meteorologist chuck bel t startingget sunlight. what's it going to look like? >> we're going to start out with cloudiness. sun is about to come up for sure. winds from the east. yesterday we jumped 21 degrees. we made 83 with a southerly wind. now winds back out of the east. this is a big part of the forecast for today. the longer it takes t get that wind, it will eventually switch back around to the southwest today. the longer that process takes,oo the cr you'll be today. right now it's 55 in gaithersburg. 59 out in the shenandoah valley. planner, clouds around the morning hours. increasing amounts sunshine later on in the day. if we get the sun out a little bit sooner, w temperaturesl be a lot colder. close to 80 today and most of

the maryland suburbs l in the to mid 70s. split the difference, call it 79 degrees for today. for tomorrow, going to feel like a hint of summertime. flip-flop weath a with high of 89 degrees. taking a look now, chopper o headed out t a problem eatbound66 at 29 gainesville. be there in just a second. here's what's happening. this is anrn over t vehicle. the vehicle on the roof. you can see fire and rescue on the scene. they're zooming thi in. northbound 95 at prince william parkway had disabled vehicle. that is now gone but we see pretty good delays. inner loop and outer loop, no major issues. gaithersburg, northbound 270 erre near clapp road. two left lanes getting by that work zone. chopper 4, eastbound 66 at 29.

gainesville just coming up on the scene zooming in about five miles here to give you that picture. thank you, chopper, for highlighting that. more on this coming up in just a minute.ar a? >> 6:02. this morning we're following two developing stories both involving gun violence on school campuses. >> one incident took place 400 miles away at the university o virginia. >> hilton high school m prince william county where a 16-year-old was arrested after bringing a gun to ampus. justin, good morning. >> reporter: aaron, eun, good morning. it was a longuesday for students at hylton high school. it delayedis al for several hours. it left a lot of nerves on edge. rents were gathered a eager for answers and to see their

children again after getting an alert. a gun was fired on campus on tuesday. the good news is no one was hurt. it sent the campus into a secure status mode. students could not leave campus until they got the clear from police. that would take several hours. it does turn out that police say a student brought a gun to class and it accidently fired as he was showing it off to classmates during an art class yesterday. he told his teachers it was a balloon popping and that weapon to come out.it took hours for children and parents to reunite. >> this is my worst nightmare. myenior has four weeks and i thought we were going to make it a we have. it's nerve racking. >> a lot of parents concerned about their children's safety. to that end, prince william county police here on hand will have enhanced presence just to make sure things run smoothly

d that students and staff return to school. the 16-year-old charged with at least a charge of bringing a weapon on toerschool prop. we'll learn more about that later today. we're live here now in woodbridge. i'm justinch fin. back inside to you. >> thank you. now to the university of north carolina at charlotte where a former student opened fire on campus. two people killed, three others in critical condition. police have identified 22-year-old trystan terrell. a campus police officer was able to get into the classroom, last day of school for students. >> when i was in the library, i was on the second floor. they ran , active shooter, getw don. >> terrell was a history major at the university but dropped outr earlie this semester. >> happening today, attorney general william barr will

stify before a senate committee about his handling of robert mueller's russia report. today's testimony was already expected to be fiery. news that broke late last night may add to the drama. the washington report says in the days after the mueller investigation, mueller wrote him a letter telling him he wasn't satisfied with w his work was characterized. that may complicate things. he was asked during a recent testimony if he knew whether mueller was unhappy with his summary of the report. barr answered that he didn't know but that testimony would have been given after he had received mueller's letter. now they say he lied to congress and he should resign. >> maggie mcintosh represents baltimore city. if davis wins, he'll make history as the first african-american to hold the job. if mcintosh wins she would become the first woman and

openly gay person to have it. news 4's tracie wilkins will be in annapolis to cover the vote. 06 now. another day of protests expected in the streets of venezuela today as part of a militry uprising. >> the country's opposition leader is pushing them to push against nicolas maduro. >> reporter: good morning, aaron and eun. we are likely to see more video out of vezuela like w saw yesterday. dozens of people injured this morning. we're going to show you some of that video. first we'll warnou some viewers may find it disturbing. we'll find a national guard armored car slam into protesters in venezuela. when this was televised, certain news networks took it offth air. that was done by the government.

meanwhile, back here in the u.s opposing protests took place outside of the venezuelan embassy in georgetown. you can see a pro maduro group camped out inside the embassy for weeks. members of the secret service had to keep them and proguido apart from each other. wel continue to monitor the situation here at home and in venezuela. back to you. >>h. corey smit thank you. we are still working to get more details on this dely crash. chopper 4 was over the scene at marlboro pike and dower house road in upper ma boro. one person died when the car slammed into a tree. there was no one else in the car. the search for a kler continues in southeast washington this morning. officers tell news 4 that -year-old davon moody was shot on g street. he was taken to the hospital where he died. rig now a $25nd thou lar

reward. someone opened fire on thei home. bullets shattered windows and hit walls. this happened on t street. the woman who lives there doesn't want to reveal her ti iden. she was singing toher 2-year-old daughter when bullets started flying. >> my eye was burning and i was on the ground and i was crying. what if i would have died? what if my w daughterould have died? >> the woman says a month ago someone threw a brick in her window. police a b investigatingth cases. 6:08. the 19-year-old man accused ofng openi fire inside a southern caliyrnia sgogue has pleaded not guilty. john earnestreppeared befo a judge for the first time yesterday. police found an extra 50 rounds ofn ammunition o him when he was arrested. meanwhile, a verdict in murder case that gained national

attention. a former minneapolis police officer accused of killing anun armed woman has been found guilty of murder. you may remember this case. back in 2017 justine damon called police say she thought she saw a sexual assault take place behind her home. noor told jurors he believed she was order. it was 6:09. allison was arrested after having inappropriate communications with three students. she ing a marketi teacher at low down county high school. new this morning, several a lawmed at making virginia roads safer. have ng on july 1, you'll to put down your phone while driving in a work zone. if you don't, you could face a $250 fine. there will beougher penalties if you fail to slow down or move

over for emergency vehicles stopped on the side of the road with flashing lights. violators will be ticketed with a penalty. ten minutes afr 6:00. a major shift for thesports illustrated" swimsuit edition. >> it features a muslim model in a hijab and a burkini. when she was 6 her parents immigrated to minnesota. she is the first person to wear a hijab while competing. >> just beautiful. you hopethere's an article to go along with this. a lot of sort of cultural things to understand why it's taken so long and the progress made. still ahead, how to make money and get eat perks from companies simply by posting

about them on social media. >> and a bit later on news 4, a local police chief fires back after claims on social media that a woman was body slammed by an officer. chuck? good morning, everybody. allergy report, tree pollen remains high and grass poll lent has crept up to moderate. weeds and mold spores not producing too much of a roblem. it's bought if you case day in prince georges county. i have the county executive with me. me. we're ready to do this,right?

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cleaning up the community, that is part of a massive project happening today. >> molette green is live with how you can pitch in. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. it's a whole countywide effort that starts in your neighborhood. first of all, welcome to beautification day in prince georges county. they are talking about living in this county and they want to i make greener, clearer. let's bring on the prince georges county group to talk about the plan. angela alsobrook is joining us this morning bright and early. >> bright and early and we are so excited. as you can see, we have our entire team here and this is our launch for the county beautification initiative. we have done two litter blitzes so far. this is a collaborative effor

th the county and state. you'll see us out and about cleaning our roadways. whatte know is tha although we'll do this work, we have to get into those neighborhoods so s weekend is our growing green with pride. 00 residents have signed up. they can still come out on saturday. this is part of a multi-year process. it is about taking pride in our communities. cleaning the roadways and medians. >> it also starts in your neighborhood. we talked to brandon coleman who is an nfl player. he lives in this county, is from this county, about loving the way the county looks and wanting to keep it looking good, right, brando >> yes, i do. along with other professional athletes in the area, prince georges county, we take pride in that. we can't wait to get started. >> i love that we have the department of transportation, public works, department of theo enent.

so many departments joining in this full effort to make the county even better than it is already. today isbeautification day but we're leading up to saturday's big event. now let me just give you four things to know to do if you want to get started right now. you want to make your yards cleaner, clean up the weeds. do all of the mulching. you're enforcing that illegal dumping, sthoopg from how mucav we he picked up. things to recycle are aluminum, the cans, the glass and d cardboar products. the big effort happens on saturday. coming up onay "news 4 tod we're ready to go clean and green. back to you. >> got to get as many people on e.ard as possi it's a great effort out there, molette. thank you. it's now 6:17. let's check in withm storm tea 4 meteorologist chuck belle. another warm day? >> it will be a warm otday. everyone is going to get

into the warmth. it depends on how soon you can get the sunshine out. since today is m, 1st i did a little bit of checking back. three out of the last five mayv ha been warmer than average. 90 degree days, four out of the last five years. last year we have four days in the 90s in the month of may. 2015 we had seven. four outf the last five mays have been rainier than average including last year. remember last year how much rain we had aroundhere? yes, indeed. that was the beginning of the real deluge of the warm, rainy season around here that id not come to an end until november. now it is cloudy. winds are from the east. that means it's going to be a little cooler today than yesterday. 83 for a high yesterday in washington. we'll probably be in the upper 70s today. th 80 degree weather won't be far away. starting off in the 50s for most. r5 5tg monomery county.

prince william county, prince gorges county. today on temperatur upper 70s for most but there will be some 80s on the map. a slight chance for showers late in the day today. much like we had yesterday. afternoon highs,he look at range. upper 60s, annapolis, baltimore. low 70s potentially. upper 70s and low 80s as soon as you cross thepotomac. the sooner you see the sun, the more likely you'll get up to 80 degrees. tomorrow guaranteed to be warmer. almost hot tomorrow. a little hint of pre-summer humidity. and higher rain chance. 30% chance of a showerda 40% tomorrow. much hher so we will go from clouds this morning to increa increasinge sunshin and this could graze the northern suburbs

between 7 and 10:00. don't bese surpri if you get a couple of showers. much higher rain chances for thursday and friday. way in the 80s for the next few days. a little preview of summertime. melissa mollet, good morning to you. >> good morning, chuck. taking a look, gainesville, 66 at 29. overturned vehicle, chopper 4 has been on the scene since just after it happened. right now everybody is beingof sort ushed into the middle of the roadway. itis pretty ow. 66 at gainesville. greenbelt, left side blockedby a new crash there. also a problem 95 northbound, take a look at this. chopper 4 will head this way for us. northbound 95 at 123. this camera is at prince williay parkw the expressway is your friend today. 66 in bound, 50 miles per hour. 95 from quantico, 46 miles per hour. 270 lnking fi the outer loop 33 miles an hour.

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you're watcdng news 4 to. 6:24. what could be better than looking good without spending mo y. >> try looking good and making money. re's consumer reporter susan hogan. >> i mean, you can roll the sleeves. >> reporter: meet rebecca black. three ars agoedical problems forced her to quit a job she loved, a job that provided her with an income that allowed her to cover her expenses and a lifelong indulgence, thrift shopping. >> not sure it would work, rebecca kbiebtd her income need with her love of thrift shopping and, well -- >> so i average about 2,000 to 3,000 a month in profits. >> it all comes from thrift shopping.

one ofrebecca's favorite shops is uniques in falls church. she finds things she likes and things people will buy. >> my best find was a hockey jersey that i paid $2 for and i endt up selling for $250 on ebay. most profits are aund 20 to $25 per item. >> reporter: now she's on a mission to tell other women how to make money thrifting. start wtth what you have a home and build from there. she started selling with shoes and branched out. >> you don't want to jump in and buy stuff here. learn to take calculated risks. you want to say, ay, i'm going to spend, set a budget, i'm going to comere and spend $50. i know ten things are going to sell for this amount of money. >> reporter: rebecca said the key to this business is keep your inventory and yourself organized. gradually build your businessano you ctay organized and you can really spend time on profits

and not just buying stuff for the fun of it. >>be rea sells her best find on apps including poshmark and ebay. if you're interested in thrifting smart for selling, or your plosonal t, she can help you. >> she's hosting a class in falls church. we'll post information on that in the nbc wton app. 6:26 right now. chuck bell? >> gardening forecast. spend some time in the outside cleaning up the yard. 50s this morning with some cloudiness around. increasing sunshine later in the day. only a slight chance for a few showers. probably not until after dark. gardening tip now that the tulips and other bulb-based flowers are ready, next spring. i'm adam tusch, you may like them, may not. you're g ng to see more on the

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"news 4 today" starts now. northwest washington. temperatures on this roller coaster ride that we call the weather in this part of the country. >> everything you need to know to start the day. it all begins with look at the recast and your commute. >> clouds are back.

>> a lot of spots will be in the 80s. tomorrow many places will be close to 90 degrees. temperatures in the 50s across suburban maryland. much of northern virginia. afternoon temperaturesll be in the upper 70s. dog walking forecast, sissy available through the humane rescue alliance. sissy is a jack russell terrier. temperatures today again upper 70s to near 80. more about the warmer weather tomorrow and storm chances on friday coming up. >> good morning, chuck. taking a look ach opper 4 headed to woodbridge. northbound on 95. the crash is at 123. take a look for me righ now. it is very, very slow headed northbound. also take a look at the express s lanes. that'at you're going to want to do if you're headed out any time soon. a five mile backup. this camera showing you what it

looks like at prince william parkway. ivoid ityou can. green belt, left side blocked from an accident. fort ashington bound before old fort road, crash blocking the left lane. 66 not bad. the only exception in bound. gainesville slow with that overturned vehicle. aaron? >> 6:32. now we turn to some updates on two developing stories involving gun scares on campuses. today therell be extra security at a northern virginia high school after a gun went off inside a classroom. >> no one was hurt but it kept students at onhy high school in prince william county stu c in thessroom for hours yesterday. a 16-year-old is now in custody. coming up we'll take you to the school for a live report. just in,ur first look at the mug shot of the man accused in a deadly shooting at the university of north carolina at charlotte. police say 22-year-old trystan terrell brought a gun to campus yesterday and started shooting classroom.

two people are dead and three others a in critica condition now. coming up in a few minutes we'll have a live report from nbc's chrislackum from the university. this morning fairfax county's police cief is ordering an internal affairs review of a woman at tyson's corner. what's going on? >> eun, this hased captur lot of attention on social media. what you're looking at is surveillance video inside the store. it shows the arrest on thursday. one witness claims the woman in this vid was body slammed to the ground. she was with a friend who had been arrested for shoplifting. her friend was ultimately given a summons and freed. as police left leah chen poured her water on the floor and threw her bottle. frome hearing this morning that witness and the police chief as well. take a listen. >> i mean, all of this over a water bottle. you basically chased her down, sla ted her to floor over

spilled water, a water bottle. >> the officers do not know who she is, what her intent is or whether or not she has weapons on her person so she was taken to the floor in a guided and escortedashion. >> reporter: the incident, this one was taken by the witness that you just heard from. he and his girlfriend the plain clothes officers. they are repeatedly instructed to back up bypolice. that man was ultimately arrested for disorderly conduct in this case. it continues to gner a lot of attention on social media. here's a look at our othert stories this morning. more protests in venezuela. the country's opposition leader is urgingeople to take to the streets again as part of the uprising against embattled sociast president, nicolas dw uido. today attorney general

william barr will be in the hot seat on capitol hill. e will testify in front of a senate judiciary committee hearing. this comes as the washington post reports robert mueller complained barr's four-page summary mischaracterized the investigation. american university's first african-american student body president is suing the founder of a neonazi webte. bananas with hateful messages were haung with racial messages. th lawsuit seeks $1.8 million in damages. d.c.'s providence hospital is officially closed to emergency services. the hospital served much of northeast washington for the last 158 years. we have more on what it means to the community and why that happened.

that's in the nbc app. coming up, we're working for you in prince gorges county. >> molette green is here to explain a new green initiative. >> rorter: prince georges county is going green with pride. check out this trash truck. no re illegal dumping. look at all of those items illegally being dumped. coming up next on "news 4 dnday." good weday morning. >> just about all of us own a set of headphones, at least one. but tell the truth, how many of you actually clean yours? >> headphones are magnets for everything fromusint to dt to ear wax. >> it's not only gross but that grime could be the reason why the sound is muffled. the sound is muffled. >> today at 4:00 we'll

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you're watchida "news 4 to" well, get used to seeing those scooters and bikes along idewalks and roads in th district. the city has approved a plan to allow hundreds more dockless bikes and scooters on the roads in time for the summer. >> news 4 transportation reporter adam tuss joins us live from dupont circle with more on the expansions. adam, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, eun. good morning, aaron. we're about to see a lot more scooters and bikes on the streets starting today. the district department of transportation has approved this for these companies to put more on the streets. some are saying that creates also a safe concern. look, we were here in dupont circle not that long ago, in september as a matter of fact, when a scooter rider was hit and killed by a car here. that's why safety eerts say that something needs to be done to make sure that if these scooters and bikes are going to be on the t streets,at you're

safe. we dug into the rules of the scooters in the city. here's what we found. you have to be at least years old to ride them. you don't need to have a helmet or a license. you can ride them on some dewalks in the city. the bike lane is the best plac for you to be in these scoot what you're not supposed to do is ride them on thera cent business districts so a lot more coming but evebody needs to follow the rules of the road. >> adam tuss live. thanks, adam. 6:40 now. you may eventually have a huge venue to cast your sporting bets at in d.c. >> according to thehi waston business journal, the sports authority has approved a new 35,000 square foot restaurant and eertainment venue at nationals' park. the team is not saying if this new venue includes sports betting. a sports book space is already beingded at capital one arena. the team's owner told wtop radio

the team is explong options for betting. the d.c. counsel legalized sports betting later the next year. will be located the first street southeast side of the neighborhood. here's the cnbc morning business report. >> good morning, i'm frank holland at cnbc business headquarters. facebook rolling out a new website and more emphasis on private groups and ories but there is one major casualty. the iconic blue banner that's been on the top of the screen since facebook debuted in 2004. the changes on the mobile app went live last night. with your cnbc morning business report, i'm frank holland. okay, kids. gettingleady for schoo this morning, a little cloudy and ool. you might need that spring fleece. shedable layers. most everybody will be in the 70ed with increasing sunshine. coming up tomorrow, almost hot. let you know whether we get to n 90 t coming right up.

and, chuck, brand new problem on the beltway. chopper 4, inner loop at br cdock road. apl of othere

you're watching "news 4 today." welcome back. 6:44. today there will be extra security at a northern virginia high school after a gun went off insidef a assroom. >> no one was hurt but sudents were kept inside hylton high school in prince williams county for hours yesterday. news 4's justin finch is live outside now with more on the

student who broughat gun to school. justin? >> reporter: aaron, eun, good morni. that student, a 16-year-old male now in custody and will face at least a charge of a weapons possession on school grounds. this morning we're seeing enhanced police presence here. a sight that will hopefully bring some comfort to the worried nerves of parents and students and that delay dismissal here as well. there were so many emotional reunions we saw yesterday after students waited hours just to go home. their campus went intocu status yesterday asolice searched for a weapon that fired inside an art classroom close to noon yesterday. now police are telli t ushat gunfire appears to have been ent accidental. that gun going off as that 16-year-old was showing that weapon to his classmates e told a teacher it was a balloon bursting. the denial led to a nerve

racking ordeal for parents. it definitely makes it stressful not knowing what's going on. not being able to get consistent information. definitely appreciate the principal and the superintendent tellinparents what's going on. >> reporter: a small change police and school officials hope it will bring calm to students anents as well as seeing prince william county police here oncampus. we're live here in woodbridge. i'm justin finch, news 4. >> thank you. 6:46 now. gunfire on campus. two people are dead and others are fighting for their lives this morning. >> police say a former student at unc charlotte opened fire in a classroom on tuesday. a quick arrest was made but thne are still ple of unanswered qutions about the shooting. >> news 4's chris class couple has the news from carolina. >> reporter: good morning, they are not talking about motives

quite yet, b they say a gunman broke into a classroom late tuesdayon afterno and opened fire wit a handgun hitting six people, two of whom died, four wounded. shortly after the shooting occurred police were already convergg on the area, escorting students away from the building where the shooting had occurred and did, in fact, take into custody asp suct 22-year-old trystan terrell, a former history major here at unc charlotte. they, again, cannot say what h motive was but do say he has been charged w two counts of murder, four counts of attempted murder and a v riety ofher charges. is he now in custody and the charlotte police department here in charlotte, north carolina. in chartte, i'm chris clackum. now back to you. drama on capitol hill.

some democrats are now calling for attorney general willirr ba to resign. the news comes aer the washington post reports special counsel robert mueller complained to barr about his summary of the special counsel repoo . he's set tstify about this report. nbc's peter alexander is live at the white house now this morning. peter, good morning. >> reporter: aaron and eun, good morning to you. this has theot ptial to be a game changer. that's the way the democrats view it. the attorney general will be making what appears to be his first appearance before congrese today, behe senate specifically. since the release of that redacted mueller report, he's ceain to face particularly from the senate democrats after the stunning revelations that robert mueller attorney wrote the general a letter after saying his initial description of his conclusions.

>> now as democrats get ready to come up with an idea. if mueller didn't want confusion he should have made a decision him self-. pete williams will join us a ro little bit f now. aaron, eun, on a big day preparing for william barr to testify. >> peter alexander. look for his full report next on "today." 6:49. still looking to get details. chopper 4 still over the scene. one person died when the car slammed into a tree.he t was no one else in the car. coming up on 6:50 right now. let's turn to storm team 4 meteorologist chuck belle. he's been refining a complicated forecast? complicated fair? >> you bet.

up and down, up and down. it's been hanging around. it's led to two da that you would not think would be back to back. monday's high, 62. yesterday's high, 83. now back down intohe low 60s across most of the washington area. 50s across maryland this morning. 55 i gaithersburg. 57 in hagerstow 59 at dulles airport. your planner today, a lot of clouds for the first part of the day. we will see breaks of sunshine coming in during the course of the afternoon depending on how soon you get the sunshine, 'll have a big range on what your forecast will be. most of the immediate d.c. area will be in the m to upper 70s. notice the difference in potential highs. low to upper 70s. 80 degree weather is barely more than 30 to 40 miles an hour in washington. northern maryland and northeast maryland may not get above 70. tomorrow everyone is sitting in

very warm and almost humiai almost hot. high 89 degrees in town. i don't think everyone is going to hit the 90s. all of that unsettled wester will have a bigimpact. future weather, here come the clouds. much cooler there. clearing skies in northern virgl ia. there w just like last night a chance for a stray shower or thunder shower or two later on into the evening until after 6:00. tomorrow a higher chance of storms and higher on friday. 60% chance of rain for friday. saturday, a little bit of sunshine. a lingering shower chance.nd su looks like it will be the rainier half of the weekend. now let's go to first 4 traffic. > inner loop here at braddock road. chopper 4 showing us had this crash here. it's on the right side othe roadway. you are getting by. we have a 1 mile delay here this

morning. might want to take t express lanes instead. northbound at 123, you definitely if you a headed out sometime soon may want to think about the express lanes because it is very, very slow. that was blocking a lane. green belt, left side blocked by that accident this morning. as we look down here fort washington, northbound indian head highway before old fort road crash blocking the left side as well. northbound 295 after malcolm x, north capital street. north michiga an accident there as well. travel times, in bound to the beltway, 36 miles per hour. 95 north. 270 southbound 34 miles per hour. 27 mil per hour. remember to listen to wtop 105 f.m. when you hop in your car

today. i'me corey smith h at the live desk following breaking news out of england. wikileaks founder julian aange s been sentenced to 50 weeks in prison for jumping u.k. bail in 2012. he was arrested thursday to face u.s. charges he conspired to hack military computers. the big questionis will he be extradited to the yunited state. he faces up to five years in prison if he is convicted. we have to find out if you leb -- if he will be extradited. o aaron, eun, you. >> cory, thank you. 6:53 now. prince george's county is growing green with pride. the county is getting ready to launch a massive cleanup efort and it needs your help to pull it off.

>> news 4's molette green is working for you with the details. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. it's beautification day in prince george's county. yes. cleaning up with pride on saturday, a big day. right? >> we have cameras out. we're going to catch people illally dumping in our community. these median strips here for those who want us to know that they offer tutorings, service they can buy and sell houses, do

not put that in ouria meds. those signs must come up. please do not litter. this is a community ffort. we're going to keep prince george's county proud and clean. this is a whole community effore we're pumped up about. >> we're pumped up. we have a parting message. we have a partingss mee from this crew. okay. can you read that? stop it, don't drop it. >> that is the very late oes live from prince gorges county. going green with pride on saturday. and ig culminating effort from noon to three at watkins park. you're going to celebrate the celebration of this effort.ig all rt. back in to you. >> petty clear message there.an molette, you. >> thank you. it is 6:55 now. here are 4 things to know this morning. tonight is t 2019 billboard music awards. the show will be packed with

performances from top acts like taylor swift mariah carey and madonna. you can catch the program at 8:00 here on nbc 4. today maryland delegates will elect a new speaker of the house. derek davis from prince george'y counnd maggie mcintosh are running for that position. news 4's tracie wilkins will be there to cover the vote. attorney geral william barr will testify before a senate judiciary mmcotee. washington post reports mueller complained about barr's 4 page summary mischaracterizing the investigation. stay with the "today" show for the latest on that. more protests are expected today in vepz as opposition leader juan guido will take to the streets again.'s nberry sanders will have m ah moread on "today." five-day forecast. 70s and 1078 clouds around today. little bit more sunshine later

on this afternoon. mid to upper 80s both days. unfortunately higher chance for in and rain chances both days this weekend. slowdowns here taking a look at northbound 395. southbound 395 befor the14th street bridge, crash there. thank you, melissa. that is the "news 4 today." >> the "today" showis next. we'll see you in 25 minutes for weather, local news and traffic. until then, enjoy your day. make it a great wednesday, everybody.

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