. developing overnight the seattle airport was shut down for hours after police say a suicidal mechanic stole an airliner and crashed while doing stunts. >> we are now justbout a day away from the unite the right rally outside the white house a rally goers andarrotesters for competing events. d.c. police are putting their safety plan into action as avoid last year's deadly violence. have you heard? another contrersial white house tell-all is heading to the bookshelves. but the author is already walking back one of the biggest stories about president trump. at 6:00 on this saturday

morning. we welcome you into what will be aen busy we good morning. i'm david culver. ng i'm meagan fitzgerald, thank you for joi us. it's going to be a beautiful morning. if you'd like a little steam along with your saturday morning, i think you're in luck. ain't that right, lauren? >> i am thinking we are going to have steam out there today, but we'll also have showers out there today. that's going to wet everybody's whistle because we have a fewho lightrs out there right now only increasing in coverage as we go throughout the day today. 78 degrees is our temperature right now. you can see we haveloud cover, also a little fog, depending on where you are, whether you're seeing rain showers or not. we are seeing rain showers west of the district rightow and copping up through montgomery county, fairfax county and the city of manassas. we will have rain showers, just light stuff, but it will increase in coverage and get

more intense as we go throughout the day. we've got rainy pattern over the next couple days. we'll time out the rain for today, for tomorrow and talk about when we dry out and heat up. we'll talk about ha in about 15 minutes. >> uren, thanks. following a developing story out of washington state. airline officials say a plane mechanic stole an airliner and diedurg a joy ride last night. the plane crashed on a small island mere theai ort. the mechanic has been identified as a 29-year-old employee for horizon air. witnesses s the airport -- say the man took a small plane, ignored the control tower, took off. all other flights in and out seattle sea-tac air port. a local sheriff said the mechanic's lack of flying skills ultimately caused that krarn.

final preparations are under wayor tomorrow's white supremacist rally right outside the white house. d.c.ay officialshey're trying to avoid deadly violen that broke out last year. o organize unite the right have a permit to rally. at least five groups of counter protesters plan to rally and march outside lafayette square. authorities are ramping up securi to get both sides apart. one top d.c. official will not be in town. that's d.c. mayor muriel bowser, e's goingorward with a long-planned trip to el sa ador. >> i will make a designation that the city administration makes the decisions i'm not able to make. but i shoulday that we -- i will -- if i think i need to be here, i'll be here. >> president trump isn't expected to be in town either trump aying at the national golf course in new

jersey whi renovations are being done to the white house. charlottesville and the rest of virginia is under a state of emergency. i spoke with fol down there about what this weekend will mean for the town and how things have changed since last year's deadly violence. that story coming up a little later this morning. there is a metro project s happening thaoing to affect how you get around this week end as el. during the week trains wille single tracking between mcpherson square and smithsonian. they'll run every 20 minutes on the blue, silver and orange lines. constructi on these lines will last about 16 days. some stations are also closed this weekend. if you have to drive metro expect big delays and crowded trains there's a lot of information on our nbcwashington.com app. search metro wshutdown. >> learned the name of a police officer who shot and killed a suspected drug dealer

in nsdowne. his name is corporal geoffry benson. on thursday, thatnit looking for gregory campfield, junior. neighbors said he was dealing drugs and robbing people. officers tried to arrest him when theyay he reachedor a gun on his waistband. corporal bson shot him. campfield died at the hospital. drugs,ives say they found a gun and cash all hanging out on scene. new twist surrounding the death of a university of maryland football player. several members of the school's athletic departmentow on administrative leave. 19-year-old jorrn mcn was an offensive lineman. he was sent to the hospital after a practice in may and died in june. the sports hired a sports to cine consulting firm conduct an investigation. the firm will determinef the school followed proper protocol. they said, quote, we will be able to s gak inater detail

when the review is complete and shared with the public.ho ourhts remain with jordan mcnair's family, friends and teammates. the sudden loss of a beloved coach and father of five is uniting and inspiring a community in prince george's county. yesterday a vigil was held at the glenn arden girls and boys clubs in honor of andre young. he coached boys football at the club forea 15 and was very popular. he was gun downed in d. v. last month. his passion was coaching, his family and children. >> he gave back. i want everybody to remember him as that. >> police say young was shot and killed on 19th street on july 30th. family members say he was trying to intervene in a domestic situation. a 23-year-old man has been arrested in the shooting. >> it has now been two years

since an ex-plplosion gutted an apartment bg in silver spring. the survivors say they're far from the fight for justice being over. they have a lot more to go. a gas leak caused auge explosion at the flower branch apartments in august of 2016. last night survivors and supporters held a vigil honoring the victims. res departments say they don't get the help they need. they're waiting for a lawsuit that is still pending. >> washington has been saying m nee time, more interviews. they or calling for aitional interviews. again, for them to recall these tragic -- tt's part o the challenge we're facing. >> the judge has asked for a resolution by next march. meantime, the company manages the apartment complex has agreed to a request to build a monument to honor those tvictims. >> woman who followed donald trump from "the ce

apprenti to the white house seems to be changing her story when it comes to her tell-all book. omarosa said three people told her about trump using the n wor on several october cases. during an interview with npr,ed she claim to have heard those words from trump herself. she also claims president trumps tried toence her withon mey and legal threats. the white house says the book is just riddled with lies.l chuck todd w talk with the normer white house staffer tomorrow morning "meet the press." you can see that tomorrow morning at 10:30 right here on nbc4. i'm looking forward to that interview. another court case could have big implications for ndreds of cancer patients suing al chemi conglomerate. we'll explain the case and the deci

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two men charged i a deadly warehouse fire in california tried to enter a plea deal. the judge is like, no, that's definitely not happening. she rejected the plea deal because 36 people died inhe re back in december of 2016. yesterday she said derick almena didn't show remorse for his involvemeat. the plea called for both to be sentenced to less than ten years in prison each. prosecutors say the two turned the warehouse int a residential death trap. they clammed the warehou with knickknacks and blocked exits. almena's attorney says he'll take thease to trial. a jury ruling that chemical mpany monsanto will have to pay almost $300 million to a mai with tl cancer. the san francisco jury sided

with a former school groundskeeper who sprayed chemicals from his work truck. but a broke hose caused him to come into contact with the chemical this could set legal precedent for other cases. michael avenatti, the lawyer representing adult film actre stormy daniels wants democrats to fight fire with fire when it comes to battlin president trump. avenatti's message in iowa last night marked his first speech since he declared he may run for president in 2020. avenatti says he's no stranger to politics and says he worke on 122 campaigns inor m than 30 states in his 20s. congressman john delaney of maryland who already announced hisandidacy also spoke at that dinner. a chance to head out to leesburg inty, particular weekend. go for a walk, a walk in the park. specifically raflo park.

five works done by local artists will be i f the par the next two years. they are the second set of sculptures to temporarily adorn this space. >> the idea behind the project was to get the wor of local sculptors out in front of the public. >> they range from very abstract to whimsical and anywhere in between. >> like the previous set of ulptures, these are also set for going on sale at t end of the public display. 6:13e is your t on this saturday. a live look outside as the sun is making its way u in upper northwest. light breeze. lauryn ricketts tracking watt lauryn ricketts tracking watt the

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an incredibly painful remembrance is hap today. it's been a year since a white supremacist rally erupted into violence in charlottesville. >> one of the survivors is a woman from northern virginia. now only on news 4, she's teing the story of her recovery and renewed determination to bureau chief julie carey. a she'sed us to partially shield her identity. >>eporter: it's a terrifying scene of violence replayed around the world as a white supremacist plowed through a crowd of counter protesters in

charlottesville. lisa was in the middle of that crowd. >> when i was hit, i had no idea what was going hon. rd screaming that sounded different from the rest of the day. i was beginning to think, should i run, and then i heard -- that was him hitting bodies. hitting her body. this has been her daily drill as she fights to regain what wasta n from her during those violent seconds. a lisa i long-time animal rights activists pro protested on that issue many times beforee decision to join those countering the white supremacist was simply shifting the fight to human rights. >> i wanted to g and stand up against people who are violent and oppressive. >> reporter: once in charlottesville, she met a group with d.c. and marched with them. >> i felt terrified and i was standing there as people were lining up in formation to march out and i thought, this felt like war.

>> reporter:seisa stuck cloo the group and wasau not cght up in any clashes that broke out. she started to relax when suddenly thosems scr and james fields gunned his dodge up the street and into the crowd. lisa was struck and turned upside down. in this photo capturing t cha yos and terror, thosere her legs pointing straightn up the air. ei the whole confusion of it, it felt like i was bng swept into a tornado. i had no idea i was hit by a car at that time. ini was just spi in the air. >> reporter: she landed on another car and fell to the grtnd. >> i fel very calm, and there was all this chaos going on around me,hi but there was n i could do but lay there. >> reporter: a doctor frommo ri rushed to her side as they awaited emergency responders her forehead was cut, her jaw out of alignment, herad hand broken and worst of all, both legs were broken, too.

>> theyneut the p and pins and screws in my legs, and then i think it was wednesday when they did my hand surgery. >> reporte pain at tim excruciating and fear, especially at first, powerful. >> the first night when i tried to fall asleep, i woke upte ified that the nazis were ome in to try to kill me. they put a security guard by her joy. >> reporter: she said she also experienced joy at the outpouring of support. >> everything was tak out of my hands and people were being so good to me. >> reporter: after the hospital and six weeks of inpatient treatment it was up to her with the help of her therapist to do the hard work of rehab. >> i can do most tngs now. i can't dance yet. i would l to be able to dance. i can now do hikes. >> reporter: and she can march again, on sunday, on the anniversary of heather hire's death and her grave injuries, lisae will in d.c. joining

those planninfu a pea protest of the sond unite the rightll ray. >> it's a responsility. i would like white supremacists to understand that, that they're no going to breakus. i think everybody who can show up should show up. >> lisaay one reason she can show up this weekend, shegot help payor her medical carement her insurance covered just a fraction of her physical therapy which can be expensive. >>hat's where t heal charlottesville fund stepped in to bridge that gap and awa ted moren $300,000 to those who were injured byssr wit that car attack. >> that's incredible. wow. >> a little more on charlottesvill i got back last night from there. there's a lot of healing to go. a lot of folks in town this weekend, for mixed reasons. how is the weather going to hold

up? >> we've got showers and a few forecast.rms in t we've got rain all the way in to early next week. little see we've got a fog, a little haze out there right now across the region. we do haven some sunshine some areas outside the beltway, but udr the most part, we'll be dealing with c today with increasing chances of rain. it's in the going to rain all day, but we are going to have a fewhisolated showers morning, a few scattered showers later this afternoon and maybe a fewtothundes. we don't dry out until wednesday. so we've got chances of rain pretty much all through the weekend and into the next rkweek. temperatures out there right now, 60s and 70s across the board. as you wake up this morninte the erature may drop a degree or two as we go through the 7:00 a.m. hour. s few sprinkles and isolated showers, temperatuopping out around 80 through the mid morning. we have a few showers out there right now. you can see maybe some of the clouds on here. we're getting a little clearing in the eastern panhandle ofia wt virg butho a few srs

through montgomery county, fairfax and prince william county. we have a stationary frontal system that will stay right around that mason-dixon line. the heaviest rain will beight here in central and northeastern maryland. you could have flooding up there around baltimore and points to the north and east. 88 drees today, peeks of sun with wavesf showers a thunderstorms in the mix. there's the little bit of rain we're seeing coming through right now through montgomery coun. by noon, a few isolated showers, even a few thunderstorms as we get into the afternoon.ai not everybody is going to see rain and it's not going to be raining all day. tomorrowav we'llmore showers and a few storms. temperatures will be a little cooler because we'll have more clou cover aroundtomorrow. again, isolated showers throughout the day and even a few thunderstorml monday we your best chance to see widespread rain showers

throughout the day. temperatures will be in the low to mid 80s. we hore a chance rain on tuesday. we dry out wednesday and thursday, but rain chances return for friday and saturday. more news right

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a 6:30 on this saturday morning, deadly joy ride. airline officials in seattle say a mechanic stole an airliner and died in a crash overnight. police say a 29-year-old was the only person on that plane. investigators believe the man was suicidal and not trying to hurt or attack anyone. witnesses say the man was doing acrobatic stunts in that plane before it went down. d.c. police are puttingnt their plans action this weekend as the second unite the right ral t is set happen just outside of the white house. an is erosa manigault-ne changing part of her story before her tell-all book about the white house comes out. inhe book she claims several people told her about hearing trump use the n word several times while making the first season of "the in an interview with npr she

said he heard him say the wor himself. the white house says the book is riddled with lies. wcome backn on this saturday morning. good morning to you. i'm david culver. >> i'm meagan fitzgerald in for angie goff.s the sun rising behind us, as we can see. the big question is what is the weather going to loo like. it sound like it may be a little rain mixed in. >> it does sound likeat lauryn ricketts is in the storm team 4 weather center. what are you >> i'm thinking we'll see rain showers out there today. it's not going to be raining the whole time, but we ao going have some rain in the forecast, not only today but also tomorrow, also mo oay, also tuesday. and then the pattern finally breaks as we get into wednesday. a lot of things going on. one thing going on tonight, the meteor shower. right now we've got haze out there. if you're to the west of d.c., we have sunshine. the sun came up just about 1

minutes ago at 6:18. so it is a littl foggy out there. 78 degrees is our temperature right now, the southeasterly winds bringing in some of the cloud cover we're seeing out there. we'l w continueh the cloud cover through much of the day. your planner for today, it'sil going to be rather warm. the temperatures will warm up into the mid to upper 80s today. again, a few isolated showers as we go through the morning. chances of rain will increase as we head into the a afterno the evening. seeing a few isolated showers out there right now, but the are highly isolated. this will fill in through the afternoon. so we'll tal about timing, and we'll also talk about when we finally get t sunshine back coming up in about 15 minutes. >> all right,lauryn thank you very much. tomorrow is the white supremacist rally here in the district. it comes one year after the deadly rally in charlottesville. >> police say they're doing everything they can to keep you safe. unite the r 2 will hold their rally in lafayette square

across from the wte house. counterprotesters are expected nearby. many rally participants are expectedo usehe foggy bottom metro station which, as you kn, george washington university hospital is not too far. some nurses there tell us they're concerned. >> hefully we'llave people to walk us to the car if we need to andly hopef everything is peaceful. i don't know what's going to happen. last night an anti hate teach-in panel was held at washington hebrew congregation. speakers encouraged those who attended to respond to the rally with action that creates lasting change. >> depending on where you go, the rly andcounterprotests could affect you. we or expecting delays on metro rail. >> here is a look at the road closures. we're talking about an extensive area, 15th to 17th street,

around the white house bet and constitution, e, f and g between 17th and 23rd. now, let's take a look at the railsht here r now, what's going to be impacted because of the rally. the righte, unite marchers gather sunday at 2:00 p.m. silver and, oran no trains running between foggy bottom and federaltriangle. trains every 20 minutes outside that particular closur blue line, trains between franconia and arlington only. no service in d.c. ormaryland. >> the city of charlottesville is preparing to remember a deadly day in itshistory. >> today marks one year since violence erupted during a white supremacist rally. no protests are plan, but the city is beefi unfortunate police presence just in case. >> i spent a couple days down in charlottesville and spoke with folks who lived through the turmoil. they're hoping for senething diff this weekend. >> reporter: on a summer

evening, charlottesville'sto do mall is the place to stroll and just be. tonight on the seemingly peacefula, pedestrian pl there are markings of a pnful past just one year ago the clash between protesters and counterprotesters taking a life. fourth streetcarries heather heyer's name.ia a mem to her and the two state police troopers killed in the crash. >> it was truly terrifying. >> reporter: surrounded by the h tranquility o flower shop, owner karen walker struggles with the imagesf that day. >> it made me really, really sad. >> you've been here more tha 20 years. >> uh-huh. >> is this the charlottesville you know? >> no, not at all. >> you hear people say i don't wantap charlottesvillening here. to have it used in that way, does that hurt? >> yeah. it's notic iive of this town

at all. >> what is this town? >> this town, it is love. >> reporter: sitting outside the mud house coffee shop, right on queue, an embrace showcasg that love. >> not even a second of hate in this towns >> reporter:alf the shops and restaurants prepare tolose this weekend ahead of expected protests, police are making their presence known. in placesike karen's hedge free looms will hand out purple flowers to honor the lives lost. lynn nell's mud house coffee shop staying open. her employees wanted to be here. she says they will be serving up a local favorite, a caffeinated surge of love. david culver, news 4. >> hoping for the best. meantime back in d.c., mayor muriel bowser will not be here for tomorrow's rally and te counterp. she's going on her long-planned

oip to el salvador, leaving e e delegation a cultural exchange. our news partners is the only team going with her on the trip. we'll have daily updates from el salvador. >> we're working for you to get the word out about a new scam targeting affluent neighborhoods in our area. inammers sent out an e-mail or etter claim to know your deep, darksecrets, something that could embarrass you or even threaten your marriage. they say they'lleep it under wraps if you pay thousands in bitcoins. the letter includes personal information like user names and passwords likely taken from online accounts. the fbi says scams like these are getting more elaborate and going high tech. >> so where in the past many financial scams, black meal skeemts, extortion schemes utilize wire transfers or other type of funds transfers, now

we're seeing a significant rise in the use of cryptocurrency to facilitate financial scams. >> there are ways to protect yourself. the fbi says d't open e-mails from people you don't know and check your bank accounts regu wrly. they alst to hear from you. if you think you've been scammed, open our nbc washington app and searchitcoin for more information. caught on camera. a hiwould-be tries to break into homes in the falls grove area of rockville. screenlook at your ilice releasing this footage hoping someone candentify this person. this happened last annth. youee the suspect trying to quietly break in, not once, not twice,ut three attempts on homes, all of it caught on camera. each time he creeps in in the middle of the night. police are offering up to a $10,000 reward for any information that could lead to an arrest here. 6:38 is your time r now. the space is full for many animal shelters around the city,

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annual clear the shelters campaign to help shelter pets find permanent homes. several local shelters are at near capacity for cats. julie carey has more on the pets you'll find at the fairfax county animal shelter. >> follow the paw prints to find your new best friend. august is a good month to find discounts. >> camp cat a wanna go home, adoption fees are 50% off. also participating in nbc's clear the shelters event on august 18th. all animals are kplacompletely >> reporter: at this time of year special attention is given to ticks that could carry lyme dise ve. some speciitors just need the right person to adopt them. >> we have two kits in kitty

city, our free roamingpt adon room, beefy and casp . they're getting overlooked for some reason and i'm not sure why. they're pretty great. for dogs, we have one dog named diego is the sweetest, calmest dog. he's so cute.ld he w love to find a home as well. >> reporter: even tugh the shelter is at capacity for cats, the situation is getting a bit better. >>lso have seen a decrease in the number of kittens being born to outdoor cats becausef efforts regarding spay and >> reporter: the fairfax county helter is open monday through friday noon to 7:00 and weekends 10:00 to 5:00. julie carey, news 4. >> nbc4's clearlt the ss event is a week from today. many shelters o discounting waiving those adoption fees altogether for pets. you can find details on the nbc washingtonpp or at

clearthe ielters.com. l take a kitten, please, maybe two. >> they're looking for mes. you can bring them in. >> and i will, too. >> 6:43 is your time. it's a warm start to your saturday morning. aiuryn ricketts tracking in the week ahead.

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we'll take you to new york with einelle jones and craig melvin who are standing by. >> good morning. coming up on saturday morning on "today," we're following all the breaking news overnight after a plane was stolen from seattle's sea-tac airport. how could this happen? we or live. >> also ahe this morning, millions of different kinds of ea life are dying from the effects of red tide. we or on board with one well-known fisherman on the hunt for certain fish, but found something else instead. >> good news for our be loved four-legged friends.w ol'll sho you the innovative new technogy being used to help save dogs from heart >> that's all in a few minutes on a saturday morning here on "today." >> we'll see you in less than 15. the d.c. plic libra in georgetown had to shut down when people found uninvited guests.at doesn't sound good.

>> talking about snes, slithering through the building last weekend. news 4's erika gonzalez talked problem. rt about the >> reporter: in we go to the d.c. public library in georgetown and curled up with a good book isn't who or what, i should say, you might think. snak. over the weekend several gar ter snakes were found inhe library basement. >> i would just wet my pants. i just wouldn't -- >> here is the typef snake we're talking about. while they're not the actual ones found in the library, these are garter snakes. a library spokesperson says the snakes were found here by meeting room, steps away from the children's section. found,d four snakes were three alive and one dead. >> i think garter snakes are terrific. >> reporter: why so many and how did they get in? i'm not a meteorologist or snake expert, but i would suggesthey're trying to get

out of the rain. >> reporter: matthew evans is assiant curator of rep piles at the smithsonian. >> they're coming up looking for a cool dry place. they're good for the environment, tating all creepy crawley things that we don't like. they're okay.or >>ter: the library closed a few days for pest control but peis once again on for all kinds of readers, minus the ones that slither. >> i would lose it. that's crazy. between snakes and roaches, can't handle, no. >> i don't do all of them either. erika gonzalez with the report, we want to reirate those snae snakes are harmless. >> i like snakes. i took this invert bray field biology class in college. all we did was look for salamanderss and snakes, it the coolest class ever. >> the thing is how can you tell the difference between the ones that bite and kill you --

>> you want to know? >> it's ,venomo not poisonous. venn none mouse snakes, their eyes are slit. the whole red, yellow -- i have to remember what the rhyme is, you can tell. you can tell by their eyes. ofur , you don't want to get close enough. >> exactly. >> i'll lookhe at eye color of a snake. >> that's another thing, thede gn -- there's a whole slew of things. you can tell whether they're venomous or not. >> you know a lot more about the weather. >> i do. i barely remember that t ilor's deliyme with the moon and the red, and that's a weather thing. >> your rhyming is on point, thank you,lauryn. >> what saturday gong to look like? >> this is the wildlife animal corner over here. we'll talk about the rain. i feel like every time talking about something with weather this summer has been about rain. we have rain inhe forecast.

it's not going to be raining the whole time. we are looking at scattered showers for both your saturday and sunday. the most widespread, the best chance is going to be on monday. we have more scattered showers as we get in to tuesday before we finally dry out on wednesday. you can see wve got a few isolated showers out there right now coming through montgomery, counust on the western side of the beltway and up through howard county inre to balti as well. again, these showers have continued to roll up through the area what's happening is we've got a frontal system. it stalled just north of the mason-dixon line. so this frontal system is to wave back and forth. i don't think it's going to drop to the south, but it's going to be hanging out there for a good deal ofheweekend, even into the beginning of next week before it starts to break down. weng are g to keep shower week.s throughout this the best dynamic to see heavyor rain is baltimore and points to the norlt and east. this is the best chance toee heavy rain.

if your travels maybeake you up i-95, just know this area could have heavy rain, maybe flooding and even some better chance of thunderstorms later this afternoon. the future llweather, w start at 6:30 this morning. you can see we've got a few isolated showerserut the guidance suggests that maybe by 8:00 a.m. we could have a few owers by fredricksburg and even into southern maryland. then we d out. by!2:00, if you've got plans outdoors, don't cance them. we will have peeks of sunshine. i had someone e-mail me about a birthday party from 10:00 to ce00 p.m. don't c your outdoor plans. keep an eye on the sky. maybe download the nbc washington app. again, a scattered storms.and we'll keep that chance through the evening, through the overnight as well for some thunderstorms.

temperatures right now in the 60s and 70s. grab that umbrella on the way out the door. you may need your sunglasses. i think you'll need your umbrella evenmore. chances will increase by later this afternoon to about a 50% chance t tt you're going see it. so half and half, depending on where your location is, whether re going to see some showers and thunderstorms this is the vineyard forecast, one of the last surdays left in summer. temperatures in the mid to upper 80s today with waves of rain and even a few storms. we have the perseid meteor showers. it's a new moon which means it's slightly dark. we have cloud cover and you can see it tonight and tomorrow night. we've got cloud cover in place. temperatures are going to be in the 70s. we go into the overnight, even for tomorrow night as well. don't tnk there's goingo be a very good chance to see the

meteor showers here in the mid atlantic 86 degrees is our temperature for daytime highs tomorrow. again, no rain throughout the day, but again, we'll have of rain throughout the day tomorrow and just about a 50% chance ofwe seeing s around for tomorrow as well. then we get into monday. monday is y going to ber best chance to see more widespread showers. temperatures will be in the low to mid 80s. we'll keep the chance for rain and thunderstorms on tuesday before we dry out wednesday. thursday we'er got ano system coming our way for friday and saturday yet again that wilu brin more rain. we've got more newafter this.s you ssknow when you're at ros. ...and mom also gets a back-to-school bag? that's yes for less. ross has the brands you want for back to school. and it feels even better when you find them for less. at ross. yes for less.

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silver and orange leans dow to construction. search metro shutdown on the washington app to learn more. all right. one last check of our forecast. what are we talking about? we're going to have a few showers out there today, maybe a few nounderstorms. everybody will get wet. same deal tomorrow. best chance of rain through the day on monday. a few showerstun day. dry out wednesday and thursday. >> did you figure out thatrh e? >> no. >> that will do it for

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