wem her alert. stam 4 chief meteorologist doug kammerer tracking storms right now. where, doug? >> yeah, we're tracking really nasty storms now. you see the storms in the western zones alo 81, freder k, washingtoncounty. severe thunderstorm warning until 4:15 here. this storm has had a history of wind. winds gusting upwards of 60 miles per hour. the national weather service has this potentially going to s 70 mir hour. same with this storm. clark county, if you live in clark county, you'll wano watch out for this storm. we've seen trees down. incredible amountsf lightning th this storm. su'll notice along i-81 toward shenandoah countyere weather with this one. hardy county, severe weather here. we've seen trees down, power outages potentially with these. and we're going to continue ts see t this evening. severe thunderstorm watch to the north, not for us. could we see one, yes, but we're tracking this line of storms now that ctinues to mov off in toward the area. much more on this -- i'll sy on top o this. any new warnings, and we expect a few more, will be here from

the storm center. the hour-by-hour forecast, folks,lways on yourne p thanks to the nbc washington app. the radar shows exactly where the rain is at any moment. things are getting heated or twitter oresident trump's plans for a grand mitary parade down pennsylvania avenue. mr. tmp on twitt blamed d.c. politicians for the parade's ridiculously high costs. that prompted mayor muriel bowser to strike back with a tweet of her own. mark sea graves is live at freedom plaza after just interviewing the mayo mark? >> reporter: the mayor's office is behind me, and over there the president's. the two took to twitter over who's to blame for cancelling this military parade. president trump attended the bastille day parade in paris and then suggested that

the united states should have a military parade in washing n, last night a spokesperson for the department of defense said the parade schedul for this november had been postponed until next then this morning, the president tweeted that the reason for postponing was the fault of local politicians in d.c. who he accused of inflating the cost. within anma hour, d.cr muriel bowser tweeted back. yep, i'm the local politician who finally got through to the reality, sir, in the white house with the realities of parades,en , and demonstrations in trump america. sad. >> certainly i was offended by the notion thate would goose the numbers, that we would exaggerate the numbers. conducted how we've ourselves in dealing with this president or the last one or the one before that. >> reporter: yest reports put the cost of the parade at more than $90 million.

the district estimated the cost for the tocal governmen facilitate the parade would have been more than $21 million. >> our costs are about $20 million which is in line with what it costs us to support his nation. that's whattize inauguration. that's what we think this would cost -- costs us to support his inauguration. that's what we think this would >> reporter: it includes transporting vehicles t event as well as other federal costs. the defense secretary mattised disphe $90 million price tag. >> whoever told you that is probably shiking som that's legal iny state but not in most states, okay. >> reporter: according to the nent applications that trump administration filed with -- permit applications that the trump administration filed, this would ve likely been t parade route right past the trump hotel, city hall, up to the white house. for now, that's all on hold at least until next year. we can also tell you that mayor bowser did provide a copy of the

budget d.c. submitted for last year's inaugural expenses for $27 million. we'll post that on the nbc washington app. that's the latest. back to you guys. >> thanks, mark. that.forward to seeing we've got breaking news coming from the federal courthouse in alexandria. >> that's where president trump's former campaign chair is being tried on bank fraud and tax evasion charges. news4's scott mcfarland following events from the newsroom. >> reporter: a lot of activity late this afternoon, pat and leon. looks like there will not be a verdict today in the paur manafort tri over the weekend. jury sentour ago, the the judge a note saying they'd r like to leave the day at 5:00 p.m. one of the jurors evidently has an event tonight. we also learned the judge in the case is under u.s. mtishal prot because he says he's received death threats, and he's concerned that if the jurors' names go public, they'll receive threats, as well. that's a response to media requests to identify the jury. they had a hearing on that at 2:00 this ifafternoon. convicted, paul manafort could face decades in prison. the jury in the cas will

reconvene at 4:50 p.m., about 45 minutes from now. if they don't have a verdict by hen, they'll be asked to return bynday. >> keep us posted, scott, thank you. right now we're waiting to see and hear the outcomef a closed door meeting about the university of maryland's handling of the death of all footplayer. the meeting focusing on jordan mcnair who passed ay after collapsing from heatstroke this year. there have been calls for mary nd's head coach to be fired. our prince george's county bureau chief, tracee wilkins, is on the college part campus with the latest. what have you heard? >> reporter: mcnair was practicing on the field behind me when he suffered that heatstroke. two weeks later he would oday we know the university of ry this imas the board that has t power to fire preside wallace if it chooses t s to.

we know that mcnair's family is is left heartbroken. >> university killed my nephew. y ed're -- the mlly ph ne from an uncle after losing his nephew, jdan mcnair. he suffered heatstroke during a summer practice. two weeks later, he died. according to an espn report a cultoxe of and abusive behavior may have contributed to mcnair's death. espn also reported swup caomeon called 911 nearly an hour after mcnair showed signs of a health emergency. >> we have an individual at 4068 fieldhouse drive that's hyperventilating after exercising and unable to control their breath. >>eporter: tuesday, university heesident lowe accepted some responsibility fordeath. >> the university accepts legal and moral responsibility for the

mistakes that our training staff made on that fateful workout day. >> reporter: as some are calling for lowe to step down the board who has the authority to fire the president met by phone today. the chanc of the board of regents for the university system of marand said in part the board was shocked and saddened by the tragic death of jordan mcnair and has found subsequent relations to the university of maryland terrapins football program profoundly alarming. the university system of maryland oversees all univsities within ryland. of course, the university of maryland being its flagship.d we're that we can expect a statement and explaining what the board of regents discussed befond the of business today. reporting live in college park, i'm tracee wilkins, back to you in the studio. >> thank you. pa a man convicted of attempting to murder his ex-girlfriend last december will learn his fate this evening. a jury found 27-year-old

kiuirell bud gy of stabbing his ex-girlfriend in the head, face, and torso a day after s was grant protective order against him. bud was waiting for the victim in her gaithsburg apartment when she got home from work. moments ago the victim addressed her attacker in court saying she forgives him. as soon as sbbud is sentenced we'll bring you an update. funeral are coming together for the queen of soul. no dates have been set as of t, but our nbc station in detroit is reporting that it's going to be a four-day-long event to honor aretha frklin. her body was lie in repose before a private funeral and burial. organizers are finalizing performers for a musical tribute. which is now doubt going to be . amaz the national portrait gallery is adding aretha franklin's portraitn to the in

memori memoriam. glazer created it in 19, wanting to capture the history and capture the essence of aretha on stage. >> you c feel she's singing by the color and the geometric patterns. the dynamism of the image has power and youthful verve. i think that captures the moment and also captures her style. her very powerful emotional style of singing. >> the portrait will be on display at the gallery through wednesday. now to a consumer alert. someone from virginia is one of hundreds of people who got sick after eating tainted salad from mcdonald's. the food and drug administration says the virginia resident bought the salad while traveling in. illino so far there are 476 confirmed cases of psycyclaspora that cau

flu-like mcdonald's has repoliced the salad provider. if you were in loudoun county last night and heard something -- it was not your imaginati imagination. >> there was a small ear aquake in t burn area. amelia draper is here to explain. >> thanks, and saying a small earthquake is exactly what i want to get across. this is actually a microearthquake. magnitud but it did happen last night around 11:24. and lot of residents in the area reported feeling maybe a little bit of a bump. this happened about 2.5 miles northeast of belmont, virginia. ook here on the map that i've drawn. the x is where the epicenter was of the earthquake. what i sed in are all reports of people feeling that bit of a bumphe around lansdowne area, through alexandria, parts of prince william and. manass again, at 1.3, we had no reports of damages thankfully.re if you wondering what happened last night, like you

said, it wasn't just your imagination. back to you. >> all right. >> listen, unless you're in californ, there's no such thing as a microquake. it's at happens here, quake. >> one on the richter scale. thanks. ahead, a county fair firestorm. fairman calls out a local for a racist caricature on a ride. we'll show you what news4 found. a game changer for those with severe allergic reactions. the announcement thatould be a lifesaver for people. also, a it's a weathrt day. we're tracking storms for the commute. pus, how to

right now we're in weather alert mode. stor team s tracking storm storms in part of the washington yregion for the fri commute. stick around for a closer look at where it's coming down right now ando plan for rest of your weekend. doug is back with that in 3.5 minutes. scott mcfarland back at the live desk. breaking news just in from d.c.'s 14th street corridor. a man stabbed outside the 7-elevent 14th and rhode island avenue near log rcle. police say they're looking for multiple suspects and tell us the stabbing happened near the dumpster outside the store. the victim expected to survive. they are looking for the person responsible.

now we turn to the backlash after what some say was a racist image that was displayed on a county fair ride. this decoration was painted on to the side of the maze at the news4 went to check it out and found officials have already made some changes. >> reporter: a drawing of a morchgy with braids applying that was the image that hundreds of fair-goers walked by each day at this arlington county fire. it'seen covered up, but some say the damage has been done. >> we felt it wast raco our kind of people. andg we love com the fair and feel like the fair should be a place where everybody feels welcome. >> i didn't think it should be a decodstion to a ride. >> reporter: the owner of the rideidn't want to go on camera but told news4 the monkey maze has been around for seven years and says this is the first time he's gotten a complaint like this. >> the arlington county fair is

committed to being alu ive to the northern virginia area. >> reporter: kyle hill is on the board of directors and said they talk to the owner about covering up t >> personally, i remember everyone's views and wanted to make sure we handled the situation if someone felt >> reporter: as some say they plan to steer clear of the monkey maze ride -- will you be going on it or no? >> probably not. >> reporter: how about you? >> i don't think. >> reporter: others saying they don't see the problem with the picture. 's offensive.ink it's afoef ae s i think it's a simple image. no harm's done. everybody's her to enjoy the day. >> reporter: the owner plans to keep bringing the monchlg monkeo other fairs in the future but is looking into possibly painting over the image. at the arlington county fair, news4. if youn to take part in tomorrow's clear the shelters event, you might want to plan ahead. news4 visited the human rescue alliance to find oute what

need to know about the adoptions. >> reporter: clear the shelters is less than 24 hours away. the big nationwide pet adoption event to get as many animals out of the shelter and into a lovins home as le. becca stern is with me, head of adoptions at the human rcue alliance. what do we'll need to know before coming out tomorrow? >> our general adoption fees are waived. some licensing fees may appl be prepared with some form of ouyment. bring photo i.d., bring your kids. and we are sending all of our animals home today spayed, neutered, microchipped, and fully vaccinated. >> reporter: awesome. there are a ton of dogs and cats and other animals, not just dogs and cats? s, yes. we have turtle guinea pigs, bunnies, fish. plenty of animals besides dogs and cats. >> reporter: and becca here i think has a hard job as the head of soptions. but will walk you through the process, talk to you before you leave as well as other people here. make sure you bring what you need so you don't get turned away. on the nbc washington app you

can find all the shelters participating locally, and head to the shelter closest to you. ase talk about clearing the shelters, how about clearing the skies? we have nasty storms to start off the weekend. >> we have more on the radar. what are you seeing now? >>'mracking the strong storms now. we've got severe weather making its way in through the area. one severe thunderstorm warning now. that's in frederick county. i'm waiting to see ifet we another warning into portions of loudoun county. we've got really strong storms into that ea, too. look at the radar picture now. and i'll show you the biggest storm thatin we're wat here. around frederick. you see this storm. this storm has a history of providing 60 mile-per-hour winds, martinsburg reported a 62 mile-per-hour gust. t we've seenes down with this storm to the west. nothing in the d.c. metro area. that's going to be a while. it will be a while until its mats way toward d.c. close to frederick, right down toward the south, this is clark county.

along i-81 around page and shenandoah county, this is a nasty line of storms. heavy rain, too. zoom into this area here in toward portions of clark county, and i'm showing where the storm is making its way in toward the loudoun county area. if you're near blue mont, heads-up for the storm. a lot of lightning with storm. it does have a history of producing some high smears trees down into frederick county and farther to the south woodstock. if you're around front royal, heads-up into the area, too. lo at the trees down in frederick county. one, two, three reports of trees down. this is the 62 mile-per-hour gust we saw in the martinsburg area. we continue to watch as thi o move off toward the east. once it does, we're going to see more storms on through the rest kf the evening hours. ovd you l at the wider picture, it does to the north. we're not under a severe thunderstorm watch, but we have the potential for strong storms coming through. we actually have ther most as as the lightning is concerned

with the storms. they rumble northern virginia. the latest models, i've been sacking, this most of t goes north of the city. ck you live toward southern maryland, fredeurg and over the northern neck, scattered showers, but rightow the big threat is to the west of the city. that's what we'll ton watch. all because of the area of low pressure that's spinning around to the north and west. ahead of it, this is going to come through during the day tomorrow, too. let's take a lk and show you by tomorrow no big deal. we will be dealing with more cloud cover today. as we move through the afternoon, noon, looking .ok tore's 5:00 tomorrow, scattered showers, thundes, temperatures tomorrow in the upper 80s. should be rather humid. a couple of storms could have locally heavy downpours, rain. again, s aday had showers cloud cover, too. we'll be dealing with mostly cloudy skies, we think, saturday and sunday. sunday now, just how much rain we're going to

see. we've got a 30% chance of rain during our saturday, 30% chance on sunday. humid. less so sunday a. mond then t next week, after tuesday, look fantastic. a great stretch of sunshine, low humidity. exactly what we need after the wet july and first part of august. >> what a relief. >> as of wednesday, you become our guy again. >> thank you. >> you're always our guy, doug >> thanks buddy. our local weather has our wineries worried. what wineries are doing to protect the fruit of their vines. >> 'sit not enough to say happy birthday in gay rightsing card anymore these days. how to get your favorite celebrity to say it for yo and what iu,t

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you probably know someone who would love t get a shout out. would you pay money to have your favorite celebrity give you a ut personal shoutn line? >> lots of folks are doing just that. they're shelling out big bucks

forelebrity shout-outs. some paying even $1,000 a pop. >> liz mclachlan shows how reality stars nd are cashing in using the cameo app. >> reporter: where there's a celebrity, there's often a cell phone. >> selfers are the new autograph. >> reporter: that's the idea behind cameo, a platform where fans put personalized shout-outs. >> surprise. >> reporter: t stars set the fees which go up to $1,000. the average is about $40. most a booking gifs. >> 25% of requests have the words "happy birthday."it so popular. >> reporter: this site has been proposals, baby announcements -- >> what? >> reporter: one cameo user booked daredevil tv star ben a marjero to give a special message to his mom. after booking on line or through the app -- >> how you doing, sugar? tammy here. >> reporter: the other users

have seven days or the rs.uest expire >> bye, bye, by >> reporter:en fds are excited to connect with their favorite people and circulate it on social media. >> every time a talent does social media, it makes them more popular. >> reporter: completing more aan 53,000 videos so far with growing talent pool of more than 3,000. >> please get your robes and wands ready. >> reporter: actors, athletes, musicians, social media influencers, and reality show stnes. >> james k from your favorite show, "vanderpump rules." >> we would totally ratherave less famous, more willing than more famous, less willing. >> reporter: even someone to help you through the end of your workweek. ♪ it's friday >> cool. you could name drop for a whole year. something like that -- >> yeah, you could. wh would you pay to send you a message? >> not sure. iave to think about it.

don't want to be picky there. >> okay. >> what about you? >> i don't want to offend anyone or leave anybodyout. if you know halle berry's number, have her give me a call. >> halle berry? we're n telling. >> you didn't hear that, okay. people with severe allergies could see some financial relief soon. the fda approval thatould make the lifesaving medication more affordable. and we continue to track our stormteam 4 radar during this friday afternoon weather alert. doug's back.

thunderstorm warning in effect for frederick county. most of us will be able to get home okay for the rush. look to the west. we're tracking storms. very strong storms now coming through. there's the severe thunderstorm warning. let's zoom into this storm. this isround the thurmont area now. you see it -- here's thurgnt. goight through, it's weakened a bit. very good news. this storm, too, weakening, b still a lot of lightning with this coming through blue mont toward loudoun county. heads- heads-up. west of means business.storm to the west, more storms still developing and moving in toward our region. we're not done yet. we've got qte a few hours of storms yet to go. we'll talk about what it means

for your friday, what i means for your weekend, as well, in a couple of >> thanks. in the meantime, we turn to the new fallout over president trump's decision to revoke former cia directorohn brennan's security clearance. some calling this improperly politically motivated. now more than a dozen former from botnce chiefs parties are rebuking the president. nic ni nikkicarbahal with the latest. >> reporter: president trump targeting a figure he's often targeted on twitter -- >> i suspect i'll be taking ita quickly. >> reporter: the president alluding to indirect ties to a campaign-season dossier and suggesting his relationship with special counsel robert mueller discredits the russia investigation. g for t is disqualify mueller. and mr. mueller has a lot of conflicts also. mr. mller is highly conflicted. in fact, comey is like his best friend.

i could go into conflict after conflict. >> reporter: the president defending his decision to take away the security clearance of one of his most outspoken f criticmer cia director john brennan. >> i've never respected him. i've noter had a of respect. >> reporter: and fighting accusations he's trying to silence anyone who speaks out against him. >> there's nosilence. if anything, i'm giving them a bigger voice. >> reporter: senior intelligence officials standing up to the president in a joint statement. one of them, former cia official john mclaughlin, call it a dangerous move. >> he did it for transparently political reasons when, in fact, security clearances have nothing to do with politics. >> reporter: william mav, the retired admiral who led the bin laden raid, said president trump can revoke his clearance, o, writing the president humiliated and nation.d this when asked about the op-ed the president said he'd never heard of mcracven. nbc news, washington. families torn apa by alleged abuse. >> tonight, former members of

the controversial church are talking to news4. jim and wendy in the newsroom with a look at the investigation into the cavalry temple church in sterling. rm four church members are talking to news4 about the allegations of physical, sexual abuse by the church's leadership. >> and tonight at 5:00, why they say the arrest of a former church member is just the tip of the iceberg. our david culver will have the story. and also, we're going to be the shelters tomorrow i'm going to tell you a story of reggie. this is a lile beleaguered, little desperate starving cat i found on the side of the road. it's something that shelters do. i'll tell you about how the shelter helped me with reggie. it's something you don't think about or know what a shelter does. they also would talv in david if he needed to. >> always a -- there the t. >> yeah. >> you saw him on the side of the road? >> yeah. he was- walking >> you took him under your wing? >> yeah.

we're going to talk about that and prepare you for cleshing the ters tomorrow. >> it's a busy and fun friday. see you in just a few. on sunday, "dateline nbc" will feature a month's long, in-depth report about the homeless epidemic affecting half a million americans. a it eye-opening tour of skid row in los angeles, the epicenter of homelessness. craig melvin joins us now. and craig, you actually went to skid row in l.a. unds like this is a realize opener, was for you. what can we expect to see? >> reporter: good to see you agn. i've spent the past months criss-crossing between here and l.a. and skid row, i will tel you, i read about it, i'd seen pictures and magazine articles. had not been as moved by what i saw, what i heard, what i smelled, as well, as when i walked this part of los angeles.

tents and tarps, blocks and blocks. during theday, needles in the street. at night, rats in the street. and people, young, old, black, white, thousan of them. more than 14,000 living in this pocket of los angeles, in the shadowf city hall. the second largest city in this country. and the city is looking the other way. the policy of containment that i we geto during the special. this is the attempt at a solution decades ago. it's failed. and it's failed miserably. we look at skid row, we look at los angeles, and look at some of the root causes of homelessness around the untry. we alsontduce viewers to angels who are helping through a variety of ways, lifting people homelessness. some of it's government programs, but a lot of it's just people using their god-given

rolents to introduce the downtrodden, to ice them to programs and ways by which to help themselves. it really has -- i'm not just saying this lightly, it moved me in a way that no story has ever moved me. >> you know, for years, homel s homelessness was on the decline in the u.s. that changedast year. what's happened, and why is the crisis still so bad there in los angeles? >> two words -- working poor. for a long time, you could point to addiction, you could point to mental health as some of the primary drivers of homelessness. and those are still two of the biggeot reasons thate find themselves on the streets. the working poor, that b population hasn on the increase since the great recession of 2008. and we're not talking about unemployed or underemployed but people with 9-to-5 jobs wants

people with $15, $20 an hour. people on t brirchg of homelessness and all of a sudden, there's aeredical ncy or some sort of other unexpected crisis and they don't have savings. they find themselves initially couch surfingr sleeping in their car or going from motel to motel, and money runs out. they find themselves on the streets. >> sounds like a report we all need to see. ank you very much. >> thank you. >> "city of angels" airs live at 7:00 here on nbc 4. >> the unemployment rate doesn tell the entire story of the state of the union. can't wait to see that report. as youet ready for maybe your first glass of wine tonight, virginia vineyards are facing serious challenges because of all this wet weather we've been having here.ne why o wine owner is calling

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all the rain this summer has been great for the flowers. in viinia'svineyards, it's created problems for growing grapes. we have more from loudoun county on how they're adjusting. reporter: to look at tctse near-perrapes ripening on the vine it might be hard to believe that growers and winemakers have had a very uneasy summer. >> now we're starting, as you g e, the vines are -- sshs the fruit is shiftinfrom green to red, and that's called frasian. >> reporter: cory's third seen at sunset hills.

she's been -- third sean at sunset hills. she's been in the business even longer. eavy rainfall impacted t flowering plants, reducing the number of grapes. then there was fungus from all the moisture. their personal vineyard has mostly avoided disease that could hurt the grapes. but in other parts ofrg viia, some vineyards have lost part of their crop. the pressing issue -- the leaves are growing like crazy the rain, but that's not a good thing. >> it tricks the vine into thking i can keep growing. instead of ripening the fruit, we need it to shut down and focus on fruit ripening. >> reporter: that's why this worker was custinac-- officersw the cancanopy >> i think you can still make od wine this year, and that's the beauty of being in virginia is that every year is so different. >> reporter: the last few weeks of summer, they're hoping for a

lot more sun than rain. so these grapes will ripen well before they're harvested. in loudoun county, julie carey, news4. >> unfortunately for the grapes, there's more rain in the forecast for the weekend. you have to steer clear of the virginia wineries. we'll have a weather alert coming up. and a four-day event planned to pay tribute t o

more breaking news. arlington county has confirmed its first case of west ni virus thi year. the health department is urging people to fight it b draining or dumping standing water near the house, dress in long pants and wear sleeves and use repellant. st people don't show symptoms, and cannot be spread by

coughing, sneezing, or touching someone with the virus. fairfax and priune george's have also seen cases this year. back to you. a stormy friday. friday night has begun. the radar is tracking all sorts of storms. >> yeah. once again we're in weather al at mode. do amelia standing by with look now at another severe thundetorm warning. >> what's going on? >>warren, rappahannock county until 5:30. 5:30 this evening. we're tracking the storms wdon, bure also looking at the weekend. >> it's not going to be a washout. plenty of dry time, but storms tomorrow and thee chance for m showers, maybe a thunderstorm on sunday. >> some of the storms tomorrow could be on the strong side. storm team 4 radar showing the storms back to the west. veried if thing here. the ones around leesburg, to the west, havee started to fad out.

we're watching this area now. nothing around the d.c. metro area, we are dry. notice thistorm right here in toward rappahannock county toward warren and making its way in toward fauquier. that severe thunderstorm warning 5:30until it includes parts of loudoun county and clark county, as well. 66 east ofront royal is the area we'll be watching as you look closer. we'll zoom in. there's front royal. look at all of the lightning associated with this. this is going to be making its way into northern fauquier county over the next half hour or so. more warnings to the north. we had this warning until 4:45. it's been allowed to expire. the storm has weakened. that's good news. we saw 62 mile-pehour winds as it came through martinsburg. trees down. around urmont, look at that as it made its way in. a menacing storm. you see the rain coming through bringing gusty nds. thhole line making its way

through. everything we're looking at now tells us that this mie out as it makes its way toward d.c. that's something we're going to be monitoring very, very closely over the next couple of hours. we're alsoin monit the weekend. you have weekend plans? yeah. we have rain in t weeke plans, too. >> yeah. we have plenty of rain chances in the weekend forecast. but it's b going to a weekend where we're also seeing dry time, as well. not a washout. we'll walk you through the weekend with future weather starting you off tomorrow mornin at 8:00 a.m. patchy fog out there. especially if you're i the areas picking up rain. otherwise,y to mostly cloudy. a muggy start tomorrow. saturday at lunchtime, are at noon, completely dry. during the afternoon hours, we uart to see showers and thunderstorms fir in the district. they move into the d.c. metro area between 4:00 and 5:00 p.m. take a look at 6:00 p.m. on future weather. notice the c brighteors showing up. that's the potential for some heavy rain once again. that could lead to isolated

flooding issues on your saturday evening. as we head into t late evening and overnight hours, we look to dry out. then here's a quick peek at sunday. mostnd cloudy skies, during the afternoon and evening hours, a few scattered showers and maybe a rumble of thunder. about a 40% chance that you're dealing with thunderstorms on saturday. about a 30% chance that you're dealing with shors on sunday. plenty of dry time. 89 for saturday. 84 for the high on sunday. and asoe look the humidity levels this weekend, it stays muggy out there even on sunday. definitely muggy. if you are having an outdoor party, have a backup plan. you're probably okay on sunday, but have the plan b. probably the best time to do yard work is during the morning hours with the best chance for showers and thunderstohes later inday. both saturday and llsunday. yorobably want to hold off on the car wash. again, chances for showers and

thunderstorms in bot days, then maybe more rain on tuesday. we're monitoring b stormsk around i-81. >> we'll continue to monitor those through the evening hours. tomorrow, 89 degrees. sunday, 84. 84 again on monday. monday looking okay with cloud cover around the area. look at next week. this is what we're looking forward to. high pressure builds in, tumidity. overnight tempes in the 60s in the city. that puts some of you in the mid to upper 50s. some nice weaer next week. at t strgor thgdersetorms. we'ller keep s you pevosted her the storm system. we are learning more about the celebration of life for aretha franklin. it will be a four-day event ending with a private funeral for friends and family. ls>> the public will get a chance to say good-bye to the queen of soul during a star-studded musical tribute. jay gray is in aretha's hometown of detroit, michigan. a

♪zing grace >> reporter: there is no sweeter sound. ♪ t world says good-bye clinging to images, memories, id those beautiful melodies -- ♪ i feel like i the midst -- we are learning more now about plans for a four-day celebration of aretha franklin's life i her hometown of detroit. >> love detroit. >> reporter: no date's been set, but we know for two days her body will lie in repose for public viewing at the charles h. wright museum for african-american history. organi wrs are alsoking on a musical tribute that will include major recordingar sts. her funeral will be private. close family and friends gathering at e greater grace temple. but there are some --

gone but never forgotten. >> reporter: who can't or won't wait for formal services. for the second day, fans with flowers, nsball candles, are drawn here to the new bethel baptist church. andther memorials popping up across the country. while fellow musicians and fellow singers honor her on line, so many -- ♪ r-e-s-p-e-c-t -- determined to pay their respects to the life and legacy -- ♪ feel like a natural woman -- of the queen. wiy gray nbc news, detroit. >> sounds like i be a fitting tribute, a fitting way to say farewell. be you know the lineup at the musical tribute w off the charts. >> and the music itself. >> absolutely. scott, over. to y

>> reporter: breaking news, meo train service is suspended yeght now on the green and lld owft. totten. there's fire activity. t have smoke in georgia avenue, petworth, and columbia heights ostation. me passagers are tweet being this now. we have crews on the nty. it's imporo know the severe problem for a metro system already dealing with closures on the red line in the area. thereen and yellow from gallery place to ft. totten is disrupted. it will have a major impact on the commute. crews are the way. on

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we cut the price in half --en >> it's unprecd to raise the price $500. >> reporter: the fda announcement likely to spark more low-cost alternatives. >> it is critical when it comes to protecting the lives of ildren that an epinephrine device not only work but also be affordtele. >> reporr: a lifesaving drug at a lower price. nbc news. we're following breaking news that could affect your commute. reports of smoke in at leastne metro station along the green and yellow line. >> this is happening at the height of rush hour. scott,dy some service alr suspended. what are you hearing now? >> reporter: metro rail service suspende the green and yellow lines between u and ft. totten because of the fire activiel in the tu we understand the fire itself is out now. ere are reports of smo in

the petworth and columbia heights statiows. we have cn the way to check on this, check on the passengers, including shomari stone. this section is more crowded than usual because of the ongoing track work on the red line. th is a work-around area for the disrupted redline passengers. onop of being forced out of the shuttles or stations and on to the shuttles. bus service being provided. back to you. >> all right. goin to be a long friday. thank you. something else that migaf be cting your commute. storm team 4 is in weather alert mode tracking a line of storms. some could be strong. >> there cranking up. let's go to doug kammerer with more on the impact for the commute and your outdoor plans, too. >> the dark clouds we have around the d.c. metro area are all clouds coming from these .torms out to the we we saw numerous storms earlier, frederick county, portions of west virginia. we saw trees down in this area now. all the attention back to the west around the r fro