gra great-looking friday morning. 60 in charlestown, west rg ia. columbia, maryland 14 hours of sunshine coming your way on a friday. equally nice day coming up for tomorrow. by sunday, talking about humidity and a f little chance late-day showers. more coming up in a few minutes. for now, let's go over to melissa. she's not comforablynumb, are you? >> if i was quick, i could come back with something. outbound new york isavenue. as cleared out of the way. police activity near the gas st ion. megan mcgrath was on the scene but we cleared everything. in the southwest southbound 3rd street, we had all photographtr. that's change southbound 295, single lane

getting by the crash there. the beltway ioong good this morning. no major problems there.> e're tracking two developing stories this morning. four people wereed stabbfter a soccer game in silver spring. take a look. this was the view from chopper 4 above new hampshire avenue. you ican see the ambulances taking the victims away. no one was seriously hurt. it's unclear what started this incident. it happened near hillandale park, south of the fda's office. no word on possible arrested this morning. now, to the other developing story. the water isack on for customers in northeast and northwest. d.c. water said it fixed the i problem a pumping station on unit street. a malfunction left customers with lowo no water pressure last night. there's a new person leading the public school system this

morningn prince georges county. it agreed to end kevin maxwell's account last night with a settlement worth nearly $800,000. the board released a statement saying maxwell could have been given a $1.2 million payout. dr. monica goldson was appointed acting ceo. this got contentious at the board meeting. we'll have more on the physical alteation betweenoard members coming up later on "news 4 today." parents weigh in during an important meeting. the boarddi had f options for three recommendations. hiring more mental healt support staff, replacing classroom locks and keeping the buildi locked at all times and having more safety drills at the school. e board decided against metal detectors but said there will be discussions about adding more school resource officers. a heari is set for tuesday

night at jackson middle school. the board will make a final vote on a safety plan later this month. a recent news 4 i-team report shows that other school districts are beefing up this summer. staffers will help resource officers cover more ground and students. in loudon county, administrators have added pho i.d. screeners in all buildings to check the licenses and backgrounds of visitors. in montgomery the school system is hanging more surveillance cameras a elementary schools to m better monitor threats. thousands of people in esitain are prng president trump's visit to london. look at what is flying near parliament rightw. it's a giant plan showing the president as a baby ipe a d with a scowl on his face. president trump will not be near the prnests. more his agenda coming up in ten minutes.

it's a mystery that police have been trying to solve for four years. where is licia rudd? police have released an age-progression image on what she would look like at 12. she was 8 years old when went missing from the homeless center. she was seen with the janitor tum, and he killed his wife and then himself as polic searched for ralisha. this is the area around the convention center that will be closed for fanfest. here's a look at the closures near internationals pa you can see they affect a lot of streets in the southeast, including first, van and half street good news and bad news for people using metro. b

first, t news, you have to pay up to park at metro garages. the board voted to extend the prices. those that don't ride the train will cone paying the nonrider fee.at ths twice as much as the regular parking price. the boaextended a saturdayic hike to last until next year. now, to the good news. more service is coming on the red line. the board voted to extend continuous red line service to shad grove. right now, half of metro's trains turn back during rush hour to better serve the downtown d.c. area. the change meansore service for shady grove, rockville andin that will start in december. still ahead, injured on and escalator. new video from a fall inside a metro ation. what's being done to impre

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you're watching "news 4 today." >> all right. this is just hard to believe. scenes bigger than black friday in the mide of summer. check out the outrageous lines at build-a-bear all over ifun coy. atse were the lines we found national harbor yesterday. thousands of people lined up to take advantage of the promotion that allowedhoppers to pay their age, r rather thanular price. a 4-year-old gets a build-a-bear

for $4 >> it sounds good in theory but this morning, the shop is getting backlash instead of praise. some folks waited up to nine hours. others turned away. the chain released a statement saying, based on the information available to us before we began, we could not have predicted this reaction. in other words, we didn't know many of you liked us or cared. >> build-a-bear is offering a $15 voucher to customers who did not get to build their bear yesterday. i'm glad they're doing that. it would have been a shame ifin you waited hours and didn't get your bear. to take advantage, you must logon to the website by sunday night. and you can use the voucher starghng today thrugust 4th. i feel for the people who work at d-bubear.

it's not their fault the company decided to put the promotion out. >> the executives were going, we don't need to spend a lot. we'r build-a-bear. what kind of controversy can we have? >> $ off isn't as good as a deal because the bears and the accessories, because you can add a whole lot, add up quickl and they can cost more than $30. >> it discriminates against lks like us that just want something to cuddle. a 1-year-old can get tck bear for a >> watch it. >> i'm done. i can't anore. bring a baseball to get the best deal. >> you have a baby >> you have kids. >> small ones, too. >> temperatures will be back up

into the s. the ten-day forecast is coming up. plus, a teenager is hospitalized by a poisonous plant. where in our area you nee

you're watching "news 4 idday." >> right now, prt trump is kicking off day three of his overseas trip in england. it's his first visit there since

taking office prime minist theresa may welcomed him and first lady melania trump duringl for state dinner last night. both leaders are meeting for talk outside of london today. tens of thousands are expected to fill the streets downtown, protesting the president's visit. >>re were fireworks on capitol hill as the fbi agent at the center of a partisan battle over the russia probe testified before congress. >> lawmakers were screaming over each other as peter strz defended himself against claims of political bias. tracie potes has the l from capitol hill. tracie, we watched a lot of the hearings. they're a snoozefest normally. i've nev seen anything like this. >> reporter: rarely do we see something devolve so quickly as this one did. lawmakers tak at each other, taking aim at the witness, peter strzok, who exchanged text messages with a colleae, who he had a

relationship with, former fbi attorney lisa page. she testifies today but you won't see the fireworks because hers is ndbe closed doors. yesterday, lawmakers, particularly republicans, were going after some of the things that he e. they made him read some of those messages. a trump is disaster. we'll stop this. and explained what h meant. he say it was off the cuff. had nompact on his work, the clinton e-mail or the russia investigation. re blicans were not buyin that. and there were ten hours of contentious back and forth. it may not be the last we hear from peter strzokr o lisa page. >> tracie potts, live on capitol hill for u 4:46. as states prepare for november midterm elections, marylandnt to make sure its polls are

not compromised. seveerl races left up in the air at the primary because voters had to use provisional llots. the administrator said a coding error messed up thousands of people's voter registration information. b that problem hn fixed and the system is undergoing weakly audits. high school students across the country are not happy about the junet. s. scores. the results came out wednesday and some students and parents are demanding the tests be rescored. some kids were recorded getting more questions right ut receiving lower scores. the college board that administers the test said, the scores are accurate. the college board says because certain versions of thexam are easier than others, they use a statistical process called equating to grade the answers on a kufshl. that's supposed to ensure fairness for all of the students. >> there's families that won't

be happy with that. now, to newideo we wil likely see on social media today. take a look. a shar scary scene in chicago, people inside an apartment, notice two toddler hanging from a third-story window. you can see worried onlookers below, trying to convince the kids to go back inside. >> wow. a s station the telling ugs the people tried to get someone inside to pull the kids back in. someone put up a ladder and helped push them back inside. officers were called. but they havend what was going on in that apartment. the metro stati in bethesda has some of the longest escalators in the world. and this is security video from march. the woman in the purple jacket started to walk down the escalator that wa tnot working

time. somewhere that woman may have been bumped. since that fall, metro's chairman says new safety announcements are b made at stations to remind people to hold on to the escalator railing. >> we looked at stations that had particular issues. that's why we put them there we're rolling that out throughout the system. >> cameras in the metro station did nch the woman's fall. but hope sharing this story will help people pay more attention when they're using metro. ame woman'sy says she needed extensive physical therapy after the fall. if you're holding on to the railing, it's really steep to go up and down the stairs. >> i can imagine that recery was n easy. nearly 12 years is how long a food truck driver is being sentenced to prison.

tony dang ran into a mother in virginia. he asked for mercy but the judge with the recommended sentence. nd blew through a stop sign slammed into a station wagon and killg a woman and injured her family members. a new plan to wrap up security at the national zoo is on hold. the planning commission is postponing a plan tohe reduce number of pedestrian entrances. they say the comments on the public influenced that decision. these changes were proposed after incidents at the zoo. a new warning about a poisonous plant we've beenin teyou about this summer. it can cause burns and blindness if you get t close to it. now, a 17-year-old from northern rginia is in the hospital because of it. alex childress was working his summer job as aancaper earlier this week when the plant brushed across his ce. said that when he went home

that day, his fe started peeling. it's been spotted in different parts of virginia. the plant has small white flowers and pointy leaves that grow to five feet wide. weave been talking about this weed. >> it doesn't look tha menacing. >> more warnings involved that. >> a lot of people working in the yard. when i was a kid,is it was oak and ivy. this is more serious. who is readyin for sune on a friday? >> i'm ready. >> hxactly. >> tds up on the anchor desk. going to be a fine day to be outside. a perfect day f napping. look at this picture yesterday. isn't that nice? isabella and baby luke, all curled up on the dog bed. he got his puppy shots and issa

was helping nurse him back. all of the pause to the side. you want to see more puppy pictures, you can find me on instagram. you can find me on a twitt chuckbell4. there's good weather information on those posts. milder, 72 at national airport. and a warm 74 in southern maryland. a good way to get the friday started. there's a 0% chance for rain today. sunshine arto-finish. in the 80s for highs today. this area of high pressure h a northwesterly flow on it for now. the humidity levels are being driven down for today. the humidity starts to drecreep back up a little bit tomorrow. but sunday and monday, you will notice the return of the summer muggy. hometown highs, in the low 80s in the shenandoah valley. 80s to 90 degrees arod town.

another day filled with sunshine, just a touch warmer. 92 dtorees for rrow. and your ten-day forecast here, a lot of heat and humidity for sunday and monday. highs in the mid-90s. up close to 100. our next-best chance for rain arrives late monday and through the day tuesday. and more typical weather late next week. let's go over to melissa on a friday mornind >> gmorning, chuck. taking a look right now at the beltway here. outer loop at cnecticut avenue. work zone there this blocking the right lane and the off-ramp. not slowing things because i so early in the morning. the rest of the beltway is just fine. in southwest southbound 295 before malcolm inx,e lane and getting by the crash there. had ams couple other probn southwest, those have cleared out of the way. 66 into town and out of town, no problems this morning. 95 northbound/southbound rolling along pretty nicely. b thank you. it is about e every baseball fan's dream weekend right here in d.c.

>> yeah. the all-star fanfest is just hours away from starting up at the convention center. and it is full of free fun. in fact, it's the largest interactive baseball theme park in the world. this is a look at what you will see and do if yo head down there this weekend. fans will have an opportunity to meet some major league baseball legends. get some free .autograp for those y charge these days. that's coming up in the next hour. >> very cool. oere's a new mural next ben's chili bowl. it pays homage to two d.c. legends w played in t ed ied in baseball leagues. one of the women to play baseball. and josh gibson one of the playnas in the nat baseball hall of fame. there's a ton of all-star events happening through tuesda l there's ak at some of them here.

today is armed services at nats park. and the future game and the celebrity game. then, on monday, things get exciting with the home run derby. followed by the all-star game on tuesday. we'll be live with all of the excitement. >> a great weekend. adding to the excitement, d.c. united is opening its new stadium tomorrow night. it's right near nationals park. re, again, i wouldn't dtry driving around t this weekend. if the streets aren't closed, they will be packed. the waterfron metro station is probably the best bet to get there. a new mom and a serious competitor, serena william is kicking some butt at wimbeldon. she has advanced to her 30th major finals. williams is aiming for their 24th grand slam singles title,

which would tie with the all-time record, the newest member of the royal family, meghan markle, and kate middleton, will be in the crowd to watch t serena durin final. >> pretty amazing. she won a majorhi title pregnant. now, she's had a baby. >> and she had a complicated and difficult delivery, as she said. myat off to someone who went through it all. there is a msn's side. john is going to play at 8:00 in the morning. >> that's a big dl for him, too. >> good to see an american epresenting the other side, as well. allegations of violence, following a contentious school board meeting in prince georges county. said another r member did to him after voting to get rid of the ceo. concerns over pole misconduct in d.c. this after video was made public, capturing officers stopping and frisking black men. details when news 4 continues. i had been diagnosed with stage 4 prostate cancer.

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good morning,everybody. we made it to the end of the week. >> i'm chris lawrencn in for aahis morning. the weekend is just hours away. what a weekend it's going to be, especially for us baseball fans. >> just days to go until the . all-star ga d.c. is the place to be for sports fans. this morning, we're looking at what's going . first, we want to check on the commute and the forecast. >> we'll get to melissa i a moment. first, chuck, what can weex ct out of today? >> were you at the taylor swift concert? >> i was. >> you took the day off? >> with all of the traffic, it took an hour a a half. i wasn't home until after midnight. >> angie was there. >> i don't know how she does that.

it's friday nonetheless. no taylor swift concert for chris andi. temperatures on the warm side today. but not unusably so. four things to know about the forecast, it's going to be a fantastic friday today. thweekend, 90% dry. any chance of rain is coming up on sunday afternoon. the rain that we're starting to need desperaly is monday night or tuesday away. temperatures this morning, 50s in parts of the shenandoah 50s for the suburbs, 70s in afternoon highs in the mid to upper 80s today. it will be the perfect evening for barbecue. more on that weekend coming up in a few. good morning, melissa.d >> grning. a new problem, westbound 50, that ramp to southbound kenworth avenue. this one was just reported. t want pass that along. outer loop at connect