weather alert. >> enjoy the sunshine this morning. ght, we go back to th storms. good morning, everybody. the team is here working for you, as we countdown to the weekend. >> we go to chuck and sheena with the storm team 4 forecast. >> we don't need -- i don't know what i was doing. i had my mondhands in my pocket. >> yes. it's going to be stormy today. >> i would never do chthat, k. >> you're pulling for storms. i know you are. >> you said it. every morning, chuck pulls out that 8 ball. >> on to the forecast. we have some overnight storms coming up across central pennsylvania. that's ahead of the front coming our way.

the slight risk for severe weather is going tond ex through the washington area. marginal chance to our south and west. be on the lookout for strong to severe storms. 4:00 to 8:00 or 9:00 this evening. it's 68 in leesburg and 71 in gaithersburg. upper 80s to low 90s. chances of thunderstorms, 60%, that could linger late in your friday evening. more about t weekend which is more than anyone cares about here. >> che chase at connecticut avenue, work zone still at the right lane here this morning. ae rest of the beltway is fine. thata is fine, as well. no major issues. we'r nice and green here.

arlington avenue, that's cleared out of the way. in down own out of town. looking good. erika? >> melissa, thank you. roseannearr is apologizing again. >> she is speaking about the fallout from her racist tweet about valerie jarrett. >> i'm sorry you feelarmed and hurt. i never meant that. and for that, i apologize. a> well, this was an opportunity for barr to offer ore sincere apology in which she offered week. she thought that jarrett was white. she ended the apology bydding that jarrett needs a new haircut. here's a look a your top stories. nbc news has confirmed that

trump's former lawyer will tell the special counsel that trump knew about a russian lawyer, his son and mbers o his campaign in ou16. he previy said he knew e thing before it happened. we're going to hat story coming up in a few minutes. the government says 1,400 kids have been given back to their parents. government lawyers say some oft parents voluntarily left their children behind. >> a fife-foot kamen was rescued from a home. there was a tip of an ga alr-like animal. there were puppies and items

assist tent of dogfighting. the fairfax county school board approved millions of dollars of security measures last night. the new measures include things includingraining for students and staff. more hools will hire 18 mental health professionals. this plan does not include any resource. office >> this is one bizarre story. a missing, sterli virginia, man is facing charges after hoping the jfk - internation after hopping the jfk international airport runway fence. he was reported missing from a mental health. facili two days later, he was found soaking wet on the runway. port authority police say they asked him how he got on to the runway. he saihe swam across the jamaica bay and climbed a perimeter fence. not clear how he ended up in

new york. officials are reviewing the securi measures at jfk. caught on camera, a metro bus driver using a cell phone behind the wheel. all this happened yesterday at the ft. totten station. metro policy restricts operators while using electronic devices. and metro issued thisstatement, we have relayed this obvious egregious situation to the contractor and we're demanding thathe employee involved be barred from providing invest. that's different to what administrator action the contractor may take on its own. the union threatened a strike and battled in federal court over their contract and management treatment. ledecky, what a turnaround. she wins this wire-to-wire. > montgomery county native and olympian, katie onledecky, w the

200 meter freestyle final at the u.s. champion last night. before she hit t water she had wardrobe issues. she ripped her racing swimsuit in the locker room and ripped her backup suit. she put on a practice suit. she came back during the final and won. >> pretty impressive. she blames the southern california heat for the trouble with her swimsuit. it is now 4:36. >> could the frustration for redskins fans finally be over? we head toraining camp to hear from our brand-new quarterback. me eating. only one meal but they areho woh a

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where the centers forisease control says mcdonald's salads has made people state. 15 stat, 300 people have been diagnosed with an intestinal illness. all of them had a saladt mcdonald's. it's believed to have come from a lettuce blendhat was used. the chain has gotten rid of it. mcdonald's released a statement saying it is committed to the highest sndards ofood safety and quality control. it's friday. a lot of us have dinner plans tonight. that may involve going out to eat. >> we may be about to ruin some of your favorites in time for breakfast. >> ear plugs. >> a nationalnp fit group that focuses on eating, reveale its extreme eating awards. coming in at 2,700 calories and posting more than 70 grams of fat, cheesecake factory's

breao.ast burr it's the same dietary hit of eating seven sausage mcmufbl that burerito is one of the biggest offenders on the list. how about the bavarian soft pretzel. it's like eating six pretzels from auntie ann's.n >> you p ahead. you eat less -- >> for seven days. >> other times of the day. you don't go over the limit. or you could always take these things and split them in ha. t the other half later. >> if i'm going to the cheeseca factory, it's not because i'm counting my calories. >> how does shea make it to the cheesecake factory. >> wait until we talk about what chris has bee eating. youel want to efsverybo what

you've been eating? >> i didn't know that breakfast burrito existed. as we go through the dayda the storms will get closer. we have a risk of severe storms. chuck is back in a few

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'm molette green, following some breaking news out of northern california. the explosive so-calle carr fire. you can see it on your screen. it has claimed a life here's part of an emotional press conference held overnight. >> we have had a private higher dozer fatality. e operator was working on an active sectionca of th fire. >> that fire has burned three firefighters while destroying o doze homes and forcing thousands of residents who evacuate. the fire has reached the city of reading, a think of 92,000 and the largest in the region. the fire is only 6% contained. we'll stay on top of the developments. back to you, now. back to a developing story we've been following.

the meeting at trump tower between trump campaign officials and the russians is in the news today. michael cen is supposedly trump knewstify that about that before it happened. >> tracie potts has more on about the president's story on that meeting.w do they plan on responding to this? >> he may respond on twitter. he may rpond before cameras later today. if then-candidate trump knew about this meeting in advance, before it happened, if he knew it was russia trying to pass on damagingnformation about hillary clinton to help his campaign and if he sent or allowed his son to attend and check it out, that could begin to build the case for llusion. as you said, the president has repeatedly denied that he knew anything about this meeting in advance. re from donald trump jr.'s

attorney says this is not true. the president's attorney says michael cohen, who isdi pro the information, is a rocky witness. he's not credible, he is under federal investigation for being involved in the rush money payments to women who claim they had affairs with president trump, tha the president denies. cohen, under federal investigation, cooperating with authorities. and for the second time in two daysg dropp damaging information on the president, his former client. both casting count ining doubt other's stories. two georgia pice officers ft it up to chance to see if a woman should go to jail. now, their luck has run out. >> you remember this video, the ficers from roswell, georgia, pulled a woman over for allegedly speeding. body cam video caught the

officers using a coin flip app.i the judgissed charges on a woman after watching that video. tomorrow, in annapolis, for survivors and fctims the shooting at "the capital gazettgu" a an opened fire, killing five people and injuring. othe good charlotte, which was founded in waldorf is one nine musical acts that is scheduled to play. the concert start at noon and lasts until 10:00 at night. tickets cost $25 in advance, $30 day of. only 3,000 tickets will be sold. meanwhile, there's a growing push to award one of the victims with a presidential medal of freedom. "the baltimore sun" reports that retired maryland senator barbara

mikulski to write to the president about windy winters. she charged at the gunmen, giving people time to escape. we have new details on how prince george's county plans on endi ining domestic violence. the county's counsel will pump money into the fight. that cash will go to nonprofits. it's the third year in a row the county is pledging money. montgomery county says it has approved at least $480,000 in grants. leaders want $450,000 inrt the dent of health budget to be for domestic violence programs. we are committed to raising awareness and connecting people with local resources. we call it our safe at home initiative. to get information, you can open up our nbc washington app and

search safe at home. training cam is under way for the redskins. richmond.eam is down in we have more on smith and some other new faces. >> d one of training camp in ce books. whileoaches and players are getting more comrtable with alex smith, he's winning over his teammates. >> he's the leader. you can tell he is comfortable in that role. he is what we needed. >> i need to be the best i can be. i lov every day. every rep going out against the gu mixing it up. you have a better understanding and grasp of what reality is the older you get. already a fan favorite, darius gice, happy to oblige.

he hasn't taken the field in his first game yet. and fans have hh expectations. the team back in action at 9:45 a.m. from richmond, sherry burress, news 4 sports. usa basketball is under way out in vegas. washington wizards point guard john wall is on the team. it's not hisrm perce at practice that has folks talking. check this t. let's call it a bad picture day. john wall appgently sport some extra pounds and bags under his eyes. the wizards tweeted the photo. he showed up a couple weeks earlier. >> dang, guys. rough this morning. omaybe he went the cheesecake factory. oh. we won't talk about th.

queen b. and jay-z are comi to town. the run two tour kicks off the first of two shows. tonight, at the fedex field, it's the first time that beyonce has ce to d.c. for the miss carter world tour. th storms could have an effect on t-cogoers. >> high likelihood of storms. beingds of any one storm over the venue during the concert,elatively small. but storms will be bouncing around the area this evening. if you'reto headehe concert, have your poncho and a plan ready to go. i'm sure the venue has a severe weather plan,t j in case something approaches during concert time. we're under risk for severe weather today. the timing of that, most likely

between 3:00 m., and 9:00 p.m. primary threats in addition to frequent lightning, hail and wind, will be the main threats today. it's a relatively low tornado threat p but there'snty of weather that can affect us. storms overnight, moving through the pittsburgh area. that's part of the weather front that'swa coming our y. and there's a slight risk that starts in the washington area and moves northbound. highest risk for sever weather is washington, baltimore, the northern parts of the pay. slightly lower. here's future weather. 5:00, the bubbling upf storms in northern maryland. that most likely time between 5:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m., to come through the i-95 corridor. most of the action on southern maryland in the eastern sh storms are likely very late this evening at the beach and drying weather for the weekend.

that's welcome news. stay ahead of the weather. andra temres are in mid to ummer 70s around the city now. it will b a hot run today. 88 tomorrow 85 sunday and increasing chance of rain in the day sunday and high rain chances are back, starting on monday and going all the way through next week. melissa, we do not need another repeat of the week weust had. >> we really don't. it's been just a little wet. mylowers are good. the grass is good. in chevy chase, at connecticut avenue, a work z be iscking that right lane. that's not impacting things much at all. elis morning, you see the rest of theay is looking good. looking outer loop is good. as you're looking at 95 in maryland, 32 to the beltway. on time this morning.

65 miles per hour. it's going to take y 11 minutes right now. if you're headed northbound on 95, looking good, a well. through prince george's county, no problems there. we really want to thank all of you for supporting our schools. >> molette green was ie princ george's county collecting backpas for ds. check out how the community really showed up. day one in the books. we have a bin full of school supplies and mor coming. we really appreciate it. all right. if you didn't make it out to our first prince george's county location, there's s time for you to donate online at nbcwashington.com. and don't worry. in a couple weeks i'll be at the apple credit union in alexandria. we'll do this all again. we'llill up bins and take

monetary donation. 4,000 elementary schoolchildren, the goal, a backpack to start off the school year just right. i'm moetlette green. >> our next events augustth at the apple federal credit union. that's in the kingstowne branch. the kids wi be back in class in a few weeks. next, how some school districts are pushing parents to make suri have the shots before the school bell rings. plus, new video of a sexual predator attacking a woman in a busine busy part of d.c.

"news 4 begins" with a storm am 4 weather alert. >> after weeks of rough weather, we may not be out of the woods yet. this afternoon may sound a lot different. i'm chris lawrence in for aaron. i'm erika gorzalez in eun yang. weatre talking about storms could bring more rain. >> first, chuck and clesheena, looking at the forecast. >> the severe weather risk been hanging out there the last couple of days. we were hoping it would stay fuher knnorth of us. >> the heat and the humidity -

the heat and the humidity is going to fuel any thunderstorms. we have f the coldnt back off to our west. that's where you see it early. it will look imessive with the daytime heating. we have one shower around frederick. oneeaving laurel, heading towards baltimore. that's what we have around right now. later today, it will be way more active. seve storm risk for this afternoon and evening. now, the highest impact, heavy rain that we don't need. high winds, some of that could be damaging, potential for as well. low chance for a tornado and we can't rule that out. we'll have a closer look at the timing. let's look at what's happening on the roads on this friday. good mornin a couple of