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drinking until further notice. >> this all started last night after a malfunction at a pumping stdsion left thous of people with low water pressure or no pressure at all. that loss of pressure in the pipe system makes it possible for contaminants to get into the water. that's why d.c. water issued th. warn happy friday. chris lawrence in for aaron this morning. >>'m eun yang. the weekend is hours away now. it will be a spectacular weekend, especially for baseball fans. >>oh, boy. all-star game. just days to go until the big game, d.c. is t place to be for sports fans. this morning, we'll look at what's going on around town >> we want to check on your coute and forecast. >> we will get to me llissa in moment. chuck, what can we expect from the day? >> mother nature giving us a slow pitch for this fridea. theer will be cooperative for all of your outdoor plans. don't worry about cancelling anything. a fantastic friday. the weekend looking. 90% d
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if you have any rain chance, late inisolated shower the day on sunday. most of the weekend plan looks great. the humidity comes bac on sunday. and the next chance for what is much-needed rainfall, doesn't arrive until monday or tuesday until next week. there's sunrise over washington here this cumorning. ent temperatures still just above 70downtown. most of the suburbs are in the mid-60s. a comfortable day. todaunshine all the time afternoon highs in the mid to upper 80s. little grilling in thear bac this evening. no problem at all. the brats, the burgers, all in good shape. sun not down until 8:34 this evening. more about humidity building throughout the weekend is coming up. now, let's go to melissa. >> this is the bottom of the beltway. chopper 4 headed to the proem there. take a look. a live look from the scene. this is efinterloope van dorn street. just got off the phone with
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police. they don't know how long this might stick along. you can see thedelay, bottom of the beltway. the rest of the beltway looks okay. but rightnow, it's a 2 1/2 to 3-mile ckup. hov lanes before glebe has that crash in the left lane. 6:02. a tumultuous tenure is over for the man leading prince george's county. >> justin finch has more. how much is he getting for pay to leave? >> reporter: the outgoing ceo will leave with $800,000 in back y and other benefits, concluding what has been his five-year tenure, which is marred by controversy. you might recall thet allegations of secret pay raises for some central school staff
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protests ongoing from tchers and principals. the fallout and probe as aoss federal grant for head start. sparks flew at last ghs school board meeting with kevin burrows telling tracy wilkins that the board chairmanen thre and attacked him because of his comments about the maxwelltt ment. they did come to terms but not without debate. >> it's n so simple t make a decision to fire someone or to not pay them in some way. is partially a legal issue in addition to being as fairn issue. and the choices a complicated. and so, sometimes it seems like a simple thing to do. but it just in.r. >> reporter:monica goldson is deputy superintendent now. the county is hoping they can
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move forward from that scandal that rocked maxwell's letting him going and moving forwa t will gm to that place. back to you. >> thank you, justin. now, to a developing story in silver spring where four people were stabbed after a soccer ge. look at the view from chopper 4. ambulances rushing the vm tims away fe scene. the happened near hillandale park. the police response backed up traffic for we're told none of the victims were seriously hurt. no word on any amaests or what have caused it. someoutheast d.c. residents say the mistrust between the police and the community is not getting any better. the latest concern comes over this video. it shows a stop and frisk incident of several black men netside of a barbershop on sheriff road on ju5th. police say they recovered a
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beebe gun from one of the men. last night, the communy members met to talk about the incident and other uses of force. residents said scenes like thist happen all te in wards seven and eight. >> this is not uncommon east of the river. this is systemic practices, behavior among mpd. >> the police chief was not at that meting. in a meeting with the d.c. uncil he defended the officers but said police need to be aware of avoiding tension with the public. ma> president trump is sitting down with theresafter a scathing interview over brexit. that had members of parliament calling for may to cancel his visit. but she brushed it off. she rolled out the red carpet for the president and first lady.
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the protesters in london, they had a different welcome for the president. [ chanting ] >> demonstrators gatred outside of the estate where s esident trump is staying. and tens of thousae expected to march in london, where they will fly a giant balloon showing a baby donald trump as a bab in his hand.ne back here in washington, a wild hearing on capitol hill, as republicans grilled an fbi agent who sent text messages critical of president trull. lawmakers at each other as peter strzok testified before the house judiciary committee and oversight committee. he oversaw the hillary clinton e-mail investigation and was dismissed in the early stages of the russian probe after the texts that were shared with lisa page.
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republicans say the texts show bias within robert mueller's investigation. strzok denies the allegatis. >> not once in my 26 years of defending our nation did my personal opinions impact any official action i took. >> page will testify in a closed-door hearing on the hill later today. former trump campaign chair paul manafort is now being held in the alexandria detentio center. was transported there yesterday against his wishes from the northern neck regional jail. manafort's bond was reked after he was found associated with witness tampering. in his mug shot, we can see he is wearing an inmate uniform. ore street clothes at northern neck. charges against stormy daniels have been dropped. daniels was arrested at an ohioi stp club wednesday night. she was arrested foretting a customer touch her, which is
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forbidden by state law. she was paid off to keep quiet about an alleged affair over a decade ago. president trump has denied the allegations. new deils this morning in one of the most tragic missing child cases in our area over the last fous. relisha rudd was 8 years old when she disappeared from the d.c. general homeless shelter.ic d.c. phave released a new image of what she would look like at the age of 12.sh was last seen with the janitor at t center, who killed his wife and then himself, as lice closed in on him in their search for relisha. the gi was never found.sh you ld not be wearing that in the united states of n?erica. are you a citize >> i am a citizen. >> are you a united states
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citizen?ou >> can y please get away from me. >> a man harassing woman for wearing a puerto rico shirt will make his court appearance today. he is charged for a hate crime in cook county, illinois. in the video, he is heard attacking the woman at a park and questioning her citizenship. the woman repeatedly asked a of nearby police cer for help. the officer never came to the woman's aid. he has also resigned fs job.ri >> puert is a territory of the united states and most of its residents u.s. citizens.> ctors said they are fairly optimistic about the recovery of the boys rescued from a cave in thailand. part of the healing is shiftinge to their mentath. experts say that includes ptsd from being confined in isolation foso long. ptsd is a condition that can appear event.or years after an we're hearing from one of the dive that found the boys inside that cave after a lot ofe people assumedorst. >> relief is the word i would use to describe it.
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we're very pleased. we're relieved they were alive. at that point, we realized the enormity of the situation. that's why it took a while to get them all out. film producers already in thailand with plans to devop a movie about the 18-day cave saga. who didn't see that coming? >> and what a great story to tell. it's going to be really cool. >> yeah. today, you can find relief from the heat in the largest or baseball theme park in the world. >> all-star fanfest is hours fr starting at the convention ointer in d.c. the big event is to cause traffic closures. l street between 7th and 9th street. you need to avoid the area until wednesday. and look at the closures near nationals park. the closures affect a lot of the streets in the southeast, alincluding first, van and streets. your best bet is to avoid iv g through that area until wednesday.
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it's going to be jammed. a complete list of all street closures in the nbc washington app. and look at this. the cast of "the sand lot," b underratedeball movie.ck they helped ff an attraction at the riverfront. the play ball park at the yard. here's a map of where you can findt. it's at the intersection of 1st and m streets. and the park is going to stay open throughuesday. as we head to the break, we want to remind you of the breaking news we're following this morning. >> take a look at this map. it shows you the thousandspe of le of northeast and northwest d.c. now under a boil water advisory. people should boil water for cooking and drinking until further notice. >> this started after a malfunction at a pumping station left thousands with low to no water pressure. the loss of pressure inhe pipe
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stem makes it possible forco ntaminants to enter the water, which is why d.c. water issued the warning. chuck? good morning, everybody. it's a friday in the month of july. a lot of people are going to the beach for the weekend. today, tomorrow and sunday, really nice weather at the coastline. ocean water temperatures in t t low mid-70s. i'll be back in a minute with your gardening forecast. batting practice time. we're here at fanfest, giving a little sneak peek. look at our little leaguer up at-bat. this is one of many active games. we're going to talk about the baseball memorabilia up r auction.fo
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today." >> welcome back it's 6:15. major league baseball all-star events officially start in d.c. today. >> that's right. just a few hours, the convention center will open itsoors for fanfest. this is like the largest interactive baseball theme park in the world. i mollette gre live with a sneak peek of what's going on. y, molette. >> we went from the battingo practice the live auction setting where people can come down here and have their baseball memorabiliaappraised. i'm here with david hunt of hunt auctions with little leaguers surrounding him and great things on the table. talk about the appraisal part of fanfest. >> anybody coming down to fanfest, you have to payn admissioo come in, but we have experts to tell you if it's
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authentic monday through tuesday. >> show us. >> walter johnson fromhe senators. babe ruth. you heard of babe ruth? >> yeah. >> thatells you how popular. bryce harper, for the modn fan. really significant hats. this is a brooklyn dodgers hot. this is when jackie robins was bein beaned by opposing pitch pitchers. it wasn't warn by him but other players adopted it. that's an important piece. >> that's baseball history right here. tell little bit. if fol think they have something of value, they bring it here and what happens? >>pl sometimes peoe bring things and it's not as my of what it s. came of the really signifint pieces we will put in a live auctio on tuesday. fanfest opens up at 9:00 and
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runs until tuesday. they are expecting 100,000-plus people to come on down here. get here early. we'll look at what is on the scen there. discounts for the military and other goodies. this is buy one get one free friday. owe have more big, live showing for you coming up at 6:50 this morning. do not go away. stay with us. right, guys? >> yeah. >> having fun? >> sofu much >> yeah. great to see them up bright and early with the .uniforms now, 6:18. a nice weekend to be outside. even thoughit's hot, lower humidity, we'll take it. >> it's hot. it's july in washington. >> your choices are hot or raining. h >> i'll take t. >>n sweltering the menu, as well. >> that's hot part "b."
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there's people that love the swelter. it's coming your way. sunday and money. enjoy today. while we have it, skies are mostly clear and getting clearer all the time. plane coming down toward the airport today. southboundepartures today. no good view of the city. temperatures are in the upper 50s in the shenandoah valley. low 60s in frederick county, maryland. quantico, 72. 73 in annapolis and beverly forecast for today, sunny and warm. 89 degrees for a high temperature. and pretty good weather this weekend for your gardening activities, as well. if you need to do some work in the yard this weekd, i would do it before 10:00 in the morning if you can. temperatures will be in t low 70s both mornings. tomorrow afternoon, hot but not humid yet. 92. but on sunday, 95 degrees with
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heat indexes up close to or over 100 degrees. when you'reatering the trees and eashrubs, soak the root the best way to do that is to use a soaker hose. let them have a good, solid drink. it's been really dry. this is likely to be the driest first half on record for july in washington. and nof chances rain today or tomorrow. only a trace. 89 today. 95 on sunday. there's a slight chance for a shower late in the day on sunday. but higher rain chances return for monday and tuesday oft n week. that's also going to be hot and humid. let's go where melissa has been tracking trouble on the beltway for 20 or 30 minutes. >> a big delay here this morning. about a four-mile backup. the bottom of the beltway. it's now moving in the front. it will take a little while to catch up. but the crash is o of the way
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this morning.rl inp before van dorn street. have the delays at the bottom of the beltway. should start to loosen up. northeast, new york avenue before robladensburg . arlington, ov395, the laeps before glebe. l seet betweenth and 9th and lanes blocked for mlb fanfest. as we head to break, once again remind you of the breaking news we've been following for you this morning.ok t this map. it shows you the thousands of people innd northeast northwest d.c. they're now under a boil water advisory. d.c. water says people should boil their tap water for cooking and for drinking until further notice. we'll be right back. stay with us. :2 time is 6
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you're watching "news 4 today." >> welcome back. 6:'s . parents have to warn their teenagers not cell phone while driving. a new study shows that many adults are guilty of doing the same thing. we've seen it happen all the time. researchers at children's hospital philadelphia conducted an online survey. half of the parents admitted to using their cell phones with the kids in e backseat. one-third said they read text messages orse their social media accounts while driving. a new warning about e-cigarettes. g your can be damag
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health, even if they don't contain nicotine. the cigarettes damage cells and blod bloossels and the heart, as well. the next time you have someone at your home, you might want to ask them to take their shoes off. a researcher from the university of' ouston tested his studen shoes and found a significant number were walking around with the bacter on their shoes. it does not harm a healthy person. but with people with weak immune systems, can be ill or even die if exposed to this back area. doctors suest cleaning your shoes when around a sick person. and it's customary in the korean culture and other asian cultures to take off your shoes. part of it is because you don't to track dirt in your house, either. >> now, you see, it can have more important effects, as well. ai we all winter waiting for it to get hot. and when it hit the s, we turn the a.c.
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"news 4 today" begins with breakingnews. >> thareaking news, a water warning as you wake up on this friday. there's a boil water advisory in effect for much of northeast and northwest d.c. a lo this map here. that entire area in blue, you
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should avoid boiling -- you should boil your water for cooking and drinking until further notice. >> yeah. it's asicallyeverywhere, from nebraska to military avenues. the issues started last night. in fact, you may have noticed you had little or no water pressure at home. there's a glitch at a pumping system. that makes it possible for contaminates to get into the water. lookingou ide. across d.c., it's not bad news, as you start this friday the 13t it is going to be a beautiful day. love that. great way to start your weekend. >> inor aaron this morning. melissa has an update on the commute. first, chuck has great news coming up for the weekend.
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if you are tricleery of the 13t. >> l at you. >> it's 64 lorn and alexandria connection. 64 in gaithersburg. you're waking up to 63 good morning and tgif. a quick warm-up. i temperatur the 70s by 9:00 a.m. and temperatures in the mid to upper 80s. perfect day for the pool. don't forget your n.sunscr wetter and turning more humid over the ek. that part of the forecast in a couple minutes. let's go over toli a. >> the beltway is a little slow. three-mile backup here. problem with interloop near van bldorn. the p has cleared and the delays hanging around. it's better thans. it
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you can head that way. you can see that delay there. in northeast, outbound before bladensburg road there. silver spring, ramp of 29. arlington, 395, the hov lanes before glebe. >> thank you, melissa. four people were stabbed after a soccer game in silver spring last night. ring.ur people were stabbed take a look. this was the view from chopper 4 above new hampshire avenue. you can see the ambulances taking the victims away. no one was seriously hurt. it's unclear what started this incident. look what is flying over london right now, a giant balloon of the president in a diaperith a scowl and a cell phone. the president is stirring up controversy. more of that in ten minutes.
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the prince george's county school board voted to t give outgoing ceo $800,000 in a severance paage. he announced he was leaving several months ago. one board member said the school board chair should step down. that reportedly started a physical fight. justin finch will have more on this story later in the hour. big security changes atti t onal zoo will been put on hol. the natio capital planning commission is postponing a plan to add perimeter fences and reduce the entrances. commen from the public influenced the decision. the plan was proposed afterve l curity-related incidents at the zoo. the board discussed funding options for three safety recommendations.
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the board decided again metal detectors but said there will be discussions about adding morere schoolurce officers. another public hearing is set for tuesday night at jacon middle school in falls church. the boardill make a vote on a safety plan later this month. a recent i-te report shows several other school districts are beefing up security this summer. fa faulfuier county will add i.d. detectors. and in montgomery county, the school system is hanging mor surveillance cameras to better monitor. some good and badews for motor vehicles using metro. first, the bad.
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you have to pay up to park at metro d rages. the boted to extend the prices. those that don't ride the train will continue paying the nrider fee. that is twice as much as the regular parking price. the board extended a saturday price 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 shady grove. right now, half of metro's trains turn back during rush tt hour to serve the downtown d.c. area. kve change means more service for shady grove, rle and white flint. that will start in december. ite pll mlb all-star events start today. >> let the excitement begin. you may need to rethink how to get around town this weekend. megan mcgrath is working for you and what you need to know about the road closurern
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megan, good g. >> reporter: good morning. it will be a busy couple of days. lots of eventsre planned. we're down here ongside nationals park at "n" and 1st.e there's a polficer on the scene. a big police presence. in about noon, they will start with the road closures. we'll see a lot of parking restrictions, as well. areas impacted the most. the neighborhoods around the coceention er, nationals park and the yard. take a look at the map. 9th street,th, "l" those will be closed around the convention center, aroundls natiopark. van and half streets will be closed. potomac avenue will be open to westbound traffic only, they are looking torward to crowds coming to the area. but the advice is to leave your car at home.
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it's going to be hard to get around. if you're attending events, use public transportation. the closures are going to exnd into wednesday morning after they tear down. the new socce stadis also opening, and that will bring people to the area, as well. a great time but very crowded. >> it will be a bit of ahassle. but more than worth it. thanks, megan. nu cong our coverage, as megan says, the action isn'tst t navy yard this weekend. >> molette green is checking out fanfest at the convention near. who do you have with you there? >> guys, are you ready for fan skwn t fanfest? we are going to fire up that virtual reality game and show it to you. these guys are ready. live at the convention center on
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news 4 today. first, build-a-bear balash. it was a sale parents couldn't resist until it turned to chaos. how the store h to
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you're watching "news 4 today." >> scene bigger than black friday but in the middle of summs. look at t video of these outrageous lines at build-a-bear workshops all or the untry. these were the lines we found at national harbor yesterday. thousands lined up to take advantage of a promotion tt allowed shoppers to pay their age rather than regularice for these build-a-bears. if you're 4 years old, you can get the bear for $4. >> it sounds good in theory. but this morning, the shop is
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geing backlash instead of praise. they even tweeted out urgent alert at build-a-bear. some waiting up to nine hours. others turned away. this was a crisis. supplies s ran out o and families had to go home bare-handed. >> build-a-bear apologized and is offering a $15 voucher to customers who did not get to ar build their esterday. i'm glad they're doing that. it would have been a shame if you waited nine 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 fearting today through august 4th. for the people who work at build-a-bear. it's not their fault the company decided to put the promotion out. >> i did not get a build-a-bear. at my age, that wouldn't have
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been a bargain at all. you can water the car on the grass. ten-day forecast coming up right up. delays on the beltway. we'll look athat and a t bold meets swee with dunkin's new brown sugar cold brew. sweetly balanced with brown sugar.
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6:46. we have breaking news that could routine.ur morning right now, there is a boil walter advisory in effect for large parts of northeast and northwest washington. take a look at this maphere. if you fall in that area in blue, you should boil your water for coond drinking until further notice. >> this started last night after a malfunction a a pumping station. you may notice a littlr no water pressure at home. the low water pressure has made it possible for contaminants to get into the water. >> we have this video that you're going to be seeing everywhere today. a massive balloon oredent trump as a baby in a diaper flying over protests in london. thousands of spectators are going to protest president
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trump's visit to the u.k. moments ago, he sat down for a photo op with theresa may. they're expected to focusn trade and military during talks today. may welcomed the preside and the first lady during a formal state dinner just hours after the president blasted her in a newspaper rview for her government's handling of brexit. may brushed it off, talking up the special relationship between the u.s. and great britain. look for a live update from brandon ahead on the "today" show. lawmakers will hear from a former fbi lawyer one day after a wild hearing over the russian probe. he oversaw the hillary clinton e-mail investigation and was dismissed in the early stages of
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the russian probe after the that were shared with li page. republicans say the texts show bias within robert mueller's investigation. strzok denies the allegations. d not once in my 26 years of defending our nati my personal opinions impact any official action i took. republicans say the texshow bias in robert mueller's inve digation. strzies the allegations. page will testify in a closed-door hearing on the hille today. a tumultuous tenure is over for the man leading school in prince george's county. >> last time's meeting got physical when it cam to getting rid of kevin maxwell. >> justin finch has more. >> howuch is the outgoing ceo getting for schools? >> reporter: hey, chris, eun. talking about a large here. $800,000 in back pay and benefits. the board did sign off on thatt
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ot without mentioning the scandals that marked maxwell's time as ceo. you might recall the recent allegations of secret pay raises for some central school staff here in prince georges county. there's ongoing disputes with he te and principals, as well. and also, the gre-changing allegation and scandal resulting from that. we have the loss of the federal money for head start here in prince george's county. last night, a dramatic meeting here, centering on maxwell's contract and payout here. ngmember kevin burrows tel tracy wilkins that the board chair eubanks attacked and threatened him for the maxwell package. also suggesting that eubanks leave, as well. c but they de to an agreement here and said there s me to move forward. >> every move forward towards healing, we need to work together and agree to support l our neder of this great
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school system. >> you're looking at the interim ceo, dr. mica goldson. she was recently a nt superintenith the county. the county did build two new international high school, expanding the free kindergarten program. back to you. >> all right, justin. a lot of parents keeping a close eye on that. we have t y tell about a poisonous plant we've been telling you about this summer. the giant hogweed can cause serious burns and blindness if you get too close to it. a 17-year-old from northern virginia is in the hospital because of hogweed. he was working his job when the plant brush aid cross his face. he went home and his f started peeling. giant hogweed has been spotted in different parts of virginia in recent weeks. there's clusters of small white
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flowers but they can grow up to five feet wide. it doesn't look all that threatening but certainly . chuck bell is here with a check on our weekend forecast. love the way it's starting. >> friday is a fantastic day to be outside today. thee humidity will low. the sun will be high. and temperatures will be just about average. our average high temperature this time of year is 89. and that's the forecast high for today. we're starting out with many spots in the 60s. dobelow 60 degrees. 64 in gaithersburg. manassas. 70 this morning. mid-80s by noontime. staying above 80 degrees until3 o 9:00 this evening. but high pressure has pushed thu dity to our south today and tomorrow. as high pressure moves off the east coast, o winds will go
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back to the south and southwest by saturday night and sunday. that will push the temperatures up and push the humidity up, as well. thed half of the weekend will be a lot more summer-like than the first. the y more than a cloud i sky or two today. 0% chance for rain. ifou're headed t the mountains, afternoon highs will be in the low to mid-80s. if you're staying right here inh gton, low to mid-90s. very hot and heat dexes up until sunday and. monday an and off through the day tuesday. let's go over to melissa and first 4 traffic and see what she's got for us on a friday. >> alert here bottom of the beltway. we're still a bit slow but it's looking better than it was. chopper 4 over the area this mornin's getting a lot better. this was interloop by v dorn. it's nice and clear now.
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northeast outbound near bladensburg road. silver rain, ramp 29. as you're headed northbound on 95, before 32, there is a crash near jessup. you're seeing dels there. andywine inbound 5. northwest, "l" street between 7th and 9th,loanesed for the fanfest. no big problems in maryland or virginia right no looking pretty good. hearing about a newssue on 66, we'll talk about that in a minute. listen to wtop 103.5 f.m. when you hop in your car this morning. >> 6:53. batting cages andbstacle courses, part of the largest interactive baseball theme park inhe world. >> it is all starting today, right here in d.c.
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molette green is live at the conveniton center a sneak peek of the all-star fanfest. what's going on >> my goodness. o have a video game experience happening with little leaguers. there y see them inside with the virtual reity goggles. this is what he is seeing. we will capture a shot of the monitor here. peter is here in charge of games. >> this is the most itoersive way wing a bat. you can swing just like the big guys in the home run derby. we're in v.r. here. this is the tournament. >> the top 32 players will b great prizes an we're going to play the final game inhe stadium. >> you like this game? >> yeah. fanfest picks off at 9:00.
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there's discounts for military, first responders and the like. this is buy one get one free friday.9: to 8:00 p.m. this runs until tuesday. want to thank all of the little uers from the various teams and parents cnding out and spending the morning with us on news 4 today. 40 interactive games, a whole bunch ofexhibits. is is a baseball love's dream, isn't it? back into you guys. >> very exciting. molee, this is going to b an awesome weekend. >> the fanfest, that's just the beginning. >> a of events through tuesday. here's a look at some of them. th arms services classic at nats park. that is tonight. tomorrow, the color run. sunday, the all-star features game as well as the celebri game. and on monday, things get really exciting whhe home run derby followed by the all-star game on
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tuesday. we'll be live from o nats park tuesday morning with all of the excitement. >> four things to know. road closures near natse park ad conventionr. cen look for a complete list of >losures in the nbc washington app. resident trump continues his trip overseas in england. he's meeting with theresa may afterhi basng her handling of frexit. brexit four people were stabbed after a soccer game in silver spring. it happened just south of the fd s office in white oak. all of the victims are expected to be okay. and police haven't said whated ca this. a boil water advisory is in effect for parts of northeast and northwest d.c. if you live in the hhlighted area, you should boil your water for cooking and drinking until
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further notice. >> here's your weekend forecast. 89 today, with low humidity. the real industrial-strength humidity comes back for sunday and monday. we need the hain. n't had an inch in the first half of the month. fairf fairfax, eastbound at 66. the beltway is recovering nicely from an earlier situation. >> our flowers are fity under the heat, as well. >> the flowers don't look good. >> have a great weekend. battery in your smart lock?
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