and looking back on d-day. it was the largest seaborne invasion in history and marked the bendnning of the e of the nazi army. today the world honors those who took part and remembefi the sacris made. it is 5:00 a.m. good morning, everyone, i'm aaron gilchrist. >> i'm eun yang. let's begn with a check on your forecast and commute. melissa mollet is standing by with the first 4 traffic. >> we'll start with storm team 4 metdrologist chuck bell, an he's watching the radar right now. chuck? yes, indeed. watching it because weave a few rain drops across the northern parts of the shenandoah valley this morning. they're rolling eastbound here. they're local to affect loudoun county, parts of montgomery e county in th next little bit. you can tell on the wider view, this is not a big impact on the early parts of the day. they did have a little thunder and lightning a cole of hours ago. that's since faded away. this cluster of rain showers here drifting into northern loudoun cou iy. basically you're going to travel 270 from frederick down to the beltway here.

could have a little bit of the light rain the next hour or two. here's the way future weather handles that -- rain chance in and out btween now and 7:00 this morning. there could be another stray shower or two developing south of town. most of the late morning into the early parts of the afternoon will be rain free. it's going to be very warm and m hd. mid to upper 80s for temperatures this afternoon. and that's warm and humid enough where we may have a stray thundershower or twoer into the day. take your umbrella. that is the message from me today. temperatures are near 70 now. school day forecast, in the mid 80s this afternoon. a closer look at the weekend rain chances coming up. melissa? thank you. don't love the weekend rain chances but we'll talk about them in a minute. northwest pennsylvania avenue, again between 7th and 10th, the road shut down for police activity. a live report from in a minute.th 9th shut doee betwn d and constitution. it is probably going to last through the morning commute until we get gaydght there. eastbound 66 near nutley street, still have a lane blocked here

this morning. so just a warning for you. inner loop, outer loop of the y, beltwa no complaints on the beltway right now. 95 in maryland from 32 to the beltway, 70 miles per hour, going a little quickly there. in going to get you there ten minutes. aaron? >>nkall right. ou. 5:02. we're following brking news in the district this mornin police are blocking off streets do following gunfire near the fbi buil>>ng. this is all playing out atlv pennsyania and 9th streets northwest. news4's mental health joins us now live from -- news4's megan mcgrathioins us now from the scene. >> reporter: we've g a big closure in the area. front oting happened in of the justice department. if you take a look beside me, this is the closure at 9th and d street. and we've got a perimeter, rather large perimeter, that goes all the way do to constitution avenue. that's because of a shooting that happened at the corner of 9th and pennsylvania avenue. right in front of the justice department. pennsylvania avenue is closedin

both directions between 7th and 10th streets. and alsolosed is 9th street between d and constitution. whai was told on the scene is that investigator want to take a look at the area, look for evidence once the sun comes up. so this entire area, we are expecting the closure to remain in place until that happens.co id be a couple of hours here until they get the daylight that they needo continue with that investigation. a major closure here, a pennsylvaniavenue closed in fboth directions inront of the justice department. and 9th street also closed. now terms of the shooting itself,ot a lot of information at this poht. we know t it happened around 2:00 in the morning. one person was taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. but that's basically all we have on the shooting itself. folks who travel thugh this area, especially in the ng beginni of the rush hour, the early part of the rush hour, expect someys major dela here as you're going to have to work

your way around the large closure. back toou. >> mental health live fcggan mt. thanks. this morning a hotel in the idominican republic isng new information about the deathc of an am who was on vacation. >> three americans diedys withi daf each other while staying at the same resort complex. they were at different hotels but just minutes away from each other. miranda shop warner fm pennsylvania died on may 25th. international reports said she died -- initial reports said she died of respiratory failure. the hotel now says she was sick when she arrived and died from a heart attack. her husband told the hotel she d a pre-existing heart condition. nathaniel holmes and cynthia day from prince george's county died five days lateu the case of their deaths was also listed as respiratory failure. ice attorney general of the dominican republow says the investigation into the deaths is not this morning, all hotels in the bominican republic haveeen put on notice by the country's

m tistry ofurism to install security cameras in the next60 days or be shut down. it's oot clear if thater is related to these three deaths or another case where a woman s claimshe was assaulted and left for dead at another hotel about 50 miles away. our news partners telemundo 44 is on the ground digging for more informationn the notice. you can watch live reports later today starting on news4 at 4:00. we're also followingnother investigation into the deaths of americans on vacation. this time in fiji. a couple from texas died from an month.tified illness last five hospital workers who had contact with the couple are now under observation. doctors want to see whetherthey begin showing symptoms, as well. the centers for disease control is working with fiji's government onh t investigation. developing in the district overnight, a late-night shooting left one man dead and put a teenager in the hospital. this happened around 8:30 on 22nd street southea maryland line.

when officers arrived, thefo und the man's body. police tell news4 there was a large crowd gathered at the scene, butle few peop were willing to talk to officers. not long after police arrived, a teen showed up at a hospital g sufferinfrom a gunshot wound. he's expected to be okay. the man who died has not been identified. so far, no arrests have been made. this morning we're learning well the efforts to take down a man who opened fire in a government building last friday. 12 people died. police said they were delayed getting to him because they didn't have the necessary key cards to open doors on the second floor othe building. that technology is meant to protect people from workplace violence. in this case it may have delayed the response. the medical officer reveals the shooter was killed by police and did not kill himself. among those killed, former public work director chris rapp. family and friends gathered for

his amendtservice yesterday. me played the bagpipes so his service ended with a performance by a bagpiper. 7.5:0 the school resource officer who is now facing charges accused of not help out during the school shooting in parkland, florida, last year, is still in prisors scott pete made his first court appearance yesterday. he's facing 11 charges including child neglect.1 people were killed and 17 others were wounded. surveillance footage shows that while all that was going on, o peters remained outside. >> took an oath as a police officer to protect. and that d he stood outside of the building while 17 people were being murdered, and hdid absolutelyth ng. >> peterson faces up to 96 years in prison. faily, friends, and fellow officers said a fi good-bye

to a prince george's county police officer. devon mckenzie ded last month in a motorcycle crash while off duty. hundreds of people packed the spirit of faith christian center in brandywine yesterday. mckenzie served on the prince george's county police force for two years. his family said he was about to propose to his longtime girlfriend and served as a school resource officer at william whart middle in riverda riverdale. he was only 24 years old. e>> maryland is giving thousands of drivers som extra time to update their licenses. real call deadline on i.d.s has been pushed back to july 3rd. this is part of a new federal mandate toel h stop identity theft and fake i.d.s. the federal government requires every driver to have a real i.d. by october, 2020. if you haven't updated your driver's license by then, you will not be able to board a plane. to see if you need to update your i.d., search "real i.d." in the nbc washington app. maryland is moving forward with major plans to widen and pl add toll es along i-270 and

the beltway. yesterday the board of public works voted to allow private companies to start bidding on this massive project. those who live near 270 and the beltway are concerned they could lose their homes. the debate became heate at times. at one point gold medalarry hog challenged on the decision. >> press conscioference and announced what you woe going t do, we want -- >> the press conference, the county executive part of -- t >>s is part of my minute -- >> .at was two years ago and -- and i wasthere and a part of it. >> skeptics say governor hogan's plan hasn't been thought through and worry it will fall apart. the project is expected to cost as much as $11 billion. today marks 75 years since the d-day invasion. these are live pictures from normandy, france, where ceremonies are being held. there in the picture, you're looking at the men lime in their

90s -- men likely in their 90s, that were part of the allied forces to went in to france. president trump will join world leaders later this morning to remembe the thousands of young men who stormed the beaches of the region to free europe from nazi asrmany. it whe largest seaborne nd invasion a history and helped bring an end to world war ii.an more th4,200 people were killed. justin finch joining us from the world war ii memorial are details on the d-day commemoration. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. behind us, they're prepping for an event later in the day. this memorial always a place to pay tribute to all world war iir vets. today an even more special place to gather and honor those who bravely fought on d-day 75 years ago. on wednesday, another event held here, the frnds of the national world war iimemorial, gathered for a ceremony that did include the reading of nearly

9,000 names of those buried now at the normandy american cemetery. they were part of the allied four geforces that banded toer. among them, servicemen with ties to our area, bedford, virginia. the governor spokebout their sacrifice. >> there were 32 young men from bedford who came ashore on that first day, 19 were killed almosm diately. and another three died within the first few days after the d-day invasion. >> reporter: also taking part in today's observance in france, the herndon high school band. they say they plan to honorme service and women, active military, veterans, and their famils, as well as those aboard the "uss herndon." that was a destroyer that led the naval charge during the d-day vasions. as we come back live, we're told oat each of the students will

have them a photo a veteran as they march in tribute in france today. back to you. >> justinfinch at the world war ii memorial. thank you. on ahead, help reduce waste the planet while drinking wine at the same time. hmm. a good reason torink wine? ot that we need a reason. we'll show youw. plus, we know good night's sleep is important. two n reasons to make sure you're optimizing your shuteye. chuck? good morning, everyone.co ng up on the pride weekend here in the washington area. tue forecast for pride weekend, i think for saay activities, the big parade, pretty good weather for that. not much of a rain threat on sndurday. seco however, rain chances increase with time during the afternoon. so the festival on sunday down on pennsylvania avenuecould be impacted by raindrops. more coming up.

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>> molette will join us live from the tour in a bit. now to the forecast and chuck bell keeping an eye on the numbers. >> yes, indeed. number 17 now at national airport. -- number 71a now at nonal airport. 71 at prince george's county. 75 in annapolis.mi a sdge cooler across the northern and western suburbs.ga thersburg, martinsburg. so yourorecast then for your thursday is a bit of a cloudy one. there will be a few chances of rain. southerly breezes are bringing warm and humid air into the area. it will be with us for your thursday. right now watching this area of light rain across parts of northern maryland, northern virginia, eastern west virginia. that's moving on in. we'llkeep a close eye on this. nothing heavy, no severe weather expected. certainly a few raindrops which could impact ur early morning plans today. future weather brings that twttle possibility for showers in and out n now and about 9:00. i think there will be breaks of sunshine late this morning, into the early parts of the afternoon. mid 80s for highs today.

very warm and humid this afternoon. that will lead to another chance for a bbling up of showers and thunderstorms today. again, not a severe weather chance today, but rumble of thunder can't be ruled out during the early to middle parts of the afternoon. we turn completely dry8:y 0 tonight. i think your friday and saturday look pretty nice, as well. again today, 86 with about a 30% chance of a hit-or-miss shower or thundershower. let me walk you through future weather over the weekend. notice there's a lot of rain to the south, barely t down to south. high pressure is going to keep that easterly breeze with the dryer air wedged in. so friday, i think the rain stays south of fredericksburg. this is 7:00 friday night. by 7:00 a.m. saturday morning it pushes alittle farther to the uth and keeps it just to the south through day saturday. by sunday morning, though, that rain chance starts to creep back in our direction. i ink by sunday evening, rain chances have really creeped up. it will absolutely be raining by

monday morning. sunday is the iffy day ine five-day forecast. hit-and-miss showers, warm and humid today. mainly dry friday and saturday. again, rain creeping back to the picture on sunday, and rain for monday. all right, melissa mollet, what's going on in first 4 traoic? a cle of problems. one downtown. this is where megan mcgrath is for us this morning. in northwest, pennsylvania avenue between 7th and 10th, totally shut down because of police activity.et 9th st also closed between d street and constitution avenue. they will not reopen until we have some daylight and they really look at things and see if they can wrap this investigation up. g it'sng to be some time befo that all reopens. eastbou 66 near nutley, that has finally cleared oute of th way. eastbound and westbound on 66. nolooking quite clear inner loop, outer loop of the b tway, no problems. earlier roadwork is gone. southbound on 270, a little slow southbound just after 70. en 58 miles per hour down to the spur gets you there in 31 minutes. aaron? i'll see you later.

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we begin with a live look from normandy, france. it is june 6th, d-day. this is the president and the fist lady at a ceremony there in normandy, france. coming up, more on the commemorations oversea and those here at home. back here in our area, the sun is just about to come up. and it could be blocked out by some clouds and some rain today. off in the dtance, you see rain -- >> wait a minute. ishat a meteorological term? >> you didn't notice -- >> i didn't know that's what you called them. good morning, everyone, i'm aaron gilchrist. >> i'mun yang. we have a lot of news to get to. first let's get you ready for work and schedule. melissa mollet is tracking the first 4 traffic. >> first, chuck, go ahead.

>> did you cheat on your neighbor's pap in school, mr. gil gilchrist? >> he accused me of fake news, i said this is real rain moving out of the clouds. the rain shafts coming out from underneath em. thing better than this -- capitol hill, pictures down -- cameras at national airport. bam. there are rain drops, east of damascus. the graindrops areing eastbound. friends and neighbors from savage and jets up to columbia, a -- jessup to columbia, a few , drops route 70 at mt. airy. an occasional drop or two. more raindrops out of frederick county to loudoun county. no heavy rain. there's an opportunity of a rumble of thunder later but noing severe. ake the umbrella. 60s to near 70. a warm and humid day,

temperatures up into the mid 80s. a little bitw of a st factor. again,ake your umbrella, there will be afternoon thundershowers. >> you warned us, thank you. in northwest, pennsylvani enue. a problem for a lot of folks during this morning's commute. a shutdown between 7th and 10th. the road's closed for activity and 9th shut down between d and constitution. they will not reopen until investigators can look around the ely morning crime decent there. outer loop, inner loop, no major problems on the btway. hanover, in case you're headed northbound on bw parkway after 175, we have ale slowdown lane getting by. the milling and paving there. and crossing southbound 3 at crawford boulevard, a crash er reported the, as well. aaron? >> thank you. 5:32. we're following breaking news in the district this morning. gunfire has shut down a busy

part of the city. >> someone was shot by the justice department building. megan mcgrath joins us live from the scene with the latest. what's going on? >> reporter: i can tell you that the closure here, and it's a rather large area that's been closed down, it's having an impact on traffic already. you s the cars that are turning around here. i'm standi9t on h street, and it is blocked at d. just to give you context he, is is the side of the fbi building that you're looking at. and if we pan over, there's the justice department. investigators folksing at the corner of 9 -- focusing at the corner of 9th. pennsylvania avenue is closed in oth directions between 7th and 10th. and you see if we look further down the street, you see on 9th street here, the closure goes all the way to constitution avenue. we're told by poli here on the scene that investigators want to take a look at the area and want

to continue collecting evidence once the sun comes up. they will hold the closures in place until it happe and they can take a better look at the area, specifically around 9th and pennsylvania avenue. this is going to continue to impact at least the early part of the rush hour. so in terms of the shooting itself, not a lot of information known. it will hadded around 2:00 -- it happened around 2:00 in the g. mornin a man was shot, taken to the hospital. we're told the injuries are not life-threatening. but no other details about what prompted the shooting. for people who tramp throuvel t the area, pennsylvania avenue, a major route closed in both directions between 7th and 10th. also closed iset 9th stre between d and constitution. back to you guys. >> mental health live -- megan mcgrath live downtown. thank yo here's a check of the other top stories this morning. this morning a hotel in the pu dominican ic is offering new information about miranda shop warner's death.

she's one of three americans who died at the same sort last month. initial reports said she died of respiratory failure, b the hotel now says she died from a heark.attac nathaniel holmes and cynthia day from prince george's county died five days later. espiratory failure was also listed as their cause of death. the attorney general of the dominican republic now says the investigation into these deaths is not over. a plan is dead and a enager hurt after -- a man is dead and a teenager hurt after a shooting nehe maryland line. one man was found dead at the scene. the teen later showed up at the hospital with a gunshot wound. no wor on a possible suspect. maryland is moving forward with plans to widen and add toll planes along i-270 nd the beltway. yesterday the board of public works voted to allow private doumps start bidding on -- companies to start bidding on this massive transportation projet. hrics say the plan hasn't been thought tough and worry it will fall apar the project is expected to cost

as much as $11 billion. i> we are watch live pictures coming in from normandy, france, this morning, where commemoration ceremonies are underwa for the 75th commemoration of the d-day invasion on the shores of france. you'reg watchin as military leaders join both president trump and the french president, as well as other world leaders ere, to mark this day 75 years ago. allied troops invaded the puaches of normandy in a bold operation to the nazis out of western europe. this is the largest seaborne invasion in history and helped bring an end to world war ii. there's also a ceremony scheduled for 10:00 at the world war ii memorial here in d.c. today there's a community ceremony in virginia beach for the 12 victims killed in the mass shooting last friday. it's being called vb remembers. will be nondenominational with members of multiple faiths participating. more than 5,000 are excted to attend. today grammy c winningrque

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we are just one day away for the fifa women's world cup in france o france. out at national hash look at the gond -- national ht bor look

the gondolas. all the windows are covered with he flags of each country competing in the tournament -- and a soccer ball, you see that there. you can catch the action of the world cup on our sister station, telemundo 44. the first match is tomorrow afternoon between france and south korea. >> it is so cool. e of the sports that brings the world together. >> soccer. >> uh-huh. it is the most popular sport in aaron.ld, >> that's what you told me. >> letting you know. >> one day -- >> the most popular sport in this country, though -- >> can't getnto it. >> i understand. one of the redskins' best players is saying he want off the team. >> pro bowl tackle tent williams missed another day of mandatory mini camp. now there are reports that he is demanding a trade. according to wespn,liams is frustrated with his contract and how the team handd a medical issue. season.ing the off it's not exactly clear who caused the rift and no one had heard about this before wednesday. now it seeps littit seems like

big enough problem to sent the player packing. >> i've heard the frustration may lie the timing of it frustration -- what his frustration is with medical staff. the rurs came out today. this is the first i heard about the fstrations as far as the reason for him not being here.th >> ano player, running back adrian peterson, works oth with williams and says he doesn't know why he hasn't been at the mini camp. he's not played a full 16-game since since 2013 and turned 31 -- and turns 31 next month. i guess that's of note because 31 seems veryyoung to me. in football years -- >> no. kind of old. >> okay >> both played at oklahoma. boomer sooner. you want to be the smartest kid at school? have the umbrella in your backpack before you leave. a little chance of rain this morning. a better chance you may have a thundershower or two later in the afternoon you can follow me on social

media. we'll help keep you one step ahead of the rain. the ten-day forecast coming u life tbefore the break, a l look at events in normandy, france. today marks 75 years since the allied invasion landed on the rmaches of no

today another round of talks set to resume to avoid tariffs on mexican goods. >> mexican and american negotiators could in to an

agreement over borde security yesterday. news4'sve tracie potts is li on capitol hill with the latest on the negotiations. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. they resume today.ru president t weighing in from overseaay this morning sing they're making progress, but they're just not there yet. he still expects the tariffs will kick in on monday. his bu-- his punishment to mexi for not doing more at the border. a senior official telling us what's going on behind the scenes. mexico has offered to put more troops at the border and has also offered to crack down on drugs. nothing specific there. it's not enough for the trump administration. they want all detainees to stay on the other side of the border. right now some do, some don't. they want more legal agreement th the centralmerican countries to more quickly deport people when they cross into the u.s. that's whe they stand as the negotiations resume today.

>> tracie potts for us on the hill. thank you. it's 5:45. here are some live pictures from normandy, france, as ceremonies get underway to mark 75 years since the d-day operation. this is theench president speaking now. >> president trump and the first lady are at the ceremony, as well. the president is expected o speak in just a few minutes. they're joined by britishmi pri ister theresa may. the french president, as noted, there, and canada's prime minister, justin trudeau, is there, as well. all the companies esented in the invasion forces that went into normandy on d-day. we want to show you this -- the herndon high school band is also in france this morning for the ceremonies. as you can see,me each er of the band is wearing a photo of crew members who served on the "uss herndon" during t invasion. while the ceremonies continue in normandy, d-day will also be commemorated here in the d.c. area. >> news4's justin finch joins us live from the world war ii memorial with details.

good morning. >> reporter: good morning. this memorial will be the focal point, a major gath ing spot for many as we here a w around theld mark 75 years since the d-day invasion. we can tell you on wednesday there was a heartfelt tribute here. the group, the friends of the nationame weather morial, cameer togethere to commemorate the sacrifice of the alied forces. nearly 9,000 names were included in a reading to honor thos now buried in the normandy american cemetery. among those who were here, senator tim kaine. he spoke about d-day, the ties that run deep here locally in our area. and also about d-day being a tning point in world history. >> it wasn't just a military battle. it wasn't just the effort to defeat the horrible forces of fascism. the invasion, just the fact of the invasion created a

tremendous amount of hope in people who had lived und oppressi oppression. >> reporter: and just over my shoulder here, the chairs are being set up for the wreath-laying ceremony set start at 10:00 this morning just off the mall, the national air hold ace museum will be something special d-day programming toda as well. we're live here right off the mall here, justin finch, news4. back to you. >> all right. y thanku. 5:48. this morning we have confirmation that president trump will speak at the lincoln memorial july 4th. the speech could have a drastic impact on security and logistics for america's biggest birthday party park policeld the "washington post" they're waiting forls detairom the secret service about the president's salute to omerica. we d know the annual fireworks display will move from the natial mall towest potomac park. the free concert on the west lawn of the u.s. capitol will go on as scheduled. the mayor is urging the

administration to release more details but said in a statement, tquote, planning for 4th of july has always been and continues to be within the jurisdiction of the federal government. it's 5. . 49. new this morning, there is a quarantine to stop the spread of an invasive insect in virginia. this is the spotted lantern fly. the quarantine attorney general applies to frederick county and the city of winchester. you'll need to apply for a shipping permit to move potted plants, mulch, wirewood, vehicles, and other things outside of the area. the spotted fly attacks fruit trees by feeding on the staph and leaves a sticky fluid leads to fungi and mold that damages trees. they're trying to contain this invasive species. i've never seen that bug. >> that why customs and border patrol, they try to stop invasive species. why you can't bring food across the oceans.

check out the sky out there. >> so pretty. >> a million-dollar view. i'm giving it to you absolutely just $100. >> a bargain. ou it be a bargain at twice the price. o sun'sccupy ahursday morning. skies are fairly cloudy. there will be a couple of anances of rain today. we are not facing severe risk today. a pretty picture early morning. rain chances for today sort of a hit-and-miss chance. a better chanhu of tndershowers later in the day. i think dry weather for sure tomorrow, and i'm pretty optimistic about saturday staying dry. sunday and especially monday are looking wetter all the time. here that one little rain drop moving to the inner harbor of baltimore. more raindrops across fauquier county. the drive in on 66 could be ali tle rainy at times. future weather keeps most of the showers this morning pretty far, few and fet en.

here later in the afternoon, 1:00, there could be a couple of rumbles of thunder going down the 270 corridor. thunderstorms near fredericksburg, the northern neck,going into southern maryland. not everyone's going to get hit by a shower and thunderstorm today. but those chances are there. so keep the um tella handy. 60s to near 0 now. a warm -- near 70 now. a warm day, temperatures in the low to mid 80s. watch this on future weather. this is tomorrow morning at n:00. there's the rai being pushed just down to thesouth. i'll put my arm there. south, rain south of my arm. sta south all day friday. maybe a drop through fredericksburg and southern maryland. saturday, stays further tohe south. all the way through satyday. by sun morning, it starts to makes a comeback. we've had to put raa in the forecast, especially for our sunday afternoon. and it's going to rain monday for sure. no one caais if it r on monday. the pride parade on saturday should be rain free. the festival on sunday, let's ipe we can keep a little more dry than wet.

melissa is tracking iues in first 4 traffic. i have. northwestern pennsylvania avenue between 7th and 10th. shut down for the police . activity 9th closed between d and constitution avenue. this won't wrap up until we get daylight and investigatorsreay they adone there at the scene. megan mcgrath is there. we'll get a live report in a mi ute. chopper 4 headed to the top of the beltway to show us volume. right now things looking good. outer loop and inner op, no specific complaints. hanover, northbound bw parkway after 175, left lane gets by thd milling a paving and crofto southbound 3 near crawford boulevard. a crash reported there. as for your travel times, 270 and the top of the beltway looking good. 66 inbound, 95 north, no issues. listen to wtop 1 003.5 when you hop in the car. >> thank you. theo newest eme at d.c. superior court is ready to serve in the most touching way possible. >> we want to introduce you to pepper, the dog, this morning. her purpose is to povide

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rahel solomon. >> thank you. 5:54. " thmmerur of love" tos makings wi making its way through virginia marking the anniversary of the campaign "virginia is for slofrs." one of the most beloved in the world. >> this morning we're ceebrating 50 years of love with a special kickoff. molette green is live at the first stop of the "summer of love" tou molette? >> reporter: good morning, guys. welcome to hillsbo[! heers ] as you can see, i'm in the middle of a tie-dye explosion. even the dog here has on tie-dye. okay. so we're celebrating and marking 0 years of an iconic slogan and tourism, "virginia is for lovers." what happened 50 years ago? we had woodstock. this is the setup for woodstock in the gap o festivals that's going to happen this weekend as part of the celebration of this

oonic tourism slogan. we're going to gr here by the v.w. bus and talk to beth erickson with visit loudoun about what all of this means for loudoun county and virginia as o wh. >> this means it's going to be a great summer in loudoun county. we have got wine, we've got beer, we've got 'music, we got fashion, history, strawberries, peaches, it's going to be an iconic, wonderful summe in loudoun county. >> reporter: okay and jerry is going is going to be driving the bus around to the different stops where you're going to be celebrating a summer of love. virginia is for lovers. jerry? say follow the party all summer long with volkswagen. >> reporter: all right. much more coming up throughout the 6:00 hour of "news4 today." [ cheers ] yes, we do. we've got wine. we've got love rocks -- yes. we're going to meet a couple who's been married more than 50 years. the oxmans later in the hour.

so much coming up along with joey and the waitress band. they'll be partying here on saturda back to you. back to you guys now. the "summer of love" tour. >> molette always knows how to r pull toget party at 6:00 a.m. >> they showed up for molette. >> thanks. we know getting a good night's sleep is key to healthy living. ahead on "news4 today," two mor reasonyou're goingo want to prioritize that shut a and honoring those who gave everything. our commemoration of the 75th anniversary of d-day continues.

the nother twist into investigations in the deaths of people in the dominican republic. the new information one of the hotels is making public. thousands of local drivers cho w.h. who need to jupdate their licenses have more time. more coming u a

the largest seabornesi invaon in history and marked the beginning of th end jr. the nazi army. today the world honors those who took part and remember the ultimate sacrifices. it is 6:00 a.m. now. good morning, everyone, i'm aaron gilchrist. >> i'm eun yang. let's begin with a check on your forecast and commute. our melissa molletis tanstandin by. >> storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell kicks things off with a look outside. chuck? we had a prettysunrise 15 minutes ago. now the sun has been obscured again by clouds. areas there are littl of rain falling out of clouds, as well. 4 things to know about the weather -- a couple of aindrops early. we'll get back to enough breaks of sunshine from late morning into the afternoon hours to turn it very warmte and qu humid today. mid 80s comingur way this afternoon. that will al lead to another chance for some rumbles of thunders later in the day. radar first thing, the rain chance