with president putin. it is monday. we want to get you ready for day and week ahead. >> we'll get to melissa in a moment. >> we have a h forecast. some better changes on the way. >> oh, yes. i'm excited for the middle of the week. next two days, not so much. we have showers and storms in the forecast, too. regardless of howgy m it is, we have a beautiful picture. along theho zon, temperatures are warm. 76 degrees with the hu vdity feeliny muggy and sticky out there. 70 frederick. 69, manassas. if the kids are heading to summer camp, it will be a hot one. this morning, maybe bugra the bugs will be out today. 11:00 a.m., degrees.

94 for a high. a mix of sun and clouds later on. later isolatedantorm . a higher temperatures as we go into tomorrow. we'll talk about that and the timing of it coming up. let's get over tolia. >> chopper four is on the way to falls church. we'll show you what'shappening. manassas, eastbound, a crash in the right lane this morning. district heights, an outbound issue. interloop before 66 might look a little slower as we get closer. we have following the eaking news right now in finland. than an hour away.

you're looki at the liv pictures here. we believe this is hcr at that's just touched down. we saw a russian flag on the side. we believe this is his airplane. he had been delayed this morning and is running a little behind schedule. this meeting with president trum is going to happen within eve next hour or so, we be you're seeing some of the image. he it sounded like president putin would sit down for a one-on-one summit. president trump's ajen to, syria, iran and ukraine. at a news econference, promised to press putin. >> i don't think you have a gee, i did it, i did it, you got me. there won't be a perry mason

here. i don't think. but i will firmly ask the question. >> we will be following this developing story through the you can look for a live update from helsinki in our forecast. neighbors had to be rescued after an fire at an apartment building aholmes run parkway. reporter: you can see how the smoke stained the apartment building here. there's pretty tense moments by ivpeople who here. many people were able to self-evacuate. they walked through smoky hallways and some had toe

rescued by the fire department. some pretty intense moments. one woman said as soon as she walked into the hallway, she wouldn't see. >> there was smoke everywhere. no lights. i used my phone's flashlight a i made it out. >> the fire is out. st people are allowed back into their apartment. a couple of units are affected there were people taken to the hospital for evaluation. and we don't know the cause at is point. >> thank y. 6:04 right now asa the commut slow down. metro workers are closeo a strike. >> good morning. metro riders help so many people

in ouregion start and end our days. the union says it's not what they want to do. on sunday, the local union voted on the strike. the union saying the members voted to strike. they're going to weigh in and decide if they will strike. they mt today. that decision could be coming down soon. staking what is off the clock, off of the job, 9,000 operators as well as maintenance and clerical staff. for commuters this morning, they're telling us they're taki t alls in. right now, it's too soon to worry. >> you know, i person

personally. i have to find a way to work. >> we understand that they could meet day. if the decide tostrike, the union president says she will have to give a five days' heads up so this could happen. it does not appear that the strike ise going to happening very soon. we're live athe green belt metro station. we want to take you live to finland here. this is the aircraft that vladimir putin arrived on in helsinki, ahead of meetings with u.s. president trump. we are understanding that putin's team deplaned but we haven't seen vladimir putin yet. this will be a one-on-one sitdownet g.

there will be an expanded meeting after that. there will be a number of issues on the agenda, includingqu they want ttion republican vladimir putin about the charges against the 12 nationals while they were indicd for meddling the u.s. election. some in kock wanted thet presido cancel thisnea meeting. the stairs are in place, the doors are open. part of the reason this is getting so much attention is because of what you mentioned about the indictments that came down on friday. all the attention that is paid to russia's role in the presidential election in 2016.

some agencies have confirmed that russia did meddle. there' a lot of attention being played to what might happen in that meeting and what might come out of it,re if t any action or this is something that ends up being a conversation. innow yesterday "meet the press," the u.s. ambassar the russia made the point this was not going to be summit in the d traditional sense. this was more of a meeting, a gathering to talk about whatever it is they want to talk about. >> but it's unusual for the two to be meeting alone that way. >> without the state departmenh or department of defense. >> at this point, they're going to have a meeting with the translator and the we mentioned. here's a live look at russian

vladimir putin arriving in sell kingcy, leave. >> this should start to move quickly. omu see the russian president finished with dignitaries that would greet a world leader when he arrives in the country. he will move quickly to the presidential palace and w tll se image of the two leaders shaking hands. we saw that last year. he took his jacket off,hi is more comfortable in the limo. people have made jokes about the bravado that is often seen with president putin there. >> there is no set agenda, from what we understand forhis one-on-one meeting with president trump. but the natiol security

adviser has said you would find out difficult to believe that president putin would not beo preparednswer questions on the meddling of the u.s. e elections in 2016. democrats and republicans are micking sure his negotiations takes place. we understand that the president has the urge to bring up theg poisonf u.k. agents that russias believed to be behind. and it appears that kgb did the oisoning and another incident with the same nerve agent from russia. now that president putin is in the limblimbo, we're going t leave it right now. we'll follow this throughout the

day for you. you can look for live reports from helsinki here on this forecast and on the newscast of nbc news, as well. it's 6:11. > today is the day for samson prime. it will be a hot day out there today. humid, as well. isolated storms. we have some relieve coming as we head into midweek. wow. look at jim go. man, that guy worksard.

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tomorrow. u don't have to wait until then to enjoy the festivities. look at the map. this is where the mlb has t up its play ball park. it's a free attraction across from nats park. we go to molette green. >> reporter: yeah. the alexandria little leaguers are here. they've been showing me what i need to do to hit this ball. look at kthis. cht out. here we go. my hands are wrong. >> hands together. >> you show me what i need to. do >> okay. okay. here we go. okay. i need to practice.'s thathy we're here. david james, come over here. he is the vice president of softball/baseball development.

this is the greatest thing for baseball fans to come out here and do all sorts of fun things. >> absolutely. you'll come out and play and get instruction by usa basall and usa softball. you mentioned baseball and softball. girls coming out to play. >> we have girls out here. wave, everybody. baseball is for girls and boys. >> solutely. >> we want to make sure they're provided opportunies. we hav represents from the united states women's baseball team. so, the instruction aes and the prop earp way to play. >> i'm having a lot of fun. so are these guys. what do you think about the whole concept of play ball park. >> it's fun. champions. you're on your way to ft. myers, bright? >> yep. >> i love it. give it up for theri alexand little leaguers out here this

morning. 10:00 this morning unt 7:30 this evening. come on down. we're going to be at theng bat cage next. is that right? >> yes, you are. >> stay tuned for a lot more from play ballpark. ? take a few practice swings. >> litting a baseballs one of the hardest things you can do. on a tee, it's difficult. >> all right, molette, thanks. i lov watching kids play sports. ani love watching t ball, they're so cute. >> many of them grow up to be multimillion-dollar athletes. >> the home run derby is

tonight. are you going to be okay? >> i think we're will be. by home run derby time, i should b coming to an end. for tomorrow, for the all-star , br we have a higher chance of showers and storms. but a lot of it is looking like it should be out of the area by 8:00 p.m. current temperatures in the area, you're about the wake up and walk outside. we're mid to upper 60s. 76 degrees. it is a humid start to the y. nice and dry, across most of the area. seei sunshine. until we get south of edericksburg. those are moving. if you're walking the doghis morning, this is the rati this morning, that's where you should go for the longest dog walk.

by noon, near 80 degrees. it will be a start d walk. it will be coming up, saturday, august 18th, the clear the shelters adoption event. future weather. we're dry most of the day. we go into theafternoon. you see a couple of thunderstorms forming about until 8:00 p.m. a line of showers and storms are moving through in the afternoon. that's going toe e highest rain chance. you see, we get closer to 8:00, 9:00, a lot of that should be clearie out. weoing to put a chance in at 6:00 p.m. the timing of that rain could change a little bit. by 8:00 m., much smaller chances of things drying out. wednesday looks fantastic. low and comfortable humidity for the rest of the week. and we're very closely watching the weekend. we could see a rainy weather thf second

let's see what's happening on the roads this morning. >> good morning. taking a look here. e interloop ramp to 66. the right lane is getting by th e. the left side blocked, you can see the volume as people are approaching the ramp, they are causing significant delays. the rest of the beltway is typical right now p the rkg.w. y, a crash reported there. coming up, we are working for you, breaking down the biggessteals and deals on amazon prime day. first, we have marking the day with some lite league facts. >> lou gehrig was 19 years old

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"news 4 today" begins with breaking news. >> that breaking news, the first formal summit between president trump and russian president vladimir putin is about to officially getnderway. after a bit of a delayed start here. both leaders in helsinki, finland. you see president putin arriving a few moments ago. first on the schedu-o, the one- sitdown between the two men and their translators. >> it is unusual for high-level talks to happen without their delegation. once that wraps up, expanded meetings will bin. take a look. these are some live pictures of protesters in finland right now.

we're going to have moren a live report. right now, here at home, a ove look outside. we start work week on a monday. sun is shining. it is going to be a hot day out the today. temperatures will be climbing back in the90s. make sure you're hydrated. >> you can see the sun doing a maniacal laugh. >> it is what we get in july. >> our normal high is 89 this tile of year. to you know it's going to be humid, >> you know who loves humidity? bugs. so buggy out. >> we're not going outside for the live shots anymore. >> don't say it. >> now, we're going to go. we had to on the weather check. just lather up mosquito spray or bug spray because it was so bad out there. 're inside right now. maybe if you're headed outside, you want to get the bug spra out.

it is a beautiful morning. it's not going to be that bad a day. temperatures in the mid-70wes. ill continue to take those temperatures to near 90 by 11:00. this afternoon, mid-90s. the story today will be heat and humidity. we're goi the time those out, not only for today. but we have a better chance for tomorrow that's theall-star game and we're going to talk about that coming up in the 15 minutes. >> looking at theoads right now. chop eape 4 across falls church. the left side of that ramp is blocked. interloopn the northbound direction. mainlands are okay there. lanham, one lane ere.

reston, southbound wiehle avenue. all lanes blocked there w a downed tree. a sca moment for folks in alexandria. >> fire crews had to rescue neighbors. megan mcgrath is live on the scene with the latest. what's haooening? >> the news is, that most of the residents are back in their apartments. there's just a handful of people affected byca we of the damage and the smoke. siu can see the smoke and the way it stained th of the building here. take a look at the video. around 2:00 his themorning, that's when residents were awakened by smoke detectors going off. many people describing the conditions as they try to leave their apartments and go out in the thicky, just

smoke conditions they found. many people were able to self-evacuate. think were on the street already. hers could not get out on their own and they needed some assistance. >> we were streaming and we were like, we need a ladder. i have kids in here. we can't get out. >> that's what was done. taye put a ladder up against the building and found that the smoke was too much. they didn't want to go o in e hallway. three people were taken to the hospital to be evaluated. not sure of the update at this point. the cause of the fire, the cause of then, investigat ittarted in a second floor unit. they're going to continue to investigate. >> megan, thank you.

here's a look at the other top stories this morning. metro workers are moving closer to a strike. the majity of 6,000 metro workers have authorized a strike. the union's b executiveoard will make a final decision. justin finch will haveac on from commuters in a live report. the teenager who died in a crash last week in northern virginia will be laid to rest. conner mcgowan wen to robinson secondary school. last tuesday, he lost control oi jeep. two other teens were hurt. investigators say speed was a factor. >> we have new details about a tabbing saying it was over a parking space. the victims have nonlife-threatening and police are looking for the suspects. there's a lot of people in town for tonight's home run derby and's tomorr all-star

game. ou look at this map, there photographic impacts to tel you about. uber and lyft have a couple on "k" street for them. speaking of the home run derby, the nats bryce harp will be featurednd in his se derby tonight. harper is the sixth all-star collection. this is his seventh season with the nats. he received the national most valuable player award. >> some baseball legends and stlebrities completed in a softball game laight.

molette green is live at the fun and free event you can tead ov today. hi, molette. >> we're at play ball park. we're at the batting cages. we're going to talk to the coache and the players, coming up next. first, rats inside a restaurant. disturbing video where t

you're watching "news 4 today." >> look at this video. i cat. the baltimore bakery is back open after a rat wasgh c crawling all over the food last thursday. ew. this is buttercup bakery in lexington market.

someone saw the rat on the cookies d cakes and everything. the bakery was shut down as a result so the workers could clean up and inspect the area. how much cleaning do you think you have to do? throw out everything. >> i can't eat it.ge the general masaid he may have left the door open and when he tried to catch the rat, it was too late. >> that's pretty awful. >> beyd gross. cvs is apologizing after a black customer says a white c store manager cago accused her of trying to use a phony coupon. >> cell phone video of that incident blew up on social media. take a look. >> she is wearing a green -- >> tell them i will be here when they arrive. >> you c tell them, her name is camilla hudson. i have i.d. and i will share it.

>> the voice you hear is the customer. another manager directly challenged her when she tried to use a manufacturer's coupon for a freeroduct. she says the manager in the video called police after saying he had never seen a coupon like this before. cvs says iis investigating. but profiling and discrimination of any kind are prohibited. good monday morning. it is a warm, humid start to the day. by lunchtime, look at that. already near 90.mi back, lauren is back with a look at the forecast for tonight and for tomorrow and the all-star game and see if you have showers impacting us. that's straight ahead. chopper 4 showing us as it gets you pumped up for the all-star game, here's a fun fact, from the mclane little

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now.:45 right we wanted to get to the breaking news. here we see now -- we saw russian president vladimir putin entering the palace. this is the video from helsinki. this is ahead ofis summit with president trump. now, live pictures from outside the presidential palace in helsinki. we're told that trump will arri at the palace any moment now. >> we're waiting for that arrival. in meantime, the summit is running behind schedule. it'scheduled to begin in 16 minutes. president trump was in-town to meet with the president of finland. showed you the aircraft

arrivingn helsinki. we'll have the summit and the agenda coming up in a few minutes. we want to look at the high-rise fire in alexandria. >>e've been following the scene here. the good news is, a lot of people are back in their apartments right now. this is after the significant fire. ta lng ae look. you can see in the middle of your screen, a complex when the fire started. we know that two firefighters on the team wereevaluated. neighbors describing the early morning chaos. >> smoke everywhere. no lights. i used my phone's flashlight and i made it out. >> some c of themldn't make it

out. they had to use firefighters to get the family off of the second floor. firefighters are trying to pinpointhat started the fire. that's the latest from the live desk >> a developing story that could eventually impact your commute. metro w mkers areing closer to a strike. >> justin finch ilive from the metro station now. what do we know about this? what happens next? >> good morning. what's next actually remains unclear here. thousands of metro riders want answers and wants them soon. th would come after we saw some 6,000 members voting to strike. the union says it voted overwhelmingly to do so. they will make the final call on improving that strike. and they meet today. they are hearing from the union president. if this happens, we're talking

about 9,000-plus train operators off of t jo two walking off. this rike, of course, a worst ter years of talks, of contracts between union and metro. this morning, we met riders who say they hope for a resolution here because a strike would be a major blow to their lives and routines. >> getting places would be difficult. i have to figure out a way to . make that happ what i do and what other people do every day, how they get to work, without that, we don't have what we have today. the law prevents them from doing so. anyone who does strike, they could be fou guilty of not complying to the rules there. however, at this point, the

union president, said she would have to give a five-day heads up if a strike were to happen. i'm justin finch, bhaack to you. >> thank you. today, the montgomery board of elections is expected to certify the results of the board race. this race between mark elrichan david blare came down to 880 votes.ti the democ primary rynner faces republican robin thicker in the general election. and nancy florene says she plans to run as an independent. it's 6:49. back to if brethe breaking news aerseas. president trumpnd vladimir putin are in finland for the

first formal summit. >> putin at the presidential palace, where the talks will be held. president trump will arrive at any moment. jay, what can you d? >> yeah. president putin just arrived within the last few minutes. his flightelayed significantly. we know president trump is on the move, as welland expecte in the next ten minutes. this summit, not far from getting under way. i can tell you there's no publi agenda. they have no bullet point sheet they will try to solve here. it's something that they'll discuss. election meddling in the election by the russians. and questions about the midterms in the 2020 election, putin, ma

say, achieves his goals whenhe two men sit down at the table. he is looking for apot at the table, after russia's importance has been iminished. th something he is anxious for. this meeting is aboo get under way. no sign of the motorcade at this point. we're minutes away from seeing this get started. >> jay gray live for us in finland. thank you. we want to turn to lauren for a check onhe forecast. lauren? >> we have the humidity out there today and tomorrow. then, it will start to drop,ni tuesdayt, leading into comfortable conditions on wednesday. mid-90s, feeling like 101, with isolated afternoon storms. we had a few isolated showers, around route 17.

that should say that's clipping st. mary's in a fewur better chances of rain come on tuesday. a chance of an isolated storm, only about a 30%chance. and temperatures will be in the 80s. youan see some of the storms trying to blow up in the afternoon. temperatures in the upper 80s tomorrow. we up the chances for storms to about 60% tomorrow. that's due to a frontal testimony in the area. the all-star game, could be in jeopar jeopardy, espeally earlier. the game gets under way at, 8:00 when all of the storms are out of there at this point. we'll time it ut foryou. you can see the stronger storms heading into the afternoon.el this m takes it all out of here by 7:30. people get your fingers crossed.

look at the ten-day forecast. big chance for showers and thunderstorm wednesdathursday, night, some sunshine and even an isolated storm. good morning. looking at what the beltway interloop here. we have the chopper 4 showing you the right side of the roadway. everything is getting through but we have good delays when it was blocking a lane there. allow some time if you're headed this way. we have debris reported. outer loop looking okay today. reston after barron avenue. g.w. parkway after the memorial bridge.ne aska avenue, near ward irk isle, a single lane.

blue, orange, silver line, because of a signal problem. travel times, 66 northbound. 95 northbound, not terrible right now. top of the beltway is looking normal. listen to wtop when you hop in your car. >> thank you. 6:54 now. after 50 years, the midsummer classic is back in d.c. >> the all-star game is tomorrow. you don't have to w util then to enjo i the festivities. this is where the mlb has set up its play ball park. it's a free attraction across from nats park.o we molette green. >> i know. we've moved over to the batting cage. and watching the little leaguers do the thin it's been so much fun thisg morncause this is a one-acre setup with interactive

games and activities. i want to bring in the coaches here. russell washington, too. what do you think of this setup for the guys and gals? >> it doesn't geth etter for yoseball, does it? this is just great. >> this is what it's all about. getting young people more involved in baseball, russell. >> indeed. getting them out playing. to have them active. a lot of children, they like to stay in and play video >>games. greg, what do you think about this real quick? >> it's nice. >> the other little leaguers t herenk you for coming out on news 4 today. all right. we had a lot of fun. this starts at 10:00 a.m. 10:00 a.m., all da same time, time place, at 1st

and m street yes. 6:56 right now. and here's four things to know. this map shows the traffic restrictions around the park.o if you take me tonight's homerun derby, take the green line and for more in the nbc washington app. metro workers are moving closer to a strike. the majority voted t authorize that strike. union leaders claim that metro gm is violating the contract. find out how this affects you. >> we're hours away from the biggest amazon sale of the year. kicks off3: at this afternoon and will last a day and a half.

president clint t presidemp meeting with president vladimir putin this morning. his is a live look outside ahead of that meeting. this is the first summit between the two leaders. more on what they will talk about, live from finland on "today." hu isolatederstorm possible. tomorrow, we watch some showers and storms roll through. doesn't look too bad for the rest of the week. lower humidity. that will be nice. >> that is the forecasthis morning. we appreciate you waking up with us. >> the

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breaking news. high-stakes summit. president trump and russian president vladimir putin meeting in helsinki right now. the two leaders defying m traditioeeting alone. the talks steeped in intrigue ainst a backdrop of new indictments over russian meddling in u.s. elections. the president tweeting ovee night oagain, calling the investigation into that meddling a riggedhuitch . we're bringing it all to you live from. hels plus, scare in the air. a commercial plane suddenly loses cabpressure, forcing the crew to make an emergency landing. dozens of passengers rushed to the hospital. this morning, w