live look outside. ate powerful storms th knocked over trees, pulled down power lines, has moved ou and right now there are sti about 20,000 customers without power in our region. >> hopefulliy we can get that caken care of soon. there's a holiday weekend ahead. we'll track that for you. and melissa mollet is keeping an e on the roads and rails. chuck bell is watching the weather. we need to things to be calmer. >> get this thing strai>>t. i can give you a chuck bell guarantee. 100% chance today will be better than yesterday. the severeweather threat is gone. the last set of huge, lingering rain showers overnight are gone. that's a refreshing change just around the corner. a breezy afternoon. northwest winds have already arrived in places like winchester and hagerstown. that gusty northwest wind that y they're enjg in the shenandoah valley now, that will be arriving here in the d.c. metro area over the next couple of hours. you'll have no trouble noticing when the wind shift arrives. breezy this afternoon, northwest winds means falling humidity

today. t will feel good. right now, still 75 leesburg. 68 in hagerstown. again, what you can't really tell based on temperatures alone is that the rern of tha northwest wind will bring in the cooler, less humid air as we go through the day. so plan on temperatures toti cone to fall, mainly into the upper 60s between now and about 8:00 in thern g. there will be the m strongay sunshine -- there will be a recovery later into the afternoon. plana sunny -- plan on sunny, breezy, warm. afternoon high,83 good kite-flying weather and good weather if you're headed to the beaches. beach weather for the holiday weekend looks near perfect. all we've got to do iset there. >> that's the biggest problem, right, is actually getting there. right now, districtei hts, suitland parkway at forestville, all lanes shut down. we're trying to figure out what's going on. weknow it's a crash, and you see the tiniest slowdown on the map. we do have that shutdown right now.

college park, inner loop after 95, crash still blocking two left lanes. the rest of the beltway looks okay. speaking of the beach, if you're headed out to the beach, 50 looks good. outbound looking good. coming back in though right now, cape st. clair area annapolis,w bound 50. we have that just with the left shoulder open right now. overturned tractor-trailer, a lot of debris there. they're expecting an extensive cleanup here. and those backups really are already building for 5:00 in the morning. thats pretty early to see something like that. southbound 95 before kings dominion, traffic stopped becahese of anot tractor-trailer crash.on aar? >> thank you. b02. somereaking news in fairfax county now. police are on the scene of a deadly shooting in clan tillie. >> -- chantilly. >> it happened at a shopping facility around around 1:30. justin finch with more. >> reporter: as you mentioned, ae man dead this morning. several we told by fairfax county police are now in

custody. they are still on the scene of this strip mall off route 50 here in the chantilly area. behind us you will see a group n ofstigators by a van just behind us,ld over my sh here. this parking lot is now ape s-crossed with crime all about it. we were told by police on scene that this area is very much an expansive crime scene. still trying to piece together d thetails of what happened here overnight. here's what we do know, however, that close to 1:30 this morning a man was shot in this parking lot. he was taken to the hospital and pronounced dead a short time after. we are told in the process of investigating that several people were take into custody by police. they have be at the scene a few hours after the reported shooting and remain here now at this hour. noio identificatn yet of the person who has died or what motive might have been behind the shooting. as you look like, investigators

here, ramping up the early stages of their investigation. we are awaiting an update on scene, as we. we'll bring you that as soon as we get. it live in fairfax, back to you. >> thank you. if your morning takes you to the national mall, you will likely hear chain saws as cleanup continues there today. >> damage from yesterday's storms stopped normalactivities there. megan mcgrath is live along hanes point with the latest on the fast-moving storms that came through. megan? >> reporte yeah, that's right. we had some intense winds last night. look at some of the damage here. we're on ohio drive at hanes point. a big chunk of tree came crashing down. for a time it went in the roadway and pieces are still in the median. a while ago, someone from the national parks service came by with a flashlight. theck were cheg things out. they're coming up with their strategy for starting to clean

up the damage today. take a look atvi some deo. we had a lot of tree damage all around the region. the national parks service saying that a lot of it occurred beten the lincoln memorial and the washington monument. here around the tidal basin in hanes point. really around the region a lot of trees down. big limbs down. in some cases blocking roads, in other cases blocking sidewalks. a lot of that has been moved out of the roadway so the major convenience pretty much gone at this point. but still a lot of cleanup to be done. we are expecting to hear theun sod of chainsaws as they clear some of the limbs and branches out of the way. keep that in mind as you're making your way to work this morning. you may see work crews out there. you may see the distraction of some of these trees down. i was along independence avenue. there's some big hunks of trees that had fallen down. a little bit ofst a diction. by and large, the roads seem to be open.

back to you. >> megan mcgrath, thank you. we continue our storm coverage in maryland now. cleanup is underway, as well, in howard county where the national weather service confirmed a tornado. you see some of the damage here way over way. this is not far from where routes 29 and 32 meet in columbia. a huge tree sliced through a house from the ro to the ground floor. the good news is no one was hurt. fast-moving storms leaving behind a trail of damage in the district. this tree went n on to a home on 18th place in southeast. neighbors tell us the storms were so strong, the building began to shake. the woman who lives next deer says she feared for her life. >> i didn't know whether they were going to make my life or not. very scared. was praying to god that i make it out of there. >> the homeowner s the tree had been leaning and that she called d.c. officials about it two weeks ago. no one lives in the home, but two menere working inside at the time. and they were not hurt. that same storm sy

did serious damage to other parts of the country before it hit us b. two dozen people were hurt when a tornado hit jefferson city, missouri. it was about there time yesterday when we were seeing our first glimpses of the deaf stations there. three people were also killein golden city, missouri. we'll have much more on the severe weather later this on "news4 today." andy this are miernd -- any time there's bad weather in this ar a, be sure you have the nbc washington app handy. wild send you breaking news alerts as watches and warnings are issued. inu can watch the live coverage when the warn pop up. today traffic could be even worse than yesterday as people head out of town f r the memorial day holiday weekend. a live look now at the bay bridge. and in a few hours, this will be nothing but stop ando traffic. if you're headed out of town today, you're going o want to hit the roadsefore 10:00 a.m. this morning. >> best advice thelae. mary and virginia are also liftingnstruction-related lane closures through the weend trying to free up space on the roads. he worst traffic will actually

come on memorial day itself as people head back home. it could take you three times longer to get home than usual because of all the cars out there. l you plan to drive on monday, avoidaving between 3:45and 5:45. make sure to follow us on twitter for the latest on accidents and shutdow in our area. this morning, 11 people indic md for theurder of 10-year-old makiyah wilson. after four additional suspectse w charged yesterday. wilsonness killed in july of 2018 while going to buy iin cream er northeast d.c. neighborhood. we've also learned that wilson's murder h been linked to a second murder in 2017. surveillance video shows the scene where carl hardy was shot and kild outside the potomac garlents housing complex in southicst. the indtment says all the co-defendants were part of a street gang. all of the defendants have pleaded not ilty.

5:09, just about. new video of a man police say is dangerous and could strike agaiea d.c. policesed video of a person of intest in two rape and burglary cases in northwest. he's wearing a hoodie and riding there. detectives say he is suspected of attacking two women in their homes in the area of irving and 16th streets on tuesday and thursday. in both cases, the attacker broke through the basement windows. in one case an air conditioner was pushed out. in the other case, a screen was removed. right now neighbors are concerned. >> w s look around and a lot of development happening. but our neighborhood is not y completelafe. if you live in a basement unit, you need to make sure your doors locked. you know, you got to be safe. got to make yourself a hard target. >> now here's another look at the person of interest for you. there is a $1,000 reward forat informion that leads to an arrest and convictionn this case. harvey weinstein has reached a tentative deal with the women who accused him of sexual assault and hassment.

the "wall street journal" first reported the disgraced hollywood producer is expected to pay up to $44 million. $30 million will go to his some of the money would also go to former employees of his production company before it yefiled bankruptcy last r. the deal comes more than a year and a half since women first started accusing him of sexual misconduct. weinsteinenies all allegations of nonconssual sex. away are about 24 hours from a major metro railthshutdon at's expected to impact thousands of riders for several months. every station south of reagan national airport on the blue and yeoslow lines will be so metro can perform platform repairs. metro will have free shuttle buses to move passengers between the closed stops. it's expected to last through november 8th. for more information, go to the nbrc washington app and sea "metro shutdown." there is a major shakeup on the metro board. d.c. councilman jack evans is stepping downrd as the boa

chair. he's been under scrutiny for potential ethics violations. he accused of sending business proposals offering his experience as metro board chair and word two council member to get hired in the private sector. evans did not say his resignation is related, only that it was time for a new board chair. more federal funding could be on the way for metro. sndators from maryland a virginia introduced a new bill yesterday that would providestt lea$1.5 billion over the next ten years. it is the same commitment congress made ten years ago, but thiat year, th money runs out. the funding bill also includes extra money for the transit system if it meets safety requirements. today mlltorcycle riders w kick off the final year of an annual memorial day weekend tradition here in our region.nd this weeke members of rolling thunder will honor military veterans and those missing in action.il

later they gather for the blessing of the bikes. the event founder announced that this would be the final national ally because of rising confederates. several roadsos will be cled -- rising costs. several roads will be closed. you can find more on the nbc washington app. and the site on the national ll, the world what two memorial, is just 15 years old. a 20-foot crack formed on the main pillar on the atlantic half of the memorial. several others have surfaced on the pillaror the district of columbia. the national parks says it is not a safer haza but it must be fixed. about five million people visit the memorial a year. >> want to see our great monuments to our great people that have sacrificed so many years to keep going. a beautiful ple for people to come and remember. >> it mees no snse to build therbeautiful memorial and it go to shambles. >> the parks service ordered an determine if other cracks are likely. and then the agency will decide

how best to fix all of this. there's already an endowment set up to pay for any structural repairs. 5:13. hate crime in the night or a shameless stunt for attention? the question still clouds jussie smollett. but a judge's decision could mean we're about to learn much more about the alleged racist a ack. plus, our long holiday weekend isust about here. news4's tommy mcfly has a rundown of some fun in and around d.c. for the holiday. over the next couple of days, we get a nice break from the heat and humidityay tnd tomorrow. it won't be gone for long.

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breaking news this morning. british prime minister theresa may justnnnced that she is resigning after three years of brexit chaos. she says she will quit as leader of the conservative party on june 7th. we ll bring you updates as we learn morei about ths. there's been another turn in actor jussie smollett's criminal case. an illinois judge is ordering the o tor's case t unsealed following oral arguments that the documents should be public record. smollett was arrested fo filing a false police report claiming he was the victim of a hate crime back in january.

all 16 felony charges were dropped. the same day, his defense tm requested the case be sealed. a the districtttorney says the documents will be released bye jun 3rd. if you're not among the many who will be hittiro the ds for the holiday weekend, there's plenty to do right around town. >> news4's tommy mcfly has some suggestions for your activities for the weekend. >> reporter: we have it all for the wed. tarara winely celebrating 30 years with live music, plenty of food, and tours inside their wine cave. this saturday, we have the reflex, the best cover band in the area. the show starts at 6:00 p.m. gates open at5:00. and they'll be ready to rock it out. >> reporter: plus they'll open a 1987 chardonnay that they've been saving for just this occasion. tonight at a dupont circle club

call decades, a.c. slater, mario lopez of "saved by the bell" fame, going to host a flashback dance party. an adult oy thing. starts late, begins at 10:00. on sunday more than 2,000 families will be lining up and hitting the course at montgomery mall for the michael morbidity euro defeat dipg sprints and 6k. i'll host as we get together and try to fight chilood brain cancer. and it's really cool. if you time it right on the course, you're running over top of the beltway as rolling thunders members are making their way down below. i'm tommy mcfly with what's up or your weekend on news4. >> good stuff. go to the nbc washington app to findout more. >> the washington memorial day parade is the biggest in the country. rightfully so. >> yes. >> it's going to be good weather for most of the weekend plans.

excellent news. i tweeted out that the northwest wind and refreshing air is coming. people are like, have responded like, you know, it's awfully muggy out here. where's the breeze? i ipromise,s coming. the northwest winds have already reached the northwest corner of the news4 nation. it will be here befo you know it. we begin, if you can delay yourr run ike ride for another hour or two, everything will be okay. sun up in 30 minutes w stillting on the northwest wind in the washington area. still have a south wind at six. temperature, 70 degrees.no but thehwest winds have reached hagerstown, martinsburg, winchester here. sot is coming. it's less than 100 miles away. it's blowing on in. a mild and still muggy start to the day so far. but that will turn the corner shortly long before noon. probably somewhere by 7:00 or 8:00. northwest winds will be here, it will be on the breezy side, as well. no one's goingto complain about

that, though. falling humidity and then temperatures today will peak in the upper 70s and low 80s. 's not going to stay cool and wefreshing and low humidity for long. et it for today and tonight and early -- the early trts of he day tomorrow. eventually will big ridge of high pressure south and west will take over our weather on sunday. it's going toik feel l summertime around here in the blink of an eye. next week looks even hotter than that. overnight, we've seen a couple of fading showers.th ey're all gone now this morning. leave the umbrella at home. this is sort of the windin shif lhere over the next couple of hours as the cooler air settles in. for your friday night, clear skies, perfect night if you're going to the baseball gago. weather for that. then saturday, mostly sunny for much of the morning hours. i do think west of the blue ridge tomorrow, there could be an isolated shower or two. rain chances tomor delightfully low. h,can't say they're zero, but they roarew, ugholow. no more than an isolated shower. sunday and memorial day, a little better chance. 30% chance o a stray shower or

thunderstorm. sunday, hot, 92 degrees. we'll talk about next weekt in next half hour. >> sounds good. taking a look, district heights eustboundland parkwayville shut down at suitland road. but only the eastbound lanes. that is better. traffic on forestville also impacted his crash. we know at least one serious injury. inner loop, outer loopof the beltway has cleared up pretty nicely here. earlier problems just on the shoulder and not impactingur yo drive. if you're headed to the beach any time soon, bay bridge, 50, everything looksd. great outboun westbound, though, on 50 after the bay bridge, cape st. clair h road, e right side is blocked. osy the left shoulder i getting by the tractor-trailer crash. there's a big debris field. t it wille a long time to clear that up. another update, doswell before kings dominion, the left is the only thing blocked by the crash. you can get by.

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welcome back. 5:24. ticks, they can give you a life-changing disease without you knowing it. as summer approaches, the danger and the risk increases. >> yeah. the problem is that they're so small, you probably don't even

notice them. as news4's megan mcgrath hould never ignore these tiny bugs, though. this area, this is where ticks are going to be questin t they're goibe up on the grasses. they're going to have their arms out, front legs, waiting for something to come by so theyan latch on. >> reporter: yep, tick season is in full swing. and the pesky bugs can make you sick. transmitting lyme disease and other infections. what can you do to protect yourself? well, first of all, try to avoid them. stick to the trail and avoid high grass and brush. wear long pants and socks. >> if we're going to go into the weeds, the next thing we're going to do -- light colored clothing, we're going to take our pant leg, we're going to do the geek thing, put it down here into the sock. >> reporter: be sure to use bug repellant. there are a lot of different kinds out there, but deet works best on skin. and use permethrin on clothing. if you spent time outdoors, check for ticks.

pulled this one off myself last week.e next to thdime you get a feel for how small it is. don't forget tinspect the dog. ticks can hitch a ride on fido and end up in your house. if you do find a tick, remove it immediately.et ng it off within 24 hours can cut your risk of contracting a disease. >> you've got a tick, you want to take the forceps, get as close as you can, slow, gentle pull, out it comes, boom. >> reporter: once out, save the tick and have it identified and tested. find a testing lab on line. the university of maryland has teamed up with the health department. you pay the postag and they'll analyze your tick for free. megan mcgrath, "news4 today." new this morning, the future of the internet launched in outer space overnight. we'll tell you what is inside the spacex rocket.

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first at 5:30, a live look outside as we startfrhis ay. we're kicking off the long memorial day weekend with -- going to be a beautiful day. this picture looks ominous. >> it does. threatening sky. >> it's going to be nice, i promise. a little dark. let's move on. we'll show you good stuff. good morning, everyo, i'm aaron gilchrist. >> i'm molette green in for eun yang who, of course, she started her holidayy, earlkay. we are working 4 you helping you

get started on your day. >> melissa mollet is checking road closures after yesterday's storms for us. let's start with the friday forecast and meteorologist chuck bell. i know you said fair-weather clouds, but against that blue-gray hue in the skies -- >> looks ominous. when the sky looks black at 3:30 in the afternoon, that's foroor. when it l dark before the sun's up, that's called nighttime. >> got you. >> thank you, chuck. >> sun up at 5:49. still only t5:31, tha the reason for the apparent darkness in the sky out there. bufrom different views, this looking the other direction, you can tell that the skies are clearing out. it's going to be a great looking day to be outsidey. toda the flag in the parking lot there, i can tell just by the way the flag was flapping that that wind is starting to shift to the north and est. that is good news. that will bring the humidity out of the region. t.mild sta 64 at manassas. 67 gaithersburg. still 70 in arlington. and 77 the at annapolis.

your planner will be a nice one today. northwest winds will be up around 20 to 25 miles per hour this afternoon. so breezy, but pleasant. 83 for today. tomorrow, f degrees your saturday. relatively low humidity again for tomrow. there might be a stray shower mainly west of the blue ridge and the shenandoah valley tomorrow. then the heat and humity of summertime arrive on sunday with highs in the 90s. we'll have beach weather and ea getaway wer coming up. for now, speaking of getaway, let's go to melissa. >> everybody wants to get away today, don't thy? looking at the outer loop at 66. a crash. we have the right side blocked.e you'rgetting by. it's not a terrible slowdown, but you have to stay left to get by. outer loop at 66. district heights, eastbound suitland parkway still st down. that is outbound there at suitland road because of a bad crash. traffic on forestville is also being impacted. one person was seriously hurt. inner loop, outer loop, no complaints right now. we had just the little slowdown

near 66. outbound 50 to the bay bridge, nice and green. westbound there near cape st. clair, overturned tractor-trailer, only the left shoulder is getting by. 95 here in maryland, taking a look southbound, 32 to the beltway, nice and e, 67 miles per hour. if you're headed northbound, nothing in your way either. molette? >> staying on top. t breaking neis morning out of fairfax county. police are thecene of a deadly shooting in chantilly. >> this happened around you this 50 around 1:30 morning. justin finch, bring us up to speed. >> reporter: well, as we come on the air at 5:30, new info. from fairfax county police telling us now the suspected shooter in this case is now in custody.y to not believe at this time there's any danger to the public out here. yet behind us still, the investigation is ongoing as you mentioned. rknt to draw your attention across the pag lot to the van in front of the juarez restaurant and the party hall next door. that is w ere we have seen

investigators come and go throughout the morning. take photos, measure evidence esere on the scene. you see the con are on the sidewalk, as well. flashlights focused on that restaurant. perhap in is a critical part of this investigation. the parking lot here, as you see, has a lot of crime tape. we are told the crime scene is pretty expansive. i want to take you now to video from overnight. this is the 14500 block of route 50. this is a strip mall parking lot where this shooting tax -- shooting took place overnight. one man has died. several more are in custody as they putall of this together. w all bring you information it comes to us. live in chantilly,nc justin fih, news4, back to you. >> thank you so much.>> the fairfax county police are working to identify body found in a north hill park in the hyla valleyarea. they're hoping an autopsy will

help identi the person how they died. the -- they were led to the park on a tip tuesday.od the b was found yesterday morning. police sngy the killi is gang related. they do not believe there's any danger to residents. if yr morning takes you to the national mall, you will likely hear chainsaws as cleanup continues today. >> yeah. damage from yesterday's storms stopped normal activities there. news4's mental health is live along -- news4's megan mcgrath is live along hanes point with more on the fast-moving storms that came through yesterday. what can you tell us about the screen you're at right now? >> reporter: we're here on ohio drive. and you can see the mess that we have here. it's been moved off to the ofdian. it's out of thehe roadways. but big limbs came crashing down from this tree over there at the height of the storm last night. strong winds blowing through the area. mall, along the national hanes point, including

apparently a handful of cherry treeswhich were damaged, as well. also seeing a lot of trees down in the wider area. take a look at there video from bethesda. a big treeame crashing down. fortunately it did not hit t house, but it was a scary situation for a teenager who was home alone at them apparently a fire then happened involving the tree right as it crashed down.tt so pre intense storms that we saw blowing through the area. now a lot of the damage has been moved out of the way. so for example, this -- this road here, ohio drive, has reopened. but still a lot ofebris here and there. you'l o see some crewsut today as you make your w way intoork cleaning things up. back to you. >> thank you so much, megan. it is 36. e'll look at our other top stories this morning. d.c. police are looking for a

person of interest in the rape and robbery of two women. t as video shows man wearing a hoodie and riding a bike. the attacks happened two days apart in the mt. pleasant neighborhood. commuter alert. starting tomorro metro will shut down two stations in northern virginia for maintenance. ery station south of reagan national airport on the blue and yellow lines will be closed so metro can repair platforms. > the shutdown is expected to last until september 8th. go to the nbc washington app and search "metro shutdown" for work-arounds. the roads will be packed again as people head out of town for memorial day weekend. to avoid the traffic, you'll want to get on the road before 10:00 this morning. both maryland and virginia are lifting construction-related lane closures throuke the weend to free up space on the roads. make sure you're following first 4 traffic for the latest. aaa says a million more people are driving or flying this year compared tolast. it is 5:37.

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you know, you don't have to have lot of time to truly make a difference. but you do need passion. dylan kurtz has a passion forin he other people that most 15-year-olds don't have. a few years ago, he learned about an organization called paws for people through a chance encounter, and that changed his life. he's raised thousands of dollars since then to train service dogs, and he's made some four-legglo friends a the way. >> i noticed that i had a real connection with the organization, so i decided i wanted to fund-thise with em. what i've notice sudden that ie fereat when i do it, and is really is awesome to help other people. >> it was awesome seeing him do that. you can see the story tonight ae 4 at 5:00 p.m. 5:41. new overnight, after being scrubbed twice last week, space next launched a rocket from cape canaveral. >> on the rocket the first batch of what could ultimately be satellites providing space-based internet service around the

world. the company executive don't havg hih hopes for the first launch, but they say the satellites are pushed to the limit, and they believe that the ultimate goal is to learn from the experience anddevelop affordable, rvreliable, broadband see in the future. >> the next step beyond the cloud i suspect. for us, around here on a friday, get ready for aongweekend. the marlins are in town for a four-game series. it's fireworks friday. if youre headed to the game, perfect weather for baseball. northwest winds mean that fliebls may have a better -- fballs may have a

prime minister theresa may has announced she's resigning after three years of trying to seek parliament's support for a brexit bill. she says sheill quit as leader of the conservative party on june 7th. here's part of may announcement

this morning. >>ve i will shortly leahe job which has been the honor of my life to hold. the second female prime minister but certainly not the last. i do so with no ill will but with enormous and enduring gratitude to have had the opportunity to serve the country i love. >> emotional theresa may there making this announcement as the plan to exit the european union has not found success as of yet. the announcement comes as esident trump is preparing for a state visit to britain. may would still be in office during the president's visit there. it's scheduled for june 3rd rough the 5th. 5:46 the time this morning. flags in is a solemn makin tradition at arlington national cemete cemetery. soldiers from the old guard placed an american fla at every arlington grave site in honor of the military men and women who have sacrificed their lives in service to this nation. yesterday president trump and

first lady melania trump joined them. the old guard has carried on this tradition for several decades. we turn to politics at home. president trump is scheduled to leave today for a state visit to japan. he leaves behind a tense battle in washington. the problems between the president and congressional democrats continue to escalate. bonews4's craig ell joins us live from capitol hill. good morning. what's the latest? >> reporter: gooyomorning to u, good morning, everyone. yeah, the public feud betweenen trump and house speaker nancy pelosi now becoming even more personal. a day after a previously scheduled meeting between the two ended in anger and drama, the two turning it up a notch. the president calling hour speakency pelosi crazy saying she's lost it. the house speaker saying that the president needs an ntervention and that he's nheo. we're also getting news robert mueller, the source of the russia rt. there's negotiations for his

testimony. he apparently wants to testify t in priv behind closed doors. he may make a public statement. those detaior being wd out, as well as a date. president trump has also ordered the intelligence communities fully cooperate with the instigations into the origins of the mueller report. lots going on. congress going on recess. the president going to japan for a state visit. aild week in washington. back to you. >> thank you. 5:48. while the president, his exact 4th of july plans on the national mall are unclear it seems to be getting more support. the interior secreta is defending the president's plans to amp up the fireworks show. part of bernhart's job includes ersight of the nationalmall. he promises to watch every dollar spent. this comes after cncerns were raised that the celebration could turn into a political rally for e president. d.c. mayor boasser's office h acknowledged that the administration plansto change some things, including the

location of the fireworks. newhis morning, a bethesda music teacher who held lessons inside his home is charged with possessing childporn. the 74-year-old was arrested yesterday. maryland state police started investigating him earlier this year after seeing his activity on line. when police search his home computer, they found the presence of child pornography files. any music students who may have ha inappropriate contact with him are asked to cll police. celebrity chef mario batali is expected to be arraigned on an assault charge in boston today. batali is accused of groping and kissing a woman without her consent in 2017. it happened in a boston restaurant after the woman tried taking a selfie with him. enbatali ds the allegations. wikileaks' co-founders juan assange is facing 17 new charges for violating the espionage act the department of justice made

the announcement yesterday. it accuses himacf png america at risk by publishing classified documents. a move that could poseha cenges to first amendment protection. 0 e material began to be published in 201and shed light on classified u.s. activities and included the names of confidential u.s. sources. new this morning, a senate-received robo -- senate-approved robo call bill is on its way toward giving the communications department more authority to crack down on the calls. thll gives the scc more authority to slap fines on robo callers who knowingly break the fles. and thees are stiff, up to $10,000 per call. going back the years. >> think of the billions of phone calls that are made. that would be a lot of money. >> for sure. >> shut them down. >> i'm tired of my phone ringing when it's no one i care about. >> i don't even answer the home phone because of that. >> exactly. we're two degrees cooler than we were the beginning of

the progry . >> exactright. >> going to keep going down for a while? >> yes, indeed. the west winds i've been promising has reached darptd. it's getting -- dulles airport. closer.tting in the last observation, dulles airport has a west wind at 15 miles per hour. still a lig southerly breeze in washington. that, too, will eventually be changing. sun is just now coming up on our friday morning. a far better day today than yesterday. internoon highs today once a in the low 80s with a refreshing northwest wind. no chance for severe weather today or tomorrow. right now the current temperatures have held in the upper 70s here. leesburg with 77 an hour now dropped to 73. washington is down two degrees. still a milder 77 there in annapolis and 74 in fredericksburg. again, the return of that northwest wind promises a big drop in humidity as we go through the day. afternoon temperatures, again, recovering into the low 80s

today. sun's not down until almost 8:30 this evening. high pressure over the deep soue. we're on ight side of it for now. that means the northwest flow, low humidity, and comfortable weather. eventually this little ridge of high pressure moves off shore. that southwest wind will bring heat and humidity back here in a hurry late in the day tomorrow on into your sunday. so no rain out there ts morning. last of the clouds, zipping out of here. full sunshine, maybe a few fair-weather clouds, but that'st mainly clear overnight tonight, and a bright, sunny start to your saturday. there may be astraugler of a -- straggler of a shower during the afternoon. i think the rain chances will stay away from the d.c. metro rea. that is welcome news. here's the ten-day forecast. get ready for a big shot of mmertime heat andumidity as we finish the month of may and tart the month of june -- start the month of june. 92 on sunday,87 on memorial day. good weather for most of the ong weekend. 95 degrees nextwednesday. melissa, that's too soon. >> it is a little soon.

end of may, a tiny bit soon. right now, chopper 4 is headed to the brooklyn bridge to show us what's going on eastbound and also take aat look the situation westbound near cape st. clair on 50. we have the overturned tractor-trailer and some delays already this morning. outer loop at6,6 crash there, everything's on the right side. should be getting that out of the wayshortly. no delays now on the beltway through that area. the rest of the beltway looking good, as well. no big complaints. eastbound suitland parkway shut down at suitlandroad. forestville also being impacted. the travel times, 66 los good, 95 northbound and southbound looking pretty good right now. 270 southbound and northboundec bse it is a getaway day. no problems, top of the beltway outer loop and inner loop rolling along nicely. remember to listen towtop 103.5 f.m. when you hop in the car. >> thank you. 5:53. we all suffer in terrible traffic around here. but nowpo there's a prol aimed

at easing the ongoing congestion on maryland's beltway. congressman anthony bwn spoke at a town hall in landover last night. the folks talked about the maryland governor hogan's plan to widen the beltway and add toll planes. it has a lot of people -- toll lanes. it has a lot of people worried. some saying it will take people's homes, and that it will not work. >> we've already seen what it looks like when the folks tell us w -at to do why isn't it like that every day? >> congressman brown has called on governor hogan to reconsider the project. skeptics argue the pland woul too expensive and will not ease congestion. working you and helping you plan your weekend roadtrip. according to gas buddy, the average price of regular, unleaded, has trickled down for gie second consecutive week as refineries be to boost production. because of that, dozens of

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sexual harassment and assault case. how much money he may pay to walk away. it is 00 a.m. on a friday. >> finally friday. >> always a good time. good morning, everyone, i'm aaron gilchris >> i'm molette green in for eun yang this morning. we are looking at a much calmer morning right now. it's getting there. look, it's starting to look better. i know it's still gothic right there. >> right. >> this is a live look outside. the powerful storms that knocked over the trees, pulled down power lines, they moved out of here. right now there have r still a lot of -- s there arell a lot of customers without power in our region. >> we're tracking all the headlines for you,f course. melissa mollet has an eye on the roads, as well. storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell is here keeping an eye on the sky. going to be a much better day, chuck. >> way better. the opposite of yesterday. won't be as hot, won't be as humid. a nice breeze, a 0% chance of rain this afternoon. a refreshing change for sure as

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