righthi now, virginia woman is in jail, accused of shooting two children. from her ri neighbors about the chaotic scene early this morning at the apartments just down the road fromtyson's galleria. new questions about metro's plan for this week's unite the right rally. the challenge that's facing the transit system to keep white nationalistsnd counter-protesters safe. more heat and humidity in the forecast. also drtracking some thundersto ahead. that's coming up. >> announcer: news4 midday

starts now. >> good monday morning.i' pat lawson hughes. >> weng begin with a develo story in northern virginia. one child is dead. another seriously hurt after a shooting at an apartment complex near tyson. >> police just released this photo of the woman accused of shooting those children. her name is vonica young blood. >> we have more now from fairfax county. >> i have the subject in >> rr: late last night the orstody. search for a double shooting suspect came to an end. >> i s like three or four police cars were there. and they were ba to open the door. ngandg theiny askedin me ask to because i was looking out. >> reporter: sam irsays he didn't know what or who police were looking for about 10:30 last nigh now he knows. fairfax county police annouing veronica young blood of mcclain was captured just about an hour the unthinkable late night shooting at the post tyson

corners apartment complex. officers found two children shot. >> one was taken to the hospital and one was pronounced deceased on scene. within an hour our officers were ableo take her into custody. >> reporter: the 33-year-old is the lone suspect. not not far from the scene. and now behind bars facing a rder charge. >> it's orocking. >> rr: she lives just below where that shooting took place. young child f a herself finding it hard to believe that a child was shot and killed not far fro her own home. she belie ms she have seen the neighbors who live in the upper apartment where those children were found and where police were investigating well into the morning. s >> i think wn the mom and the young girl in the pool. >> that was justin finch reporting. you can look for updates thughout the day this the nbc washington app. we are working to learn more

about a family's gruesome discovery. according to the freelance star the family returned from a beach netaway yesterday and found a man's body their yard. the family lives in the the county.oods neighborhood of the man hasn'n identified and there is no word on a possible cause of death. right now one person is in critical condition after an accident. chopper 4 is over the scene as crews cleaned up the wreckage at barry road and indian head highway this morning. the injury person was air t lifd hospital. noer word on what caused the accident. antuoved truck slowed things on jirk 95 this morning. near lton road. you can see the tractor trailer on its side as traffic creep . police officers shut down the southbound lanes as crews cleared the scene tre. all lanes are open now.he we are told driver was not seriously hurt. now to the weather for the start of our work wes. the sun out. and we are heating up quickly. >> meteorologist sheenais parve here.

the big question, sheena, how hot is it going to get? >> it's alrea feeling like the 90s. so it's going to get quite bit hotter through the afternoon. we hit our high temperature in about the middle of the afternoon, around 3:00, 4:00. we have a ways to go before we get there it's 85 degrees right now. with the humidity it feels like 91 outside. we have l a of sunshine. it is a little hazy because it's so humid m we have somesture hanging around but we are not going to see much inf terms rain relief today. only lucky ones will see a shower o two to help cool things down. fret rick, 88. quantico at 79. a little bit cooler there but still muggy f. you are heading to the pool this afternoon would be a good place to go to get relief from the heat. make sure you have the spf 30 or gher on. temperatures topping out in the mid to low 90s in some areas. then we will see a couple stray showers. i will show you who may be able to see a shower today and also

how long the heat and humidity is going to last coming up. we continue to follow controversyurrounding the unite the right rally planned this week in metro. >>metro's board chair said white nationalists headed to the rally will n have separate metro trains. now we are hearing conflicting reports. >> adam is live outside of the metro station. what's latest. >> reporter: we are hearing two different stories here. certainly getting some differin opinn what exactly is going to happen this weekend. metro says it's not goi to release its security plan for what happens during the unite the right rally. but they also aren't rulin out the possibility that white ettionalists do g their own escort. unceainty surrounding this controversial rally, where two sides could potentially clash. metro now says nothing has been decided about separating white nationalists on their own trains. >> i do not believe in segration, separation.

>> reporter: just the thought of separate trains for separate groups doesn't sit well with riders like ankar singh. >> we live a together take care of each other and be peaceful and happy. >> reporter: here's the latest word we have mromro on the upcoming rally. nothing has been decided about separating different groups on ains. everything is under eggs discussion. metro says rail car security presentsqu a u challenge for this event. dc police are taking the le boaadrdir c told nbc this. >> i want to make it clear that metro will notav a separate train or separate cars foryb anody at this event next sunday orly frank i don't ever anticipate that happening any time ever. >> rorter: metro says no decision has been made a public safety is the highest wncern. all this comingh the crack the bop of last year's unite the right rally, still fresh in

people's minds.ta ing with metro leaders over the last couple of days they say it's going to be vernt impor over this next week to separate fact from fiction. back to you. >> thank you adam. this afternoon president trump's fpamer cn chairman returns to an alexandria resumes.as his federal trial the mostom critical ment in the trial could happen this week. rick gatesxpsted to testify. he had a senior role in trump's campaign and has been cooperating. he cut a plea deal earlier this year admitting to two felony charges, tax manafort is on trial for tax perjury and bank fraud. a clinic is being held through friday at thenc p georges medical center on bell crest ad. it's open from 8:30 to 3:30. parents need to tak your child's exclusion letter, that's the letter from the school

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breaking news right now a truck exploded near the bowpo loania a in italy. the "associated press" reporting at least one person is dead. 70 injured here. you can see the huge ball of fire. police saying the explosion caused the highway bridge to partially collapse onto a parking lot of below. there are reports the explosion was caused by a accident involving a truck that was transporting some flammable its and maybe a truck that was transporting cars. we will have an update as we learn more. nearly 100 people are dead this morning following a powerful earthquake in indonesi >> it hit the pular tourist island of lombokyesterday. crews are now racing to find >> reporter: it has been a terrifying vacation for thousands of tourists, many american some shaken by their second earthquake in a week. this one was again deadly, though no americans have so far

been identied amonghe victims. >> i am trying to g a early flight out of here because of after shocks i don't know what it's going to be >> reporter: the quake hit just of a sunset. and almost immediately there was a tsunami warning sending people running for the hills. people were injured in stampedes to get out. buildings that had been weakened in last week's quake collapsed. the death toll so far is close to 100. but that is expected to rise because rescuers haven't yet been able to reach many hard hit areas whereav bryns and roads been destroyed. there have been more than aftershocks so far from this earthquake. more are expected. int'nesia sits on w called the ring of fire. more than half the world's active volcas are here. earthquakes happen all the time. so warnings are going out, and airlines are laying on extra flights to evacuate thousands of tourists who have had enough.

bill neely, nbc news, london. [ bell tolling ] >> a some better ceremony hiroshima, japan. today marks 73 years since the atomic bombing there which led to the end of world war ii. the u.s. attack killed 140,000 people. three days later the nagasak bombing killed 70,000. japan surrendered soon after that. president trump took aim at the media while on vacation. as tracie potts reports he contradicted him while defending his son's meeting with a russian lawyer. >> reporter: donald trump suhr's tower meeting with a russian lawyer during the campaign was quote, to get infortion on an opponent. totally legal. president trump admits for the tfirste an twitter, that's in line with his son's e-mails but not the statement he reportedly dictated that the meeting was about russianti ad.

>> he knew that this meeting was not about option, as he possiblecally had stated as hel publ told us. so he knows different now. when did that happen. president adds, it went nowhere, i did not know about it. now that's different because the fbi's special counsel is looking into ties between russia a his campaign. >> the question is, what law statute rule or regulation has been violated? nobody has pointed to one. ter: the white house is explaining why president trump calls the investigation a hoax. >> the hoax is the idea that si somehow the rs directed and controlled his campaign or direct and control his administtetion. >> rep mr. trump doubling down on his claim that the media of the people >> i will say this is a moment ncreased vitriole by the president at the media. >> reporter: aec though his aides say they don't believe it. while on vacation the president has also been tweet beingti po predicting what he calls a red wave of republican wins in the fall.

tracypotts, nbc news, washington. and the president has just signed an executive order reimposing many iran sanctions. he says these sanction also put maximum economic pressure on that couney. sanctions cover iranian trade, automobiles and metals including gold. rannian product like carpets are also banned. it also evokes licenselling the company to buy u.s. and european yarkt. the secretary of state says iran is the world's largest state sponsor of terror and these sanction also remain in effect until they hradekcally change course. -- radically change course. museum released a statement d apologized writing in part that a free press is an essential part of our democracy. pop star demi lovato isng breaer silence about her

struggles with addiction. the singe is sill recovering nearly two wks after suffering an apparent drug overdose. she shared this on instagram yesterday. it reads inar quote, what i have learned is that this illness is not something that di ppears or fades infame. it's something that i must continue to overcome and have not doneyet. lovato also thanked god for eping her alive. shehe says sill now focus on her sobriety and on the road t recovery. e! news is reporting she expects to beta released from the hos in the next few days and then will go on toha amazon's alexa, the voice acvated device designed to make life easyiers controlling homes a cars. >> also comes with concerns about your privacy. we went straight to amazon headquarters to find out how they are handling these issues an about what you can expect from your next alexa encounter.

>> reporter: get ready to do a little more talking. voice systems such as alexa and siri from apple are surging in popularity with more than 1 billion of these smart devices in homes around the world. leading the pack, amazon, which >>s captured nearly 70% of the market. ou don't know what you are missing until you actually use the device. >> reporter: tony reeec is the ive in charge of alexa. she worked at amazon for 20 years and took us inside their seattle headquarterehind closed doors for a rare what they are working on ernext. e are we going? >> we are going to go in and visit the day one lab. this is our smart home lab that we useor testing and usability. >> reporter: it feels kind of like the home of the nut here a little bit. >> yes, definitely. definitely. it's sort of all voice controlled. >> repor,r: we want to know what are customers experiencing? any how are the using our devices in a natural environment. >> reporter: alexa has exploded into a massive money maker for

amtz, but also a sourcef new privacy concern. >> for us, privacy and security are first and foremost, super important to us. we take it very seriously. we design it into our products from the beginning. >> reporter: the online retailer came under fire this year after the echoevice which runs alexa software started randomly laughing at users.ar in a se case it reportedly reported a customer without their knowledge and then forwarded the recording to aon randomct. can customers trust alexa even though there have been shaps? >> absolutesly. part of that is on us from an education perspective. so customers nrd understand the technology. so they understand it's listening for a wake ord and once it hear has the device streaming. d starts >> reporter: she says the ultimate gehl for alexa is to be quote humanlike. but that comes with serious

questions. >> a lot of people are havingsa convons with alexa. i'm loney. i'm sad. i'm happy. we thoughtful aboute some of responses we have. sometimee you can b light hearted and fun. a lot of times you have to be thoughtful. if someone says i'm dressed how do you handle that. >> reporter: as for what comes next, alexa will get even more personal. reed sayst will be able to identifyultiple voices in the same home and tailor what you need versusourusband or child. >> technology keeps getting better. >> won't need us at all after a while. >> that was jo ling kent reporting. >> reporter: one area is beingf rced to lower water levels at a dam. last-minute school shopping could be a good thing. the deal retail remembers waiting to make waiting to make av

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welcome back. a locoman is trying to help end hunger in a colorful way. >> rachel roberts calls herself the leeurg flowerlady. she grows flowers in her backyard and makes bouquets out them. she tries to keep her stand stocked all the fime. the prots go to louden hunger relief. so far she has m raisede than $50,000. >> i love flowers, and i love doing this. l and ie sharing them with people that love them, too.

that's what makes me really happy, when they say, i love your flowers. and as a result, i keep going, as long as i'm able i keep going because i canurn in some money. >> roberts has been doing this for about six years now. p fromso gets a little h her grandchildren. now to a story that could impact a t lot of peoples week. all the rainhat we have seen in this area last week is pushing area dams to the limit. because of that, officials in carol county are starting a controlled breach of the cascade dalake dam these about 60 miles northeast of d.c. carol county officials are telling residents downstream of that dam to be ready just in case they need to evacuate. theon colled breach may take several days to complete. also today officials i uthwest virginia are still working to lower the water leve at the college park dam in lynchberg. last week officials thereey sai had some concern the dam could fail, send being 17 feet of water into lynchberg in about seven minutes' time.

officials say the dam is stable and fe right now. > such a wonderful thing, to get a break from all the rain. >> isn't it? >> relief. >> and there is still a lot of standing water. >> yes. >> even rain falling from the sky it is very sticky outside. we are talking soupy. especially in the morning hours. it's very afternoon.the as we heat up during the day it is very humid out there. the humity starts to take a toll on the temperaturesakg it feel hotter. 90s in the forecast. by definition it is a heat wave. keep in mind our average high for this time of the year is 88 degrees. we are not tha far off from hitting 90 anyway. we are not going to see aom bre he humidity over the next few days. we have a chance for a stray afternoon.m thi most of the area stays dry. whoever sees that will be the lucky one because i willelp to lower your temperature a bit. right now we are in the mid 80s. fredericks 88. washington coming in at 85.

84 in anal an list. manassas is 86. it sticks aroun a couple of days before it moves offshore. high pressure keeping the heat and humidity in place aside, too, the standing water and the wet ground also making it humid. if you are walking an imaanimal today, adopt a pet. short dog walks in the afternoon. don'the temperatures you twooptd exhaust your dogs out there. coming up in less than two weeks, saturday iugust 18th is clear the shelters. our big pet adoption event. it's nationwide. find out more locally n on t washington app. 2 p.m. today,pl a c of showers around the area. like yesterday. most of us stay dry. tomorrow we have another chance of a few us seeing passing showers or thunderstorms. wednesday, models are not showing much there but we have a

scatterednce for showers and afternoon storms. on wednesdays temperatures still in the 90s. still humid overex the few days, too. thursday and friday, a little bit of relief before some weekenin, guys. >> thanks, sheena. if you are near the white house t hay you couldr some of your favorite celebrities singing show tunes. the issue they are singingfor. new dash cam video of a plane crash in california. emergency crews are saying it is a miracle the death toll is not hier.gh

news4 midday. we have new video of a small plane that crashed. it just nose divedf right out the sky and into a parking lot near los angeles. e planee people on were killed. first responders say it is a miracle no one on the ground was hurt or killed. here's nbc's miguel alma r:ar. >> repor this is the moment the smallne twin engine p fell from the sky. dash cam capturing t cessna plunging into the ground. >> oneng twin ee aircraft down in the parking lot. >> reporter: the pilot making a maydall just before impact. all five on board killed as witnesses watched in horror. overnight, the coroner's office releasing the identities of all five victims, a o group colleagues from pacific union international, a california basedeal estate company. the ceo writing in part, we are

shocked andeeply saddened by news this tragedy. our entire pacific union family is mourning the loss of our colleagues, family, and friends. >> i did look up. i saw the plane. i realized at that point it was really low.i' thinking to myself that plane is going to crash. >> reporter: a crashing in busy strip mall parking lot during the middle of lunch hour, the aircraft was sledd entshreo pieces. nose diving into a parked car.ly incred nobody was injured on the ground. >> this is a sunday afternoon, and we have people shopping. so the fact that there was no inries on the ground is a miracle in itself. >> reporter: the staples pking lot in santa ana, where a etunned crowd gathered around the wreckag is just a mile and a half from the plane's destination, the john airport in orange county. it's still unclear w the aircraft went down but ntsb officials are investigating. the cessna, similar to this one, departed from northern

california and was roughly two hours into flight when something went wrong. >> we do not see any other damage to any of the commercial buildings or in that strip mall. >> reporter: witnesses say there was no explosion, no smoke, no flames. massive impact. >> it's heart breaking. it's devastating to see, like, just everything, the debris, the crash, the car, the teane. >> rep a fatal crash taking the lives of everyone on board. and a miracle no one on the ground was killed. >> he also reports the investigation into the cause the crash could take months. the ntsb says the witness accounts and their video could be critical to the investigation. now to a developing story out of howard county. 19-year-old was shot and critically hurt last night while walking om a parkedr. police say the young woman was hit by a stray bullet on canterbury riding in laurel. according to witnessroup of young men was seen running

from the area after the shots were fired. e numbef suspects at this point, we don't know exactly the number. there are no additional descriptions.sk police areg anyone in the area that may have a securityra car may have information to come forward. developing this morning. we now know a double shooting in montgomery county was an attempted murder/suicide. a man shot and killed his own er fa this happened inside a car at this park and ride commuter lot in rockville onsaturday. it's near where the men lived together. greg wiley shot and killed his 89-year-old father thomas and thennurned the gun hiltz. greg wiley survived but is in grave condition this morning. we ar hearing from the family of a man killed bymo a h county police officer. the family is demandist juice. supporters held a march and vigil yesterday. just released body cam video shows theon confrtion between robert white and the officer last june. investigators say you can see

white knocking the officer to te ground. and thenhe officer firing several shots. the officer's attorney says white was wearing a ripped t-shirt and made movement that led him to believe he was armed. but white did not have a gun. >> i'm overwhelmed, for one thing. this is something i'll never get over. prosecuto have ruled the shooting justified. however, white's family and supporters wanthe officer fired. the silver spring justice coalition sponsored last night's rally at the fountain downtown. friends, neighbors, and supporters marched to the scene of the shooting. >> i was appalled. another unarmed african-american man in this count killed in an encounter with police. and this timn here i my home, si er springs. >> montgomery county police are still investigating. theld officer c still face departmental discipline. we are learning more about the 12-yd chinese girl who

was thought to have been abducted from reagan national airport. she disappeared from the airport with a man and a woman last thursday. that set off a multistate amber alert. turns out the man and woman are her parents. here's a picture of theamily and their attorneys. the girl is now stayingh w them in queens, new york. according to the attorneys the parents have been living in the u.s. for sever years. the girl was visiting with a tour group but will stay p with heents for now. rosie o'donnell and other broadway stars plan to demonstrate outside the white house. the group will perform songs such as a brand-new f daym the whiz, and the people's song from les, mis. o'donnell has been an outspoken critic of president trump. the protests will be streamed on the me on facebook page. we are crossing our fingers now for dc's mamie johnson little league team. >> the team had a tough start to

the little league mid atlanticg real tournament over the weekend. the kids played new york eesterday a they lost 10-2. but they will hav a chance to redeem themselves when they play again thtomorrow. e team is the first ever predominantly african-american little league team to advance to the regionals. win or lose, though, our sports teams have rallied around these youngsters. last week, ada jones donated $8500 to fund the team trip to bristto br connecticut. max scherzer and his wife donated gear. other players all went to wish the team good luck before they left for the tournament. are wishing them well. these players probably hope to b major league players one day. >> look at this young guy. he isefinitely eyeing a career behind the plate. that boy you see there t went the little league game in full umpire gear yesterday. he called pitches, kept track

with his pitch counter, too. did a pretty good job, as we understand. never too young to get started, right? >> he's hired. >> knows what he wants to do. a new wave of hiring has startednd it can be good news for people who already have jobs. plus, the hot humid weather is going to stick arnd. sheena is back

rock and roll legend jon bon jovi visited an supermarket long island, new york. not to shop. though. he was there over the weekend to meet his namesake a 19 pound lobst lobster. >> jamd jon bon jovi. >> apparently he was also there to promote his new line of wine. he created it with his son. when word made it out thaton jovi washere people showed up in droves. so police had to be called for

crowd >> that's enough lobster to feed a crowd. >> look at that thing.le cof hundred dollars, probably. >> wow, wow. well, the weather is ho >> yes, it is. >> but we are not going to get any rain? >> the lucky ones will get a lile bit of rain. >> the lucky ones. >> because it will help to cool things down a bithis afternoon. it is steamy outside and very humid. if youay thought yesteas kind of oppressive in the afternoon if you were outside for a while, today is going to be the same. it's 85 degrees right now. but it feels like 91 when you factor in all that humidity we have. it's even a little hazy on the camera here if you look in the distance that jt shows you it is very humid out there. we have a lot of moisture, andi hanging along the surface, especially in areas that still have staing water. it's going to stay hot and humid all day long. temperatures in the 90s this afte goon. if you ang to be heading out, though, you need the spf 30 or higher. ke sure you stay hydrated. we could have an isolated afternoon shower. certainly not for everybody. here's where the temperatures

currently stand. it feels about six degrees hotter. inl frederick the act temperature the 88 degrees. 85 in dulles. 87 ininton. 83 in quantico. if you are grilling out today the good news is it will be on the dryer side for most of you but i feel bad for whoever is manning the grichl. it's going to be hotter for you. temperatures topping in and out the mid to low 90s with extra humidity. hot and humid weather pattern sticks around for tomorrow and even for wednesday before we get higher rain chances to clear the heat and humidity out a little bit. here's future we ther. throug afternoon most of the area stays dry. it will be s where we keep seeing the sunshine. then we have a couple of pop-up afternoon story. then t quickly start to die out after sunset. by tomorrow afternoon we have a couple more showers in the forecast. but it stillkeoesn't look too much. it's not until about wednesday afternoon and evening. the folw is not showing too much here but as we go through the second hal w ofnesday we have a cold front approaching.

still hot and humid, in the 90s and afternoon and evening showers is thunderstorms. small rain chances until wednesday. then we have higher rain chances. we stay in the 90s today, tomorrow, and wednesday, with all the humidity. don't expect a break in the humidity until wednesday. you might note it relatively speaking as compared to the first half of the week. as weo into the weekend so far we are watching rain unfortunately for le day saturday into sunday. could carry over next week. as we get closer to the weekend we will update that and hopefully we can take sn e of the rt of the forecast. right now we have heat, humidity, and rain and a little st of relief by the end of the week. nd good. thanks, sheena. facebook is getting into the online dating game. a look at how the new feature will work. and read the label. even on your dog's food. the new warning from the fprks a. you know when you're at ross shopping for backpacks... ...and mom also gets a back-to-school bag? that's yes for less.

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itself putting arrow back on the path to a healthy life. families spent the lt year thinking their dog had passed away. >> the actions of a good samaritan, though, helped eunite dozens ll with its own of miles from home. this is the match rachtd was returned to his family. last week esther atkins sawt ratc while out walking in the morning in greenville south carolina. the dog followed h home. after having the dog's microchip scanned atkins learned hisow rs were about 70 miles away. the humane society helped to identify the owner who had reported ratchet missing a year ago. >> happy to be >> a happy homecoming. this reminder for you, too. sheena mentionedt a f minutes ago. we are less than two weeks away srom our clear the shelt animal adoption drive. fur thinking about taking home a new pet tonsider headi a local animal shelter to adopt. that's on august 18th. for more information che out

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the star of the facts of life died yesterday. she played the beloved character pls garrett on the show. she survived a bout with pan ee yachtic cancer in 2009 but was diagnosed with bone cancer last year. charlotte rae was 92. theil fof a former pro baseball player is turning their heart break into hope. >> the roberts family wants to prevent other families from losing i child from the condition sown as sudden infant death syndrome. we report on one mother's life saving mission. >> reporter: keith roberts was two monthshe old, second son of former mets pitcher grant roberts and wifena ja >> he made everyone smile. heas a miracle baby from the very epginning. >> rorter: he was healthy, happy, and then one morning, kip didn't wake up. doctors called it sudden infant death syndrome. >> said there was nothing we could do. and he was sids. sids. ike what >> reporter: the unexpected death of a seemingly healthy

ba and the leading cause of death among infants in the first year of life. you are not supposed to lose your child. you are not supposed to bury them at nine wee old or pick out an urn. >> reporter: in jana's search for answers she found others in pain. >> this is the heart rate. >> reporter: then she found a nitor, a smaock that sounds an alarm when the baby's breathing or heart rate slows. it doesn't claim to prevent sids ut jana knew she wanted to donate them to other families through her non-profit onp's kind s if i can touch onend family a help one family, then something that he was meant for. >> rosorter: one of th families it was the harper's who now credit kip's kindness can saving baby >>amelia. the outlet went off. it was a red alert. went to her room where she was taking a nap and she wasn't breathing. >> reporter: the two moms recently met for the first time. >> we are extremely gratul and thankful.

i don't think i could ever know you.to repay >> reporter: one year after kip's h,de jana has donated over 100 monitors. e hopes just the beginning. and speaking of beginning -- the roberts just adopted a newborn. a little boy, who willrow up knowing all about his big brother, kip, and t kindness his legacyonnues to spread. nbc news, headland, alabama. >> what a steay. >> aiful gesture there from that family. let's get you one last look at our forecast before we head out this morning. >> it's hot and humid, guys. a lot like yesterday. if you were outside for a while yesterday you know what kind of heat and humidity i am talking about. temperatures today in the 90s some spots could be close to the mid 90s. most of the area should be in the low 90s but the humidity is going to make it fee hotter. mostly sunny. for the lucky ones you could see an isolated shower pop up.co

it could hel your temperatures down. tomorrow another warm and muggy start. tomorrow afternoon more showers popping up, moving through qu kly. wednesday we are still in the 90s and still humid. by the afternoon and eomning we have scattered thunderstorms that will move through. that's part of a cold front. will it lower the humidity a little bit thursday and friday. i think you will notice i it won't be a huge drop but it will be a little bit more comfortable. so far for the weekend wee unfortunately watching the rain. we can adjust those chances as we get closer. >> thanks sheena. and tha you for joining us. that's news4 midday. we are back with laid breaking news first at 4:00. >> of course you can get news and weather updates at any time with theashington app. there's more to life than the climb.

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