>> hope it warms us up. let's begin with a check on the srecast and commute. melissa mollet anding by with the first 4 traffic.>> let's begin wit storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell and a look outside. >> yes, indeed. got to love the fact it's 6:00 straight up in the morning, and the suns already up i our sky. 5:58 the sunrise. we get to keep these before-6:00 a.m. sunrises well deep into the month of june. get used to it. what a great looking picture early. four things you need to know about the weather -- mber one, it's chilly outside. 40s and 50s. if you slept with the windows open, you know what i'm talking about. later in thert day, noest winds are going to increase. they'll be in the 15 to 25 mile-per-hour range. you'll notice the breein stay on the school side, even with the sunshine it won't last long. a pretty high chance for quick-moving showers later in the day. even with the sun out, take the umbrella with you. 40s and low 50s to get your day started. the schoolkids will need the fleece at the bus stop this

morning. have the umbrella in the backpack. lighs in the low 60s with the afternoon resourcly. there's the first batch. you can use the nbc washington app and followed me on social medi to stay ahead of the weather at all times. how do you beat the traffic? let's found out from melissa mollet. >> i don't know. you're looking at 80hi t weekend, i can't say anything much better. we are shut down between 123 beltway d and the because of the sinkhole there from over the weekend. we're showing you the closure point. northbound lanes pushed on to 123ecause of that sinkhole. inner loop, outer loop of the beltway, no problems. eaier problem in the outer loop at the tol road. that's probably cleared out of the way. northbound 95 at prince william parkway, brand-new crash. seeing delays i the main lanes and eastbound 66 at 55. left lane gets by. looks like a small blip with the t two-mile back up back to town.

>> thank you. >>other naturre to the traffic melissa mentioned on the gw parkway. >> the northbound lane closed from 123 to the beltway. justin finch live along the parkway with more on what is slowing down the repairs there. justin? >> reporter: hey, good morning. the issue here has been the rain. but the good news is is that we could be just hours away from some roadway relief. the national parks service says if their crews can get down there ando the work they need do, we could see one lane of those northbound lanes reopen in time for your evening kmus. and perhaps the -- commute. and perhaps the barriers and cones will come down. first the task here at hand. that massive sinkhole that measures ten-feet deep and 20-feet wide. enough to swallow a car. so it's no surprise the parks service had to close down that stretch of parkway between chain bridge road and 495. this also happens to be the second sinkhole to break open in the area since march. an ongoing problem here.

now today, in just a matter of the hours, crews will rehit and run and begin work -- crews will return and begin work to fill the hole. if they get the grout fill in and it takes and the rain is not an issue, we could see one of es reopen in d l time for the commute. as you look here live, the sun up. seeing traffic move through the area. had not seen many issues at this time. drivers tend to know you can't come off the ramp any time soon. bow kw that if this happens the way it's scheduled, we could see one northbound lane reopen. if weather is an issue, we could see a closure for at least one more day. back to you. >> justin, thank you. wellre also foing new details on a deadly mladair pne crash in alaska. >> megan fitzgerald with the latest. >> reporter: five people are dead. one person still unaccounted for after two float planes carrying

passengers from a cruise excursion collided midair. the planes were carrying 14pa engers from the "royal princess" who were on a seven-day roundtrip cruise out of vancouver. the u.s. cast guard was called in after the planes collided midair yesterday. one of the floatop planes was ated by taquan air. four cruisegoers and the pilot were killed. ten people involved in a crash were rescued by a passing ship. three of those rescued were in serious condition and one was critical. ntsb investigators are headed to hawaii trying to determine exactly how thised happen we will continue to stay on top of the story and give you updates from the live desk throughout the morning. back to you. >> thank you. 046:. it's not clear how many froifrts any are still -- protests if any sy in ill in the emb georgetown this morning. the state department says venezuela's opposition governmentrequestedssistance if clearing the embassy last night. police cut the chains that locked the front gate and handed the activists an eviction in

order. no one was arrested. for 34 days a group of antiwar protesters opened the building. the group supports the embattled socialist president nicolas maduro. the protesters outside support u.s.-dries president juan guaido. today friends of a maryland graduate who vanished in east-west highway will hold a vigil for -- vanish in hawaii will hold a vigil for her. >> no one has seen or heard from amando ellerssistant she went for a hike. police found her car in a forest reserve. her cell phone and wallet were nirk there and d.keys hiding under a tire. one of her closest friends tells news4 she is not giving up and will head to haseii to help ch for amanda. >> she is injured out in the forest. i know that she is waiting for help. it's -- it's absolutely

nerve-racking and absolutely gut wrenching to think about that. >> the fire department in maui called off the official search. but volunteers show up every day to look for amanda.er hamily is offering a $10,000 reward to anyone who helps locate her. 6:06. in honor of national police week, thousands gathered on the national mall for a vigil. they remembered thewo men and n who died in the line of duty last year. attorney general william barr assured their falies that their ultimate sacrifice will never be forgotten. retham teeel p h ight w officers are known just as they deserve. both in their communities and across the nation. >> one of those honored was prince george's county police sergeant mujahid hamsadin. he was killed trying toprotect a neighbor against a domestic dispute. his mother-in-law spoke about what it meant for the family. >> beenoverwhelming. something we did not expect. and it's soap sincere.

it's so heartfelt >> last year 158 law enforcement officers lost their lives on the job. 6:07. a coast guard lieutenant accused of accurating a hit list of prom -- accused of creating a hit list of prominent figures will apar before judge. the order would have released him before trial. prosecutors referred to hasan as a domestic trorist plotting a mass shooting. he is not facing any troyer-related charges. more than a ound dozen firearms and hundreds of roun ofammunition at his home when he was arrested in february. he's pled not guilty. all eyes will be on wall street this mog. many noftors will be looking to see if the stock market rebounds after china struck back against the u.s. yesterday china imposed 60 billion in tariffs on american goods. that announcement saw the dow jones close down more than 600 points, making it the worst day on the u.s. stock market income

four months. a new survey suggests the t de war between chinahe and t.s. could cost the average american family of four almost $800. the tense conflict could cost you more for items like luggage, electronics, toiletries. many farmers only survive if prices top dropping and china starts buying. >> in orders to keep farming, we needo be able to keep up with technology production and stuff like that. and in order to do that, we need the chinese market. >> the tariffs are in retaliation for those imposed ba the u.s. st week. president trump claims china is to blame for the collapse of a potential agreement. right now trade talks have stalled but the president says he plans to meet with president xi jinping next month at the g2n summit japan. ome speculate that may be too late, though. tariffs start on june 1st on products made it the.s. today the battle over president trump's bank records lands in daughtcot.

he is trying to block the release of information from business and personal finances. is former attorney, michael cohen, accused him of lying about his wealth in an effort to reduce his taxes. some relief play be on the way for metro --thay be on way for metro commuters. i lawmake alexandria will consider a proposal that would discount some city-owned parking garages and lots in old town between late may an early september. that's when metr will temporarily close the blue and yellow line stations south of reagan national. if approvedar theages would have a $2 flat rate, down from $2.50 after 5:00 for weeknights and all day on weekends. arlington police are trying to track down the suspects who slashed several tires. over the weekend, residents wokf up tod flat tires like this. so far, investigators say 22 vehicles were hit. the cars were parked on streets around the barcroft apartments. authorities say it probably happened friday night or early saturday morning. we talked to one of the victims who had to shell out $200 for

towing andes new tir >> not a good thing. hurting our people lik that, it's -- evil. evil, evil work. >> police say unfortunheely tre isn't home video of t suspects. the photo of a metro worker eating on asprain has ked major controversy. this morning we're learning the employee photographed will not lose her job. that's according to the union that represents the employees. the response on social media continues. natasha tines, a woman who posted the initial tweet, has with drawn her complaint. she also reportedly lost a bookh deal, algh metro is clear about the rules. there are mixed feelings among form employee and >>riders. do not get breaks. if they have to eat, t to eat. before you fall out, you have to get something in your stomach. >> i think that the metro staff should follow the rules of the metro. ment when i get on, i know i can't eat. like if i start eating something, i put it ay. >> metro has allowed some food sales outside of stations, but

you still cannot eat or drink on trains and buses. 6:11. most parents wn their teens about the dangers of texting and driving. some adults are the ones setting the bad example. r tearchers in boston foundat 67% of adults admit to reading text messages while driving. writing half admit to text messages while they're behind the wheel. millennial parents, those between 22 and 37, were mostly like to use emails, social media, and traffic maps while driving. >> hard had been 270 break. >> yeah. >> see it all the time. >dangerous. >>ew this morning, some states shine in health care while some soar in education. our area does well in both. >> "u.s. news and world report" ranked the best states in the country, and virginia and maryland came out near the top. marylandve moved up se spots from last year to be ranked sixth. the state scored well in health care and career opportunities. virginia moved up 13 spots from la last year to seeen. thest came in education and

fiscal stability. you know your children learn a lot from you. when it comes to learning new words, their brains may be wired to learbetter from someone else iyour house. new insight into bullying. kids who grow up under certain circumstances are more likely buledhan other children. chuck? tuesday morning means it's time to start thinking about the weekend. after a couple of cool and rainy weekend, this weekend looks like it will be warm and sunny.

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remembering the original girl next door, doris day. the legendary singer-turned-actress died monday at the age of 97. among her most popular songs are "que sera sera" and "secret love." when she retired she focused on animal activism and rescue. former president jimmy carter is recovering from hip surgery. the 39th presiden was getting ready to go turkey hunting in georgia on monday when he fellb and ke his hip. now despite the injury, highway hadn't lost his sense of humor. carter reportedly said his biggest concern is that turkey hunting season ends this week. >> uh-oh. >>'tnd he has reached his limit. he hopes georgia will let him carry over hisunused kills and add time to next year's numbers. apparently the wildlife say, no, that's not how it works. >> they can say no to jimmy carter? some folks offered to give him their number of kills for their limit. >> there you go. i don't know how it works, but hope he feels better.e

we ar working 4 your health with ininterest rate how children -- insight into how children learnew words. scientists from shoot-oohio sta working with 2-year-olds played words repeated by those of different ages. the toddlers learned best from older children. experts believe it's because toddlers are more attuned to ices that soundanike their own o the voices of adults s. that why kids dune us out? >> yes. new research shedding light on one factor that may increase a child's risk of ing bullied. researchers in canada say children who grow up in low-income communities are more likely to be eyllied when t reach their teens than children who grow up in affluent neighborhoods. the study looked at nearly en 900,ers who 40 countries. 6:16.ry and mand is raising the age limit for buying vaping and tobacco products to 21. >> governor larry hogan signed a bill monday that goes into effect in october. the new law is in response the dramatic rise in the number

of teens who report vaping. themerican cancer society which pushed for the legislation says if kids don't start smoking re lessng as teens, the likely to do it when they're 21. >> increasing the minimum age for purchasing tobacco products to 21 and including vaping in the definition of tobacco products.me >> military ers will be exempt from this law.le peopan still buy vaping andt acco products at 18 if they show a military i.d. 6:17. steamer team 4 meteorologist chuck bell is back with us. pretty chilly start for this time of year,g ri? >> you noetcha. record territory but a real chill outside this morning. and tomorrow's probably going to be even a little chillier t this one. for now, let's just enjoy what we have. sunshine and a lot of it here. most of the sunshine you're going to get today will be in the first part of the day. by mid-afternoon today, skies willave turned mostly cloudy,

and there will be a chance for rain. don't be fooled by -- this is a beautiful picture this morning. it will turn into a mostly cloudy day today. winds out of the north averaging nine miles per hour much there will be northwest winds at 15 to 25 miles per hour later on. so a noticeable northwest wind today. that will keep there from being too much of a warmup. 're in the mid 40s now from the high spots of western montgomery county, the high spots of loudoun county, all the way to the salon dougha. upper 40s ask low 50s at lower elevations and closer to the city. here's the planner -- clouds building by lunchtime, hit and c miss cha in the afternoon. cloud cover means not much of a warm yum. highs today only -- warmup. highs today only reachi the low 60s. the northwest flow, there's apo et of rain across central west virginia. that's indicative of what coming later on. thesare fading more now, but there's a lot of cold air aloft. and that strong may sunshine

will destabilize our atmosphere. a sunny start this morning. by lunchtime, skies becoming mostly cloudy. once we get past about 2:00 in the afternoon, watch the bubbling up. showers there. it's not going to rain everywhere. and even if you get rain it won't last long. it could be a 10 or 15-minute rain shower. t you'll wanthave the umbrella just to play it on the safe side. tomorrow, a lite more optimistic for tomorrow. mostly sunny during most of the day. tomorrow's a little, bitty rain chance coming after the sun goes down. tomorrow.pact another chance for afternoon showers on friday. look at that warming trends. 63 today. 71 tomorrow. 75 thursday. 78 friday. and 82 saturday. at's all going in the right direction. >> that is for sure. take a look at this. this is the first time anybody has seen this. this is the sinkhole northbound gw parkway between 123 and the beltway. chopper 4, thank you for that.

looks like they hav mostly filled that in. right now they are paving that left side. that's the one they are hoping to reopen sometime soon. so taking a look there, you can see the closure point. and at this point this morning, they are still pushing everybody off on to 123. all the northbound lanes. southbound, not affected. looking at the beltway, inner loop, outer loop, no problems on the twbelay. silver spring southbound new hampshire at oakview drive, left lane still the only thing getting by the water main break this morning. as you take a look at northbound at prince william parkway, the main lanes are slow because of an earlier crash there. more coming up. ahead, could being hip sized moat -- hip sized motivate you and help you live a better life? why some neighbors say yes. and oscar winner octavia spencer stops by and is talking about her movie "ma" which looks terrifying and hanging out with beyonce.

6:24. this week we're looking at alternative wellness. penghaps when you're feeli rundown or in need of a lift, you go see a doctor. >> this morning, news4's justin finch is taking a look at the benefits of hypnotherapy. >> reporter: this may not be the picture that comes to mind when you think about help nose is or hypnotherapy. >> see the smiles your friends' faces -- >> reporter: we sat on this exercise called witch's brew. in the hot seat, suzanne weekinr taking back actuallizing her mindset. wesked what life would be like without hip thrypnotheraphypnot

>>. i would be hopelewatching tesion instead of aspiring to be on it. >> i would be afraid to take on more risk and be out there socializingfreely. i'd be kind of hiding myself. >> that's a good word. hiding yourself. >> reporter: that's why some turn to hip notes is totop hiding. >> the curb conscious mind is oupoof r with their conscious minds. thre want one thing but doing something else. >> i saw her on line and thought let's do it. >> reporter: tom took the leap looking to lose weight, get healthier, and transition his life into one of a new dad and author. >> i noticed that it helped bring other partsof my life into balance. and especially as i was writing the book it helped me focus a lot. >> reporter: there's medical esearch finding hypnois can be effective for some but maybe not all. as ahypnotist, her job is to be a guide. she screens clients to make sure

they're a good fit and use suggestion to tap into abilities they didn't even know they had. >> the ability to visualize is an beingspower that h have. to look into the future and see the possibilities, how they would like to experience the world. what they would like to do. >> reportr: justin finch, news4. >> have to be open to it. >> exactly. you have to think it's going to work. it is 6:26. coming up, driver's license li de. only weeks away. are you one of the thousands whose i.d. won't be up to date? we'll tell you how to find out. a parking ticket proposal. why your neighbors could be the ones writing fines for drivers who break the rules. chuck? >>and time for thedog-walking forecast. malcolm, a year and a half old, b veryriendly with cats. if you would like to add a big dog to your family, malcolm would be the perfect addition.he at the new york avenue center. good day for walking. get the extra miles in this get the extra miles in this while shoppingedt sears,

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right now 6:30ish, we are taking a live look outside on this tuesday morning. you know, for the third day in a

row you're going to need the umbrella, maybe the raincoat. but there's relief in sight. at least from the rain. it's coming. good morning, everyone, i'm aaron gilchrist. >> i'm eun yang. it could be another slippery rning on the roads in first 4 traffic. >> chuck bell is -- here hs. come we're doing a newscast, chuck. let's talk about the weather, my friend. >> he was researching all the information toiv gus the most accurate forecast. >> my turn already? didn't i just do the dog-walking forecast? all right. sorry about that, everybody. scattered chances for raiare coming later in the day. a beautiful, bright, sunny, start, but chilly. temperatures in the 40s to get your day goin and take a little umbrella because there will be some scattered showers this afternoon. but rain chances are trending in the right direction. meaning they're getting lower and lower as we get closer to the end of the week and the weekend. so car washing forecast for today, take your chances.t re will be some quick-hitter

showers to deal with. again, a drying trend as we get towaranthe end of the week the weekend. honestly, i think you're going to lover the weekend. we've -- to lo the weekend. we're talking 80-degree weather and sunshine. >> i'm going to love that weekend, you'rebsolutely ght. taking a look here northbound gw parkway between 123 and the beltway, this is the first time we've gotten eyes over this. and really good look at the sinkhole repair. thank you, chopper 4, for this. right now you see thne left la being paved. it looks like the sinkhole is still there on the right. westll have ju finch live at the scene here coming up at 6:45 with some more details on when duings are supposed to reopen. they were sched to reopen yesterday. that got pushed back. all northbound lanes pushed to el3 and shut down between 123 and the bay. southbound, not affected. inner loop, outer loop of the beltway, no major issues. southbound new hampshire at ef oakview, l lane gets by that i water man break. 95 north at prince william parkway, still slow in those main lanes because of a crash. what do we want?

>> justice! >> when do we want it? >> now! >> dozens of activists areca ling for an independent investigation of a police officer. they held a rally at the third district station in silver spring. we first brought you the sto lastweek. a white officer was caught on camera using the "n" word whilep speaking to a of black men. the men were searched and cited for that's passing -- f trespassing outside a mcdonald's in the white oak area. the men said they were waitingi to be pcked up for work. protesters said while the word that was used is a problem, there's a largere systemic is at hand. >> people need to understand that officers need to be trained properly. >> what i'm really concerned about was the level felt professionalism that didn't see in that encounter. it's not just the word. >> the police union says the officer was just repeating language usedby one of the men. the incident is still under investigation. after a news4 consumer investigation, a new law to

protect students around motorized partitions is now the books in virginia. wesley lipickymi f was there when it was signed into law. he was killed by a motorized par tradition at franconia elentary school. he law prohibits anyone from operating a morized partition if students are in the same room unless there's a safety sensor installed. it also reqres anyone who operates the walls to be trained every year. the new law takes effec july 1st. breaking news right now on aithe camp trail. another democrat joins the presidential race. ontana governor steven bullock announced he is running for president. es a tweet a few minut ago, he says, quote, to give everyone a fair shot, we must do more than defeat donald trump. he says we have to defeat the corrupt syst that keeps people like trumppo in r. more than 2 07 people are running for -- 20 people are running for the democratic nomination for president. nbc with us and the washington app for the latest. >>'s 6:33.

breaking news for people traveling jetblue this morning. following erald is some of the delays from the live desk. what are you hearing? >> reporter: jetblue says things are moving again after the operation systems are getting back to anymora they released a -- back to normal. they released a statement saying in the last hourthat systems are recovering a global outage impacting multiple airlines. jetblue customers may experience nger lines in some airports this morning. so keep that in mind if you're flying out. and they apologize for the inconvenience that it caused. of course, we'll continue to monitor the story andet you know if anything changes. back to you. >> all right. thank you. are you confused by the maryland real i.d. program deadline? you are an alone. darcy spencer e is live in beltsville at the mva to try to help folks figure this out. good morning. >> reporter: well, good morning. that's right. we're here at mva beltsville. it's scheduled to open at 8:30 this morning. so if you need to, you can come

e today and get this problem severaled. the real i.d. program has been real confusing for so many drivers here in maryland. it in fact, today the mva is trying to straighten up the situation that's been so confusion. we've bee report -- confusing. we've been reporting that 66,000 maryland drivers need to provide additional documentation to the mva. that'by june 1st. time is running out. you don't -- if you don't get that done, your license could be made invalid andould be confiscated by police if you get pulled over. now thisor updated infmation here is being provided by our news partners at wtop. where drivers went on the website it said they were among the ,000, they mistakenly thought that they were but they had not been notified. the mva has adjusted its wording on its website to make sure it's clear. you only need meet the deadline if it specifically says this

information is due by ne 1st. best thing you can do if you have a maryland driver's license is to go on the mva website, lug in your information. if it says you've got to have documents by june 1st, get it done. time is running out. you only have a few weeks left. mvas are opening a 8:30 this morning. they promise to see you in a 15-minute window of appointment times. back to you. >> all right. >> they canis promthat? all right. thank you. ever wish you could do something about drivers parking illegally, blocking fire hydrants or in handicapped spaces? in the district that may happen. ward six councilman charles allen is proposing the citizens safety enforcement pilot program because there aren't enough enforcement officers. here's how it would work -- citizen enforcers would use an app to take a timestamped picture of the violation. violators would get a ticket in the mail.t initially en people from each

ward would be trained for th . no word on when or if the d.c. council will vote on the proposal. >> i can't imagine this will go over well with a lot of >>peopl. a lot of hiccups could pop up there. wall street is recovering from the poverty day in months. what to expect and how the stock slide is impacting your finances. a warning about a popular product used on lawns across the country. the miultibillion dollar payout to a couple who says it gave them cancer. hello, good tuesday morning. >> coming up, a feel-good story about how a summer job on a go course led a high school senior to a full-ride scholarship. >> meet genesis, the first-generation american who stays busy in and out of the cl nsroom. >> thional honors society student raised by a sim mother completed three summers in chicago at the wga'sac caddy emy. >> it's everything to me.

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welcome back. just about 6:40. a jury awarded more than $2 billion to a couple claiming the weedkiller roundup caused them both to develop cancer. t >> husband and wife were diagnosed with non-hodgkins lymphoma after using roundup in yard in california for more than three decades. they're blaming the parent company, monsanto, for not doing enough to warn customers about the cancer-caung agents in that weedkiller. >> it's changed our lives forever. we can't do the things that we used to be able to o, and we really resent monsanto for that fact. >> now this is the third trial to end this way for monsanto. there are still more than 10,000 more pitintiffs wh pending lawsuits against the company. now, here's your morning business report. >> reporter: good morning, i'm rahel solomon at cnbc

headquarters.p walmart is uping its delivery game. rolling out next-day shipping on more than 200,000 popular items including diapers, toys, electronics, and non-perishable food. it's for orders over $35 and startsoday in phoenix and las vegas. walmart expects it to be available in 75% of the country by year end. items will ship in one book or as few ads possible from fulfillment center closest to the customer. amazon hasromised e-day shipping but just for prime members. a difference there. with your cnbc morning business report, i'm rahel solomon. 6:41 on your tuesday morning. here's what you need about the next couple of days. itll wie breezy today. sunshine will be replaced with afternoon raindrops. grab the umbrella. a nice warming trend closer to the weekend. the ten-day forecast coming up. northbound gw parkway still shut down between 123 and the beltway. chopper 4ng showi these pictures

of the sinkhole being filled in.

welcome back. this morning, there's hope wall street will open slightly higher following yesterday's big tumble. the dow plummeted to the lowest in's been months all because of china's $60 billion tariffs on u.s. goods. it was in retaliation of the increasedariffs president trump imposed last week. >> and right now there seems to be no end in sight for the trade war between the u.s. and china. nbc's peter alexander live from the white house with more. good morning. >> reporter: hey, good morning to both of you. this escalating trade war triggering a brutal day as you noted on wall street. monday, the stocks posting some of the biggest one-day losses of the entire year. as you said, all of this responding to china's retaliation withs of its own. that $60 billion worth on u.s. goods. 10% to 25%. those would take effect june 1st, provides a litofe bit a grace period. maybe some window for negotiating to take place here. the u.s.h, again, thoug

suggesting, even threatening, id the prest is, that he would hike tariffs up to 25% on basically everything that china sends to the united stat. hat's another $300 billion worth. everythis, from la tools, toys, think about what you put your shopping cart. that could be affected. those pentially wouldn't tak effect until a little later. perhaps into june at some point. that's when the president says that he willing meet with chinese president xi jinping at the g20 summit to take place. for now the president is digging in, pressing companies to build their products here instead of china. latest on the escalating trade war when we see you this morning "today." >> peter alexander live for us from the white house. peter, thank you. and again, see his full report next on "today." 6:46now. and here is a look at the sinkhole that has shut down a busy stretch of the gw parkway. it's still causing a headache foor commuters this mng. >> news4's justin finch with more when the road may reopen. it's causing a lot of problems

for traffic, justin.t >> reporter: t there. that's right. we have our fingersss cro yet again for the evening commute. as we speak right now, the national parks service has crewed down on the road workingt to get par of the roadway open by the evening commute. as you can see look could above the scene, chopp 4 is over the parkway where crews are down below. there are big machines out there, too, working a up early in hopes the planning that fix in place to have part of the dw roaay, one northbound lane, open in time for the commute. this is thenk second sihole to open along the stretch since march. taking you now to that big mess that prompted. this a ten-foot-deep sinkhole that opened up some days ago likely due to heavy rain. rain delayed repairs yesterday. we're waiting to see today what happens and if that one lanel wibe open in time for the evening commutes. as we come back out here live, a lot of traffic moving in the area. though seems drivers have gotteh

the message roadways is not open yet. the barricades and cones still up. by the evening, if the work turns out well, the national tparks service decides open it up, we could see traffic ease and one lane open in time for the ride home from work and school today. liven mcclean, news4. >> thank you. this morning federal investigators are on their way ato alaska after a mid plane crash. five people were killed and one person is still unaccounted for after yesterday's crash.t float planes were carrying 14 passengers from the "royal princess" cruise ship on sight seeing tours. four cruise-loers and the pit were killed. send team were rescued by a -- several team members were recoed by a passin ship. no one has seen or heard from amanda eller since last thursday whenhe went on a hike. police found her car in a forest reserve. she is from st. mary's county, maryland, but now lives in mai.

her family is offering a $10,000 reward to anyone who can help locate her. >> reporter: i'm at the live desk following breaking news out of new york. disgraced ex-congressman anthony weiner was just released from a halfway house. you'll recall he was released from a federal prison back in february. the new york democrat was convicted of having illicit online contact with a 15-year-old north carolina girl back in 2017. here's what he had to say to reporters just moments ago -- >> hope that get back to my >>mily and make up for some lost time. eporter: do you feel like you've learned lessons? do you feel like a new man? >> ile like i am glad to be getting home to my family and live a life of integrity and service. i'm glad this chapter in my life is behind me. >> iner began serving 21-month prison since in 2017

near boston. back to you. >> all right. megan fitzgerald, thank ou. it's 6:50. now a news4 i-team investigation into a local halfway house. nearly 100 people are walking away from it each year. >> talking about inmates who are authorizhe today to leave for t day but who don't return as acquired at night. now scott macfarlane and the i-team a raising new concerns about a facility that's supposed to be keeping those men and safe. >> reporter: hope village is the last stop for federal prisoners from d.c. they're free to leave to work jobs but must return here each night. an investigation by tws4 i-team revealed there may be a problem inside. despite being close to full release, inmates by the dozens flee every year.er fed authorities call that an escape. in at least two cases, we found thoof escapees are accused committing murder on the run including a man accused of

killing willie sharp's drameuard, the sa day he -- grandauter, the sameay he fled hope village.in do you f it concerning that one of the men escaped the halfway house that day? >> i didn't know one of them was in the lovelf ha it -- the halfway house. >> reporter: it added when an objective analysis is performed of people who go through the program versus those who escape the number of escapes that are classify read relatively low y. are men willing to risk more hard time in prison? as parts of our investion tonight at 5:00, we hear from a former inmate about what life is like inside and outside the halfway use and the changes that could be made. for now in southeast d.c., scott mcfar landacfarlane macfarlane, news4 i-team. let's turn to the forecast and see if this sun will do some work today.ch k? >> it will do some work. another plane load of folks flying up the river today.

the city view will be on the right-hand side as you leave the national airport today since the planes are flying up the river. if you want to see the pentagon, sit on the left. the sunshine will help for now, but it's going to become a hindrance for later on as cold air aloft moves in. the strong may sunshine will warm things at the grounds. cold air over warm. that usually means clouds and rain chances. that's coming our way later in the day. so enjoy the sunshine while we . have it 53 in washington. winds out of the north at nine r miles per hoor now. that will turn into a northwest wind and be up over 20 miles per hour a times this afternoo don't plan on a big warmup today as cold air is going to try and sh in and -- andurn our skies cloudy. right now it's 45 in germantown. 50 in manassas. 46 in th sthaehenandoah valley 49 in clinton, maryland. ais pocket of very cold air aloft, that's snoss upstate new york and the high spots of vermont and new hampshire. several inches ofnow there.

for us, no snowy to worry abou but cold air aloft will be riding the wind in here today. that will bubble up a deck of clouds no later than lunchtime and lead to a small chance later in the day. a nice start, look at how much mo0e cloud cover by 11:0 and 12:00 today. during the afternoon with the gusty northwest wind, fast moving little quick-hitterwe ra s are a real possibility. won't last long, but you may want to have the umbrella just to play it on the safe side.l, stay cotoo, with the afternoon clouds. low 60s today with some showers ound. drier weather and a nice little warming trends. the weekend, low to mid 80s both adays. we me able to stretch four or five days in a row in the '80s into early flex week. melissa, can you beat that? >> i can't. no, i have nothing that can beat 80 degrees, believe me. chopr 4, great shot showing the first look at gw parkway northbound after 123, where the

you c sesie hothey fnkilled it in. great progress. the left side they have started paving as justin finch has been telling us. they wanted it to reopen ay yesterd, couldn't because of the rain. hoping toro that late today for the evening commute. fingers crossed between 123 and the beltway wil reopen soon. inner loop after the mixing bowl, we are very slow because of an earlier disabled vehicle that's cleared. it is still slow. and you can see it on the map. the roast of the beltway looking typical -- rest of the beltway looking typical. on, an hill, northbound indian head highway, the ramp to the outer loop, a cra reported there, too. as far as your travel times, 66u inb, 32 miles per hour. 95 north quantico to the beltway, 48 miles per hour. top of the beltway, 36 -- excuse me, 29 miles per hour. 270, southbound 36 miles per hour. listen to wtop 103.5 f.m. when you hop inca your guys? >> all right. thank you. 6:54. new this morning, a new record has been set for the deepest ocean drive in human history. >> incredible.

a crew led by a texas bunessman descended 35,853 feet below the ocean's surface. the adventure and these images were just released lastnight. the submarine spent m e than four hours in the marian a trench. the deepest kenobi point of the ocean. the keep collectedism? samples and identified at least three new speech of marine animals. not so good is they found a plastic bag and candy wrapps on the ocean floor. a documentary is expected this year. to put into perspective how deep the crew went, think about nearly 65 washington monuments stacked on top of one another. that's a belong way to go. >> for all that wesonow, there uch that we don't in terms of the ocean. 6:55. here well four things to know -- there still could be protesters inside the venezuelan embassy in the district despite receiving an eviction order last night.he police cut thains that held

the doors shut and went in. however, no one was arrested. the group has been in thebu ding for 34 days now. stay withus for updates. t oday alexandria lawmakers will consider a fromme discounts parking while nearby stations are shutow dthis summer. city-owned apply to garages in olds town. if approved -- old town. if approved it would be a $2 flat rate. we'll update you on the decision in the nbc washington app. jetblue says customers may experience delays after a systemwide outage. the company says the airline's recovering andustomers should be prepared to wait a littleer longthis morning. within the past hour, montana governor ste bullock announced he is runningfor president. he is the 22nd person tonn ance their run for the democratic nomination. stay with the "today" show for the latest on the cpaign trail. that's it. i'm running. i mean, everyone else is running, i'm running. here's the ten-day forast for you. watch out for some showers

around later this afternoon and a gusty northwest wind. aft today, the warming trends begins. it will carry us into and through the weekend. >> wow. all right. looking at traffic again, northbound again between is 23 a the beltway still shut down -- between 123 and thetua 2 23 . soon.g to reopen >> thanks. that's the "news4 today." we appreciate you waking up with us. >> the "today" show's next. make it a great day. stronger is blasting her tumorsg .

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