Skip to main content

tv   News4 Today at 430  NBC  July 30, 2018 4:30am-5:00am EDT

4:30 am
right now on news 4 today. commuting conc ans, majoron constructiroject that's going to impact your way to work. and whythe warnings you're stuck with the mess for months. amtrak outraged, trains traveling to and from d.c. delayed for hours. plus the nationals star in a twitter controversy. what has the player a tlogizing fos morning. at 4:30, a live look outside, as we srt a n work week. welcome to your monday. pretty clear out there right now. laterhis rning, the rain we final hi had a break from over the weekend, will return. sorry to break the bad news to monday. good morning, everyone. i'm eun yang. >> i'm angie goff. aaron has the morning off. i was looking at july 30th.
4:31 am
>> i can't believe it. >> end of the month. >> i know jack taylor is feeling me, too. melissa.or >> we're going to check in with him in a moment. first, let's check in with sheena par parveenck with a c of the forecast. >> it was good we had a break over the weekend, you were able to enjoy the nice, dry weather. andhopefully you didn't have basement issues like we were talking about because we have more rain coming in. showers down to our south will be heading to the north. they'll be moving in eventually this morning. i think most of yngr mor rush is going to stay dry. local locally, we're looking at cloudy skies developing. temperatures aren't too bad this morning. mostly upper 60s. here's your monday planner, as we go through the day, dry but cloudy. don't leave home without the umbrella. we're going to see scattered
4:32 am
showers throughout the temperatures may not get above 80 for much of the area. we'll look at how long the high rain chances are going to last. let's look at jack taylor and the roads this monday morning. >> good morning. our issue overnight had been a crash in steing on 7 eastbound. it occurred near city center boulevard, as the cameras go. the accident had traffic diverting. that has now cleared. all of wrapped up.ation has at least, the travel lanes are available. 66, after 29 on gainesville, we had roadwork not causing a slowdown. maryland after connectic avenue inplace. two right lanes getting by. volume is very light. lehopefully they out within the next half hour. >> thank you. it's 32 there's going to be a lot of exhausted people today. >> that's right.
4:33 am
multiple amtrak trains, they were d by a lot, by hours. chris lawrence, what's going on with this? >> justretweeted some new information on this. hundreds of peopleto force she sleep on themtrak trains after multiple lines were delayed. amtrak.com allowsraou to your train. we zoomed in on union station. just take a look. 4:28 late. 3:13 minutes. 59 minutes late. all these are northeast trains. what happened? the only response is what amtrak tweeted out hours ago, blaming the delaysn wire issues near baltimore. some issue with the overhead power lines. frustrated riders wasted no timn letting eve know what they were going through. someone tweeted out a picture and said some passengers took ride shares to d.c. and claim they took hundreds of dollars to get home. the d hand was soh at one point, ridshare surcharges shot up to $600.
4:34 am
amtrak hn't updated the last tweet saying service has stopped. we haven't heard back. in chris, thank you. sta today, a major construction project along the g.w. parkway begins i less than 30 minutes. crews will work on the windy run idge not from scott run. it will affect north and southbound traffic. the park service will reduce the number of lanesr from fo three. a reversible lane will shift from northboundo southbound depending on the time of day. the work is expected to wrap up some time this fall. the time right now, looking at 4:34. here's your morning top stories. a homicide investigation in prince george's county, it happened last night around30 officers found a man shot to death. this is where webster lane in ft. washington. police are tryin to figure out what happened. there are no arrests. we're learning more about the 17-year-old boy found dead in a school parking lot in
4:35 am
montgomery county. police found theee at south lake elementary school. he was seen around the school and had played basketball at the school> before. deadly carr fire in northern california has killed six people fire officials say more than 3,300 fire personnel are battling this fire. it started one week ago today. the carr fire has burned more than 95,000 acres and it's only 17% contained. in aheeekend tweet, president said he would, quote, be willing to shut down the government if the democrats do not vote for border security. he said the u.s. needs to implement a merit-based immigration system. he wants democra to suppo building a wall on the border. the president tweeted about media coverage and the ongoing russia probe. we'll have the latest from capitol hill a little later. the man charged i a capital
4:36 am
gatte newsroom shooting rampage will appear in hecourt. as accused of killing five employees and injuries two others. a jury indicted ramos over the shooting. over the weekending people hethered for a benefit concert to remember t victims, one month since that shooting. ♪ >> children and adults played afternoon.day the day-long event was annapolis rising. event raised money for the victims families and survivors of the shooting. we have ano update the devastating apartment building fire in prince george's county. 85 people were displaced and nowhere to go. this was the scene last friday from chopper 4, as the flames
4:37 am
rapidly ripped through several units. one officials say it started the third floor. at this point, they don't know how it began. so far, no one was hurt badly. that's what we're told. this morning, washington nationals trea turner is in the spotlight and nor a good reason. multiple tweets with racially insensitive language and homophobic slurs resurfaced last nigh they were tweeted in 2011 and 2012. turner has apologized to him and the organization. turner issued the femlowing stt saying, i am sincerely sorry for those tweets andiz apol wholeheartedly. i think people who know me understand those regrettable actions do not reflect my values or who i am. but i understand the hurtful nature of such language and am sorry to have brought any negative light to the nationals organization, myself or the game i love. > at4:37, coming up, a
4:38 am
motivational story to get you moving on this mondaymo ing. cycling to the finish, no matter what. mecan biker clist beats the odds. how he finished the tour de france, despite a majorinjury. first, sudden collap. crowd plummets when a roof caves in under their feet. the stunning video and the story
4:39 am
4:40 am
4:41 am
you're watchin 4 "news today." >> a fright iening scene in ind. a shed that was serving as a grandstand collapseg t a big crowd down with it.pl 17 pe are now injured, hundreds had climbed on to the roof to watch the race.ei apparently thet was too much. >> scary. >> really dramatic video. it's been seven weeks since
4:42 am
bodele m and his wife lost their daughter, drowning in a swimming pool. >> the millers are using their tragedy from having otherlu parents go the pain they're going through. and they're opening up to savannah guthrie. th millers talk about how quickly a child can be lost. >> it is literally a child under 30 pounds can drown in 30 seconds. and i keep counting to m 30 in head. >> you can see's savann interview today, following news 4 today. four things you need to know before you step outside. your morning compute looks fine. as you go through the week, a rainy pattern coming in from tho cast. warm and humid days also, as we
4:43 am
go even into the weekend. we'll take a look a the
4:44 am
4:45 am
you're watching news 4
4:46 am
today. >> the president went on a twitter tirade on sunday. hete thrd to shut down the government again over immigration reform and arn sout border wall. >> thesi pnt went after special counsel mueller and what he believes are conflicts of interest. tracking it all is tracie potts. >>he president threatening a shutdown. what can we see in the next few days? >> probably not a lot of action in the next few days. but in the next couple of months, keep in mind, there are 60 days from today, two months from today, congress has to come up with a budget or the government shuts the president making the threat. >> tracie, did we lose you? okay. you there? okay, good.
4:47 am
tracie, real quick, another question. the president's team seems to have turnedn micha cohen. we saw the president tweeting about this over the weekend, as well. there's a report that he plans to tell the special counsel that trump new about the tour mewer meeting with the russian lawyer. could those get worse? >> they're wonderi what michael cohen has and what he will say to the specialor prosec if anything. at this point, 183 secret recordings are out ther trump's attorney says he has seen them, he's heard them and he doesn't think there's anything in them that would implicate the president or show they did anything illegal in the campgn. >> tracie potts, live on capitol hill for us. tracie, thank you. today, robert wilke will be sworn in as the new veterans affair secretary. he has been acting secretary. pected to shake up the v.a. on his first official day
4:48 am
of the job. >> the possibility of a shakeup in rginia's general assembly. it could put the slim house advantage in jeopardy. greghabeeb is stepping down on friday. he wants to focus on his family and career as a lawyer in roanoke. the special election in the republican district, would give democrats a chance to win the seat and for a 50/50 split. in that scenario, the parties would hav to agree to share power. the peace cross the causing some conflict. the monument honors those who fought in world war i. lawmakers are hoping the u.s. supreme court errules a lower court's decisn. texas senator ted cruz and steve scalise fired an argument last night. ey ruled in fav of the humanist association, that says
4:49 am
the cross that sits on the public land violates the separati between church and state. new details about a deadly crash on 95. police say a driver was under the influence when he hit and killed a woman in fairfax county >> that crash happened early saturday morning on the southbound lanes, just before the fairfax county parkway. this is a picture of the victim, caitlin taylor. investigators s that david tobul rear-ended her suv causing the flip and burst into flames. shedied at the scene. tobul could face more charges. d.c. police says there's a predator in northwest. a woman woke upst to nger touching her in her bedroom. it's not clear how he got in her home. he took off running when she screamed for help. she did not get a good look at him but any tips can helprack the man down. you expect privacy in locker
4:50 am
rooms. but this maye you .questioning other gymgoe police are looking for people that took photos of men at the indoor swim center in boyd, maryland. encouraged three women to go into the locker room and snap photos this month. they may be from the burglaltim area. > flights are back on track for american airlines. an t outaget grounded all flights yesterday morning. it took about 40 minutes to st ree that system. the airline has apologized to customers for theco inenience. as the summer speeds by, we're getting closer to football season. that's right. the skins have been business sieve at training comp down in richmond. can't believe we're looking at this video right now. yesterday was the first full day of pads. our new quterback, alex smith, is getting h comfortable withis new team and will also have a few other new guys on the field.
4:51 am
such as rookieac running bk darius gies. d he satn with sherry burris yesterday. >> firin nfl tg camp. how is it going so far? >> it's been good. hegot out here with guys and put on pads.u can tell as a rookie, how much do you know? sometimes cloudy, muddy and cry. overall, it's been very the skins get a break froma trning camp today. they open the preseasowoin less than weeks. they head up to new england t take on the patriots. football season. this is nuts. can we give a shoutout because arena famtball the washington valor, they took the top prize. they won their own cup.
4:52 am
>> the stanley cup? >> yes, exactly. keep thein momentum guys. >> and cross my fingers, that jordan reed will be >> everyone says yes. we need him. >> okay. we'll cross our fingers. >> anytime we start mentioning football season, we love football season. >> we do. but i think of snow immediately. i'm like, man, i love when we start talking about baseball ca e, we're like, boys of summer. >> i think of allergi w when talk baseball season. >> we all have a trigger, right? >> we're not talking about any snow in the future. we have a rainy pattern, setting up for us again. a lot like what we had last oek. and a l the rain will be here mainly in the afternoon for a lot of days this week here's a look locally. the morning drive is fine and y. we have showers and storms as close as richmond, now. these are heading up to the north. and these will beer moving a about 9:00 this morning. until about 9:00 a.m., we'll be
4:53 am
dr but the showers will get closer. more rain down to our soh. our weather pattern, our nice weekend, that's about to come to an end. really, as we go into next weekend, here's what it looks like rite nght now. 77 in annapol this morning. if the kids are heading to summer camp, by 9:00, cloudy skies, showers t o south. then, as we get closer to lunchtime, expect it to b rain around the area. by 3:00 p.m., scattered showers. temperatures may be in the upper 70s for us toda lunchtime, the rain moving in from the south. by 6:00 p.m., scattered showers. tomorrow, the umbrella. a high rain chance, espially in t afternoon. by wednesday, we have the high rain chance around. for today, for the rainfall that we have coming, we could see anywhere from about a quarter if h to maybe an inch or so, depending on where you live. we'll be watching that closely. look at the rain chances as we
4:54 am
go through the rest of theweek. today will be the coolest, in the mid to upper 80s with afternoon showers and storms. so far, we are putting chances in as we go into the weekend. let's head over to jack taylor in for melissa this inmo good morning, jack. >> good morning, sheena. beltway maryland, outer loop, the work zone picking up from the roadway. two right lanes were getting by and two left lanes were blocked. out of the roadway, by the time u get there, they should be cleared. morning number one of the new traffic pattern, south of the george washington parkway, north of spout we're going to be dealing with a new traffic pattern. two lanes southbound, one northbound. everyone will be on the northbound side. this will be different. just be aware. penn line train 4:57, it has been canceled this morning, due to damaged power lin at the baltimore-penn station.
4:55 am
here at the live desk with breaking news. we just got word of the latest report on one of the biggest airline mysteries in modern times. what happened to malaysian airlines flight 370. the latest report concludes the team is unable to deter real cause for why it disappeared. it's a nearly 500-page report. it iteratesmalaysia's search that the plane was deliberately diverted and flown for over ven hours after severing communications. that plane went down in the waters on its way to beijing f more thanr years ago. it's not been found. the latest search was called off just a few months ago.ai ag still no word.
4:56 am
the most famous biking rac is done. geraint thomas won. he is the first british-born winner. >> an american cyclist crashed on the first day of the tour. lawson craddick injured his shoulder. heledged $100 a day for each stage he finishes for a track he trained on back in houston. fans chipped in. this thing took off. >>nd talk about determination and the human spirit. this morning, the total is over $220,000. incredible. >> he was the last to finish. you didn't see that on the cameras but he's winning other ways. still ahead, news 4,oday is t day. major construction work beginning on a local bridge. it wilpa your commute.
4:57 am
what you need to know before you head out the door. >> and abs bomll report. details a secret surveillance program within the tsa. how quiet skies followspa engers who are not on a watch list. "news today" continues next.
4:58 am
4:59 am
"news 4 today" arts now.
5:00 am
good morning, everyone. i'm eun yang. a >> i'mie goff, in for aaron gilchri gilchrist. monday is here, fol leaglowing autiful weekend thawe dant wanit to end. let's check in with sheen ya parveenor our forecast. >> we had a good weekend and i hope you were ableo enjoy it. this week, the rainy pattern is coming back into the foreca. look at t radar. i zoomed it out a little bit. showers andhow the storms are getting out now. now, they're approaching richmond. they're heading up to the north. they're moving in our di'rction. if y about to leave soon for your morning commute, we are nice and drwe e going to stay this way through 9:00 this morning. after sat, wert to see showers move in through the south. fredericksburg, you're going to see the rain first after

82 Views

info Stream Only

Uploaded by TV Archive on