79 in washington. still 80 degrees by the bay area in annapolis. visibility not much of an issue. visibility under a mile. be on the lookout for that. otherwise, be ready for a steambath of a friday afternoon. 94 degrees a high today. a 60% chance of rain and theonger storms later on i afternoon and evening. friday evening plans have a little backuplan ready to go. unfortunately you've had to increase your chances over the week end. good morning,sa mel mollet. are you in line for the aaron gilchrist kick fest? >> no, i'm going to bring him some ice. >> somebody is on my side. >> eyes, bruising cream. roslyn work zone blocking one lane each way between roslyn and georgetown. inner loop before georgetown by., right lane gets this morning taking a look here. the top of the beltway, int o u

to and of town, no real issues. left lane gets by that work zone. 4:31 right now. today the world is remembering aretha franklin. the queen of soul lost her battle with pancreatic cancer. >> her signature voice still pow je po and fans are remembering. the national portrait gallery will add her portrait. the portrait is a color lit though graphic poster by milton glazer. e created the first one in 1968, the same year the national portrait gallery opened to the public. she was born in memphis in 1942. the world first heard her voice from the choir stand. she sang during the segregation area she had ties to our area. two of her biggest hits were

written by a dc born >>songwrit. e was looking for song. he was a little frustrated because he wasn't getring the ght material. my father happened to have been walking by and he said, hey, i have a song for you. >> don't youear change, change, change ♪ >> tony's father wrote chain of foolse and aw. we'll have more coming up later in the broadcast. reaking news in arizona where the phoenix police say a suspect ambushed one of theirce of and this morning he is in critical condition. take a look. police sayff theer stepped out of his car during a simce trafstop. the suspect held the gun and fired two shots. the officer was able to give off a shot of his own. both were stopped by the gunfire. this shows how dangerous even a

traffic stop can be? i don't know what's going to haen in that traffic stop, but day in and day out, they put the uniform on and they go out and protect our community. both the officer anduspect we hit by the bullets. both now in critical condition. aaron? >> chris lawns atz theive desk. 4:33. could be a big shakeup at the university of maryland. this comes after reports of coaches bullyg players and ignoring warning signs before a football playe died o heatstroke. they'll decide whether or not to meet in a clod ssion. jordan mcnair died in june. his parents are calling for the football coach to be fired. we will send out updates on that meeting in the nbc washington app as we learn more about it. only on news we're hearing from a maryland man that believes he was bitten not far

from the bay. chri bowen was paddling in edgewater, maryland, he ss he felt something hit his leg in ure water and he called and sent the particularthere. they are not able to confirm a shark bite. >> all i saw, after he grabbed my leg, saw something flipping around. didn't know what it was. i walked out, i saw the teeth marks. >> bowen says he's not scared. he tells us he is going to be hitting the water again soon. here are some of the topor s we're tracking for you this morning. the pentagon haselayed president trump's military parade. this is after he revealed the initial estimate was 12 million. president trump ordered it after attending a bastirle da raid. jurors will return to citing

paul mana. president trump's former campaign chairman is facing 18 counts of tax fraud and bank fraud. deliberations can be doneda dominion underground electrical feeders would be your time. travelers generators kicked in providing ome light for emergency services until power was fully restored after 11:00. the outage lasted about a.m. hour and a half. >> today four months after the devastating floodsci ellicott ty will have a party on main street. h in may there was a lot of flooding. live coverage begins at 6:00 p.m. and all of the proceeds will go towards the rebuilding effort. a dream home is now a yightmare for a single mother

and a veteran in stafford county. >> habitat for humanity volunteers built a home. shortly after moving, the foundation needed repair. the water turned brown. the water isn't contaminated but it's brown and it stains the tiles. >> it felt likewa i old, nasty coins. >> in a stateme the greater fredericksburg habitat for humanity stands by their work. they sayhe tre responsible to t maintainheir work. ahead this morning, t federal government raises the red flag. how some addicts are using their pets to get opioids. plus, georgetown bound. the story of three incoming freshmen with a

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today." 4:40 right now. a big relief for millions of americans with allergie >> the fda approved the generic version of the epipen. the drug will be available at a lower price. this will be the first generic competitor to mylan. some think this announcement will cause more low cost alternatives. the federal government is e pet g all veterans, s owners are using their animals to access opioids. pet owners are deliberately injuring their animals just to get the drug. the food & drug administration has developed a resource guide on responsible drug prescribing. they're monitoring the issue and providingheupport for members. georgetown university students typically have similar goals.

one set of siblings is taking duplicates to the other. they don't just dress alike, they think alikes well. they are pursug a smast sters of economy. they ave a bond that wouldn't trade for anything. >> you always have someone in class, at home, whenever you want to share anything. >> we are brothers. we caller each oth best friends. they went to undergrad alone. their great-grandfather was also a triplet. al>> it's u in the blood, right? >> that's amazing. i wonder if they can lk at each other and honestly say, he's the smarter one, hs the slacker, we copy off of this guy. >> but they're all exactly the same. >> true. >> all right. this morning we are following a

wild story from switzerland. look at the video here. this is a u.s. military transport plane that crash landed in the swiss alps in 1964. tingat wave in europe is m the ice and snow and exposing the twisted metal. all four americans on that plane survived. still ahead, another day another chuckbell. >> another chuck bell? oh, talk about c a worsee scenario. car wash forecast for today? well, take your chances. hitting a missing showers and storms. as long as you have a garage, you'll probably get away with it. >> another day, another audiotape released by omarosa manigault newman. trying to find out what and who else she may have recorded. >> plus, we're working with you about whas being foundt'

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have breaking news that could affect your ability to get in and out of the city this mornin amtrak has just notified marc train tha they need to do emergency track work on a switch oight there at new york avenue. that's going affect some of the lines, especially the camden line. for example, they -- the departure coming out of camden yard, that has been pushed back. the first departure from union station not going to be until 7:00. all of the trains on then cam line going to be 20 minutes this morning. you might want to consider using the pen line. they will honor your camden line tickets on that line, back to you. >> 4:46 right now. this mormpng president t is once again dealing with the fallout from a secret tape released by omarosa manigault newman. >> this tape offers omarosa a job. news 4's susan mcginnis and the

others that w sld release. >> good morning, an ma ril low. lara tried to offer her a $15,000 a mon job in return for her silence. omarosa took it that she couldn't talk to reporters. lara trump says she feels betrayed. edey wanted her back on board because they c about her personally. that's contrary to things the president has said about her recently calling her in a tweet a dog. she also said the president isa thing to have her arrested. he's trying to intimidate her and her publisher. she said donald trump has met his match. susan mcginnis. thank you.

president trump is catchinh for stripping the security clearance of former cia directo brennan. he was in the situation during a s.e.a.l. rai that killed osaman den. he urged president obama to approve the rate when others thought it was too ritzy. now the ad world who saw that raid is coming to brennan's defense. >> retiredro admiral in his words, few americans have de more to get his security clearance as well. new details from the vatican. a spokesman for pope says these are morallye. reprehensi since this was prior to 2002, the reforms a working.

the grand jury revealed hundreds of acts of sexual abuse. it reveals an alleged coverup. colorado investigators believe they found the bodies of a woman and her two young daughters. chris watts and the father of the gir are in police custody. they came forward pleading for their return. he was arrested wednesday night. the woman's body was found on the property. police will only say that the girls were found close by. no motive has been released. airbnb are now banned. the homeowner found his home trashed and it was in a $4 billionproperty. airbnb sai they have zero

coverage. a new study finds that many babies and told toddler foods contain heavy levels of heavy metals like cadmium or lead. products containing rice or sweete potatoes wore likely to have high levels. organic foods were as likely as conventional foods. perts recommend a balanced diet not emphasizing any one particular grain or food. a groupf metro union workers is calling for the transit agency's chief to be fired over the handling of last weekend's white supremacist rally. eaansit officers escorted them through a rail car. the officers were there to prevent the confrontation and they say the train made all of the normal stops.

it's 4:51 right now. showing up at a wedding without rsvping is rude. >> yes. >> a woman in georgia took her party crashing to a whole new level. tried to steal the bride and groom's gifts. >> what? >> yes. katheryn dardo took $2300 of cash and gift cards. she hid the cards in h jacket and tried to walk out of the reception. nothing to see here, nothing to see. the wedding planner says this isn't the first time something like this happens. she suggests couples opt for an online >> oh, my goodness. >> most people do the registry online. you ship the >> my question is whose side of the family is she on? >> she's on the excommunicated family. >> let's talk weekend weather. >> all right.

we can do that. >> dinner plans >> indoor. indoor weather plans for this if y going to do any aevening. backyard barbecuing and the innovative radar feature. will be will be dashing and in do you have the weekend forecast rain drop chances up just a bit. couple of waves of rain. this little impulse back here, that's that late afternoon chance and this area ofdo rain here, that's going to iobablympact your saturday plans. for now, most of the showers are defined in the mountains of west virginia. northern ryland. martinsburg, charles town, west virginia. also up towards hagerstown. most of this will stay north of themmediate metro area. probably going to be a rain free commute andry throughhe remainder of the morning hours

up through the early parts of the aftesoon. as so often the case, here's 3:30 this afternoon. a line of storms from fredericksburg to leesburg. watch that t progressards the i-95 corridor. here's 630. southbound towards fredericksburg right at the tail ternoon/evening commute. keep in mind some of those storms could pack quite a punch. the individual storm bring dow a heavy period of rain for an hour or two. we'll kee you posted on that. we'll be here this afternoon. move the rainhances up to 60%. it won't be a total waout but saturday could be rather shower impacted especially later on in the day. temperatures trending back into the early80s. might be the last 90 degree day

out of the next akten. >>g a look at the beltway. still have this inner loop of the beltway before georgetown pike with the right lane getting bring the work zone. rest of the belt way, nebraska ave.. one lane getting by in each inrection this mo t in virginia as you're headed northbound here,e a look. quantico to the beltway. you get there in about 17 minutes. same situation headed in bound on 395. so from the beltway into the district, take you about 13 minutes. nice and clear. a remindser, talking about this in the live desk on marc. camden lines delays and cancellations. definitely check before you head out this morning. aaron? hank you.a, we are getting you ready for school. you probably already syorted back to school shopping.

>> one of the first things on the list is probably a backpack. while the kids are looking for cool, yy're proba looking for some safety also in there, right? then ame academy of pediatri pediatrics recommends wide straps and they remind guides to use both shoulder straps. >>t can strain muscles.g, > and the i'll get rid of it. nutrition is important. children with a healt recreati recreation. try sugary juices. >> help your sdents develop good, steady habits. set up a well lit,et q spot in the home. try to figure out the best time of day to do the homework, for example, some may want to start work right after school but others may need a brea

4:56. soon friday nights will be august about high school. it has announced it won't have a team. he says there are not enough. yesterday we told you park view high school in sterling didn't have enough to make it up. .ou can transfer to domini juniors and seniors have to play on the junior varsity team rather because we nd swings d seesaws at 11:00. just ended its pro had ibility. former polic had band equipment for fear of injury. members found no datao back that up. coming up at 5:00, the hammer could be coming down today in college park. the school's board isoxpected tover all the events that

led to a football player's death and denounce a five-week race. find out why the child was arrested to next on "news today."

the remembrances continue to pour in as the world accepts the loss of legendary singer aretha franklin and a special memorial for her will go up in d.c. this morning. a board meeting at the

university of maryland could be ere end of the line for a football coach a a student's death. this weekend could be the best time to make a that you friend. we're helping clear the shelters as the summer comes to a close. "news 4 today" starts now. it is 5:00 a.m. good morning, everyby. i'm aaron gilchrist. >> i'm ericanz ez. friday is here. this weekend you have a special opportunity to getew a best friend. >> nbc 4 is working to clear the shelters today. here's a live look at sheena parveen. >> they have plenty of dogs and cats and other animals that need a home. sheena parveen is there and as aaron mentioned, we're going to check in with her a little bit later. >> i think h ts readybe adopted. smiling and everything. >> on his best behavior. your commute this morning. c first,huck belle has another hot