>> good morning, everyone. it's just about 6:00 a.m. i' eun yang. >> and i'm iangie goff in for aaron gilchrist. >> will the skies get clearer? we'll check in on your commute. first, sheena parveen is here with a look at our forecast. good mornin good morning. even though it looks beautiful in the shot behind, you guys, we're going t see big changes as we go through the day today. understorms approaching and the nice skies this morning, not going to be lastin here's a look at the radar. rain down to our south, mostly around richmond. these are moving to the north and rtheast. we have some storm developed in fredericksburg. this is traveli to theorth and northeast, too. that could be nearing fredericksburg soon some heavy rain and light ing in th that one. sprinkles over by frostburg.

we will see the change throughout monday, we have rain moving in. temperatures in the upper 60s throughout the suburbs. if the kids have summer camp today, by 9:00 clm., dy with a couple of showers mainly south of.c. by 11:00 a.m., expect it to be rainy. scattered showers and therainy pattern continues for the rest of the week. i'll show you how long that will be, stgking around com up. let's get to jack taylor and a look at the roads. >> good morning. they're trying to burn them down. a couple of vehicle fires. southbound on 95, after 212 but before the beltway. we have the left lane getting by, what w left of a tractor-trailer crash. topside outer loop, leaving new hampshire over to university boulevar that w trash tru engulfed. chopper four was run into both of these. we look at the new traffic

pattern on the george washington parkway. stay in yo lane. two lanes southbound and one lane for northbound direction. but for the morning, you can expect the delay because you will be rolling across the new affic pattern, into the northbound lane. one to the north and two to the nguth, will be get by on the georgepa washingtoway. eun, angie, back to you. plan some extra time for your morning drive. the g.w. construction project is under way. >> adam tuss live with what you need to know before you hit the hi, adam. >> hi. >> good morning. jack was just talking about staying in your lane. lo out our windshield camera here. with s what we're dealing on the george washington parkway this morning and for the next couple of months. this is going down in the southbound directionight now. d take a look at how all the weaving and the merging that'sh ening right now.

you see how all of this is separated into different barr r barriers alanes. there's going to be a reversible lane in the middle. there will be one lane southbound and one lane northbound. it is confusing. you have to pay attention as you come through this area. and the speed limit goes down to about 35 miles per hour. be awareshat that i happening, as well. look at this map. it gives you a better idea what we're talking about,s r as the windy run bridge. this is about a rehab that's happening here along the g.w. parkway. not far from spout run. know that thin this area, you wl deal with cstruction change over the last couple weeks. at the end of it, a new bridge. you come back out here live, and you can t see traffic has started to dissipate and merge as you get through that area. guys, back to you.

>> adam, thank you. developing this morning, a homicide investigation in prince george's county. it happened 7:30. officers found a man shot to death in oxon hill. police are tryingig toe out what happened. so far this morning, no arrests. we'll keep you updated on this st y as details comingin. a 17-year-old boy was found dead in montgomery county. thlice found the teen at s lake elementary school. he was seen around the school and hed played basketball at t school before. right now, police do not suspect foul play. an autopsy will be performed. a woman is alive thanks to the quick reaction of the coast guard. the scary scene played out on a

boat yesterday evening aro30d officials say a man called for help, saying he and e woman uffering from carbon monoxide poisoning. the coast guard found the man alert but the woman was passed out inside the boat.fo an officer ped cpr and she regained consciousness. she is expected to survive. now, to breaking news out of northern california. a massive carrire has killed x people. >> crews discovered another body on sunday and announced the latest death last night. they may have some progress fighting this fire in the past 12 hours. 3,300 fire crews are battling this blaze. you see some of the footage on the screen. six people he been killed. tens of thousands of residents have lost their thhome. carr fire has destroyed 900 homes and damaged much more. to put this into perspective, look at your screen.

the district is 43,000 acres. this is 92,000 acres. the humidity is the up. right now, they have it about 17% coned. >> a lot of work ahead.u, thank yo chris. john lewis is back home this morning after an overnight stay at the hospital. he checked into the hospital after saturday, after a flight to atlanta. a spokesman says doctors gave him a clean bill of health. congressman lewis is 78 years old. it's 6:06. president trump sparked controversy over the weekend with a series of twe he took aim at everything from the russian investigation to the media and he threatened to shutn he government. he wrote that he would be, quote, willing to shut down the government if the democrats do

not give us a vote for border security, end quote. he went on to say that the u.s. needs to implement a system based on merit. he wants democrats to support construction of a border wall. the president will face questions about his former lawyer, michael cohen, later today. another tweet targeted the vestigation and robert mueller. some of the tweets got personal. one he said mueller had a conflict of interest. including a, quote, nasty and ntentious business relationship. say, i turned him down to head the fbi, one day before appointment as special counsel. and comey is his close friend. the president referring to james comey, whom he fired. president trump did not explain the business relationship. but "the new york times" reports the pair had a dispute over fees at trump national golf club. we learn that michael cohen is

willing to tell the special counsel, trump knew in advance of the 2016 meeting between trump associates and the russians in october. it's 6:08 this morning. the archdiocese is reactgng to the reion of theodore mccarrick. he is accused of sexlly abusing a years ago.nearly 50 the archdiocese of washington issued a statement. the statement reads in part -- for more than 30 years, the archdiocese of whington has encouraged survivors of sexual b e would offer assistance to survivors of abuse in hopes of bringing healing to those who were harmed. you can read the entire statement from the archdiocese in our nbc washington app. in an unprecedented move, pope francis took away mccarrick's title before his church title.

mccarrick has denied the allegations. right now, the search is on for the hooded gunma who killed three people over the weekend. two men used a rifle handgun to fire into a crowd on saturday night. the gunman allegedly stood over one person and shot them several times. two men one woman died. >> it's sad and it's heartbreaking. put the guns down. >> police believe the shooting is gang-related.e in is fth shooting involving ten or more victims in new orleans in the past six years. this morning, we're learning more about what happened before the deadly duck boat accident in missouri that killed 17 of 31 aboard. the events on the s.d. card and the recording system on the boat. video shows the captain giving

the safety instructions en the ride starts. it shows calm waters when the boat leaves. as the weather worsens, an alarn goes off, revewater collecting under the floorboards. in the last three minutes, the captain makes a radio call for help and the boat is still above water. breaking news, we learned that two americans were killed what's being called an act of terror. let's go to chris lawrence at the livedesk. >> two americans have been killed in tajikistan. what they're looking into is a hit-and-run. this is a central asian nation just north of afghanistan. again, the rihit-and-runr killed four cyclist, three more were injured. two more were americans. they're looking into everything,

whether this was an accident, a robbery, even a terrorist act. we'll stay on top of it and bring you the latest as we learn more. >> chris, thank you. right now,cu rs are desperately trying to evacuate hundreds of tourists trapped on the indonesian island earthquake triggered landslides there. the quake happened yesterday ndrning. 15 people are de60 people are hurt. the quake caused more than a hundred homes to collapse. town south, toxic and foul-smelling algae is causing health and business concerns in florida. take a look at this. it began spreading several weeks ago in the waterways. the algae can cause skin irritation and potential harm to the liver and nervous system. president trump's golf course may he damaged natural areas out there. it led to the lost of 168 acr

of sand dunes protected under scottish la the plan was to minimize damage to the dunes. e golf course was completed in 2012. thousands of people are protesting against vladimir putin. his government wants to increase the retirement age there. for men, theld age w go from 60 to 65. and 55 to 63 for women. there had been demonstrations against the proposal all over russia for the last month. the northern part of europe is experiencing a heat wave. and scientists are blabeng cl change. norway, sweden and finland are chilly, but ty get temperatures pushing past 90 degrees. europe suffered its deadliest fire in more than a century. at 6:12, there's an area in the country that some say is idtical to the life on mars.

this is fascinating. this facility right here, in the canyons of utah, is working to prepare humans to live in an environment like red planet. the project is partially funded by elon musk and has hosted more than 1,000 peopler. so doctors and scientists eat space food, they work in mars-like conditions. where astronauts would face bitter cold temperatures and intense dust storms. >> exposed to extreme cold, extreme low pressures and extreme heat.'s difficult environment to survive in. >> nasa hopes to send humans to mars by 2013. the dreams of the desert explorers could helpave the way. it really does look like it. you see so many movies where they simulate mars and what it looks like. , peopleay in the futu might be living there, right? >> i heard kids that say, i want to be the first woman to go to mars. >> the possibilities. you could be tracked at the

airport and not even know it. >> a new report in "the boston globe" reveals a program that has air marshals tailing u.s. citizens e though they're not on a terror watch list. the program is called quie skies. the tsa screens every american citizen, who flies into the u.s. from certain foreign countries. every day, several dozen passengers are selected for anrveillance based on red flags on travel historother activities. >> air marshals get a photo. and then, they're directed to ll out the reports with every, single thing you do, from the moment you're at the airport, through who leaves -- whose car you leave with in the arrival city. >> passengers aren't note if ied if they're placed under surveillance. the tsa makes a statement saying, p themary purpose of this program is to make sure flight crews and passengers are

protected during travel. it's not intended to surveil ordinary americans. the agency has not saidf it stopped any terrorists or prevented my threats. this wednesday, not just humpday in the middle of the week. it's august 1st. summer, where did you go. travel expert says this is the time to make last-minute reservations. new orleans and houston, two of the cities where four-star pr t properties can be reserved for $100 per night. before you start searching for deals, there's one other trip when traveling affordably. >> don't forget about your miles when prices are high and you can get great value for them. and you don't have to pull money out of your pocket. >> if you want to travel abroad, there's good travel deals right for europe. if you want to save on yr gas bill, roll up the windows

and turnn the a.c. running the a.c. is more efficient tha driving with the windows rolled down. open windows me yourcar's engine work harder. watching your speed and removing unnecessary items in your car can save on gas. happening today, a biggest to get more of you to donate some blood. a 24-hour blz is under way in northern virginia. in fairfax county, people rolled upheir sleeves to donate. inova health care is behind this push. it is responsible for supplying blood for hospitals in the district, maryland and virginia. keeping the supply up and ready is always important. those on the front lines say, they see the need firsthand. >> we need 200 units of blood every day to fulfill our hospital needs. >> we're out there running the 911 emergencies, especially during the summertime. we see accidents and things of that nature.

>> inova health care is set up, across from the dulles town center. a presidential sightg at this weekend's beyonce and jay-z concert at fedex field. you recognize that man up ere? that's former president barack obama and michelle obama, getting down at the concert. people in the crowd, sharing this video all over social media. the carters, zasean carter. the obamas and thete carrs became friends when he was in the white house. >> are we sure that's them? >>yes. and they were playing it up for the cameras. there you go. slow-mo. >> yeah. >> i've seen the video on social media. >> okay. >> it is him. >> and actually,e actuall played it up for the cameras because everyone was filming them. >> he probably knew. >> it was good. >> he made fun of himself not having the moves thatichelle is the actual dancer. >> and he was just with tina,

beyonce's mom in paris. >> they are friends. >> andy kngie kno everything ab them. >> queen bee. they're having a good time. >> so pretty out there. >> enjoy this sunrise this morning. we see the clouds already behind there's that saying, red skies in the morning, sailors take warning. we see a beautiful sunrise anyway.it a saying. a meteorogolical o phraser riddle. we hav storms just south of us. we're going to see a rainy week ahead. it's not welcome news to those having basent flooding issues last week. do not forget the umbrella toda we have showers at 9:00 a.m., and this week, we're looking at the rainy pattern comin back in the weekend. i zoomed out a little bit to see

everythingi everything heading our way niday. you see the lig here on the radar, moving to st. mary's county. calvert county. and weave one thunderstorm, just south of fredericksburg. this one on 95, heading to the north and northeast. fredericksburg is starting to see me of that soon. we're watching it m e to st. mary's county. we're looking dry this morning. you will notice the clouds getting thicker and increasing as we go through the morning hours. temperatures in the upper 60s for many of our suburbs. it's 73 inwashington. 77 degrees in annapolis. if kids are heading to summer camp, most of the area is dry. by lunchtime, expected to be pret rainy throughost of the area. if you're farther north and west, you might be tdry by that time. and scattered showers and

temperatures in the upper s70 today. if you are farther north and westl your chances w be higher later in the day. again, most of the rn still south. then, it spreads across the area by lunchtime through the evenin you see spots north and west later on this evening, a higher chance for late-day and evening rain. and maybe even a couple thunderstorms. look at the rest of this hiweek. rain chances every day. temperatures after today, will be in the mid to upper 80s. it will be humid. definitely feeling like summer around here. the rainchances, they're not really leaving anytime soon. a pattern similaro what we had last week. the rainy stretch into the weekend. at's what it looks like right now. we can change the weekend forecastou for and dry things out a little bit. next week, it doesn't look too bad. let's get check of the roads. >> good morning. we had some trouble in virginia. we'll start there this morning. before you get to 28, out in

centrevill b the crash hn moved out of the roadway. you still have owdowns down in gainesville. we head into maryland after 212, before the beltway. what's left of a tractor-trailer that was involved in a fire. two left lanes were now getting by the scene with minimal delay. and chopper brad, he has found an issue on the outer beltway. brad, what do y have? >> that's right, jack. the right side is still blocked, even though they got the fire put out. let me show you what the problem is. thisbage truck driver didn't manage to get all the way out of the way. they have to keep the right lane blocked here until they can pull that garbage truck out of the way. the southbound side of 95 to get on to the outer loop is major problems with the 18-wheeler fire along thede rig as well. a hot one already this morning. angie and eu back to you. >> thanks so much. still ahead, what you need to know if you think your basement is at risk for flooding. we're looking at you and the

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yoatching "news 4 today." >> after several days of rain, a lot of us are seeing water flow into our baments. >>ustin finch has a look at other signs that your basement could be loflooding and how to stop it.

she has lived in her north d.c. home for years but there was one part of her home she was avoiding. >> i would love to e every part of my house and i'm scared of my basement. each time it rains, water comes under the doors, through the walls and the windows. >> she's not the only one with a basement battle these days. days of heavy rains have left homes across our area taking on water in basements, too. if you think yours has been spared, think again.se nong water doesn't mean r ysyant, ow water guard it's not there, ohn bryant, owner of water guard water-proofing.>> eople don't think of a musty odor, crack, discoloration on arll coverings, all those warning signs that are telling you the basement may leak one da >> reporter: a simple solution

you can do now, is keep an eye on any of the drains. once these start getting backed up. the problems can grow the longer you ignore ther >> make suresump pump is working. make sure you have stair and window wells cleared. make sure you have a working water-proofing system. >> reporter: get eimates. your cost can range depending on your basement size and required repairs. for homeowners, it's often a worthwhile investment. e, to know my house is sec safe, no outside bugs and water coming in, that feels really good. >> justin finch, news good morning. don't forget the umbrella before you leave today. high rain chances really the entire week. i'll show you the timing for all this for your monday,in c up. in prince george's county, a death investigation now under way. how did the man wind up dead on a ft. washington street last night? i'm justifichblnch. look for our live report coming up. a natiols star at the

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"news 4 today" starts now. >> your time is 6:30. we're taking a live look outside right now. a beautiful start to your monday morning. enjoy it while you can because the rain that we finally had a break from over the weekend, it returns later today. good morning i'm eun advantage. >> aaron has the morning off. jack taylor right there. first, sena parveen. >> sunrise behind you guys, absolutely gorgeous. take a look at it. it's not going to last long. you see thelouds at the top of your screen. these clouds are going to in.inue to move our sun is going to disappear and then we'll see some showers

move in, we're dry and going to be dry throu the morning commute unless you're around fredericksburg. we have thunderstorms around to our soh. thunderstorms with the lightn lightning. we have been watching this thunderstorm this morning. a fewff showers near frostburg. i'll show you the timing ofe ran aso through the day today. seat's going to last quite a while. it to jack and get a check of our roads this morning. good morning, jack. we start in maryland. before university boulevard, we've been dealing with a trash truck that was on fire. the right lane remains they opened all lanes south on 95 before the beltway before the

overpass. they had what was left of a tractor-trailer tas on fire there. that was on the right side of the roadway. e all four travel lanes aren. we had trouble on the red line. we had train between sha grov and gallaudet with a signal problem. back to you. >> it 6:32. exhausted and outraged, hundreds of people were forced to sleep on their amtrak trains after multiple lines were delayed. >> one of the passeers was kelly o'donnell. this was a picture she snapped on twitter. one of the northeast trains was delayed by more than four hours. am track is blaming this o a wire issue near baltimore. an issue with the overhead power lines was involved. >> right now, aor m project

along the g.w. parkway is under way. look at the road here. work started 90 minutes ago. crews are working on the windy run bridge. find out h this will affect your commute with adam tuss. we continue to track a developing stow. this is out of prince george's county. a homicide investigation is happening in ft. wasn. a man was found shot to death ther j >>tin finch with what we know at this time. >> good morning. sunday night, prince george's police pulled up to this cull e cul-de-sac and found a man who died here at the scene. right now, they're trying to ndgure out why this happen who did this. the scene, the 7200 block off of web ser here, homes all around. prince george's countyfi

fiters on the scene where the man was found, just outside of someone's home. early, the victim has not been identified in this case so far. that's where police are hoping the public can step in and help. they want to know anything about this case. the victim, who may have done this, how he got here, all of the questions tely need answering. give a call to police. there's a cash award for tip that lead to an arrest in this case. we're live in fwashington. back into you. >> justin, thank you. >> m today, the charged in "the capital gazette" newsroom shooting rampage will appear in court. he was accused of killing five employees and injuring two others last month. a grand jury indicted him on 23 counties in that fatal shooting. people gathered for a benefit concert one month after the shooting. ♪

the day-long event raised money for the victims' families and survivors of the shooting. here's a look at the top stories we're following right fw. no closure for tilies of victims aboard flight malaysia 370. a report was released overnight. it reiterated that the plane was sverted. it she cause of the disappearance cannot be determined. ant devastating apartire displaces 85 people in prince george's county. is was the scene last friday from chopper 4, as the flames rapidly ripped through several units. fire officials say it started on the third floor. so far, no one was hurt badly. that's what we're told. the president said in a weekend tweet he would, quote,

be willing to shut down the government if the democrats don't give us the vot on border security. sunday, the president tweeted aboutedia coverage in the russia probe. we'll have that from the white house later. this morning, flights are back on schedule for american airlines. alan outage that grounded l flights yesterday morning. it took about 40 minutes to restore that system. the airline has apologized to customers for the inconvenience. 6:36 right now. still ahead, a ntaionals caught in controversy. the tweets on trea turner's account that has the team apologizing this morning. plus, weope you like the rain-free weekend. now, a new round of storms is moviin. sheena parveen is tracking the latest. we'll ould wear today, just shah

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today." >> welcome back at 6:40. this morning, trea turner is in the spotlight. multiple tweets with racially insensitive language and homophobic slurs resurfaced last night. they were tweeted in 2d 2012. turner has apologized im and the organization. turner issued the following statement saying, i am sincerely sorry for those tweets and apologize wholeheartedly. i think people who know me derstand those regrettab actions do not reflect my values or who i am. it's been seven weeks since bode miller and wife lost their baby daughter. >> the millers are using their tragedy from having other parents go flu the pain they're going through. and theye opening up to vannah guthrie. the 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 30 in my head. >> you can see savannah's interview today, following news 4 today. as you wake up and walk outside on thise' monday, dry locally. see the rain down to our south. that's going to move don't forget the umbrella as we go through today and the rest of the week. i'll show you the timing of this rain for your monday and also show you how long all of the high rain chances are going to last, coming up. two trouble spots in both vehicle fires toward the beltway. everything has been put on the right shoulder. outer loop topside before new hampshire after unatersity. s blocking a right lane. and you have big

welcome back. we are staying on top of this breaking news right now. hundreds of people in southeast d.c.re waking up without powe >> this is a look at th power outage map. the outage started at 1:00 this morning. at first, the restoration time was 5:00 a.m. now,s powert expected to be restored until 8:00 a.m. we're goingo stay on top of this for you. a truck caught on fire on the beltway. while thelames are out, the delays tonight to build. a live look re, on the outer loop from chopper 4's view. the delays began on the new hampshire et. they continue for fimiles past silver .spring we will check in with jack taylor in a few minutes. the president threatened to

igut down the government again over ition reform and a southern border wall. >> the presint went after special counsel robert mueller and what he believes are conflicts of interest. >> thepresident's entire team has quickly changed its tune when it comes to his former attorney. >> trump's current lawyer, rudy giuliani, made theyeounds erday, saying the former fixer is a liar. >> kristene welker is l from the white house this morning with the latest. kristen, good morning. >>hi. od morning to you. busy monday morning here. and it is looking like all-out warfare on michael hen. it's going to continue into this udw week. trump's lawyer,giuliani, taking to the air waves sunday, tolast the former personal attorney and fixer, michael cohen. giuliani calling cohen an instinctual liar, all of the

signs that cohen could be ready to flip on the president. for hispart, trump took aim at a different target on sunday. robert mueller, in a trademark tweet stor trump ramping up attacks on the russian investigation, calling it an e legal scam. the president calling out mueller by name, sayg he has conflicts of interest and claiming he and mueller had a nasty and contentious business werelationships. l have all of that coming up on "today." >> kristen welker, liv from the white house. thanks so much. today, robert wilke will be sworn in as the new veterans affair secretary. wilke has been serving as acting secretary since march. een expected to shake up the v.a. on his first official day on the job. georgia congressman john lewis is back home this morning, the thisfter a stay at a hospital. he checked into after saturday, after a flight to atlanta. a spokesman says doctors gave him a clean bill of health.

this morning the archdiocese is reacting to the resignation of theodore mccarrick. he is accused of sa ually abusinenage boy nearly 50 years ago. the archdiocese of washington issued a statement. the statement reads in part -- for archdiocese of washington has encouraged survivors of sexual abuse would offer assistance to survivors of abuse in hopes of bringing healing to those who were harmed. you can read the entire statement from the archdiocese in our nbc washington app. in an unprecedented move, pope francis took away mccarrick's cardinal title before his church title. mccarrick has denied the oulegations. new details abt the 17-year-old boy found dead in a school parking lot in montgomery

county. police found the teen. investigators said he had been seen earlier that day around the school and has played basketball at the school before.e right now, pol not suspect foul play. a woman is alive this morning, thanks to the quick action of the u.s. coast guard. the scary scene played out on a boat yesterday evening around 5:30. a man called for help, saying h anman were suffering from carbon monoxide poisoning. an officer performed c she regained consciousness. she is expected to survive. now, you're talking a live look at the g.w. parkway where a major construction project is under way. crews started working around 5:00 this morning. adam tuss r ising along with a closer look. >> and you're tracking the impactohis is going have on the morning commute,. ad

>> absolutely, angie and eun. good morning to you guys. look out our windshield camera. already seeing the traffic starting to stack up here on the g.w. parkway. this i the northbound direction we're heading in. really, you d will ling with delays northbound and southbound, as we're doing a un windyridge rehab here. all of this has a lot of traffin me what's happening here is you have lanes going from four lanes down to three. you'll have one in each direction with a rersible lane. that is causing confusion here. the police are directing the traffic in this area. look at this map. it gives you a better idea what we're work we're talking about as far as the windy run bridge, not far from spout run parkway. all this is starting to ramp up and create delays in this area. it will last through the fall. if you come back live and look through our windshield camera,

you see as the traffic stacks up and figuresut which way it's going to go. the traffic is going tove e. inbound in the morning, loutbod twoes in even thing. it will be a challenge through this area in the next coupl of months. guys, back to you. >> a busy spot. adam tuss, thank you. >> on that road, the ponding gets bad. we're going to check in with jack taylor on the roads. staying on top of breaking news in northern california. the massive h car fir killed six people, including afiamily, a fiter and a bulldozer helping to knock down the flames. ndreds of people are called in to help from all over the country. tens of tho of residents are forced to evacuate their homes. the carr fire has destroyed 900

homes and damaged hundreds more. to put this into perspective, look at your screen. d.c. consists of 43,000 acres. this fire has consumed nearly 100,000 acres or an area well over twice the size of the district. right now, seven people are missing i that part of california. communication issues are making it voy difficult find them. eun? >> chris, thank you. it's 6:52. a big effort to get more people to donate blood. a blitz is on in virginia. in fairfax county, people rolled up their sleeves to donate. inova is responsible for oo supplying to 24 hours in the district, maryland and virginia. the supply up and ready is always important. those on the front line sathey

summer is speeding isby. is not file video. the redskinsad the first training camp practice in full pads yesrday. our new quterback, alexsmith, is getting comfortable with his new team. >> they open t preseason in less than two weeks when they head up to new england to take on thepatriots. we just won the stanley cup. we'realking abfootball already. >> i can't believe it. >> it goes so fast. >> you forget how far we go into summer with the stanley cup playoffs. d now, all of a sudden, we have football season. i would love to talk about the beginning of baseball sysean because that means that summer is arng. we're dogging abo intalking abo thunderstorms across parts of the area. most of the area is dry. it will be a summer-like pattern with idwarm, h temperatures.

also a rainy pattern, too. we hit some merate to heavy rainfall. s thunderstormth of mostly st. mary's county. but really moving in now in parts of calvert county can be seen soon. as we go through the morning, most of the area, as you see, dry.be staying after 9:00, that's when we see more rain start to move in from the south. aider view. look at the thunderstorm acti activity south of us. this is an unsettled weather pattern. we don't see this early in the morning. and we'll have another rainy stretch through the week. in washington, most of thesu rbs sitting in the mid to upper 60s. as wegh go thrhe monday, by lunchtime, we'll see som widespread showers through most of the area. a chance this evening with highs maybe only in the upper 70s today. here's future weather. 9:30 this morning. showers moving in fromhe south. more widespread around

lunchtime. we could mainly see them up to our north and west. over the next few ys, with the rainy pattern, we could see half an inch to an inch of rain. i'm se for manf you who had basement flooding issues, from last week's rain, this is not welcome news. high rain chances this entire week and into the weekend. let's get a check of the with jack taylor. >> hey, sheena, good morning. we'll start you off on metron the red line. unfortunately we have signal problems and delays between shady grove and gallaudet. the activity before 28 centreville gone. the fender-bender in manassas o the shoulder. big delays on 95 southbound.p the clea a tractor-trailer fire on the shoulder. bradas another fire on the topside of maryland. brad, what do you? ha

>> that's right, jack. this garbage truck didn'et all the way off the shoulder. this right lane is blocked with the cleanup. they had to bring up the wrecker to get it out of the way. the delays a expensive. eight miles. this may be the money you wanth to spend mey oonn heit's 6:56.he here'sour things to know before you head out the door. police are iestigating a homicide in ft. washington. officers found a man shot to death around 7:30. so far, no arrests. today, the man charged in "the capital gazette" newsroom shooting rpage will appear in court. he is accused of killing five employees and injuring two others. a grand jury indicted him on 23 counties in the tal shooting. hundreds of people had to sleep on amtrak trains afterip mu trains were delayed. one of those passengersas

kelly o'donnell. she posted this picture to twitter. amtrak is blaming issues with the overhead power li s. expect your commute to take longer. construction along the g.w. parkway. crews are working on the windy run bridge. this is going toffect north and southbound traffic. get the latest on the lane closures in the nbc washington app. we haveovaing in from the south. today, have the umbrella with you. closer to lunchtime, that's going to get more widespread. upper not get out of the 70s. but for the rest of the week, look at the high rain chances. temperatures to mid to upper 80s. thanks foroining us for

good morning. breaking overnight. out of control. the death toll mounting. new emergency evacuations ordered as massive wildfires ravage california. >> one minutes it's fine. the next everybody is screaming. >> nearly twoozen burping right now, all aoss the state. entire neighborhoods consumed. firefighters pushed to the brink. >> dream is not t even right adjective to use anymore. >> we're live on the front line. >> operation quiet ay. ecret government program now revealed. undercover air marshals following americans with no criminal history at the airports and on flights. is thisur good sy or a