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 things as far as road work goes.

stafford, right lane b at the work zone there. southbound in virginia. chevy chase, a work zone there, blocking the right lane here. and the rest of the beltway, uneffected through that section. >> major issues. chris? hank you, melissa. a warning this morning to ba vigilant watch your back. the search a continues for man who assaulted a woman. >> this happened outde of a in d.bottom apartment we have just-released footage of this suspect. this is so creepy. >> it is chilling video. there believe someone out knows who this guy is. they put that video out there hoping for a break in this case. as you mention, this is a sex assault that took place an apartment building last sunday night.

here's a look at that guy. he follows behind a woman in that ilding. 's a man between 5'10" and 7" in height, perhaps with brown hair. he's 25 to 35 years old, as well. he's wring a baseball cap, a bl blue t-shirtnd black shorts. this happened last sunday night, just before 110 p.m. this isnsettling news for neighbors nearby. >> it makes me uncomfortable. i know a around here.s live i would be concerned. >> reporter: of course, we're not far from gwu. a lot of students go by, all times ofnight. police are looking into the case that maybe he's related to other sex asaultosaults rd nearby. if you recognize this guy or are

a victim, police want tofr hear you. we're live in northwest, justin finch, news 4. >> thank you very much. new tails thisorning on security in fairfax county schools. last nights, the school board approved spending millions of dollars to install new safety measures. >> the board decided to take action after the school in florida, that killed 17 people. the initiatives included enhanced training for students and staff. a requirement that classrooms be locked at all times and the hiring of 18 more mental health professionals. keudents and teachers we s with agree with the safety moves but some say that the district could have done more. i hink 18 might be a good start. but we would need a lot more to real address the problem. >> it's good for us to learn how to deal with the situation in different scenarios. >> some students say ty wish there was more money for police.

now, to a bizarre discovery in one man's basement in d.c. >> megan mcgrath is live on what officials actually discovered there. megan, take us through that. >> well, they discovered something unusual. a very large kamen, which is in the alligator family. it was a tip that an r- alligake creech earp was inhi waston that was brought to the atten on ofauthorities. ething youe video, s don't see every day. police, along with workers from the humane workers. that's when they foundhe kamen in that bin. it is illegal to own them in the district of colombia.

she was con ifconfiscated and i habitt. habi she has a pink baby pool and a heat lamp to simulate her natural environment. and authoritiesth made a unexpected discovery. >> we're there searching fli the alligato animal. wi found suspicious items that were consistent dogfighting. this is alleged. this is alleged. it's being investigated. >> so, a separate search warrant was executed and 12 dogs -- six adults and six puppies were nfiscated from that house, as well. as for the allegation of dog fighting, that's still under investigation. quite an unusual situation at that home in southeast washington. >> that's an understatement. thank you very much, megan. thatto see animals treated

way. we're following a developing story this morning. a growing divide between president trump and h former lawyer. michael cohen is ready to tell special counsel robertll m that donald trump knew a russian lawyer was promising dirt on hillary clinton before his son had that infamous meeting in trump tower during the campaign. until now, president trump denied kwing about the meeting. unimportant. it as donald trump jr. says nothing came of it. if russian lawyer in that meeting had a closerla onship with the russian government than she led on. she denies she was representing any russian authorities in their discussions with the trump caaign. for the cohen news, last night, president trump's attorney responded onn. cn rudy giuliani says,t ou simply calieve anything cohen says. >> this is the kind of witness d that ctroy your whole case.

any finder of fact loses confidence in the case when yo re you're going to have such a string of lies, you can't trust him. >> this comes just days after n' coheattorney released a secret recording atier a conver between cohen and trump in 2016. they discussed money to bury a story about a former "playboy" modeo was claiming she had an affair with mr. trump a decade earlier. twitter is helping mr. trump connecto supporters and launch explosive rants. his prolific use of the social media platform could come back to haunt him. "the new york times" is reporting that special counsel l robert m is scrutinizing tweets about jeff sessions and james comey. the special counsel is looking at whether those actions add up to attempts to obstruct the probe by intimidating witnesses.

breaking news, norea has turned over what they say are dozens of military remains from the korean war. we go to molette green at the li desk. >> remains of 55 fallen soldiers on their way home. hours ago, u.s. servicemen and women line up on the tarmac to receive the boxes from the north. u can see the boxes draped in the blue u.n. flags. the transfer is meant to fulfill a commitment made at the summit between kim jong-un and donald trump. those remains will be honored at a ceremony next sunday. after the ceremony, those will go to a base for testith. agreement in a ultimately put an end to the korean war was signed 65 years today. >> molette, thank you. a developing story this morning, the deadline to reunite separated families h come and gone. and the health and human services say they have reunited

all eligible families. a court filing says the government has reunited 1,400 of about 2,500 with their parents. the government says 400 kids whose parents have already been departed are being held. esd there's no time line to reunite the fami government lawyers say some parents voluntarily left their r ch behind. one of the founders of the freedom caucus is working on a promotion. p republicans keep the majority, jim jordns to run for speaker of the house. he's an ally of president trumpo and a critthe special investigation. he faced allegations during his

time at ohio state. he turned a blind eye to allege abuse by a tctor. paul ryan is not seeking re-election. but he's endorsed kevin mccarthy as his successor. a wife and mother will say her final good-byes to her dsband and children who drowned in the devastatik boat accident. their funeral takes place at noon in ims. indianapolis. last thursday, that duck bolt capsized and sank during a storm. in all, nine peoplfrom the coleman family dayed. tia coleman and her nephew were the only other survivors. kids will be headed ba to school in a few weeks. but in prince george's county, t udents who don't get all of the vaccinations can forget about going to class. health issues were the reason 6,000 seventh graders were not immunized. the school system has had problems with record keeping in

the past. but they say those issues have been fixed. staders say parents need t up. >> the requirement of parents get their children immunized, not the school system. s >> we have more on vaccid where you can get them. coming itup, thetion at the national zoo is not going to get easier anytime soon. >> why plans for a parking garage just got scrapped. a a wild encounter for utility crews in colorado. what dw this bear down a storm drain? friday at the swimming pool, in problems. the chances of rain increasing with time. go early. noon to 2:00 or 3:00, probably the best time to be a thepool. don't forget your spf. if you're beach-boundor the weekend, chance of srms late

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i'm lette green her at the live desk with breaking news. the oldest person in the world has passed away now. iyo miyako's death was confirmed by her home state in tokyo. her family called her the goddess. they described her as a chatty person who was patient and kind toothers. she was 117 years old. erika, back to >>you. that's incredible.

lette, thank you. not exactly what you thought you would see popping out of a storm drain. the bear just needed a bit of space before making his exit. officers removed the manhole cover hoping the cub takes the hint. it was attracted to berries it smelled down in that hole. sure. >> you can imagine pulling that cover off and running the posite way. plans for a parking garage at the washingto zoo have been canceled. ove garage wouldn't make enough money to cer the price tag. the smithsonian says zoo attendance is down and other projects are bigger priorities. it was slated to beuilt on the lot between beach drive and north road. the zoo's nearl900 parking u spaces fil quickly and it leaves guests to park in surrounding neighborhoods. providenceta hos is

shifting operations to focus on what it's calling same-day care. the hospital will stop offering acute care. basically, that requires several days of treatment. that will end by the end of the. ye providence's parent company is going to turn the hospital into what it's calling a health village. this will come as a shock to no one. it's been a wildea week ofer in our area. >> news 4 has been there to cover it all the way. we're hap to report some relief. hopper 4 got a view of the potomac. despite the strong currents, that's well below flood level. >> a restaurant in arlington remains closed aft this happened during dinner service. you can see that ceing classing at ser in boston. cleanup is w under in

parts of rock creek park which allf the rain led ng trees topp a guy who livesnearby, captured this video, showing the creek coming out of its bank and >> if you talk about storms, that wasn't a long time to dry out. >> no.>> e're not talking rain here. we're talking storms. the potential for hail, damaging winds. >> yeah. we're goingo see lightning with the storms, tol we wil be moving through this afternoon. the groud nd is very saturated,s we know. anymore rain can give a localized flood threat. we can have a rainy pattern starting next lek. wealk about that in a second. here's the risk shown in yellow. severe storms likely in the yellow shaded areas. we're talking about damaging wizs. 60 miles per hour, heavy rain, lightning and hail. this morning, we're mostly dry.

we have a couple pop-up here.ers one heading into baltimore and one heading into frederick. if you are around frederick, ke in mindou might run into that area. we have the cold front to our i west and thi the storms that moves late today. that is late this afternoon, into the evening hours. 76 in washington. 70 in frederick. 70n clinton. as we go through your friday, here's what's going to happen. by7:00 this morning, we'll be dry but humid, 75 degrees. by noon, degrees, humid. and by 4:00 p.m., we'll have stor approaching from the west. temperatures, low 90s. still looking ahe widespread storms. here's future weather. by 5:00 p.m., thunderstorms into the area in the evening hours. plan cordingly. we expect some of the storms to be strong to severe.

into theweekend,though, saturday looks good. we'll be dry, 88 degrees. by suavay, we a slight chance for some showers. look at next week. monday andt' tuesday, t the beginning of another long rainy pattern. we could have more issues next . we let's go over to melissa and a look at the roads. >> a couple new problems in virginia. alexandria, the hov lanes, a crash in the left lane. overall, doesn't seem to be too impactful there. arlington, eastbound 66 after the rosyln tunnel. right side blocked by a disabled vehicle there. and 95 in virnia at prince william parkway. you see main and express lanes looking good. just a little volume in the mai. lane sheena mentioned the he'd a heat and humidity, if you plan on hitting the pool, we have information you want to see.sa

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students who are allowed to bring their cell phones into class usually score lower on final examis. students with phone access scored half a grade lower on tests in general. ere same students had a ha time focusing and remembering what they learned. it is summertime and the pools are open. if you are planning on doing some swimming this weekend, we have information you mr.ht want to h >> i took my daughter to the water park after work yesterday. now, i wonder what's swimming around in my body. even though the water looks clean, mikescopic parasites.h susan hogan the talking about swimming parasites. >> reporter: when it comes to pools, you don't know what parasites may be lurking below the surface. >> there's a lot.ep

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you wait until after the symptoms have stopped before getting back in the cool. i made a mistake. it cost me everything. >> new this morning, roseanne responds. she is talking abo the tweet she says changed her life. we'll show you the interview you'll be hearing about all day. y. good morning, everyb storm team 4 weather alert to get you on this friday. strong to severe storms later this afternoon into this evening, with damaging winds and large hail beinghe primary threat. a complete check of the forecast and a peek at the weekend. and another victory for katie ledecky. this one didn't come easy. how she pulled o aff w

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twitter buzzing agai > this man disappeared from a onginia clinic and turned u a new york city tarmac. 2,0 calories and 70 grams of saturated fat. >> thousands of calories packed on your plate t restaurant meals you may want to avoid if you're watching your weight. "news 4 today" starts now. >> to a live look outside. we have good news. we have bad news, as you start your day. good news, it is frida hello. the bad news, we're in for another eaalert day. >> i'm in for eun and aaro who have the morning off. the rest of the team is here workingor you, as we count down to the weekend. >> chuck and sheena with some timing that we can get outside and when it's not going to be a

good idea to do so. be ost of today, you will fine. it will be hot. we'll make it into the low 90s. it wikl feel summer. and that will get the storm >> july and washington, it's 90 degrees or raining. optionse usually your around there. and later today, we'll probably be in the low 90s. then, itl start raining. already dealing with a few rain drops this our friends in frederick county, maryland, a little shower moving on to the baltimore beltway, as well. nothing on theapital beltway at this point in time. and most of virginia is in the dry category. there's a risk of severe storms coming later. so,tay weather alert today. and best way to do that, haveyo nbc washington app downloaded. temperatures are in the mid-60s in the shenandoah valley. low 70s in the suburbs.

it will be a warm one today. afternoon highs in the upper 80s and low 90s. and strong to severe storms between 4:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m. for more on the friday morning commute, let's go over to melissa. >> inbound 395, the hov lanes there, you can see the crash on the left side of the road. the tow truck on the scene, getting that out of the way here. arlington, eastbound 66, after the rosyln tunnel. overall, the beltway is looking quite good here this morning.oo inner and outer loop, nice and clear and nice and green. taking a look at 66. fairx county parkway. on time, 65 miles per hour, getting there in nine minutes.> w this morning, roseanne barr is apologizing again. >> she is speaking about the fallout from her racist tweet ri about vajarrett. take a listen.

>> i'm sorry you feel harmed and hurt. i never meant that. and for that, i apologize. >> well, this was an opportunity for barr to fer a more sincere apology in which she offered last week. j she thought arrett was white. she ended the apology by adding that jarrett needs a new haircut. here's a look at your top stories. nbc news has confirmed that trump's former lawyer will tell the special counsel that trump knew about a russian lawyer, hir son and mes of his campaign in 2016. he previously said he knew g before it happened. we're going to have that story coming up in a few minutes. the deadline to reunite

families separated at the border has come and gone. the government says 1,400 ds have been given back to their parents. government lawyers say some of the parents voluntarily left their children behind.ot >> a fife-amen was rescued from a home. the schools will hire 18 more mental health professionals. the new measures include things including training for students and s aff. the scholl hire 18 more mental health professionals. this plan does not include any resource officers. i was a brazen attack that's left the foggy bottom neighborhood on-edge. justin finch is in northwest d.c. with a description of the man. >> reporter: that's right. d.c. police really want to track

down this guy and putting out this video in hopes that someone will recognize him and give him a bre in the case. let's show you that guy right now. here he is on the screen surveillance video showing him following woman at an apartment building here at foggy bott. he's about 5'10", with brownell here. he's wearing a baseball cap. this happened last sunday, just before 11:00.m. this news for many in this area is just disturbing. >>mas me uncomfortable. i know a lot of students live around here. i would be concerned. >> the suspect in d this case get away. and police are looking into the fact that perhaps h could be linked to other sex assaults that happened within blocks of this one. if you recognize this one or were a victim yourself, to give police aoo call as as you can.

in foggy bottom, i'm justin finch, news 4, back to you in the studio. this is one bizarre story. a missing man is facing charges after jumping the jfk international runway fence. he was reported missing from a mental health facility. two days later, he was found soaking wet on the runway.ol port authoritye say they asked him how he got on to the runway. he said he swam across the jamaica bay and climbed a perimeter fence. not clear how he ended up in new york.re officials are ewing the security measures at jfk. details on an alligator-like animal living in a d.c. home. first, extreme eating. they're only o meal but worth an entire day's worth of calories. we're going to warn y aboutou

you're watching news 4 today. >> west virginia has been cluded on a list of state where's the centers for disease control says mcdonald's salads has made people sick.15 tates, 300 people have been diagnosed with an intestinal illness. all of them had a salad at mcdonald's. it's believed to have come from a leuce blend that was used. the chain has gottenf it. mcdonald's released a statement saying it is committed to the highest standards of food safety and quality control.da it's f a lot of us have dinner plans tonight. that may involve going out to eat. in we may be about to ruin some of your favoriteime for

breakfast. >> ear plugs. a national nonprofit group that focuses on eating, revealed its extreme eating awards. coming in at 2,700 calories and posting more than 70 grams of fat, cesecake factory's breakfast burrito. when weead this last time, sheena said, i didn't know they had breakfast. but it looks delicakus. >> they it look good. >> you're going to get the same dietary hit as eating seven sausage mcmuffins. that burrito is one of the biggest offenders on the list. how about the bavarian soft pretzel at amc movie theaters. pretzel. it's like eating six pretzels from auntie anne's. >> the report does not say you shouldn't eat those things. >> it says to plan ahead. >> other times of th you don't go over the limit. or you could always take these things and split them in half. eat the other half later.

>> i'll save this for later, said nobody. chuck reminded me earlier, the bloomin' onion used to be at tthe top of t list. >> i remember that thing. >> that's chris' favorite food. he failso mention that. this morning, we have a weather alert. this is the strong storms later today. the timingosy 4:00 p.m. into the evening hours. but the weekend is looking better. chuck is looking at the timing on the storms and your weekend forecast. stay tuned. >> i could use a bloomin' onion about now. a crash on the

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i'm molette een. staying on top of breaking news out of california, the so-called carr fire has claimed one life, operator on ldozer the fire lines. that's reached the city of reing, about92,000 people and it is the largest in the region. >> we're goi l tove the

station because it's unsafe to be here. >> we're going on the mercy sky cam for you.is lady with picture, please evacuate. >> those wer news anchors from an abc affiliate there. you're lookingt the newest pictures of the carr fire. the hospitals, they can'teay becahey're either not available or too busy to really give out thatn. informat the fire started monday. we just checked. it's only about 6% contained. >> a lot of time in caliernia. thos wildfires are devastating. back to the story we've been following, the media between tiesials and a lawyer with to the kremlin. donald trump jr. was promised news on hillary clinton. and now, michael coh is ready

to tell the special counsel that then-candidate donald trump knew about the meeting before it happened, which contradicts the president's story. >> tracie po hs more on this story. the white house has been clear about the president's story on that meet how does it plan on responding to this? >> we could hearrom him as early as this morning on twitter. the president hasepeatedly denied he knew anything about the meeting with the russian lawyer before it happened. now, our source says that michael cohen, who was the president's attorney at the time, his personal attorney, will certify -- will say that, in fact, he knew in advance, and it was his son, donald trump jr., who went to the meeting, o told him it was about to happen and what it was about. the meeting was about passing on formation, damagin to hillary clinton, to help out the campaign. why that's i significant, the president knew that in advance, that russia was trying to help out his campaign, and he okayed

his son going to that meeting, it can beginhe case for collusion. the president's attorney is questioning whether or not michael cohen can be believed. is under federal investigation. >> both sides are casting doubt on each other' stories. thank you, tracie. ettomorrow, you'll a chance to see a fund-raisier fo families and victims of the shooting at the capitaltt ga the city is going to host it. five people are killed after a gunman who polic say had issued with the paper opened. fire good charlotte is one of nine musical acts scheduled to play. it will take place on calvert street between west and northwett stres. you can get tickets for $25 in advance o $30 day off.

metrought on camera, a bus driver using a cell phone behind the wheel. all this happened yesterday at tse ft. totten station. metro policy restrperators while using electronic devices. and metro issued this statement, we have relayed this obvious egregious situation to the contractor and we're dem eding that tloyee involved be barred from providing any service. that's different to what administrator action the co ractor may take on its own. the union threatened a strike and battled in federal court over their contract and management treatment. seeit's not something you every day. an alligator-like animal in a home in southeast d.c. >> megan mcgrath is live with details on the does barr discovery and what else nficials found that home. >> unusual situation. imagine going down into a basement and finding a large

caiman. look at the video here. it was an anonymous type reporting an alligator-like creature in a house on brother's place, that broughthehis to t attention of authorities. police along with animal humane research folks, found a caiman in a four-foot bin. she was confiscated and is now one the facility on new york avenue. she has a habitat for her. searching for the caiman, authorities made another discovery. 12 ixdogs, adults and six puppies were found. the animals had scarring tliy e is consistent with dog fighting. a secd search warrant was

executed yesterday. thoseconfiscated. the allegations of dogfighting is allegations. it's part of the invest tation. all o animals found in this home confiscated and are now being cared for. an unusual and sn. situat back to you. >> hate to see try animal ted that way. thank you, megan. ou ledecky, what a turn. she wins this wire-to-wire. >> montgomery county native and olympian, katie ledecky, won the l 200 meter freestyle fina the u.s. champion last night. before she hit the 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. >> she's incredible. glad she pulled off a win there. happening tonight, beyonce and jay-z are coming to town, if you didn't hed. th on the run tour, kicks off, the firsto of ows at fed ix field. this is the first time beyonce s tmiess cour o cter world tour. she spent her time in baltimore for the last couple of tours. the storms we've been talking about all morning long, those can have at eff on concertgoers. please man ahead. we mea the ponchos. those are essential. >> have a poncho just in case and b ready. the good news, beyonce doesn't get on the stage until 9:00. >> you think we're okay by that time? >> should be. most likely, timing will be j t before then. >> driving to t concert. you could beom facing stormy

weather. keep a weather eye to the sky. that's the best way to stay ahead of the storm before and when we're not on tv. you can't watch tv because you're at thefield. weather alert day, timing for the storms, 3: to 9:00 p.m. those are lifting northbound and away from us. it's dry across northern virginia. a couple of sprinkles inhe west virginia mountains. we're under the gun. under the slight risk from t washington area northbound through baltimore, philly and new york city. if you take the acela up towards the big apple, m you have rain delays there. here's0 7night and a spattering of strong to severe

storms. most likely, between 5:nd 9:00 p.m.,9: here's 30, that could be close to fedex field by :00. have your nbc washington app downloaded and ready to go. it's a steamy morning. 76 in washington. cooler, more comfortabler. by leesburg, purcellville this morning. in the 90s, a rarity this week or two. 96 with a 6% chance for thunderstorms. 88 with rain chances creeping back in. and high rain chances for maman ny more days next week. sheena is back with me at the top of the hour. for now, let's hear from melissa. first traffic alert pausebe of two problem on the beltway. outer loop, this camera this morning. theamera ismoving, trying to get a better shot of what's going on. outer loop, connecticut lan and before connecticut, lanes

blked, as well. chopper 4 will show you in a minute. nontroblems town or out of town. taking a look at your travel times, 0 loo great. top of the beltway, does not. outer loop between and270, going only 15 miles per hour. it will take you almost 40 minutes this morning. 66 inbound, and 95 northbound,in in vi, no worries. listen to wtop 103.5 f.m. when you hop in your car today. we're want to thank all of you so much for supporting our schools. >> molette green wasct colg backpacks for kids and checking out how the community showed up for us. day one in the books. we have a bin full of school supplies and more coming. we really appreciate it.

all right. if you didn't make it out to oui t prince george's county location, there's still 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 an alia. we'll do this all again. we'll fill up bins and take monetary donation.00 elementary schoolchildren, the goal, a backpack to start off the school year just right. i'm molette green.t >> our next ev august 8th at the apple federal credit union. that's in the kingstowne branch. the kids will be back in class in a few weeks. next, how some school districtsa are pushing nts to make sure kids have the shots before the school bell rings. > plus pool parasites.

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these storms could bring wind, lightning, more rain. let's go to melissa for breaking news about the commute. >> this is a major problem here morning. we're talking about the outer loop here at connecticut avenue. a bigck . only getting by on the right side of the roadway because of this crash. now, there's two reported crashes topf the beltway, o outer lp, just before nnecticut and after connecticut. this five-mile backup, jus mess for a lot of people. this is going to have a huge impact on the morning commute. we don't have any other major problems right now. we have an issue, inner loom approachin i-270 and suitland parkway. the inner loop is moving just fine, but the outer loop is jammed. the icc is looking good here a this morning. you want to spend the money at