social media buzzing about harper this morning. we'll show you his incredible run. y everyone is talking about his dad. that comes up in aew minutes. good morning, everyone. i'm aaronlc ist. >> i'm angie goff. eun is going d to the ballpark to bring us live team coverage. e continue working for you on this tuesday. melissa has the morning's commute. >> to the forecasthuck and sheena are here. it's hot out there and it will be anto interesting day. >> yes. very, very sticky outside this morning. i'm not reay a fan of nearly >> degrees at 4:30 in the morning. t can feel nice in the afternoon. but in the morning, it will be a hot day whentats out at 80 degrees. if we didn't have the storms bcoming, we would back in the 90s like yesterday. and we'll be around 90 this afternoon. and this will come with afternoon . closely, we're watching the timing for the all-star game at 8:00 tonighri t now, 79 degrees.

81 in annapolis. 70 in leesburg, with humidity. look at your tuesdayplanner. this morning, we say muggy and dry. by lunchtime, mostly cloudy but ing dry. and we see the storms roll in about 2:00 p.m. 4:00, the temperature around 90, but quickly dropping. by 8:00, we have a slight chance but it looks mostly dry. we'll take a look at what you can expect this evening. and what at melissa is happening on the roads. >> still have the situation inm es. we were seeing some green flu t through the area. now, we're seeing red again. it's just the left lane getting by. northbound, we look pretty good here this morning. maybe a tiny slowdown. southbound is beingpa ed by this. 66, fairfax county parkway. nicely here eastbound andun

west as for the beltway, looking pretty good at ts point. we have some roadwork happening. one of the things, silver spring here. outer loop, work zone with left lanes getting by there. we'll look at 270 coming up.nk >> tou. comie g dwoning this mornin police are looking f a black car in connection with the murder of a young girl.an >> the black s was at the shooting. kids were playing nearby when police say the car pulled up. the 10-year-old was killed just steps from her home. two other adults were shot, as well. the lite girl is now the 83rd famurder in the district s this year. also developing this morning, a recent american university graduate was arrested on sunday, for helpingussia under the radar. the fbi says she is an

registered agent for russia. she deniest. t at 4:32, word of that arrest comes on the heels of president trump's summit with president vladimir putin. a summit that has drawn criticism fromepublicans and democrats. he accepted putis denial of russian intference in the 2016 elecon. that infuriated lawmakeid on both s of the aisle on the hill. hear what lawmakers have to say about that coming up. and members of metro's largest union will meet with officials. this meeting comes aftni member s voted to authorize a strike. the union has not listed its demands.

turning on a dime. a few good swings. he just hi minute.ome runs in a >> you heard that correctly. nats slugger bryce harper hitme ho runs in 60 seconds. he took the title in last night's home run derby a >> his seconearance and first win in this competition. tha an oftizappetizer for this all-star game. he said it meant a lot to win this derby in his home park. >> this wasn't for me and the faely and everybodythat, but this is the cook and the guy that works up front. of is for the whole city d.c. >> showing d.c. pride right there. to help harper with the trophy was his father, ron harper. he was a pitcher back in the day. he pitched for him last t.ni this moment set social media on fire. many commeing on how many hammer curls bryce harper's dad

has done dail >> his all-star appearances aren't over yet.ix it's his time being named to the team during his seven years wit the nats. he was named mvp in 2015. tonight, he is expected to player in field rather than right field. >> max scherzer is starting for the national league. it will be his trd time starting and sixth appearance in the big game. >> shawnean doe was selected to represent the nats. he will not play, though. he is out wh an injury. he will be on the sidelines for his second all-star game. o's fans, we haven't forgotn about you. manny machado will be the only one representing baltimore, even as rumors swirl he night not return to the o's. this will be the player's fourth all-star appearance. all of this all-star excitement is expected to bring major crowds. i think you hea some last

night. >> if you take mrkro to nats just top on the green line, get out at the navy yard/ballparn. stat all other stations will be exit only after the normal closing time. drivers willing to brave the traffic, can park in one of the parking lots. everything in yellow will be tough. a list to all of the lots can be und on the all-star events in our nbc washgton app. ouive coverage of the all-star kicks off.nd eun yang amolette green will join us with a preview of the big ga. ♪> >> little something to get you out of your seat this morning. 4:36. and more hometown heroes to root dance stage.e ball field tohe we're going to tell you about the local groups tapping togethert. toni first, a scary warning about

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you're watching news 4 today. >> a foundation honoring this university of maryland football player says he died fro heat stroke. the jordan mcnair foundation released this in a statent. nair was hospitalized after a team workout in may. he passed away aks couple w later. he was only 19. the university of maryland did not revealhe cause of death, citing family privacy. this morning a 15-year-old florida girl is dead after hitting a chips ahoy cook we with peanut sbutter. thishat the cookie package looks like. you can see that it does say reese's peanut butter cookies in the top rightco er. but when the top half of that package is rolled bk or pulled

back, you can't see and tell that it does have peanut her daughter took a bite. and then, she had a deadly reaction. he died. she wentnt shock. stafford wants the company to create clear packaging alerts for kids with allergen chips ahoy says all of the products are clearlyabeled for major food allergens.d gmorning, everybody. i'm meteorologist chuck bell. all-star game tonight. showers and storms are likely before the game gets going. the game gets ready to start around 8:00, rain chances will bediminishing. cooler, low humidity and flawless. that sounds like good stuff, for sure. sheena has the forecast coming right up. and the all-star game and all that goes with it. fanfest, shut down between seventh and ni

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you're watching "news 4 today." >> hey, hey, ho, ho. >> protestersco weld president trump back to the white house last night. many of them unhappy about his comments during as joint n conference with russian president vladimir putin. they are not alone in that. >> this morning, backlash from both sid of the aisle coming in. the critics are causing the summit in helsinki, ary vic for the kremlin. >> i have great confidence in my intelligenbu people. i will tell you that president putin was extremely strong and powerful in his denial today. >> and the biggest talker, the president's reversal to condemn russia's interference. >> tracie pott is following this from the hill for us. what had lawmakers so upset here? >> reporter: that was a big part of it, that he praised putin and

didn't seem to challenge his denial, but channeled our own u.s. intelligence committee, whe said russians tried to interview in our election. otestioning that, but questioning putin was a real sore spot. not just bor democrats for republicans, as well. >> even the republicans arein critic the president, as well. what are they saying? >> strong statements from a number of people like newt gingrich. he called this the biggest m mistake of his presidency. jo t mccain sayingt the president -- mccain that this was the most disgracefupe ormance he's ever seen from an american presiden and a number of others, now democrats, saying thats republic need to back this russia investigation because the president tore it apart right i front of vladimir putin. we're going to hear more today. the baby trumpmp bhat

protesters threw during the visit last week, is now crossing the bond. a gofundme page to move the balloon to the u.s., raised $20,000 in three days. they want to fly the balloon esident's golf club in bedminster, new jersey. more details about the murder of a marketing manager in old kswn. brad j died from multiple injuries. on friday, officers found his body inside a second-story office. the accused killer is from new jersey. investigators say after the murder, heed tri to steal a shopper's car, as she paid for parking. jackson's friends want to know what prompted a vicious tack. >> i want us to know what would drive someone to do this. brad didn't have enemies. brad was a care-free, loving

person. investigators believe jackson and the suspect were strangers. his attorney says hlans to explore the suspect's mental health condition. it's 4:48. people walking near dupont circle's fountain got acreepy surprise. the fountain's water was red blood. someone tweeted and said, please tell me why the fountain is blood red before i freak out. the national park service said somee put redye powder in the water. crews will scrub away the coloring and refill the fountain. no locuslocusts. the all-star game is a home run for the city. it causes a boost in economic activity. when you have a business with a home fld advantage like this, the salt line is sandwiched

between natsark and the river. they had to boost the staff ahead of the business boom. >> we're bringing in staff from our other restaurants. we're bringing in former staff. we're bringing in friendsnd family. anyone whots wan an opportunity to make a couple extra dollars. >> anybody wants to work. just a five-minute walk from the salt line is a towering hotel with thi bird's-eye view of nats park. it's open to the public. the all-star game has been a hot booking time frame for a long time. >> we have 168 rooms. e all-star game has been very high demand. this has been a week that's been sold out for quite a while. >> according to the washington business journal, d.c. invested $4.5 million to get ready for the mlb all-star game. the city expects an economic

pact of $60 million. number one on twitter still, bryce sharper, but this is not the derby he's won. in hi2004, was tweeted out last night. bryce harp's dad reminded him he won a home run hitting contest in cooperstown called the king of swat when he was a kid. was curious if t re was evidence of it and the internet never failed to provide. heet 11-year-old bryce harper. >> quite blonde. >> i know. the nats a offered dollar off of each of his he runs. some of the tickets will be as cheap as a dollar. >>ll of the stories leading up to this, it puts a lot of essure on making sure it does not rain. >> it does. we've been watching the timing

of storms. at this point, we keep our fingers crossed that it will h rema it is right now. 'sit not going to be a big deal w0 by p.m. any thunderstorm activity or lightning would be out of the ar t. that is tng today. we have thunderstorms in the forecast mainly this afternoon. theal star game at 8:00 p.m., looks mainly dry. we cannot rule out a lingering showers, behind the cold front moving through. and less humid, ftom wednesday friday. 79 degrees is thetemperature. 72 in frederick. 78 in quantico. it's a warm start and humid again out there. nice and dry right now. we don't have rain currently. back off to our west, showers and storms are soe hltded with ld front. and the timing, we put it here after lifetime today. if you're exercising, this

morning,mu y. not too bad. by lunchtime, looking dry. just mostly cloudy, 88 degrees. 5:00 p.m., we'll see thunderstorms around the area. here's what future weather is showing. w lunchtimll see most of the rain west of d.c. we'll see the thunderstorms approaching and moving through. there you see 3:00, 4:00, that's theeneral time frame for the storms to be moving through. these things are going to have speed to them. they're not going to be just sitting in onearea. by 8:00, a lot of this should be moving out. >> by 5:00, storms across the area. to 8:00, they will be healeavei. as we go throughght, it will look good. tomorrow will be good. low humidity. u temperatures ier 80s. thursday and friday, both, low humanit hum humidity. it could be rainy by sunday. and that looks to lead us into a

rainy pattern into next w ak. we'll talkut what you can expect this afternoon and break down the storm timing. let's go over to melissa and see what's happening on the roads. >> good morning. this has just cleared out of the way. seeing a slowdown. that's going to disappear quic y. southbound95 after triangle. that work zone is now gone. we have a n probl here in the left side blocked by a crash this morning. inner loop aeroouter loop of the be beltway, it wasn't slowing too much. itll cleared out of the way. 270, from frederick down to the spur, on time.ou 67 miles per going to get you there in 27 minutes. it is 53 right now. keep an eye on your e-mail, there's a scam of speed ticketsn the subject reads, you're

fined for speeding. the e-mail says you're guilty of speeding in rockville and includes a case number and a link to click on the photo. the e-mail is fake. officials say they only send speed camera citations through the postal service. you're going to get a paper for that. and the scams amount -- the amount due from the scam is more than $500. but fines normally don't exceed $40 for is infraction. ♪ >> that wasit ae sneak peek of d.c.'s own dance group, jam project, competing on wt world of dance." we hope they amazed the judges with those skills. eight acts are look to make it with the nex round. and good news for leesburg very own lucas. he has advanced to the next round. >> 14 years old.

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"news 4 today" starts w. >> there it is. center field and bryce harper has thrown his bat in the air. and won the 2018 t-mobile home herun derby. oves it. >> the nationals favorite became the third player to win the home ru derby on his home turf. it's 00 a.m good morning, everyone. i'm aaron gilchris >> and i'm angie goff.

n yang will be at nats park >> if you're a big fan of baseball, washington, d.c. is the place to be. we're going to look ahead to t big gam and a look back on its history. >> we want to kick this off th a look at your drive this morning and the 'rforecast. going to look at things on the road but first, chuck and sheena. what is the word for this tuesday? >> storms. >> unfortunately. >> not all day. we're looking at them through the afternoon. but timing. today, especially. >> i'm the only person that didn't get the wear nats red color. >> it's the all-star game. >> iff was yesterday. this is a live picture. these are the ghts right here, illuminated on