a traffic stop in prince george's county led to a police shooting at a driver and now a search for the person who ca esped. and what's next for oneth o administration more unique ideas, the space force.ne >> announcer:4 today" starts now. it is 5:00 a.m., good morning, everody, i'm aaron gilchrist. >> and i'm eun yang, thanks for joining us for nfd thnfd. rain seems to have stopped for now but more on the way. >> melissa mollet looks at the commute for us this morning. chuck bell is back today. >> all chright. uck and sheena, how is the rest of the day looking? >> it doesn't look too bad. you look tanned, by the way. you look pretty good, did you get a spray tan? >> no, i did it the old-fashioned way, covered in 30 bock. >> noy oil this time. >> no, i'd be nothing but one big blister if i put baby oil

in. i did get to 3:00 a.m. easily, as i stayed up witf all my friends. this morning when the alarm went off at 2:0 a.m., i thought is it time to get out? no, it's time for a cup of coffee. 72 in dulles and morton, 76 in beautiful prince george's county. we've been 90 orotter five days in say row today is likely to be number six. rain chance are very low but there could be an isolatesed shower across parts of central virginia and northern maryland. i think mt of usill be missed by rain drops today. rain chance is officially at 30% but it will be another hot one. highs today around 90 degrees. cooler weather but higher rain chance closer to the weekend. more about that in a few minutes. good morning, melissa, you look tanned, by the way. >> thankyou, thank you, tanned together for a few days and then both of us will lose it, i'm sure. westbound, ramp, 301x still have

this truck fire here so you can see you're having to to get around that. police are on the scene trying to help with that. lanham, westbound 350, the right orde is blocked a crash there. leesburg still have eastbound 7 pushed off at river creek parkway. all lanes blocked there at the work zone with the detour in place. we have that all ouclosed, but can get around it it's just going to take some time. a inner lo outer loop of the beltway. aaron.ries, it's been almost one year since the deadly unite the right rally in charlottesville. >> the governor ofvi charlotte and city have declared states of emergency as events are planned in both charlottesville and here in our area. news4's justin finch is live with details how police are planning to keep the peace here. justin, good moing. >> reporter: eun, good morning, the national park service

processing three protests this weekend. the site othat unite the rally two on sunday. we can tell you it's going to be a very busy week and also very interesting because d.c. police si say part of their plans so far is to keepup the g separated on sunday. that was just one point that d.c. police chief peter newsham prdoented in a close meeting with the district council yesterday. afterwards, he did tell reporters that he's been in touch with his counterpart ich lottesville, the chief of police there and say that the lessons to be learned in that rally last year that did leave one woman dead. the chief of police alsoat sayi .c. police are uniquely qualified to handle an eve of this nature. citing the march for our lives rally as well at the capital's championship run and resulting larade. the pn so far they say is not to prioritize anysf the gro demonstrating. >> there's no intention to

accommodate one side or the other. the only accmodation that the metropolitan police department is providing iso make sure that everybodyho's in our city that day doesn't get hurt. >> reporter: and more details are expected to come out later on today. we can tell you the national pa service expecting some 400 people for the unite to right lly based on permits submitted. and they're expected to be outnumbered by protesters. however, they won't k anything about the numbers until the day of. back to you in the studio. >> justin nch, thank you. new, a shooting at a traffic stop and bowie is under investigation. this a happened excalibur road a mile away from the town >> chopper 4 was at the scene after a fight broke out. a bowie police officer fired his gun there and the suspect ran away a still on the run this morning. police say the officer's

injuries are minor. we will connue to follow this story and you'll see updates on the washington, d.c. app. a young father was gunned wn as children played outside. >> news4's megan mcgrath is live at prince george's county police headquarters. megan, what do we know about the victim right now? >> reporter: well, he was the father of an ld11-month son and also getting ready to move to china to play basketball. the 23-year-old lamontdair jr.'s future was cut short by a gunman on wednesday afteoon. was right around 4:00. broad daylight. children were out and about i playin the street. adair was headed to a trainssg n that's when he was shot to death on grieg street. police are looking for help for locating that aispect. lived with his mother and was moving overseas next month. his mom spoke to news4 and she

said she's absolutely heartbroke >> i've got void in my heart because my son is not here. no longer here. >> reporter: still no word at this point on a potential motive this case. and as i said, the suspect is still at large. so, police are looking for anyone with information to contact them. so that they can bring this gunman into custody. back to you. >> all right, megan mcgrath. megan, thank you. some breaking news now. the indonesian resort island of ombok has been hit by another earthquake. chris lawrence at the live desk. chris. >> yeah, today's earthquake is the third to hit lombok in two weeks. and compacting the impact that the island has suffered. the video shows more damage to power lines and the aftershock killed hundreds of people. homes and buildings are already damaged by the first two lquak, butle chance this time around. indonesia's geological agency said this quake had atu mag

of 6.2. fortunately there's no tsunami warng because the quake was centered on land about two miles deep. the death tl fromsunday's earthquake now stands at well over 222 people. no word yet on casualties from today. aaron. >> chris, thank you. we're getting a new look at the suspected parkland, florida, shooter with police just hours after the rampage. some of you mayind this video graphic sand disturbing. in it, you see nicholkolas cruz walking into a room. we should note all of the video released with edited by the broward state attorney's office. listen w. >> what demons? >> the voices. >> what does it tell you to do? >> burn, kill, destroy.

>> okay, burn, kill, destroy what? >> anything. there were voices, no name, telltg me w to do. >> did the voice tell you to buy thatar-15? >> yes. >> 17 people died in that shooting at stoneman dougl high school. most of them were students. a carjacking outside a montgomery mall didn't go quite the way the suspects planned. surveillance video shows the two men inside the parking garage at the westfield mall. officers say one victim asked for the man's car keys. a second made t victim believe he had a gun. but the suspect quickly found out thear was a stick shift. they couldn't drive it, so they jumped out of the car and ran away. u'resked to contact police if you see the suspects. the number of breaks on the rise-sharing cars in the city. no new licenses will be issued for uber and lift for one year. this will give them time to set

regulations for an industry that's gone unregulated. uber has campaigned against the legislation argue, that a cap on drivers will prevent, rather, create higher prices. 5:09. how the so-called spaces for could become a itre vice president mike pence will outline e space force at the pentago pentagon. it would focus on defending space assets. it had opposition from military circles. ac drama finish for paul manafort's former business partner. yesterday, the prosecution's stares witness rick g took the stand for a third and fin da earlier this week, gat admitted to using stolen money from manafort to hide an extramarital affair in london.mi during cross-etion

yesterday defense attorneys suggested gates may have had four affairs. theysked whether gates told the special counsel's office, but prosecutors. objected gates never answered the question. stimony resumes this morning. 5:10 now. a defiant conservative ng ssman for upstate new york vows to continue his run for re-election despite the fact he's been charged with insider trading. representative collins spoke out. the alleged crimes involved a pharmaceutical company. the ceo told his board of directors that a critical drug trial failed. that news had not been madebl . it shows collins getting that news and that is when collins allegedly called s his to tell him which broke federal law. theer ins trading saved those m involve than a quarter million charges. >> the charges mounted against

me and i will mount aus vigous to clear my name. the 'skins will play thers preseason game tonight against the new england patriots. the fans have been waiting forn this . there he is, the new quarterback alex smith making h official debut tonight. he won't be only one rocking the buundynd a gold for the pats derrius guice putting on the jersey and they are pumpdy. >> i alrea put on one. at the nfl rookie premiere. but getting ready to staff g itp and out there for the time.t i'm excited man. 1 to 10 i'm like a 12 right now. >> love it. come on. k that's thed of attitude you

want. >> that's true. >> nbc4 is the place for all of the 'skins action tonigh the game starts at 7:30. after, we'll break down the game and the posame report on news4 at 11. >> he's got to calm down. >> no he doesn't. a man running from police probably thought the chase wov when he drove into a river, but these officers weren't going to let him . see how they corralled theirec suspt. plus, fans always want to leave a baseball game with a souvenir. one kid in the crowd caught something pretty surpristhg in stands after a tirade. find out next on4 "neday." this morning, pretty comfortable. as we go through the morning hehours we'll be in t 80

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their parents, were arrestednd charged with child abuse. 11 kids ages 1 to 15 were found emaciated and living in horrible coinitions. accoto court documents the children were being trained to shoot assault weapons and carry out school shootings. but the father of one of the suspects said they just wanted to protect themselves. >> all theyto wante do is get out of society, get away, homestead and build a peaceful life by themselves. >> now, one of the men arrested was wanted in connection with the disappearance of his son. investigators found a small body buried near that compound. they're still waiting for t remains to be identified. the man accused of starting a massive wildfire in southern california is facing several charges. police arrested 51-year-old forest clark on tuesday. he will be arraign today. investigators say clark started what is being called the holy

fire on monday. since then the fire has burned people res force tomorrow evacuate. clarkor rdly has a cabin in the area and it's been said that he sent a letter to a fire chief warning, quote, this place will burn. parents of children are thankful for the quick action of law enforcement. here's why. you see fresno, california, a burglary suspect who ledenaw enforcemt on a chase on tuesday, it ended at a day camp forkids. eventually the suspect was taken down by sheriff's nodogs. hildren were hurt. well, we all know how contentious sports games can be of all sorts, right? this week the manager for the minor league basebal team took a disagreement to a whole new level. >> enough issonough times. this manager was arguing a call at third base. when he wasn't getting saddle faction there, so, we want to show you what this manager did.

he took third base. >> n.oh, ma >> walked over, pulled right out of the ground. decided he was not giving it back either. so what does he do? he walks over to th fence line and hands it off to a fa >> he was very calm about it. after a few minutes, the base was retrieved byth one o grounds crew. can't give those away. the fan has a gat story t tell. i hope they gave that kid a baseball or something. you can't toss around third base with your friends. >> no. >> i didn't make it to third base until i was in 2 my. >> oh, this is morning television. >> so, you haven'teen then 30 years is what you're saying? >> exactly. someing like at. >> 5:18, going off the rails already. let's reel it back in, folks. talk about the weather >> how about another 90 degree > day? his is what happens when you come back, we're ready for fun. >> actly. at was in that coffee this morning. 90 degreedays, we've had five

in a row. four in may, six in june, 12 in july, and five i august, maybe that is a little something in my coffee. al 90-degree days. today is likely to be another one. 77 now in whington and annapolis. 72 in springfield, virginia.ow 79, in california, maryland. 64 in winchester virginia. it's going to be a hot one today. general pump of heat and humiditycontinues. this weather front to our north west it does promise a drop in temperatures as we get towards the weekend. unfortunately, it also mean an increase in rain chance for saturday and sunday planned. for today, though, hot and humid, yes. rain chance are low toda i couldn't rule out an isolated shower or thunder shower. most oou what want to do will not be affected by raindrops. it's an after game for the braves in town. it is theor slightest chance a

shower. if you're going to the nats rk ball but the sunscreen on, sunglasses and hat. it's going to be sunny, hot san humid. and tomorrow, another dry day maybe a scattered storm laten the lat hours. 90 degrees, 91 for tomorrow. the five-day fhoecast the weekend is a little bit of trouble. high rain chance, a saturday sunday that continues into monday. the upside is we will not i be the 90s. downt.i.d. downside, melissa mollet, the plans need a backup. westbound 50, ramp to southbound 301, we still have that vehicle fire with police on the scene. this has cleared, though, this is a good thing, westbound 50 ramp to the outer loop. we had the right side blocked there because of the crash, that one is now go. eing delays on top of the beltway.

perhaps we're going to see the next couplf minutes if we have an issue there. rest of the beltway looks okay. we'll get information about this one and be back in a couple minutes. thank you, melissa. the va medd.al center in is losing its cool, literally. the news4 i-team is shed something light on a growing problem keeping the building cool enough for patients and to eep items insidesafe.

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>> announcer: you're watching "news4 today." it's 5:23,me amid the s heat, a temperature problem inside a major medical center. >> an investigation by the news4 i-team scott mcfarland reveals a disruption in the hospital taking care of veterans in the d.c. area. >> reporter: this is the type of gsace you simply can't have trouble keeping thool. a flagship medical center of the u.s. department of veterans affairs in d.c. 100,000 pa inside.,000 workers but an investigation by the news4 team shows a series of failures in recent months. in the fall, refrigerator equipment broke down in a se storage flu vaccines. more than $1,000 worth of flu vaccines were ruined ansehad to be t a cooling pipe burst in may flooding floors taking staff and a patient from intensiveare. and edgar gleason said he walked out of the center on hiswn

after being treated for multiple sclerosis. >> there was no air conditioning. >> no fans? >> no fans. i couldn't sleep at night. >> reporter: tonight, our investigation on news4 at 5:00 and 11:00, just how long it was that air inside existedoo including a bank. what the agency plans to do and why it will take until 2022 to make all of the fixes. for now in d.c., scott mcfarland, i-team. good thursday morning, nice and dry on the radar. oocouple of isolated showers possible this afn. it's going to be a pretty nice day. i'll show you the forecast and what to expect throughout your thursday. that's coming up next. plus highway expansion. it may speed u your commute but it's forcing families out of their homes. still ahead, hear from the owner who is getting the boot. and we'll tell you about the

"news4 today" starts now. your tim 5:28. thanks for joining us on " aws4 today" o thursday morning. here's a live look outside. really pretty, right? and it's feeling betr outside after the hot weather. good morning, everyone, i'm eun yang. >> and goo i morning, aaron gilchrist. working for you as you start your day. first, youo want check in with

traffic and weather. >> but we begin with sheena and chuck bell with a look at the forecast. >> yes, there are cooler days coming just in time for the weekend. >> but, because there is a but for the coolest days. vacation,t back from i'm not here to rain on anybody's parade. >> you're making it sound like you're giving people good news when in fact -- >> i'm making you give them the bad news. >> i'll give the good news, it's going to be a little lessas hum e go through the humid. temperatures in some spots less than wewere.bu gaithe, 69. and 77 in annaponds. nicery on the radar. no rain right now. we have showers out to thedying. showers mainly in the afternoon. by lunchtime, 87 degrees.

sand less humid, you may notice, 90 for the high today. let's head to melissa mollet who thhas a look a roads. good morning, melissa. >> good morning, new problem here, top of the beltway just got off the phone with police. outer loop after georgia avenuee crash now on the right shoulder. ot we're really seeing a lot of delays there topthe beltway. as you're headed on the outer loop, georgia satisfactoeorgia e of the the beltway is okay. we called because we see a little redo the must be something going on. georgetown, and a crash reported there and ft. washington, bo ind, iian head, a vehicle. >> a man accused of s woman outside a busy fast food restaurant in virginia shot himself. >> detectives say anthony ellis

shot the victim outside of a mcdonald's around 2:00 yesterday. officers track him just miles away from the mcdonald's that's where they say he took his own life. the victim's name has not been released. we're told she and ellis knew each other. condition.critical >> a heads-up, d.c. police a fake ube driver is robbing riders. theyni say on saturday mng, the victim called an uber and got into the car. the driver forced the victim to withdraw money from several different atms. police believe the men and woman are connected to at least three robberies. most happened along the busy u street corridor. well, it's been almost one year since the deadly unite the right rally in charlottesville. >> the cities have declared states of emergencies as events are planned both charlottesville and here in our area.

new news4's justin finch is there. >> reporter: rnn, good g. we do know that freedom plaza will be a counter protest. the national park service is processing a permit for about eo 1,000e to gather in this area and then march their way sunday over to lafayette square. and the rally is taking place in front of the white house. and d.c. police are sayg that is is something that they can handle. now, part of their plan will be to keep those groups separate. chief peter newsham did outline at plan in a closed-door meeting with district council. afterwards, he did speak with reporters saying they will not be escorting those unite to right ralliers. one will not prioritize group over another but they will allow the protest. the chief said the goal is to eliminate outcomes like last year's chaottesville rally where a woman was killede. ther

d.c. police say they're h equipd dle these large-scale events and they're also working very closely with theirtaw enforcem partners. >> people can rest assured that we have a solid plan with thete ultioal to make sure that nobody gets hurt. >> reporter: of course,he goal here also is to avoid any direct clashing between these two groups here. the national parkervice also processing three other permits for counterprotests. we are told as well, another briefing on security plan will be comg out from police later on today. live, i'm justi finch, news4, back to you. >> justin, thank you. it's an33. the democratic nominee for the governor of maryland is apologized for cursing afterst taking qns from reporters. ben jealous was responding to a reporter from "the "shington pohat asked him about ads. our affiliate in baltimore was there for that exchange. >> to put a final point on it,

do you identify with the term socialist? >> are you -- kidding me? is that a final point? okay. >> shortly after that, jealous tweeted apology to that reporter and cuse of language. he wrote, as a former journalist, i know how important it is to free expression. an update now on the search for awo menused of killing a teen in high yatsville. they're wanted for the murder of 16-year-old kevin wilson jr. wils was found deadn a parking lot offps new hamre avenue on monday. detective it's tell us they're also looking for a third suspec congressman chris collins will continue this campaign for re-election even as he faces charges for insider trading. collins pleaded not guilty in a federal courtroom yesterday. hed a news conference

denying the allegations and promising to stay on the november ballot. more on the charges he's facing still ahead. redskins football returns tonight. the skins willff kick their preseason against the patriots at 7:30. the game is in new england but you can watch it right here on nbc4. then after the game, stick around for the 'skins postgame alport and news4 at 11:00 p.m. football ady, can't believe it. and d.c. public libry is ck open after a few guests showed up. >> several snakes were found inside the building. over the weekend, garter snakes were covered at the public library in georgetown. take a .lo a library spokesperson said they were found in the basement, just steps away from the children's section. if that happened, i would have passed out. thankfully, the types of snakes are harmless.

ith all of the wacky weather ad flooding they're coming up looking for nice cool place to hang out. they're harmless. garter environment. they're eating all kind of creepy crawlerings. they're okay. t it was closed for a few days for pest contr get the snakes out. >> while they're harmless, they should be left alone. >> all snakes. >> leave the one. 5:36 is our time. coming up, an accident on a virginia ride sparked changes involving your cell phoneay why you need to leave it behind during your next day of family fun. plus, metro making changes on dozens of

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your time is 5:39. a former stanford university swimmer'sase is back in the spotlight. an appeals crt rejected brock turner's bid for a new trial. yesterday, a three-judg panel in san jose ruled there was substantial evidence that turner received a fair trial. three years ago he some made headlines after being convicted

of sexually assaultinge a fem student on the campus. the case received national attention after the victim's powerful statement which she read in court befor turner was sentenced. graphic surveillance videoe raising questions about a nashville police officer shooting a suspect. yesterday, the district attorney released a video of last month's shooting. you can see an officer chasing daniel hambrick. the officer shot him and he dropped to the ground. hambrick later died. that officer is on administrative leave. the mayor said polic receivers are underreview. good morning. i'm chuck bell, it's going to ba ine day to be at the local swimming hole. m it'se likely to get a sunburn than get affected by th. rain your rain chance are going up, up, up for the weekend. sheena has your ten-day forecast in ten minutes.

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playi ing basketball overseas we cut short. someone shot and killed him in broad daylight. now, his family wants answers. >> news4's megan mcgrath is live outside of prince george's county police headquarters. megan do police have leads on this? >> reporter: n a lot too on at this point. the person who fired those deadly shots still on the loose and there's no word on a motive on this case. but a very sad story. he was the father of an 11-month-old son about to move to lochina to play basketball. it was just before 4:00 in the afternoon. so, we're talking about broad daylight. children were out and about playing in the stets. adair was headed to a training session and that's when he was shot to death on grieg street in seat pleasant. the killer still on the large.

adair was moving overseas next month. his m spoke to news4, she said e's absolutely har lly heartbro. >> man, thi is ruthless to gun somebody down. whatever cowaris did i hope you turn yourself in. because it's not right. it's not right. >> reporter: and so police still looking for that suspect. anyone with information, you're asked to call prince george's county tlice. >> bacyou. >> megan mcgrath, thank you. it's 5:45, another child in virginia is dead after being left in a hot car. it happened in gosling county about ten miles from rip monday. the victim was 17 months old. his father left him in the car and went to work thinking he dropped him off at day care. the little boy was discothred in business park garage. this is the third deadly incident in virginia thi year involving a child being left in

a hot car. and when it comes to hot car deaths. virginia ranks tenth in the nation. it's 14 before the hour ght now. a conservative congressman from upstate new york son defense thmorning. representative chris collins promises to fightse federal rity fraud charges. >> he's already lost his seat on the house energyrc and com committee. news4's nic carvajal has more on the fallout on capitol hill. nikki, what's collins accused of doing? >> he's accused of lying to the fike and insider trading. prosecutors said he used his role on a phaaceutical company to pass along information to family members. what happens, eye a drug trial failed and ultimately caused ank byompany's stocks to about 92%. but for those family members, they got out in time. and he allegedly saved them over $700,000. some of th accusations are that they was behaving very brazenly.

at one point taking a phone call about these trades at the white house lawn. for his part uxma congre collins said he's innocent and he will continue to run for re-election in november. aaron and eun. >> nicki carvajal on the hill. thank you. intro is cra down to prevent fare cheaters. metro is removing these swing gate emergency exits. you see right here. those are the gates that open in both directions. a news4 team i-team investigation showed a number of people using the emergency gates to avoid paying metro fares. metroho s 24 stations have been already updated. 20 additional stations will be changed before school starts. a popular theme park in virginia is banning cell phones after a woman was injured. in june, a woman was hit b a

flying cell phone on that ride. she said the phone came at her from another rider's pocket. the phone left huge gash on her forehead. >> heaftches did stop a coming of weeks so that was very helpful but now it's jus healing and i'm waiting for it to be 100% healed. >> woman asked for a refund from king'sion for her season passes. she did get her money back. a f mother andher calling for change this morning after a scary situation. >> when severe weather diverted their orlando bound flight two kids ended up in a hotel room with an airline employee in atlanta. the kids are 7 and 9 years old. ey were traveling on front tear without their parents. they were coming from des moines. when the kids did notrrive in orlando the parents were unable to reach their children or anyonerom the airlines. it was hour s before the childrn told them they had only had a

rice krispy treat and water to drink. the family said they don't want the voucherea front is offering. they want changes made so it doesn't happen to any other family. >> i don't know what the change duld be, if a flight gets cancelled orerted -- >> it's very tough. i think the goal would be to try to reach the parentsight away so they could be involved in the process of what would be next, righ >> for sure. 5:49 right now. you hungry? we've seen some pretty crazy stadium food, this one might take the cake, though. this seven-pound burger, come on -- >> or at least a couplen hours my case. the gridiron burger will be available tell arizona cardi ls stadium this season. listen to this,t's madeve up of three-pound burger patties, bratwursts.gs, five >> hot dogs and bratwursts? >> eight slices of bacon, 20

slices of cheese, eight chicken tenders. and french fries. don't forget thele uce, tomatoes, pickles. here's the adeal, fan who can chow down all of this burger, including the bun, don't forget about the bun, in less than an hour will get a cardinal jersey. >> in l than an hour -- >> you would definitely clog on artery. >> this thing costs 75 bucks. if you're interested the redskins are taking on the cardinals the first week of the regular season. >> so, i tried to look it up, i cannot fure out the caloricalor. one guess is 9,000. >> you don>> want to know. it's a new video of a firenado going viral. take a look here. firefightersn derbyshire, england captured this tuesday.

its caused by the cool air meeting the hot air. the air i temperature that area was about 110 degrees at the time. nobody was hurt by this but pretty cool pictures. >> wo >> doesn't that look amazing? >> it does. it looks unreal but we know mother nature can do crazy things. >> that's scary. the are instances where those can slowly breakaway and cause the fire to spread or a new fire. >> man, it's a good thing we don't deal with that here. e've had way too much rain lately. we're very saturated outside. here's 4 things to know before you step out. a mild start to the morning. slightly less humid. we're just talking about a little drop in the humidity. temp,atures, thou will still be around 90 this afternoon. that will make six dayin a row if we do hit 90 today. and we have a couple isolated showers passing through. temperatures as you oalkside a little milder in some areas than yesterday morning. we have a litere cloud c around but overall things are

lookinpretty good. 77 degrees annapolis. and nice and dry, a couple showers off near frostburg, those will start to die off soon. but if you're headed to the pool later on in the afternoon keep your eyesn the sky for a shower to pass through, after 2:00 p.m. it's goio be decent. spf 10 or higher today. here's future weather. you there see passing clouds. 3:00 p.m., some passing showers. just an isolated chance of the foowcast. tomo we're looking mostly dry and sunny to end the week. and late night showers north and west. forhe weekends unfortunately, we have rain coming back saturday, through the afternoon. we'll have this is low area of pressure organizing for saturday and sunday. so, we're looking s higher rain chance for saturday and sunday and that's actually going to hold the temperatures down in the mid-80s. e

don'ect much in the way of sunshine over the weekend. those rain chance staymo high ay and tuesday as well. and then semperaturestart to rise once the rain leaves that area by 90es by wey. let's take a look at the roadways with melissa mollet. good morning. >> top of the beltway, coming from prince george's county into county.ery koung opper 4 just got over this. the problem is outer loop at georgia. the crash on the o right side the roadway. we now have a much bigger issue. a five-mil backup this morning. this is as you're looking at the top of the belay towards new hampshire avenue. outer loop at the georgia is where the crash is. you can see it's loosening up just a little bit at the 495, westbound there, top of the beltway going just 14 miles per hour in that one sectn. widening out, rest of the beltway is okay here this morning. manassas, though, northbound liberia avenue between euclid and 28, all lanes blocked by a

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>> aer: "news4 today" starts now. it is 6:00 a.m. good morning, everybody, i'm aaron gilchrist. >> and i'm eun yang thanks for joining us for "news4 today." the rainav seems to stopped for now. but tet could chang very soon. >> melissa mollet istr tracking fic on the beltway but we want to start with chuck bell and sheena parveen. they have moren theforecast. good morning. >> good morning. welcome back, by the way. i was in your hometown, tampa, florida. >> you know what, you the beach and you said the sand was hot. you got to have >> i had my sandals on all the way to the water's edge.te gulf 88 degrees. >> oh, i know. it's like a bathtub. >> you can hardly tell you're in the water. >> it gets to low 90s sometimes. >> that's too much. i like myc atlan ocean in the 70s. >> i like your