here's the zmed in look at the radar. we have a couple of springkles around annapolis. this is going t now. away for it is 74 in washington. 69 dulles and manassas. we have ypatch fog. this morning, the kids are heading out to summer today is a day when they can go outside for once. it will be a hot and humid one. we'll look at when the rain chances return. melissa is on the road. >> i'm sure the camp counselors are grateful for today. looksing at inorthwest. th the video we were showing you with the water gushing down the street. broad bnch road near 27th.

the flooding has subsided but we have a downed tree, stopping any traffic from getting through. georgetown pike between bellview and towlston road here. the ground is so soft because of all of the saturation. 66 and 95, no problem there's. the rest of looking good.is 4:31 right now. more on our road conditions. look at this scene on west willard road. the driver of that suv drove to the awwater. e s several cars do this turnaround. thankfully no one decided to go all the way through. it was a close call for folks in ellicott city, maryland. people warned people near main street to move to higher groedd. >> it caus water to rise.

vir sniate police have issued an amber alert. >> grace galliher was abducted by a man named richard tester. tester is 52 years old, galliher 17. they may be in a navy blue trail blazer it has a tennessee tag. investigators say the pair was last seen yesterday at a motel in marion, virginia. testerabcted the girl in bristol, tennessee. investigators think they are heading north. >> 4:32. here's a look ater our top stories. we receive confirmation from the embassy in china, a man detonated a bomb just outside of the embassy in beijing. we're hearing reports that there may have been a second incident. chinese mediaeporting that a

woman sprayed herself in gasoline is a suspected self-immolati self-immolation. 11 gop lawmakers have launched a bid to fireepy attorney rod rosenstein, who is overlooking the mueller investigation. the articles of impeachment includes stone bawalling for information. this is not going to pass without support of all of the leadership. today is the court-ordered deadline for all migrant children to be reunited with their parents. the children were separated pr the from their parents aft tering the u.s. illelly. umber still separated is unclear.

kirst kirnsen neilson said that isib po. metro police spotted a man who was wanted for a shooting. he had a handgun on him at the time. her killers were called cords as hundreds show up to pay respects for makiahls . her mother followed as her body was taken from a church to the clay terrace neighborhood where she lived. hundredshe lined street as loved ones mourned her loss. >> we're trying toold strong this is a hard thing for us. that's my little cousin. she means a lot to all. of >> investigators say makiya's

shooting may have been the result of two groups firing t eaother. school leaders will be voting on new security measures ing the school shooting in parkland, florida, that killed 17 people. a report released last month, for the public school system to hire more staff to help with security. replacing door lods. here's a recommendation to hire a dozen mental health staff. today is the first day of redsns minicamp. we have a preview of what to expect. >> good morning from richmond,v rginia. the first training camp starts at 9:45 this morning. it is just the first ayactice. but gruden making himself clear, talking about big pict e

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you're watching "news 4 today." >> welcome back. it's 4:40. i a fight the streets of new york escalated several ta times. >> b we show you this video, we want you to know that the victim is okay. th wasn brooklyn tuesday afternoon. slashing motion is holding a box cutter. we're told that he got upsethe with man when the man in black wouldn't let him in a lane. they goack andforth. then, it appears to be over. and that's when the man with the plai blade, takes his keys and he refused to let the man go until he got pinned by the other car. somehow, he wasn't hurt and was able to talk to ournister statn new york. >> i didn't know he was going to hit the gas. he ran back to his car andd goa

knife arted to swing it at me. i was trying not to get cut. >> police say the video has given them several cluesin to that other driv h, likeis florida license plate. and several people have called police with more information about him. we will see. we are dealing with some very thick fog this morning.si lity down under a file in some spots. sse fog is less of an around the city. sheena is back with a check of the ten-day forecast, which has a few days without the chance of rain. stay with us. and we'll look at the roads. several closures around town because of the wet ground. and today, y couldelp hundreds of students start the school year off right. it is backpack for kids drive.

gou're watch"news 4 today." >> for months, we've seen images like this. migrant children crying after being sprayeaed from their parents at the u.s./mexico

border. more than n2,500 childere taken to detention centers all over the cotry. today, all of that is supposed to end. a court-ordered deadline said that homend security must reunite all families today. >> let's bring in tracie potts live on capitol hill this morning. what are the odds that the government meets today's deadline? >> the government says they're going to get it done. all eligible families will be reunited. that's the issue here. el yib eligible. that's where the government knows where the families are and screen the parents and know where to unite them. but half of h thosee final portation orders. the aclusu which jus the trying to give them a week to consult with some of the families who may want to apply for asylum there.

at issue, the parents that he have bee deported without their kids. they say they gave them up. they had no legal representation and some of them had three minutes to dede. they are trying to figure out if they can get those families, with parentsacross the border, reunited with their kids that are here. today's deadline, appeently thre people that are not eligible for today's deadline. 4:46. t's been five months since the parkland, florida, high school shooting that killed 17 people. and news organizatio are entitled to get surveillance video showing the response at stoneman douglas high school.ns news organizatincluding the associated press, requested video to better understand t actions of first responders and law enforcement. the school had 70 operating

video cameras that day. happening amtodaily and friends will say good-bye to a blur d.c.t restaurmanager's funeral. christian broder's funeral will be at 11:00 a.m. he died last friday. he leaves behind a wife and a9- month-old daughter. a suspect has been charged and is expected to appear in a georgia courtroom this morning. new details on a deadly stabbing. there may be a viable claim for self-defense. jeremy bond was mad about being trains being behind and broke into a kiosk and hit the manager in the he had been arrested last month in rockville for busting somebody's windshield. the charg he paid for the damages.

a mothe reacts to the prison sentence handed down to the person responsibs for her so death. the george mason student will spend three years behind bars. he sold lsd to medina. he then jumped to his death after taking that drug. we speak to medina's mother. >> het would w to forgive and foomet. and you in here and you think you're going to be satisfied. and you're not. >> in addition to jail time, will serve100 hours of community serve. >> we're more than halfway through july, but some families are waiting to find out their kids' final grades. the school system says a

technical error is to blame. new copying are being sent out and should be received by next friday. in video of a group of thieves who c don't seem e if they're spotted stealing. this is the video from a lululemon store. the same group of women who ransacked it on sunday, returned on tuesday and stole more stuff. >> this time, the manager of a nearby rtaurant intervened. he grabbed a bag and it had about $300 worth ofmerchandise. all of this on top of the $17,000 that was toll stolen on sunday. police believe the same group has stolen about 130,0$130,000o of yoga pants. >> what are they selling? >> expensive stuff. this morning, a lot of people in a virginia waking up

with more money. megamillions says more than 91,000 tickets won prizes. that includes five tickets that won $10,0. >> that's nice. >> someone won $522 miion, the mega millions ckt. last night's drawing was the fifth-largest in the game's history. tuesday night's drawing, i think. >> i don't know california's rules about it but i would f ner coward. i would change my name, change everything and leave. >> smart thinking there. >> that's a lot of money. i had to check what i was about to say. i can't say that, either. the weather is going to be nice today. >> can you write it down. >> i was going to use the word lucky. >> i thought it would be

something way worse. >> that's because we knew him too well. >> think so, yeah. i was worried we were going ton berouble for a second. >> i thought you were going to say something inappropriate. >> i le being employed. this morning, we are drier. take a look. all of the rainfall we had yesterday and compared to what we had since saturday at reagan international, we had almost 6 1/2 inches bwi over 11 inches. dulles, a little over 7 1/2. our rainfallince the beginning of the month, for the month of july, we've had a lot of biffle. most of thatas come in the past several days. we don't need more rain. but we have quite a bit morn the forecast. not today. a few sprinkles around annapolis. we will stay mostly dry as we go

through the day today. >> 69 degrees, dulles. your exercise forecast looking way better today than it has been. this morning, a little patchy fog. as we go through the afternoon, hot and steamy. here's future weather. we go through the afn. our pattern is bettey. to late afternoon, early evening thunderstorms tomorrow, rollingg th and some of this will be strong to severe. we'll keep you heading to the beach, the rain chances are lower but looks good over the weekend. look at the rainy pattern. it doesom look to back next week. it might stick around almost all week. let's go over to melissa and see what's happening on the roads. in. looks pretty good right here. we have a lane blocked. we're not seeing it on camera.

the right side of the road is o blocked becau a new crash this morning. in mclean, georgetown pike, between bellview and towlston. all of the lanes are blocked there. sounds like we have two different trees and some wires down. northwest broad brah road near 27th. the lanes are blocked with the wires down there. 56 and 95, no big problems. >> thank you. it's 4:53 right now. as you get ready t head out, a safety reminder for you. virginia state oicials say 138 people who died in crashes this year, were not wearing seat belts. that's the same number as this time last year. there isn alarming new figure. the number of people aged 15 to 20 who died not wearing seat belts doubled compared to the same period last this has happened again. somebody destroyed president trump's star on the hollywood walk of fame.

24-year-old austin clay pulled a pick ax out of a guitar case. he was able to get away. now, there's reports that the man who destroyed that sam star will play the bail for clay tof get out jail. one of our favorites on "world of danc had to pack up their tap shoes last night. jam project really delivered an energetic and entertaining routine last night. they were so sharp and crisp, compared to last week. but it just wasn't enough. j. lo neyo and derek hough gave them the lowest score. >> you can catch "world of

dance" on nbc sol of tennis players was out giving lessons. >> this wasn'tor a college team. venuswilliams, five-time wimbeldon champion, four-time gold medalist, the children chanlt ed chanted for her. these clinics are a chaee for th kids to meet the players and get into the sport. switching gears now. look at this. hundreds of wild ponies swimming achass the cnnel in virginia. this is offf the eastern shore of virginia. they round up the animals from asatique island. it's a major highlight of pony penny week. this is its 93 year. >> surprised theyet could it in with all of the rain. good for them. still ahead, several days of wild weather takingc. a toll on

and surrounding communities. a o localicer exchanges fire with a wanted man. we're taking you to the scene y when news 4 tontinues.

"news 4 today" starts now. >> oh, my god. >> the weight of water,

following hours of heavy rain. the ceiling at a local restaurant came crashing down. just one example of the damage left behind by days of storms. fast approaching 5:00 a.m. on this thursday. >> across the region, we've seen trees down, flooding on roadways, roads that were closed because of all that. plus, there's good news today. >> rain has moved on for today. melissa, getting ready for the morning commute. re you talking to somebody? what are you doing in there? >> i'm rubbing my nose. >> sorry. glad you were able to take care of that. out.hanks for pointing it >> chuck and sheena are here with a look at the forecast. >> yep. and despite all of the bad things that have happened weather-wise over the past several days, we have good news toy. and a lot of people are going to like it. it will be steamy. >> very steamy. all of the rain we've had will go back into the atmosphere and ke a humid day today. keep that in mind. there's a little fog to concern yourself with. be on t lookout for that.

much, much warm earp today. mi little chance to dry out. our next chance, significant chance of rain comes upomorrow afternoon, between 4:00 and 8:00. this morning, the last ofhe drizzly drops are moving out over the chesapeake bay good rid dendense to them. you're plannin out your day today, a mix of clouds a sunshine, high today, 88 degrees. there is a tiny chance for an isolated shower on in the day today. i don't think you have to worry about that. a perct eve for doing some backyard grilling. melissa, over to you now. >> all right. sounds like something i would like to do tonight, some backyard cooking. outer loop before connecticut, the right side blocked by the crash there. waiting on a tow truck to get