good morning, everybody. it is 6:00 a.m. i'm aaron gilchrist. >> i'm eun yang. today is tuesday, may 28th, 2019. let's look at weather and traffic. melissa is off. >> judge mathis: jam taylor is in for hear. >> first, storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein. >> clouds are quickly moving in from the west. after the brief tomorrow this morning, our skies are going quickly to a darkshade of gray. the storm team weather alert the next couple of hours, stormy for the tuesay commut then toasty warm. hot and humid in the 90s today. c may not be done with afternoon stormnces tomorrow and the day after. today, only a marginal a slight chaps severe weather. higher chances for sbeer petersburg interest part of p

nsylvania. in and around town, the threat is mmediate. blue mont toward marshall and middleburg, these are coming eastbound. route 15ut goes south o of leesburg here. about ready to be raining on that. this dulles airport here. here's the runways at dallas. this thundersto-- will roll in 0 minutes or les you see is moving into fairfax by 6:49 this morning. washington by 7:00 and alexandria,15 7: this morning. we'll track if hear it you. there's more coming up. for now, brad pritus. >> reporter: that's right, a major traffic issue on the southbou side of 95 at the i their c coming down from laurel ad a it is that kraatzed over from the northbound side into the southbound lataas.

it would been worse. like lie made it through without hitting birth vehicles. the two left lanes are blocked on the siede after the it. you can bail out or stay the course. you can also take the bw parkway southbound. that will get you through toward e d.c. beltway without further delay. jack taylor, with tom traffic center. good morning., thanktod morning. talking, nice to see the roads are dry. we'll. there'sct aity along nebraska avenue at reno road. you may find yourself redirected by a black or so moving through. we also have issues eastbound on the dulles glean way before old ox road blocking tgh light rit lane. hopefully clears ll clear quickly. back to you -- hopefully will clear quickly. back to you. >> thank you. it was a violent memorial day weekend. >> new overnight, a man was shot and killed in southeast washington. news4's justin finch is live

where the shooting happened. justin, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, at this time the onscene investigation has wrapped up where the man was shot. police are looking into what led to theatal shooting. this happened overnight, close to midnight the call came in. the 2600 block of bernie place t in southeas the scene. police got a call of a man shot could they took him to the pi hosal. despite officers to save his life, high it die from his indeuries. has iification has not been released. no word from police at this time what may haveed up to the shooting. on the same day just hours up the street at the berry farm rec center, another shooting. this time five victims, one boy and four men. this is off the 1200 block of sum her read. halice not showerled up to

the shooting. however, back out live could we king ell you they are l for a calf of interest -- a silver or gray sedan scene leaving after the shotgun. as for the five victims, they're expected to recover. police trying to find the getworks popular car first.th no word shootings could be linked. live in the southeast. news4. >> thank you. it will be an emotional ando tough return school for some defeats. southeast set prep honor roll student muir's scott was shot and killed outside of a store on wheeler road sunday. he was just 15. news4 spoke with his mother.i >> i'm stll thinking that he might walk thrgh that door. or that -- that i could hold him one more time. >> just heartbreaking.

according to our news partners at wtop, his school, somerset prep,s plan to have griefor mor. a sweet sweeper accused of -- a street sweeper accused of killing a man at a chantilly strip mall. now we're hearing from the victim's widow.re steven g is charged in the murder. hernandez's wife said the incident started when green injured her. the woman said her husband was getting cigarettes at a convenience store when green began cleaning with his leaf blower. he blew debris ito her face, when she asked why, she said green made a racist comment. core l--ater hit her twice with that leaf blower, trueing blood. >> reporter: he tracked me. he with the blower. my friends say, relax, don't do

that. after this he took the blower out of my hands and hit me again in the head. >> when her husband returned he attacked gene. then there was found gunfire. hetator at the hospital. green stayed on the scene after the shooting. the vicm's family hoping to raise money with a gofundme page is end to his body back to el solve radarfor purial wmptd for many it could be a tough commute to the office. today is the first time ravelers will encounter the shut diabetes of all yellow and blow lines to reagan national airport are closed for repairs. many believe the repairs are necessary, but people near one of the now-closed stations say there could have been another way to get them done. >> the reason i moved here is because it wasext to the metro. i don't understand why they can't do it one station at a intime. >> comup later in the

newscast, our aimee cho will be live at one of the closed shuttles.offering we'll check in on how the committee is going so far before you head out the door. f>> metro expects to meethe train for safety ixes on the 7000 train to protect all riders. metro was ordered to add chains between every rail car on the new trains by may 31st. this after at least two people steppe p offlatforms and fell straight on to the tracks after miss taking the gap between cars for an open door. 6:07. president trump on his way back to washington after a fouray visit to japan. just before he wrapped up his trip, he visiteda u.s. naval base and spoke to more than 800 members of the military aboard the "uss wasp," stationed in japan. >> as president, i haveo n higher hner than as deserving

of the american chief. >> mr. trump became the first head of state to meet an's emrohr. he also spent time discussing trade, north korea's nuclear program, and in. ni happeng today, the first big trial in the opioid crisis begins in oklahoma. the trial is set to get underway against consumer products giant johnson & johnson and several subsidiaries. oklahoma claims the defendant helped create a public health crisis in the state by marketing highly addicted overoe yds and misrepresenting the atikz risk. a trial coevd real documents and testimony that show what the companies knee, when they knew it, and how they responded. thete sta has already reaped several settlement with other drugmakers. alsotoday, the coop accused of open willing -- one died and

others were hurt. john earnest pled not guilty to charges of murder and attempted murder. the justice department charged him wh more than 100 federal hate crimes. each count is eligible for the death penalty. right now,80,000 people are without power in ohio after a suspected tornado hit the state overnight. here's a look at somef the damage in the dayton area. for may need to wor daylight to understand the extent of the damage here. the ohio department of transportation using snowplows now to remove debris from major oradways. no w yet on any injuries. and take a look at this. flooding concerns front and river.along the arkansas >> ft. smith, arkansas, the water reached halfway up many homes and buildings. officialshe say t flooding clos roads and campsites during a memorial day weekend. light now about 10,000 i'ml behind the levees arng long the camp flifr oklahoma.

officials are urging them to prepare to evacuate as more rain is about to flood the area. the river expected to reach a evening.rest there because of continued flooding, the army corps of engineers is increasing the flow from the keystone dam. 130 dogs and cats from the hardest hit areas of oklahoma are in our local shelters now. the humane society flew them to manassas last friday. they're going to maryland and virginia shelters to help premfor more displaced animals in oak tacoma. the kwfauquier county times" thy were moved from tulsa and have a chance to be adopte how an army tweet asking about the value of military service gener more than 10,000 responses. soldiers shar how the army has affect the them and take a toll on their families. chuck? a thunderstorm moving through loudoun county, northern

fauquier county, toward dairps. the rate it's going to's lng toop here not long aft-- toward. it will move toward the area here. and step africa, 25 years of is world-renowned dance team. coming up next, we'll talk to the founder about what this anniversary c ebration will be about.

welcome back. a simple tweet by themy ar shed light on the impact of serving the country and what it's had on the veterans and their families. the armyweeted asking about

the value of military service. responses detailed the harrowing sesri about the toll war andry milita life can have. many say it led to drug addiction, mental illness, and trouble aclimating to society.t for some i led to thoughts of suicide. >> just decided everybody would be better without me. and i grabbed my glock, sat down, and put my glock in my mouth and -- and tried to pull the trigger. and thehing that stopped me was the realization that my familyould haveto live here in the house. >> as the responses poured in, the army responded by posting a crisis hotline number and tweeting, quote, your stories are real, they matter.ve we to take care of those who come home with scars we can't see. that's the real issue. that there are the scars we can't see.e so manyand women who serve our country come back with issues that they don't talk about. that we don't address.

it's important to take care of our mn and women. >> to support them to be there. ♪ . the african-american tradition tradition of stepping fuse wednesday innovative core drovy, that's what members of step afrie bring every tim they hit the stage. >> news4's molette green is live with performers gearing up for a special anniversary this morning. ma molette, good morning. >> reporter: that's right. i'm smack dab in the middle of one of their early morning rehearsals here. step afrika turning 25 years old. they are getting ready for their special anniversary performance coming up nix week. they have several -- next week. they have service performances. brian williams is the founder. tell us what are they doing? hhat is there called? >> t is the south african zulu dance. and south africa started 25 afars ago in a collaboration

between the ican-american form of stepping with south africa. artists there. this was one the favorite dances we first saw in johannesburg 25 years ago, this cheer is not just about the 25th anniversary, it's also south africa's annirsary of independence. we want people to see what we do on the stage and howard university and stepping and what not. but the art forms woo dee all over the world. >> reporter: it's absolutely breathtaking to see the high energy this early in the morning. >> exactly. and to see it and -- we have been putting it for 25 years. to see it in full costume that we've got in south africa, the traditional regalia, it's something magical that you don't see anywhere else in the world. this is one of the largest black dance companies today. >> wow. they will kick off the performance series next week at the catholic university theater. how can people get tickets?>> stepafrika.org,

www.stepafrika.org. you can learn about the company, see video and get tickets. it's for the entire family. >> reporter: i feel like i could watch that througho the whole morning. listen ewe've got traditional stepping coming up later on in the hour of "news4 today." iowa want to miss that. we're with step africa this morning. back to you. >> considered as read talent there. >> i'm sechless. literally, it's breathtaking to watch them perform when they're on stage doing the full performance. can't wait to see it. >> amazing. >> thank you. yes and storm team 4 weather alert day for you, mr. bell. >> yes, indeed. fortunately, no severe weather chance. however, that beis d, thunder, lightning, brief periods of heavy resign and a gusty windsre likely over the next couple of hours. stay weather alert. download the nbc washington app. we've gotinan teractive radar feature on there, as well as we can sends i publish alerts.

clouds now quicklyoving into the washington area. grab the umbrella. you'll need it. it will be a stormy stretch here for the next few hours. most of the chances coming to an end about 10:00 or 11:00 this morning. we turn steamy, hot, and humid later today. there's the cluster of storms that moved through ohio last night. it's been able to maintain thunder and lightning through the predawn hours. andnow into the morning. have one batch coming into the city now. the next areath ofder and lightning out near morgantown, westvirginia. that's about three to four hours away from getting here at the pace that it's going. so since it's just after 00, four hours from now it's just after 10:00 in the morning. i think that 10:00 to 11:00 window should be l thest real serious opportunity for thunder and lightning. this first one, though, moving through downtown leesburg right now. gng to go just to the north of manassas. it will rain on parts of interstate 66 and route 50 coming inbound from loudoun county this morning.

right over reston, dulles airport, erling, chantilly. then eventually over southernmost montgomery county. poolesville, great falls, bethesda, and then into the washington area. and then rolling into prince george's couy somewhere between 7 tloi:30 and 8:30 this morning. rain already in montgomery count this ise gusty winds and rain periods of heavy right there getting ready to move just to the north of dulles airport. so we'll be tracking this over the next little while.e- your fivy forecast, hot and humid. in the 90s for the next few days before we turn cooler for the bend. chopper 4 more, a big problem on i-95. >> reporter: that's right. good rning. chopper 4 first over this breaking news on 95 at the icc. a tractor-trailer crossed over from the northbound lanes. you see the street, throw the trees and into the southbound i'd. m hearing that there was minor injuries bay the truck driver and a vehicle that then struck that vehicle. it could have been a lot wo se. the traffic traveling pretty fast on the southbound side of

95. headed toward the capital beltway. we're already seeing a three-plus-mile delay headed down from laurel. your bes bet is to use route 1 or 21 to bypass the scene. you can hop on the bw parkway, but i'm hearing there may be an incident there slowing things down. to jack taylor in the wtop traffic center. something going on in northwe t? >> we'llke it here. thank you, bret, above 95. thank you. still ahead on "news4 e today," we working for you to help youuy refurbished on headphs. what to know to save money. here's what's coming up on "ellen" today. >> lean over, please. ll him what this is. >> it's a very yummy cereal from our childhood. >> frosted flakes? >> comedian alley wong stops by to play a game taste buds.

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6:29. as we begin with a storm team 4 weather alert, look at that -- pouring rain in spots. low visibility, too, as you head back to the fworkweek ar a long weekend. grab that umbrella.

>> this picture isfrom reston, virginia, where it's reallyng comidown. severe weather is moving into our area, and it could slow down the morning commute for some of you.'s wtop jack taylor is in for melissa this morning keeping an eye on the roads and rails for us. >> let's begin withe storm t 4 meteorologist chuck bell and? weather warning. it's begun, chuck. >>it is. it's going to slow tngs at dulles airport. not much rain here in downtown washington. it won't be longbnow. grathe umbrellas. and there's more where this came from. the first batch move into loudoun and fairfax counties now.er there's anothtorm at morgantown, west virginia. that is going to be in here in about four hours. so about between 10:00 and1:00 a.m. this morning. we'll show you this one, first. there's reston town centre. gusty winds, winds gusting over 40 miles per hour. that's going to be moving its way into the washington area here in short order. so get ready from fairfax to

bethesda, washington, alex, and eventually out toward mt. calvert, as well. that's the storm dealing with now. as it closes in,in it is go to snarl travel quite a bit. for moron that and the impact, let's go to brad up in the air in chopper >> reporter: that's right. we actually do have a storm cell moving in from the west. this is going to be the last look from chopper 4. firstver the breaking news this morning, this is the southbound side of 95. right now all lanes are blocked to tryge to this tractor-trailer which lost its load after crossing over from the northbound lanes right at icc. we had a 3.5 to 4-mile delay. you can bet that's going to build as all lanes are closed to tryo recover the vehicle. righ bnow, thew parkway might not be your best bet. i'm seeing heavy deays. 29 and route 1 will be the best option for you to get to the icc or further down. now to jack taylor, something going on in northwest washington? >> reporter: unfortunately there was an overnight crash reflect

nebraska at reno. unfortunately a block or two th detour as e were downed wires. we had an issue on the dulles greenway before old ox road. the earlier crash blocking the right lane. good news on the beltway. in the outer loop in virginia, we had activity after gallows road. police were there. they have cleared now from the left lane. never caused any kind of a delay. getting heavier on the area from braddock headed toward gallows. back to you. >> thank you. 6:32. new overnight, there was another shooting in the district. a man was shot and killed in southeast. >> news4's justin finch is live at police headquarters with the latest on all this. good morning. >> reporter: aaron, eun, good morning. the backdrop for the fatal in shoot a neighborhood in southeast. the gunshots being fired as ny were asleep off the 2600 block of bernie place. again in southeast. all came in close to midnight of one man being shot.

when d.c. police arrived, they found him and got him to the hospital. despite the best efforts, he died of his injuries. no identification on the man or information about how that shooting may have begun in the first place. to another scene, this was hours before. juup the street from that burney place shooting. this is a shooting near the berry farm rec center off sumner road. five people were shot.r f men and one boy. their injuries said to be non-life-threatening at this time. police looking into that case, too. as we come out live, they are looking for a silver or gray nissan saidan seen leaving -- sedan seen leaving the scene after the shooting. they're thinking it could be related. police have not said if the shooting is in any way linked to the burney place shooting. e'll bring you detai as we get them on air and our nbc washington app. live here in northwest, justin

finch, news4. >> thank you. :36 we look at this map. each of the markers you'll see in a second represents a shooting over the weekend. we know there were nearly two dozen victims in the shootings in the districtment one of the shootings -- district. theof the shootings claimed life of 15-year-old maurice scott, somerset honor role student. no arrests were made in the murder. we'll hear from his mother at 6:45. major changes are coming to one of the most dangerous roadways in the region. over the last decade, more than 60 people have died in crashes on route 210.a sting saturday, there will be three roving speed cameras along indian head highway. those cameras will operate 24 hours day, seven days a week. they'll prove from location to location,long 210. the cameras are the first of their kind in the state. today the maryland native whwent missing in hawaii for weeks is expected to give her first public news conference. amanda eller wasound on

friday. it had been 17 days since she had fallen down a cli and broken her -- down a cliff and broken her leg. one of kehe rescuers so nbc news about the moment they spotted her from a helicopter. everybody? yfrs making noise and -- everybody was,e's there. she's there. we were getting excited. the helicopter pilot was telling us to calm down. calm down. >> eller is originally from me anicsville. in addition to her leg injury, she had severe sunburn and a skin infection. doctors credit her training as a physical therapist with giving her the skills that kept her alire. much moon this story ahead. here are the oth stories this morning -- another american climber has died on mt.

everest. amid what is turning out to be a deadly climbingn. sea christopher john coolish is the third american and at least the 13th person to die at the d' worl highest peak. most of the deaths heen attributed to exhaustion and lack of oxygen. keir simmons will have more on "today." the boston bruins beat the st. louis blues 4-2 last night in the first gameof the finals here on nbc 4. the bruins will have to win three more in the best-of-seven sear toes gets the cup to boston. game two is tomorrow night. don't forget about the metro closure we've been warning you about for weeks.at six stns on the but and yellow lines -- on the blue and yellow lines closed for platform work. every station south of reagan national airport will be closed through the first weekend in inptember. wore work 4 you -- we're working 4 you with alternate ways to get around coming up in ten minutes. 6:36. coming up as you get moving after the long weekend, molette green's working 4 yrs with

membef step afrika. what's going on? >> reporter: we're ready to step with step afrika. this is some of what you'll see in its 25th anniversary perfmances coming up. how you can get tickets and all about the show coming up a little bit later on "news4 today."

welcome back at 6:39. serena williams debuted her french open look yesterday. did you see that picture, the full gown she posted on social s media. thillows last year's wakanda-inspired cat suit. on the court she wore a modified version here. it was shorter. hard to play tennis i would imagine in a full gown. just like the gown, the uniform did say mother, champion, queen, and goddess in french. and champion is right.

ene three-time open winner dominated her first match. she is moving on to the second round. i think that dress is stunning. >> tonight "america's got talent" returns to television. this season won't just mbearked by the discovery of new performers. >> two new judges are joining thehow. jul jul julieanne huff and gabrielle union will help d which of the acts will have a chance at sorry to dam. from singing toag and sometimes really bizarre srts of >> i think -- >> what was she doing? >> barking or something. >> okay. that's a skill. >> right. >> you're going to see it all this summer. the new season gets underway 8:00.ht at >> always entertaining. still around -- and stick around for "song land." john gend and other stars will be mentoring aspiring songwriters, helping to transform their words into hits. >> should be interesting to watch. now here's your business report. >> reporter: good morning, i'm frank holland at cnbc

headquarters. ikea's launching a new app to let customers shop motely for products while they can still visualize how it would look their home. you can enter the room dipgz s dimensions and life changes for choices. this is part of the solicit to digital. iem it's known for giant stores on the outskirts of town, it's testing smaller locations in urban areas that only carry a fraction o the lineup. with your morning business report, i'm frank holland. good morning, everyone, storm team 4 weather alert for you on your tuesday morning. back to work and school. going back with thunders, lightning, heavy rain, gusty winds now coming east of dulles airport. moving into parts of western and central fairfax county here. arriving in fairfax within about the next 10 to 15 minutes. we'll track ithis and more comig up. >> reporter: in maryland, i-95 southbound, travel lanes temporarily stopped before the icc.

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it is 6:44. we are tracking a storm team weather alert as you get your shoernted workweek -- shortened workweek started. >> severe weather is moving into the area now. the round of storms that's expected to hit during the morning commute is not the o ly storm we will seetoday.

storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell is tracking the forecast. he'll join us with another update in anu few mis. thousands of typical metro riders heading into the office this morning may be in for a rough commute. it's the first time that commuters will experience the metro rail summer shutdown. >> the blue and yellow lines at all six ations south of reagan national are now closed for repairs through september. news4's aimee cho is live this orning at just one of the shuttle pickup stops available now for commuters. good morning. >> reporter: hey, guys, good morning. yeah, we are at the franconia-springfield station. you'll be greeted by an "statio closed" sign. back there you see folks are getting on the free shuttle buses to take them to the entagon where they can transfer. i'm joined by metro's general manager, paul weedefeld, bhanks forng with us. how is the closure and the bus system going so far? >> so far, sd. goo it's been busy for sure. but people are -- we're meeting them literally as they park and giving directions how to get here. as you hear behind us, we're ng

directi them, what bus they want. so so far, so good. >> reporter: what is the timeline for making the repairs this summer looking like? >> it takes us all the way to september, early september. very aggressive construction schedule. but you know, i think we'll be -- we'll be all repht. >>ter: some riders are obviously saying this is frustrating, inconvenient. a woman had to quit her job because of this. what is her response? >> obviously, that's terrible if she had to do that because of 'is. but it -- the reality if we don't do this in a planned fashion, we'd be doing it as an emergency. someliterally have to shut of these platforms down until we got in and did the work. it's much more -- makes more sense to do this strategically as we can. and as you know, we laid this out a year ago. hopefully people have been adjusting whatev they had to make. i think it will work out fine. >> reporter: thank you so much for your time, sir. and these repairs will be taking place until september 8th. in the meantime, we've got a lot of your options for getting around the nbc washington app. just search "metro."

guys, back to you. could be a very rough commute this summer. thank you so mh. 6:47. new overnight, d.c. poli are investigating a deadly shooting. this is video from the scene in the 2600 block of burney place in southeast. d.c. police say two men were shot. one died. no arrests have been made. and it will be an emotiona and tough return to school for nsome students southeast washington. somerset prep honor roll student maurice sc ht, you seeere in video, was shot and killed outside a store on wheeler road southeast on sunday, less than a mile fm his hool. maurice was just rs15 yea old, and we spoke his mother. >> i'm still thinking that heig mht walk through that door. or that -- that i could hold him one more time. >> our news partners at wtop are reporting that somerset prep plans to have grief counselors

campus a security on today. no arrests have been made in the murder. call d.c. police if you know anything. video shows president trump leaving pan after a ur-day visit. he's headed back here to washington. just before h wrapped up his trip he visited a u.s. navalnd base a spoke with troops on memorial day. he made remarks to more than 800 members of the u.s. military aboard the "uss wasp" stationed in japan. also during the visit, president trump became the first head of state to meet japan's new emperor. he also spent a lot of time witr prime minist shinzo abe in meetings and on the golf course discussing trade and north korea's nuclear program and iran. 6:48. today we could get a big signal iether the high court ready to revisit roe v. wade. the supreme court is expected to announce whether it will review two laws in indiana that limit abortion. lower courts locked both laws. several states have passed restrictive abortion laws in recent weeks. conservative lawmakers in the

states pe the highest court in the land will eventually take up roe v. wade and overturn it. turning now to severe weather overnight in ohio. take a look. this is new video out of north ridge, ohio, north of dayton, showing the damage after suspected tornadoes touched in the state overnight. >> first responders are busy performing search and rescue operations right a resident in dayton told our affiliate inmbus that she didn't hear any tornado sirens before her house was hit. we're hearing from a northridgew resident says he lost everything except for his pets. >> i have no car now. no home. and i just -- i've been working to get all this, so -- so, yeah. >> no word yet on injuries from the storm. meanwhile, that line of storms is now heading our way, prompting a storm team 4 weather alert. storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell has theforecast.

we're seeing heavy rain in areas? >> yeah. already heavy rain moving in. important to remember that those -- those emergency sirens, those are not there for that purpose. you nee to have your owen r if the siren were to go down. that's not what they're there for. have your nbc washington app. we send pushlerts for severe weather watches or warnings. a you canlso use the national weather service websites and follow them on social media, follow us to help keep you safe when severe weather threatens. no rain in downtown washington yet. it is not far away. it is coming downhard. western fairfax, loudoun countys, southern montgomery already. a weather alert day. stormy commute for this morning, urning hot and humid this afternoon. higher chances for severe weather today for northern maryland and southern pennsylvania. but severe orvenot, we ha a round of heavy rain coming in here for this morning. it's all part of the same cluster that didth generate severe weather late last night in parts of ohio, we have one

batch that's moving in here now. the second bch is just coming into far western maryland now. that's about another three to four hours away. so we'll have thisun first ro of rain go through here in the next couple of minutes. likely to have another round between 9:00 and 11:00 this morning. the first, heavy rain moving into downtown fairfax now. t will be inside the city of washington here in the next couple of minutes. eventuals into prince george' county. toward bowie and rosariville between 7:15 and 7:30. it's not a severe storm. but it is blinding rain. winds gusting to 30 to 40 miles per hour. i cahut rule out ter and lightning, as well. this is pressing rights on to the capital beltway near tyson's corner right now. this will be in and out of the city heren the next hour to hour and a half. we'll have to watch that next storm out in the mountains of west virginia come in here later. future weather,his one moves in and out quickly. here's future weather, 8:00, the next storm going through winchester. 9:00 in leesburg. and 10:00 coming right through

the city and eventually moving into parts of prince george's county. by 11:00, i think everything is done. we'll go back to sunshine, and i don't think we'll have to worry about rain or thunderstorms later in the day today. likely to have 90-degree days today, tomorrow, and thursday. turningess humid on friday. cooler for the weekend with a little rain chance there on your sunday. temperatures back finally close toerage for the first half of next week. an update on traffic now from jack taylor at wtop. >> reporter: hey, good morning. we'll start again in maryland on i-95 southbound. the lanes of 95 temporarily stopped. have been for like 20 or 25 minutes now. there was a tractor-trailer crash before the icc. the truck was rolling northbound. it ended up wrecking and coming through the trees on to theh soutund side. blocking two left lanes. facing the wrong direction. heavy-duty wreckers showed up, they blocked the lanes on south 95 for about, again, 20, 25 minutes. delays building northbound, not affected. again, through t trees. you can't see anything.

there is some activity in northwest along reno road and nebraska avenue. there was an overnight crash, and unfortunately it brought down the a pole wires. utility crews remain on scene. you'll find yourself re-routed by a block or two. shouldn't cause much delay, just be aware. w reno,ires down across the road. back to you. >> jack, thank you. 6:53. happening in pnce george's county, it is round two of the scripps national spelling beere pminaries at national harbor. 565 spellers ranging in age for 7 to 15 will compete for the grand prize of 0,0. the finals are scheduled to begin on thursday. honoring the past and pushing toward the future. that is what members of step afrika bring every time they hit the stage. >> news4's mollet green is -- molette green is live with a special anniversary this morning. good morning t you.

>> reporter: they're stepping -- i tell you, i can't get enough of watching it. i'm like ouspeld. okay. step afrika's 25th anniversary performance is coming up next ek we we've got the founder, brian williams, coming in. as we watch them do their thing, i mean, they do it all in a step afrika performance, right? >> we do. we do. we are the end of the day, the first professional company in the world dedicated to this tradition of stepping. this is what we're known for all over the world. we just got back from a month-long tour of europe. everywhere. and most have never seen this. the biggest show here june 8th through the 16th. we'll not only be doing stepping, but also other forms like south african dance and whatnot from all around. >> reporter: we saw the south african dancingn earlier i the hour of "news4 today." okay. people want to come and celebrate with step afrika, how do they get tickets? >> go to www.stepafrika.org.

step ck witafrika with a "k." we'll interact with the community and celebrate about them. d.c. has been so good to step afrika and like we're bringing here our bigge show. >> reporter: all right. let's watch a little of the stepping as we throw it back to eun and aaron. this is what i used to watch at howard university, but they've taken to a whole new level as the world-renowned dance troupe celebrates 25 years. >> a lot of different audiences to this unique way of combining forms of dance and movement. >> incredible talent. >> i got to see them a couple months back. it's impressive every time. >> awesome. thanks for sharing. 6:55 now. here are four things to know this morning. the maryland native who went missing in hawaii in the forest is expecte to give her first public news conference since being found. smanda eller was found on

friday, 17 dayfter she went miss fg. you can m the rescuers who tracked her down next on "today." d.c. police are investigating a deadly shooting in the 2600 block of burney place southeast. two men were shot, one of them died. no arrests have been made. this was one of nearly two dozen shootings over the weekend. look for updates in the nbc washington app. a reminder before you head out the door. six stations on thelue and yellow metro lines are closed for platform work. because of that, every station outh of reagan national is offering shuttle service. we have more alternate ways to get around during the closure in the nbc washington app.>> >rivers in maryland may need to find an alternate route this morning. all lanes of southbound i-95 are shut down at the icc. crews are working to remove a tractor-trailer that crossed over from the northbound side. you can see the images from chopper 4. you may want to stick to the bw parkwada look for upes from first 4 traffic on twitter. and it is raining hard now

in thlf western ha of the d.c. metro area. it's moved out of the reston area, but it's raining from fairfax, moving into arlington county, northwest washington, and, boy, the 270 corridor near thspur, the top of the beltway, it is a mess with rain. >> oh, yeah. >> boy. >> bad > mbo. >thanks. that is the "news 4 your health" -- that is the "news4 25day." >> see you in minutes. enjoy your day. >> blake it a great monday, everybody.

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good morning. breaking overnight. catastrophic. tornadoes tear a pat of destruction through ohio in dayton homes,ss busine, and an elementary school veled. crews searching through rubble for victims. millions without power. and it's not over yet. we're there live. heading home. president trump leaves japanni overt after dividing sharply with the japanese prime minister and his own advisers on north korea. death on everest. the erican climber becomes 11th fatality on the mountain this month. why is the mouain this crowded and so many unprepared? >> there's no check and