that they, too, can change a place. >> his vision for the future. >> announcer: news 4 at 4:00 begins with breaking news. >> we come on the air with news of a desperate search under way. crews on the potomac right now near the american legion bridge. >> this after reports of a body in the water arby. erika gonzalez is at the live desk. what do we know, erika? >> well, pat, fairfax county rescuecrew his arrived on scene and we're seeing two crews in the river namar theican legion bridge. the crews have confirmed a eport by a hiker that there was somebody clingi the rocks. you're seeing live pictures courty of chopper 4. you can see the current flowing. we were seeing the rescuers standing in about waist deep water. at this point it looks like thec are seang in the water for something or someone. these are live pictures again coming in. fairfax county water rescue crews there in the potomac river

near the american legion bridge after a report, a confirmed report by these teens that there was somebody in theter clinging to the rocks there. we are hoping for some good news in this and definite it's a developing story we will continue to watch. from thelive desk, i'm erika gonzalez. >> thank you, erika. now to the forecast. storm team 4 tracking chances for stormslmost eve night this week. >> that's right. chief meteorologist doug kammerer in the storm ser with a look at what to expect going forward. >> right now we're tracking the there.d the storms out the storms just to our north. i'm actually tracking a tornado watch up towards portions of ptnsylvania. nong around our area right now. where this is, though, the severe thunderstorms not in our area today. i think most of this isoing to stay to the north. you notice all this yellow in our northern zone. this is all of the state of pennsylvania now under a tornado watch. we have numerous tornado warnings in the state of pennsylvania as well and these storms are trying to make their

way south and east. if you just follow my hand, most likely in through north eastern marylhend, but not in t d.c. area. that's why we are not under a watch today. however, we are go weather alert tomorrow because all of this activity will be shifted to miles and by about 150 that means right into our area during the afternoon tomorrow. a much better chance of storms. look at this. it says wind chills, but this is the current heat index. 94 in gaithersburg.94 in d.c. 98 in fredericksburg. yes, the heat is on. very hot and very humid conditions a ross the area today. once again, weather alert tomorrow. i'm going to take you hour by hour coming up in a few minutes. >> if you're talking about a storm risk for every day this week, every night this week? >> especially tomorrow and thursday. i really think tomorrow is going to be a big day. thursday could bea big dayas well before a front moves through and that will help to shift things out of the r for friday and saturday. the end of the week looking a lot better than the middle of the week. >> doug, we'll get back to you in a bit. and stay weather ready with

doug's forecast anytime in our nbc washington app. it's free and we'll send alerts to your phone if there's bad weather in your neighborhood. now, it is the day that a lot of metroen riders have be dreading. the first real community challetae. >> six sons along the blue and yellow lines are closed for the rest of the summer. as we found out, the trip todayg was laly dependent on who was driving the shuttle bus. transportation reporter adam tuss is live now with us from the franconia springfield station where buses were apparently getting lost. what happened, adam? >> reporter: that's right, pat. the whole issue here is that metro have used a lot of contractors to drive these -- not all of them know the routes. so we heard from some people today who said that the bus was getting lost. take a look. we'veaybeen out here tod monitoring these subtle buses.

one rider tweeting today that their bus that was supposedhuo go from ington to the pentagon, it was an express bus, actually ended up going into maryland. and then eventually dropped them off at the anacostia metro station. we've reached out to metro asking for a comment about this, about whysihey're u these contractors in this situatiwe. hould say it is not uncommon for them to do that, yet nevertheless, seems like some drivers didn't know where they were going. take a listen to this rider we talked to today. >> he took a wrong turn and thei he t to make a u-turn. couldn't make a u-turn because the bus was too big so he went r around andnd and around and here we are. it's all good. >> so clearly some drivers who didn't know where they were going. we should say this didn't seem to bess widespread i. a lot of people told us everything ran smoothly today, but nonetheless there were some riders who went to the wrong destination and that's problem that needs to be fixed immediately. >> you can say that again. adam, what's your best advice after seeing how things

gone on this first day of the summer shutdown? >> well, it sounds obvious, pat, but th people they talked to today said i knew this was coming. i gave myself extra time. i knew it was going to take longer. p thoseple seem to be way less stressed than people who decided to just show up here at the last minute and potentially catch a shuttle skb shuttle bus and go from thurre. give yolf, 20, 30 extra minutes and then you can scale it back to see if it's working. i do suspect after we get through the first week things will iron out. about get information why some bus operators were getting lost. >> get some maps or google or something. right now on the nbc washington app we have everythin about the metro work around like shuttle buses, had, -- hov lan. a man riding an electric scooter goted sideswip today by an ambulance in d.c. the man admits to news 4 the

crash was his fault. he says he wasdi rig along constitution avenue when he heard the ambulance sirens and he said he kn that he had to pullover, but he just didn't realize how close that emergency vehicle was to him. th man was not hurt and the ambulance had only a scratch. there is a reward being offered in an overnight murder on bernie place southeast as a violent weekend spilled into the morning.ye 36-ar-old william boykin died in all the violence. he and another man were shot blocks from the barry farm recreation center just after midnight. d.c. police are offering a reward of $25,000 or up to $25,000 for information. that deadly shooting is one of a series of violent cases that played out in our city over the long holiday weekend. we're hearing from d.c.'s top dealas community organizers with three new homicide cases in just the past 48 hours. news 4's cory smith joins us live from police headquarters

downtown. he's got more details for us. >> reporte having covered this weekend's violence, folks in these communities are fed up and frankly they're worried what we saw friday, saturday, sunday, even monday is a sign of what is to come. you've got a lot of people about to get out of school with nothing to do during the day. perhaps no job. there is a fear we could see a repeat of what we saw this weekend. just a moment ago the chief took to the microphones and said that will not be the case. >>is 100% will not be the new normal. we have every intention of eo finding thele that are responsible in these cases any other shootings that happen here in the district. unfortunately in a large city like this from time to time you will have an untick in violence, bute and ready along with our community to make sure folks are held responsible.wi we ll not tolerate it. >> reporter: the chief also provided some new information on several cases. we'll start with the shooting on

sumner road in southeast monday afternoon not very far from the barry farms rec center. several menathered at a housea when an pulled up and someone inside started shooting. man and 15-year-old boy were hurt but are expected to survive. that came lessan th 24 hours after mauricescott was shot outside a convenience store in southeast. investigators say he was not the intended target of that shooting and we aso learned that a 9-year-old girl was shot in the foot but she is expected to r. recove all this comes as the mpd prs more resources into these communities touched by violence, but it's going to take more than police work to make this a safe summer which is what we heardfr a.g. karl racine. >> we need to make sure our kids ulo live in ward three or ward four have peacefngaging activities. so if you want to participate in the community and help others

avoid violence wherever you live, please reach out to the office of attorney general. >> reporter: leon, coming up at 5:00, we will talk to organization doing exactly that. on the street, engaging young folks to hopefully make this a safe summer in d.c. back to you. >> a good difference a lot of folks would like to see being made. the court will allow part of an indiana law requiring that abortion providers bury or cremate fetal l inourerts,ma ru intact. that blocked indiana's ban on what we call discriminatory abortions like a possibility nsability. the justices di take a ovision. on that

>> without expressing any position on whether the lower court was right or not, it simply said we don't like to take big cases like this, big issues like this when there's only one lower court ruling. >> the supreme court decision comes as low milwaukeers in louisiana are voting today on a bill that would make abortions illegal after six weeks of pregnancy. if passed, it would be the ninth straight passing laws restricting abortion. the ex-wife of the founder ofmazon is giving a huge chunk of her fortune to charity. mckenzie bezos got more than $35 million and will give about half to the giving pledga she's pledging to continue to share her wealth in the future. this morning mackenzie

tweeted -- her extweeted that w his formere is going to be amazing, thoughtful and effective. and historic chaes coming to the smithsonian institution. for the first time in 175 yearsn an africmerican has been named to head the museum system. as news 4's mark segraves reports, the man taking over is someone who is probably familiao to u. >> lonnie bunchas a big smile and a big personality. he's best known for overseeing the creatiat of thenal museum of african-american history and culture. today he got a standing ovation when the smitnian's ree -- overseeing 19 museums from air and space to thena onal zoo. philanthropist david rubenstein made the announcement. >> he's a great scholar.

he built the african-american history and culture museum almost by himself. what he did for the smithsonian there is something we hopeil he w do for the entire institution. >> bunch started at the air and space museum in 1978. he becomes the 14th director of the smithsonian, the first to be a historian,e first to be an african-american american, and the first to be promoted from within the smithsonian in nearly 75ears. >> as somebody who's african-american, i recognize the symbolism of this. >> bunch says leaving behind the museum he built ill behard. >> that to me is the greatest sacrifice. to leave the best view in washington. >> bunch is confident the national museum of african-american history and culture will be in good hands whoever takes his job. >> one of the great benefits of being secretary is i get to choose my own success or. >> bunch takes over his new job in about two weeks.

at the smithsonian castle, mark segraves. >> two lonnie bunch fans on this set right now. >> it's fantastic, isn it? >> absolutely. what a great legacy. >> congratulations to him. >> way to go, lonnie. > all right. crab in a pinch? a summertime favorite in shorts. why the localeafood market is coming up dry. storm team 4 is tracking our first potential heat wave of the year and here's a look at the current temperatures. doug will be back to tell us when we get them released. you heard of the movie ""crazy rich asians"". tommy mcfly talks with the author who inspired the block buster hit. why he waited 20 years to

storm team 4 is tracking our first potenti heat wave of the summer. doug is back soon to tell us how hot we are going to get. an update now about the sale of the a localo sher's food stores, the location on chillum road in hyattsville is now wining down the business there. starting today the storebegan selling off the inventory. they plan to completely close down in less than a month from now. june 24th is the closing date. the company says that all other shoppers locations will remain open while it continues to explore a sale of those other stores. one of thep top ste dance troops in the country is here in

our area. >> this year step africa celebrating its silver anniversary with a special performance. >> news 4 molette green was with the dancersrn this mong as they get ready for their big show. >> we're checking out one of the rehearsals for step africa. i want to bring in the under, brian williams, to talk about the infusion of south african dance, hip hop step. >> this is our biggest show of the year, so we have to bring out the most amazing rush we take all over the world. this is the south african zulu dance. not only do we celebrate our anniversary, we also celebrate 25 years of independence ina southica. we want the entire community to come out and not just see this art form, but many other that south aicans wereoing to become one of the largest black

dance companies in the world today. >> how with people g tickets? >> go to www.stepafrica.org. lots of parking. i want to really stress this is really a show for the entire otmily. we're doing a lf crazy stuff on this show. >> and this doesn't look crazy. this is high engy andun. step africa, 25 years. back to you. >> my nephew can do that. we put information about tickets in the nbc washington app. just search step africa and that's africa with a k and not a c. >> it's been a long time. >> it's also nice to see a little heat, but it's going to it? quite hot, isn't >> it's already quite hot. our heat index is in the mid to

upper 90s. >> right where you said it was going to be. it's going to get even hotter. it's hot and humid. it even looks humid out there. the atmosphere out there a little soupy. that's allowed those temperatures to go way up. these are current temperatures, 89 in gaithersbur 91 in manassas, 92 culpeper, 90 degrees over towards huntington. very hot and humid today for sure. ryhe heat is the big sto today. i think tomorrow is going to be the heat and the storms. les take a look and show you. nothing around our area. all you have to do is go to the north. the yellow is the tornado look at the amount of storminess happening in through central pennsylvania right now. moving towards eastern pennsylvania. you ade a couple of to warnings here. one just south of williams port. this one making its way towards the redding areain through southeastern, pennsylvania. all the s stormsuld stay to our north tonight.ic

you n the ones in our southern zones are dying off. so watch out if you are in frankn and fulton. watch out washington and frederick county, carroll county, but i do think most of us should remain dry tonight. s differentry tomorrow. take a look at the whole picture here. look at the nation. see how this tornado watch all the way in yellow here, severe thunderstorm watch across the country until you get to the here.do watch this is all because of temperatures and where the jet stream is. jet stream running right over this area. south of us very warm. north of this,verycool. look at these numbers. current temperature 58 in chicago. 88 in st. louis. that's the boundaryhat i've been talking about now for the last week, week and a half. where are we going to be on this? look at new york. 66. we're at 90 degrees and it's 101 down towards savannah. you need that contrast between the cooler air and warm air to get storms. boy do we have it across our region. this is a severe weather threat today. notice the moderate risk in reas that have already seen intense thundesttorms the la

couple of days. an enhanced risk in through pennsylvania. that's why they have the best chance of storms there.w tomorrothat threat shifts to the south. in towards our region. including d.c.in, baltimore, in towards martinsburg. slight risk for areas in the south, but i think it's going to be this area right here with a good chan of severe storms tomorrow. tonight a couple of showers. most of us dry tight. morrow through about 1:00 we're on the dry side. watch this. by around 6:00, here come the storms. just look at this massive storm coming through around 7:00, 7:00, 8:00 tomorrow night. temperatures staying on the hot side. we're i a weather alert because of the chance for storms. 92 on thursday and much cooler and much nicer on friday and saturday. >> all right. thank yooug. we are working for your health. >> that's right. you or someone you know likely had some hard times sleeping. well, today doctors weigh in on

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suppliers say that all the rain and thelooding we've had across the midwest has created a major shortage of the crab. news 4 darcy spencer has been out talkingoc with l strunt owners and she joinss live to tell us what she learned at the wharf in southwest. da darcy. >> reporter: i don't know about you but i wanted to get steam crabs for the memorial day hoaviday. i must called ten places. time and again i was told there's a shortage. i was basically out of luck. of course, i wanted to know why. crab went to the k.c. company in laurel today to get some answers. that's when we found out that there was a shortage of crabs from out of texas and louisiana because of that severe weather that you just mentioned. now, mix those low numbers of crabs with very high demand for the memorial day holiday and you get some very disappointed crab lovers. many restaurants tell me they

an out and today they were waiting for trucks to bring in fresh bushels of crabs. >> supply for the next couple days, things aren't clearing down there from what i gathered. y the weekend they should be running full strength again. >> lot of praying to hope they come back, but we alway fupind way to stay open the longest to keep everyone as happy as we can. >> theyant to keep the customers happy. we're here at the wharf. you can see they do have live crabs here. they say they're fine. right now they're able to meet the supply. what you want to do is call ahead. you definily don't want to drive out to the restaurant just to find out they don't have any. i found out today that father'th day is biggest day for crabs here in the metro area. you've got a few weeks. make sure you get your reservations ahead of time. back ll you. >> we who knew that? >> i didn't realize that.

good deal. thanks, darcy. >> order now. next, the author of best sellingsi "crazy rich aans" said he waited decades to write his story. he explains why in his interview with tommy mcfly. >> and a rainy start to his tuesday. take a look at how rain in 2019 compares to years past. but first, doug is declaring a weather alert for tomorrow. he's back to time out our severe weatr risk.he

bezos bez now at 4:30, storm team 4 is tracking our first potential aeat wave of the yearnd some chances for strong storms. >> hey, doug, what's the timing onhis heat that's moving in? >> we've got the heat out there right now but i really thini s tomorrow that we see the hottest day of the year so far. right now 90 degrees. 92 richmond. even ocean city coming in. nice weather there today. 77. i am tracking storms just to the north. thiis pennsylvania. you see everybody here in yellow which is pretty much the entire state of pennsylvania under a tornado watch. that goes until 10:00 tonight. one tornadic cell just north and west of the redding area. for us most of these storms should stay to our north. i'm not too worried about them moving our way tonight, but tomorrow a different story.

this whole area shifts to the south in towards our region. a much better chance of severe weather in our area and tomorrow we're calling it a weather alert. with the heat and the fact that we've got a good chance of severe storms as well. mu more on that, amelia joins me. >> you've got it, doug. we want to go to breaking news that we're following. search under way for a person who may be in the potomac river. crews are just north of the american legion bridge searching. >> montgomery and fairfax county rescue crews are searching. they saw a person who appeared to be clinging to the rocks. now swift ter rescue boats are going into the water. >> we're keeping our eye on the situation there. we'll keep you updated. >> also right now more breaking news out of hawaii. >> that's right. erika gonzalez standing by at the live desk. she's got the latest on this. >> the university of maryland graduatedho was fo alive more than two weeks ago in the wilderness is holding a news conference right now. we're hearing from amanda eller

in greatet dl. amanda was found on friday more than five miles deep into the hawaii y hawaiian jungle. she says she got dsoriented while she was out on a hike. she left her cell phone in a car because she likes to connect with nature. on that hike andou over the cse of these several days, she fractured her leg, she had severe sunburns and squkin infections and minutes ago eller describes the moment of feeling helpless out there. >> this whole journey was extremely spiritual fore and i never felt alone and i never felt fearful. it was an opportunity to overcome fear of everything. it was an oportunity to be stripped away of all of the comforts of this modern world and see what was lt. >> she said toward the tail end she was 17 days while

out there that she was pleading for mercy and she said that there were days that she would picture her mom and she said choose life and she would picture her father and she would choose life. she says she has found a lot of purpose in all of this that happened to her. really an incredible story. >> incredible is the word. thank you, erika. a parkingot attendance accused of shooting and killing a man at a chantilly strip mall is seeking a court appointed attorney. he's facing charges of murder and other charges in connection with thehooting death of a construction worker. the widow of miguel hernandez sp said the suect struck her with his leaf blower drawing blood and also made a disparaging bo remark a latinos. when her husband found her bleeding, he went after green. that is when he wastahot. green sd at the scene until

he got there. police have made an arrest after a shting in manassas. a manas shot at an apartment in the maplewood park complex. he was taken off to the hospital with serious injuries. the victim and the suspect have not yet bee b identified, they do know each other. all of this month we are celebrating asian pacific american heritage. you might not know t name kevin quan, but there's a good chance you know his work. >> he wrote the book cra"crazy h asians." tommy mcfly caught up with him here in washington. >> kevin quan wrote his global literary hit based on his experience growing up in singapore. ary of ht up at the li congress to talk about his journey to the top of the best seller list. >> i've always been so proud of my heritage and where i've come from. i grew up in singapore the first 11 years of my life and really had a great timehere. so much of what happened there

formed the book. so i was carrying around these stories, these experienc for about 20 years before i decided to put pen to paper. because i thought no one would be interested. it took that degree of evolving and getting to a pointf my own personal confidence. >> we joined kevin as he viewed the library of congress and its asian division collection. as he talked about his inspiration. >> there was nothing that was telling the story of asia now or what it's like to be asian american in this day and age. that was part of my moet vaugz to want to write these stories and tell these stories. >> with several million global sales under his be and two more movies on the way, he is maximizing the moment. >> i have to gather myself as diligently as i can and seize the day. it's -- wee out of moments where there is an unprecedented opportunity. i'm just doing the work as long

as they'll have me. >> i forgot to ask you, your book, do the people who they're loosely based on, do they know it's them? like the boyfriends, know which boyfriend she wrote about? >> a lot of people think they're in the book that aren't my producers of the movie, they went to hong kong, location scouting. they must have met 11 witnesses who claimed to be astrid. not even close. >> kevin actually helped libry . if you want to get more coverage, go to the nbc washington app and search aapi. tommy mcfly, news 4. >> you haven't seen the movie. >> i haven't seen it. >> i recommend you go check it out. >> you've seen it? >> it's actually pretty good. >> you laughed all the way through? >> not all the way, but enough of th way. more than half the way. >> and he's laughing all the way to the bank. >> exactly., yes is. just ahead, tips to buy name

brand tech for less. consumer reporter susan hogan is going to help youas save much as 50% on thets gadge that your family wants. also new video of seveea wther damage out in the midwest as communities brace for more. if you're thinking you've seen a lot of rain locally as weltias ally, so far this year you would be right. check out this map. where you're seeing thisrn, that is above normal rainfall this year. where you're seeing the yellow and beige, that's going to be below normal rainfall. barely in any part of the country are we seeing below normal rainfall. here about 10% to 25% above normal. w is thishappening and more w is thishappening and more on

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news 4 working for you in the community. all eyes and ears will be on thi herndon gh school band as they represent the u.s. at the d-day services in normandy france next month. you may recall when we first brought you this story as the band was raising moneyto go over there and make the trip. they will be one of a few bands that will be playing at the remembrance event. normandy eaves for next week. >> how exciting for them. our changing climate is making our wet days even wetter> > amelia draper is here now with how we stack up so far this year with rainfall. she's got a look at our rain

trecast as well fore rest of the summer. how does it look? >> here we say here the trend is your friend. it really juices the atmosphere, so we're going to continue to see the really heavy rainfall events in the short term and long term. numbers.central ran the this is the change in annual rainfall since 1950. for the light colored states, mainly only back in thewest, there is california, oregon, and washington. they really haven't seen a 950.ge in rainfall since but every other state here on the map, every state in green ge in rainfall. an increase in rainfall since 1950. now, here in our area, that increases by about 2 to 4 inches. so far this year we're already 2 inches above our normal of rainfall. since 195090% of the states have had an increase in rain and what we'rre seeing here we' seeing an increase in extreme downpours when we talk about a downpour with heavy rain. we're seeing heavy rain in those

downpours. in addition to that, the long nlive rainfall e are getting more extreme. think of the mississippi river and all the flooding there that's happening this year. also, why is this happening? higher temperatures are supergi ch the water cycle. as we continue to see warming temperatures, our wet continue to get wetter. >> that's the important thing about the discussion over climate change. >> right. it's all about thewarming temperatures. >> warming temperatures means warm moisture in the area which means more activity. >> and that you can't deny. thanks, amelia. storm team 4 declaring a weather alert day for tomorrow because of our chance for severe weather. you can see alerts up now in the yellow and pink areas. doug and amelia will time out the risk.

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likely 50%. >> maybe they didn't like them or they needed a repair. no matte what was wrongwith them originally, by the time yoe t them, they should be good as new. they may not be in their original packaging, so where can you find them? >> when you're shopping for refurbished headphones, you get them from the manufacturer. the best places are amazon, best buy and walmart. >> some have programs for refurbished products. >> amazon has a department for them to look and function like new. >> the geek squad has's 15 day returnolicy. be sure to get the details before buying and make sure you return them if somethg goes wrong. consumer reports does caution consumers to do their research before buying anythi refurbished from a company thauf never heard

-- they've never heard of before. it can make you cringe. refurbished headphones, you thi k someone'srs. they come in, people don't want them, return them. they can't sell them as new so they've got to sell them one way. >> so it doesn't matter if there is a little ear jam? >> that's gross, right? that's the only way my kids will whatever.hose apple you and i were talking about. those are so expensive. >> my sonn ocean city, we were downhere all weekend long. you give them $10 each to play whatever. they spent all $10 on those darn claw games. my son tas tryingo go for theon headph. my daughter is trying tgo for some squishy thing. >> we saw you get your butt kicd by the way. >> i didn't win. exactly right. that's why i don't play those. >> but you got your fries. >> you know that. so we've got heat today and --

this is the kind of summer like pattern we get into during the summer months where we're hot and humid with a chance of storms every day. that's exactly what we've got out there today, tomorrow, and thursday. really tomorrow and thursday for the storm aspect. right now it's hot and humid. current temperature 90. heat index 94. 84 by 7:00. that's probably too cool. maybe 86 by 7:00. but a very warm day. 89 right now in ga hhersburg. 91nting town. nothing on our radar. the only exception way up here towards harper county north and east of baltimore. if you're thinking about traveling this evening up sr towards baltimore and philadelphia, watch out because these storms are all moving that notice tea in yellow. y. the entire state under a tornado watch. that goes until 10:00 tonight. numerous storms here.

just follow this all the way back to thet. wes tornado watch back here.re sehunderstorm watch from south of dallas or around dallas all the way up towards iowa and then straight across the country. that is the ridge of high pressure. hot to the south of thaty verol to the north. you need that boundary to create thunderstorms. we've got that. that's why we've seen storm after itorm after storm areas like oklahoma, missouri, and ohio. that system just stays here and you see theseri storms ht along that boundary. tomorrow that bound re moves our way and we think we have a better chance of storms tomorrow. that's why amelia and were talking about this. that's why we're going weather alert tomorrow. chance of strong storms for sure. >> and hot and humid with high temperatures generally in the low t mid 90s. feeling close to 100 degrees. the storm timing tomorrow favors about 2:00 and 8:00. the biggest concern will be very heavy rainfall that could lead to flooding next up we're looking at the threat for damagingds win and some potential large hail out there as well.

also tomorrow i can't rule out a fewte isola weak tornadoes. tomorrow is the day you need to stay weather ready. especially between 2:00 and 8:00. ito time it out with future weather. 8:00 a.m. tomorrow we're dry. already a muggy start. we likely stay d through lunchtime. if you're running a air raerran lunch, it will be hot and sticky. storms start to fire back. 4:00, look at this nasty rain impacting parts of frederick, down to fauquier county. 6:00 p.m.,notice scattered showers and thunderstorms east of i-95 and parts of montgomery, fairfax, even parts of the district. the bright colors on future weather just indicating very heavy rnfall. the potential for the strong to even severe thunderstorms. by 8:00 our threat for severe weather does start to wind down, but we start off tomorrow at 74 degrees. it's already warm.ea alr humid. 93 for a high tomorrow.

so it will likely be day two of r three day heat wave, but with the humids feeling likely closer to 100. >> three days to make it an official heat wave. we've got ittoday, tomorrow, and thursday. both todmorrow and thursday a chance forevere weather. nice weather. friday and saturday looking great. sunday a chance for sme storms. storms likely on sunday. that brings in some beautiful weather for the first full week of june. temperatures only around 80 degrees monday and tuesday and wednesday of next week. some bright weather next week. watst out for ms. >> thank you, doug. you've got to see this. you're a hoops fan. this is really cool. this is a team learning the hardaway you don't mess with the king. check this out. >>-y a r-old challenged lebron james, one of the best pro basketball playersr,eve to a three-point shoot out., yeshe did. and lebron was not abt to back down. the teen is gabe. he's a teammate of lebron's son.

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in you're just joining us, storm team 4 tracking chances for n storms everyht this week. doug's back at 5:00 with when the storms could be severe here in our area. springtorms are claiming another life this time during a tornado outbreak in ohio. >> at least seven people have died in th past two weeks during a record breaking strain of severe weather across the midwest and the planes. re more now there dangerous conditions in the forecast. nbc's jay grayreports. >> reporter: tornado on the ground. >> panic overnight in the heartland. >> i thought i was going to die it'like out of a movie. >> reporter: but this horror is all too reul. mple tornadoes tearing apart western ohio. daylight revealing the extent of that damage. mes ravaged, trees and power

lines snapped, entire communities left in rueins. >> frany, back in the neighborhood, there's areas that look truly like awar zone. >> the attack from mother nature has been overwhelming and relentless. the national weather service has confirmed at least 500 torns over the last 30 days.22 states have been affected by the string of weather. the last ten featuring between 8 and 51 tornadoes each day. >> i've never experienced anything like this farom a nl disaster standpoint. >> in some areas it's the water causing more problems than the wind. creeks and rivers spilling over their banks and into neighborhoods. >> i was scared. i was crying, thinking i was going to drown. >> reporter: fear growing along with the floodwaters. >> this is a very catastrophic not overyet scenario that we're dealing with. > reporter: a scenario this battered region continues to deal with with more severe weather in the forecast.

jay gray, nbc news.> hi, everybody. right now at 5:00, rush hour in full swing and simetro stations are shut down. >> it is the day a lot of commuters have been dreading, but we knew it was coming. the blue and yellow lines are taking a big hit this summer. transportation reporter adam tuse is at th franconia springfield station where the riders say the buses are apparently getting lost. >> we have team cerage for you tonight and we begin with adam. what's the story there, adam? >> reporter: well, it comes down to this, guys. the metro bus operators and the were e bus operators that brought in here aren't from this area. metro contracted out a bunch of bus operators from all around the countryth and simply didn't know which way to go. a lot of people i've got to tell you have been getting off the shuttle buses and telling me it's happening again on the way back. it's been an issue all day.

t and on the fiy there were some issues toron out. some shuttle buses apparently getting lost along the way. >> he didn't know how to get here. is that a problem? >> reporter: it sure is. we've learned that metro has contracted out a lot of shuttle bus positions andrivers from places like texas, atlanta, and florida are behind the wheel he running t routes. michael ford on his experience. >> he took a wrong turn. then he tried to make a u-turn. couldn't make a u-turn because the bus was so big. then he finally went around and aund and here we are. it's all good. >> reporter: for some it was quite the adventure. one tweeted can someone explain why the huntington shuttle pent gone going through maryland instead of the hov or anyone that doesn't i olve goingst my work? >> why couldn't we hire people here? i didn't know that part.ee they nd to know where they're going becau i can't be late. >> these drivers do tell us they