but it's what happened online after they left that has him even more worried for their safety. it is 6:00 a.m. now. good morning everybody. i'm aaron gilchrist. i'm eun yang. thanks for joining us for "news4 today." ae hot and muggyust that we've been experiencing, not going to end any time sasoon. >> melollet decided beach life wasn't for her. so she's back. >> i highly doubt that. >> nice try. >> she's back with us to keep an eye on the roads. let's start with sheena and laurynerracking ano chance for afternoon storms. good morning, ladies. >> good morning, aaron. it's going to be more widespread today. little more widespread. some of the storms could be later, to t as far timing. beautiful sunrise though. isn't it rgeous? >> we have low moisture, though. a little bit patchy fog out there.n you ee the hazing on the horizon. you mayun into patchy fog.

75 degrees right now. a are mild. we're humid going to be hot and humid as wero go h the afternoon. temperatures near the 70-degree mark 68 in gaithersb here's the patchy fog i was mentioning. manassas, warrenton, we're seeing visibility less than a half mile in cases. the rest of you may see areas of fog as you're driving. nothing too den otherwise. we're dry, but off to the west, that's an area bringing us showers and storms lat today. if you're headed to the pool, keep an eye on the sky. 90 degrees, humid and back i the90s this afternoon. the storm chances will be increasing as we go later into the afternoon and especially the evening. we'll break down the timing. lauryn will have that in a few minutes coming up. melissa mollet, welcome back. you look nice and tan. >> thank you, sheena. took a lot of work to lay on the heach. springfield, to outer loop, we've updated this a lite bit. that crash there is in the left

lane this morning. we're seeing a bit ofslowdown headed inbound. chopper 4 showing you some fog. this is over bw parkway near powder mill road. kind of a pretty picture there. you can see the folks headed southbound. a little bit more volume there. 270 looking okay right now. nice and clear. 70 down to the spur. eun? >> thank u, melissa. it's 6:02. we could be hit with another round of strg storms this afternoon. >> at least two d.c. families can't go home because of the damage done by yesterday's storm. a tree crashed into two homes on 30th street northwest late rnoon.day af all that torrential rain we saw. with the ground already saturatedm a wet few weeks, it didn't take much for the roots to come out of the ground. we talked to a homeowner who just finished rovating her home. >> from what i can see from here, it appears that that whole of the house is damaged. and i put this addition in not too long ago.

>> the fast-moving rain also caused flash flooding on broad branch7t road at street northwest. at l ostne man had to be saved from his car after he tried to drive through the rising water. 6:03. d.c. police need help finding a oy and his teenage sister. >> chris lawrence has been standing by at the live desk follow this story. chris, what can you tell us? >> that brother and sister have been missing since yesterday ternoon. take a good look at your screen. d.c. police sayst he was een with his sister. e's only one-year-old and his sister only 13. they were on stanton road in southeast d.c. aroundhe area of suitland parkway, st. elizabeth hospital. about a mile from the congress heights metro station. police are considering maka to be critically missing. he may need certain food and especially diapers.

please call police if you know where they might be. >> chris, thank you. it's about 6:04. a silver spring father is worried about his daughters. hasn't seen 11-year-old kandyce or karmen matos since saturday. they left without any necessitie, >> the girhey left with nothing. got nothingith them. money, no clothes, nothing. >> he says histe dau often hang out at the westfield mall.n anyone with information is asked to call montgomery county police. pice found the man accused of kidnapping a 12-year-old irginia girl and her grandmother. they are still missing. here's a picture of thesu ects. this is rodriguez-sariol. rg found him ris ant the vehicle they were looking for in pennsylvania. now lk at the pictures of the grandmother and the girl.

the suspect kidnapped elizabeth and angie rodriguez from harrisonburg on sunday. emey believe he may have been trying to take to new york. the murder of a beloved studentthlete left a community in shock. >> justin finch is outside montgomery blair high school now. justin, what do we know about this young man? >> aaron, we know that he was belov beloved. that's why grief counselors bre standi at the high school for students and staff who knew kevin wilson jr., who was a rising jr. lhere. wi many gather with their grief. investigators were hunting f >> he's described as athletic and hard working. he was the former captainth o maryland seahawks travel football team and a rising jr. here at montgomery blair high school. hen monday night his bright future goes dark. prince george's police find his body off new hampshire avenue.

he was pronoced dead at the spital. we had a chance to speak to kevin's coach. he tells us it's hard to believe it happened to someone who was well-liked. >> just a great young man, high irited. alwa made you laugh. always had us laughing. plr police believe there are more people out there who know what happened to a kevin ao involved in his death. they're hoping people come forward and have a cash reward to sell the house as soon as possible. justin finch, news had. >> justin, thank you. it's 6:06. too close to call. h that's things stand in a closely watched congressional race in ohio. ohio's 12th district has bee reliably red for more than a decade. this morning, republican troy balderson leads by fewer than 2,000 votes. at least 3,000 provisional

ballots still need to be counted and confirmed. as soon as that happens, we'll let youn nowe nbc washington app. ot it was anr dramatic day of testimony in the trial of had president trum former campaign manager. rick gates told the jury that he made a fake dumts to help manafortanet bank he testified that while he worked on the trump inauguration, he wanted a banker to be nominated as seetary. they painted gate as a chronic liar. thng're expected to wrap t up by the end of the year. the deadlunite the right rally, a move to keep it open. the same organizers plan to hold a rally. p theyn to demonstrate between 5 clock 30 and 7:00:. this map shows the street osures. organizers expect about 300

people there. at the same time, groups of protesters are planning to be message.h their own >> we want to make sure there's an opportunity for the thousands of people opposed to tds kin of fascist hate that the unite th night rally are -- we're going to promote a message of unity, inclusion, solidarity, the exactly opposite. 180 degrees on what they're talking abou >> president trump is not scheduled to be in d.c. while this is happening at the white house. john hinckley rmfully requested an unconditional release from custody and supervision. that's accordi to n court files that came by -- he served 35 years in a mental health hospital before being released to his mother's home in2016 under court supervision. hinckley and his attorneys did not return a request for comment, but we know federal prosutors want h to undergo another mental evaluation to ensure he's not a danger

a judge will hear that request ut mid-december. rities who rescued seven children have found thes remaf a 12th child. this compound was raided looking for a child abducted from georgia. 11 were found starving living in deplorable conditions. children who range from ages 12 to 15. they don't know whether the remains are the abducted child. two men and three women charged with child abuse. we'reollowing a developing story out of new jersey. two camden county police detectives are in the hospital after being ambushed by a gunman. the officers were dssed in plainclothes, inside an unmarked car stopped at a red light last night. a gunman approached and shot between 10 and 25 rounds at the ocar. onethe officers managed to fire back. ctbut the suspean away. the detectives are expected to be okay. arlington police are warning

about a new trend among thieves. the target is not the it's the airbags. you can see smashed windows and a hollowed out hivee. they hitto five car this day. when airbags are popping up online for sale, it's not clear whether they're detectives. they're - a baltimore more faces drug traffiing charges after showing up for his driver's ste e. test reeking of marijuana. while waiting in line in his mother's car, a worker says the smell was so strong she called for an officer. police discovered nearly a pound of marijuana, a loaded handgun and $15,000 in suspected drug-related m woody faces a long list of charges, including drug trafficking. cong up on 11 minutes

after ble hour, bigs with the newest railcars. find out it takes be -- this manhought he escaped police run spog a dark field. there was something else waiting more on that straight ahead on "news4 today." the temperatures out there right now in the 630s and70s. by 9:00, already at 80 degrees. fog out there. now, rain by this afternoon, we'll talk the timing o the rain and talk about the forecast coming up. >> reporter: we've got a popular motorcycle club bringing backpacks for kids. details are coming up next on "news4 today."

justbout 6:15 now. we have a short time until we hear the sound of school bells. >> some people love it, se hate it. you can help kids in the area get ready to hit the classroom molette green is live in alexandria at our annual bapacks for kids drive. molette, good morning. how is it going? >> reporter: we've got early givers this morng. supporters of backpacks for kids ju rolledn on their motorcycles. we'll talk to them in a moment. want to bring in robert from apple federal credit union. we're in your parking lot. are you ready for a big turnout? >> come help us fill our bin. we need backpacks for school supplies. kingstown. n to >> reporter: we had one gentleman come in and bring this with his wife. they wanted to support. also the canine alexander motor cl >> you are the president of the club. we see your members put in those

backpacks. why did you want to be a supporter today? >> this is all that we're about. giving back to the community. we ride in brotherhood. >> nie are going to children in need. kidsn elementary school in need have the right start, davial >> that's it's about. absolutely. >> reporter: we want make sure the kids get the right start. >> come on aund re. thanks for being an early supporter of backpacks for kids at the apple federal credit union. we'll see throughout the morning, through noontimerioday t in the parking lot. come down and support, right, guys? >> yeah. back to you guys. >> great to see the support at this hour. metro 7 tho000 series railcars been on the tracks a few years. but they need -- an internal review reported by wtop.

metro says e problem is not a safety concern but a reliability issue. the report found wire crimping defects that went undetectede nufacturer. the problem could lead to lengthy delays and poor reliability. it could take a year to repair 548 railcars that have the problem. the wor is not expected to impact service. china has t banned release of the latest winnie the pooh movie. the chinese government tea nied disney's request to show christopher robin in that country according to sources. it's not why it was denied entry. in the past, the government censored images of winnie the pooh after they likened the bears appearance to president xi jinping. >> he's a cuddly cute little thing. >> xi jinping? >>e winnie pooh. and his friends, eeyore, piglet. >> i love piglet.

>> side by side. >> i don't see it. >> police in florida received extra help from an unusual group to help track down a suspected car thief. >> a look this helicopter footage. >> if you see the large group of cows, they're literally following her. >> get her. >> this is ctgreat. it waslly a herd of cows that managed to literally surround a car thief, a suspect here. this happened sunday night. they cornered her at a fence. police were able to step in and arrest her at that point. >> do not need the help of the cows to arrest the other one. all suspects face multiple charges. >> it looksike they're deliberately trying to -- >> they knew. they get aggressi. i cannot tell if all of them had horns, if they were all bulls. no cows? look how close that one got.o >> around the left. you go on this side. >>hi i she was on the ground by now.

>> how scary, though. they get aggressive when threatened or scared. animals have that instinct. >> and if you'rea,n flor that can happen to you. >> it could very well map. a lot of cow fields in parts of florida that peoe don't realize. once you get away from the beaches, there's a lot of cow pastures there. waking up to mild henditions. temperatures inmid-70s. 75 degrees in washington right now. 68 gaithersburg. 70 degrees in clinton. little bit of patchy fog for some of the ar. ou're near manassas, you have visibility less than a half mi. warrenton down to zero. that's dense fog. if you're walking the dog or if you need one to walk and adopt, handsome guy. friends of homeless animals in loudoun county. you can head ttheir woeb website. lunchtime near 90 degrees. humid this afternoon with

temperatures in the 90s there. we have a chance of afternoon and evening thunderstorms. some could bedo strong. t forget. coming up next saturday,er the 18th a big clear the shelters event, you can find out more on the nbcashington app. nice and dry on radar off to the west. that's where we have scattered showers and storms. those will be moving in later today. here's what future weather is showing. we stay dry mostf the day. by 5:30 a line of storms.ap oaching the district, i would say between 6:00 and 8:00 p.m. moving through and then t starti clear out. we'll have to watch it for the nats game a bit of a delay there. we have rain in the forecast. unfortunatel increasing chances saturday, could be seeing a rainy sunday. but -- you could add these plants, flowers to your garden to add color. going to the weekend, we're watching the ireasing rain chances. thursday and friday look good. you'll notice the humidity dropping friday stays dry.

quite a few days with rain ahead. let's check the roadshis morning. melissa mollet is back. good morning melissa. >> good morning. have a new problem. this.r 4 over this is the outer loop after the mixing bowl here right now. eing real slowdowns, chopper 4 showing the delays ght no have that left side of the roadblock. everybody is being shoved to right and seeing the backups starting to kick i that is the problem here. right now this morning. that's the main slowdown onhe beltway. up top here, outer loop as you're approaching coleville, owu can see a wn there as well. 270 looks okay. top of the beltway. u're seeing that slowdown. 66 inbound. no majorms prob quantico to the beltway, you're okay. remember to listen to wtop 103. fm when you your car. >> melissa, it's 6:21. it's the most basic o piece cooking equipment in your kitchen. is your cutting board harboring

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county. molette green is collecting school supplies at the kingstown weanchf apple federal credit union. l check on what and how you can donate in a few minutes. good morning everyone. i'm eun yan i'm aaron gilchrist. we're going to check in with storm team 4 for the forecast in a second. first, melissa mollet is tracking the road for us and a traffic alert. >> take a look at chopper 4. this fst problem here taking up the left side of the roadway. springfield outer loopthere. just as you're coming off of 95 ther take a look. inner loop, van dorn. sameesrea we havense headed to the scene. very slow inner loop and outer n the springfield area. as you come up 95 north to get on the outer loop, it's about a two-mile ckup this morning. you can see the slowdown up top, outer loop near connecticut avenue slow as well. as we flip around and take a look at 270 southbound t urbana.

that's our slow spot to urbana on 270. rest of the main roads looking okay right now, guys. >> good morning, melissa. in the weather department, things are looking clearw. righ later on today, keep an eye to the sky and it's going to be anothe sticky one. >> another hot one out there. the heat index close to 100 degree once again this afternoon. that's going to fuel strong thunderstorms. >> into the evening, and a little later than yesterday. let's look at the sunrise. the sun came up at 6:15. just about 15 minutes ago. beautiful morning out there.75 degrees is our temperature right now. that is how it's going to be as we go thugh the 7:00 a.m. hour. by 11:00, the temperatures will be into the mid-80s out there. now, no rain out there right now. we could have a little spotty sprinkle up there around the morgan county eastean pae, west virginia. but for the most part, we're dry. just patchyfo this little system here through cincinnati, that is a cold front. that is going t pull through as

we go through this afternoon. that's creating a chance of stronger storms. we'll talk about the timing on those. we'll talk about the weekend forecast on the ten-day forecast coming up in a little bit. guys? >> lauryn, thank you. yesterday's fast-moving storms used flash flooding in several areas around the region. at least one man had to be saved from a car after trying to drive through the ring water on broad branch roadt 27th street northwest. firefighters wt to remind people when it's raining hard, do not try to dri through high water. we say it again and again. >> this storm cause a tree to obpple over at northwest d.c. nicole j outside a home with more on the damage there. nicole? >> reporter: aaron and eun, now that the sun is up, you can really get a sense of this damage, at least from what you can see from the street he. is is 30th street. you can see the red danger tape and all the debris left behind. want to get you right to video, though. ging you a closer look at

actly what happened. the tree completely toppled over. the result of soggy ground. we did speak with the homeowner who tells us the timing of all of thin will hit her the wallet. >> from what i can see from here, it appears that that whole side of the houses damaged. and i put this addition in not too long ago. >> reporter: her home is damaged and she tells us her neighbor's home actually got the brunt of the damage here. two homes damaged by this one tree. but the good news, no one was injured here. aaron, eun, back to you. >> nicole jacobs for us in northwest d.c. thank you.li from f trees to lightning. yesterday's storm caused quite a lot of damag in our area. six people had to be treated for residual effects of lightning strikes as they set up for a

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justin, good morning. >> reporter: aaron, good morning. we know that kevin wilson jr. is someone who meant a lot to a lot of people in montgomery. a high school whe he was a student as you mentioned. that's why today grief w counselol be standing by to help fellow students and staff coming to grips with his sudden death. ose who knew kevin say at just 16 years old, he had such a bright future ahead o him. he was known as an athlete and known as being ver hard working and was a rising junior here at mogomery blair. for someone who had so much going on, why would someone take his life? that's the question investigators are trying to answer. he was found on monday night shot several times behind the apartments offew hampshire avenue by prince george's police officers. he died a short time later. we were able s toak with kevin's coach who tells us he ts the kind of player that all hismmates wanted to be around. >> when iet kevin, great spirit and energy.

like the things he brought to the teamll athleti and mentalwise, he was a leader. just one of the kids that everybody wou go to for help if they needed anything. >> reporter: police believe there are others out there who know more about the circumstances surrounding kevin's death. they're hoping they come forward because there is a cash reward for tips tool helpe solve the case. live in silver spring, yus continue finch, news 4. right nour a baby and h teen sister are missing. take a look at this now. 1-year-old davis was las seen yesterday with his sister, 13-year-old ka marie davis at the 3,000 block of stantonoad east. police are considering him a critical missing eild. call polf you know where they might be. there's still no sign of a missing 12-year-old girl from virginia and her grandmother. izabeth and angie rodriguez were lastn see on sunday in

harris rrisonburg, virginia. investigators believe this man, rodriguez-sariol kidnapped them. they found him and the vehicle they were looking for in pennsylvania sterday. ey believe he was trying to take them to new york. the fairfax county mother accused of hitting and killing her 5-year-old daughter does not want a lawyer. she told the judge she didn't want counsel. she was assigned a public defender anyway. youngblood is accused of shoong both her daughters in mclean sunday night. the daughter has already undergone three surgeries. they were involved in a cusdy dispute. it's unclear if that head to the violence. more than 14,000 firefighters are battle more than a dozen fires in california. including the mendocino complex fire. that's f actualles -- two fires burning near each other. they cover a combined area.

the size of los angeles. take a look at this. interactive maps showing how much of the area a fire would continue. it's only 34 contained. one elections leading up to the midterm elections is undecided. >> chris lawreive at the desk with the latest. >> eun, aaron, they're still counting ballots this morning. it's so close, so it'sti supp. troy bald heson has declared tctory but only leading by fewern 2,000 votes. there's thousands of provisional sballots and oth to be counted. after a republican congressman decided to go into the -- he congratulated him on twitter last night and took gape for boosting -- as soon as a winner

is declared, we'll let you know he nbc washington match. they'll have a rematch come november in the midtermel tion. paul man a quart's former business partners which is goesen -- d attorneys are trying to poke holes in rick gates' creddaility. yest gates told the jury he made up document toss help manafort get bank loans. still working on the inaugution. he loaned him will money to give m a cabinet level position. testimony resumes at 9:30 today. set the dvr. you want to see these performances. >> we told you about lucas. teenag from leesburg. he tapped his way through on a contemporary basis from utah, in duel round.

sflnl in ther jun team category, the step team from greenbelt, maryland. >> demr rai boyz. they're going to break it down and move closer to the gra prize of 1 million d. the dance starts tonight at 8:00 nbc4. it's so fun to see all the different styles of dancing. look at that. the precision -- >> they started at roosevelt high school. >> love them. we're checking back in with melissa mollet. >> a couple of you different problems. chopper 4 over inner loop at van dorn. overturned vehicle response on the scene. also close by, outer look after 95. thankou for that. the chopper, outer loopt 95. as you come up 90 saturday morning -- 90 north to the outer

loop. going to be a slow ride for a lot of folks this morning. inner loop near allentown disabled vehicle on the left side this morning. the beltway looks typically inow. zooming northbound before washington boulevard, crash reported there this morning. coming back out here for a moment, southboundbw parkway, at 350, a crash reported there ws ale. inbound 66 going about 40 miles per hour. fairfax county parkway to the be way. 95 north, quantico to the beltway,ery slow. going to take you 38 minutes. top of the beltway is slow. the outer loopu as proach connecticut avenue, remember to listen to wtop 103.5 fm before you hop in your car f he's being a trickster. snnlt everybody is walking away from the desk. i'm standing right here.

where is everybody going? what is happening this morning? >> we've got a beautiful sunrise. that's what's happening outside. gorgeous conditions. the sun came up about 6:15. that's going to lend to some stronger instabilityater this afternoon. we could have heavy downpours.so severe weather this afternoon. lead to the nats ga being delayed. hopefully we get a win in. does the humidity fall? some for your thursday and friday. it's coming back for the weekend. ie weekendgoing to be wet. kusht temperatures, 60s and 70s. 've got patchy fog but a dry. we'll be watching this frontal system, it's broken right now. it's going to head our way and see rain out of that. low 90s, closer to 100 degines the afternoon. for the nats forecast, again, could have a delay. about a 60% chance.nu thesers are right for 7:00. those temperatures in the

mid-80s. a 60% chance of rain whenme the ets started. we can see the storms bubble up along the i-81 corridor after 3:00. then we'll see stronger storms around the i-95 corridor in time for the game around 7:00. we'll continue to keep the chance through late this evening of some rain. we'll talk about that ten-day forecast in a little bit with sheena. >> lauryn, thank you. summertime is slipping away. >> so sad. >> it means that it's time to get ready for school. >> today, you can help ttudents begi prepare for the new school year. news 4's molette green isive in the alexandria section of fairfax county at our annual backpacks for kids drive. like it or not, schoolng is co soon. we have to get deds e. keds ready. >> oh,ee. i'm going to show what you we have s far. about an hour on the air with this campaign. listen, i promise that you don't have to come out if you

absolutely cannot. we will take your check and your donations online. go to the nbc4 -- nbcwashington.com and search backpacks for more information. when you come out here, can, we're taking your cash and your checks right here. we want to fill up these bins. that's the goal. we have a long way to go. ,000 backpacks is the goal orbert told us he's been with us throughout the mning from apple federal credit union. explain the need. put it ixt con for us. >> we're off to a great start. we do have some backpacks. but it's not a sprint, ts is a marathon, lnl. until noon today, with your kingstown branch, if you can find it in your heart to grab a pabackck,chool supplies, we're retween walmart and kohl's. in the kingstown visit us. stop by, get a backpack. our students need your support. let's give our kids an opportunity for a even gart. >> lete them a level

playing field. the first day of school is in weeks for many kids. >> these are not filled. we'll be here throughout the morning. we're going to demonstrate and show you what people are bringing and how much love tople have in their hearts for kids. t's the latest live, back to you guys. >> i think you can do t i think you can fill t bins today. it's 6:56. four things to know. election officials still tight racellots in a for the 12th district house seat. fewer than 2,000 votes separat chris balderson and democrat danny o'connor. a live update next on "today." d.c. police help finding these children. he was lost with his sister, davis in the 3,000 blo of canton road east. two silver spring sisters have been missing since saturday. only 11 andat hisr says his older daughter's instagram

account was dee laed shortly after she went missing. we could be hit with another round of strong storms this afternoon. a tree crashed into two homes on 30th street northwest after or yesterday'sntial rain. there was also flash flooding in ck creek park and in ft. meade, maryland. six people had to be tre for lightning strik residual effects. stay tuned for effects of the weather. >> some could be strong. again, 9 we have t though. another chance for the weekend. >> right now, first four t alert near van dorn. two problems there. a three-mile backup after the woodrow wilson bridge. thank you. that is the news for

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