doing and say a prayer for thesl peoe. >> look out below. two window washers clinging to scaffolding as winds toss is back and forth like a toy. look at that. 52 stories up into the air. this some something we feel like -- this is something we feel like we can do. >> how a young boy inspired a successful realtor and his wife to give up city life and move to the country and why they hope this move will help others in the region. 6:00 on the dot. i'm aaron gilchrist. >> i'm eun yang. we'll get a check of the forecast and the commute in a moment. first, it is weather n day ats park. what a nice day for it, too. >> melissa mollet and lauren ricketts areby standing storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell is putting his life on the line. he's in the ballpark on a tractor. >> this iswe how combine weather and traffic and weather day. look at this.

how fun is this -- there may be the only way i get t round third in a major league ballpark as i do it on one of thes things. this is awesome. do you realize the amount of damage i could do to nats ballpark on this thing? not going to do it. i was told i could stay on the infield. we'll have fun start to finish, having m found tning show. we'll have about 1,000 schoolkids here. doug's throwing outt the firs pitch. so much to do, celebrating here at nats park for weather day. for more on the forecall and a that, we go to lauren. for the latest on traffic, as well. fi>> the latest on traf coming up in a second. you're right. we're going to have a ball down here. chuck, joining him in an hour. then doug and amelia, samarra, the whole gang will be later this aftern will the weather cooperate? isolated showers right now. we're getting some cloud cover out there. the fronl system just to the north. a weak one. but light showers falling through maryland right now. they're going to continue to sink to the south.

they shou wrapped up by about 9:00 or so. again, not expecting much out of this. we are looking at light showers mainly pushing through the maryland area now. temperatures, it's not that bad. 0s and 50s out there right now especially compared to the last few mornings. the next 12 hours, temperatures topping out in the mid to upper today. we will have some breezy conditions. maybe a stray shower later on rnoon.f listen, we were asking for some warm temperatures. by the end of the weekend it's going to feel like summer. we'll show how high the temperatures get on the mercury all coming up in just a minute. let's first talk with melissa about the breaking traffic news. first 4 traffic this morning in laurel. take a look at this, northbound 95 shut down at 198. two vehicles involved here. the tractor-trailer hit another vehicle. sort of meshed together, burst into flames. amazingly nobody hurt. as chopper zooms out, you can see t delays headed northbound. initially they were pushing everybody off on to the icc. now it seems they're also letting folks get on the service

road near 198. bw parkway is a really good choice this morning because it's looking pretty good here all things considered. we have more n fromwschannel 4. brad, how have you seen things develop? >> reporter: it's going to be a tough cleanup here. we've got one tractor-tratoer off inhe trees and another that basically was completely burned down to the frame. so it's going to take a while to clean ts up. let's take another look at the crash as we got over this thoenchlthis morning. basically the two karcars were fused. they're working on the cleanup d of the secotractor-trailer. the best bet is bw parkway or route 1 as your the to get through laurel. this is going to take a while to clear out. already four-mile delay and counting headed toward the icc on 495. back to you. >> thank you. taking a look here, another major issue for folks this inrning. if you're com for like the greenbelt area trying to go around the beltway and up 95, i this not your morning. allow a lot of extra time and

take bw parkway instead. three-mile back up because of the crash on the left. another issue on the outer loop after river road, right side blocked by police activity. aaron? >> all right. thank you. 6:04. developing this morning, police in prince orge's county are trying to figure out how a woma ended up dead in a creek. >> her identity and cause of death are a mystery this morning. news4's justin finch joins us live from police headquarters now with more on how the body turned up. justin, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. as you might imagine, this is unsettling news for so many who li ie and work the area where that woman was found. that's why prince george' a county poli working to allay their fears while trying to sort out who this woman is and just howdi she d. let's show you the area where she was found. we have a map here. she was found in a oded area off the 6300 block of 64th avenue. this is in the riverdale section. this is neagh a neirhood and also not far from children who

attendcol at william ward ementary. the discover made yesterday close to 10:00 a.m. the body in a creek under debris. her boid also sa to haveee bn decomposing. police not telling us how they came to find her in that condition. back out live, we can tell you it is still very early in this investigation. police have an autopsy scheduled for that woman's remains. they'll hopefully find out how she died. we'll bring you updates on news4 and also o our nbc washington app as you come in to us. we're live in palmer park, i'm justin finch, news4. back to you. >> all right. thank you. 's 6:05. four men accused of attacking a police officer had their charges reduced when they wentefore a judge in the district. this all started with a physicaa confrtion that was caught on camera. happened at the apartments on w street in southeast tuesday. an officer c slapped al phone out of a man's hands and pushed

him. witnesses recorded some of what happened. the police unionid officers were there investigating complaints about criminal activity. >> there's a line that you cross when you walk within an inch of an officer's face and put your finger in his face and walk behind officers that are armed. >> t cops, they touched it off by coming up aggressive. >> according to court documents, someone intentionallyd bumpen officer, acting like they were going to take a swing at him. court cords also say that one woman slapped an officer on the arm. new calls for tansparency after a white montgomery county police officer was caught on camera using the "n" word while interacting a group of black men. the four were stopped outside of a mcdonald's in white oak thursday. the officer used the slur, allegedly repeating what one of the men said to her. nine montgomry county council members signed a letter demanding that police release the body cam foot angel and - answerfootage and answer questions. the police would not comment only saying that the department is working on a response

st about 6:90 -- :06. coming up, president trump announces a new immigration policy. >> an overul of the system has been a promise of the administration and a source of controversy. we expect to hear proposals thap would beef border security and make -- beef up border security and make changes to the green card system. r immigrants y fa with high-level skills, degrees, and job offers as opposed to those who ha a relativesready in the u.s. the president is expected to announce a plan to pay for a border wall. the cash could come from a new fee ontrade. raei proposal wll not address undocumented imms already in the country. alabama defied a landmark decision that ruled abortion a constitutial right, setting up a potential legal fight that could go all the way to the suprego court. the vernor of alabama signed a bill into law that bans abortions unless the mother's life is at risk.

the restrictions would make it a felony for anyone to perform an abortion, publishable for up to 99 years in prison. there is no exception for rape s or inc it will go into effect in six months. georgetown university plans to expel two students linked to the college admissions scandal. georgetown said that knowingly misrepresenting yourself on an application can be a cause for dismissal. you'll recall several months ago dozens of wealthy parents and coaches across the country were arrested andccused of paying large sums of money to get their kids into elite colleges. one of the georgetown students aled a lwsuit to prevent the university from rescinding his admission saying he did notn kow about the bribes. update now to that montgomery county swift-water rescue near great falls tavern. >> man was seriously hurt when a car plunged into the c & o canal. showing the overturned car in the water yesterday morning. the rescue team pulled two men out. the driver wasn't hurt too badly. his passenger's injuries are

critical. no word on what caus the crash. just a few hours after the , rescr crews went out with the swift water team for a training exercise. this is a busy time of year f them as they hit the water for summer activities. if you're going out on the ne water, ver go alone. makne sure somebody ows where you're going and when you're expected to be back. and if you're hiking, make sure you stay high drieydrated to av heatstroke. a helicopter pilot is lucky to be alive after his chopper crashed into the hudson river. ell phone video showed the chopper slamming into the water on test side yesterday. the pilot was the only one on boards. j he hadst taken off and was trying to reposition his aircraft after refueling. deployed flotation devices once he hit t water. a new york waterway fer rescued him. glad he's okay. wow. and did you see this video? come on. dramatic rescue. about 1,000 feet up in the air. there are two window washers

hanging on for dear life as the scaffolding swings wildly. this is on a sky scraper in oklahoma city. you can see the strong winds throwing the basket around. itkemashed into and bro a couple of windows. eventually firefighters threw ropes to them, got the men to safety. they don't know exactly what made the scaffolding come loose, probably the wind. no seriouatinjuries. wh a story to tell. >> could you ever go back up in that again? >> couldn't do it. >> no way. ahead, president trump's tariffs on china will soon take effect meaning the cost of goods will go up. >> what you might want to buy now so you don't have to postponed more later. chuck -- you won't have to spend more later. chuck? i'm predicting sunshine for baseballdaater to it's weather day right here at nats park. takes a lot of people to make it woon. wel talk te of the'l b

right now first 4 traffic alert. major backups in laurel. northbound 95 shut down at 198 because of a bad tractor-trailer crash overnight. we're going to tell you how to get around it, what to avoid coming up. eun? >> thank you. it is predicted that the trade war with china could cost american families an extra $767 a year. >> yeah, the esident's lates round of tariffs would cause prices to surge on a lot of things you use ery ay. you'll see prices jump on an applis, talking air conditioners, vacuums, stoves. household things like beds and pillows and baby cribs. clothing and accessories will cost more, too,it along w toiletries, things like shampoo, toilet paper, make-up. so if you're in the market for any ofhose things now, experts say you don't nt to wait to buy.

plea is asian american and pacific islander heritage monthy yesterd i sat down for a conversation on the need for more diversity in hollywood with the historic cast of "the joy luck club." the panel discussion was hosted by the asian pacific american institute for congressional studies, my thanks to madeleine milka, ceo and president. the movie premiered 26 years ago and featured a majority asian american cast. it would be many years, more than two decades, before another movie featuring an asian castd woulbe a huge success at the box offic we'realking about "crazy rich asians." eally that movie and the cast was mgroundbreaking iny ways to lead the way for so many more. we need more expires fm different -- more stories from t differeperspectives, all stories to be told on the small screen and the big screen. we're having a special to celebrate. this sunday at .11:30 a.m after "meet the press." a perfect dayfor baseball. and news4 at nats park.

>> storm team 4 is there for weather day today. chuck bell is live at nats park. what's going on? >> reporter: so far just a beautiful morning to get ready for our weather day down here at nats park. a lot of activities. over 1,000 schoolkids coming to join us today for science lessons about h a science is big part of baseball and forecasting and weather balloon launches. of course, it's all for the game between the nationals and mets today. doug throws out the first pitch. it's going to be aof lot fun for kids of all ages down here. i said i would introduce you to one of the big cheeses. this is jake burns, executive vice president of business operations. the guy who picks the teams literally. >> thanks, chuck. we're really excited to collaborate with a great partner like nbc 4 to host the annual weather day here this afternoon. most importantly we're excited to see all the kids in the , standsnjoying an afternoon of baseball and learning a little about the science behind weather from the best.

an reporter: you know, weather, that rain -- rain delays and severe weather delays, a big outdoor event, you have to have severe weather plans in case bad weather rolls in, as well. >> that's correct. we've got a great day planned. so kids can learn bawl that and the impact on the community -- learn abo t all that and impact on the community. >> reporter: right and memorial day weekend, a big weekend. fireworks friday coming up that weekend. ink this is the first, right, marvel superhero, this is super zimmerman. and they're giving ay the bobbleheads on that saturday, memorial day weekend. on sunday, they've got shrunken shirt sunday. so shirts or jerseys for kids' sizes? >> yep. that's right. we've got a big weekend planned r memorial day weekend. lots of fun activities, like you mentioned. worst friday presented by friends at. budweiser saturday we have the game that i've personally had circled on my calendar all season. day got marvel superhero at the park. did you have a chance to say the "avengers: end game" movie? >> i'm not allowed to tay wher i've seen it or not

because i don't want to be a spoiler. alt everybody gets killed in the end. right. thank you so much for joining us today. a ton of f down. lauren, over to you for the forecast. that you will that's riding on you now -- all that's ridingyoo now. >> thank you. i've got to tell you one thing, the forecast is cut and dried. yes, we have a few showers. hat's why we have the clouds that you can see from the live camera. those -- i just appeared on the screen. that was fun. we have a few clouds to the north. and again, a few showers to theo th, as well. so as far as your weather headlines, going to be a beautiful day. we will have a few more clouds this afternoon. and maybe a stray shower later on. but we have some morning showers out there right now. and you're getting nepal you're d.c. and north.g gettinot as we head into the weekend we asked for it. we're going to get some warm temperatures. feeling like summer coming up. look at these light showers. this is all with a weak frontal system that's going to hangac o ss the area. going to bring a few clouds as we go through the day. i don't think it's going to be a

big impact. light showers as forecast over the last colin powell couple of -- last couple of days moving out. a lot of us will be out of here by 9:00. keep a chance of a stray shower later this afternoon. better chancso of scattered showers, only about a 30% to 40% chance friday and saturday. we take it back down to spotty showers on sunday. then we up it to about a 40% to0 chance of seeing showers on monday. current temperatures, walk outside, not as cool as it's been the last couple o mornings. you don't need the seat heaters. temperatures in the 40s and 50s right now. topping out in the mid to upper 70s today. we have the showers north. they'll end by 9:00. breezy this afterno. north winds at 10 to 20 miles per hour. so again, any spotty showers out of here as we go through the morning.ld we still cou see a stray shower this afternoon. again, mostly sunny skies. a few more clouds build humidity increases overnight. could have a shore tomorrow morning. a better chance of scattered

showers and ahu few terstorms tomorrow afternoon leading to saturday. it's going to be hot. today, 78. tomorrow, 85 degrees. plus, we tax on the humidity tomorrow. the humidity will be -- we tacky on the humiditomorrow. the humidity will be with us today is. a few rain chances through the weekend. preakness will be all right. a lot going on, the d.c. bike ride, a-okay.we ll have to keep an eye out ror it. cdncfha oe ow sh next week. melissa, a lot of traffic news. what's going on out there? big problems, northbound 95. approaching laurel we are shut down northbound 95 at 198. this is why-- tractor-trailer approached a disabled vehicle in the middle of the roadway. hit the vehicle. they burst into flames. amazingly no one in the disabled vehicle. this is what it caused -- major backups and a closure of 95 at 198. chopper 4 showing the delays. as you look at the map, you can

see the slow spots even southbound now getting slow, bw parkway looking pretty good as an alternate. h brad, howve you seen things develop here, and what are they doing as far as alternates on 95? >> reporter: police are still pushing drivers on the northbound side of 95 approaching the icc. you can see this right here behind the trees. they're actually forcing everybody off on to the service road and exit ramp for the icc and 198. a slow go, bumper-to-bumper traffic for three miles, the three-mile zoom with the h.d. camera. it is going to be a while before they clean this up. i am recommending 295, the packer orug route 1 thro laurel -- parkway or route 1 through laurel. expect this to last through the rush hour to get all theebris t of the roadway. >> just a mess for folks. another slowdown, outer loop before bw parkway here. left side was blocked. that is now open at least. we ve a three-mile back up on the outer loop before bw parkway. outer loop after river road,

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realty business and started farming. everyone working here hasn intellectual or developmental disability. they're just like greg's 11-year-old son, max. >> so it was a safe t ace. thaove the decision. >> reporter: max is severe we autistic and nonverbal. he was at school the day i visited. even in photos there's a joy and light that burns so brightly in his eyes. a light his parents had to ro pct. >> what they know about autism could fill a symbim thimble. what they don't know could fill an oce. this i something we can do that's important for the community, important for people like my son, to give them a placehea place wherere welcome, where they're accepted. >> reporter: the farm less ordinary is on track to hire 20 people. they will work the growing season and work start to finish. >> they are putting the seeds in the greenhouse, turning those into babygsseedl planting them and keeping them alive. >> reporter: the unemployment

rate for people with pmintellectual and develotal disabilities sits around 80%. more than 20 times the national average. reg and maya aon a mission to lower that number. >> milk thes. go >> reporter: yeah? >> i would love to milk the goat today. >> reporter: josh has innered his paycheck here for tas ns now. during our visit he gathered eggs from the chicken coops and sowed the fields. u like working at the farm? >> yes, i love working here at the farm.er >> repoand his employers hope the skills josh is learnin can eventualllead him to joining the larger work force. gre t and mayaold me their son's autism likely won't ever allow him to work here, but there is a bright spot in max's new life. >> our plans were for the son come outside and see people like him and people to like he had his own little community >> yes. >> that he wasn't so differe . >> andeg andmaya want their employees to feel the same. hey raise profit so

money to pay the employees to them.for next month is the first big fundraiser, feast in the field. they're going tout a table the middle of the field. they've got,he you know, t food will come from the field ands chefare coming in. we'll put more on the nshs washington app. c -- nb washington app. >> what an incredible heart the couple has. beautiful. thanks for sharing. 6:27. cominup, a chance to give back during your morning commute. where the tolls you pay will be donated to charity today. and parking in downtown bethesda could cost you a bit more. coming up, i'll tell youbout e vote that could cost you an e vote that could cost you an extra $1an hour.

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6:30 now as we take a live look outside on a thursday morning. halfway through the woweek. more than halfway through. >> ah, thursday. >> temperatures are warming up again today. good thursday. >> yes, it is. we're-alive and kicking.e' -- here w alive and kicking. >> i'm aaron gilchrist. >> i'm eun yang. every somedday is a gift. a nice spring day to watch some baseball for sure. >> storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell is out at the

ballpark this morning getting us ready for weather day. chuck? >> reporter: we're ready. we've been hing a lot of fun here at ballpark. it's going to be an exciting morning for all the schoolkids coming down to lear about science and baseball and weather and have a grand old time. they goat stay around and watch thme. every year they try to come one something more to make the in-game experience more exciting not just for fans ofa the but also for parents who have kids. so brand new this year, the ed penf kids fun zone, a completely enclosed area where you can bring your kids, and they can zoom down the slides and play a mini game of baseball. another thing that's part of the fan experience of being able to com down here and enjoy a little baseball. more about them storm t 4 what day coming up later on. for now to the lovely and talented lauren ricketts. >> i'll join you in about 30

minutes. we'll head down ere, all of us. tune in at 4:00. doug's going to have his summer outlook. you'll want to tune in for that. all right we're looking at some sunshine out there right now. not feeling like summer. but by the end of this weekend, definitely feeling like summer. we have some dloucloud cover th from a weak system dropping a few light showers on the regio again, most of these are just to the north. d.c. a ew -- north of d.c. a few skirting the beltway, clipping us. this will continue to push down to the south and east as we head through the morning. most of this is going to be out of here by 9:00. you could have a few raindrops for the morning commute. mild, 57 degrees. winds out of the south at about seven miles per hour. getting the kids ready for the bus stop, if you i are6 in virginia and route 50 north maryland, you might want to have the rain jacket orsmall umbrella. otherwise, not going to need it throughout the day. breezy by this afternoon. a stray shower possiblernhis aften but not loyal. we'll talk more about the

forecast going into this nd coming up.ee first let's talk traffic with melissa. good morning. good morning. first 4 traffic flatter laurel.t look s -- a massive problem here northbound 95 still shut down at 198 because of an early tractor-trailer crash and fire. right now the traffic getting by, they're letting folks who have been sitting there for 3:00 in the morning on get by onhe right side. they're also getting another disabled vehicle out of the way. you can see all of the delays as chopper 4 pullsut there. you can get on to the icc. that's an idea, northbound, though, 95 near laurel, near 198, still very, very slow because of the cre and southboundlow, as well. we've had more from chopper 4, brad, how are things changing?t >> repor: the northbound side of 95 is still being directed off on to the 198 and icc exit. it is just a miracle there were no major injuries. we're seeing delays headed northbound in the service lanes

past.t as we were talking about earlier, the drivers that were in the center of the roadway, those main lines of 95, aref ally getting relief after being stuck in traffic for probably about three hours now. i'm sure they're htipy. we are s waiting on them to get the dual tractor-trailer out of the median. i'm recommending 29 also and route 1 through laurel to get past the closure. reenter the highway at 95, at 198 or 216 to esafe. we'll continue to follow this as we continue to see the closure, and check inbefore you head out. reporting live from chopper 4. >> thank you, brad. outer loop before bw parkway, still have delays there. there easing nicely. an earlier three-mill back up. the crash -- three-mile back up. the crash there. and a closure 28 at bucklodge road. lauss are blocked becae of a truck that brought down wir overnight. eun? >> thank you. it's 64.

we have breaking news right now. missouri is now the latest state to take efforts to change abortion laws. >> its republican-led senate passed a bill to ban the procedure after eight weeks of pregnancy. >> reporter: the heartbeat bill, if d's passe by the house, it will be signeinto law. it allows exceptions in cases of medical emergencies, not rape or incest. that vote comes after alabama's governor signed a bill into law banning nearly all abortions and making a felony for a doctor to perform or attempt an abortion. the louse could mean the supreme court -- theaws could mean that the supreme court will take it up again. d.c. has one of the least restrictive laws in the country while virginia is the most restrictive in our area. in maryland, women havepr tected access to abortion. if the patient is a minor, a

parent or guardian must be made aware the procedure. back to ou. >> thank you. this morning, two parents in akst virginia are wng up to another day without knowing where their daughter is. 15-year-old riley crossman disappeared from her family's morgan county home last week. her mother thought she left for school early, but she never showed up. her parents believe she was kidnapped. yesterday, hundreds of j volunteersined authorities looking for riley around the area where she lives. they didn't find anything. the morgan county sheriff says his team is almost certain riley d not leave voluntarily. 6:36. pa ing in montgomery co could cost you more this summer. >> that all depends on a countyl council voteter today. news4's mental health joins us from downtown bethesda with more on what's at stake today. people don't like to pay more for parking for sure. >> reporter: nobody likes to pay more. if you shop or dine in downtown bethesda, you may have to pay

more to feed the meter. later today the montgy county council is expected to take a final vote that could crease parking fees, the hourly fee, to $3.25. that's less than the $4 an hour that was proposed by the county executive. but it isn increase of about $1. now the extra revenue would go toward p maintainingking facilities, landscaping, and beautification projects. some are concerned that ithu cod businesses, that people won't want to pay the higher fees and will go somewhere else. earlier, council members decided to delay increasing rates in silver spring, they also are holding off on increasing the hours of parking enforcement in wheaton. but near bethesda, again, the vote happening later today,co which d actually hike those rates by a dollar an hour. we'll have to wait and see. back to you. >> all right. mental health for us in bethesda -- megan mcgrath for us in bethesda. >> that is a busy area. today if you drive through northern virginia, you might wt to opt for the toll road. t

100% of thells will go to seven charities and the landscape program. loudoun hunger relief will help fay a new mobile pantry due to open in the all. wrap. we'll be right back. >> reporter: i'm susan hogan working 4 you with new details on an investigation. a local man charged with stealing tens of thousands from senior citizens and people with disabilities is talking publicly f. the first >> i'm responsible for it, but ultimately others are suffering because of me, and i want to get that fixed. 4 reporter: today at00, what happened when he faced a judge.

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critical right now. with your morning business report, i'm frank holland. we're checking in with chuck bell live at nats park this morning. >> reporter: that's right, we're etting ready for storm team 4 weather today at nats park. a couple of sprinkles of rain, but i am optimistic that we'll be back to sunshine by game time. more coming up. first 4 traffic alert. a closure on 95 in maryland. we'll tell you the fu tails de

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and now a proposal from this administration would let insurers delay my access to these drugs. it is 6:45. and we are continuing to follow this first 4 traffic alert. melissa has been telling us about this. chopper 4 is over i-95 in laurel. take a look here. all northbound lanes in that area are shut down because of a tractor-trailer fire. >> melissa and chopper 4 have been tracking this for several

hours. if's causing big -- it's causing big backups. we'll check in with ifthem. ou're heading out, follow first 4 on twitter for the latest updates. to a disturbing discovery in prince george's county. >> a woman was found dead in a creek in riverdale on 64th avenue near william ward middle school. justin finch is live at police headquarters now with more on the investigation. justin? >> reporter: police have begun a death investigation, though sill in the early -- still in the early investigation. they found a woman dead in a creek. we'll take you to video from the scene. o 10:00 found close a.m. yesterday. her remains found, again, in the creek underdebris in the riverdale area. her body said to have already been decomposinan autopsy will determine the official cause of death. there is very much a lot of concern in the area where she is found, near families, homes, and as you mentioned, too, the

middle school. police not saying how they were tipped off to her remains. back out live, they're working to answer the questions officially as well as who se is d how she died much the autopsy will be the first step in learning her cause of death. live in palmer park, justin finch, news4. >> thank you. nbc news has learned that the 2 1/2-year-old guatemalan boy who died on tuesday while in u.s. custody, a guatemalan official said the boy had been battling pneumonia for about a month. he and his mother were detained april 5th. this is the fourth known minor to have died in custody since december. u.s. companies customs and -- u u.s. coms and border has not commented. this on the heels of president trump laying out his plan for immigration. theproposal mandates that immigrants pass a civics test that requires language skills

and educaton levels. shifts its green cards program from a family-based approach to a merit-based system. stay with us, peter alexander will have mre coming up. as president, i will take on the wealthy -- >> breaking news concerning decision 2020. there is a look at a video just posted to youtube showing mayor de blasioannouncing his bid for the white house. his campaign slogan is "working people first." de blasio will job join a -- will join democratic field of 20 other candidates. 1972.the first to run from georgetown university plans to expel two students linked to the college admissions scandal. georgetown said in a statement that knowgly misrepresenting yourself on an application can be a cause for disssal. ou'll recall several months ago, dozens of wealthy parents and coaches across the country were arrested and accused of

paying lrges sums of money to get their kids into elite colleges. one of the georgetown studen rescinding his admission saying he did not know about the bribes. 6:49. if you haven't heard by now, it is weather day at nats park. >> you better know because we've been telling you a lot about it. storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell is out there on a beautiful day. good morning, chuck. >> reporter: yeah, cloudy for now. we've h a couple of sprinkles of rain, but it will be a beautiful day for baseball b game time at 1:00 when doug's throwing out the first pirch. it's going to be sunshine and temperatures into the 70 a lot of things to do here for weather day. and one of the other great things they're doing here, they're finishing up this enormous mural up on one of the walls here. this is actually being done by brandon hill and peterhg of the no kings collective, a d.c.-basede group, they'v commissioned it and hope to have it finished during the upcoming home stand. certainly an extra little something to do. perfect little selfy wall while

you're down here. otherwise, weather day, we'll have about 1,000 schoolkids joining us trn lea about science and weather. and obviously been and all these kind of big sporting .events this is importance to know about the weather -- this is important to know about the weather. they track storms when it's coming into the stadium. n theionals as an organization have to have a severe weather plan as everybody should. important to know a little about the weather. that's what we're going to be explaining to the kids today. they have fun. when i asked if they would rather go to a baseball game or stay in social studies class, it was a slam-dunk, everyone would her come down and learn about science. lots of fun. perfect weather for baseball coming up later on. doug's got the summer pdiction, how many90-degree days, et cetera. you'll want to join us for that. lots of fun. now speaking of fun, back into the studio to lauren ricketts. what you got going on?ow shs out here. >> yeah. i see that on radar, chuck. we can see it from the clouds out there. you were just talking about, doug talking about how many

90-degree days we may see. we may see one before the end of the weekend. yeah. summer is turning. we asked for it after temperatures in the 50s and below normal earlier this week. look at the cloud cover out there now. that's the frontal system that is coming through the area. a weak one, but it is spreading light showers.u chk's just about right there. and we are looking at some -- probab right there. and chuck's looking estimate showers to sprinkles -- looking at some showers to sprinkles coming through. i believe this is going to wrap up by 8:00 or 9:00. it continues to really rapidly push to the south and east. so for weather questions today, er.severe weat no, we're not going to have any severe weather. no storms. becoming humid, not today, but tomorrow and in through the weekend, humidity really increasing. is it going to be a washout? no. d.c. bike ride, we have preakness and chances of rain. i don't think it's going to be a shout. it will be hot with the temperatures in the mid to upper 80s to around 90 degrees. current temperatures, it's mild out there. considering the last couple of

mornings, you're not going to need the heat on. as far as weather day is concerned, of course, i'm ining chuck here in about nine minutes headed out of the station. and we are going to have doug down there, samarra, amelia's back from vacation. plenty of sunshine. a few cumulus clouds and a breeze will pick up. northwest winds at 10 to 20 miles per hour. could have a stray shower tonight but not likely. for your thursday if you're not headed to weather day, maybe outdoor lunch, bring the sunblock. afternoon games could be breezy. p.m. mucom, could see a stray shower. showers moving out of here through the day, then a stray shower possible. prs tomorro partly cloudy tomorrow. could have showers and thunderstorms by tomorrow afternoon. a chance o 30% into turday. temperatures in the mid 80s for tomorrow. and again, hot and humid with a chance of afternoon storms possible.ll and again we'continue watching for the weekend. we'll talk about the ten-day forecast in a minute. let's talk traffic with melissa.

first 4 traffic alert, northbound 95 in laurel. take a look. down. still shu kind of bleeding some folks throught tave been there since 3:00 a.m. this morning. this is northbound 95 at 198. chopper 4 showing us the massive delays there right now. as we take a look at a p, you can kind of see some of the slowdown here. i'm highlighting the icc for you. if you want to do that, bo northd and southbound, bw parkway not looking as good as it was a short time ago. we have more from brad up in chopper 4. how are you seeing things change out there? reporter: they're doing a pretty good job of clearing that out. it is going to take some more time. they have the disabilitied tractor-trailer -- disabled tractor-trailer they're trying to load with cranes.th are still directed traffic off on to the icc exit. and they're bumper-to-bumper delays. what's contributing to that is all the drivers that were stuck like you were saying for about thrrs in the center of the roadway, in the main lanes. now 29 and route 1 are viable tions to getrough burtonsville and laurel to get to the main lanes of 95.

that will get you without any further delay. it's pretty light north of the crash. melissa, we've got something going on the beltway south of us? we have something on the beltway. it's looking better. we have the outer loop before bw rkway this morning. outer loop after river road, crash and disabled tractor-trailer there. not as bad as it was. we are still sl all the green showing where it's raining. going to be adding to the pain this morning. potomac, democracy at 11lp sur dioxide, poolesville, darnestown shut down wecause ofes down. 66 inbound, 38 miles per hour. 95 north 43 miles per hour. 270 and the top of the beltway, 27 miles pertlhour. a lit slow there. remember to listen to wto p 1035 f.m. when you hop inhe car. >> thank you. yesterday the animals at the national zoo haduite the treat. one of d.c.'s top chefs stopped by and f some lucky lemurs.

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a near-tota abortion ban into law. more ahead today. the montgomery county council may vote to raise the fee to street parking today. the plan would raise the hourly fee by $1 to $3.25 thecounty's decision will be posted in the nbc washington app. people who drive from the dulles greenway toll road will be donating to a good caus 100% of the tolls will go to sevelocal charities and the dulles greenway scholarship program. details in the nbc washington app. it's weather day at nats park. chief meteorologist doug arkans kammerer will throw out the first pitch against the mets and will reveal the official summer forecast starting at 4:00 p.m. and tomorrow, we introduce you to an e-commerce company in days changing the way people display their most treasured belongings. 'll find out which local sports star just visited the new retail store for a very special piece. it's a game changer.

stay with us tomorrow for that story. first 4 traffic alert, found 95, still mostly closed there at 198. bleeding traff right side. those are the folks there since about 3:00 in the morning. u'll want to take route 1 or 2 he bw parkway is already slowing because of this. >> of course. >> geez. a mess. thank you. >> thank you. that is the "news4 today."te we appreciaou waking up with us. >> the "today" show is next. what's funexpected?

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