t look, we'll get through this together. "news 4 today" starts now. it's 4:30. welcome back. we're taking a live look outside right now on this earlg.tuesday morn pretty bleak depending on where

you are waking up. you could see drizzle or fog or rain today. i'm eunyang. >> i'm angie goff. we're getting you ready for the final day of july. >> one of the ig stories we're talking about today, the possible b trade ofryce harper. wouldate to losehim. it could happen before you go to bed tonight. we'll explain why and wt are thechances. jack taylor is in for melissa. >> and chuck bell and sheena r parveen are back together gagai. >> that's horrible if they trade him away. >> it's been rumored it could happen. >> he's making $20 million a year. >> we'll find out. >> they may not play ball tonight anyway. >> they might get it in. that means we're looking at some

showers in the forecast. that's what chuck is trying to say. until we t get theres morning, we're dry. fog and drizzle to start off tho ing. temperatures mid-70s. fog and drizzle will stick around for a whil and then we see the rain chance increase in the afternoon. visibility is not too bad in the area. you will run into patchy fog as you're running out there. we'll see the low clouds. there's rai to our west and to our south. you can see our weather pattern, pretty unsettled. cloudy skies locally. we're not looking at rain to impact the local commute. by lunchtime, we'll see the crowds around. temperatures are not very warm. and we could seeome showers by afternoon. let's go over to jack taylor for a check on the roads. goodmorning, jack >> sheena, thanks. good morning. ounew traffic pattern. we're going to keep on eye on it. the george washington parkway.

for the southbounders, you get two lanes. northbound, down to one lane. that was the close spot, northbound. ndver road in northwest, closed, between ellicottre 44th . we have downed tree. pret quiet on the beltway. so, at this stage, you should find a lot of greenn the beltway and getting there on of the feeder roadways. >> back to you. >> jack, thank you. into that breaking news that jack just mentioned. here's the first look at that downed tree on river road. you can see it covering the road. we had the rain coming down hard. we've seen this ink the past w with all of the storms rolling through the area. river roadwe closed b 44th and ellicott street.

this is a relatively small stretch of road. the only hope has to b crews can get out there and get that cleared in the next couple hours before the big rush starts. eun, back to you. >> thank you. it's 4:34. now, toes the l information on the controversy surrounding theodore mccarrick's resignation from the catholic church. his name is no locker on a building in springe spring. the theodore mccarrick center is now the catholic charity center. mccarrick faces accusations of sexual abuse. over the weekend, pope francis accepted his resignation. an updaten the homicide we tracked yesterday. ince george's police say that giovani litt was gunned dow in

ont of his own home. the two knew litt rndbed him before the shooting. top storiese the we're following for you. twoie more d.c. fam have lost loved ones to shootings in the district. a man was shot and killed ee ee 19th street. d.c. police hope an inease in we railroad money will lead makiyaormation about wilson's murder. surveillance cameras caught the gunmen shooting in all directions. the trial against paul manafort gets under way tay. the former campaign manager is the first to face charges. more on what manafort ised accus

of. trump is threatening to shut down the government if democrats don't support a border wall. could we soon be saying good-bye to s natsr bryce harper. mlb.com is talking about possibly trading him. the a natsre letting other teams know he's available. the trade deadline is at 4:00 today. harper just won the home run derby a few weeks ago, during the wholear all- weekend. >> it was a big night. his father pitching to him that night. he's only the third player to win the home run der in his home ballpark. everybody was hoping on him. he was decked o in the d.c. gear. >> it's not a done deal.ot this does mean he's

officially leaving. but his contract does end by the end of the season. i hope he gets to t stay withhe nats. another natsall-star is making headlines for tweeting. this time, it's not what you think. sean doolittle's take on controversy surrounding his teammate. and

you're watching "news 4 today." >> wcome back. it's 4:40 this morning. this shark that was stolen from th san antonio aquarium is back home. aquarium staffhe says shark, who they call miss helen, is doing well. this whole story is bizarre. here's how san antonio police found the sha and the suspect. they had surveillance video

showingne of the suspects removing the shark from the tank right there. >> the man and his partnerit that shark in a stroller. polked out of the acquire nuqua. they wereed taking off in an orange truck. one confessed to the crime. another person was also arrested. apparently, ty had aquarium set up at their home. this heist was planned. it probably would have died without the proper care. coming up, anunusual highway chase caught on camera. the story behind why an officer was on the run. > good morning, everybody. here's something you need to know about the weather, another day with a high rai chance today. it won't be a complete washout. temperatures staying cooler than ever. and there's more soggy days ahead.

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breaking news overseas. coordinated militants attack under way right now in the city of jalalabad. look at some of the footage we just got into the newsroom. what we're hearing is that a suicide car bomber exploded near a provincial hospital and health department. that's been followed by a massive amount of gunfire. right now, a heavy battle taking place between afghan security forces and attackers. isollows another attack in another part of the country,n which dozens of civiliansre

wounded for an attack on a bus that killedossibly 10r 11 women and children. we will keep an eye on what's going on there and update you just as soon as we learn more. back to you guys. >> chris, thank you. it's 4:46. jury selectionga begins ast former c trumpampaign manager, paul mafort. >> manafort is the first person to face trial for charges filed by robert mller. >> tracie potts is following the tatest on capitol hill. what's manaf accused of? >> bank fraud and tax evasion. it has nothing to do with collusion with russia. it h everything to do with convicting him and possibly having some leverage from wha he wants to talk about in the heys of t trump campaign. this trial is expected to last three weeks, starting tod with the jury selection, is the

lavish lifestyle he lived, while riding millions in offshore accounts. representinghe ukraine government and lobbying for them in the united states, unregistered. that's the crux of thi case. they've lined up they've people to testify under immunity. and the star witness, his former witness hopartner, was charged in the russia probe. but pleaded guilty and decided to flip and work for the government. >> more to comen this. tracie potts for us on the hill. thanks so much. a mythical ctature is the center of a real political dispne in a real house race virginia. and the term taking over that dispute is big foot erotica.

riggleman says he put a suggestive drawing of big foot on his instagram as a joke. an cochran tweeted this is not what we're going to put on capi wl hill. if yt to read or see more, it's in our nbc washington app. the group behind the white supremacist rally in charlottesville is preparing to rally here in d.c. in two weeks. lafayetteprotest in square across from the white house. the officers are experienced at keeping the peace during high-tension rallies and protests. >> people can always express their views, whatever they may be. our role as a police department, makes sure they are able to do at. we facilitate that. and we make sure nothing gets broken and nobody get hurt. >> he says officers will keep

the right to unite activists away from counterprotesters. heather heyer died at a protest incharlottesville. people affected by the flooding from ellicott city. heavy rain caused problems for businesses on main street. many were totally destroyed. today, patients, families and friends will say good-bye to a local doctor killed in a jet ski accident. he died over the weekend after being in a jet ski crash. he helped thousands of people startamilies over the years. he even gave out his personal cell phone-m andl so patients can reach him at all

hours. >> incredibly passionate about helping people. it drove him. it drove him to work every day. love your family. hug your family. >> green celebrated his 20th year as a doctor at shady grove. funeral services will be held in rockville. new video this morning, shows aizre high-speed chase out of florida. a driver chasing a police officer. this is dash cam video from another car, showing the female police officer iweher cruiser, ing in and out of traffic. police say the officer was on the run fndm her boyfr after he attacked her. the boyfriend is in the gold car right yoere. see him racing up behind her. they were moving so fast, smoke coulde seenoming from the gold car's tire.th

wow. case ended when the officer made it to the police station. her girlfriendes f several charges, including assault of a police officer. 4:51. residents in massachusetts are waking up without a police department. the blandford police department posted this last night. they told residents that 911 will still work. it will just be routed to a different department. an article by "the boston globe" said that resignations came after complaints to the town were made about unsafe working conditions. sean doolittle is not taking tweets from trea turner lightly. >> this was after turner's tweets surfaced, containing racist and homophobic language. some hav urged turner to get

off of twitter. shawn dean doolittle doesn't th that is the >> doolittle went on to say that a lot of the tweets tharo surfaced areseveral years ago, at a time in their lives where they may not have realized e impact the words have. as you grow out the youthful indi indi indiscreti indiscretion. >> i'm not surprised he is speaking outtrongly about the tweets. >> isn't social media -- >> social media is either good or really, really bad. >> for sure, though. >> and i keep saying, if we never had a camera on the cell phone, the worldould be so different. >> it would be. >> if there's shots of rain

today go ahead and take tm with your phone. the good news is for computers, we don't have the rain around. but you might run into morning fog and drizzle. drizzle is annoying, especially for the ladies. wem can't hide our hair f it. that's out there this morning. this afternoon, we have the showers inhe forecast. from the umbrella. more showers and storms this week. ve we haveore in the afternoon expected by thursday. visibility, it's not too bad out there. but we are seeing the patchy fog, very low clouds. we're on the dry side right now. to our west and down to the south, we have a lot of tisture. we ss activity early in the morning, we know the atmosphere is very unsettled and it's going the stay that way for several days. it's 72 in washington. 70 in frederick. clinton.s in clint70 degrees in

some drizzle by lunchtime. we have scattered showers in the forecast. here's what future weather is showing. expecthe overcast skies. temperatures not getting too warm. a couple of showers around. through the evening hours, you see more rain trying to move in. and tomorrow, we have the ternoon thunderstorm/shower chance around thursday, same thing. we're not really gng to be drying out until next week. we're going to hold on to the high rainchances. today, a high of 81 degrees. another cooler afternoon for you. tomorrow and thursday, upper 80s. into the weekend, we're going to hold on to rain chances. next week is looking better. t' look at the roads with jack taylor in for melissa. >>ood morning. we're off to a decent start. with the morni ing fog and drizzle, just be careful.

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"news 4 today" starts now. >> a fallen tree has closed part of a road in northwest d.c. river road between 44th and ellicott streets is blocked off because of this tree. this is a stretch used in the morning commute. you can imagine the problem that it will cause with the rain. thanks for joining us for "news 4 today." i'm eun yang. >> and i'm angie goff in for aaron gilchrest. let's get sheena and chuck, back together on this tuesday. >> chuck had a rainy day yesterday. >> i know. >> a rainy day at the beach is beer than being at work. >> the rain was moving in. it's like, just going to stay in.