4:30 right now.mo good rning, everyone. i'm aaron gilchrist. >> i'm eun yang. let's begin with a check on your forecast and commute. our melissa mollet is standing by witir your fst 4 traffic. >> lauryn ricketts is inor chuck bell this morning with a look at theeather first, though. ouuryn? >> not that bad there right now. it is a little on the cooler side out there. ut again, all in all, not bad. we've got clearskies. we're going to have a beautiful sunrise that comes up just over an hour from now. 5:42, the official sunrise in d.c. temperatures as you wakeup in the 50s and 60s. cool, you might need to grab the jacket on the way out the door. definitely the sunglasses. you can ave the umbrella at home. temperatures in the mid to upper 60s by 9:00. it's going to be breezy, as well. after that front thatpassed through the area yesterday, which you can see offshore, there it is right there, we're looking good.

wefhave a little rain ofo the west. you can see that it's completely dying out against the mountain ranges. us, we're dry here. and we're dry at least for the next 48 hours. we have rain in the forecast for the weekend. we'll have more on father's day. first to the roads and melissa mollet. >> good morning. a closure in northeast washington. west virginia avenue between florida and mt. olivet, lanes blocked for policey. activit as we zoom out a little, still have a couple of issues on the beltway. outer loop between 450 and kenilworth, and the left lane getting by the work zone, inner loop between eisenhower avenue and vrn. right lane is getting by. zooming in, arlington, eastbound 66 between the tunnel and roosevelt bridge, left lane gets by that work zone. and northbound 270, we still have roadwork blocking that left side for th milling and paving project. darin? >> all right. thank you. 4:31. he was once one of the area's most notorious drug king pins, rayful edmonds hped few the crack epidemic in the 1980s by

running a major cocaine trafficking ring. edmonds is current lly secondina life sentence without parole. a judge could set him free. >> prosecutors are asking that he get an early release for helping convict other drug dealers. before that happens, the attorney general wants to know how the community feels about a possible release. >> a communy weighed in on the idea. he has shared the scope of his criminal enterprise to meet early release. however it must not be lost to the minds of others that communities were devastated. >> i feel that 30 years, the 30 years that he served is sufficient time. >> edmonds faces an additional 30 years in prison in pennsylvania for selling drugs in prison. now prosecutors in pennsylvania are considering reducing that sentence, as well. he is expected to appear before a judge in october. new video of a man arlington

police believe sexually assaulted a woman in an elevator.d this happenehursday in crystal city. police say a man cornered the victim inside an elevator and inappropriately touched her. the man ran when a witness showed up. police say the man you see there iabout six-feet tall with anat etic build. call police if you recognize him. a ar player for the washington mystics is calling out leaders over the gun violence in the mideast of southest and it could lead to a blackout. natasha hyde learned about a bullet that broke a window in southeast on wednesday. it's not the first time that happened at the school. cloud says a librarian told her the bchool hasn hit several times recently. she spoke about it with her 20,000 followers in a series of instagram posts. >> when you're talking about changing culture, ending a cycle, when you're talking about empowering our youth and giving them opportunities, it starts with an education.

our kids can't even feel safe to go to school right now. >> she's called for a media blackout after the mystics me. e said she will only talk about the violence in d. unless she is get a meeting with muriel bowser. according to the ""washington post" city" paper, theoa head cch are on board,too. the mayor's office says, quote, mayor bowser shares natasha's concerns, is grateful for her commitment to ward eight, and will be reaching out soon. last night, councilman white did respond to cloud on twitter saying he's working with the community every day and added, quote, i don't see the people who just tweet. flew this morning, georgetown univeity is -- new this morning, georgetown university is one of two schools under investigation by the u.s. educationpa dment over foreign funding. georgetown and texas a&m have been ordered to turn over financial records. there are conceroo both s haven't fully reported foreign gifts and contractshe to t federal government which is required if the gifts are

$250,000 or more. georgetown universy officials say they will cooperate with the investigation. it's 4:35. here is a look at the other top stories we're following for you this morning. a former u versity of maryland basketball player has beenof acquit rape charges. damonte dodd was acused of assaulting a woman in college park in 2017. eis accuser had admitted to being drunk beforeeting him at a bar and leaching with him. dodd says they had consensual sex. four men whoolice say tried to rob a gun shop are on the run. five men tried to break into tho union gun s by crashing an suv into the building.ol when pe arrived, the group rammed the vehicle into a a cruiser an officer opened fire. one of the would-be robbers was found dead in the car.th the oers took off running. a new report from the airports authorityings is the second phase of the silver line will be dee yed again. thntractor responsible for building the new railyard near

dulles airport reveal it's behind schedule by more than 60 days. the new estimated completion for the proct is now set for late july of 2020, with an estimated 20.ning of late and who knows what's going to happen between now and then? >> if they're going to have more degrees. > more delays. we'll keep youposted. this morning a consumer alert about the grounded boeing 737 max 8 jets. >> the timeline for the return to service could impact your vacation plans. southwest airlines announced it is keeping the max 8ings off its schedule through -- 8s off its schedule through september 2nd. americarlines announced a similar thing this week. the max 8 has been grounded since two deadly crashes killed3 people. boeing says a software fix has been completed. if you're booking a trip for late summer or early fall, you could be buying a seat on a max jet. southwest is currently selling tickets for flights beginning september 3rd. american airlines, september 4th. and united airlines has removed the max jet from its schedule

through august 3rd. thedal aviation administration says it does not have a timeline to bring the max 8 back into service. still ahead,tew shows se a record on netflix. plus, sarah huckabee sanders may be leaving the white house, but is s s doing to pursue her ♪

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>> net netflix says "whens they ee us" is the most-watched series on the stream in the u.s. it premiered on may 31st the drama series tells thetory of the wrongful convictions of five teen boys of color in the rape and beating of a white central park jogger in 1989.e thspent between six and 13 years in prison before their convictions were overturned. t i've already greatngs about it. how powerful it is. >> hard to watch, but really powerful. poignant and -- >> importnt to watch, o, for everybody. a surprising turn of events in flint, mictogan. prosecu have dropped all criminal charges against eight people who were charged in the city's contaminated water problems. >> prosecutors say they want to srt the investigation from scratch. the original charges stemmed from an outbreak of ginnaires' disease. it's believed to have been caused by contaminated water. the city of flint beginth using flint river as its water supply in 2014, but it didn't treat it for corrosion. at least 12 people died, and

more than 70 became sick. theor state of new y has responded to the nation's worst measles outbreak in decades by repealing a law that allowed for religious exemptions to vaccination requirements. the government signed the bill last night, and it takes effect immediately. meanwhile, aress jessica biel is clarifying her stance on childhood vaccinations. she caused a stir after lobbying against a proposed bill in california that would tighten mercal exemptions fo vaccines. on her instagram wkt, biel denied she is antivaccination ut adds she wants families the right to make educated decisions for their children. 4:42. and lauryn ricketts is helping you planoryour mning. >> outth ther morning, clear skies. we've got breezy conditions coming our way. northwest winds gusting up tot abou 30 miles per hour throughout the day. fulnshine. not going to be all sunshine this entire weekend. and of course this father's day. and of course this father's day. a'll talkbout our chances of

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of president trump's closest advisers is uncertain. >> a federal government watchdog agency says kellyanne conway has broken the law repeatedly and advises she should be removed from office. a report says conway publicly disparaged the democrats running in 2020, which is a violation of the hatch act. the hatch act prevents many federal employees from engaging in political activity. while the white house says conway will not any disciplinary action, many say sheshould step down. press cretary white house press secretary sarah sanders is leaving the administration. she'll step down at the end of the month and return h to herme state of arkansas. sanders may not be done with politics, though. she says peoplein arkansas have spoken to her about running for governor. following in the footsteps. her father. president trump continues to face criticism following an interview with abc news. >> when asked what he would do if a foreign government came to whim information about a

political rival, he said he'd listen to them. traitsy potts live from capitol hill. -- tracie potts live in capitol hill. >> reporter: the president qusa if that's the case as he met withle the er of the u.k., they had pyle in toll in the wh house, he would have to alert the fbi. he said that's ridiculous. the question is whether he would accept information from a political live. the head of the federal election commission isg clarifyinat accepting metro stati ining inf like accepting money which is illegal. the fallout on capitol hill is varied with democrats pouncing on the president for this comment, and some republicans, even supporters like lindsey graham saying that is the wrong answer. but they could not come up with a way to stop this. congress rejected a measure that would have required candidates to report any contact with foreignti naonals, republicans pushed back saying it's too broad. back to yoie

>> trpotts on the hill. thank you. we continue to follow a developing story. half a world away, two oil tanks explo near the persian gulf, and u.s. secretary of state mike pompeo is blaming iran. iran has didnenied this but the country has been at odds with the u.s. for weeks. the u.s. issued sanctions over its support for extremist groups. it's 4:48. d.c. lawmakers say they're becoming increasingly concerned about videos known as deep fakes. >> they're easy to make, and they're so realistic that fi t glance it's hard to tell they're not real. this week the house held a hearing on the matter. people can might be late someone's face to make it looks like they're saying something when they never did. when the election -- with the elections coming up, many say this technology may be used to cryptosporidium misinformation. -- used to spread misinformation. >> i would be worried about someone making a fake video about electoral systems being on elecroken dow

day 2020. we should be building a battle drill, a response plan about how weat would handle experts warn that you don't have to have a being understanding of technologyhe to make videos. with the right progr , anyone could create a video of any leadera saying bcally whatever wanted. the wife of former boston red sox star david ortiz is speaking out. she says he is continuing to i heal and making progress. in a statement released by the team, tiffany ortiz thanked the man who drove her husband to the shot al after he w sunday in the dominican republic. he also thanked doctors. ortiz is recovering at a massachusetts hospital. six people have been deattended for the attack. attack.ined for the they were paid nearly $8,000 to shoot him. investigators say they're staying htlipped about the motive. the tsa is using a new type technology designed to make x-ray machines smarter. the goal is to keep you and your family safe as you head on vacation. a califora company head

produced software that incorporates artificial intelligence into the scanners. the a.i. is modeled after the human brain and is designed to catch threats that human operators may miss. the tsa has been using the technology at the san jose airport since last fall.d >> the ference, though, is the a.i. algorithms, they don't get tired. they don't get fatigued, and they don't have bias yes. and they tornadoed to learn time andime again -- and they continued to learn time and time again. >> some say it could eventually take away human jobs. the creator says the iea is free up security officers so they can interact with people. that's one thing a robot can't do, seeing someone's suspicio behavior. the computer systeme for th national oce ic and atmospheric administration is getting an upgrade. this will be e first time in 40 years since improvements have been made. thght now the agency uses data

collected from weaer balloons, petellites, and airplanes to forecast all ty of extreme weather. that equipment won't be going away. but themp new couter systems will be able to better an rise is the data that's sent back. arsposperson says to think of it like a classetting a new engine that will help it go faster. the hope is to track things like major hurricanes so people in the severe zones can receive lifaving information sooner. we all want to make the planet better, cleaner place to live. a fewwf us knoow to do that. >> a group of forecast high schoolers had an idea. they founded ae rusable straw company called sipsy. >> more on ohio they're being recognized. -- we put out >> reporter: to run a booming business, every detail makes a difference. >> be careful with it -- >> reporter: as these forecast rs will tell you it's the same with plastic straws. even somehow ones can impact the

environment. that's why these students wanted to help. >> as the health of the earth is declining, i think it'stl par our fault. i think we have to do something to give back to that community. >> reporter: that something -- sip its sy reusable straw. the students designed it themselves. it's made of stainless steel and comes in a small size and bigger for slurping up smoothies. >> it feels awesome. i'm not going to lie. it's cool. when i tell people, i feel like they don't take my seriously at first. after explain and tell them our mbers, they look impressed. >> reporter: ofits in th thousands. they hope to one dayee sipsy in schools and restaurants around the region. >> it feels great. it feels rewarding. >> reporter: in fairfax could aimee cho, news4. u sig the paper straws don't work that w well. i knoit's good for the environment, but they fall apart t away. >> absolutely. guys, the weather's not falling apart today. it going to be beautiful out there today.

starting off on the chilly side. you see on the bottom right-hanp corner, teeratures in the upper 50s. good news, today, dry tomorrow, dry then into the weekend. in the weekend, sunday, father's day, looks like we'll have somed rain showers unfortunately they last into monday and tuesday, as well. no rain in our area right now. it's all stopping at the mountains. again, a few showers into western maryland. a few sprinkles, but that's t'out it. that's all i really coming up to. you could see current temperatures out there on the cool side. we'll drop another degree or two as we go through the 7:00 a.m. ho. again, temperatures starting on in friday morning in the 50s and 60s by thisafternoon, if the kids are headed to the pool, the kids that are out already of school, plenty of sunshine and even if they're getting out for the last day, still looking good throughout the day. it is going to be breezy out there. at's good because it's not going to be humid. that will suppress the humidity. 78 the temperature out there today. get northwst winds gusting up to 30 miles per hour.

we will see breezy conditions today. but tomorrow, lighter winds. tomorrow, also a little warmer. mid 80s for your daytime highs tomorrow. humidity is still going to be in teck tomorrow. it won't beat bad. starts pumping back in sunday morning. again, ydur saturday . but then as we get into sunday, we could have a few sprinkles, mainly north and westerly. i would say chances of rain increase throughout the day. we'll end up with about 60% chance by sunday nig s of something rain. unfortunately, looks like we'll haveur rain for yoonday. then we look unsettled through next week. the father's day forecast, out y to mostly clou there. and we are looking at a chance of storms incre throughout the day. a 60% chance by the evening. if you're hea d to thebeach, fantastic weather for the beaches. full sunshine, 70s and 80s. 70s today for us. 80s on saturday. 90 on sunday with the increasing chance of rain for father's day. and then almost every afternoon next week, we'll have a chance of storms. all right. let's take alook at the roads with melissa. good morning. good morning, lauryn

greenbelt outer loop near kenilworth eavenue, left l gets by the work zone. the rest of the beltway looks mice and clear. even through the section, not? slowing you too much. arlington between the rosslyn tunnel and the roosevelt bridge, left lane is getting by that lane. northbound new hampshire between adelphi and the area getting by the work zone. right now two-way traffic on the eastbound expand of the bay brid bridge. local students are being honored nationally. >> they were awarded at the national history day .contest more than 500,000 students competed in the research project in college park. they were competing for a chunk of the $ 0,000 nobel peace prizt andee scholarships. -- $80,000 prize and three scholarships. >> we love having the opportunity to get together. wolre from different scho it's a chance to see and really like delve deep and explore new things that we really would never learn aboutrw othee

through history. >> this is the 45th year of in conte contest. lots of smart kids >ere. >> next, father's day is here. we're helping you with last-minute gift ideas. >> maybe your dad's into music or technology. we'll help you find something he'll love t t won't break the bank.

now on "news4 today," commuters could be op closer to a faster drive to work. new details about the first phase of construction on maryland's toll>> lane. > parents are worried now that a school worker is accused of rape. how the company that hired the man says it's working to protect children. and on this father's day weekend, a group of distinguished dads explains the lessons learned during their 70-year friendship. coming up on 5:00 a.m. right now. good morning, everyone, i'm fwrift gri aaron gilchrist. >> i'm eun yang. we made to the weekend. we're going to begin with a check of the forecast and the mmute. lauryn ncketts has more i for chuck today. starting to get daylight.

>> we're at nautical way to light now where we can see litupe bit of the sun coming just below the horizon. enough where you can still see outside. it's not pitch black dark out there. sun coming up at 5:42 this morning. again, a beautiful sunrise in play. temperatures the 50s now. we're headed into the 70s today. a little cool when you walk outside early this morning. again we will start to see those temperatures come right on up. it will be breezyout there today. temperatures again will be in the upper 70s for daytime highs. we have a few showers out there right now. to the west, all of those are dying out in the mountains. we are looking good here and looking dry. can't keep the whole weekend dry. certainly i can't keep next week dry. we'll talk more about that, chances of rain, but also let's talk about the roads right now with melissa. good morning. good morning, appreciate that dry weather here this morning. looking gopo at this nt. 95 at powder