hotter. we want to start with a look at yourforecast. >> announcer: jack taylor is standing by with a check on your commute, but let's start with sheena parveen -- and laurenri kets. >> lauren worked late last night. did you sleep? >>le i for like three hours. i rolled in lik a hurricane. >> she slept on her way to work. >> i god. thing we're not dealing with any sev weather. >> just humidity. >> yes. we are looking good in terms of any storms this morning. nothing happening on the radar right now. if we back this up a little bit we're looking at temperatures that are going to be in the 70s right now andar then w actually topping out in the 90s once again today. that heat index will come up into right around 100 degrees. of course, my maps aren't working on this early tuesday morning. just add it to the list.

but temperatures are in the 70s. we've got a little bit of patchy fog out there as well. the good news is we don't have anything on e radar. we're going to talk about the timing of the storms for later this afternoon coming up and let you know about the humidity in just a few minutes. 'll take it, the washington parkway, we had a large crash near route 32. thankfully all your travear lans open. they had the parkway closed in bothirections near route 32. 270 northbound, we've had a couple tractor trailers involved in an issue. you have two right lanes blocked. this is northbound, so southbound is unafrcted. af connecticut, the work zone still in place, blocking a single right lane. in virginia, one of our work zones on 95 going northbound after centerville road. we have the construction there

with the left lane getting by, ckd again not causing a big delay. to you. your time is 4:02 today, the mother accusedf an unthinkable time will appear in court. veronica youngblood is accused shooting her two daughters. >> one of them, just years old is dead. her other daughter is fighting ifor her lifthe hospital right now. the shooting happenednside an apartment sunday night. police arrested youngblood in loudon county after she knocked on the door of an acquaintance. that person called the police. gety thought was i want to the kids inside, what is happening. it was just -- i didn't think it would be so close to my home. >> youngblood is being held without bond. more charges are expected to come today. a disturbing discovery in

fredericksburg, a man returned from vacation and found a body in his yard. he found the body next to his porchn sunday morning. police say the victim was with jared smith when his car crashed into a ditch. he said smith hid thevictim's body so it could not be seen from the road. we talked to the homeowner who did notant to show his face on camera. >>wo families lost peoplew. they have bigger stress problems than what i had. >> the victim has been identified as 23-year-old deandre miller called well. this morning a school bus driver is behind bars accusing of sexualityau aing a girl with special needs, police say etienne kabong assaulted the

girl, and it was captured on surveillance camera. >> it's every parent's worst nightmare to have their child assaulted on a bus to school. >>cu prors say he tried to buy alane ticket aft hearing about the allegations, he's now held without this morning the mendocino complex wildfire is now the largest in california's history. >> angie goff has the latest. >> this wildfire has destroyed 443 square miles of land. g e you some perspective, that's nearly the size of los angeles. the fire is made up of two fireu ing north of san francisco but being treated as one because of how close the two bodies of flames are to one another. right now there's little sign it's d slowingn with being

only 30% contained. weo talked sheena parveen, she said this area has no rain in the forecast. so they're not going to be getting any help there. a big job ahead with this just tling one of a dozen fires firefighters are bg out west. we turn to a news 4 interview. the mass shooting inside a maryland news room stunned our area. >> now the police chief is talking to the news 4 i team about changes to prtent from happening again if jared ramos is charged with shooting five workers back in june. he's pled not guilty. records show for years he's sent disturbing tweets to newspaper employee the chief told us his department gets one call a day about threats. now he planning to hire an

employee to do nothing but monitor social media f any concerning language. >> if we're not trying to get better after every bad thing that happens we're not doing our job. >> the police created the sition after the school shooting in parkland, florida this year. today in ohio, republican troy balderson who you see with president trump isg fight for the state's 12th congressional district seat. he's facing a stuff race with democrat dani o'connor. voters in michigan, missouri, and kansas also cast ballots today. damaging testimony in the tria of president trump's former campaign chairman continues today. yesterday rick gates admitted to documents.ncial gates admits he committed a host

of crimes when working for paul manafort, and that he stole fro manafort. manafort has pleaded not guilty to all the charges. broadway performers were singing a different tune in front of the white house. ♪ a >> those cast members from the musicals inuding "wicked," "beautiful" and "hamilton" this event was made in part by rosie o'donnell. >> your voice is important. whethert'sere in washington d.c. or the town where you live, let your voice be heard. >> the president is not currently in washington, he is on what the white house is calling a working vacation at his resort in new jersey. white supremacists are

coming to town this sunday to rally in the shadow of the white house. while the dtrict has experience dealing with rallies, the anxiety is high because they have a history of violence. there will not be a private rail car for thep. gr the agency will not say how people will be kept safe but adds they are working with police. the purple line will entually allow you to go to more places but it may slowown your drive to work. long-term construction is under way between kennel worth avenue and mustang driver in river dale. it will run between the bethese ada and new karlton stations. it's expected to be completed in fourar >> amazon may be narrowing down the finalists f the new

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they increaexpect an increase d in electricity today. they're asking customer to reducesage between 1 and 5:00 today. you'll get at cre for every kilo watt reduced. a college student in texas took graduation pictures to a whole new level. >> her wild choice h s using no way. plus a tanker truck crash sets off an explosion overseas. the flames s intense part of the road collapsed. back to more heat and humidity as we go through today waking up and walking outside, it is warm and muggy, temperatures in the 70eas, 80 by 9:00 a.m.

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>> announcer: you're watching "news4 today." e>> if you haven't seen this video yet you h to take a look at it. a tanker truck crash sent off a massive fireball on an itali highway. two people died, dozens were injured. a tanker truck slammed into another semi, causing an explosion. a shortim later another blast, bigger than the first, the explosion was soowerful part of the road collapsed onto, i believe there was some sort of parking lot under that bridge. >> look at that. >> incredible. the other truck i think was rrying cars. > a van driver has been fired after this video of his splashing pedestrians went viral. a dash cam caught him going out

of his wayk to soa pedestrians on the sidewalk. mo than 2 million people watched it, including people at the company that owned tn. va the driver was fired andsuhe company an apology. talk about a joyride, not realizing -- i know you're going to say it's funny. it's a little humorous. >> i have been on the end of getting in my car and soaked head to toe. you know how dissting that is? >> yes. >> i feel bad for every person splashed. >> so do i. >> graduationhotos are a time to be creative, capture a moment. e student took her shoot to another level. >> that student's graduation pictures are giving see you later alligator a whole new meaning. i didn't deliver that well. >> see you later alligator, after a while crocodile.

>> lindsey posed with a gator named big tex. >> is that for real? >> yes. she posted the capti not your typical graduation photo. she took a few shots of the gator at gator country. she was an intern there. there's a classing on the gator's nose, right? she's doing too much. >> i hope that gator is reallol or, you know, slowing down, because any second -- the size of that thing. >> she's getting a degree in wildlife, so she knows what she's doing. >> i don't care what degree you're tting. you should not be touching an alligator. >> soccer players have a new field in the district. >> they introduced a new mini field, it's part of the development with e u.s.occer foundation. they hope to put these play

spaces in the communities across the country to give kids a safe ple to play in their neighborhood. they hope to open at least 1,000 mini fieldsationwide by 2026. check out this damage in colorado springs. softball size hail smashed windshields in a zoo parking lot yestthday. look at damage. 11 people had minor injuries from the hail. zoo workers say the hail k vled ulture and a duck. it also seriously damaged the zoo's skylights and buildings. look at this massive waterspout in italy. it swept across the sea over the weekend. it changed shape as it move along as well before it disappeared. >> super scary. >> glad it didn't make it to land. >> i've seen a bunch on the coast cently, north carolina, south carolina, people taking

pictures. like get out of there. talking about the hail, 4 inches -- 4 to 6 inches.gi can you i ice that big. >> you have to take cover so fast, it can knock you out. 100%. we've had softball seail here before, recently, i want to say april. >> this is why i listeen to you la so i'm not caught in softball size ulhail. >> we have hail today, but i'm talking pea size hail. o that's more speed in d.c. more storms possible today. we had a few isolated storms yesterday bringing heavy downpours but i think it's going to be more widespread in coverage today. any severe weather? there could be some, ie know had one or two that went severev yesterday ande criteria went over 57 miles per hour, and hail over an inch in diameter, that's the things you have to get to severe weather criteria.

i think a better chance tomorrow for severe weather. thursday and friday, humidity goes down and it comes back this weekend. nothing u showing on the radar once again. i'm going to click through that before it messes up my map. nothing on the radar right now. we could haven the fill later on this afternoon. we have patchy fog out there, especily the areas that g rain last night, be careful dr it's also warm, temperatures in the 70s right now. ase continue into the day heading into the 80s, near 90 degrees before noon. temperatures top out in the 90s again but with the humidity it fes like 100 degrees, not only today but tomorrow. humidity dropsth little bit sday and friday but comes back as we head into the weekend. 93 degrees today and about a 40% chance of afternoon storms. some of those will be strong.

morning will be fine but a few afternoon showers and thunderstorms after 3:00. we'll keep the chance till about 10:00 tomorrow 92 degrees and another chance of storms. those could be strong to severe wednesday afternoon, the cold front comes through, thursday and friday looking better, but then rain unfortunately for the weekend and int the beginning of next week. that's how the weather looks. jack, how does the traffic look? >> we had a couple issues witha r trailers going north on 270. apparently one lost a tiret and another trailer. en right lanes have blocked. i think what we're hearing now, is that everyone has finally cleared. clearing in virginia, 95 northbound after centerpoint parkway, only left l getting by. we have a slow down riding through the stret on95.

as callers are driving past it, they're starting pick it up. 2 66 headed westbound after in centerville, there's a work zone there with the right lane getting by. pretty light, and not causing a problem early. 21 it's hum s mpu

. >> announcer: you'rhing "news4 today." welcome back, at 4:23 your dog's heart health may be at risk and what's in their bowl may be to blame. the fda is looking into possible

links between grain free dog foods and a deadly form of heart disease. so far no brands have been named but owners should watch out for foods where peas, lentle and potatoes are the main >ingredients. it's a classic middle east earn dip many of you like. >> but is humus really good for you. susan hogan has a closer look at ghe snack making its way into people's shopp carts. >> the popularity of humus is spreading. it delivers ae simip in seconds. but is it healthy? >> if there was a nutrition contest for dips, humus wou win the best prize. >> each two tablespoons packs a

punch, including heart healthy fa two to thr grams of protein and three grams of fiber. the chick-peas arehalked full of health benefits. they're called pulses, which tve been shownhave health benefits. >> people who eat pulses weigh less, have lower blood pressure, lower levels of cholesterol. >> but a bere that se two tablespoon serving of humus can have 50, 60 or 70 calories depending on the brand. so beindful when dipping. >> i would take the extra calories for the health benefits. >> the short of it is yes, it's

good for you. >> i would love to each sour cream ranch, but i swap it out. >> the problem is if you eat the whole bowl. >> i've been known to do that. >> some recommend making it at home, too. >> it's easy look for brands that don't contain additives and other bad stuff for you. it's 4:26, a warning from the medical food about a food you may be warming up for breakfast. action why the president's the wal of fam may be a thing of the past. tempetures are in the 70s, it's muggy outside, as we go through the afternoon, day in the 90s,

>> announcer: "news4 today" starts now. 4:29 is your time. right now as we look outside right now, pretty nice as we look at the capitol building. but when you step outside, it's going to feel like august in shington. you know what i'm talking about. this afternoon is going to feel likeeg 100es outside.

it was hot and humid yesterday. >> it was more humid. like last night didn't seem so t but you felt moist. >> all the way through the evening. i'm eun yang. >> and i'm aaron gilchrist. >> you did say moist. >> a lot of people don't like that word. >> i don't like thatrd >> i don't mind it. >> it's just a weird word. >> we have toayit. >> what about soy? >> which is worse, moist or upy? >> whatever word you want to use to describe the humidity today, use it. it's hot and humid already. >> it's going to fee like sauna at times. the 90s are back, the humidity is back. it's going to look like yesterday. we have a warm start this morning, by the afternoon, quickly weet into the 90s by lunchtime we'll be in the