summer days. the dog days of summer. days can call it the dog of summer. it's steamy outside, going to feel like 100 degrees and going to be a lot of bugs out. s >> ande afternoon storms. what would a summer day be without those hitr miss storms. that's what we're going to see this afternoon, similar to yesterday but i thi wll have more widespread coverage today. temperatures in the mid 70s so you know it'swarm. behind the camera you can see a little bit of fog andou maye encountering that as you morning.through your calm winds, the sun is coming up. temperatures come up over the next several hours. we're ates 90 deg by 10:00. low to mid 90s today. you tack on the humidity it's going to feel warm er. we have more storms today. still feeling close to 100 degrees. humidity drops a little bit by thuray and friday. we'll talk about that and time out the storms not only for

today andomorrow but talk about storms possibly for this upcoming weekend. first let's talk about traffic th jack taylor. good morning, jack. good morning. we'll start in marylan on the southbound baltimore washington parkway, chopper 4 had flown south sounds like we have the right lane ouowded, if will. most of the activity was pushed to the shoulder but you find the flashing lights crashing a ttle attention a the officers exit and enter their car. you find right there in the shot the right lane is paable. be careful because the cruiser is pulled out in the right lane. also maryland state authorities were on the outer loop of the beltaway headed toward connecticut avenue there was an accident on the right shoulder, not causing a slow down,ut hopefully fire and rescue will also stay on the right shoulder as they show up. a 5-year-old girl from fairfax county is dead this

morning, her sister in the hospital in grave condition, her mother accused of shooting them. >> today the mother, ver wica youngblol make her first appearance in court. justin finch is liveutside of e courthouse with more on the family issues that may have led to the killing. justin. >> reporter: good moing. dive into court records shows that accused mother, veronica youngblood, ander ex-husband had some legal back and forths over the years but also that the two had been living together, sharing a home with their two children. case e details in thi continue to emerge piece by piece but we know that 33-year-old veronica youngblood of mclean,s cused of shooting her two daughters, killing 5-year-old brook wnn youngblo died after being shot in the head, seriously injuring her other child. news 4 did digging into court documents finding thiseek youngblood was set to move out of state where her ex-husband

had been planning to relocate. the two had been sharing a town home with their two daughters. but sunday night those two children were found shot in an apartment unit. youngblood was found i a town home neighborhood in ashburn in loudon county. we spoke with a neighbor who tell ushe she saw arrest and she was shocked to learn the deils why. she looked young, like she was coming from the i didn't mean. someone that i would never think would do such a thing. i did not know. >> reporter: now then connect between youngblood and that apartment where her two daughters were found remains unclear at this time. she is now accused of murder. butl officials t us that more charges are expected in that case. she is due in courthis morning at about 9:00 we are live in fairfax, i'm justin finch news

4. 6:03.t's a disturbing discovery, a homeowner returned from vacation and found a body in his front yard. now the man accused of dumping that body faces a felony. char the homeowner found the body next to his porch sunday morning. police say the victim was with jared smith when his car crashed into aitch. they say smith then hid the victim's body so it could not be seen from the road. we talked to the homeowner who did not want to show his face on camera. >> two families tracally lost people now. they have bigger stress problems than what i have. the victim has been identified as 23-ye-old deandre miller coldwell. officers say cowell just used heroin hours before the crash. this morning a school busin driver b bars accused of sexually assaulting a young girl with special needs in montgomery county. police say etienne kabonghe

assaulted t girl last tuesday on the bus he drove for montgomery county public schools. the assault was captured by surveillance cameras. >> it's every parent's worst nightmare to have their child accostedn a school bus. >> prosecutors say he tried to ethiopia e ticket to after he was told about the allegations. he's considered a flight risk and is being held without bond. the mendocino complex fire is the state's largest in califoia's history. >> angie is live with more information. >> this wildfire has destroyed 44square miles ofland. this thing is the size of the city of lre angeles,y much. the fire is made up taof two different fires but they're treated as one because they are so close to each other. there's also little sign the

flames are slong down. it's about only 30% contained at this point. and sheena parveen says that in the area right nowo sign of rain forecasted which would help firefighters out. b a ver job ahead of them because this is just one of a dozen that the firefighters are battling out west. now to a news i-team interview, the mass shooting inside a maryland news room was a tragedy that snned our area. >> the police chief in that close-knit community is talking to the i-team about changes to prevent it from happening again. jared ramos is charged with murdering five newspaper employees inside their office at the capital gazette back in june.he 's pled not guilty. police records show for years ramos sent disturbing tweets to newspaper employees. the police chief told the i-team that his department gets at least one call a day about a threat.

now he's planning to hire an employee to do nothingut monitor social media for any concerning language. >> if we're not trying to get better after every bad thing that happens not doing our job. >> the chief created thatsi on after the school shooting in parkland, florida earlier this ar. coming up o at 5:00 and 6:00 we'll hear about how social media is changing the role of police officers in preventingcr es. in ohio, roy balderson is fighting for a seat in the 12th district. voters in michigan, missouri, and kansas also cast ballots today. 6:07 now. damaging testimony from the key witness in the trial of presidt trump'sormer campaign chairman is expected to continue today. yesterday paul manafort's former business partner, rick gates, admitted to falsifying financial

documents and hiding millions of dollars in foreign bank accounts gates told jurors he committed a host of crimes with manafort and that he stole from manafort while working with him. both of them werendicted on 12 federal charges. manafort pleaded not guiltyo all th charges. broadway foperformers were singing a different tune in front of the white house. those are cast members from musicalsng incluicked, beautiful, and hamilton who lent their voices last night to participe in an ongoing protest outside the white house. this event was organized in part by rosie o'donnell who has famously feuded with preside trump. >> your voice is important, whether it's here in washingto d.c. or in the town where you live. let your voice be heard. >> the president is not currently in washington. he's on what the white house is calling a working vacation at his resort inewjersey.

>> 6:08 now. tote supremacists are coming town this sunday to rally in the shadow of the white house. while theisict has experience handling teprotesrs anxiety is high because thi group has a history of deadly violence. this is the same group that held a rally last augt in charlottesville whe acounter protester was killed. metro says thereill not be a private rail car for the group. they won't say how people will be kept safe but adds they're closely working with police. the purple line will eventually allow you to go to more places but could slow d dn yove to work. long-term construction is under wa between kennel worth avenue and mustang drive. it will run between the betheseda and new carlton metro station. >> amazon may be narrowing down

the finalists for its second headquarters. they're considering 20 finalists right t nowy include montgomery county, northern rginia and d.c. the "new york times" reports that amazon will cut that list significantly this month and then ask finalists for their best and final thofficers. new headquarters will create 50,000 job and $5 billion in construction investment. amazon's alexa could help keep burglars away from your home. a new feature allows alexa to play prerecorded audio tracks that run for about an hour eache it inc real conversations that could make a burglar think people are at home. they say it include funny and common conversations, including a couple breaking up. some of ther tracks created writers.r snl i'd listen to that just for fun. today you can save cash

thanks to pepco, it is peak savings you can imagine it's going to be working with all the heat we're having. the power company is encouraging customers to reduce their electricity use between 1:00 and 5:00 p.m. today you g a credit of a $1.25 for hour hour of reduced kilowatt energy. forget the cap and gown, a college student in texas took graduation pictures and took it to a whole new lel. >> her wild choice had us saying no way. plus a tanker truck sets off this explosion over seas. the flames so intense part of the roadse coll 90s and humid today. we have a chance for a couple utternoon thunderstorms, feeling more like 100 degrees as we go throughout your tuesday, lauren i up in a few minutes. e'll talk about highsh

new video into the live desk showing the aftermath of sunday's 6.9 earthquake that h indonesia. 98 people we know are confirmed dead but officialst expect t number to go up as they continue to search for the missing we have photos of rescues under way right now. know that everyone you see in the photos have been saved. they're doing okay right now. look for yourselves. you can see survivors being pulled from the rubble and debris. this after thousands of buildings collapsed or were badly damaged. crews and volunteers have been crawling under the rubble to try to find any sign of life that still exist. the wayeople have described this, they say destruction is just everywhere.

aaron. you.angie, thank more amazing video to show you. this of a tanker truck that crashed into then set off a huge fire here on a highway in italy. two peopleied here dozens injured as well. this happened yesterday. a tanker truck slammed into the back of ather semi, triggering the large explosion. officials shut down the highway, evacuated the area, and a short time lat a bigger blast, it ols so powerful, part of the road cpsed onto a parking lot below it. a canadian van driver has been fired after this video of m flashing pedestrian has been fired. dash cam from another c caught the driver going out of his way to drive through puddles after heavy rain to soak pple on the sidewalk. that driver posted the video on you tube, morehan 2 million people watched it, including people at the company that owns the van.

the driver was fired and theco mpany has issued apology. it happens on accident quite a bit but tt's a t. >> if i see people walking on a day like that, i try to ebb swerve away from the puddle. >> that's probably the better way to go. graduation photos are a te to be creative, but someone student took her photo shoot to a whole new level. >> she's about to graduate and her pictures are giving see you later alligator a new meaning. she poses with gator big tex, apparently is what they call him. she posted the pictures on social media with the caption --

and then it starts to come back for this weekend and we will nc have rain c over the weekend. right now -- cool spots leesburg 68 degrees we drop a degree or two as we go through the 7:05om

hour. don't think you need your rain boots. this morning wilutbe dry more showers and thunderstorms this afternoon. temperatures around0 degrees at 9:00 a.m. byt:00, 2:00, 3:00, the hea index around 100 degrees. >> we have a nats game just in the deadoo of the afte 1:00 playing the braves. it i going to be hot down there. we have plenty of sunshine with ab a 40% chance of showeto and thundes in the afternoon. today the humidity is going to be oppressive. it starts to dip as we get into thursday and friday but you'll still feel a ltle mugginess around there. let's time out some of theor you can see dry this morning. a couple pop-up storms, similar to yesterday. but 8:00, 9:00 this evening here.re out of tomorrow 50% chance of seeing

storms. and then we drop into the for thursday and friday with plenty of sunshine as we dry out. it looks like we hold onto chances of rain as we get into monday and tuesday. jack taylor good morning. how is traffic looking? >> not pretty. uthbound baltimore washington a parkway i mess. there was one vehicle involved in a crash on the shoulder, not sure if they're waiting on a tow truck but we are heavy and slow on t streb. at least your travel lanes are open. find on the beltway, towar connecticut avenue, there was a crash safely on the right shoulder, doesn't seem a focal point but we're still delayed. 6:21 hummus may be y onr grocery list every week but is it good for you? news

>> announcer: you're watchings4 "noday." welcome back,it it's 6:24, a classic dish, very popular now, something you dip with chips and vegetables, supposed to be healthy. >> is it good for you, though, susan hogan has a closer look. >> reporter: the popularity of hummus is spreading. the traditional recipe delivers aimple dip in seconds. but is it healthy? >> if there was a nutritionnt t for dips, hummus would win the top prize in the best

all around >>category. ach 2 tapeable spoon servings pa a nutritional punch, 2 to 3 grams of protein and about 3 grams of fiber. most of the benefits from chick-peas, they're chalked full of the health benefits. they're part of a class of lagoons called pulses. >> the research suggests that people who eat a lot of pulses tend to weigh less, have lower blood pressure, lowerevels of bad cholesterol and reduced risks of certain diseases. 2 be aware that same tablespoon serving can have 50, 60 to 70 calories depending on the brand. so be mindful when you're dipping. >> i'll be mindful.

i'm going to keep eatg it too. some nutritionists recommend you make it at home. >> using canned chick-peas look for brands that don't contain a lot still a warning about other food you may be heating up for breakfast. the staple this mom said led to an investigation of her. why t president's star on mayhollywood walk of fame be a thing of the past. oing to ben bet it's another hot and humid day. we'll talk about what you can expect this afternoonnd a a

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>> reporter: you expt they're going to get home safely. not only is this driver accused of raping a girl o a school bus we think there could be more victims out there. his name is etienne kabong, he's 62 years old, a lot of the kids knew him as mr. steve. a week ago today he was driving a bus for students with specialh needs t stopped in silver springs to let a child off and an attendant got off to help the child off.d heyay s etienne kabong then

went to the child's seat. this bus had a camera and prosecutors said it caught a lot of happened. they also said he had an airline ticket for ethiopia that was today.o lea they considered him a flight risk and the judge ordered him held in jail without d.bo >> it's every parent's worst nightmare to have their child accosted on a school bus on their way to or from child care. >> reporter: he's been with montgomery county for years. we got a list of the bus routes he's driven over the years. p a list of these routes upon my twitter page. you can check it out to see all of the list of schools. reporting live, chris lawrence news 4. > it's 6:33 we have new information about the search for a missi mother of five.

her body was found in a philadelphia basement. sh lived in new york but her suv was spotted in fairfax county. this is surveillance video of her outside of her homen ie bronx on july 28th. that day she went to philadelphia to meet a friend. family members said they never heard from her again. days later police found her vehicle in fairfax county, they arrested lewis marty neez, he's charged with grand lars any and gun position. howard county police offering a reward forfo any ination that could lead to an arrest of a woman. officials in chicago are asking theor community help after violence erupted over the weekend. at least 66 others were shot in less than three days. at least a dozen ofhose victims died. one hospital had to turn away

victims' families because the emergency room was so crowded with mourners.it cy leaders held a press conference to assure that overall gun violence is>> down. may have y county three candidates for county executive. the current nominees are robin thicker and mark elridge. president trump tweeted this message out momentsago, the u.s. has officially reimposed nuclear relatedanctions on iran following an executive order signed by president trump. today's sanctions target iran's automotive sector and precious metals, including gold. more sanctions are set to be reimbursed in november. those target the o sector. new this morning politicians are calling for president 's

tru- >> hollywood walk of fame star to be removed. w recall recently vandali vaitalized. the of west hollywood passed the resolution last night. it urges the chamber of commerce to remove the star due to the, quote, president's disturbing treatment of women and others. 6:36 the dog days of summer are here. look for yourself. you're working with the full forecast. investigated after having a baby. mother's fitness to be a mother called in into qestion because of something she ate. her w about something that could be on your breakfast plate.

three, two, one, zero, ignition. while you were sleeping space x successfully launched

ommunications satellite into orbit a little after 1:00 this morning. the new satellite will help provide internet and phone services to southeast asia. a maryland woman paid a price for her breakfast choice. >> her doctor said she tested positive for opiates. she said she ate a poppy seed bagel for breakfast, it comes from the poppy seed plant which contain traces of opiates as a result her daughter had to stay in the hospital oi hold for days. >> and i said, can you test me again? and i ate a poppy seed bagel in this mo for breakfast. she said, no, you've been reported to the state. >> that is scary. doctor's realized the situaon was a legitimate case of poppy seed defense -- she's so cute. >> that's a lot of baby.

>> she hopes hospitals will raise thresholds for a positive tes or at least warn mothers. you should know ahead of time not toop eat anythingy seed, bagels, muffins, anything. >> beyonce, she is on the cover of vogue magazine in a new article she opened up about vetherhood. >> she s in the september issue that she delivered her twins by emergency c section she said the babies were insi inten care for week. the singer said her attitude about her body changed after welcoming her twins. she isn't pressur hgself to lose weight quickly like she did after the birth of her first child. amazing.s king 't know what she's t about. she's just like the rest of s -- i wish. >> that's what she'sng sayi. >> no. she's other worldly. >> 6:41 right now. >> not like me. otherwise, i'm still here.

temperatures are in the 70s right now. we'll top out around 80. feeling close to 100 degrees today. a chance for storms and a chance for a wet weekend. that's coming up afterthe break. a crash on the outer loop of the beltway, everything was pushed to the shoulder but we still have delays. there's a live shot,oming off 95 southbound, riding toward that, but all the lanes are open. ce

>> announ you're watching "news4 today." for the second day in a row rick gates will be testify against his former boss and business partner paul manafort today. yesterday gates made some damaging admissions in that federal courtroom, he testified to participating in several financial crimes with manafort. >> gates even admitted to stealing from manafort whil ey worked together. nbc peter alexander joins us now nrom new jersey with more on the explosive testi good morning, peter.rt >> re: good morning to you. this is the former deputy

campaign chairman f dona trump testifying against the former campaign chairman. this was dramatic testimony, 45 minutes yesterday, as we expect gates to take the stand agai today. rick gates basically saying that he conspired to falsify tax returns, hiding millions of dolrs at the direction of paul manafort. also as you noted, indicating that he had stolends hund of thousands of dollars from manafort as well. this is a significant case that could pack a punch for the white house as the president becomes inkreezingly concerned that robert mueller's investigation, gates is cooperating with that investigation, is zeroing in on members of his own family. we're told the president has been paying attention rently dismissing this case as a hoax. we'll tell you what it means in a short time now coming up on today. his full report is comingup next on "today".

it's 6:46 today the fairfax county mother accused ofnkn untle crime will appear in court. she's accused of shooting two daughters, one of them five years old, the other is in the hospital fighting to stay alive. >> justin finch outside theco thouse in fairfax county with more. reporter: good morning. the events before those two children were found shot sunday night remain unknown. we know that accused mother and her ex-husband have been living together with the two girls. here's a look at a mug shot for veronica youngblood now accused of murder. news 4 did s digging and was able to uncover documents highlighting divorce and past custody issues between veronica youngblood and her ex-husband. we know the two shared a town etme ter in oaktown with

the girls and were on track to re ocate this week. then sunday night those plans derailed. both girls found shot to death. 5-year-old brooklynn youngblood dead of a gun shot to the head. the second child rushed to the hospital right away. we know youngblood was tracked down to loudon county and found in a town home neighborhood. e spoke with a neighbor who tells us that she saw her arrest late sunday night. >> i seen him pointing the gun at someone, whic seemed to be a lady. she was pretty young. td she was on the sidewalk. and hed her, put your arms up. an like any arm you have, put them down and put your arms up and don't move. don't move. don't move. >> as you heard, that woman hocked to have witnessed an arrest on sundnight. we know veronica youngblood is accused of murder, but more

charges are expected. s she to appear in juvenile and domestic relations court at 9:00 a.m. today family and friends say good-bye to a 10-year-old girl killed by a fallen tree. funeral services will be at park valley church. her parents just tucked her into nbed last wednesdayht when a tree crashed through their home during a thunderstorm. she was trapped in her bed and later died.vi itation starts at 10:00 this morning. disturbing discover in fredericksburg a homeowner returned from vacation and found a bo in his front yard. the man accused of dumping that body is facing a felony charge. the homeowner found the body next to hison porch sunday morning. the sheriff's office said the victim was wi h jared smith when his car crashed into a ditch.

they say smith thenhithe victim's body so it could not be seen from the road. we talked to theeo her who did not want to show his face on camera. >> two families tragically lost people now. they have bigger stress problems than what i had. >> the victimas been identified as 23-year-old deandre mler coldwell. offices say he used heroin just hours before the crash. >> new video out of indonesia, look, crews rescue a man who was apped in the rubble of a mosque. the death toll so far has ached 98. that number is expected to rise as rescuers coinue to search the devastated areas. the mendocino complex fire is now the largest in california history. it's nearly the s ze the city of los angeles. the fire which you can see is

made up of two fires north of san francisco. it is onlyne 30% contd this morning. there is some good n so far, no deaths have been reported. 6 t51 now ands morning d.c.' little league teamill take the field in connecticut a win keeps their hope of heading to the little league world series alive. >> the t m losts first game of the mid atlantic regional tournament this past weekend. our entire area, including the washington nationals is rooting for this team, wishing for a win today. all of the players are part the nats youth baseball academy. win or lose, these kids are winners already. >> respeprented for sure. it's the first predominantly black little league team to advance to the regionals. wishing them a lot of luckan the this morning. m> we want to check in with

sheena parveen foe on our forecast. how hot is it going to be? >> we're back in the 90s today but with the humidity another day like yefeerday,ing like 100 degrees by the afternoon. and we have a couple pop-up thunderstorms after 1:00 p.m. today. more widespreadto going tomorrow. it's 75 outside right now. it's muggy, we have calm wind. but later today we'll keep the southwest wind andghat's go to continue to bring in the humidity and temperatures back in the 90s. but for most of the area we're sitting at about the low to mid 70s. if you're walking the dog this morning we're nice and dry. look at that cute face that's barry he's available for adoption. i don't know why he hasn't found a home yet. t temperatures hot again, near 90 by lunchtime. i would say short dog walk later on, it'll unel a 100 and

keep an eye to the sky, we have pop-up storms developing shortly aft after 1:00 p.m. for. your weather for today, a couple pop-up storms by 7:00, 8:00 we can have some north and west of d.c. tomorrow dry the first half of thehe day but afternoon you see a line of showers and storms moving through.re that's m widespread and because of a cold front that does dry us out. now humidity, unfortunately i wish i could tell you it's going to drop big time but it doesn't look like too much of a drop at all. as we go into the weekend, rain chances come back. let's check with your morning commute with jack taylth. nund parkland, we had a crash al g the right side

the roadway, causing a minor slow down. 66 eastbound, we had a reporte crash along the right side of the roadway. within the slow down riding towards centerville. chopper 4 is flying outer loop of the beltway. newt crash right here at colesville road, it's in the two right lanes. you have the shoulder and the left lanes getting by. it's slow all the way out past georgia avenue. it's 6:54 amazon m narrowing down the finalists for its new headquarters. the tech giant is considering 2h finalists ose including montgomery county, n virginia and d.c. the "new york times" is reporting they'll cut the list significantly this month and ask finalists for their best and final offers. amazon said the new headquaers will create 50,000 new jobsand $5 billion in construction investment.

>> pep cois declaring a peak rs.ings day for its custo they expect an increased demand in tyelectri they're encouraging maryland customers to reduce use between 1ks and 5:00 p.m., you get a credit for every reduced kilowatt hour used. here are four things to know before you head out the door. election day for several states. eyes will be ohio for a race there. a democrat is trying to unseat a republican in the state's 12th congressional district. a republican has held that office for decades. rick gates will take the stand again today to testify against former boss and business partner paul manafort. yesterday he admitted to manafortng crimes with a school bus driver is accused of sexually assaulting 12-year-old girl with special needs. police say etiennta kabong

ated the girl last week on a school bus. he is held without bond. authorities believe there could be more victims. today a fairfax county mother accused of killi her daughter will appear in court. veronica youngblood is aused of shooting two daughters. more charges are expected during the hearingtoday. temperatures in the low 90s today, feeling close0 to degrees. we have a chance for showers and thunderstorms this afternoon, better chance tomorrow, still feeling like 100 degrees tomorrow before the humidity slightlyrops thursday and friday. but more rain as we get into this upcoming weekend. wood or plastic? everyone seems to have a preference when it comes to cutting boards? which one is the safest, susan hogan tackles that question tomorrow. join us tomorrow from 4:00 till 7:00 a.m. also tomorrow join nbc 4 for

our annual backcks for kids drive we'll be at the kingstowne federal credit union. we're collecting school supplies to give out to kids in need. you can make a secure donation on line. that is the news for toda >> the "today" show is next. we'll see you in 25 minutes for your news, weather and traffic. >> anybody want to add anything? >> i prefer woodutting boards. >> there's your closing thought. >> i have both, too, but my wood one is big and i like cutting on it. g >> there you now you know. >> there you go. make it a great tuesday, everybody.

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summer scorcher. extreme heat on both coasts as tens of millions struggle to cope with record setting temperatures. the hot weather causing twin wildfires to exploden california. now the largest in the state's history, consuming hundreds of homes and nearly 300,000 acres. urtroom fireworks. tense moments at the trial of president trump's former campaign chairman. the star witness telling jurors he committed crimes with paul manafort. what does that mean for the case, the president and the special counsel'investigation. new twist. the father of that missing university of iowa student now says he believes his daughter is alive. >> i think mollie is with