that's not the picture we were trying to show you. let's move on. >> it might motivate you. >> the t's not ang in that picture at all. >> it says nbc iversal. >> 4:30. i'm aaron gilchrist. >> looks like work. ng we define motivation into little tin life. like your smile. your presence. good morning. thanks for joining us. melissa is here. she is motivating us with her awesome traffic come on, aaron. yes. come on. >> how about the weather? >> y we can find something about that picture that is motivated. in you d need yardwork? >> i can't see. it's dark out. >> i have to start looking for an edible hat. aaron took a beating for not eating the hat.

>> i'm lookin >> w don't you just make a cake shaped like a hat.d e all can enjoy it. >> about 20 comments said that same thing. >> are we sti bting that horse? mret's move on. >> let's happening. right now, 71 degrees ingt wash. look at the suburbs in the low 60s. a little cler than yesterday morning. some of the suburbs have a chance of making it into the upper 50s before the sun comes up. there's that area of high pressure. that's going to keep us wedry. don't have any clouds around. we have no rain in the forecast until the weekend. today, beautiful weather, a lot like yesterday. sunn through the afternoon. low humidity, feeling nice in high temperatures. d to upper 80s again. we'll look at the rain chances coming up with chuck. let's see what's happening on

the roads. good morning. >> good morning. taking a look outside. inbound, south capital street. a work zon right in front of nats park. they areroiverting youd that situation. only thing left on the beltway right now as far as any slowdown, capital heights, outer loopes two right l getting by there. 66 and 95 looking good. a little slowdown, 9. we don't have a report of a problem. and 270 is rolling along nkcely. >> tyou. it's 4:32. wee following a developing story in montgomery county. two people were dead when a csx car hit them. police combed the area fors. cl investigators say they don't know weo those two pple were on the tracks. and police have not released w,formation on them. to breaking news out of

california. we're following the layest concerning a tent structure collapsed. 2 people have been issued. a blackhawk helicopter was trying to land when the power of its rotator blew over a tent structure. this is developing story. there's no fatalities. we'rere followinging news out of philadelphia. in is a fire in a school overnight. >> yeah. i mean, people were seeing that fire from miles around. let's stay right here on this video. i jt retweete some of the images. in is our lady of angels regional catholic school in morton. officials say t fire started last night in aclassroom. and it was so intense, dozens of near residents had to leave

their homes. 400 student gas they had been hosting a summer camp for kids. it was built in the 1950 so many families of the philadelphia area have memories there. the important thing to note, no injuries. no injuries have been reported. but the atf is responding to this because it happens to beho e of worship. >> chris lawrence, at the live desk. thank you. 4:34 this morning. a d.c. mother is trying to come to terms with the fact she will never see her daughter again. the 10-yedr-old was ki a shooting outside of her home monday night. she was on her way to the ice cream truck when fourunmen jumped out and started shooting in all directions. the 10-year-d was sho in the chest and died on her front step. her mother said s t will never same after this loss.he

f >> her memory and what i have of her, that will keep me going. >> the will be a candlelight vigil for herhis saturday near her home. d.c. police are aggressively searching for the four gunmen. yesterday, they locatedhe car believed to be involved in that shooting. we have new video in a sexual assaultnvestigation in northwest d.c. the s man y running in this video has just assaulted a woman inside her home. on sunday woman, he knocked on her door, she answered and then he threatened her atknifepoint. there's a police officer with a questionable stop and risk. cell phone video shows the officer touching him in the front and rear of his crotch

area. he felt like o theicer sexually assaulted him. >> humiliating. something i o reliver and over. it happened on my birthday. something i will never forget. >> he wantsic the o fired. the police chief said the officer was dus palestiniisciple nt. a touching moment at last night's esp awards. 141 victims of team usa gymnastics larry nassar took the stage. >> the women received the arthur ashe award for courage. these are the women who gave powerful testimony against nass enssar. he was sind for 175 years

in prison. >> the award the given to those who emulate the spirit of arthur ashe. three of the coaches who died in parkland, florida, were named coaches of the year. alex ovechkin was named the best athlete. he was the first to beat out tom brady and james harden and jose altuve. it was cool to see ovi receiving the award. he was in russia with his wife whont is preg you need to stay with your wife, just in case. chloe kim received best athlete. shark bite at the beach. two childrenurt in separate attacks. where they happened and what ond

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you're watching "news 4 today." >> welcome back. it's 4:41. manny machado is now a former oriole. the team confirmed, they traded o to the dodgers for five minor league prospects. he spent eight years in baltimore and played as an oriole in tuesday night's all-star game. the orioles have one of the worst records this season. they w have onlyon 28 games and have lost 69. hoping t turn around. all right. a long-running distwte n a new jersey homeowner and a bus driver recently took a strange turn. you want to explain what happened? >> here's the back story. > okay. he homeowner said the church

across the street constantl blocks his driveway with tour buses. one day last week, he recorded himself confronting the driver. the two exchanged words and the driver got out of the bus, pulled his pants down, mooned the homeowner. the man who asked not to be identified was stunned. >> i couldn't believeit. you're a bus driver, transporting children who were acroe the street when took his pants down. >> on saturday, police plan to shut down that street and get everyone together to ease the tensiong. clean things up a bit. >> a tough situation there. >> aaron had to make one more crack. the forecast for today, yes. the sun is out. sheena has more of that coming up.

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you're watching "news 4 today." >> your time is 4:46. there's new developments about russia's meddling in u.s. elections. >> president trump is placing the blamen t country's president, vladimir putin, now. >> do you hold himersonally responsible? >> well, i would because he's in charge of the country, just like i consider myself to bee responsior things that happen in this country. so, certainly, as the leader of a country, would have to hold him responsible, yes. >> now, this new line of thinking from president trump leaves a lot of people in wond what happens next? >> tracie potts joins usive is morning from capitol hill, on what details democrats have about this. >> democrats want to know what said behind closed doors with vladimir putin. they want to bring in department translator, the interpreter, who was the only other american in that meeting to provide testimony on thrill. no word on the legalities of

ether that could happen. in that cbs interview, president trump madet clear that he does believe the intelligence community, that russia did meddle. and he says that they're responsible. that russia's president is responsible. and he talks about the russian investigation here, saying he is willing to do an interview with robert mueller. >> tracie potts on capitol hill for us. michelle obama is teaming up with celebrities to launch a new voter registration initiative. this organization will be nonpartisan and will hold event to get voters registered before the november election. several celebrities are expected to join her, including tom hanks

and tim mcgraw. the board of elections certified mark elrich a in the primary. david blare has until of the day to ask f l a recount. t by 79 votes. he would have to pay for the rebound. and that could cost nearly $200,000, depending on how the ballots of counted. toto a only on news 4. we've been following the deadly crash between a food tru and the loudon county family. now, we see what the food truck is diastolic before crash. this is surveillance you can see the red truck zip past the school bus. the bus driver laid on the horn there. the kids crossing the street thre not hurt.

and , the driver saw the food truck after itit aaron kaplan's car. the mother of three was killed. >> that's him. >> the vehicle tt was i the accident, almost hit two of my kids. >> theruck driver told police the crash that he knew the truck had bad brakes. but this video from s theool bus just before the crash, was a key piece of evidence, that convicted him of involuntary manslaughter. he will be going to prison for ten years. what began as a typical trib to tch ended in panic. two kids were bitten by sharks in separate attacks oong island yesterday. a 13-year-old boy at summer camp was attacked bill boogie boarding. this is video of him limping ana bandageder it there. a few miles away, a shark bit a

12-year-old girl when she was in waise deep water. scribes what she felt. >> when the lifeguards were touching my leg andlike, what happened? it hurt more. >> once we realized what it was, it wasretty surreal. >> doctors expect both kids to recover. it turns out tortilla chips can explode.fi fighters had to respond not once, but twice to a tortilla chip victoryin last nigh austin. the factory was trying to handle wae from some chips. that resulted in a fire. three days later, more boxes caught fire. the factorydl was repor trying to fitryew out a box of chips. >> something has to be right. >> i gured. i was the wrong kind of

jaw-dropping moment for a couple on "america's got talent." >> the final act had all of t elements of a suspensible show. fire and wdanger. than popped right back up. you see her there. there's a large pad on the stage where the woman landed. the couple, the whole family, including the 2-year-old son were there to watch them. after the fall, they did it again, and they did it the judges put them through to the next round of the competition. >> ., >> you saw the horror. dropdon't know how far the was. >> especially because he's holding her by the feet and she could have landed on her head. >> and with the fire on the

stage. >> i amd ghey have pads. they have all of the acts where they to the -- >> he was blindfolded. he couldn't see. >> wow. >> how about the forecast? it's going to be nice. another beauty of a day. that's the main headline for today. it's going to be a headline tomorrow, too. we're going to go into the w weekenh some changes. we have that coming up. a rainypattern, as we go into next week. we have been needing the rain. and believe me, we will be getting the in, as we go through the next five days or so. right now, it's 71 degrees in washington. 62 in gaithersburg. some of the suburbs, you're waking up with nice temperatures. temperatures area of high pressure will be keeping us dry. we don't have clouds around. it will be anotherorgeous one outside. if you're exercising this morning, just perfect. 72 degrees by 7:00 a.m.

by 82 by noon. here's future weather. g re's the change in our weather pattern comis weekend. a big area of high pressure that keeps us dry tomorrow. notice how it starts to move away from the area. tomorrow wille dry. now, we have two weather systems. one from the west and south. this is an area of low pressure. it will remain offshore for saturday. we have rain in the forecast for part of saturday. as we gonto sunday, we're going to keep the rainy pattern with the next weather sysm approaching from the west. showers in the forecastay for satu a little higher chance looking like later in the day possibly. rainy stretch e for next week. i mentioned we have a rainy p pattern.ve we have rain day, next week. we have a plume of moisture that looks to be justr sitting o the area. and temperatures should remain in the mid-80 l we will havek at the

weather coming up. let's see what's going on on the roads? >> 95 northbound on prince william park it may have just cleared out of the way here. we'll let you know in the next couple of minutes. i see some flashing lights there. we may stillhe have it on the shoulder. sounds like it involves three cles. inbound south capitol, diverted at potomac avenue. the only thing hangingaround, ad capital heights and richie-marlboro >> mare thougriott is the latet ban bandwagon.o get on the straw it will phase ou straws by next july. but people living with sa dilities are not onboard

with the straw band. she has a wheelchair to around. and she can't use her hands to sip out of a cup. >> this is as far as i can get it to my mouth. if it wasn't for thestraw, i wouldn't be able to drink it. >> this is step backwards, as opposed to a step forward for people like myself. >> starbuc said it will have straws on-hand. f youat out in baltimore, soda won't be an option for youn kidsore. the city is the largest in the country to ban soda from children's menus. water, milk or 100% fruit juices ar the only options on the menu. baltimore health officials say one in three children in the city isobese. and one in four children drink soda every day. the only way a child wile able to get soda is if an adult

orders it. it's a good call. start them young. try to rid the habit. it took me forever to get away fr diet coke. >> you don't drink it anymore? >> when i g to the movies. a couple went through a landfill to reunite a little girl wither stuffed bunny. when her mother went back to get the bunt the n day, it was gone. the mom shared the clem an. theer saw the post and he jumped into action. >> wow. ed trahe bunny's journey through security footage. those are special people, willing to go thatar for a girl's happiness. >> could he just r ught

anothebunny. >> some children are acatched to their bunny. still ahead on "news 4 today," tragedy on the trks. o people hit and killed by the same local train. we'll take you to the scene as investigators search for an answer to the questionco how uld this happen? plus, working with you with a consumer report short of inelrest to anybody who travs. there's a lot of choices when it comes to luggageusan s

"news 4 stoday" sta now. >> i'm eun yang. >> i'm aaron gilcist. >> wave a lot of things to cover. we had a beautiful day yesterday in d.c >> we're going to continue the beautiful weather. let's check in with chuck bell and sheena parveen. i wish we could keep it going like this. don't you wish? w if only she said the rest of the week, would be fine. >> i would love for the summer to be nice, yesterday,today, friday. >> i don't want to talk about the weekend. you can talk about it. not going to talk about it. it will be a perfect morning, a peect evening and a perfect afternoon. tomorrow is a copy and paste kind of a thing.