morning. about 6:00 w.no good morning. i'm aaron gilchrist. >> and i'm eunyang. it's friday. a lot of news to catch up on before we move on. >> meteorologist chuck bell is here with a look at your weekend tr forecast but we start with melissa mollet. >> big problem. bw ptrkway. firs traffic alert. northbound shut down after 197. you saw the video. this tour bus was fully engulfed in flames in the rear partthat . firefighters are on the scene and we are trying figure out yoat exactly happened and we don't believe an was on there and had to be pulled off. t uthbound lanes only one side is getting by ais point. you can see the delays here on the map. they really are extensive. wf you want to leave your house early for k, school, wherever you're heading, a nice alternate is 95 at this point. right okw 95 loing good through that section.

270 northbound andsouthbound, no delays there. 66, 95 in virginia also rolling along pretty nicely. westboundi leesburg p at pimmit drive still a wer main break so eastbound lane are okay. no problems on the bay bridge heading to beach. a good beach weekend, chuck bell? >> you bet. get to that in a second. first thing. look at the beautiful sunrise on a friday morning. the weather has taken a turn foh better. much better. the winds have changed. a gusty northwest wind this afternoon. it will lrovidewer humidity and cooler mornings to come and 100% sunshine for your weekend. we are getting out the door this morning. not too much cooler yet. you'll notice the real change later today and tonight. we are mostly in the low to mid-70s on a friday morning.

hour-by-hour temperatures, not a big jumptoday. most areas will barely get back above 80 for a high temperature today. 84 downtown. could be isolated rain shower or two middle part of the afternoon but no severe weather threat for today. beach forecast. look there. good looking weather for the beaches. breezy down there at the coastline with isolated shower but saturday and sun, great leather. a stray bul hit a woman while lying in bed in northeast d.c. >> the woman was shot in the head and police are still working to figure out exactly what happened. "news4 today" megan mcgrath is joining us now live from police headquarters with thelatest. >> reporter: a close call for a woman in northeast and it all stems from a shooting that happened outside her apartment

complex take a look at the video here. this all happened around 11:30 last night. the woman was in bed when a stray bullet came through the window of her apartment and azer now, the apartment complex is a chaplain park apartments and locate at 44th and benning road in northeast. police could be seen last night processing evidence. they put down a number of evidence markers on the street outside of the apartment building. while it was a close call, the woman is expe.ed to be okay it was a grazed wound. she is expected to make a full recovery. as for the shooting which produced the stray bullet that went into her apartment, not a lot of information is known at this point. we can tell you that no arrests been made. no lookout for suspects but certainly police are looking for information and wnt to find the people responsible. back to you. >> megan mcgrath, thank you. morei breakng news out of

a th philadelphia. massive gorefinery fire there. we have video of that.fire look at the flames there. this is at the philadelphia energy solutions refinery. >> our sister stationy in phil is reporting this standard around 4:00 this morning and homes as far away as south jersey were rocked by a series of explosions at this plant. we don't know what is burning at this point. we know the wind is blowing a lot of that smoke into other parts of the city and south jersey as we said. no word on injuries. news concerning escalating tensions in the persian gulf. "the new york times" is reporting that presint trump approved a military strike against iran but then abruptly called it off. that strike would hte been in reiation for the downing of an than unmanild u.s. surnce drone yesterday. the times is citing administration officials based in on the decision.

iran insted the dne violated iranian air space. dwashington did say therone was aiying over international waters and the presidenthe believes the situation would have bee far more serious if someone had been inside an aircraft. >> i would imagine it was a general or somebody that made a mistake in shooting that dron down, but we didn't have a man th woman in the drone. we had nobody in e drone. it would have made a big difference, let me tell, would have made a big, big diffence. alsohi new ts morning. reuters is reporting the president sent a messageir to an asking for talk. nbc news is working to confirm both of these reports and we esll post any updat to this story in the nbc washington app. happening today, a prince george's county community is honoring a teen killed last week.

mal nashid was jogging and hit near a crosswalk. he had just graduathd from eighrade at georgetown day school. he was an honor student, a chess champ, a jazz player, and a cross-country runner. a vigil is being held tonight in bowie. police saye hrndon high chool students who may never know they were victims of a hidden camera placed in the school. rafael schklowski has been in jail. a woman working at his home called police after finding a hidden camera. police then found 32 recording devices with more than 3,500 videos. t of the videos were of teens changing clothes. now the drama teacher is facing more than 30 felony charges. new this morning, we now know the trial date of 11 people charged in connection with the

murder of mak w wilson. she killed in a shoot-out in her neighborhood. ten men and a woman were indicted in the case last month. most of the defendants go on trial in august of 2020. more fallout this morning from an ethics investigation into d.c. councilman jack evans who is stepping down now from the metro board.there was inten pressure for him to leave. he admitted to "the washington post" that an ethics investigation found he violae d metro codof ethics. earlier this week, he said the probe found no wrongdoing. he sent this letter to the d.c. council praising his tenure as metro board chair. his last day as chair is next thursday. io response to his resigna the mayor muriel bowser say they can focus on the needs of metro riders. pee cross stays, thanks to a landmark decision from the u.s. supreme court. >> yesterday in a 7-2 decision, the nation's highest court ruled

that the monument does not symbolize a state endorsement of rels gion. opponegued the nearly 100-year-old cross violated separation of church and state because it sits on public land,o but a maty of justices disagreed, deciding the monument's primary purpose was to honor sacrifice and not endorse religion. in prince george's county, there was mixed reaction to the decision.on a rlan is now under way for the peace cross. if you'rea near the nonal mall this weekend, you should expect your phone to push out an emergency alert. you should expect your phone to push out an emergency alert. nd security is doing a test on cell phones on or nea. if you're around that area at na:00 a.m. your phone could burz lou messagthe.cee ive a they say it's only a test and people who get that alert are not to do anything. a new sports entertainment opens today. the third topgolf hecation in trea.

there is one in loudoun coty and alexandria and a fourth is set to open in german town. t topgolf says the new location created 500 full-time and part-time jobs. next up, people in their 20s and 30s are developing a condition usually seen in much older people. y doctors think this is happening. plus, a local football player who made it all the way to the super bowl takes us on a trip down memory lane. >> you know, this is where everything started for me. the culture made mwho i am.e >> me back, rodney mcleod talks about growing up here and how he is giving back this summer. good morning, everybody. it is the longest day of the year! santa claus gets 24 hours ofsu hine on the north pole today. longer days to the north and shorter to the south. we got almost 15ours of daylight here today. international falls, minnesota, 16 hours of daylight todk. west, florida?

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this next story will having you reaching the back of your head. so strange. >> and sit up straight. >> studies are showing cell phone addiction is causing horn-likeul n on the back of people's necks.

yoop youtablet up on a pillow and maybe hold screen higher or put the phone down altogether. kee e it at lolve but don't block your face. people want to see that. give the people what they want. a survey found the average cost o summer child care is $1,000 per child.

twice are expected to spend twi.c. area that is expensive to live. susan hogan is helping you. open the nbc washington app and search summer child care. nfl champ rodney mcleod is ready to share some of his super bowl success with the kids in the community. "ne4 today" justin finch is live at dematha high school ahead of this football camp. od morning. >> reporter: good morning. we are here on the eve of this football camp here. i'm joined now by rodney mcleod who is the face behind all of this. before we get to the football stuff, rodney, let me ask you this. what do you want to accomplish also tomorrow? >> i'mg bringin a student impact project to prince george's county and started this past ason and pretty much we went out and we brought these two rvs you see behind us right now, brought them out to thels and gave these kidschoo the fre access to free vision and dental care. it's not only exams we are doing but also giving them treatments

on-sitrv the s stay there and until the job is done and complete. the purpose behind it is to provide these kids with access. we understand we want to keep these kids as healthy as possible and most importantly keep them in the classroom and these are ways to do that. we are all about prevention. >> let's go inside and show the people what theseans look like. let's take a walk here. you can see we have this boy in a mcleod jersey. he is in the chair and something you would see in a dentist office? >> exactly. ha weve services here. terally these kids get the best of treatment. just as if they were in a dental office. we are just providing this mobile transportation and able to get toer schools and it's vy impactful. >> i want to go a short walk away. i know nick is having a hard time balancing b i want to see one more thing here. we are joined by john, a partne with udent health impact

project here. john, you know, this is something very important. we have right now going on behind us here an vision exam. >> all vision. >> let's get you inside to see that as we talk about this.io visis very important for kids, oven overlooked. >> absolutely. rodney talks about when he was growing up to see board and embarrassed not to tell his parents because he didn't want that to somehow judge him. when kids are able to see the t board,y are able to do well in class.is s a full fledged comprehensive vision and young kids go on there to get screend an comprehensive exam and get glasses and one with them and one with the school nurse so they can read and see. this is part of a comprehensive mical project we have. >> these kids were working out and stretching and giving us movements and rodney is try g to leadem here. we were having fun out here. guys, more of this is coming up

this weekend. a special surprise when we see you coming up later in the hour. we haveye exams and vision exams and a great weekend here. back inside to you. >> so awesome! great to see. ihe love is giving back to the community. justin finch, thank you so much. rt first 4 traffic a with melissa mollet. >> big problem on bw parkway. a fulllosure in laurel after 197. take a look at this. tour bus fully enguld in flames a couple of minutes ago. all northbound lanes of bw barkway after 197 are closed. here is the sound lanes. only one lane getting by in the southbound direction. three ple backu northbound. a big mess. take 95 to try to get around that. in the backups i should say northbound bw parkway at powdermilk road a back up there and here is another accident.

water in break westbound lanes are shut down at leesburg pike and pimmit drive. listen to wpot fm when you hop in your car. good morning, chuck. >> good tgif to you. beautiful weather on a friday mornin our weather taking a turn for super nice around here. sun is already up. longest day of the year, summer solstice coming up at 11:47 this morning. 71 degrees and lightsouth wind in washington for now but not the case this afternoon. a gusty northwest wind arrives here the next couple ofhours. it will blow in much less humid air. we get to appreciate that all the way through the weend. right now, 68 in winchester, virginia and also at

gaithersburg. not a big jump in temperatures. most places today only back above 80.

dry after 7:00 p.m. for you friday night cookouts. back to heat and humidity on monday. asian andpacific islanders american scholars has awarded more than 150 million dollars in scholarships. the organization held its annual summit at the reagan building yesterday in d.c. i was present. my thanks to them for inviting me. a great event all around. >> fantastic. up next, we are working for you this morning and helping you come up with fun things to do with the family this weekend. >> there are several food-related option. yea. including a chance to sample the best barbecue town.

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take the kids to get dirty in montgomery county or go on a food run literally. >> tommy mcfly is working for ou with great ideas for a fun weekend. >> something for everybody. including some delicious smelling traffic thi weekend on pennsylvania avenue. bthe annualarbecue battle is happening right on pennsylvania avenue and sprawl from third to seventh street all the way down. they actually crowned national champions in grilling things at this event too. >> lookat that yumminess! >> people train, like, this is world cup style all year long for this. if you're a huryspectator, you can sample all of the delicious things. >> i would lose the whole da back and forth, back and forth, up and down. >> make sure to bring your hand wipes! barbecue sauce and all of that. >> just lick and amove, lick move. >> you don't want to lick at mud fest, though. that is happeningn i montgomery

county. montgomery park at woodstock park on saturday. $15 cash. bring the whole family and your car and they are making mud puddles. they want you to get out and enjoy to make mud pies and mud slinging and get back to nature. it looks like a lot of fun but who is cleaning you up and when you get in the car and your shoes! >> you wear not your sunday best. >> exactly. still. >> leave the seersuckeruit at home. they will help you hose off. montgomery park is saying let's get down and dirty. a run where you can run and snack at the same time. >> french fries in one handnd chocolat doughnut in another and jogging? >> totally. you do the run and here is a banana is the way it usually works. in fairfax a run and food festival. along the course you can grab bites and eat and run and eat and run and run and eat and a

fest at the end and want to focus on calories earne and burned and you have a healthy relationship with food. >> i can't burn enough calories for the kind of food i want. >> i don't think they are snacking on what you are talking about. >> it benefits that no kid hungry. >> i love that organizaahon. >> ye i would finish chewing before you startning again. >> smart. >> thank you, tommy. >> that is working for you. >> ppy friday, tommy. >> see 1

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good morning. i'm eun yang. >> i'm aarogilchrist. 6:29. we are following breaking news. take a look at video from a short time ago on the bw parkway. that is a tour bus on fire. >> that stretch of road needed to be closed so that first responders could put out the fire. let's check in with melissa mollet with an update in your first 4 traffic. >> northbound bw parkway at 197r one nbound lane now getting by that tour bus fire and one southbound lane. both still very slow in directions. as you take a look at the map,

you can see the delays both northbound and southbound because of th. westbound leesburg pike at pimmit drive, westbound lanes stowll shut d because water main break. access roads are still getting by. chuck, a beautiful morning out there. >> sure is. the weather is going to keep on getting bett as we go through your friday. a couple of lingering clouds outside this morning. but the cold front is coming on through. the flags out here in northwest washington have turned around to the northwest and the leading edge of cooler and less humid air here for the weekend. current temperates, you won't notice a big drop this morning. still in the low 70s. they are just won't be a big jump in temperatures today.

day time highs only the in low 80s. silly rabbit. tricks are for kids -- i mean, dogs. chex here would make a great addition to your family. go to the rescue facility and adopt a pet. dog walking forecast. extra miles in tod t with lower humidity coming in and distance runners if you're training for a race later on this summer, tomorrow morniay and sund morning be extra mild mornings without the humidity. it won't last long. ten-day forecast is coming up. breaking news in the district. rwoman was hit by a st bullet while lied in bed last night. she is expected to be okay and megan mcgrath will join us later

on with more information. >> the federal government aviation administration is prohibiting u.s. aircraft from flying over the per gulf and gulf near iran due to rising tensions. ce follows a report by "the new york times" citing multiple anonymous senior administration officials that president trump had approved a military strike against iran ht but abruptly called it off. the strike would have been in retaliation for the downing of an unmanned u.s. surveillance drone. lan state-run tv released this video of a missilench claiming it shows the missile hitting a u.s. drone. thi reporting that the president sent a message to iran asking for talks. nbc news is work to go confirm these new reports. happening today, a prince george's county community ite honoring a en killed last week. 14-year-old kamal nashid was jogging and hit near a crosswalk.

a vigil is beingeld tonight in bowie. tonight, a vigil will be held to honor kemal nashid who was killed sevel days ago when he was hit by a car at his home in bowie. a vigil is planned to honde two transgwomen both killed this year in the same prince george's county neighborhood. carmen and spears weleilred ce nmamer enont ntofg ficial fiom d.c. and maryland met yesterday at an of of an advocacy organization and agreed to share information to solve the killings. the vigil begins at 5:30 at 59th avenue. the second at 7:30 at dupont circle. >> here is a look at other top stories this morning. embattled d.c. councilman j tk evans has resigned fr metro board. he admitted to "the washington post" that ethics investigation found he violated metro's code of ethics. st month, he announced he would not seek re-election as chair of the board. yesterday, e announced he would resign altogether.kn we now ow the trial dates of 11 people charged in

connection with the 10-year-old makia wilson who was killed in a gang shoot-out. it happened in her neighborhood and she was 10 years old. first six defendants go on trial in august of 2020. are second trial for the others will begin in januof 2021. the supreme crt ruled that ce cross will remain standing. heum said that the cross violated separaon of church and state because it sits on public land but the supreme court disagreed with that saying rets of the ninens america the y who died while on vacation in the dominican republic. all of the deaths are considered suspicious but, so far, there is no evidence lofking them. cials say the victims died after suddenly becoming ill. this morning, an explosive

development of a navy s.e.a.l. accused of killing an iraqi prisoner. >> a witness took the stand and said he did it, not the mann trial. gallagher has been on trial for the death of a t state fighter who was wounded in an air strike. yesterday, prosecutors called anothernavy s.e.a.l. to the stand and that witness told the court while gallagher did stab the prisoner, he was the on responsible for the boy's death after blocking his air tube. he called it a mercy killing. the witness said he believe the boy would eventually be tortured by iraqi forces. that witness had already been given immunity from precution by the prosecutors. angry residents packed a full city council meeting demanding action after 72 police officers were pulled from the street accused of making racist and hateful and offensive posts on social media. last night at the meeting people demanded dozens of officers be fired. the post were madeublic by an

advocacy group. the philadelphia police union have called the situation overly broad social media investigation and that the officers deserve due process. the incident is still under investigation. nothing is fair in love and war but a michigan man might want to add divorce to that. >> he bought a winning lottery ticket worth $30 million aav now he'll hto share the winnings with his exwife.lo rich zewsko and his wife had been separated two years when he bought aeg 013. the divorce was not official at the time. now a michigan judge says he m ot listen to an orderan arbitrator who says that ticket is technical marital pr the divorce was not legal. it means he must pay his ex-wife mary $15 million. their divorce was finalizedlast year. >> i wish i would. you would have to find me. i would packu my st so fast. >> you can't break a contract. >> i haven't seen you in two

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a security scare ata security checkpoint at the phoenix, arizona, airport. this 19-year-old garner is accused of charging through a metal detector andnocking one tsa screener to the ground and pushes four others. reports show he was under drugs and alcohol at the time and facing five counts of assault. engine troubles force add small plane to land in the middle of a street in southern california. the emergency landing happened yesterday afternoon. fire officials were on the helping to stop the single-engine plane from leaking fuel. the two people on board, which

included the pilot, we not injured. there was no damage to the plane either. this morning, there is a warning about the dangers of e-cigarettes. >> one of them just exploded in a teen's mouth and knocking out several teeth and shattering his jaw. this is not an isolated incident either. look at the x-ray here. thosre are recent viral vide have captured moments that e-cigarettes have exploded or malfunctioned and at least two people in the u.s. have died from it. more than 2,000 people have been to the emergency room for e-cigarette burns and injuries. thtifood and drug administraon is in charge of regulating tobacco products including e-cigarettes and they say the problem centers around the lithiuthat power these devices. the teen has recovered even m se though even though the explosion was terrifying. good came out of it because he said he has quit smoking for good. that will do it republican now here is your cnbc report.

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compare comccut business to youent provider. my current service provider does not provide half of what you provide. and to know that i could save money? i'd be thrilled. this sounds like a whole business package, which would be incredible. this camp coming up. not only rodney mcleod, safety for the eagles, he is from the d.c. area. the ture here young campers who be here maybe to give rodney a run for his money. i've heard you say there weren't enough camps going up in the past for yo and is that why you are doing this today? >> when i grew up, there weren'n macamps like this and me a and my peers are doing more camps like this for free and give back to the children and give them inspiration and see role modeling like myself and motiva them one day to be in >>my shoes. here is one guy who is ready, my man, how does it feel to be

here today and knowing you're here tomorrow and meeting rodney mcleod in person? >> it feels good. like he is train you to be att be safety and a better person. i'm really happy! >> reporter: do you think in a few years you can take him on? >> yeah. >> reporter: great. we will back up here. not an eagles player deite the hat. this is a father of a camper here and for you, it must mean a lot to look over here and see a ayer like rodney giving back. >> absolutely. it's priceless. i always tell my son th these moments to have an opportunity to touch and feel a live nfl athlete, they are priceless moments and you should never take them for granted. we appreciate rodney coming back to the community and being able to not forgot where he came from and pouring back into the community is essential. >> rodney, there are two more points i want to hit before we go here. one is the dental and eye screens you have going on.

why was that a key partou for with the student health impact project? >> i wanted to bring it back home. bring it b i can relate to, an area i grew up in, and make a diffence in these kids' lives and help the parents out as well. like i said most importantly create the provision and allow these kids to be in the classroom and be successful. >> reporter: one last thing here. there's still time to jump on this. i'm hearing hearing can be available but do it fast. >> we got to give you test spots and go to rodney mccloud 23.com and show up here at dematha high school and it will be a great day tomorrow. >> reporter: still time to get in. a great cause there. >> thank you, justin. four things to know this morning. heads-up for drivers in fairfax county. is rtion of leesburg pike closed between itpimm and evans court. work crews are fixing a water main break and we don't heow whenoad will be open. follow your a for updatestransg

killed months apart in the same prince george'shoounty neighb. police and local leaders have agre to begin sharing resources to solve the crimes. check out our app for details on the memorial. tonight a vigilwill be held to honor kamal shid who was hit by a car near his home in bowie. his parents organized tonight's vigil. head to our app to see videos of him. president trump abruptly called off accusing iran for shooting down unmand drone tune in to "today" for more on this story. one lane getting by because of an earlier fire.

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