>> jack taylor has your traffic today. he is in for melissa mollet. first, let's check in with storm team 4ol meteist chuck bell. >> we are not into july and i'm sick already of the heat and humidity. more heat and humidity to go before a short-lived break late sundato monday. the muggies are here. you'll notice them the minute you step out the amp highs into the low to mid-90s but feel close to a hundred degrees today with the humidity. like yesterday, we have to keep a close eye on the radar this afternoon. there could be isolated storms developing once again. your hour-by-hour planner. sun, heat, humidity into the morning. kely to be above 90 degrees as early as about lunch time with high 94. yourain chance at 40%. more about any weekend rain

chances coming up. for no let's go to jack taylor. >> good morning. we start leaving the district northbound on d.c. kenilworth avenue near eastern avenue single file leftwhat is a work zone. the ramp north on kenilworth is blocked with this work. crash southbound on dc 295 before benning road northeast is blocking a left lane. manassas cras northbound on the prince william parkwaynd trafficiverting to sudley drive. round one is done. two nights of hot topics and big promises are in the books but ehe democrats fight to take back the white houss just beginning. >> news4 aaron gilchrist is in miami covering the democratic

debates of 2010. he ha 2020. he has a quick recap of the moments from last night.2020. he has a quick recap of the moments from last night.2020. he has a quick recap of the moments from last nigh >> reporter: going into last night's debate, there were questions about who would have a breakthrough moment. i think several people haom several mts on the debate stage and some of those moments i think one-liners that will favor for some candidates and other one-liners i think can be used as am mixer in future. those pick apart the democrats running for the white house now. take a listen to some of those moments. >> i was 6 years old when c presidentialandidate came to the california democratic convention and said it's time to pass the torch to a new io generatn of americans. that candidate was then senator joe biden. >> am still holding on to tht torch. >> women's reproductive rights are under assault by president ptrump and the republicanarty. thirty states are trying to overturn roe v wade right now. >> if you say we are going to

beat donald trump by having all of these plansu have another thing coming. he didn't win having a plan. he imply won by saying make america great again. >> trump is a phony and trump is a pathological liar. >> my community is trouble. derek logan was a black man and killed by ahite officer in my community. >> reporter: i imagine polls out this weekend that will show who are the front-runners at this point. then there is always next month when there will be another democratic presidential debate in detroit. in miami, aaron gilchrist, news4. twitter is still buzzing about the debate. the most tweeted moment of the night was an exchangbout race between senator kamala harris and former vice president joe biden. social media lit up when the candidates were asked to quickly name the first thing they would do as president.

users mostly criticized candi answers to a question they should have known would be asked. and senator harris food fight comment was big hit on twitter. she was trying to stop fellow candidates from talkinover one another. we will show you that clip in about 30 minutes. if you can't stay with us all morning forebate analysis, open the nbc news washington app. search debate backcheck. > d.c. police investigate ago deadly shooting in a residential area in the 2400 block of 14th street in northeastar the brentwood recreation center. police say they found a man shot a killed along sidewalk just before 3:00 a.m. there is no suspect information. at this tim that area of 14th street is still closed in both directions. we will update you as we learn more. there are troubling new allegations this morning at three of the most prestigious private sools in washington. >> more than 15 former employees are accused of sexual misconduct

that took place over the course of more than three decades. news4 derrick ward is here live with more. >> reporter: good morning. this is the result of an independent investigation. a look at allegations that actually started back in f ruary.ol it invves national cathedral school. the report itself has a disclaimer and a warning because of the graphic details that it contains. now, this is a result of four moth of talking to those who came forward and that is more th 200ople and a roux of 40,000 documents, more than that. it involved16 former members of the school community and allegations of sexual misconduct against students. this ranges from incidents that happened in the '50s up until the '90s.

the majority happened during the '70s. some happened at the school and some at a summer camp in vermont and some at the home of the students. some incidents, these incidents were reported to school officials. as the individua concerned were disciplined. >> that was derrick ward reporting live from northwest washingto thank you. >> some of these incidents -- >> thank you, derrick. we move on now. an afternoon walk turned deadly in arlington. a fallen treelimb killed a woman on a walking trail and it happened yesterday on section of lucky run trail th runs through a residential neighborhood. police say the woman was just walking on the path when continunormous tree limb snapped and crushed her.

the death shocked peop who use the trail. >> this path is very heavily used because you have a residential area. it's an excellent place to walk your doand constantly you'll see young children in strollers. you'll see toddlers following the stroller. >> investigators are trying to filiure out what caused the mb to break. they say there aren't any signs of tree rot osease. update now to a story we brought you as breaking news sterday morning. we now know the man who was killed on the bw parkwaywas a father, husband, and grandfather on his way to work. mark johnson sr. owned his own plumbing business and head to go an emergency wall on wednesday night. his family said he ran out of gas and was walking to find the nearest gas station when he was struck and kill. u.s. park police say it's possible more than one car hit johnsonnd none of them stopped. today, the self-proclaimed

white supremacist was found guilty of killing heather heyer in charlottesville when jam ield junior plowed into the crowd with his car, killing heyer and injuring ma others. prosecutors say life in prison is the onlyppropriate sentence. fields' att he is 22 years old and had a traumatic childhood that he doesn't deserve life in prison. the maryland general assembly is honoring five people who were killed in the capital gazette shooting one year ago today. june 28th will be known as the freedomf the press day in d aryland. gerfischman and rob hiaasen rebecca mcnamara and smith and wendi winters all were killed during the shooting. the gazette was recently awarded a pulitzer prize for its

covering of the news during th mass shooting. we are a week away from the july fourth holiday and megan mcgrath is live from the naonal mall with more. >> reporter: good morning. if you're among those who come to washington every year for all of the fourth of july festivities, you're going to notice a few changes this year and there's some information out g ere that you're goin want to know before you head down here to make things a little bit easier in terms of getting around. take a look at the video. thnds was shot yesterday a as you can see, preparations are in rell swing h in washington and we are expecting a large crowd for the fourth. now, in addition to the parade, the concerts also going to be happening on the west lawn of the capitalhi year, there will be the president's salute to america that is tag place at theincoln memorial. now in terms of events here, take a look.

here are some of the specifics. larger than usually fireworks display this year. they are going to be launched from a dcaferent loon from west potomac park this year so that will open up viewing areas t the world war ii memorial and reflecting pool, as well as constitution gardens and areas that are normally closed for the zofety as they fire off those fireworks. the big display gets under way at 9:07nd last until 9:27. there is going to be a lot of security this year. take a look at the map here. first of all, you pass through security checkpoints to access the mall from 14th street down to the lincoln memorial. that is something people are accustomed to, but there will also be additioal security associated with that salute to america event where the president is speaking at the lincoln. now you do haveeo have tick for that event. you can't just go through. and you're going to have to pass through a second layer of security in order to get thonto

grounds of the lincoln memorial for that event. the gates are going to open at 3:30. if you're going to be attending the capital fourth concert up at the u.s. capitol on the west lawn there, you have to pass e through srity as well. it's all the same rules that people have become accustomed to. obviously, no rearms, no alcohol, that sort of thing. a few changes and a widespread road closuress well so keep that in mind. probably metro, public transportation is your best bet for getting here. coming up later in the show, we will talk to the spokesperson from the national park service a little bit moreut ahat to expect on some of the changes. >> good to be prepared. megan mcgrath,. thank you up next, what would you do if you found a snake in your ? yard i'd move, probably. >> i don't go out in the yard! >> the woman you're about to meet didn't think twice when she found a cobra in her garden! >> it was just kind of looking around at me like what you

doing, lady? i thought i'm going to have to kill you, pal. he cobras are not native to mid-atlantic and why the animal control folks think that one was hanging around there. >> if you're up there early wth us, you may be a morning person. a new report says if you get up ea you are less likely to develop a certain illness. perfect g-away weather if you're heading to the eastern shore for the weekend. mid-90s with offshore wind at the beaches tomorrow.

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shapped a few pictures of the snake before the execution this week. the 73-year-old woman was not a bit afraid when she saw the snake. >> i nudged its tail. he stopped. he raised his hood. athe turned around and ths when i got him. >> wow! >> few months ago, wildlife officials removed 20 venomous snakes in that same apartment complex. this latest snake makes 21!ng wap early could reduce a woman's chances of getting breast cancer. british researchers looked at data from more than 400,000 women and found women whiswere early less likely to develop breast cancer who said they are night owls and they found there is an increased risk when you sleep longer than the recommended seven to eight hours. amazon and rite aid are joining forces. u you can pickp your packages in

more than 100 rite aid stores nationwide and services expected to expand for more than 1,500 rite aids by the end of the year. f > new trend is hitting the shelves in one oe biggest names in the pet industry. stores including petco is focusing onh selling fres and locally grown foods in their store. last month they stopped using artificial ingredients and petco is banking on healthy ingredients that humans would like to eat. they say a lot of poteial for this. 2017 sales f ofesh food has spiked 20%. >> everyone wants to eat local and eat fresh. no different no dogs. not because it tastes better but because it's healthier. >> fresh food is more expensive pet stores are hoping people will be willing to pay more. news4 susan hogan tried it for her dogs and head to t washington app to see how i

working for her family. search pet fresh foods. a brutal heat wave is moving through europe right now. arts of spain will hit 109 today. wow. that hot weather is giving polar bears at prague's zoo to munch down on blocks of ice. what in the ice you ask? mostly fish with a mix of carrots and fish. they are not made to handle hot weather. put them inside somewhere. >> yikes. too hot. record breaking heat across europe. a big chunk of the world is way warmer than average. about the only places that are cooler are parts of the inner mountain west right now. another day of high heat and humidity coming our way. r temperaturesning about five to ten degrees warmer than average for the next couple of

days. right now on a friday rning, tgif, everybody. i hope you're ready for a nice weekend. outdoor plans this weekend? sunday probably the nicer day to spend some quality time in the great outdoors. this morning, most of the suburbs and the western suburbs in the upper 60s from about german town t chan tilly and warrenton all in the 60s this morning.ma potoweather and chesapeake bay, temperatures in the mid-70s. your commute today not a rain chance for the first part of the day and full heat and humidity today. much like yesterday there will be an opportunity for some storms to bubble up in all of that intense heating. r washingforecast? i think it's worth taking your chances but there will be at least an opportunity for storm both today and tomorrow. sunday is looking drier. noticeably less humid. for retoday, we a really still in that bit of a northwesterly flow. that is going to keep temperatures way above averde aroun here for the next couple of days before we get a break in

the humidy onsunday. for today, here is future weather. 3:00 or 4:00, storms firing up aire in the shenandoah valley. we have to w and see whether they can make it into the d.c. metro area. like yesterday any individual storm, not looking a big chance for severe weather, any individual storm can certainly pack a real punch and winds gusting over 60 miles per hour yesterday in parts of fauquier county and uld be repeated today. tomorrow later on in the afternoon and evening, a cold front moving in on saturday evening. it looks like it's going to get here earlier than anticipated yesterday. that increases our chances for storms on saturday evening but it lowers our chances for rain on sunday. here is your five-day forecast. monday looks neand monday morning, 60s around town. there may be 50s in the

shenandoah valley on monday morning, jack taylor. >> and you put the words less humid up there. fantastic. manassas northbound prince william parkway lane getting by now but under police direction. crews should be wrapped up in montgomery county off 27 ridge road between king valley and hawkes road. update bay braj aidge all work mpleted but a new accident where the right side of the roadway is getting by. next on "news4 today," we are working for you helping you find something fun to do with the whole family this weekend. >> summer fun that includeswh ere you can go to get an early start on fourth of july fireworks. >> how to see the broadway blockbuster "hamilton."

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>> is there an unusual schedule for the smithsonian folk life festival and early jump to see the fireworks. news4 tommy mcfly has a look up for what is coming up for your n weeke >> reporter: i'm tommy mcfly for n at is up for your weekend. first, every regio the united states and hundred different american indian tribes all represented at the smithsonian folk life festival going on since 1967 mall so don't miss it on the national mall. "hamilton" is starting its run and very much like when "hamilton" came to the kennedy r centthere are a few tickets left and you have to hand over handfuls of hamilton's to see it before it ends on july 21st. how about some early fireworks? lake fairfax park open up at

dawn and the park stays open until the last firework disappears in the night's sky. music, fun, food, entertainment and if you're a firework kind of lfod, a whole bunch over the next week and a r so at the washington app and search firework finder. i'm tommy mcfly, news4. >> just drink lots of water if you're outside. it will behot. still ahead, our cverage of the democratic presidential debate last night. ed pullut of the sunroof by the secret service. we will tell you what led up to this wild moment outside the white house. we are peeking our heat and humidity for today. the first half of the weekend, saturday promises to be the hotter more humid half of the weekend and comes with a higher rain chance. sunday northwestind should get

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good morning. welcome to 4 today". i'm eun yang. i'm molette green in for aaron gilchrist this morning.t le start with storm team 4 gi meteorolost chuck bell and we are having a heat wave for sure, chuck. >> back in the 90s. bwi was 96 and national airport was the cool as to the at only 92 yesterday afternoon. everybody above 90 today. code orange air quality so it's unhealthy air for respiratory groups and be careful. it's uncomfortable and not a pretty day to be outside today. hot with another chance o afternoon storms today and

tom sunday falling humidity. a nice northwest breeze moves in here. 74 arlington and 70 in stafford. 68 degrees in upper marlboro. yourlanner forfriday. another chance for storms later in the day today and like geterday, not everyone will them but those who end up under some of these storms could get wuick half an inch to an inch of rain. will send out any severe weather warnings through pushover in our nbc washington app. now over to jack taylor for your traffic. >> 50 at the baybridge. things wrap up with our overnight work and unfortunately a crash at the beginning of the bridge that is blocking two left lanes. s you ne to the right g by put plan for the delay. look that! horrible! that is from route 8nd activity in virginia at this area.

you arender police direction there. i believe crash of a ramp off a southbound ramp at this area so northbound unaffected. crowding of the right lane at this area. back to you. this morningce former vi resident joe biden defendin his record on race after a tense exchange during nig two of thed ocratic presidential primary debate. >> he was one of ten on the stage last night. here is a look at all of the candidates who were part of the debate. ten other candidates took part in the debate the night before. it was senator kamala harris who confronted biden about his record. you may remember, biden caused some of controversy earlier this month when he spoke about having a respectful relationship in the 'sent and '80s with two senators who opposed desegregation. harris accus him of working

with those senators toprevent african-american students from being bussed to schools. >> but mr. vice presidendobiden, you agree today -- do you agree today that you were wng to oppose bussing in america then? do you agree? >> i did not oppose bussing in america. what i opposed is bussing ordered by the department of education. that's what i opposed.d i diot oppose -- e >> the failur states to integrate public schools in america, i was part of the second class to integrate berkeley, california, public schools almost two decades after 50i67 50i6789. >> because your city council made that decision. >> that's why we have the civil rigs act. >> biden backed hisfforts to change drug sentencing laws which many feel

disproportionately -- black americans. swawell suggests the government buy back all assault weapons and suggests the government buy back all assault weapons already out there. when sanders tried to explain his plan, swalwell pounced. >> universal background. ma end the gun loophole. we end the straw n provision and i believed in 1988 and i believe today. >> assault weapons. e sault weapons. assault weapons arapons in the military and they should not be on the streets of america. >> your plan leaves them on the streets. you leave 15 million on the streets. >> we ban the sale. we ban the sale. >> are you buying back? >> that's what i believe for many years. >> will you buy them back? >> people want to buy -- the government wants to do that ve >> the gonment? buy them back? >> yeah. >> there were many more moments from the debate that people will be talking about today. our coverage continues in just a few minutes. we are less an week away non

from indence day. the celebration at the national ll will look pretty different this year. >> crews are already working toe get t all ready for the president's salute to americ "news4 today" megan mcgrath joins us live from the national mall with more on what you can expect. hey, megan. >> reporter: hey, guys. fourth of july is always a huge celebration here in washington, d.c. that is expected again this year. hundreds of thousandse of peopl expected to come. if you come every year, you'll notice that some things are thea e, but this year, a lot of things are changing too. i'm joined by mike litter with the national park service. first of all, let's thelk about tthings that are the same if you come every year what can you expect? >> if you're a regular on the national mall on the fourth of july, you'll notice an all lot has not changed. thfosecurityprint is the aim sass used in recent years and secure area 14th street heading west to the lincoln memorial and south from enstitution avenue to

river, that is the same. sameo checkpoints t through. you get your bags checked coming in and making sure that you have nothing on the prohibited items list or dangerous to lk that is all thsa this year.er >> reportwe do have an add the event the president's salute to america and talking about that and added security. >> that is a brand-new event adding to the day. for those with tickets to that event will find a second level of security. closure to the lincoln memorial. they will find checkpoints for the secret service, magnetometers and a full screening. >> reporter: thanks for joining us here this morning and talk to you later in the show. of course, there is going to be fireworks and a spectacular show this year. i'll have moreon that coming up. back to you guys. >> gan mcgrath, thank you. >> i love it from my mother's front porch. i can see the monument and you can see the firewks. >> you have a great front row seat! in that t have to go mess!

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immigration, gun control, health care, and the middle east. night two of the first democratic presidential primary debate is over but some of the evenins moments will nooubt be talked about for days to come. >> part of the issue -- >> ds not want to witness a food fight. they want to know how we will put food on their table. yes? > senator kamala harris delivering one of the more memorable lines of the evening with all of that applause. sarah dollop joins us live from miami. >> what are the other big moments that people will be talking about today? >> reporter: over those two hours, we saw a number of

moments. really the stage last night for the second night in a row, the center of the politicad world r good reason. last wightas all about star power. four of the five candidates who were leading in early polls were on stage. this is one of the first timesua we actly saw the candidates begin to criticize each other. previously, they had reserved that for criticizing tht presiden and his administration. generational the issues highlighted. we saw -- we heard a call for joe biden to pass on the torch and retire from politics. he declined, by the way. we also some moments of levity.l when a is said and done and when we look who was given the ost time to spem thak that was former vice president joe biden and followed by senator kamala harris and senator bernie sanders of rmont. finally today, voters waking up with a clearer picture of who

these 20 idates are and where they stand on key issues, not only where on the key issues, but their proposed solutions fromverything from taxes to universal health care to free college. back to youguys. >> thank you, sarah, live for us in miami this morning. >> this morning, a 4.6 billion dollar border funding bill is awaiting president trump's signature. after brief negotiations, the house vod to pass the senate's version of the plan. the house bill included more protections for migrants, io protectns of senate bill did not address. the funds will go toward proofing the living situations r migrants housed in n government-rufacilities. the the president won't be able to sign that bill for a few days. right now he is in japan taking part in the g-20 summit. the leaders of all the participating countries took time for class photo. the big issue that will be discussed are expected to be climate change and the current crisis with iran. leaders are also expected to

have sideline discussions about matters involving their own untries. president trump is expected to meet with china's leader to talk about the ongointrade war. >> back here. the senate convened at 5:00 a.m. this morning so lawmakers could vote on an amendment which, if pa ed authorisszewo a military strike on iran without congressional approval. the amendment would be added on to the national defense authorization act which passed ea lrer this but republicans don't thini it wll have 60 votes required to passit. more than a dozen school ployees at several catholicio instit are accused of sexual misconduct. >> the abuse or alleged abuse took place at the three of the most prestigious private schools in waovington. r the course of more than three decades. ward is outside of the national cathedral school in west d.c. with more on ese

explosive allegations. >> reporter: good morning. indeed, they are explosive. this started with a study thatb n back in february. this involves the national cathedral school, and saint ablans and boauvoir school. it involves four months of talking to those who came forward and that is about00 people40,00 an documentinvolves 16 former members of the school community nd sexual misconduct involving students. as you said, it started in the '50s and went through the '90s a most of the time it was happening in the '70s and sometimes it happened at school and sometimes at a summer camp he school was running and sometimes at the home of a student. now in some instances, the people involved were reported to the school officials and they were dealt with and either fired or trndsferred a some incidents metropolitan policenv were ived, and other institutions that these people

may have been transferred to when they had contact with children, they were notified of these allegaons as well. now, again, the school says that they are putting some robust measures in place to see that this doesn't happen in the future. they plan to be talking to the parents in the fall. meanwhile, the bishop of the a school m ann buddy commended those who were brave enough to come forward and she says this won't happe again. live outside the national cathedral, derrick ward. doctors say this year's flu shot was a bust. ctnters for disease control say its overall effeeness was only 29% but that is just an average for the whole season. in february, the flu shot was 47% effective. but then a second strain emerged toward the end of the season and the shot could not handle it. its effectiveness plummeted to just 9%. i know doctors still recommend getting it every year. >> theyd do o. >> you want to protect yourself. chuck, how about the hot or

fast? >> a gunky looking sky ou again today. orange alert to limit your activities outside. if you think the summers are hotter and longer you're right. since 1970 we have added two extra weeks above average temperatures over the summers. summers, each day getting higher and overnight lows are getting 50 years here in the washington area.er tempures this morning, mostly in the 60s. out west and north of i-95, 68 now in montgomery county and 68 at dulles. your planner for today, sun, heat, haze, humidity.on afterighs will be in the 90s once again. 94 in washington. rain chance, just like yesterday, not everyone got

rained on yesterday but some of those who did almost three-quarters of an inch of rain at dulles airport yesterday and oy a trace at national so depends on whether you're going to have love rain. any severe weathers will be a push alert on our nbc washington app. here are the storm chances developing around 4:00 or 5:00 belong the blue ridge and see if they migrate into the cities. the radar has not had a good handle on this the last couple of ys. with this much heat and humidity around, the storms are there. download our app so you can track the storms as they come to you. omorrow a better chance for scattered storms tomorrow. a cold front will come through here around about the time the sun goes down tomorrow night and good news. won't do a whole lot about the heat but it will knock the humidity out of here for later on sunday.

jack taylor, the fourth of july forecast is h hot andid with a risk of a storm. >> i guess to be expected. welcome to summertime. chopper 4 is flying over the beltway. here we are. reports of a fenders benderhoon theder but nothing found. still a delay from new hampshire but definitely friday volume. 50 westbotd ahe bay bridge just cleared the crash from the left lane. allhree lanes are n open westbound at the bay bridge but take a bit for the delay e tose but now travel lanes are open toward the bay bridge. manassas a crash at sudley manner drive. it cause a brief slow down. that is your latest on the roads.

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aaron gilchrist who is in miami covering the democratic presidential debates. it is friday! we made it. >> jack taylor has your traffic today. he is in for melissa mollet. st, let's check in with storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell. he says we are in for another hot andmy stea day. said? that what i >> i think so. i heard you say it. >> hazy and hot and humid and three h's of summertime are here. the heat wave is here day and tomorrow and a break from the humidity coming on sunday and monday so at least some good news in the forecast. but today it all about the stickiness. 66 ow in dulles airport and in with a high toreach 94. the trend is kind of your friend for the next couple of days.ft a a 96 tomorrow, we cool all the way down to 89 for a high on