what it means for your commute and what you need to get around. >> "newsy" 4 to begins with breaking news. >> that breaking news, d.c. police investigating an overnight deadly shooting in northeast. it's about two blocks away from rhode land avenueetro station. we'll have a live report in a few minutes. good morning, everyone. it's 6:00 a.m. i'm eun yang. >> i'm aaron lcist. we'll begin with a look at your commute and thee orecast. >> ware standing by with first 4 traffic. but we start with meteorologists chuck bell anden s parveen. what a great day to enjoy the weather. >> tgif. look at the sun coming up. >> right here. >> a gorgeous stahe of day. when is the next sunrise before 6:00 a.m.? >> you know, i'm tired -- i'm not going to ask what the sunrise and sunset is. chuck likes to tell me that the days are getting shorter. >> we lost 25 inutes of daylight.

>> that's another fact i don't need to know. >> i'm goi to let you talk about the pretty picture and how nice the friday will be >> thanks, chuck. that's so nice of you. that's the nicest thing chuck said to me all day.ot rwise it's bad information about lower daylight. i'll hear about it tomorrow. there's the sunrise. beautiful picture. almost like a painting this 72 degrees right now. another gorgeous day. temperatures elsewhe across the area, mid to low 60s in the suburbs. for your friday,njoy it. huge changes coming this weekend. if you're heading to the pool bs temperatures will be 83 by lunchtime, 88 by ampbl. s aftranoon. we hav coming in the weekend. chuck will talk about. let's look at your commute. good morning, melissa. >> this problem in upper marlboro. this is inbound pennsylvania avenue near suland parkway. had a report of an overturned

vehicle. looks like that's been righted. it's on the tow here. they're trying to g traffic past this in each direction. they'rre doing ay good job. tyson's eastbound toll road, the ramp to the outer route, that's blockedh, by a cr westbound 66 at 50. inbound, looki normal volume-wise. 6:02. early-morning shooting has turned deadly in northeast d.c. >> we've been following the breaking news since it happened. derrick ward is at the scene with the latest. derrick, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, tagain. we're intersection of 4th and rhode island. the crime scene, the place where the shooting happened is a block up at 4th and astms et. it happened at 3:47 this norning. the victim is a adult male. don't have much more information at this point. police issued a look out for a silverda se but not much else in the way of

suspect information. rhode island avenue is opened in both directions through fourth street. expect to see flashing lights. you may lose a lane inbound on rhode island avenue until the scene is clear. if you're coming down 4thre , you can't go farther than bryant, until you reach rhode island and work youray around. the homicide about 3:47 this morning at the intersection of 4th and adams northeast. that's where live, derrick ward, news 4. back to you. >> derrick, thank you. 32 reported tornadoesst in day. >> this morning, seeing incredible and scary video from the storms. chris lawrence is at the live desk. >> se of theneighborhoods, witnesses watched homes being torn to shreds. we know a tornado touched down about 40 miles outside of des moinmo es. yesterday, a flurry of tornadoes swept through iowa, bringing hail and rain with them. dozen people are injured and flattened buildings in three cities. the storm forced officials to

evacuate patients from a hospital. the tornado hit the town o pella, while a farm equipment plant was filled with dealers and customers celebrating the 70th anniversary. some of them were injured but none of them seriously. the company has activated its storm warning system. thousakes of w were in shelters at the time the storm > hit. 6:04. more breaking news in the line of storms. officials in branson, missouri, say 11 people are confirmed dead now. the tour boat they were on yesterday capsized and sank. we received cell phone video of that ordeal. >> oh, my god. oh, my god. >> this video was shot by people in a restaurant nearby the water there. they couldn't do anything to help. officials say 30 people were on that boat and five are still missing. our affiliate in branson says

there were life jackets on the boat but it does not appear any rider had one on. investigators will be back on the scene tod to search for e people still missing. officials of the boat company ride the duc branson issued a statement saying, they are deeply saddened by the tragic stcident and will continue to do all they can to ashe families and authorities. the statement goes on to say that the safety of the guests and employees is tir number one priority. new details this morning about d.c.'s recent spike in overdoses. the medical examiner says the drug at the center of all of this is new type of k2, a ju synthetic maria. it has a chemical combinatn that hasn't been seen before. volunteers spent yesterday, going door-to-door, handing out flyers and warning people to stay away from the drug. there's beenore than 100 overdose calls just since saturday. that's about the same number of overdo calls taken for all of july last year. the medical examiner says people should take the warning seriouy.

>> the community needs to nd undershat what's now out on the street, we don't know what it is yet. we're finding, now, new compound that d.c. has never seen before. so, the message is stay away from this stuff. >> fire chief gregory dean says these overdoses are happeni ross the district, not just in a single neighborhood. now,o the developing story out of the white house. this morning, russia's envoy to the u.s. says vladimir putin is open tore visitingdent trump here in d.c. yesterday, word of the otvitation surprised a of people, even some in the president's administration. this visit would happen this fall, at the height of the election season here. since the helsinki summit, the president has faced a firestorm of bipartisa criticism over his interaction with vladimir putin andis changing statements on whether he believes russia interfered with the 2016 election.

"time" magazine isn't wasting time jumping on the controversy around the summit. it is sending a strong message. it shows president trumpvl morphing intimir putin and back into himself. story was released on twitter yesterday. it was titled "the summit crisis." it describes what is the president's puzzling affinity for putin.> 's 6:07 now. a gop staffer who lives in woodbridge says a "new york times" reporter broke into his apartment this week. >> "the times" says the repoer never took a step inside. brian landrum says a friend caught the reporter inside his apartment on wednesday afternoon. according to the friend, he was leaving a note. "the new york times" says in a ftatement, the reporter le that note with the friend and never went inside the apartment thporter was trying to contact landrum for a story about virginia u.s. senate candidate cory stewart. >> if she is intent on

contacting me, i would pfer to do it by phone and not by barging in when i'm not home. >> this reporter has been aggressively asking questions, everybody who i have ever known. >> landrum has worked for stewart in the past. prince william cnty police arein investigthis incident. no charges have been filed. if you're a frequent rider of metro's red line, this itory isortant to you. a major shutdown starts tomorrow. for 40 days, the red line will be shu for repairs and maintenance. you can get around it by taking the green line to ft. totten to gallery place. more capacity will be added to the green and yellow lines during the shutdown. shuttle buses will als provided. service is expected to resume at those stations on september 3rd. we're learning new details about a deadly csx train accident in germantown. this morning, deanna peralta's family is remembering what a beautiful person she was. she died after she was hit by a

train w with her friend.ong our sister station, ndo, returned to the tracks with her family. they left flowers ansaid prayers for both women. a family friend said the women were probably on the tracks because they wanted to record ci something for media. police have not confirmed that report. many of you followed the live reports of a live shooter at a washington hospital. >> the report sent patients and staff at mid star washington hospital center intore a fnzy wednesday morning. this is after a man threatened to shoot doctors. there was a verbal thr st and no actioter. police locked down four buildings and swept the entire campus. security experts say hospitals have a particular reason to be on high alert. >> hospitals are a gh-risk environment for an impulse of threatening of violence. for threating behavior that might turn into mass shooting,

they have concerns from all of n these diffangles. >> no one was hurt and the lockdown was lifted about an hour after the initial call went out. the man who made the threat was never found. today is your ch to become a mega millionaire. the jackpot is up to $422 million. if there is a winner tonight, it would be the sixth-largest mega millions prize to go out and 19th-largest in the u.s. history overall. nicole jacs is following lottery fever for us. she's going to break down your chances of winning a little newscast.our a virginia high school bans ht song.h school f >> details and reaction to that. plus, continuing coverage of the wild weather in the midwest. a double-tornado caught on camera. chuck? good morning, everybody. ten minutes after 6:00 on your friday. if you are beach-bound for the weekend, hit the road asap. heday will be a great day at the beaches. y rain is likely tomorrow. and no sun on sunday, either. sheena has our five-day forecast coming up.

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behind the wheel. the trooper wasio not sly hurt. too close for comfort. 6:15 right now. from cycling to strength training, the's all kinds of workout classes inur area. >> molette green is trying son some boxing gloves. she's checking out a cool class for charity. >>s danielle i showing a combination right here. i got all caught up in it. this class is awesome. energetic, high-energy, and tied to a great cause. every check-in here at ick love ki boxing in germantown, delivers safe,glean drinkin water to people around the worid. let me b in erica, who is boxing her way this morning. kickboxing. erica, we love the idea of this charity tie to working oute in morning. >> it's fantastic. it's one of the great ways to give back to your community at large. and it also, you know, checks

your fitness box and your heart box all at the same time. one-stop shopping. >> reporter:he hash tag is ivewater. there's a different charity and a different hash tag and it goes to a great cause. how does it work? >> there's a social media platform. and every month we get a different hash tag. the hash tag works with, you check into your location. you tag it on facebook. from there, you use the monthly hash tag, which is #givewater this nth. >> people love being able to do something good in a simple way, right? >> absolutely. what makes you feel better than giving back? ifit easy, it's even better. >> reporter: and getting rid of thelbs. we're getting the heart going. >> absolutely. >> reporte t i'm going let you get back to working out. when we come back later on in the show, four things to know to be fit for charity. all that and mare. e i will strap on my gloves

again. i love the gloves. working out and i'm this morning for a good cause. it's all about giving back. back in to you guys. >> all right. two win-wins right there. thanks, molette. school bells will soon ring again but one virgi wa high schol have to sing a different song on the football field. patrick henry high school will no longer play its fight song, "dixie." that school is in washington county, south of roanoke, . virgin the song will be replaced with an original composition from the school's band director. some say the song "dixie" is part of the school's tradition. they hope the songd ill be chanfore the school year begins. this morning, we're seeing video of the line of severe storms in e midwest. >> look at this cell phone video of rare tornadoes, two of them in iowa.

this system generated several damaging tornadoes.no iowa's gov kim reynolds, said on twitter, she is sending emergency management crews to the impacted areas. crazy tee them side-by-side like that. one is dangerous enough. very scary. it's amazing, you don't want to take your es off ofthis. this is nasty weather. 3ey had over 30 tornado reports in about hours in 1 state alone. absolutely insane. howbout this amazingness happening back here. >> beautiful. >> another perfect day. we don't haveuch humidity outside in the middle of summer. that's nice in the aft hours. temperatures are comfortable. again, it is 72 degrees. in washington, with t calm wind. you'd never know it by looking at the sunrise. but we have days o a rainad in the forecast. beginning with tomorrow. i'll show you that in a second.

right now, 63 in gaithersburg. 62 in clinton. so many suburbs waking up with comfortably cool air this morning. today's pool forecast, that's where you're heading, nice en, though. weather. this will be the last one for quite a while. by lunchtime, 82 degrees. 88 degrees is where we'll top out at. really, a day like yesterday. high pressure is keeping us in control. our weather pattern in control. we have one area of lowwn presse o our south that we're going to keep our eye on for tomorrow. you see it trying to form off of south carolina, streaming in moisture from the gulf of xico. that's going to be a key factor in our rain pattern next reek. future weather. high pressure today, slides away. we stay dry this evening. if you have friday night plans, don't worry about the rain. the rain will move in tomorrow. this computer model will trying to show us late morning rain. periods of rain with the weathg system movup. we have to watch the track closely. if it's a little offshore, we

could be drier. but sunday morning, we look dry. second half of theay sunday, rain returns with a second system off to our west. if you're gouardening, your plas will get the water. and yourardening tip of the day, are you planning to plant a panese beatle trap to get rid of beetles? if you are, plant them ten feet away from the other plants. we're going to go into next week, the rainy pattern continues. a high rain chance monday tuesday. chuck will have a closer look at how long they will last, coming up. good morning, >> good morning. upper marlboro, suitland ofkway, that has cleared o the way. the tow truck just pulled out. another problem in the same area. inbound, aft woodyard road, right side blocked by a disabled vehicle. tyson's eastbound toll road, a ramp blocked by the crash. the beltwayni i and clear.

everything is rolling along well. travel times in maryland,270, no problems. top of the beltway, rolling along nicely. and 95, both a thumbs up this friday. listen to pwtop when you hop in your car. >> thank you. we try to eat hslthily. but it possible to get too much of a good thing? >> susan hogan is workin

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another way to score some tickets.am theaters is partnering with facebook to provide a service for buying movie tickets through the social media app.ce ok allows users to search movies by location and show time. the new service should be available for all amc theaters very soon. they have service fees on so many of the other apps. we'll have to see how that goes. whento it come healthy foods, youtight think thaore is better. >> but susan hogan explains that it's possible to get too much of a good thing. >> reporter: trying to follow a healthy diet? that great. but "consumer reports" nutrition experts say you can overdo some healthy foods, even fruits and veggies. it's best to eat a wide variety of them. sticking to just a few, may mean you dot get all the nutrients you need and too much of some. many fruits and veggies are packed with fiber and beans and whole grains.

upping your fiber too much, too on can cause gas and bloating. and too much fiber overall, may block the absorption of some nutrients. >> it's best to get fiber from foods that contain it naturally. foods that have fiber may be more likely to cause stomach upset. >> how abooo protein? >>uch protein can stress the kidneys and liver. and may lead to osteoporosis. >> reporter: it's easy to get the right amount of protein by adding balanced meals. eating three servings of protein-rich foods daily, including non-at items, including yogurt and quinoa is enough. susa hogan, news 4. >> a little quinoa with your brussels sprouts. >> that looks so tasty. >> if you cook it correctly, it mon be yummy. >>er it in chicken, right? quinoa and pork chops. i'm all over >> you can make it a side for

your pork cps. >> nutritions recommend eating a wide variety of foods. still ahead, t.megajack we'll break down your chances of winning from one of the luckiest area. in our plus, the familiar sight on your daily commute is about to go away. why v-dot is getting rid of some expensive signage your tax dollars pai for. good morning, everybody. friday off to a great start. enjoy today's sunshine. it's the last dry day for a while. rainy weather moves in for thee we it will rain lareally hard at t beaches. the forecast ahead. and we are following brking news right now. tourists killed in a trip out on the water. the latest from a

"news 4 today" begins with breaking news. >> that breaking news at 6:29. new dates on a string of deadly storms. the death toll rising after a boat full of tourists capsizes.

i'm eun yang. >> i'm aaron gilchrist. we want to get a check on our local weather. how is that for a ec picture-pe way to start the day. >> beautiful. >> storm team 4 is tracking some storms. >> we're here with more of what we can expect and melissa will s check the r for us. we have one day to enjoy. >> today. today is the last day to enjoy. it's sad to think that the weather isomg to an end. >> wednesday, thursday, friday. and it will rain, sunday, monday, tuesday. and rain tuesday, wednesday, thursday. ou're bringing a lot of good news. you told me that this daylight is gettior r. >> that's correct. >> i don't like that. even if it's by a minute, chuck will let you know. i and our average high temperature dro a couple days. >> it's time to do weather, chuck. no more bad cts. i don't want to hear that it's getting colder soon. >> as long as it's accurate. that's all i care about.

what's happenida on a f morning, all good news today. sunshine to start out and anyonisanyone i finish. a system t the south and another to the west bring rain chances all into next week. it's a great one. in the 60s in the suburbs. highs in the 80s this afternoon. a great night for basketbaeball you're going to the nats game. more andut the wee rain chances coming up. good morning, melissa. >> good morning, chuck. looking at chopperver the beltway at 50 here in maryland. inner loop 50, every nice and light on this friday. upper marlro, northbound pennsylvania avenue, after woodyard road. inbound has that blocked by a disabled vehicle. tysons, eastbound toll roadbl k roadblocked by a crash at 66. 95, no major problems.

trel times lookgood. beltway, nice and green all the way around. >> thank you. 6:32 right now. we're learning more about a deadly tour boat accident at a popular lake in branson, missouri. >> you see search crews on y screen. officials say there's at least 11 people cothirmed dead. tourist boat they were on capsized and sank. >> crew, anybody can read me? i need a rope on the bow. >> oh, my gosh. >> oh, no. >> there was nothing they could do. officials say more than 30 people were onboard the duck boat and 5f them are still is missing. wel have more at 6:45. more out of missouri. businesses and people in iowa will be cleing up what they

can after a storm ripped through that state. the system pduced 32 tornadoes in 1 day. you see some of the damage left behind on your screen. the severe weather system lef multiple people injured and flattened buildings in three cities. 6:33. he's a look at the other top stories. police are investigating a deadly shooting at the corner of 4th and adams street in northeast washington. there are some road closures in that area while police investigate. officers are asking people to look out for silver car but not much other information is being released right now. new this morning, russia says vladimir putin is open to visiting president tmp here in d.c. that visit would happen this fall at the height of the on election seas the white house announced yesterday it is planning this visit. the invitationot surprised a l of people, including the director of national intelligence. coming up, w show you how he learned about this potential visit during a live interview. main street in ellicott city will reopen to traffic.

that street has been cd for yearly two months after deadly flooding destroyed businesses in wne city's historic downto there's some that feel that reopening that streeis a step backwards, saying there's a long ways to go before all businesses return to normal. the road is scheduled to reopen 0 p.m. with some parking restrictions on lower main street. the signs for the red "x" lane will be turned off for good tonit. ose signs signal driver that an extra lane of traffic is open or12losed between and the beltway. these lanes are being replaced with toll lanesetween the beltway and gainesville, virginia. wt reports that the red "x" lanes have only been in use for thre years and cost $39 million to install. as the changes are made on i-66 over several years,an you expect major construction work there, especially on weekends. who is ready to become a millionaire? >> aren't we all? >> every day. every inute. toda your chance at a $422 million jackpot.

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new rules requiring nfl players to stand for the national ahem are on hold. the ny polic is that they would fine or suspend players for four games. the new policy requires players to stand while the anthem is playing or stay in the locker room. the player association filed al grievancenging the policy this month. both sides plan to discuss this issue over s the nexteral weeks. it's finally friday and the weather is going to cooperat once again, a beautiful end to the week. upper 80s, low humidity and sunny. nice-looking day. into the weekend, we're watching that storm system to our south giving us orain, noty for the weekend but for a pretty long stretch. chuck is back with a closer look at all of this mess. > chopper 4 over the top of the beltway. delay there's and a couple of

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it's now 6:45. t no more on the breaking news in light of the dangerous storms in the midwest. >>fficials in branson, missouri, say 11 people are confirme dead after their tour boat sank. many of them were probably there on summer vacation. chris lawrence at the live desk with more. >> our nbc affiliate in branson reports there were life jackets onboard but it doesn't appear any of the people were wearing them. five people are still missing. we're about to sw you some cell phone video showing the get toats trying to shore during a severe thunderstorm. >> oh, the poopeople. >> oh, my gosh. >> oh, no. >> crew, i need a rope on the bow. >> there was nothing they uld do. the waves were cresting up to six feet high, which is unheard of on a lake like this.

more than 30 people were onboard thbo duck . divers will go back in the water once the sun comes up, soon. the boat company issued a statement overnight and ride the ducks branson said, they're deeply saddened by the tragic and will continue to do all they can to assist the families and authorities. the statement goes on to say to say the fety of guests and employees is their number one priority. these boats should look familiar to anyone in our area. they look like the ones that cruise the potomac weather. one man is dead after a early morning shooting. this is a live look at the scene ndat 4th adams. the shooting happened not long before the sun came up. ande pold several streets shut off off of rhode island avenue. poce are asking people to be on the lookout for a silver car. notuch elses being released. just days after president trump's performance at the

helsinki summit stunned the world, an announcement that took the director of national intelligence, dan coats, by surprise. >> we have some breaking news. the white house twitter that vladimir putin is coming to the white house in the foul. >> say that again? >> vladimir putin -- >> did i hear you? >> yeah. >> okay. that's going to be special. >> nbc's kristen welker isg joins from the white house, now, with the latest. good morning. >> good morning to you. that's righ the remarkable moment we just saw, the president's top intelligee director, dan coats, caught offguard when andrea mitchell broke the news t him for an invitation to vladimir putin, inviting him here for a second summit. and this morning, the president is issuing a stern warning.

telling cnbc that getting along with russia is a positive, not a negative. but, quote, if it doesn't work out, i'll be theorst ene he's ever had. president trump lashing out at former president obama, calng hima, quote, patsy for russia. and defending his controversial first summit with the russian leader, aft coming under fire this week for not being tough enough with putin. we'll have all this and more coming up on "today." >> we'll see you then. kristen welker at the white house for us this morning. kristen, thank you. a gop staffiv who in woodbridge says a "new york times" reporter broke into his apartment this week. >> "the times" says the reporter never took a step inside. brian landrum says a friend r caught torter inside his apartment on wednesday afternoon. according to the friend, he was leaving a note. ew york times" says in a statement, the reporter left e at note with the friend and never went inside apartment.

the reporter was trying to contact landm for a story about virginia u.s. senate candidate cory stewart. >> if she is intent on contting me, i would prefer do it by phone and not by barging in when i'm not home. >> this reporter has been aggressively asking questions, everybody who i have ever known. >> landrum has worked for stewart in the past. prince william county police are investigating this incident. no charges have been filed. now, to decision 2018, the recount in the race for montgomery county executive begins monday. david blair blocked the result . the board of elections will begin the recount by 9:00 a.m. some big changes coming to metro tomorrow. if you're a frequent rider m ro's red line, this story is important to you.

for 45 days, part of the red line will be shut down for repairs anmaintenance. you can get around it by taking the greeline to ft. totten to gallery place. more capacity will be added to the green and yellow lines during the shutdow shuttle buses will also be provided. service is expected to ratume at those ions on september 3rd. it's 6:50. storm team 4 chuck bell is here with your forecast. >> it is a fine day, everybody. tgif. sun's out, soak it in. ayjoy it, because there not be much sunshine in your future arnold the washington area. double areas o low pressure, one around south carolina and georgia. that's our saturday rain chance. the one out over the upper midwest, a little slower to get here. but ldait will impact your s and monday. a big blocking area of high pressure offshore that's going

to khp the h pressure systems stuck off of the east coast of the u.s. heavy rain, if you're traveling towards charleston, south carolina, wilmington, north caroli, that will come up our way for tomorrow. higher amounts of rain tomorrow the farther east you go. if you're headed to ocean city or rehoboth for the weekend, could be heavy rain at the coast. for us, dry for your friday and your friday night pl ds. start to your early saturday morning. you have stuff to do outside tomorrow, the sooner you get it done, the better off you'll be. steadier rain is likely to move in, late morning to noontime. and the rain could be heavy at omes, through much your saturday. this is already, now, 11:00 saturday night. d rainfall over the course of the saturday, could be ratherco ous. our one computer model estima estimating an inch or more of rausfall. that's tomorrow. we could get more rain on sunday and high, highchain ces. 80% chances for rain monday and tuesday of nextek. and the rain chances,

once they move in, that's nine days in a row, with chances for rain. >> wow. that's uplifting. you know what? it's going to help my flowers. my flowers and plants. i could use a little rain at my house. 4 choppe right now. inner loop, fine. outer loop, a little slow, just very typical. nothing in the way. upper marlboro northbound, pennsylvania after, after woodyard road, right sid blocked by a vehicle this morning. tysons, eastbound ramp to the outer loop, a little slowdown there. and the beltway, no big oblems. looking at your travel times, 270 south looking great. top of the beltway, a normal slowdown going 30 miles per hour. it wil take you 90 minutes, very typical. 66 inbound, the parkway to the beltway, going 35 miles per hour. going to take you 16 minutes and 95 northbound, quantico to the beltway, 42 miles per hour, that's going to tak you 28

minutes. listen to wtop 103.5 f.m. when you hop in your car. >> thank you. 6:52. "sesame street" is moving into classrooms. they plan to provide classroom materials, including videos, delivered by the show's beloved characters and research for in teachers to rce lessons. thes classrooms as early as 2019. some say the way companies can move into learning spaces with a potential fluence on children. they'lhe pay attention you have the favorite character learn. you what to >> surprising they weren't already doing this. >> yeah. >> an easy tool. logical thing to do. coming up, get ready to lace up your boxing gloves for a good cause. >> one local gym class is helping you give back in a big way. molette green is trying her hand

out at kick boxing. live in germantown with details. >> reporter: hey, guys. i took off my pink boxing gloves because i have to talk. we're wrapping up a full hour of getting fit for a great cause. every check-in at an i love kick boxing studio, goes to providing water lean drinking around the world. just use hash f tag the month. this year, it's #givewater. erica is going to talk to me works.ll of this i can check in on facebook or instagram, right? >> yes, ma'am. >> check in with my locion and my hash tag. >> you tag our location, i love kick boxing in german dotown, y #cleanwater. you areelping them. >> reporter: you do a new

charity every month. >> every month. >> reporter: how do the people whoome here feel about this way of giving back? >> we're a dedicated group. we're usually the t five in the country. number one a few times because we're r dedicated. >> reporter: fit for charity, the mind/body benefit, as erica just explained. you can do this from your home. you don't have to come workout but the whole idea is to get fit andork out. and the charactities they use ae registered nonprofits. there's a link in our nbc washington app for you to get information. you know what? they like to end the class wh a saying, and the people said, what? >> they what? >> reporte and hash tag -- >> #givewater. reporter: that's what it's about, giving back and getting fit. >> great combo. one-two punch. molette, thank you.

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huge changes for the we tomorrow, clouds roll in. showers in the forecast throughout the day. as we go into sunday, anothernc rain c in the second half of the day. look at next wera, we have a y pattern that will sit over the area. nothing to push it out of the way. have the umbrella. > looking at the roads. no major problems. chopper 4 over the beltway. nice and dry rightnow. as sheenaust said, not going to stay that way. >> thank you. that's the news for today. thanks for >> "today" show is next. we'll see you in 25inutes for local news and traffic. >> make it a great friday, everybody.

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