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you've and more e last few >> now needs to roads safer for scooter drivers and everyone else. news 4 megan mcgraph is live this morning along 14th street northwest with more on this proposal. what can you tell us about it, megan? >> reporter: hey, guys. you walk down any street downtown and you' going to be sure to see them, electric scooters are pretty much everywhere. and with their rise in so popularity, e on the d.c. council are calling for changes in the rules o in order to make things safer. so we're expecting to see legislation introducedthet that. take look herespecifics. ss, the bill ban electric scooter yoous from 10:00 p. to 4:00 a.m. the bill would also establish a

hot line for reporting illegal parking and reduce the sidewalk speed limit to 6 miles an hour while increasing the street speed limit to 15 miles an hour. the bill would also require payments to cover damage to public property that might occur if you're using ascooter. now, electric scooters are relatively new to the whole transpoation scene here. certainly seen an increase in popularity. i'm wondering how long these cooters will be here. someone might come out at any time and take them away from us because people use them to get all around town, work and restaurants, you name it. but with their increase in popularity, there are some on the council that say, you know,r thees need to change to make sure that people who are driving the scooters are safe and those on the sidewalks and in the sreets are safe a well. back to you. >> yeah, we do see them all around the city really. >> they're ever w megan. fast. totalk.s

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left steve scalise gravely injured as well as three others hurt who was all on the field that morning. coming up in just a bit, later in the show, we'll take you inside nats park and give you a sense of what's going to be happening before night's big game. at nats park, i'm justin finch, news 4. it's now 5:10. up next, summer safety is top of mind for a lot of parents right now. >> yeah, from the playground to the bike path, we're working foo highlighting things you can start to think about now before your little ones go out and play later today. plus, robo calls are annoying. they can even be frightening. we know more thisng about the government's plan to crack down on thehi businessend calls.harassing phone chuck? >> all right. we're planning on sunshine and heat today. notterribly humid but still even with tt being said, the air quality for today will bed gradeas poor. o if you have any heart o respiratory issues, you may want to limit any strenuous activity outside espy for the next couple days. check of that five-day forecast which includes th

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signed jac's law. a 3-year-old was nearly taken away from his fathers. the couple live in virginia, but decided to go through the surrogacy process in wisconsin. six weeksobefore jac was born, a wisconsin judge stepped i >> took away our parental rights. he left jacob an orphan and put us on a four-year horrific journey. ur it took several trips through multiple cots before they won permanent cuirody of the son. the family plansorto fight f jacob's law to be passed around the country. it ensures state surrogacy laws are gender neutral. we have smer safety tips. medical experts want you to in mind a few things here as your kids head out the the playground throughout the summer mont . make sureur children aren't exposed to nails, bolts or hooks. you have to check out that stuff on the the playground.la pstic and metal surfaces can get really hot. check those slides to make sure they're cooled off before your

kids go down. and parents should be watching the little ones very closely while they're on any type of equipment. other important safety reminder, kmake sure yourids gear up before riding their bikes, scooters, skate boards. experts sayhe you should wear t helmets,lbows and knee pad kids should always stay alert. i always thought you rode against traffic. >> yidu have to with traffic. >> all right. well, i'm rrected. >> make sure you wear those helmets. >> robo call scams cost americans millions of dollars each year. now the ftc says it's cracking down on some of the worst offenders. the ftc announced yesterday itf led nearly 100 legal actions against operations responsible for more than a billion illegal robo calls. this is part of a new joint initiative with law enforcementt called open call it quits. officials say the nationwide sweep is a step in the right direction. >> we'll never stem the tide of illegal robo calling until we

prove we have the resolve and the wherewithal to make offenders pay. toofficials say the best w cut down the number of robo calls received is to block those numbers on your smart phone or nes call-blocking device on your land and if a robo callu gets thro, report it to the ftc. climate change is threatening to destroy ancient history in athens, greece. scientists say air pollution and acidrain are erodingnt monumes and tples including acropolis. ere's a debate over how to protect the mouments. some suggested covering them with domes. news 4 is committed to bring yos ries about how the changing climate changes your life. search climate for what climates change m for you in the app. >> it's sad.at some point they have to cut off these beautiful monuments tp thlic then we can't see it anymore. 5:17 now. staying cool in the summer isn't easy, especially when you're

covered head to toe in orange fur. check out these guys a group of orangutans took matters into heir own hands, showering themselves withses and buckets. they had the right idea. some made their own drinks with cups. ice cold water. another orangutan used a wet blanket to cool off. smart. >> that's what i do. >> temperatures are set to rise above 104 degrees in austria later this week. that is hot. >> -huh.ti all- records are possible across a big chunk of central europe over the next couple days as they are being baked in what will be an n all likelihood historic heat wave for them. did you know that ht is the number one weather-related killer worldwide? >> i did know that. i think you told us that once. >> i may have. i only have so many tidbits, eun. >> you have unlimited number of tidbits. >> one walking factoid. >> apparently i'm recycling

them. reduce, reduz, recycle. on wednesday morning, skies are clr. our ski camera view over national airport where lots of folks getting the friendly dropoff in the kiss and ride line degrees now loudoun county. nice, cool morning in the shenandoah valley temperatures dropped into the mi 60s. mostly in the low 70s around the city. toere are a couple cooler spots. springfield down 65. 63 in germantown. your planner for your wednesday filled wi afternoon highs today back above 90 yet again. yesterday we topped off at 90 at national airport. today i'm forecasting 93 grees. on the whole, high pressures in charge of our weather for now. we're sort of on the north westerly fow at this point in time. that will keep the humidity low but won't do anything to cool let me walk you through future weather. rain chances are delightfully low for the next couple of days. no chan for rain at all today. dry again tonight andhen dry tomorrow, maybe a little itty

bitty chance for shower out west of deep creek lake towards morgan town, west virginia tomorrow. no chance for rain around the city. we get into friday, dry start on friday morning. there is a ather front that's going to be draping its way down into pennsylvania on friday. that could lead to a little e higher chancor an isolated shower right along the mason dixon line on friday afternoon. no chance for raro in andd the city on friday. now, saturday that weather front sags a little farther down to the south, so as a result, we go from only maybe a 20% chance for rain on friday up to a 30% o chancesaturday. and then on sunday with the front heading south of the washington area, that will be our most likely chance to get some showers and some thunderstorms. it will be sunday afternoon. on the backside, when that front drops to our sout on monday, humidity levels drop once again. here is your five-day forecast then. 93 -- not so humid today. 93 again for tomorrow. hardly even a cloud in the sky the next couple days. there's that little chance for a shower friday mainly north of

d.c. then over the weekend, increasing rain ances are back, but no weekend wash ts, dave. >> that's good thing. we'll go to i-66, eastbound, we had one disabled in this camera sht it's gone. it is gone. it just cleared. eastbound 66 at fairfax county o parkway g to go. volume delays will start to fill in soon, not yet. canal road reoccurring work in the dtrict between georgetown and fox hole road. cthey'relearing the work zone road right now.to you want watch out for the crews as they pick up the cones if you're just headed out the door. brandy wine maryland we go, b northbound onnch avenue past the 301 split it's a crash reported. reported along the left side of maryland 5 northbound. that is the ve latest from the t.o.p. traffic center. next on" "news 4 today, criminals are getting smarter. >> yeah, but we're working for you, helping you to tell its scam from the real thing. when we come back, cyber experts exlain the latest scams involving your phone and email

accounts. and this afternoon, ellen welcomes maya rudolph and be kristen . now that's going to be fun. ellen airs at 3:00 p.m. right here on nbc 4 and stick around ckr news 4 with pat and leon. we'll be rht ba.ig

you may remember years ago when we warned you about scam mails from a nigerian prin claiming you just inherited

ousands of dollars. people kind o realized that was not right. well, today cyber scammers are getting much more sophisticat . >> it'sharder to tell what's a scam out ere these days. drew wilder working for you with advice on ways you can fight back. >> reporter: these extortion attempts aren't like the scams from years ago full of misspellings. the fbi says they're sophisticated. scammers pretending to work for a business finance department and tricking a cfo into approving a payment. these scammers also create websites that look just like the ones you frequent and they're to trying get your password. >> these scammers are able to create almost identical websites from what you would go on to any business rete. >> rter: the fbi reports email extortion complaints jumped 242% just r,st yea virginia had the fifth most complaints of any state and it worked. 201 americans were taken for $2.7 billion.f rfax police say on an individual level scammers are

tricking lots of local people with the popular cell phone game words with friends. inside that game, you can chat with your opponent. police say scammers start a simple conversation and then work itnto a conversation about their mother and the scammer makes a move by trying to get the victim to give their mother's maiden name. >> right there they have one security question that we're all very familiar. you log into anything you have thoy list of securit questions. there's one. > reporter: in northern virginia, drew wilder, ns 4. >> drew mentioned virginiaad h the fifth most complaints ithe country by comparison,ar mand was 11th and the district was 39th. > 5:25. still ahead, two local townu concilmen under fire for comments made about june tooent and pride month. plus caught on camera, a local homeowner says this man sto flowers from his yard. but this isn't the first time the complaint has been made in the neighborhood. chuck, what's up in wl athe? >> alght.

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>> announcer: news 4 today starts now. good morning, everyo i'm eun yang. >> i'm molette green. nice to sit next to you this n rning. >> it's been fuhaving you molette, as always. >> aaron is on assignment in miami. >> working, of courr. >> peparing for the democratic debate. >> let's begin with a check on your forecast and commute, dave from wtopors in f melissa mollet this morning. but we begin with storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell and his little heat wave we're getting this week? >> oh, yeah, aaron is working all right. working on finishing his penocola da >> oh, no. >> miami had record-high temperatures across most of o

flda. tampa yesterday 98 degrees. just one degree off their all-time record high.h and miami had seven days this year 95 or higher. that's an all-time record to season.int in the they are sweltering in the sunshine state. we'll be hot here, too. not so humid today. i 63 now montgomery county, 70 in quantico, 72 in prince georges county. your commuter forecast then noh cce for rain today. the only real weather hindrance on the commute will be sun glare first thing this morning.s sun i up at 5:45, not down until 8:47. go for the car washing forecast. keep it clean the next couple more days. >> all right. wel start off on the 66 eastbound after 123. the traffic is moving fairly well. no need for visors just quite yet. the traffic is moving pretty well on 66 as you make your way towards the beltway. traffic around the beltway is moving fine. northbound on route 5 branch avenue beyond the 301 split is a

crash blocking the left side. it is somewhat slow getting past it. northbound 270 free flow of traffic. no tieups or slow downs on 95 between the beltways. that is the very latest from thf wtop t center. gondahead a send it over to you. >> dave, thank you. 31. special counsel robert mueller announced he will appear before two house cmittees to testify publicly next month about hisr woon the russia report. weeks ago he said he would prefer to let the report speak for itself. that wsn't enough for the chairman of the house andic judiary committees. last night mueller wasd serve subpoenas from both of them. the back-to-back july 17th hearings will no doubt be some of the most highlyci antited congressional hearings in years. mueller worked quietly for more than two years, neverpeaking publicly until weeks ago when he announced he was stepping down from the position of special counsel. president trump has not hecommented yet but afterews broke late last night he

tweeted, quote, presidential >harassment. breaking this morning, the associated press reporting a third summit between the united states and north korea is in the works. psident trump and kim jong-un met four months ago in thetnam. s is video from that meeting. they failed to come oe agreement about north's expanding nuclear program. they first met just over two years ago in singapore. two lead work council mearer e under scrutiny because of their words this morning one is accused of making co inappropriate ents about juneteenth and the other about pride month. >> community now demanding they be held accounble. the trouble started when the lees burg council issued a proclamation issuing the end of slavery. juneteenth is the celebration, lynching is not. josh steal is in hot water after making a lees burg pride

proclamation writing everyone is equal, identity don't help. people are really scared right now and you had an opportunity to do something respectful and youfailed. >> all of a sudden groups and individuals are coming in and telling you, you don't know how to run your town. >> councilman dunn and steal declined our invation to comment on cerera. sco riders could be dealing with some new rules in the district very soon. >> lawmakers laying out some changes for riders here. news 4egan mcgrath has more on this proposal. megan, good morning. >>ll a right. sorry we're having trouble with megan's microphone. >> we're all in this thing together so we ne to know how to live together.

for several years neighbors in dupont circle have en complaining that someone is stealing flowers from their garden. >> now there is surveillance video of a recent theft. take a look. you can see a mhere walking up to the stairs of the house. he grabbed several flowers. excuse me from the ground then he walks off.e th theft happened in may near o and 21st streets. look at >> and then this is a few blocke away from dupont circle metro station. if you have any information, you are asked to call d.c. police t about s. >> thank you, molette. excuse me. i had to sneeze. time is 5:34. a look at the other top stories we're following this morning. police have released more ut information abonday night's deadly wreck on t b.w. parkway. a woman was killed. officers say the suspect was on the run from police when he allegedly hit the woman's vehicle. she has not been identified. police have arrested lakeisha hazelwood of southeast d.c. and charged her with arson. dzelwood is accused of setting a fire thatamaged a building on pennsylvania avenue last monday. luckily no one was hurt, but

that building sustained smoke damage and more than a dozen indows were blown out. officers sayps from the public led to this arrest. metro's police chief wants the u.s. attorney's office to review this weekend's incident. officers used a stun gun on a man who was coming to the aid oe teens hhought were being treated unfairly by police. metro originally said he was interfering with an investigation, but thosecharges were dropped yesterday. so we want to get back to that story about a proposed change to scooter rules here in the district. >> news 4 megan mcgrath is live in northwest with more. hi again, megan. >> reporter: hey, guys. out my microphone worked here. when i spoke to you last about half hour ago. i had two scooters. as you can see i'm down to one. had a gal come by and ride one off to work this morning. it's just an example of the popularity of eleric scooters. and that has some on the d.c. council calling for changes in the laws to maken thi fer

basically. now a bill is expected be formally introduced in the fall. take a look at the specifics here. now, if passed, the bill would banlectric scooter use from 10:00 p.m. to 4:00 a.m., so you couldn't drive them in overnight hours. the bill would also establish a hotline for reporting illegal parking and reduce sidewalk speed limits to 6 miles an hour while increasing the street speed limit to 15 miles an hour. the bill would also require a payment to cover damage to public property. now, we spoke to people who use scooters and many they seem to be okay with the changes. >> i think a lot of it makes sense. definitely there's a lot of danger to it riding at night can cause some issues. definitely people being intoxicated while ridings an issue. >> reporter: so electric scooters relatively new to the

transportation scene here in the district and some on the council ty that laws and rules need to change in order keep up with this trend. egain, the proposed legislation expected to com or be introduced in the fall. back to you guys. >> megan mcgrath live inhw not washington. megan, thank you. do see a lot of those scooters zipping around. >> still maheador staff shakeups in the west wing. we have the details who is leaving and who is placing them. plus the d.c. region has its fair share of great restaurants. and eun, you know a lot of them. >> definitely not been tohis one. >> right. eat is the best place to in the whole world? this morning we know. we'll tell you when we come back on news 4 today. our time 5:37.

>> announcer: you're watching "news 4 today." this morning, san francisco is now the first.s. city to ban the sale of e cigarettes at least until the products receive a full fda approval. critics of the ban say it will hurt tyretailers but ci leaders say the ban will helpot prt kids. >> and for the first time ever the u.s.iv prevent services task force will add e cigarettes to its ist of tobaccoproduct. the task force is urging doctors to talk to their youngere patis about the health dangers of e cigarettes. okay. now to our favorite story of the morning, who doesn't like to right now i need a meal. i need a meal right now. >> i could eat a whole meal.

>> and can you imagine eating at the world's best restaurant? this morning we know which restaurant has that title. mirazur on the frenchra rivie. >> you said it well. >> i don't know. named number one restaurant in the world. this video is fm the ceremony held in singapore f the world's 50 best restaurants. only five american restaurants made the list. i think 11 madison park in new york is up there. also at this event chef jose andres won the icon award in recognition of its work with chworld central kit. >> well deserved. >> well deserved. let me tell you that i know d.c. restaurants didn't make that list, but there's some amazing restaurants right here in our hometown. >> i want to eat my way through all of them. >> yes, indeed. dog-walking forecast for today, take a chance on chance here 7-year-old smooth haired black and tan ttle dotson a friendly guy. good old mr.s, nicklau his

sister alexandra. got to give a big long names to the little dogs.wa dog-ing weather for today, get those miles walked this morning because the pavement and thete temperatures will be q hot later on in the afternoon today. ten-day forecast is all about the heat. i'll share it with you next. plus, immigration, iran and robert mueller, there are no shortage of questions for the democrats running for office. the first debate is tonight. we're taking a look at how it could all play out. stay with us. your time is 5:42.

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>> announcer: you're watching "news 4 today." mark your calendars now, july 17th is the day special counsel robert mueller has agreed to testify publicly before congress. he'll answer questions about his investigation into russian in involvement our election and ow the trumpampaign and administration handled it. >> in the opinion of the chair that ayes have and jonal stands approved. >> a border emergency bill will set aside billions of dollars in aid to help care for migrants and children detained at the u.s./mexico border. house speaker nancy pelosi says

the funds will help chekeep families together and ensure that children have food, clothing and medical care. topics tonight will be on brought up tight during the first democratic presidential primary debate in miami. >> 20 candidates qualified for this fatst de so it's been divided into two nights. the first night will include cory booker, elizabeth warren and john delanie. the second night's lineup will feature current front-runner joe biden, bernie sanders and pete buttigieg. tracie potts s in miami and joins us live with more on what we can expect. tracie, good mo >> good morning. let's talk about who we're watching today. elizabeth warren is likely to get a lot of attention because she is the -- one of the top polling candidates w is appearing in round one tonight. in fact,in a new move on.org poll progressive she's leading by double digits.

she's going to be cente stage tonight along with beto o'rourke and some of the other candidates that you mentioned. in terms of issues, they'rg go get everything from immigration to iran to the economy. the format of this debate will be iseteresting becau there are so many candidates on stage they're not going to have a lot of time to talk, maybe six to seven minutes each total in this two-hour debate. so it's set up like this, five rounds of questioning. there are no opening statements, but each will get a chan deliver a closing argument. democrats get under way in miami tonight. >> tracie potts live for us in miami this morning. tracie, thank you. and reminder, aaron gilchrist is also in miami covering the debates. check out his reports tonight beginning on news 4 4. on twitter low him for live updates on these debates. it's 5:47 this morning. we have details on two big staffing changes in the trump administration. >> sarah huckabee sanders is on her way out and president trump has announced his new press

secretary stephanie gresh m moves into that role. grisham will remain in that position and take over the duties of white house prs secretary and the white house communications director. grisham has been with the trumpc team si 2015, longer than almost any other member. andthe administration is also losing a top official. the acting commissioner of customs and borderrotection is stepping down on july 5th. the agency has been under intencr sutiny betiuse of quable conditions at facilities on the u.s./mexico border. while she's still very much a member of the trump administration, senior adviser kellyanne conway may be in trouble with congress. they will try to force her to testify before lawmakers. conway is accused of violating federal rules that prohibit federal employees from engaging incal speech. yesterday the white house announced she would not testify. today the oversight committee is

expected to vote to subpoena her in an effort to force her to testify. tonight is e congressional baseball game at nats park. >> the republfan members o congress are hoping to end the democrats winning streak. news 4 justin finch is live outside thatpark. you're inside now with more on tonight's game. hey, justin, good morning. >> i made it iny there, molette, eun, good morning. that's right. we are now inside nats park. the park still coming together n for toht's big game. take a look here. the batter's box is coming together. however, the bases have not yet been dropped on the diamond just yet, bou can bet by the time democrats and republicans face off, everything will have fallen into place. this is their annual friendly competition, a time to put aside politics and pick up their bats and gloves and baseballs and come together for a very good . cause all money raised tonight will go towards d.c. area charities. and ol aso looking to f tucorn the pageom two years

ago. you might recall it was two years ago that a shooter opened fire after basebaln practice i alexandria on a baseball diamond. that left four people injured including congressman steve scalise. he of course was severely three others had injuries, too. as we come back out here live, we can tell you this, there's one more big question bein asked today, will this be the year republicans upset democrats. i heard you tease that here. the thing isoth teams have young new blood they're counting on to pull out a win here, but who knows. this could be the year the republicans snatch it from the democrats. back inside to you. >> they've been practicing. see. >> yep. >> thanks, justin. som metro passengers have to pack patience this summer. a permanent fix to the cooling systems dupont w circlell be delayed. those a along the red line. metro tel us while trying to fix the pipes that supply that

cool air workers hit a lamp post and metro now has permission to move it but officials say it won't be able to restore thell air to the stations til some timeext month. news 4 has found temperatures inside those stations can routinely be up to around 90 degrees in that range. that's hot. >> it can be dangerous, too. >> yes. >> especially on the ground. >> if you can't get to a pool, e there are otr ways to cool off. news 4 camera spotted this group of kidsr and thei parents staying refreshed by playing in the water at the spray park in northwest washington. looks like a whole lot of fun. expect to see a similar ene at the park again today. hotter tem ratures are expected. don't forget that sunscreen, right, chuck? >> spfus 50 pl i used to say 30 plus, t after i talked to that dermatologist george washington university hosp pal, they said 50lus is the way to go. sun angle is still essentially at its maximum. our highestun angle of the year, that means the directness

of the rays can actually start a burn in under 20 minutes. never want to get a sunburn. sun is already up first thing this morning. temperatures are going to climb wey, very quickly from whe are now, which isn't so bad. 65 in falls church. 68 in leesburg. 63 in winchester now. over to the beautiful state of maryland, 61 degrees in colombia this morning. 64 in n market and 73 down in leonardtown. planning for your wednesday, look at that, sunny, sunny, unny, sunny all day long. sun is already up. it's not down 8:37 this evening. sunny and hot, afternoon highs both today and tomorrow right around to 93 degrees. the overall weather pattern is a pretty dry one for us for now. if you're doing any travelin down towards the gulf coast, unsettled weather there. let me show you future weather around the mid-atlantic the next couple days. there's zero percent chance for rain today, tonight and tomorrow around metro washington. any ny rain chances tomorrow will be out west of deep creek

lake into the mountains of west virginia. on friday a weath w frontll try to start sliding south wards shrough pennsylvania. that meanhere's a 20% chance of isolated shower mainly across far northwest virginia and right along the masonin dixon l now as we get into saturday, that front sags a little farther to the south and as a result i have 30% chance for a hit and miss rain chance on saturday afternoon. hee highest rain chances come on sunday as t front itself starts moving south of the washington area. so asld that co front slides on through here, it will drop temperatures a little bit for monday. most important, though, next monday and tuesday a little break from the humidity like we're enjoying today. always use our nbc washington app to stay one step ahead of the weather ten-day outlook, nine out of the next ten days are likely to be 90 degrees or higher. the worst of it coming on friday and saturday with mid 90s and looks like the fourth of july will be hot and humid, too. let's go over t dave now at

wtop. >> not so good of a start in centervil, i-66 crash westbound before 28 where they so often happen. this one blocking many lanes on the right side. only one lane to the left is getting by westbound but eastbound got one broken down before 28. that's blocking the left lane as well. delays both ways on 66 through centerville. beltway and alex zree ya, no major delays too and from. chopper 4 heading to the scene heading to i-66. belay snot bad right now, behaving itself any way. had a minor fuel spill to go south on telegraph road. water main broke eastbound boulevard diverted o to beach street. that's the very latest from the wtop traffic center. good morning. cnbc headquarters. target has an answer for amazon's prime day. it will be on july 15th and 16th. target says that shoppers will

be assigned items that are rarely on sale as well as discounts on exclusive home, apparel and toy brands. last year's target one-day evt was one of the biggest online days. cnbc morning business report. >> rahel, thank you.r a recod number of americans is expected to travel this july 4th. aaa predicts 49 milion people ill be on the go. most people will hit the road while about 4 million will fly. aaa says lower gas prices are the main reason for the increase in travel this year. >> it's not just gas prices, overall spending i down this independence day. the national retail federation ericans are celebrating thesa holiday this year, which means less money spent on food, about 73 bucks per person. but it's not as cheap as it sounds. in total, americans will still spend $6.7 billion for the holiday. coming utoday, used to be easy to spot cyber crimes. remember the email from the

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now on news 4 today, thisg mornin know robert mueller wi w testify and youill be able to hear every word. we're working to learn more about what to expect. plus,ng kee your family safe online. we'll showou how cyber criminals are getting more sophiscated and share steps you can take to protect your phone and email. as the democrats running for president gear up for the first debate, some of their colleagues prepare to run the bases. we head to nationals park ahead of the annual congressal baseball game. >> announr: "news 4 today" starts now. they have good weather, hot weaterr but good wea good morning, everyone i'm eun yang. >> isle molette green. aaron or miami preparing tonight's presidential democratic debate. >> it's wednesday. >> we made it. >> that's way halfw through the workweek. we are working for you helping ahead.t ready for the day >> let's start things o with

storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell. lots of sunshine today. the heat is on, right? >> oh, you bet, molette. yesterday made it back to 90 degrees at national airport. we will all be -- all three airports tod are likely to be back above 90 yet again. this is the beginning of what will be a long stretch of 90 weather. four things to know about the forecast, it's relatively comfortable this morning. most of the suburbs are in the 60s. loads of sunshine today.ot most if n everybody. the only spots it will stay below 90 today are higherio elevat out into the mountains. and the heat is here to stay. 64 in front royal, 69 in quantico. 73 now in district heights. your hour by hour planner for today, a comfortable morning but a sunshine means big-time warmup today. after h