your forecast and commute. our melissa mollet is standing by with yourirst 4 raffic. >> she's sitting actually. we also say standing -- >> i think people understand the terminology. >> standing by. >> right. >> they are standing by. >> just making sure. let's storm with nbc 4 meteorologist lauren ricketts in for chuck. >> i'm standing. >> are you? >> yeah. >> step back. >> i sh i was sitting. if i step back too much, people think i'm on house arrest because i have the mic and fb. people always think that. they're my mic and ifb on my ankles. beautiful sunse, came up just about 19 minutes ago. we've got a few clouds leftoverover from yesterday's system. they'ring out, we'll have plenty of sunshine. it's cool this morning, es temperatur in the 50s and low 60s. we'll top out low 60s by the ou 6:00 a.m. then into near 70 by about 10:00 a.m. comfortable, main story today, the winds gusting up to about 30 miles per hour throughout the afternoon. they'll settle down after 4:00

p.m. tonight. friday and saturday, dry. but then re've gotin for your father's day. we're going to take a look at the timing for that. we do have unsettled weather through next week and a heat wave coming our way. wild show you that on the ten-day forecast. t let's show roads with melissa. good morning. good morning. chopper 4 showing a problem inner loop after 650. inner crash, it is on the right shoulder, part of the lane t blocked, transition lane. be careful. it could get slowl quick northwest, 16th near harborview, crash reported there. -- near harvard, crash reported there.ve west diamond ae near bureau drive, an accident, as well. two problems -- right now in virginia, centreville first, stbound 66 at 29, right lane blocked by an accident. and fredericksburg northbound 95 after cent point parkway, crash is on the right shoulder. >> all right. thank you. a plan designed to ease congesti congestion-270 on the maryland

side of the beltway. >> now we have an area where the first toll planes will be built in this massive transportation projects. justin finch is live driving along i live 270 with more on the story. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. you know, everybody knows that affic on 270 can create a real headache for drivers. it also hits the economy, too. turns out when drivers are stuck in traffic, money is lost, and opportunity is lost, too. that's why many sayit's time for toll lanes here on 270 north and southbound, but we know the governor has his eye on the southern stretch for tolls. our partners at wtop reports that he wnts to build toll lanes along southbound 270 between the beltway and i-307 firs anden use the money generated from tolls in ava pri partner fee to bring links to north of the ay'a where

t had his eye on toll lane plans. his eye will be on the southbound side before moving northbound here. the northbound stretch will be 270 from the beltway to interstate 70. p an foren that eventually we'll see up to toll planes from beltway extending to frederick, as well. back out live, we don't get many da like this where you have such smooth sailing. this is what we want to shoot for here. the governor and many others saying at to ensure that 270 becomes a stretch where people live and work off of it as we as generatian there has -- work of it, as well. back to you. >> thank you. developing this morning, four armed and dangerous

suspects are still on the loose. thrive been on the run for 24 hours since robbing a gun store in ckville. >> we brought you the story as breaking news as it was happening yesterday morning. the chaos started around 2:00 ir the mng when the suspect crashed an suv into united gun shop onr randolph nea lohman's aza. they stole guns apparently. the suspects used a second stolen vehicle to ram into responding montgomery county police officer. that's when the officer fired. one suspect was found dead in the car. the other four drove a few blocks down before the car broke down. the manan off andditched several guns behind a house during the getaway. >> anybody in the neighborhood sees anything, the back light comes on, something with the shed, don't check it out. we'll check it out for you. >> the police are investigating whether this crime is connected to a similar gun shop burglary about 30 minutes away in fulton, maryland. in that case, as many as 20 guno were stn. new, we're learning more about a woman killed at a waste

transfer station in montgomery county. police say 35-year-old gladys lauren melendez fuentes died yesterday after she became buried under huge piles of tree branches, brush, and tree stumps. she c was atract worker at the shady grove transfer station. other workers found event deswhen they heard herwo-way -- fuentes when they heard her two-way radio, but it was too late. there will be counseling for aff. a former university of maryland basketball playeroo is ng forward to continuing his professional career after a jury acquitteded him of rape charges. damonte dodd was accused of raping a woman at these apartments in 2017. his accuser admitted she was drunk befo meeting dodd at a bar and leaving with him. dodd says the sex was consensual. prosecutors say she was too impaired to give her consent. news4 spoke to dodd after the verdict. he told us the acticusations hu

his career. >> you look up my name, you see the accusation. they always ask what's going on with that. it's rough. said sexate's attorney assault cases are the most , challenging but her office will continue to seek justice on behalf of all victims. 6:06. d.c. police are investigating one of their own ts morning. 42-year-old officer pearce then is accused of sexually atsaulting a woman during a therapeutic trent. the alleged incident happened monday at roche's spa in mt. pleasant. then was off duty at the time. he's been with the force for seven yeanow. his police powers have been revoenr revo revoked, and hs assigned to duties with no public content. they say officer then's actions are a disgrace to everyone who wears a badge. fallout after a school employee was accused of sexually abusing a ung girl in the district. >> nearly two dozen schools in maryland and the district have suspended a private company in

charge of operating after-school programs.ye 21--old justin hickman is accused of having sexual contact with a 13-year-old girl. this happened at capitol hill moessori logan not far from union station. hickman was an after-school employee for springboard after he was fired. springboard was not able to provide the required criminal background check information for many employees. that prompted schools in aryland and the district to suspend the company. parents say they're upset. >> we need to know that every times our kids step foot in a school they are safe. and we don't know that now.l fficials say they will conduct a complete review of thers oveht process. and springboard executives say the company is in the process of onducting an internal investigation inis matter, as well. an update this morning on the virginia beach workplaces shooting. authorities say theyan pl to

underview 240 people as they try to figure out why dewayne craddock opened fire in t municipal building. 12 people were killed,h many wee t. he resigned just before the shooting. allegations that he was confrontational and argue men -- and argue men tafb have not been contracted. a judge in montgomery county has refusedew to order a nrial for daniel beckwit. he was convicted in april in the fiery death of a man high hired to dig underground tunnels for u ear bunker at his bethesda home back in septembr, 2017. authorities say overloaded power strips started the fire. otfense corns say jurors did have sufficient evidence to convict beckwit. the judge tossed out the appeal. beckwit will be sentenced monday and faces up to 30 years in prison. developing, bowie skaters and ice hockey players are fighting for money to build the new icerink.

hundreds signed a petition calling on the bowie city council to reconsider its decision not to approve a contract for a new two-sheet ice facility. the sides were supposed to meet last flight to brush it to afe ndum. supporters say the rirng is important for the community.nt >> we to summer camp here perfect joining the team and started to make friends. it's fun. >> it's awful. the adults making the decisions need to thk about the community and the kids and stop thinking about the money. >> for the bowie city council this is aumbers game. the project would cost more than $21 million. today school leaders and t communities will break grounds on a new george mason high school in falls church. the new school will be directly behind the current on leesburg pike. voters in falls church approved the $120 million referendum more than a year ago. theou grdbreaking ceremony will happen this afternoon. today is the last day of chool for a lot of kids in d.c., in prince george's county,

and this montgomery county schools. >> for some kids sleeping in, the students in arlington have one week to o. fairfax county and loudoun county d tricts wrapped up classes, but many will offer free lunch for the summer. important program there. we the north are now we the the raptors the 2019 nba champs. >> history in the nba las night. look at that celebration! the toronto raptors became the first canadian team to win the nba finals, and they did in six games to knock off a tf-time deding clampyon warriors. they pulled off a -- champion warriors. they pulled off the back and forth shoot-out. fans went wild.ti this is the fi a canadian team has won a championship inma jor professional american leag

sint since 1993. >> good for them. 6:11. coming up, we've been remindsing you all week, butin case you forgot, fatr's day is nday. >> we'll share last-minute gift odeas for the tech-savvy dad. from boys t men, they've known each other for seven decades. >> we're talking to an accomplished group of guys about lifelong friendships. and we're taking a look at the weather. a beautiful but cool start outside. temperatures in the 50s and 60s. on our way into the mid to upper 70s today.m cortable, breezy, all sunshine. that sunshine isn't going to last all weekend. in fact, we've got changes for your father's day forecast.

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be fine. >> true. check out the nbc washington app for more information. 6:15 now. they've been best friends since kindergarten. after 70-plus years, they've gone from boys to men and through a lot of good times and. bad they say anacostia was fertile ground for their success. news4's molette green caught up withhe so-called kindergarten crew at the school they met. >> reporter: th somalia where seven decades of friendship start -- this school is where seven decades of friendship started. they're affectionately known as the kindergarten crew. that's a class where so much has changed since 1945. >> surprised i was ever this lfsmall. >> hof us sat on radiators. >> reporter: all best friends today. >> we didn't have guns or access to guns. we protected each other. >> reporter: ten in all. several have paced on. when they were boys living in wacostia bonded them. >> our communityas more a vilage. anacostia, we were across the river, separated from the rest

of the city, but there was a tight sense of presence for the community and pride in our community. >> reporter: what did they love most about kindergarten? the girls. >> i think my favorite memories was just the relationship that we brought from the community to school. >> the person i never lost cotact with was huey because he lived directly across the street from each other. >> reporter: when they grew up, ty married, became fathers, and spread their wings in the sky as champion wiimmers decorated military careers. and became teachers and business owners. lives well lived. >> seemed like weep k meeting at -- so that's one of the things that led us to start doing joyous, joyful things er togeth >> blessed to be part of the group. >> reporter: and get together every month. >> when we have i our drinks hand, we salute.

>> reporter: garfield's own boys to men. in southeast, molette green, news4. >> great story. >> i love that story so much. >> me, too. >> i think friendships are so important. getting through life.ea >> agreed. >agreed. >>57 degrees. a little breezy, cool -- >> a little cool early this morning. it's a beautiful morning out there. we've got plenty of sunshine ouat is coming through. some of the cl that are left over from yesterday's system that passed through our region. again, temperatures in the 50s, warming into the mid to upper 70s today. that's still a little below normal for this time of year. it's just a beautiful start to your friday morning. and it's going to be a beautiful end. maybe you want to take a dip in the pool later on, it's going to be breeze. plenty of sunshine. saturday, warmer, still dry for saturdaun sy, father's day, that's when we have some rain in the forecast. if you're grilling out for dad, maybe some barbecue, maybe just he out for a pool day on sunday, keep an eye to the sky.

we've got scattered showers and thunderstorms. we're ating up by sunday. today, temperatures staying below normal. average temperature for this time of year, low to mid 80s. starting off on the cool side.l we'l in the upper 60s by 9:00. full sunshine, though, as we go through the morning. we'll break that out a little.ca the fore today in the mid to upper 70s. again, the main story today will be the winds gusting up to about 30 miles pehour. hat's going to suppress the humidity. we have those chances of rain sunday and then monday, tuesday, in fact, daily chance of rain almost every day next week. rain tow the t, but not impacting our area. mid 80s for tomorrow. lighter wind tomorrow. again, plenty of sunshine around to start the day. more clouds filling in in the afternoon. sunday starting offer on a dry note. rain chances increase after lunchtime. and we'll have a few storms by sunday night. that will lead into your monday morning. maybe a break through the middle part of the day on monday. more showers and thunderstorms expected by monday afternoon. temperatures in the mid to upper 80s for your father's day.

agesn, with the chanc of storms in the afternoon and daily chances of rain each and every afternoon all next week, as a frontal system stalls across the area. we'll look atraffic with melissa. >> reporter: good morning. right now, chopper 4 headed to 66 to show the delays we're dealing with. take a look. pretty slow as you're headed inbound near centreville, in is eastbound 66 near 29. a crash there with a lane d. blocke another in fredericksburg, northbound 95 after centerport parkway, that's on the right b shoulder causing delays as you're headed inbound from the fredericksburg area. northwest, 16th near harvard, crash reported there. as we zoom in, corcoran street at west virginia avenue in northeast, baneslocked for police activity. as or your travel times,5 looks good. slow on the outer loop. 66 inbound from fairfax county parkway looking good at 51 miles per hour, 95 north 56 miles per hour. remember to listen to wtop 103.5 when you hop in your car. more coming up. (vo) morning, noon, night;

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we are working 4 youto help you plan your weekend if you're staying in town. >> tommy mcfly subpoena earis- tommy mcfly is up early talking about stuff around the region >> fun stuff whether you have a father, you're hanging out with family and friends, doesn't matter what you're up to. we've got something for you. >> equal opportunity fun. >> more new york and l.a. things are coming our way. tomorrow we are looking at smorgusburg taking over the navy rd. they promisingha more tn 30 outdoor vendo you love the food -- >> love it all. >> the gluten free, avocados -- >> you lost me at gluten free. >> so many avocados.

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last 50 years. if your kids love big planes, small planes, check it out. >> if you've never been out to see -- the put the big stuff out -- >> it's spectacular. >> it is. worth checking out. sunday is not only father's day, out you know it's also international yoga day? >> oh. >> look at that.. namaste >> i'm going do the dancer pose during the break. >> the embassy of india is up partnering having a big free yoga 8:30 sunday at the bu we o theshington monument. >> or warrior two -- >> i don't know any of these. have you done yoga? >> iried it once. >> i tried it, too. >> but? >> i tried it once -- >> i have photographic evidence of you trying yoga with me. that was it. >> why isn't that on instagram? >> i'm going to find the photo. and "the tommy show." >> 7:00 a. on "the tommy show" app. >> thank you. have a great weekend. still ahead on "news4 today," georgetown university now under investigation by the u.s. department of education.

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just about 6:30 now on this good morning, everyone. i'm aaron gilchrist. >> i'm eun yang. we want to begin with a check on your forecast and commute. melissa mollet is standing by with your first 4 traffic. >> storm team 4te meologist lauryn ricketts is in place ready to tell us about the forecast. >> hey, yeah. wve got a beautiful sunrise out there. that sun came up just under an hour ago. we areoo lkingat estim beautiful conditions right now. we've got some nice weather on the way for oday. hose temperatures are in the 50s and low 60s. right now, it's a little cool to start this morning. thck breeze starting to pp a little bit. those northwest winds suppressing that humidity.at the same time, might feel

cool. you might need the jacket for at least this morning. we're headed into the upper 70s today. do not believe you'll need it for the remainder of the afternoon. usue skies out there today. northwest winds gng up to about 30 miles per hour. again, it will be breezy. that will be the main story today. the main st y thisweekend, rain. can we hold it off for your father's day? we'll time it out for you coming up. fit' trss itme melissa. good morning. good morning. 29.pper 4 over 66 at the crash that was blocking the ght side has just gotten out of the way. so hopefully some relief pretty quickly for folks because we b have pretty backups as you see eastbound near 234. pretty slow right now. forecast northbound 95 after the parkway, slowdowns there. manassas, 29 floerths of feather north of feathererbed lane, slow. naylor, left lane blocked. loop looking n good right now.

no problems on the beltway. corcoran at western avenue, an accident at southn and third strret. accident ported there. we're following breaking news in northeast d.c. police are investigating an overnight damned shooti overnight shooting. megan mcgrath has details. >> reporter: we got word that the victim in this has died. though this shooting now the latestomicide in the district of columbia. now i'm standing here on west virginia avenue. the shooting itself happened here onn corcoran street i northeast. the 1600 block. you see that we still have olice on the scene. they have thissection closed off. just to give you an idea of where we are, if you look at this fence here and these builngs, the brick buildings, that is theck side of gallaudet universit this unfolded at 1:00 this morning.

the report came in as the sound of shots fired. this is video that was shot early this rning. so police arrived, shots red. that's when they found the victim, a man suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. -wasaken to -- he was taken to an area hospital and later died. upon -- not a lot of information. still an active innostigation. dy has been arrested. but no information about a lookout either. certainly police are looking for witnesses to come forwards with information. back to you. >> megan mcgrath, live in northeast. tha l you. acal sports star is calling out d.c. leaders of the amount of gun violence in southeast d.c. >> her outrag may lead to a media blackout tonight. during a visit to hendley elementary school in washington, mystics' natasha cloud learned the school habeen hit several times. later she spoke about it with her 20,000 followers in

instagram posts. >> when you'realking about changing a culture, when you're talking about ending a cycle, when you're talking about empowering our iuths and gving them opportunities, it starts with an ducation. ourds kian't even feel safe to go to school right now. >> clout has called for a media blackout starting after tonight's game. she says she won't talk about she iolence in d.c. unless can get a meeting with mayor bowser and ward eight cowens l- council membern in der, the owner of the bronx, pat bolland, has -- b bowlen has died. he died last night at home surrounds eed -- surrounded loved ones. he had battled alzheimer's for several years. he was elected to the pro football hall of fame andas the first owner in pro football history to have hi team win 300

games. boldewl bowlen was 75. the wife of david ortiz is speaking t. she says he continues to heal and make progress. in a statement, tiffany ortiz thanked the man who drove ortiz to thehospital after he was shot sunday in the dominican republic. she also thanked doctors. ortiz is recovering at a massachusettsspital. six people have been detained in this attack. authority sass they were paid nearly -- authorities say they were paid nearly $8,000 to shoot him. they are tightlippe about a motive. we continue to follow av deoping story half a world away. to oil tanker exploded near the persian gulf. and u.s. secretary of state mike pompeo is blaming iran. iran has denied this, but the country has been at odds with e u.s. for eks. the u.s. inoued eic sanctions against iran over its support for extremist groups. it's 6:34. here's a look at your other top stories we're following this university former of maryland basketball player has been acquitted of rape

chargdds. damonte do was accused of assaulting a woman in college park in 2017. dodd says the sex was consens l consensual. the four men police say robbeded a gun shop yesterday remain onhe run this morning. five men crashed an suv into the union gun shop onrandolph road. when police arrived, the group rammed the vehicle ito a cruiser and an officer opened fire. one of the would-be robbers was found dead in the car.ou the other f were still on the run. you can look for updates in the nbc washington app. a new report from the a irport's authority suggests the second phase of the silver line will be delayed agai the contractor responsible for building the new rail yard near dull us airport revealed it is behind by more than 60 days. now the project is expected to be done late july, 2020. waiting a long time. >> a little longer. >> yep. theut comp system for the national oceanic and atmospheric administration, noaa, is getting

>> this is going to be the first time in 40 years that improvements have been made. right now the agency uses data collected by weather balloons, satellites, airplanes to forecast all types of extreme weather. that equipment won't go away, but the new computer systems will be able to better track and analyze the data. still ahead this morning, a new show sets a record on netflix. plus, white house press secretary sarah sanders may be eaving the white house, is she doing it to pursue

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convictions were overturned. >> i hear a it's powerful series that people have to watche and take a pause and really process it before they can move on. >> yeah. a surprising turn of events in flint,michigan. prosecutors have dropped all charges against eight people thharged in connection wihe contaminated water. >> prosecutors say they want to start the investigation from scratch. the original charges stem from an outbreak of leginnaires' disease. it's believed to have been caused by contaminated water. the city of flint began using the flint river as its water supply in 2014. but i didn't treat it for corrosion. at least2 1ople died and more than 70 became sick.t he state of new york has responded to the worst masles outbreak in decades by repealing a law that allows for religious exemptionsin to vaccation requirements. the bill takes effe immediately. meanwhile, actress jessica bie is clarifying her stance onch ldhood vaccinations. she caused a stir after lobbying poagainst a prod bill in

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defending himself from criticism coming from both sides of the political aisle. >> this is all in responseto that abc news interview where the pet said he would -- the president said he would listen to a foreign power if it reached out to him promising information about an election rival. peter alexander joins us live from the white house with more. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. first more on sanders sawhite h secretary sarah sanders. you're right, it's been a contentious relationship. she's moving on, the president praising her, saying they've been through a lot together. they had a unique relationshi she wasn't just press secretary but one of his most trusted, yal, confidantes. she oversaw a disappearing tradition, the white house press briefing. the last held more than 90days ago. as for what's next, you noted the president giving advice suggesting perhaps she follow her father's footsteps, running for governor. beyond that, 's person to note the democrats zeroing in on president trump, accusing him of

giving russia and other foreign governments the green lig to interfere in next year's election after the president's response to that question about whether he would accept gninformation from forei powers about his 2020 opponent or call the fbi. the fallout is building. we'll tell you what a -- a bill a democrat tried to pass and why a republican blocked it. that's ahead coming up on "today." >> see you on "today" in a few inutes. thank you. white house adviser kellyanne conway is also facing scrutiny. a federal government watchdog adency says she's broken the law repeatedly and sideses she be d from office. a report says conway publicly disparaged democrats running ins 2020 which a violation of the hatch act. the hatch act prevents mny federal employees from engaging in in political activity. while the white house says onway will not face disciplinary action, many say shwn should step do. 6:47.t's drivers on i-270 could be one

step closer to a faster commute. n>> we now have a idea of where the first toll lbues will be ilt in maryland's massive transportation project. news4's justin finch is live driving along 270 now with more on the story. justin? >> reporter: hey there.us jas you came to us, we got into this like really thick trafficoup here. brake lights and bumpers ahead of us as the rush begins. it looks like drivers could soon see the tolls come in on the southern stretch of the 270 cordor. our new partners at wtop and the "washington post" reporting the governor has his eyes on toll lanes to start on southbotwd 270 been the beltway and i-370, and then use a t money from tolls private partner fee to fund tolls going north of 370, as well. now the montgomery county council, some members were saying theyanted governor hogan to first prioritize northbound 270 from th beltway and the interstate 70 to then

move southbound. but they say also some of them, hyey understand w the governor may first aim for the more traveled southbound lanes here. over the several phases to come here, they're expecting up to four toll lanes on the maryland stretch of t beltway and also from 270. from the beltway going toward frederick. now as you look out here live, ouble.eing a lot of but you can tell it's going to be here soon. it's set to cost between $9 billion and 1$1 billion all told. haven't seen quite the dates talkingbout rolling it out. we know if it comes soon, once studies are done before we could see construction. back to you. >> thank you. should a notorious detroit red wing kingpin receive an- - drug kingpin receive ag ernie release from prison? thyful edmond helped fuel d.c.'s crack epidemic in 1980s by

running a major cocaine trafficking ring. jed mopp edmond is serving a term ot life withourole. >> some are requesting he get an early release for helping convict were drug dealers. d.c.'s attorney gene l wants to know how the community feels. at a meeting, neighbors weighed in. >> he may feel he has scored the scope of his criminal enterprise to meet tellery release. however -- meet early release. however it must not be lost to the minds of others that the community was devastated. >> i feel that the 30 years he served is a sufficient time. >> edmond is expected to appear before a judgen october. newrn this moing, georgetown university is one of two schools now under scrutiny by the u.s. department of education. this isigover foren funding.ge geortown and texas a&m university have been ordered to turn over financial records. th education department wants to determine whether thechools have fully reported foreign

gifts and contracts to the feral government. any gift valued at $250,000 or more must be reported. georgetown officials say they wi cooperate with the investigation. cue the alice cooper music. you know it. ♪ school's out for summer is that right? >> yes. i think so. >> today is the final day of class for students in d.c., prince george's county, and montgomery county, as well. students in arlington have one more week to go. fairfax and loudoun county public schools wrapped up their classes. and a reminder, many districts u will conti to offer those free lunches during the summer. >> all right. 6:51. lauren rickets is watching the weather for us. what do you have? >> i've got some nice conditions out te ere. thclouds are finally clearing. that's cloud debris left from a system la night. w the sun is shining. just a beautiful morning out there. now the next chance of rain coming on father's day. and it's with frontal system. that front is going to stall across the area. pretty much through next week.

that means we're going to have unsettled conditions through next week. enjoy today. those temperatures starting off on the cool side. plus, that winds isng picki up -- that wind is picking up. it may feel brisk out there. temperatures in the 50s and low 60s right now. we're on our way to the mid to upper 70s, a little below normal for this time of year. the main story, the breezy northwest winds. that's suppressing thehuidity. no rain today. no rain tomorrow. next chance of rain comes on sunday night. then we'll have the daily chances of rain into your mondau and day. gardening tip from our friends at meyfield garden center, if you have trees including cypress and spruce, check for bag warms. if you discov caterpillar they can be easily controlled with some organic treatments and containing spinosad. thank you for our friends at merry fooel merryfield gardening center for the tip. i don't have any of those trees, nor do i know whhe chemicals

are. i'm sure they'll help a lot. a few showers dissipating as they hit the appalachian mountains. no rain, full sunshine. especially headed to the pool. t will be a little breezy. tomorrow, lighterinds, temperatures in the mid 80s. we have that rain coming for your father's day, specifically in the afternoon.ou i w say any time after lunchtime. that's when we'll start to see showers and storms. hot andumid on father's day. we'll continue with the humidity through monday, through tuesday, wednesday, and thursday. so hot andhumid all next week. and again with daily chances of afternoon storms, we'll finally end that streak on saturday. melissa? >> good morning. chopper 4 showing us this problem in manassas. lee highway shut down at featherbed lane, showing you the crash here. a little in the distance. all ofhe delays, a lot of delays through b this areaause you can't move through there at this point. eastbound 66, we had a crash at 29. this is showing you volume headed inbound there. near 234. it's still a little slow eastbound 66.

springfield, northbound 95, the ramp to 395, we have a crash and some cars on the left shoulder. fredericksburg northbound 95 sh er centerport parkway, c on the right shoulder. inner loop, outer loop of the beltway looking actually pretty good in light right now. corcoran street at west virginia avenue, lanes blocked,olice activity. southeast, southern avenue at 23rd street, have a crashr the as far as travel times, 270 awesome, top of the beltway, outer loop, 30 miles per hour from 95 to 270. 66 inbound at fairfax county parkway, once you hit that, heading to the beltway, going 45 miles per hour. much better than what i sh ed you. and 95 north, quantico to the beltway, 58 miles per hour. remember to listent to wop 103.5 f.m. when you hop in your car. >> thanks. he tsa has a plan to make you safer on future flights, but not everyone is on board with this idea.cy >> the ages showing off a new type of technology designed to make x-ray macnes smarter. the california company has produced some software that incorporates artificial

intelligence into the scanners. the a.i. is modeled after the human brain and designed to catch threats that humano rators might miss. >> difference, though, is the a.i. algorithms, they don't get tired. they don't fatigue, and they don't have any biasies, and they continue to learn time and time again. >> the inventor says the system will allow security officers to perform higher level tasks such as interacting with peoe to preempt threats. the tsa has been using the techlogy at the san jose airport since last fall. it's important to remember, there are things that only huma can do because we experience emotion, and we have intuition. >> exactly. you feel something, you look at faces, you watch body language, all those sorts of thin. diabetic >> -- all those sorts of things. >> amen. >>uno robots a here. 6:55. here are four things to know -- polin arlington need helpf inding in sexual assault suspect. investigators say he touched a woman inappropriately on an

elevato in crystal city yesterday. check out t nbc washington app for updates throughout the day.r press ary white house press secretary sarah sanders will leave the donald trump administration. she's stepping down at the endh of tonth and will return to her home state of arkansas. check out the "today" show for continuing coverage. new airport reports from the authority suggesting send ase of the silver line will be delayed again. this project is set to be behind schedule. the new estimated opening of the line is late 2020. stick with news4 for updates on the work. and today is the last day of school for students in d.c., prince george's county, and montgomery county public schools. students in arlington have one more week to go.o go t the nbc washington app and search "summer" to find out things to do in theregion. and stay busy outside today. those temperatures are going to be in the mid to upper 70s. main story today will be the ezy conditions. it's going to be beautiful. beautiful tomorrow, still low humidity today and tomorrow.

next chance of rain oncreases father's day afternoon. we'll have some rain showers, especially sunday night into and then daily chance of rain k,xt week.we ai ams well. >> all right. >>thank you. thanks. >> you're welcome. that is the "news4 today." we appreciate you waking up with us. >> the "today" show is next. see you in 25 minutes. enjoy your day and weekend. >> make it a great -- >> happy father's day. >> happy father'day. j

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