the weather? >> start thinking about dinner plans now. another fine evening for outdoor grilling. temperatures in the mid t upper 80s from 6:00 to 8:00. 35 thisin ev going to be mainly warm and dry into the weekend. sheena has a close look at

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when you thought thing couldn't get tighter on airplanes, they're getting tighter. >> airlines are making bathroom smaller so they can make more money. here's how they're doing'r it. th getting rid of 3 inches on the wall surrounding the bathroom. now the bhrooms are less than 24 inches wide. the sink is shrinking as well. the changesake room for one more row of seats on the plane, which means millions of dollars for airlinecompanies. we're already packed in there. it's hard to imagine. 3 inches is not enough for the entire row. they must be squeezing it somewhere else. wildas weather people in arizona bracing for anything. >> this massive wall of dust and rain rolled in to the phoenix area last night. you had to watch for 50 miles per hour wind andbi low vity. can't see anything lieu that. the storm came a day after

another system hit thatar ea. >> reporter: looking at this storm approaching from the east -- there's and there goes my t. >> i am not letting go of this umbrella. she's going to hold on to it. it hit phoenix on monday. this was the first rainfall in 119 days. that lady there is meteorologist crystal henderson.si she ran o when the storm started to cover the storm, obviously. those 71 mile an hour winds were too much for her hat. >> and her umbrella. >> it's too much for a human to stand out in 70 miles per hour winds. >> but we do it. >> she held on to the umbrella because she was afraid ithi wou somebody or a car if she let it go. she went back inside when the ghtning started apparently. >> we see this during hurricane coverage, meteorologists and reporters standing out there showing the extent of the storm. she might have done the right thing. that could have hurt somebody iw it fff and bopped somebody

in the headic >> we do prasafety. if we know it's dangerous, we're not going to do it. 71 mile an hour winds, don't do it. muat's too . 60 miles an hour wind are what we see in a severe thunderstorm. those are damaing winds. >> none of that today. >> good for us. we're not dealing with that or windy conditions either. we have a calm wind here lately. beautiful look outside. the sun is up. we have some clouds around too. going through the daytoday, we'll see more in the way of sunshine. a lot of the clouds the area. 78 degrees right now. pretty light wind out there. many of us waking up to mild temperatures. many of our suburbs are still in the 70s. not going to be cool like we were two mornings ago. rememb, when we were in the 50s. we had a lot of 50s on the map. 75 leesburg. 76 in clinton. zoe need a home available. y

're out walking your dog, zoe looks like she's ready for a wa. upper 70s for you. 0e're going to top out in the lows. it's going to be another hot day there. clear the shelters is coming up saturday, august 18th. a bigio ado event. download the nbc washington app for more information on that. hurricane chris, a category 2. if you were watching yesterday,l it was atle farther south. it's picking up forward speed now. going to stay offore and it's way more organized now. you can actually see the eye of is storm. this is going to be racing to the north and east. not a problem for the united st ies. but will cause rip current risks along the beaches. future weather keeps us dry today. a couple isolated showers, mainly east of d.c. that's really about it. then we end out the week with dry weather. if you have theeach plans, keep in mind friday, we could see a high risk of rip aurncurrh along the b.

we'll be in the low 90s next rain chance comes mainly on sunday. but chuck has more rain chances into next week. i'll show you that with the ten-da coming up. let head over to melissa and look at the road. >> good mornint fi traffic alert on to 70. a four-mile backup. because of thise problem on left side of the roadway before montgomery village avenue. right now, quite a delay. going only 9 miles per hour as you approach that. brad freitas is up in chopper 4 to tell us how this has developed. what do you think, brad? >> that's right, me we've had major delays forming. coming down from clarksburg, it was seven vehicles invowied. all the emergency flashing lights, we've got a slowdown. rember, move over law in effect here. we've got multiple police vehicles. that left lane, people actually are using that a a closed lane

there. let me show you the best alternate route is 355. a nice smooth ride towards montgomery village avenue. alternate routes for now. >> tell me about the american legion bridge. debris on the innerloop. >> we have debris reported on the inner loop. rest of the beltway is fine. as we zoom into the bridge, a tiny bit ofow wn here. inner loop. debris blocking one lane. eun? >> melissa. thank you. big news for local art fans. >> fringe festival is back. a look at some of the works you' be able toll

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6:24 now. if you're a fan of the calendang arts, your is about to fill up. >> capital fringe festival is back and welcoming the public to a marathon amount of shows in the neighborhood this year. justin finch has more. >> reporter: this is area woman. they're all friends in search of an outlet. >> applications for capital fringe are open. that's a deadline and that's a show. we applied. now we're doing it just a couple days. >> ye >> reporter: accompanied by accordio accordions. it -- >> the sort of drama of the various ceremonies in people's lives, too, i think like

religion or weddings. >> as for the curtains. >> they're sort of beautiful and silk and they float around.re but they' also very ridiculous. >> area woman can't wait for the capital fringe festival debut. it began in 2006 and welcomes new and returning artists each year. >> over 400 performances, 11 ages, 5 venues over 75 different artists. >> you can binge watch shows on netflix all day long. people come here toinge watch theater. >> nicholas and actor director me shawn are returning for capital fringe and are eager to meet their audiences. >> we're all in this together ago artist and artistic lovers. >> something special this year.w the backdrop. southwest d.c. and its waterfront. nizers believe it do help make this year one of fringe's best. justinfinch, newsth 4.

>> festival runs through july 29th. >> you can find out more information about the ticketses and sched on the nbc washington app. search capital fringe. now 6:26. coming up, the final straw. first starbucks, now d.c. the district's proposal to cut back on plastic and how soon it could take effect. >>. it was burning so bad. real v hurting. >>ginia woman's warning that may have you thinking twice about sleeping alongside your delop phone. good morning everybody. a nice sky outside this morning. a golden glow still left before it turns into a blue sky for the remainder of the day. not as hot or humid as recently. a check of that and keeping an eye on hurricane chris coming up.

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start our wednesday. halfway there, folks. we're in for another day of sunshine and heat. we're used to it, though. >> good morning everyone. i'm eun yang. i'm aaron gilchrist. melissa mollet is keeping an eye on the roadsnnd rails i first 4 traffic. first, a closer look at theh forecast w chuck bell and sheena parveen. how hot is it? ight now, it's a little warm outside. sunshine and heat. this is a perfect pool day. perfect pool day, h this afternoon. >> near 90. >> i don't mind. >> not so humid around her that's been a nice change of pace. >> nice break. >> clear skies overhead. moly clear skies. there's a view from the city camera looking over the city of thshington. jefferson memorial. still a little dark. easier to find there on the view. we made it below 80 aegs at nation airport. down to 78 now. still 80 inannapolis.

72 for fairfax. planning out your daytoday, another day with plenty of sunshine and plenty warm. forecasting re91 d for your high temperature today. that's 5 degrees cooler than er yey. still, 90 degrees in the summertime. that's plenty warm. sheena will have the forecast for the kiddos out today -- let's see if there's happy campers on the road, melissa? >> not on 270, first 4 traffic germantown from into dave usburg. chopper 4 showing the dbeays use of a crash. the crash still causing delays from earlier. best alternate is going to frederick avenue. 355 there through that same section. miles per hour approaching gaithersburg. on the beltway, no big issues this morning. i di put an arrow here to show you the american legion bridge.

one probable lenleprlem:. >> phivedelphiae shut down between boston avenue and chicago avenue because of a -- aspen hill, lay hill road near the icc, new crash reported there. it's 6:32. following a developing story out college park this morning. >> chris lawrence joins us live with the latest on the search for possible predator near chasm pus. chris, what happened? >> reporter: eun, basically a woman says a man tried tottack r on the trail. less than a quarter of a mile from college park's campus between pierce and rhode island. she was out for a jogast night at 7:00. still plent of daylight outside. isas she passed guy, he of came back around and at her.

she was able to deflect him. she ran off and he took offin ru into the woods. at this point, police don't have ch of a description. but he was wearing all dark clothing, carrying a darkpa ba. what police are doing now, investigators are looking at some of the cameras in the area to see if that is able to capture everything. at thispoint, they're warning students and really anybody in the community to be extra vigilant at this point and always be aware of their surroundings. , chris college pa lawrence, news 4. >> chris, thank you. it's 33. here the other stories making headlines this morning. two children are safen after amber alert in maryland that lasted for hours. the alertent out after police say dwight perry stabbed his girlfriend in took off with his 9-year-old son and 18-month-old daughter. perry surrendered at a fe station in prince george's county after dropping the kids off with baby-sitters. w neither chil hurt. perry's girlfriend is expected

to survive. no word on any charges. president trump is in belgium today for the nato summit and it's already starting off pretty tense. the president clashed with nato's secretary general over russia and defense spending during a breakfast meeting early this morning. we'll have more on that exchange and a live update from brussels in about ten minutes. some d.c. voters are frustrated. the council moved forwa with erturning a bill they just voted on. members of the d.c. council introduced a bill toea rep initiative 77. it would raise minimum wage for tipped workers by 2025. supporters say by overturning the bill, the council is disrespecting the democratic process and d.c. voters. several council members and the mayor say initiative 77 is bad for wkers andbu nesses. we have new information about a bizarre act of vandalism in northeast d.c. police believe at least fourle

ui tossed giant chess pieces off an apartmenting damaging several cars monday night. the pieces came from the senate square apartments near i and second street. the large chessboard and pieces are part of the rooftop amenities there. one man said his wife's car was hit. he's just glad she wasn't hurt. > i kind of have a lack of words. it's so stupid. eople could have got really hurt. >> three vehicles had about a thousand dollars worth of damage. no far new york city arrests. city leaders are moving forward with a plan to build new stadium for the potomac nationals in fredericksburg according to the freelance star, there was aetter of intent with the potomac nationals. it calls for them to finance, build a 5,000 seat stadiu the cit would pay the team just over a million dollars a year to use that stadium. if the plan is approved by minor league baseball and public

hearings go well, the stadi will be built just off celebrate virginia parkway and hopefully be ready for opening day in april of 2020. the nationals currently play in central prince william county. from the minor leagues to the best of the majors. d.c. is days away fro hosting the allstars. still ahead, we'll get you prepared for the crowds and all the changes coming to ouroads and rails. and ditching hotels for homes. airbnb makes it easy but coming up, the ts you need toip h

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>>come back. tensions between the u.s. and some of our oldest allies are running high in belgium this morning.is president trumn brussels today for the annual nato summit. early talks with nato's secretary general went o to a

testy start as they clashed over a pipeline deal between germany and russia. >> two world wars under -- we are strong together. >> how can you b together when a country is getting its energy from the person you want protection against or from the group you want protection against? >>erecause you uand that when we stand together also in deal with russia, we ar stronger. i think what we have seen -- >> just thi morning -- >> that was one of the issues expected to trigger serious conflict at today's summit. >> kristen welker is le in brussels following the developments. kristen, good morning. >> reporter: aaron and eun, good morning to you. the exchange that you just played, extraordinary. occurring at the breakfast before nato summit officia officially getting under way. it under scores that there are deep tensions as this c tical

summit is beginning. in part, because president trump slapped new tariffs on aof numb the countries, but also because he continues to step up his criticism of nato allies for not paying, in his words, their fair sharen defense. the reality is, five out of 29 nato countries are paying andin me their 2024 commitments. that leaves several years for the other countes to catch up and meet their goals. exchange this morning, the fact that you have all of these attentions at the back --ensions at the backdrop added to the concerns, particularly as president trump headsnto that critical face to face with russian president vladimir putin next week. he's weakening these alliancesiv and that isg president putin the upper hand. toughay he's not being enough against president putin. they want him to raise the issue of election meddling and inva invading crimea. he is poised to raise thorny

issues with president putin. no guarantees given that the president himself has taken a softer tone in public. so a eyes are going to be on the optics here and the tone as this critical summit gets under way. president trump will be a part of this welcome ceremony later today. he will have a meeting with coterparts and cap it all off with a dinner this evening. aaron and eun, b >> so much to follow and absorb from brussels. kristen welker. she'll be on a few minutes.how in thanks,kr ten. celebrations in thailand for the first time in more than two weeks. the entirebo wild ars soccer team is waking up outside of that flooded cave. the last trapped person was safely rescued yesterday. am is now in a hospital recovering. the boys range in ages from 11 to 16.

the prime minister there said the outpouring of support made th difficult and dangerous mission a success. what an iredible rescue effort it was. those thai navy s.e.a.l.s p themselves in harm's way to rescue those boys. a small community in fairfax county is hoping three teenagers pull through after a terrible crash in clif in. >> two critical condition. justin finch is live at the teens' school with more on what may have caused this crash. justin? >> reporter: good morning. police have not given us anyme or ages of these teen victims. but we know that they are all students here at robinson secondary school. two are teen boys and one a teen girl all rushed to the hospital tuesday afternoon by the crash that police say was likely caused by speeding. chopper 4 was over that wrecked scene yesterday. this was tuesday arn in the area of fairfax station road and colesville.

2005 white jeep suv. you see it. took a lot of damage there. police say that suv crashed into a tree and then into a fence. on scene, they had to act quickly here. helicoptering two to the hospital and driving oneo e hospital via ambulance. he spoke to a neighbor who said that tss crash absolutely devastated. he also has children. he also hopes, too, that this crash encouragesve more d to be safe behind the wheel. >> we don't know them yet. i have not heard the names yet. especially if there's somebody know. this is a fairly small community. it could be pretty devastating. >> this crash is still under investigation at this time. it also comess aaa marks the 100 deadliest days when school out. teen crashes tend to go up. live from fairfax, justin finch,

news 4. justin, thank you. a virginia teen says she was seriously burned by her cell phone. she lives in norfolk and she h fell asleep iphone while it was charging and a burningn sensatiowoke her up. she took the phone to an apple store two weeks ago and the store still hasn't returned it. apple says the best way to avoid overheating your phone is to avoid using chargers by her mpanies and to just use the charger that comes with the phone, which s reals she was using. a d.c. lawmaker wants to outlaw plastic straws in the district. our news partners at wtop say a bill has been introduced to outlaw single use straws. several restaurants switched to paper strawsnt for environ reasons. the bill is set to get a hearing in the fallnd could become law next year. you'll need a straw tay to

celebrate 7-eleven. they're giving out free slurpees from 11:00 a.m. to p 7:00. more 7, 11. the chain estimates it will giveaway about 9 million slurpees on 7-eleven day. >> that's a lot of brain freezes there. >> exactly. >> you got to do it slowly. ery few people slurp a slurpee slowly >> try saying that three times fast. >> pi day, 3-14. now 7-eleven. >> cookie day, cake day. >> some have numbers in them. i digress. have noticed it's gotten strangely dry around the area recently? yes indeed. after a super soggy may, our sixth wette may on record with almost 9 inches of rain. followed that up in june with over 5 inches of rain. two very wet months a row.

once they flip the calendar to july, it's barely rained at all at nationally airport. a trace of rainfall. that's less than a hundredth of an inch. all the way through the 15th. that's the next tiny chance for hit and miss showers around here. probably be our driest first half of july on. reco weather records going back to 1870. this weather front will keep the storm. tiny rain chances today will be across the lnder bay a parts of central virginia near the frontitself. chris, now a hurricane is not going to pose any threat to the u.s. mainland. it will stay away from us. late night showers in western maryland dried up ashey came over the blue ridge and towards the i-95 corridor. later today, the tiniest little chance for a stray shower towards central virginia. that's really aboutit. here's the ten-day forecast. it's going to be hot a mainly dry for a couple of days.

89 is theverage gh, will be 91 today. near 90 saturday. our next kind of sort of chance for rain shows up sunday afternoon. i think our next good chance for rain comes up on tuesday next week. that will be the 17thth of e month already. let's go to melissa mollet. dry roads should mean an easy commute. >> you would think, right? first 4 traffic alert in chopper 4 over this problem right now. philadelphia avenue. it has just cleared out of the way. we did have things shut down here in tacoma park because of the tree across the roadway. this hing reopened there morning. thank you for that, chopper 4. southbound 270. montgomery village avenue. delays headed southbound as a three-milehi backupmorning because of an earlier crash. that crash is gone. we have a little bit of a slowdown there. taking a look at the beltway. no major issues reported. want to zoom in here to the american legion bridge and show you, we have debris blocking one lane this as we zoom back out here, aspen

hill, lay hill road near the ic.c., crash reported there. in laurel, 197 at bw parky, crash awell. taking a look at travel times, 270 looking pretty good all things considered. slowdownstway, normal on the outer loop. inbound on 66 and on 95 north in virginia. both of those going about 35 miles per hour. remember to listen to wtop, 103.5 fm when you hop in your car. >> thank you. 6:54 right now. all-star game excitement at an all-time d.c., of course, is hosting the annual matchup for the first time since 1969. >> events begin friday ahead of tuesday night's game. even ifav you don't tickets, you will likely feel the impact. expect road closures and restrictions as early as friday. mast irer card is paying to keep trains late after the home run derby on mondaynd the all-star game on tuesday. >> i've noticed it.

if you live near nats park, you felt like it's busier than usual there. crews started setting up an all-star village around nats park. there will be a fan ft at the washington convention center f startiday and running through the weekend. >> you only have a few hours left to help another nationals player get into the game. trai turner is a final vote candidate. one last spot on the roster. vote, vote, vote. it closes at 4:00 this afternoon. we have a link to how to vote and tons of information about all the eventsappening here in d.c. search all-star in the nbcwa ington app. we'll be out live at nats parka head of the game on tuesday. or the live coverage of all events starting on friday. going to be awesome. if you want to watch the ts today, y won't find them on tv. the matchup will onlye streaming on facebook. ng is one of 25 games b streamed on the social media

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officers say that woman escaped he man who was dressed in all black was last seen running into the woods. and your gardening forecast byry m field gardening center.im there are and mosquitoes out. lemongrass and geranium. a lot of people might find that help fum. 197 a bw parkway. chopper 4 on theway. we'll tweet about it with a picture. thank you, melissa.he that is news for today. >> the "today" show is next. we'll see you in 25 minutes for weather and traffic, local news. until then,nj your day. >> make it a great wednesday, >> make it a great wednesday, everybody.

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