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>> it is 4:30 as you get your monday stard. a live look as you wake up anda this new week. a little breeze you see wth the flag. we're working 4 you to make sure you are ready for the day ead. good morning, i'm aaron gilchrist. >> i'm eun yang. we're going to need that breeze. pretty warm already. it is going to fel likeummer once again. storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell is here to fill us in on the forecae't. then check in with melissa mollet for a look at the roads. it was hot yesterday, too, wow. >> man, you're notdi ki. dogs and i did our extra-long walk yesterday.ho we were by about 8:00 in the morning which meant we left the house about 6:00 in the morning to beat the heat. it was a toasty warm one yesterday, and it's going to be every bit that warm this afternoon. plan er mid to upp 80s. i don't think too many places will touch 90, but we'll be close. right now in the upper 60s in the shenandoah valley. most the metro area io the
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lowd 70s here at 4:30 in the morning. y there'sour planner for a monday. an oppo ftunity for a showers as early as about noon. he peak of rain timing tod will probably be around 5:00. high today, 88 degrees. the 40% chance oftorms as that cold front promises not only rain chances later in the day today, but more importantly it e promicooler weather and drier weather for the next couple of guys. the whole outlook coming up in a few. that includes memorial day weekend. >> i like that. want to see what's going to happen. inner loop and outer loop, earlier worth work zone -- the earlier work zone is gone. 270 northbound, southbound, no problems, when i was coming in we had everything blocked except for the right that is now good. 66 and 95. we look good 66 and 95. new issue, how though, minivill road near prince william parkway
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have a crash. it's not affecting prince william, it is affecting many, though. aaron? >> thank you. new ,overnig officials in ecas fairfax county are looking for an airent release. >> what does that mean? >> reporter: we want to give a picture of whhis guy looks like. sheriff's officials tells us that donaldwi bernard le was released from the fairfax county adult detention center last night. according to our news partners at wtop, students at george mateson university's fairfax campus have been advised to seem shelter in a safe and secure location. police say lewis is from d.c. and has a history of violence. he was last seen wearing a yellow button-up shirt and tan pants. of course, if you see this guy, police want you to call right away. back to you >> megan fitzgerald, thank you. at 4:33, we are working to
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find out more abo a developing story. d.c. police and fire working two investigations inside the same columbia heights apartment. >> yesterday a n was shot and critically injured around a.1:0 m. hours later a fire broke out on the same floor. [ screams ] >> several people were rescued from the building on hyatt place northwest. crews were able toyo get ene out safely. no word whether the shooting and fire are connected. montgmery county police are searching for the driver of an suv who may have caused a bike raider to crash in montgomery county. the cyclist is now in critical condition. her friends say she was riding with a group on river road near old river road in poolesville saturday morning. they say a driver started honkinginnd swe toward them. one of the cyclists slammed on the brakes, lost control of her bike, and crashed. the driv n of the suver stopped. >> if it'syou, be a human
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being. fess up. own it. t >> cyclist has several broken bones and a head injury. police are searching for driver of the silver suv. president trump reinforced his stance on abtion with several tweets over the weekend. he sdarnsed himself from some of al distanced himself from some of the controver laws passed in states and said, quote, i am strongly pro-life with three exceptions -- rape, incest, and protecting the life of the mother. the same as ronald reagan. talks of impeachment are researching back up. more that in a few minutes. just days after the president reportedly told his staff he didn't want to go to war, he's threatened to end iran if u.s. military facilities are attacked. the white house claims that tehran is up to no good. tehran says the situation is entirely made up by the u.s. tehran says it does not want a war with one if it happens.
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an 8-year-old texas girl was found safe at a motel hours after being abductedon the street. the doorbell camera recorded the moment it happened and the girl's manager being thrown to the street. an amber alert was issued. community members ended up finding the suspect's car. police arrested 51-year-old michael webb on kidnapping charges. we are now less than a week from half a dozen metro stations shutting down for the summer. every station on the blue and yellow lines south of reagan national will close this weekend and won't open again until september. there will be shuttle buses to get people from station to station, and a water taxi in alexandria will maour stops at the d.c. wharf daily. happening virginia, redskins players will be back on the field today for the start of otas. it will be the first time for the veterans and rooes to work together. some of the jew skins ain r enjoying the new perks of being a pro player such as gting their own trading card. >> it's unbelievable that kids
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will collect my card same as i collected cards when i was ng youer. it's full circle now. it's exciting. tke sure i give a good signature forhe card and make that kid's day. >> it's the little things, so cool. that was skins rookie quarterback dwayne haskins. out this.excited a he was one of several young players invited to the rose bowl for the tradingitard photo sh t shoshoo hoshoot -- for the tradingrd photo shoot. coming 79 in days, the redskins ta on the cleveland browns in the first preseason game. you don't need watch football, you this was the d.c. divas game against the passion in the woman's football alliance. >> they moved it downfield where katrina wilson was waiting. >> she takes i in for the score.
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as time expired, the divas got the win 26-20. >> congrats. 4:36. ahead, he is pga's latest winner. but therefe gols awkward moment with his girlfriend is what what everyone's talking about this mornin we'll fill you in on the golf course goof. >> what? >> uh-oh. she didn't look happy. >dog house. first -- >> not happy. >> another "game of thrones" blooper weeks ter a starbucks cup was spotted in a scene. the latest mistake that you may have missed -- >> i think they're doing it on puose now. >> we promise, flno spoilers. good morning, we have soouthing special for y foodies. >> that right, tommy mcfly will be with us every day. >> we've got pro barbecue tips hot off the grill.
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season. >> yep. mylands jarmin is the only woman among the finalists.so she's alhe only fine testosterone turn fourchairs. she's been a front-runner all season. >> she's team john legend? >> yes. team blake's country artists are filling the other three spots here. the singing -- singing begins at 8:00 tonight here on nbc 4. >> blake has won a gazillion times. no. offense the most popular show on tv is over. "game of thrones" airrd the 73 and final episode last i still have yet to see one episode. we have to stay off twittht. >> rig. no spoilers, in case you haven't seeit yet. don't want to ruin it. beware of social media because it's all anybody's talking about this morning. "game of thrones" references donated the d.c. area's top tnds all night. there's been mixed reaction to the ending. some are content with the way wr things apped up. others call it the worst ending to a series ever.
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>> wow. >> boy. >> you can't make people happy. >> yeah. >> with the show like this. >> there's your read. >> many fans have been frustrated. robert said this is not a great season either. here's another complaint -- a water bottle was spotted in a en sc remember the coffee cup first? you see it in front of the character's foot. this mistake comes aftew weeks a that coffee cup was spotted in another soap ed . fans are upset. >> what are you doing? >> y havedragons, that's how much i know. i know there are dragons and fight for power and stuff. coffee cups and allta the de and you can't think of that. >> not time appropriate. >> no. 4:42. chuck? >> the equivale would be in "star trek" when captain kirk says, let's get goin scotty, and you hear -- [ sounds ] trying to get the thing tturn ov over. if you're headed to the nats and mets game tonight, there could be a rain delay early on. i am confident that they'll be i am confident that they'll be able to to coletion.mp
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native day. people gathered here at the union district oyster bar in northeast for a photo shoot over the weekend. the eventlv in after a cityn campadidn't include african-american residents in itspictures. in response, mostly a african-merican activist proposed naminay a d to honor natives. a republican ressman is breaking from his party. michigan representative justin amash is the first gop lawmaker to accuse the president ofim peachable conduct. he also hurled accusations at theal attorney gener over the special counsel's report over interfering in the 2016 election. >> we have more. craig, the president is fing back? >> reporter: he is.mo good ing.rn good moing, everyone. president trump battling a fellow republican on twit r over the mueller report.tr president ump calling michigan republican justin amash a lightweight and a loser.
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this after amash said president trp's actions are impeachable. this got decrats' attention. it's also getting republicans' attention, too. republicans saying that amash is often critic ofhe president and that he often votes with emocrats. president trump-- certainly sounding off.h am saying he read the entire redacted report before making up ess mind about prident trump's actions. as you ntioned, h also went after attorney general william barr for misrepresenting the conclusions of the mueller report. this is far from over. this is just kind of ignthing war of words between the prsident and a member of his own party. certainly giving am inition to o democrats try to get information and to try and get the full un-redacted russia report. back to you. >> craig boswell live on captol
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hill his morning. thank you. dxz are trying figure -- doctors are trying to fiure out what caused a runolr to clapse and die at the conclusion of the marathon. taylor seppo asss than a mile from the finish line. it's unclear if eat played a role in her death. temperatures were above average. she had graduated a few weeks ago from walsh university. this is the second death in the marathon's 42-year history. 4:48s4 new is working for you with a commitment to changing minds abouth mental ealth. this morning it's the first new treatment for severe depressione in rs. and doctors say it works fast. news4's doreen gentzler has reaction from two mothers who say the medication saved their lives. >> report: an old drug is giving patients new hope in the pharmaceutical against depression. doctors call ketamine a game changer because it can work within hours, compared to all
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the other anti-depressants which can takes weeks to kick in if they work at all. those who have used it say the treatment dramatically their lives. >> i feel free. i look forward to waking up every day. i look forward to life, i look forwarheto t future. >> eketamin has been used safely as an athletic in the operating roomce the '60s. it's also been abused as a party drug known as special k. doctors say in low dosages in a controlled medical setting, it's safement coming safe. hear from a doctor who took part in the clinical trials with ketamine. and why she says this is different from anything on the market. doreen gentzler, news4. this morning, pro-golfer brooks koepka is celebrating his second pga championship in a row. the 29-year-old alst blew the lead he started yesterday with. he ended up finishing eight
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under par and made history asrs the fi golfer to hold back-to-back major title. despite his win, this is more dl likely the he you'll be seeing. everybody's talking about how high apparently snubbed his -- how he apparently snubbed his girlfriend when she went in for a kiss. subtle there, and no. yeah. the video being shared all over social media shows her denying her twice as they walked between rounds. >> she's not happy about that. you can tell in her face, it's all there. >> wow. >> once he won, he had plenty of kisses for her. and the --y, troph too. they're having a conversation is all i know. >> whatid he have to kiss is the question. >> you know. yeah. thousands gathered on the national mall for yoga. >> 3,000 people attended the free class put on by metro d.c. community yoga. dozens of the favorite studios and teachers help out. the notionies sat in front of
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thelege memorial taking in the m gorgeous waweather, the beautiful views, and stretching it all out. the freestventted 14 years dago. >> goo for them. >> very cool. >> that explains why i saw so many people carrying yoga pants yesterday while i had the dogs out there. >> yes. i would like it do yoga in front d the lincoln memorial. >> you cano it any day you want. >>t would be odd if i was by myself. roll out the map and start doing sun salutations. .> it makes more sense with 3,000 peop but you can do it -- >> chuck will go with you. >> i'm do the humana mahunas for you. isn't that what you do in yoga? >> ohm. >> that's what people -- when i do the yoga, people go, ooh, that's not pretty. we have a cloudy sky for som it's been ahu very mid overnight stretch.
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and there'shanother ce for some rain today. no surprise here. we're above average yet again in rnfall for a month. so far here in the month ofm, we've had four to 4.5 inches of rain. that's way above an inch and a half to more than two inches ove average in rainfall at all three of our local airports. and another chance for some rain and thunderstorms later on today. if yu're traveling today, there's a much higher risk of actual severe weather across parts of the sout plains states. for us, this weather front rolling thro h ohio now,at is going to press into our area during the course of the day. as it does so, if you haven't been outside yet, it's warm and there's a hint of humidity. as the frontumps into the warm and humid air, it will likely generate a line of thunderstorms. here's 3:00 in the afternoon.sh wers and storms likely. pretty much right along the i-95 corridor. so our friends and neighbors east of the bue ridge here, maybe as early as 1:00, 2:00,
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more like 3:00 to 4:00 around the city. things fading fairly quickly after that. skies will clear tonight. we've got pretty days in front of us for tuesday and wednesday. there's your ten-day outlook. 88 before the storms move in today. low humidity and highs in the 70s the next few days. the humidity comes back with another rain chance on thursday. look at the memorial weekend forecast. low 80s to low 90s wi rain chances except for sunday. now over to melissa mollet. >> good morning. looking at woodbridge, minivi le road at prince william parkway, a crash hanging around. not affecting prince william, just near it. it's only affecting minniebell road. 270 northbound, southbound, rolling along nicely.p, outer loonner loop, all of the earlier roadwork has disappeared. as we zoom in, only one thing
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hanging around, northeast 44th, south of nannieelen boroughs, fire investigation there. 62 in maryland, 32 to the beltway, miles per hour gets threw in ten minutes. -- gets threw in ten minutes -- gets you through in ten minutes. 43 million americans are expected travel for the holiday. an estimated 37.6 million will be driving. aaa that's is the highest number it's ever recorded, and expect the traffic to start sooner than usual. dare expected to start as early as wednesdanu and conti through monday. if you're hitting the oad early, aaa plengremmendsvoiding the resource and hit the road at off-peak times. e we h story of a stray dog stuck under the hood of her ca she said he'd seen the stray dog hanging around her house but never expected this to happen. do you see it? the dog wased pullo safety.
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>> in all my years, none of us have ever seen a dog wedged between an enhene block and t back part of a car. >> the dog which has been named hippie isnow looking for a forever home. aw. look at those ears. >>hat's a set of ears, boy. today is national dog rescue day. >> according to the aspca more than three million dogs enter shelters every year. urf there's room in yo life for a rescue dog, you might want to consider adopting. fostering is also an adoptills. >> you' grow attached and have a house full of dogs. >> some people will. not me. yeah. some local dancers have bn handpicked to perform at a special gala with pop singer dy grammar. >> the dance troupe is made up of dancers with down syndrome. it empowers people with di sabilities. they say they're nervous but excited to perform alongside the star singer. >> i love dancing a lot.
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i like part u know, that's my big hit. and then, you know, dancing is my thing. >> my goodness, the dancers getting ready this afternoon has been such a speci to see.ence they've been working so hard. we are so inspired by our dancers with down syndrome. >> the gala is this wednesday in d.c. it's put on by the global down syndrome foundion, and profits will help found down -- will help fund down syndrome research. four things you want to keep in mind this wee nd before letting anyone in the water. plus, tornado outbreak. twisters strike u the. leaving destruction in their wake. we're showing the hardest hit spots when we continue. ♪
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good morning, everybody, just about 5:00 a.m. i'm aaron gilchrist. >> i'm eun yang. your begin with a check on forecast and commute. our melissa mollet is standing by with your first 4 traffic.eg >> we'll bin with 4 storm team meteorologist chuck bell and a look at the weather. it is -- it's sticky. >> it is sticky. nden i had to close the windows up last night a turn the a.c. back on after a couple of
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week.ively cool dates last it's been feeling like summer over the weekend. the little hint of humidity out thes well. there is a chance for rain and thunderstorms later on today. highest likelihood between 3:00 eyd 7:00 this evening. keep a weather to the sky and have your app downloaded and ready to go. temperatures in the mid 7 around town. parts of the shenandoah valley a in the upper 60s. bayside, annapolis, a steamy degrees. today, dry roads in. dry for most ofe early afternoon. rain chances betweenn nood 6:00 p.m. are there. there's the cold fronts bringing thetorm chances along with it for later. it will leave us cooler and less more about that in the five- y forecastming up. for now let's go to melissa. good morning. woodbridge here, minnieville road at prince william
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