morning. we're also tracking major developments with an impact on the presidency of donald trump. his former attorney michael cohen pleaded guilty to several charges in federal court and his campaign chair, paul manafort was found guilty of eight felonies. overnight, this appeared onu the t hotel in d.c. a projection of the words guilty and criminal across the front entrance of .at buildi a lot to get to this morning including taking down to ben's chili bowl, celebting 60 years in brings. >> molette green will yoin us with a look at the n, the festivities and a few reasons why you want to head down there this morning. >> we begin with a check of the commute and the forecast. melissa mollet looking at the roads and rails this morning. chuck bell has the radar. what do you see? >> we have another chance of rain but it will not be the long lasting super soakers like we had yesterday afternoon. that was the cold front yesterday. today, just a little area of low pressure drifting overhead. a pocket of cooler air a loft is

generating little rain across the mountainsf west virginia now. not much in the way of rain chance this morning. later o in the day, here's a look at future weather. the hit and miss weather reaches shenandoah valley. it reaches the d.c. metro area between 2:00 and 5:00. a gusty northwesterly wind will push the humidity out of here for a couple of days. that will be welcome news. still areas of high water around the region. be oko the l for that. deep puddles. if you can't see the road,arurn nd, don't drown. temps.70 now for afternoon highs in the low to mid 80s. there's the 30 to f% chance a shower. that will be the last chance for rain for quite a while. wait until you see the ten-dayr st coming up. let's go to melissa mollet. good morning, chuck. silv spring has this pedestrian struck accident. been transported to the hospital.

that personbe is gone t treated for injuries. we don't know how long the road could be i know it's a major road for a lot of y in silver spring. the beltway, looking good. piper lane near 28, lanes blocked for fooding. commuters, might want another entrance. leesburg, shreve mill road at sycolin. road washed away by the heavy win. lots ofk for folks here this morning. aaron? melissa, thank you. we continue our teenl coveraam n >> crews are working well into the night performing numerous water rescues. we're hearing that five rescues have happened since 11:00 last night. these are pictures from montgomery county fire and rescue who tell us they nducted the multiple water rescues throughout the county because of flash flooding. one rescue hang near glen mill

road and glen road in potomac, another at orchard road in north potomac. the national weather service says each year more deaths occur from flooding than any other hazard. as a reminder here, we've got more rain coming into the area, rn around, don't own. back to you guys. >> erika, thank you. now to two developing stories. waington is watching closely a guilty plea and a guilty verdict. formerainstays on the donald trump campaign now facing time in federal prison. first to new york. the president's former attorney andixer pleadeduilty to tax evasion and two counts of campaign finance violations. the plea never names trump but talks about payments to influence the 2016 election. one pment said to be in coordination with and repaid by, quote, the candidate. cohen was apparently emotional in court as he entered hea pl.

he will be sentenced in december. in alexandria, virginia, a jury found paul manafort guilty on eight counts bank and tax fraud. the judge declared a mistrial on ten other counts. this was the first trial prosecuted b the office of special counsel robert mueller. he faces charges of failing to register as a lobbyist for ukraine, witnessng tampe and financial fraud. at a rally in west virginia, theresident madeo mention of manafort or cohen. he did once again attack the russian meddling investigation. >> where is the collusion? you know, they're still looking for collusion. where is the collusion? find some collusion. we want to find the collusion. >> the president blasted what he called democratic weakness on immigration and border enforcement. it w held to drum up support for senate candidate who is manchi january also developing this

morning, republican congressman duncan hunter of san diego his wife are facing corruption charges. the hunters allegedly used more than $250,000 in campaign money for vacations, dental wosc, ol tuition and other personal expenses. hunters currently running for reelection and changes for the ballot just passed. remains on the ballot and the couple will be arraignedmo ow. an undocumented immigrant is charged with killing mollie bbetts. christhian rivera led them to tibbetts body in a cornfield in central iowa. rivera admit today following her during her run on july 18th. she threatened to call police when he wouldn't leave her he bame angry. econe. he told investigators he doesn't remember killi her but later found her bleeding in his trunk. surveillance video led them to him. this i how their search for tibbetts ended.

>> i wake up in the morning, i mollie. i'm at work i think of mollie. it's true tos t day and it will be for years and years o come. as mentioned, rivera is an undocumented immigrant from eemexico. he'sin this country for seven years. an autopsy will determine how and when tibbetts right now, the person who shot a 6-year-old in d.c. is on the loose. this morning, we're learningt more about t shooting. >> the little girl, she was sitting in a car with her mother and sister monday night when someone sprayed the car with bullets. the shooting was on 56th street southeast. it happened less than a mile from 10-year-old makiyah wilson was killed last month. her killers are still on the loos the grandmother told us that she's grateful her g snddaughter ll arrive. she ask that we alter h voice. >> what went through your heart when you saw what happened? >> thank god she's still alive. it could have been worse.

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read. including five counts of first degree murder. prosecutors say he ild his pregnant wife and two daughters earlier this month. watts denies tt and said he saw that in a fit of afrage. r she learned he wanted to se rate. facebook removed hundreds of facebook says they covertly hread political content to people, includine in the u.s. some of the accounts originated in iran and some in russia. gator bowl also says that some of the accounts attempted to attack other facebook accountpr andd malware. people in hawaii preparing for a category 5 hurricane named hurricane lanemen it's moving toward a string of islands and could hitowtomo people spent yesterday stocking up on supplies as the storm gets closer. it could bring torrential winds, flooding. the red cross preparing to open

shelters.ir at strike on parts of the hawaiian islands is possible late this week. 6:09 our time right now. arlington national cemetery is the final resting place thousands of our heroes. s to makee ground is available for decades to come, they have an expansion project. justin finch has more on what you can expect to learn about the project today. >> reporter: the cemetery is asking for publinput to redirect traffic here south of the cemetery to incorporate much-needed space. we do have a map here showing you draft assessment, the early planri cen on 20 acres of land sou of the cemetery. it incorporates the air force memorial in the final desigdesi. it calls for relocating o or repurposg standing roads in the area to create a large swath of land here. the focus here is on maximizing

the traffic capacity of the columbiaike, which of course catches a lot of highway traffic and a critical artery into northern virginia. im>> they sayis ticking. they're on track to run at a burial space within the next 25 years and this expansion could give them as much as 60,000 ditionalpaces allowing them to run into the year projected of 2050. we can tell you here as well that public hearing will be this evening starting at 5:00 at the sheraton pentagon hoe fell tell. if this plan moves forward, work could begin by the yr 2020 and could complete as soon as the year 2025. in iarlington, justin finch. news 4. 6:10 right still ahead, continuing coverage on last night's storms and the impact on yourommute today. chris lawrence joins us live with an update coming up next. chuck? good morning everybody. our weather a little showery this afternoon. no heavy rain today.

but all goonews. once the sun goes down today, we're 100%o dry i the weekend, including your plans to go to the mauns mountains orb the beach this weekend. so shan city to rehoe beth, not a cloud in the sky. vemperatures in the upper 70s. our ay forecast coming up next.'r wee inside the home of the smoke.al chili ham chuck bell has been tking about it already. the half smoke is on the grill right now. cong up next, we'll speak with virginia ali who created ben's chill in 1958 about it turning 60. turning 60. at's coming up.th

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6:15 now. that breaking news on last night's storms bringing heavy rain and flooding now causing issu across the area this morning. news 4's chris lawrence is live in loudoun cou y at thishour. chris, what have you found there? >> reporter: aaron, in came d so hard, so fast the rain parts of washed away some roads. take a look. we're in the waterford area of loudoun county, specifically -- you can see where the heavy raio letely collapsed part of the road and caused is up town road to buckle. it's closed in both directions. you want to stay with us all morning. the sun comes up, we'll give you a better view of what all that rain was able to do. i ca tell you, the problems aren't just here. we were driving through montgomery county earlier, saw a lot of the road covered with mud and debris from all that rain. fortunately, in those areas, the water has receded. but as you can see here in looun county, some of that

damage is going to take longer up.clean live in loudoun county, chris lawrence, news 4. back to you. >> what a summer it has been. chs, thank u. 6:16 now. this morning we're celebrating a big milestone for ben's chili bowl. the iconic restaurant marking 6s yen our community. >> molette green is kicking off the celebratis for live at ben's on u street. you're cookingoo up some breakfast already. good morning, molette. >> the half smokes are on the grill right nowin m it smell so good inside. this is the home of the original chili half smoke created by ben and virginia ali so many years ago in 1958. we have virginia ali, mrs.ali. such a pleasure to speak with you on a big day for you and the entire city. >> wow. thank you so thch. k you very much. yes, it is a very exciting day. celebrating 60 years here. that's a very long time. >> that's a very long time.

>> very long >> this stretch, i mean, we've got the staging set up outde for ceremony, the block party that's going to happen. the renaming, the unveiling of the name in front of ben's chili bowl. this legendary landmark. what do you think about all of that, ben's chili way? >> i am absoluteln awe of everything that's happening. it's been a wonderful -- it's been wonderful being here for 60 years and having the support of our community, our city and just -- just very, veryy. ha >> lots of surprises in store fo day or excitement. celebrities coming from reverend jesse jackson. the face on the mural. what do you thinkut a so much and going through six decades of highs and a lot ofsows, m virginia. >> a lot of lows. you know, the bottom line is we're here, we were able toen

survive anre. i'm just delighted. i'm just so happy. i can hardlyta c my happiness actually. today, my children have -- i guess, i don't know all of what's happening today. >> we don't want to spoil it for you. >> aay. >> you a beautiful 85 years young. >> thank you very much. >> this is very special. your children wanted to make sure you felt lik this was a special day. >> indeed special. thank you very much. yes. >> what do yo remember and what's your best memory about all the years beine >> the best memory is just the support we received. the first time we had a celebration, i didn't realize how many people were coming out to support us and to say we appreciate you. that was really overwhelming for me when the peoplein sta in line to just come in to buy a chili g. the support we've had when the times were rough. >> the times were rough and

still standing. >> really rough. >> with now four stores throughout the city. we're going t tok more throughout the he hour and lots planned throughout the day. all of that in store throughout the day. 'll be here live for all of that. back to you. >> thank you so much, molette. >> virginia mentioned, they have been through a lot. all the way to 60 years. going over to chuck bell, we're going to get a le look outside. we've been waiting for - the are we ever. congratulations miss ali. want to give her a hug. what a sweet, sweet lady. skies have cleared out during the overnight hours.s that welcome news. we'll start the day with sunshine. there will be a chance for shows in the middle part of the afternoon today. so if you're going to the block party there atth and u street in the afternoon, know that you could have to put the umbrella up for a few minutes. nowhere near the level of intense weather that we had

yesterday. temperates in the 60srt in norn virginia and suburban maryland. the panhandle of west virginia. prince george's county in the bay are in the low 70s. ight not be a bad day to get gardening done, especially in the first half of the day. dry weather this morning, getting breezy this afternoon. that's a northwest wind. ficant changesig to our forecast. we've seen it comin for days. 30% chance for a stray shower or twoaf this rnoon. i'm one of the people that buys the or kids at home depot or costco. overgrownr kids can be divided and repotted. you end up with two or three the course of the next few years. this low pressure coming over th us. broken line of showers in west virginia now will be reaching the rii-95 cr between 2:00 and 5:00 this afternoon into early this evening.r don't turn yck on a rain chance today. these will be in and out showers. not day-long soakers.

there's your extended forecast. no rain tomorrow. no rain friday. no rn thiweekend. that is all good news. humidity, bye, bye, ye for the next few days after today. good morning, melissa. >> good morning, chuck. first 4 traffic. a couple of problems. silver spring first. montgomery county. pine i branch road shutdown. a pedestrian struck. collision reconstruction is on the scene. this could be closed for some time this moing. in the district, water side drive between mass avenue, southbound lanes blocked forng floothere. outer loop at colesville road, left sd.e is bloc showing you the volume up top there. the rest of the beltway, actually looks okay. no big complaints when you look at the rest of it. as far as traveltimes, 66, 95 in virginia. looking pretty good. back to maryland. 270. no problems top of the beltway. outer loop at colesville, listen to wtop o 103.5 fm whe you hop

in your car today. >> melissa, thank you. thinking inside thebox. how some parents are by passing the crowds to get newfolothes yir kids for the new school year.

shopping for school clothes with your kids. >> it's not an enjoyable experience. they tend toun run a in all different directions. >> let's face it. they'd rather be plpaing.

nts like lisa and news 4 reporter scottrl mace have things they'd rather be doing too. >> whastate has the capital of tallahassee. >> which is why they turn to a box to skip the stress and t return to store. >> the idea of not taking them shopping is nice. >> lisa tried kid box. one of the services that ships clothes to her door. she submitted an onliz about her son's style and person amount. from there kid box style sent severalms quality iy well-known brands. >> do you like the clothes? >> yes. >> you only pay for the onesou want which is in his case was the entire box. box, she paid about $14 apiece. >> i love getting packages. >> kidpik requires no membership. it's a box service just for girls with trendy clothes, shoes andss acies. >> my 7-year-old loved it all.,

jackets, shirskirt, pants, sneakers, denim dress for $120 all designed by kidpik. that was about a $70 savings. all of these boxes, they send you cards and give you a breakdown of the individual items, how much they retail for, how much yousa . they send you the prepaid return label and you can return anything you don't want. >> makes it ea. sounds od. 6:26 right now. a new video just in. a high-speed police chase and this time officers are following one their own cruisers. how a suspect managed to get behind the wheel. i'm meteorologist chuck bell. temperatures in the 60s and l s. no rain to worry about this ramorning. your today is a b-plus. 30% for ash ower. as you're loading up the backpacks, make sure they have the smalla umbrell in there. new era for the nats. they traded fan favorites away. new overnight, highlights from thei return to the field and

what's next for the team. it's 6:26.

"news4 today" begins with breaking news. that breakinow news right

at 6:30. elliott hine middle school in northeast d.c. will not open today because of floowsng. 4's justin finch arrived at the school and has more on what students and parents to know. >> justin? >> reporter: aaron, angie, good morning. reports of several flooded areas inside of eliot hine middle school. it wl belosed for repairs. we've been watching people making their way inside. that man with a ladder going inside the school. other workers following behind. we have not seen any hef you equipment roll in yet. i was tol earlier, assessments are beginning of the damag several areas inside the school here are now flooded underwater in part on this third day of school here in.c. you look to the back of the school, there is construction work going on there. no word if heavy rain contributed to the flooding now being reported inside. but as you have said and i've said too as well, there is no school here at eliot hine

because of this flooding this morning. however,tudents who get meals can pick those up s eastern hiool starting at 10:45 this morning. as for what happens tomorrow and friday, tt is still under evaluation. based on assessments and repairs needed here at the school possibly cool could be closed for longer. but as of right now, it's close only for today. students and parents at eliot hine middle chschool. nol today. hot lunches can be picked up at 10:45 egis morningning at eastern high school. live here in northeast, i'm justin finch, news 4. back to you in the sjudio. >> in, thank you. while we're talking about closed schools today. all the pschools in berkeley county, west virginia on a two-hour delay,ot closed. berkeley west virginia because of flooding there last night. >> we continue to work for you this morning with team coverage. melissa mollet is here with more on the roads and thetie-ups to avoid. first, we want to kick things off with chuck and your

forecast. we are hoping that most of the threat is behind us of better days ahead. >> better days are ahead, angie. no doubt about that.en skies have learing out overnight and the east facing of the lincoln memorial ther sitting in sunshine at the end of the national mall there. four things to know about the weather. the heavy rain threat is over. there's still a chance for a passing shower later on this afternoo today's rain not like yesterday. turning less humid and humidity wi be on vacation for several days. already rain across the mounins of west virginia. that will be our mid-afternoon rain chance. here it is on future weather. about 2:00 in the afternoon. the chance for a passing shower or ahunder shower. no severe weather expected today. temperaturewise, s an70s as you step outside the door. highs today, upper 0s inhe shenandoah valley. forecast the ten-day which brings back high heat by next week. that's coming you. melissa? >> good morning, chucff first 4 t alert in montgomery county. pedestrian struck, piney branch

road shut down at dale drive. investigators are on whe scene. tane or carol avenue to work around that. outer loop at colesville, that crashil cleared. a bit of a delay. lane block by a crash i landover. we have flooding and roads that have been washed away because of yesterday's storms. leaseburg, shreve, sycolin, bankfield drive, partro of the s washed away. lawrence is out there in waterford for us. really seeing a lot of areas whee we have to m repairs. chris? >> reporter: itame down so hard-and-fast, it literally washed awayieces of the roads. you mentioned it. here here on rd in waterford. is road is closed starting at bankfield okive. you can urther down the

road some of the roaditerally arted to buckle under all that heavy rain. as chuckmentioned, the heaviest rain moving out of the area. crews will start to make the road repairs. for now, this road completely shut down. part of that road buckled up. we've seen other parts of area where you've seen the water recede. could have been a lot worse. this part of loudoun county, mlks have toe a detour this morning. back to you. >> chris, thank you. 6:34. now to two developtories we're following this morning. two men once connected to present trump, both facing time in federal prison. >> first the former attorney of the president.ae l cohen pleaded guilty to taxsion and two counts of campaign finance violations. the pleano ackwledges payments to two women for the purpose of influencing the 2016 election. he'll be sentenced in december. in alexandria, a jury found the fesident'smer campaign chairman, paul manafort guilty on eight counts of bank fraud

and tax fraud. the judge declared a mistrial on tents other co. this was the first trial prosecuted by the office of special counsel, robert mueller. the time is 6:35. ere's a look at the top stories we're followiday. west virginia's republican house speaker is now running for a seta on the supreme court of appeals. tim armstead resigned yesterday. house lawmakers recently impeached four of the court's justices. they're accused of wasting tax money on unnecessary office renovations among other allegations the father of thof universiy maryland football player who died after a teamworkout is supporting the school's president. jordan mcnair diedft in june a suspected heat stroke. his father is a again talk of terminating the president of the school, wallace loh. loh accepts responsibility for mcnair's death. he released a statement saying w itld be a complete shame after a dplay of decency andni huma, dr. loh were to be let mo.

a bal ravens player benched for domestic violenceti accusas. jiy smith is tsuspended for four games s it begins otember 1st. his girlfriend said he had history of drug abuse and being violen against her. t smithes full responsibility for his actions. new this morning, the washington nationals pull out a win after a fire sale. they opened a three-game series last night. the was a long rain delay but it ended w fh a w the nats. the final score 10-4 there. they did it without matt adams and daniel murphy. murphy with the cuband adams with the cardinals. general manager mike rizzo says the team is n giving up. added we have the talent base on the team to play competitive games at the endf the season. pitcher stephen strasburg is

back. they're 7.5 games behind the braves in the divion right now. 6:37. we're celebrating 60 years of ben's chili bowl. >> molette green is there to show us how the festivities are kicking off. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. as part of the celebration, a new face is going up on ben's chili bowl. famous mural. we're going to show you the surprise face coming up o next

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minutes. >> i give up. hand up. >> he didn't give you. he got caught. during the ase, he went over 100 miles an hour and nearly crashed into a. se he's facing several more felony charges. this morning, new imas of the most wanted riders who ripped through our streetsn the atvs over the weekend. ten people are wanted for driving illegal bikes and atv they raced through 14th street, connecticut avenue. if you recognize the people you see in these photos please call police. they are offering a reward for anyinformation. chuck? all ght. tharpg yo thank you, angie. if you're thinking about the scrub a www.on the car, it's a take your chances kind ofday. if you can wait until tomorrow, you can get it clean and keep it that way through the weekend. the ten-day forect coming up next. plus, a major closure in

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6:45 now. back to our t story. two men once part of president trump's inner circle are facing federal prison time. they pleadeduilty to campaign finance violations. paul manafort was found guiltyan on eight fal crimes charges. >> last knight at a rally in west virginia, the psident did not mention them and instead slammed the russian meddling investigation. fake news and the russian witch hunt.we got a whole big combination. where is the collusion? >> our coverage on these developing issues ntinues. hallie jackson is at the white house with reaction. hallie, do we expect it to impact the president? >> it's already impact the h president, ye republicans on capitol hill being asked about this, house speaker paul s ryan among taying he needs more information aboutth .

let's not pull punches here. this is the fesident'smer confidant, now turned criminal, implicating his former boss. the sitting president of the united states in a serious you know the sort of outlines of the story alrdedy. cohen pl guilty to eight charges, including campaign finance violations and one o those campaign finance violations involves that payment to a porn star, stormy daniels to keepuier qet about an alleged affair with the president, one the president has denint. at the mo, i will tell you the white house referred all our questions about this. trust me, we have plenty to the outside legal counsel and to what the president had to say as e steps off the plane in charleston, west virginia. the president very, very briefly sa i phrase, i feel badly for both guys, presumably referring to both n. not just michael cohen but paul manafort who has noween convicted on several charges as well. >> hallie jackson for us at the

white house this morning. welcome hallie on the "today" show in a few minutes. in exandria, a jury found on eight ort guilty counts as we mentioned for you, bank and tax fraud counts here. the judge, again, as we noted declared a mistrial on ten othes coun. this was the first trialy prosecuted be office of the special counsel, robert mueller. >> next month, he goes on ial for failing to registers alo bbyist. much more on the outcome ofhis trial ahead on the "today" show as well. right now, the person whoot sh a 6-year-old in the leg in d.c. is still out there. that little girl was sitting in a car with her mother a sister monday night when someone sprayed their car with gunfire. this happened on 56th street southeast. police are looking for that get away car. it's described as a dark older model lexus or acura with a fin

on the back. the shooting happened less than a mile away from where 10-year-old makiyah wilson was killed. e schoolt hine mid will not open today because of flooding. students who receive hot meals through thell school will s be able to receive those at eastern high school at 10:45 this morning. all of the heavy rain and flooding that we saw yesterday causing issues for commuters across the area day. >> we want to continue our team coverage now with chris . lawren you're out in loudoun county. what are you seeing? >> reporter: yeah. if you've been with us for the past hour, we're getting a much better look at some of the damage from the rain. take a look as we push down the we're in the waterford area of lavin county. stumpfield road at bankfield drive. that rain came down so hard-and-fast, that road literally buckled and collapsed. you can imagine in the dark somebody coming up on a hole like this and the damage it

could have done. sump town road closed in both directions. we've seen fracturing of both sides of the road there. with the rain finally ending, crews will be able to make the repairs. it gives you an idea of th power of that rain. that the road would fall away li that. for more on how this rain may be affecting your commute this mornin let's go to melissa mollett first 4 traffic. >> good morning. a lot of situations like that one. roads waed away, flooding still hanging around. let's talk about this, though. right now in silver spring. pine branch road shut down. a pedestrian struck there. take wayne or carroll avenue. we s ake with police they're dot sure how long it will be before it's cleaup. investigators on the scene. northbound bw parkway after 97, the crash, northbound delays.nd southbs well. inner loop at central avenue, left lane blocked by the crash. outer lane at colesville, stille delays on outer loop this

morning. manassas, piper blocked for flooding there. commuters for vre, you have another entrance at than the broad run station. 95 northbound, quantico to the beltway, going 44 miles per hour. 270 southbound not bad. top of the beltway slow because of the earlier crash. outer loop at colesville. only 29 miles per hour. take you 20inutes from95 to 270 on the outer loop. remember to listen to wtop 3.5 fm when you hop in your car this morning. good morning, mr. bell. g >>d morning ms. mollet. a sunny start to your dnday. a far cry from the way tuesday ended. sunshine all over the dmv. rainfall yesterday was immense. 90-degree days in check for a while. but next week, we're going to add o ttot total fast and furious. temperatures this morning, though, 68 fderick,

maryland. 68 in martinsbg,est virginia. 68 at dulles. 74 in annapolis and in prince george's county. your planner then for today, still a lot of high water around the area. flooding is a concern. be on the lookout. at least now the sun is up.e you can he high water in front of you. if you can't see the road below, urned breezy today. northwest wind bringing cooler, less humid air in. it will come with a shower chance, already a broken line of scattere showers now across the west virginia mountains. that is the rain chance that will be arriving in the i-81 corridor. around about 11:00 a.m. or noontime. arriving in the d.c. metro area and i-95 between 2:00nd4:00. here's future weather.mo updatel there. between 1:00 and 2:00, that's the most likely time for rain in and around the city. that rai chance moving into parts of southern maryland. all this should be out of here no later than about 5:00r 6:00 this afternoon. so that will be good news for your outdooan grilling this evening.

again, avoid any high water that you see out there. some of the creeks and streams still rising as all the runoff from yesterday comes io play. always have all the latest severe weather watches, warnings tod radar feature on the interactive washi app. there's your grilling forecast for this evening. nothing to worryth about e. check out this ten-day forecast. it's going to be beautiful for the next couple o days. temperatures in the 50s in the suburbs the next coue of mornings. even 40s in the mountains on friday morning. the weekend will be sunny and dry, not too humid. heat, haze a humidity in abundance. arrives on monday and stays all next week. chuck, thank you. it is 6:52 n right. one of d.c.'s most beloved residents is celebrating ato birthdayy. bei bei the giant panda is 3 years old. bei bei is the youngest of the giant pandas. they plan to throw h a panda-friendly party with birthday cake of sorts. that'st 11:00 this morning. everybody is invited to attend

the celebration. he's okay. he fell out of the tree there. they apparently do that. they like that. doesn't hurt them. we're told by the zoo. >> of course, the zoo is free to visit as are all the facilities here. >> his dad turns 20 in a couple of days. then bow bow is in china has an birthday ia couple days as well. >>y affair. >> get that big ice cake. pretty. speaking of celebrations, break out the confetti. c ben'sli bowl is turning 60 today. there's so many events planned for then. celebrat >> news 4's molette green is live with some of the people helping thi mark major milestone at ben's. the original spot there on u street. ood morning. >> good morning to you. lots going on inside. customers are inside ordering the half smoked along with breakfast meals. right out here, ben's chilly warks the new sign will go on this post right here. t let's find out what the

newestsface. who i the newest face on the ben'shili bowl famous mural where our own jim vance and celebrities like donnie simpson as well. the muralist has been before sunrise. we'reow walking d the alley so that we can see who the newest face t adorn ben's chili thbowl. is a surprise, folks. we're revealing this for the ve first time. it is. do y t want to do honors. >> this is jesse jackson. >> the reverend jesse jackson. >> yes snoochlt. >> you've been here since before sun. how do you feel about being part of this 60selebration? >> it's a huge, huge honor to be here. being that i did the first one and then now being called upon to create twora e figures, i'm actually doing the phase two of it which iseallyexciting. i'm not going to put out the

names yet. it's going to be >> this is the newest face to adorn the wall, reverend jesse jackson, will be part of the ceremony later today when it kicks off at 11:00 right outside e famous landmark location on you street. then the block party kicks off at 12:00. then of course, later in the evening, there will be sr studded gala. don't miss it all. we'll be streaming live and giving away goodies throughout the morning as well. back to you. >> incredible artwork going on right behind there. >> such talent. speaking of talent, lattimore is coming. how exciting. rashawn from -- >> great way to celebrate that instition here in d.c. it is 6:55 now. here are four things to know. today,rlington national cemetery unveiling plans to onor more of our nation's heroes. we'll get a closer look at the expansion project there which will make room for at least 40,000 additional burial sites.

tonight's meetin on thens exn begins at 6:00 at the sheraton pentagon city hotel. >> undocumented immigrant has en charged with killing mollie tibbetts. christhian rivera led them toge the col enstuds body in central iowa yesterday. he told investigators he doesn't remember killing her but later found her bleeding in his trunk. more coming up next on "today." president trums former lawyer, michael cohen pleaded guilty to charges related to sh money payments to two men and former campaign chair, paul manafort, guilty on tax and banking-related charges. more on "today." yesterday's heavy rainin wa away piece sz of stump town in montgomery county, officials people they rescued fiv from flooding overnight. eliot hine middle school is closed because of the high water. all berkeley county, west virginia, schools are also on a

o-hour delay. look for more on the delays and closures in our nbc washington app. if you are headed down to the celebration at ben's chili bowl on u street between noon and 3:00. have yr umbrella in case. our last ra for quite a while. taking a look at the road right now. silver llspring, we're s shut down, piney branch road at dale drive. a pedestrian was struck. have to take wayne avenue or carroll avenue instead. melissa, tha you. thank you for joining us for "news4 today." the "today" show is up next. >> we'll be back in 25 minutes with more weather and traffic and local news. >> make it a great wednesday everybody. good morning, one.

president's men guilty. a jury convicted his former campaign chairman paul manafort and michael cohen plemis guilty ing he played off a playmate and porn star at the direction of donald trump. >> there is a cover-up here by now the president of the united states that is -- is undeniable. >> he insists they have nothing on him. >> where is the collusion? >> what else is c michaen about to tell prosecutors? we'll ask his lawyer. stunning arrest. the undocumented immigrant whos confesto murdering a missing college student in