it is 5:00 a.m. good morning everyone. aaron gilchrist. i'm eun yang. a big night in d.c. but also major rain storms that we had to contend with. the all-star game wasearly a wash. look at all that rain at nats park. it soaked the field. even flooded the dugouts. field crews immediately sprang into actn drying off what they could. look at all the water in the dugout. it made for a wet start to the much anticipated bgame. ut it went on. n> that's right. it wasn't the ball field impacted by the bad weather. portions of the gw parkway flooded out too. look at t video. nearly 3 inches of rain fell in less than an hour in that area. more than a dozen cars became stuck in the water there and rose suddenly a quickly. many of the drivers d to be rescued.

so the big question this morning, a lot of folks are asking, can we expect another und of that today? >> we'll check on the roads in first 4 traffic in moment. chuck bell and sheena parveen are here with more on what we can expect. >> good morning. we're having a flash drought is what i would describe. it was rainy for may and june. h we didn've a single drop of rain until yesterday for the first part of the month. r>> welly got it yesterday. >> flash drought ended with a >> the flooding in the video. if you think about it, these uick.s moved pretty if they would have moved a little bit slower or just kind of stalled, we would have had way more flooding across the area. worse.ld have been a lot that rain was part of a cold front. it's moved through. now we're going to see a different day today. completepposite of it today. we have nice temperatures. low humidity. sunine it afternoon. suburbs it morning are in the mid 60s right it feels really nice. nice and dry. here's radar.

for reassurance, we have clear skies in the forecast. o rain out the right now. o rain in the forecast today. are's the summer camp forecast if the kid heading to summer camp. by 9:00 a.m., 11:00 this morning, still need the sun ock. sunshine through the afternoon. 82 by 3:00 p.m. temperaturesn about the mid-80s. feeling really nice for the kids outsid we'll takeok at what will happen the rest of the week and in ok ahead to rain chances a few minutes. melissa, what's happening on tha ? good morning. >> good morning, sheena. in the district, southern avenue near 25th street in southeast has both lanes blocked by this crash. not too much more information. right now we have that closure. inner loop and outer loop of the beltway, earlier roadwork up top there near georgia avenue has now cleared out of way. gas more through prince rge's county. that's gone as well. taking a look at 270 from 70 down to the spur, earlier problems southbound with the tractor-trler overturnedear

father hurley in germantown. that's gone as well. taking a look at the prince george's couny. no major problems. thank you, melissa. it's 5:03. new details in the murder of a 10-year-old girl in northeast d.c. >> wilson's family said she was sweet, full of life and loved sports. now, they are planning her funeral. justin finch is live at police headquarters with new details on the shooting. jutin, good morning. >> reporter: aaron, good morning. from police from her family, from neighbors, there's a strong desire to find these four men accused of shootingnd killing her. we're also getting a look at new surveillance video that shows a better look at these four suspects. let's show you that video now. it shows a black four-door infiniti sedan pulling up to a courtyard at53rd street and cloud place in northeast. these four masked n jump out and begin to open fire with people nearby. al children playing.

children include wilson. thllvehicle p away within 12 seconds by our count. the black sedan also missing aa bumper. a key detail se y police. weearning more about the 10-year-old girl who turned ten in may. she is the yngest of five children. she had a bright future. her friends and famy say all cut down for nothing on monday night as she was playing with her friends. her grandmother says it's all just senseless. >> it's so hard to put it in words because it don't feel real, y know. it's so senseless. i don't understand it. all i can keep saying is why? >> reporter: police do not believe that she was the intended target at all here. four other people were injured as cwell, ding her sister we're told from her family. police are now offering a reward ct $25,000 for tips that lead to

an arrest and conon in the case. back to you. >> justin finch live for us at judiciary square. justin, thanks. it's 5:05. the fbi is part of the search for a missing9-year-old girl in d.c. this is crystal moore. she was last seen leavingher home on 17th street in northeast yesterday morning not far from elliott high middle school. she was wearing white and brown checkered pants and a black shirt. she has been missing in the past and known to use metro. anyone who has taken the beltway knows the traffic can be horrible t marylansportation leaders want to hear how you would solve the traffic problem. there's a community meeting at clarksburg high school. if you can't make it tonight,s ther another one next week at central high school in capitol heights. we may get through the all-star game without any metro interruptions because of labor disputes, but metro is stilll i to try to avoid a strike by its largest union. workers voted overwhelmingly to

authoriz a strike. the two sides sat down together yesterday. they calledit a constructive and frank conversation. they plan to meet again today. ku dkun wounded. their name has not been publicly released. aaron? >> angie, thank you. 5:06 right now. two men are charged with running a prostitutioning out of a home in northern virginia. investigators say they have broken up that ring. this was part of a larger human

trafficking scheme. chris lawrence live now in sterling virginia with more on this. chris? >> rerter: yeah. i'm sorry. aaron. they're talking in my ear. i believe you're talking to us here. this ithe kind of story basically where neighbors shake their heads and say i can't believe happened here. but you hear some of the details of this, police say why women were treated a little more than merchandise. i want you toke a look at this video. the first man is luis bow nil ahern hern.s he of the men charged from sterling. the second man is om herndon. basically, here is how it went. police say bow nil ahern hern would pay money to rent a woman from a supplier in queens. that supplier would send the woman to philly, suburban

maryland and northern virginia one bone. hernandez andra dn mota were accused of driving the women r around fout a week to different clients. they had a carhe that would pass out at local businesses with the words -- a play on the words 30. basicly a code for promising sexual acts for $30. afterbout a week on sunday, literally, they would -- this is in the police report. they would switch out what they call their inventory. in other words, they would drop that woman off and then aother woman would be sent down on a greyhound busom new york. julie carey, she was able to catch up with hernandez yesterday. he is at this point denying all these charges. take a listen. >> why were you doing this? >> i haven't done anything. you need to show what you

saying. where is the proof? you need to prove it. >> are you saying police are wrong? >> yes, they are. >> now, leyden county sheriff's department worked on this case more than a year.h bave since bonded out of jail. we'll stay on top of this and see where itoe next. live in loudoun county, chris lawrence, news 4. it's 5:09 right new developments in the helsinki summit backlash. several democrats he translator who sat in on president trump's one-on-one meeting with vladimir putin to testify before congress. now, this comes as the president tried to clarify his comments duringo thatroversial monday press confepence. >> i aour intelligence community's conclusion that russia's meddling in the 2016el ction took place. also.be other people a lot of people out there. >> the president read from em prepared rarks at the white

house yesterday insisting that he misspoke when commenting on russian president vladimir putin's denial of russian eleion interference. during monday's news conference he said, quote, i don't see why it would be the russians. president trump said he meant td say i't see why it wouldn't be. he says he doesn't -- hours later he took to twitter defending the summit. saying the meetingid between ent putin and myself was a great successxcept forin the fake news media. end quote. the president did face negative headlines from coast to coast, you can see the front pages of newspapers at the museum in d.c. from the des moines register praising putin. you see the headline. the indianapolis star said trump seems okay wi putin denial. later today, a russian national will face a judge in d.c. after being accused of pionage. 29-year-old activist mar

butina has been in jail sincesu day when she was arrest fd for being a covert agent for russia. investigators say she worked to influence conservative politians and the nra on behalf of the russian federation. her lawyer denies those allegations. now to a developing story. the las vegas massacre is still fresh on theinds of many people, especially the victims families. now they're facing a lawsuit from one of the largest companies in the world. mgm, thewner of the mandalay bay hotel where the shooting occurred is counter suing them. the company does not want money. they want a federal court to throw out the nearly 1,000 lawsuits because gm says it's protected under a federal anti-terrorism l. e fbi has not deemed the tragic shooting a terrorist attack. >> th had nothingo do with terrorism and they have no motive for the shooting.

>> mgm released statement saying, in part, years of drawn-out litigation and hearings are t in the best interest of victims. and those still healing. the f victims whoiled lawsuits accuse gm of not having adequate security policies or p surveillancctices and having improperly trained staff. 58 peoped were ki and nearly 500 more were hurt when steven paddock opened fire into a concert from a hotel window. this moing, two dozen ople are recovering after getting too close to mt. kilauea in hawaii. a lava bomb exploded out of the water hitting a tour boat. >> we havw video of that kind of reveals the moment this all happened. pretty hard to see anything. but you can hear the panic of people people were trying to get

away from the lava rocks. it punched a hole through the roof of the boat. the coast guard has now barred tour boats from getting too close to thes volcano. iten erupting for more than two months now. 5:13 is the time right a rough finish to the all-star game. only worsened for a pitcher who closed out the game. fans on internet found a ub series of tng tweets from milwaukee brewers pitcher josh hader. the tweets from 2011 used racist and homophobic sl after the game, he said he was 17 at the time and that does not reflect who he is today. asth for actual game, there were a record of ten home run hits during last night's game. it tookn an extra ing to decide a winner. the american league won 8-6. you're going to get a lot o home runs. it's the allstars. >> the best of the best. the trend continues. another company announces it will get rid of straws. it wasn't only our area hit

by nasty weather. the wild scene in new york. >> chuck? >> that severe weather from yesterdis gone. perfect day to go to the pool. mid-80s at way less humid. don't forget your spf. sunshine is back. perfect day for a car wash. weekend rainnces are c right?

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. the time is 5:17. a typical day at summer camp became more interesting. >> high schoolers participating in a s.t.e.m. camp at prince george's community college were visited by the first daughter. ivanka trump, president trump's daughter and senior adviserst opped by the ge cyber s.t.e.m. camp yesterday.

shedidn't take questions from the media but talked with the t students aboir futures. the next one is columbia, maryland. trehey' helfor free across the country. we're asking for your help to support our schools. f it's tim the back back for kids initiative. we hope to give out 4,000 backpacks to elementary schools in the area. you can bring a new backpack or school supplies or donation to the wood more towncere in glen arden next thursday. stormy weather didn't just affe our area recently. >> hundreds of flights were canceled due to bad weather in the big apple. is is not something you see every day. a funnel cloud was spotted over new york rtity. it was f a powerful storm that took over the area followed by thundernd lightning. airports have to push back flights for up to five hours because of that. my goodness. >> apparently,th i guess funnel is actually over brooklyn. people in manhattan were able to see it.

>> you can see that for miles. >> skies darkened really dark and that popped up. >> scary. >> it does. >> especially to see it over the new york skyline. >> with all t a buildings the people. seeing it out in the middle of nowhere is one thing. whe you have all those people -- >> right. >> pretty scary. >> this norng, ref morning, refreshing. that's beautiful. >> you can tell it's going to feel nice outside. we have cleaies and low humidity this morning. it's going to be a fantastic day. very different than yesterday. so if you were wondering if we have rain in the forecast, pretty obvious re that we don't have any rain this morning. we have a lot of sunshine. 72 degrees right now in washington. many suburbs this morning are it feeling ale cooler. nice weather has moved in overnight. theovold front has through. we don't have the storms in the forecast today. 63 frederick and gaithersburg. grees in manassas. big area of high pressure will

tkeep us dry through day. not just today but by friday. morrow and friday, too. there's the northwest wind. that's pulling in the cooler temperatures thismorning. but also the lower humidity as we go through the afternoon today. wake-up weather looking really good. by 8:00 this morning, 74 degrees. 9:0 a.m. we're only going to be in the mid-70s. sun glare on the roads this morning. make sure you have the spf. you're headed to the pool. by noon, 82 degrees. low humidity. feeling really nice. by 2: p.m.,84. 5:00 p.m. temperatures around the mid to upper 80s. we go into the end of the week, it's ing to be nice. we go into the weekend, look at this area of low pressure. that will movein in ginto saturday. it's mostly going to be along the coast.al coaow to start the week ond part of the area will see rain. er parts on the dry side. by sunday, is moves up to the north.e we'll watch another system approaching from the west. we have rain chances both sarday and sunday. now the rest of the week, again, enjoy the sunshine.

this will be changing for your weekend. sunday a lower chance mostly later in the day. next week r a lot oin chances in the forecast. chuck will show you that with ten-day coming up. let's check on the roads onwehis nesday with melissa mollet. good morning. >> good morning, sheena. taking a look at the earlier problem. 270 southbound near father hurley boulevard. that's cleared out of the way. it was an overturned tractor-trailer on the right side of the road. that ramp at father hurl in germantown was affected as well. taking a look at a mapor yo inner loop and outer looch the beltway, no proorems inner outer loop. everything is moving along nicely. southern avenue near 2th street in southeast, blocked each way because of that crash this morning. 95 in virginia, quantico to the beltway the speed limit, 60 miles per hour. going to take you 19 minutes. eun? >> thank you, melissa. more companies jum on the bandwagon getting rid of straws. >> the newest places ditching

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welcome back. marriott international says it wl remove all plastic straws and stirrers from hotels around the worom. >> this one week after starbucks said it was ditching plastic straws. consumer reporter susan hogan joins us now with what she learned about this. >> think about it. his is a big deal because one

single plastic straw will never decompose. >> marriott has more than 6500 properties across 3brands worldwide. once fully implemented, the condition will be eliminating the use of mo than a billion straws per year and about a quarter billion stirrers. this is about changing our behavior, too. when you are a guest at the marriott, you will no longer automatically get a straw with your drink. if you request one, it will be made of paper. >> so we've been working on this for over a year now. it's something that we believel e vitally important for our hotels as part of our sustainability goals for 2025, we want to reduce land fills by 45%. this is a kent compo of that. >> already many of the properties switched to paper straws. we got a first look at the big switch at the hot right here in d.c. ng for those plastic stirrers, they are also beplaced by bamboo. >> marriott tells us it will be

abt one year to make the full transition. back to you. >> now,tr big companies have announced plans to eventually go strawless. american airlines, hyatt hotels and seaworld to name a few. mgm resorts, including the one at national harbor will only serve single use straws per request. good morning everybody. 5:26 now on a wednesday morning. skies are clearing out and thew ther is looking a-okay. not just for today but for the next couple ofays as ll. see you in a second with a check on current conditions and hour by hour look ahe forecast for your wednesday. stay with us. are you calling the cops if you get fouled? >> a foul on the court leads to t cops being he

it's just about 5:30. a much der day than yesterday is on the horizon. and after weeks of little

rain, oh,s many of saw a lot of it and not much time either. it came down. thousands started headinna to ts park for the all-star game. look at that. downpours all over good morning, i'm eun yang. i'm aaron gilchrist. all that rain led tmua rough co for a lot of people. it took me an hour to get from bowie to the navy ward. it was awful yesterday. ?hat are the roads looking like this morni >> first, we have meteorologist chuck bell and sheena parveen with more on today's forecast. how is it looking? >> it looks the complete opposite of yesterday. this is going to be a fantastic day. don't have any rain after the heavy rain yesterday. it's feeling great outside right now. aaronas mentioning yesterday that it was raining so hard that he said if there's , baseba would eat his hat. >> i heard. >> we're doing a little hat shopping. >> chuck is determined. you're determined to make aaron >> he's going to have a sombrern

ich before 7:00 a.m. he's the one that wrote the tweet. he's the one that eats the hat. temperatures the mid-60s in the shenandoah valley this morning. look out here. western maryland. the mountains of west virginia. those are 50s this morning. i think tomorrow morning,psig jn the shenandoah valley and northern md north dakota in the -- northern marylandn the 50s. way less humidity coming in. full sunshine afternoon highs in the mid to upper 80s. no weather complaints al wed for today. rain chances for the weekend. for now, let's go to melissa. >> good morning, taking a look at the road. frederick southbound 270 at buck is town pike. i'll let you know if that changes at all. hopefully it remains like that in the median and everything is ou of the way. inner loop and outer loop of the beltway, no issues there. earlier roadwork,

different spots gone. in the district, southern avenue at 25th street blocked each way crash. that one still hanging around and a live look here 301. at it's hanging on to 270 and father hurley. the earlier crash of that tractor-trailer is now completely out of the way. we'll look at 301 and 5 coming up. >>, melishank you. it's 5:32. a rough ride home for dozens of commuters. record rainfall flooded george washington paway yesterday. this shows arlington county firefighters trying to rescue stranded drivers. >> the water up to the windows of the cars. more than 2.5 inches of rain fell in less than an hour. when he saw twater rising.er d. everyone just stoppe you could see a river forming. two, three cars ahead. next thing you know, wat started coming inside the car. >> arlington county fire officials tell usabout a dozen

firefighters rescued 40 people from 25 cars and suvs. >> then there was this. the rain also caused problems inside a metro station a viewer tweeted this video from the capital southstation. we can see rain comingrom the ceiling here. it's a startling sight. it did not affect rail service. it's 5:33. new details this morning in theg senseless kil of a 10-year-old girl. makiyah wilson spent the last day of her life at the pool enjoying summer vacation. monday night she went outside to get an ice cream just steps from her home. sheas heading back inside when shooting began. >> news 4's justin finch is live at d.c. police headquarters with a look at surveillance video from that shooting scene. justin, good morning. >> reporter: aaron, good morning. i can tell you there is anger, to find nd resolve these suspect. these four men who opened fire monday night without any regard for life. that's why police have put out

this new surveillance video they want you to see. take a look. it shows a black four-door infiniti sedan pulling up to the area on monday night. four men jump out and then they begin shooting. they're wearing masks as they ire their guns into crowd of people nearby, including children, including 10-year-old makiyah wilson who was shot and killed. that black sedan then pulls away. police know it's missing the rear bumper. this crimemitted in just seconds. we also spoke with makiheh's grandmwho says though the men are hiding right now, they will soon be found and soon pay. god is going to see that they get their justice. answer going to have to for it whether it's down here or up there. they still got to answer for it. >> reporter: there were also four others who were injured, including makiyah's older

sister. she was not the intended target of the shooting.o police tryinggure out the motive here. they're offering now a $25,000 reward for tips leading to an arrest and conviction in this case. we're live outside police headquarters, i'm justin finch. th justink you. the time is 5:35. the fbi is working toind a 9-year-old girl. crystal moore who disappeared from her home on 17th street northeast.as crystal last seen wearing white and brown checkered pants and a black shirt. a formermearyland eary school basketball coach was sentenced to 35 years in prison. christopher spice admitt to blackmailing kids for sexually exploitive images. he worked in prince george's county. spice says he secretly recordedg children durschool trips and blackmailed them for the photos. prosecutors say he may have

victimized more than 50 childn across the county. metro will continue working today to avoid a strike with it largest workers union. workers vote to authorize that strike over the weekend. the two sides metaphor talks yesterday whichetro said were construct tiff and frank. the american league won 8-6 en innings. fans were able to see a record ten home runs during that game. nationals sluggers bryce harper didn't get lonely in the outfield. >> he spoke with the game announcers live during last night's game. it was early in the game when joe buck started talking with bryce about the nats season and winning monday's h de runrby with his dad on the field. >> i had a blast. just going out there and acting like we were in the backyard just swinging,just having fun and enjoying it. nothing better than going out there and playing catch with

your dad and just having fun. you always remember going with your dad or doing certain things. that's one of the best things i've ever done rightthere. >> it was a great moment for bryce and his dad. his big hitseemed to be over after the home run derby. he did not get a hit in last night's game. on the basketball court. suspect is still in the gym. >> it's 5:37. coming up, it's one thing to cry foul, another to call 911. how a game of pickup basketball turned into a police investigation. plus, faking sick to steal. hear from the family that says they were tricked by a woman who claimed to be a cancer patient. how she kept up the crade for hawe

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that's my f time. >> you heard that right. somebody called the police er because theyfouled during a pickup game, a basketball game khere. the bstory on this. the video has gone virali at point. the group of guys playing pickup basketball. >> okay. >> one guy thought he was fouled a little too hard parently. >> he walked out and called the police! pretty ridiculous, right? apparently, though, when you play a pickup basketball game, it getsreally heated. i've seen this happen, right? it's an intense game. pllike you'reing for the finals or something. >> t was like12-12. the game on the line. everybody, people highemotion. >> this is at a recreation center. at the l.a. fitness. not at the capital one arena. >> it doesn't mattert's a game today. people play basketball in any rec center lithey're getting paid for it. >> like they're getting paid for . >> nobody got paid for it.

>> like the nba championship is on the >> nobody was charged with a crime either. >> the guys who were playing basketball said they have no hard feelings toward the buddy who called the police. maybe it just became intense, the emotions came through and he called police. you curse somebody out and keep playing. >> he's going to have to live that own for the rest of his life. he called police for a foul during a pickup game at a gym. 5:42 right now. >> i want to know if you reacted like that brazilian soccerur playerg the world cup. remember that? i would love to see basketball that.li that would make it more entertaining. today, no rain in the forecast. we haveplenty of sunshine. this morning, for some of you in the suburbs, it feels pretty cool in th60s. by the afternoon in the 80s. low humidity, dry all day.we have a rainy pattern that will be returning by the weekend. chuck has that forecast coming

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survey monkey national security poll. more than half of americans surveyed consider russia either unfriendly or an enemy of the u.s. only 23 ever those surveyed consider russia friendly. only 5% would call rsia an ally of the u.s. the nbc ne survey monkey online poll with a margin of error of 1.8%. many members of congress believe we should not trust ruemia. severalrats want to hear from the translator who sat with president trump during monday's one-on-one meeting with putin. >> tracie potts has more on the fallout from capil hill. what do they want to ask this translator? >> they want to know if the interpreter, the translator knows something we don't know when they sat down one-on-one. it was president trump and putin and theirrs interpretwho were in that room when the president talked abou the russia investigation, meddling in our

election. the president came out publicly and has n corrected what he said in finland. is that in line with wha h told putin behind closed doors. they want to get the notes from the interpreter or get the intereter to come in and testify. >> tracie, a case involving alleged russian espionage heads to court today. maria butina was arrested on sun. what is this about? >> she's a 29-year-old grad student. her attorney says she has nothing to do with this. the charge is that she was working as a uj registered agent of the russia -- trying to shzy up to the this. ra and establ a back channel with the russian government. her attorney says's not the case. that she testified behind closed doors to the senate intelligence committee and was willing to do in the russia investigation with robert mueller, but they

weren't interested. she's in court today >> tracie potts on capitol hill, thank you. we tourn a developi story in loudoun county. two men charged with taking part a a multistate prostitution operation bringing it through northern virginia. sheriff's deputies were on the case more than a year. both men are out of jail this morning. >> chris lawrence us live from a home in sterling that was allegedly part of this aborate scheme. chris, where do things stand this morning? >> reporter: as aaron mentioned, both men have bonded out of jail. they're facing twou felony s as of this morning. my colleague, julie care with one of the men right here e at th home where in alleged prostitution ring was being run out of. >> why were y doing this? >> i haven't done anything. ou need to show what you're saying. where the proof? prove it. you need to provit. >> are you saying police are wrong? >> yes, they are.

>> reporter: that was luis r bonilla-ndez. he's one of the two men charged. the other is eliazar duran-mota. the supplier would send a woman to philadelphia, northern virginia one by e. they'd have the woman for a week, drive her around to clients' homes. on sundays, they would switch out the so-called inventory. again, basically sending that wambach and another woman would come down on the bus.t that const shuffle of different women in different towns gives you an idea of how difficult it would be for any of these won to t to break free. >> walks out the front door, she doesn't even know where she is. where is the closest police station, where is the closest

phone? si reporter: now, the men would advertise with bss cards that have the word on it that as a code word for $30. stn other words, cers would know they could get a sexual act for $30. now, these men facing some very, very serious charges. live in loudoun county, chris lawrence, news 4. ris, thank you. a family in new jersey says they feel ed. a woman allegedly tricked them into thinking she was dying of brain cancer. kylie white stayed with the ans family for five straight weeks. the family met her through a mutual friend last month. investigators say white posed as her own hospice nurse giving medical instructions by text message. >> i was xiang shaken to my cor. i loved on a girl that never existed and gave everything. >> investigators say white has done this at least two other

times in both pennsylvania and new jersey. imis is the first she's facing white is charged with theft by deception and harassment. angie goff here at the live de. reaking news. we're getting our first look right outside of the hospital where the 12 thai soccer boys from the soccer team and their coach have been staying since they were rescued a week ago. it's a first look right before they're expected to come out and ddress the public for the very first time. as you know, the boys and their coach have been treate they've been able to see some of their family through glass partitions. the rescuers are going to be there as well today and reunited with the team as well.n we also that the journalists have submitted a series of questns that have been carefully vetted. officials saying that theoys are still very emotional.

they don't want them to be trigged emotionally by any particular question. they're still dealing with the reali of everything that they went through just a week ago thath were finally saved. many cannot imagine as we look at the previous video that we showed duringthe week they were traed there in cave that was flooded. week.were rescued last huge operation. very dramatic. they were trapped there for more than twoek 17 days and finally the best part about today is that they finally get to go home. we will keep you posted the moment they walk out. that's expected anminute. back to you. >> angie, thank you. chuck bell is here this morning. we've gotten -- >> that would be hard to digest. >> aaron tweeted out yterday that if there was baseball in washington last night, he would eat his hat. he threw away the hattie brought him that melissa mollet made for him.

this is option two. it's a nice little number, don't you think? >> if you bring m anctual hat that is edible. >> there is such -- >> actual hat that is edible. >> it can be broken u by human teeth. >> the paperats could do that. >> we'll have anoth hat next hour. we'll see which one -- next one could beeppermint flavored. there's your hint. what anfmazing amount rain yesterday. 2.63 inches of rain in one hour ai national port. that's the highest urone-ain total at national airport since july 22nd of 6 the last time the all-star game was actually in d.c. was that h. same mo no more all-star games in washington, i don't think. daily rainfall records, 3.35 inches of rain at bwi marshall yesterday. over an inch at dulles. all three airports had daily raiall records yesterday.

today, though, clearing skies, falling humidity, a near perfecl evening for ng in the backyard or going out to your ew favorite sidk cafe. nice weather as high pressure is pushinghe humidity and the rain chances away from us. current temperatures this morni mostly in the 60s to around 70 degrees. highs today and tomorrow, the next couple mornings in the 80s. the comfy zone for the next couple of days. unfortunately, weekend rain chances have bee increased. saturday, 50% chance. sunday, a 40% chance and higher chances for rain into the early parts of next week. melissa, no 90s on that ten-day forecast. >> i kind of like that. chopper 4 right now, chuck over bw parkwa northbound, southbound no worries. frederick, southbound 270 at 85. bucky town pike, a tiny slowdown. 301 at 5 a brandywine looking good as well. in the district, southern avenue southeast near 25th street, blocked each way for a crash

there. centreville, new problem eastbound 66 before 28, a slowdown. that's police actin the right shoulder. shouldn't be causing too much of a delay. sadly, it's causing a little bit of a slowdown inbound. on 66, fairfax county parkway to the beltway, you're good headed inbound. north quantico to the beltway, no problem. 270 southbound and -- to listen to wtop 103.5 fm when you hop in your cr today. ♪ ♪ >> a tapancing group, thub? it's based in d.c and tapped its way into the judges' hearts on world of dance. they're advancing to the next o rouncompetition. good for them. not the only locals in the competition. this boy who is 14 years old is going into the next round.

new this mornin two-time nba chapr andince george's county native kevin durant picks up another trophy. he w the muhammad ali sports humanitarian award. 's given annually to an athleterehose leadershiped a positive impact on their community for sports. durant has made a difference here in our w areath his $10 million commitment to build the durant center in itnd. the golden state warriors small forward is also picking up ition for four rising freshmen in oakland. durant will be recognized at tonight's espy awards. we know there are championship rings and trophies and all that. but to receive a humanitarian award knowing you're making a nc differe i think that's a great honor. >> huge. good for him. coming up, the las vegas shooting bac in the headlines. why mgm filed a lawsuit against the survivors of the attack. continues.end more companies doing away with straws.

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later today, a russian national wiace a judge here in d.c. after being accused of espionage 29-year-old gun right activist, maria butina has been in jail since sunday when fbi agents arrested her for being a covert agent for russia. tina is a graduate -- she worked to influence conservative politicians and the nra on behalf of the russian federation. her lawyer denies the

allegations. we'll have more on that story a bit later this morning. we first want to get a look at your forecast and the commute for this morning. melissa mollet stanby and chuck bell and sheena parveen are here to start us off with a look at the weather. >> yes indeed. clearing skies overhead after a teamer and a super soaker yesterday afternoon. so much nicer today. >> it almost looks fake compared to yesterday. >> little darker, too. the sunrises a getting later and later. >> you keep reminding me which i don't like by the way. >> you hate that. i don't want to use the word hate but i hate it when you mind me that our daylight is getting shorter. >> pretty morning. >>t's a pretty morning, chuck. it is actually really nice outside. when you walk outside, it feels very comfortable, too. low humidity, comfortable 70 degrees in washington. that northwest wind is going to our humidity very low at a comfortable level. look at the suburbs.