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willbe safety. \ a.m. now. i'm aaron gilchrist. >>m molette green. i'm in for eun yang this morning. welcomeback. >> thank you. >> mthissa mollet is here wi the first 4 traffic and lauryn ricketts is here in for chuck bell and look at the dawn of the day. >> it doesn't feel like july 1st ut there. low humidity out there right now. brilliant colors and the sun is coming up 47 minutes from right now. 71 degrees is our temperature
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and northeasterly wind at 9 miles an hour. not much of a breeze compared to yesterday. f your monday outlook and a.m. commute if you're biking or driving or tag the metro or walking, you could have sunshine delays out there but about it. m outdoor lunchke your plans to do it. it will be perfect out there. not feeling too hot. yesterday we were in the low 90s.da i think to in the upper 80s. as far as exercise is concerned, fairly comfortable out there today. high pressure parke over us. so we are dry with no cloud in place. no rain in place. if youvee trang, looking good up and down the eastern seaboard as well. let's urn to melissa mollet with a check on the road. >> southbound 270 appear old georgetown road a crash there on the ride of the roadway. everything else looking pretty good. northbound/southbound on 270 no big complaints. silver spring. this on the ride and doesn't sound like it's on the right shoulder and not blocking any
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lanes. top of the beltway when you're talking about 95, bw parkway everything looking good in and town.f no problems on 66 eastbound or westbound. 95erhad ear problem near woodbridge and it has now . cleared aaron? it's5:02 now. weekend in the district killed one man and injured several others including two young children. >> news4 justin finch is live this morning outside d.c. police headquarters with details. >> reporter: good morning. fm southeast to northwest, d.c. police now looking into at least two shootings that left five people in total injured, two as you mentioned are children. sne man has died and one of those shooting taking place in broad daylightclose to 5:30 on sunday afternoon, yesterday, crime tape blocking off an alley between 14th and 15th streets in
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northwest by the st. augustine u catholic ch here. in that area, police say two men were shot and one died there on the scene. the searchis now under way for maroon four-door car that was seen leaving that area. now to southeast. this is laee saturday, th people at a bus stop along the w 800 blocke involved in this shooting. a 6-year-old and 3-year-old boy and 20-year-oldan were injured. police in that case looking for a dark colored sedan with tinted windows going westbound on southern avenue. now, in that southeast case, all three victims have nonlife-threatening injuries police say and, again, police now looking into at least two shootings and the motives behind both. back inside to you. >> justin finch for us at d.c. police headquarters, thank you. a the fa will be in addison,
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texas, looking for answer following that deadly plane crash over the weekend. here is a closer look at the scene yesterday morning outside dallas. all ten people on the board that private twin-engine plane were killed. the plane had just taken off for st. petersburg, florida, before it crashed into an unoccupied private hangar. the national transportation safety board is loing into the plane's maintenance history for a possible cause. >> the aircraft specifically, how it win mained, how it was operated, its maintenance history, and the environment, tecifically looking at the weatherhat was active at the time of the accident. >> the names of the ten people e who we killed have not been released. president trump is back i washington after making history in north korea on. he landed at joint base andrew last night. the president became the first sitting u.s. president to step foot in north korea.
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some say it's a showmanship and photo op. inhers say it's atep to denuclearization north korea. >> they need to get back to talks and th handshake, i think does that. they need to reset the relationship. >> before that, the president he was in t g-20 summits. >> before that, president trump was in japan for the g-20 summit. o th country agreed not t announce any new tariffs. metrouris tning around every red car and returning it to the signatures were collected in support of the change thacould cut do on some wait times for riders. a new law how much folks see in their paychecks how you sip your favorite drinks.
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hews4 today" megan mcgrat is live at freedom plaza with more on the new laws. n reporter: good morni a lot of changes taking effect. it's july 1st. so new laws are going to be l kicking in al across the dmv. let's start ithe district of columbia. no more plastic straws or stir ers unless you're prepared to pay a pine. the ban took effect earlier this year with warning but starting today, business will be fined anywhere from $100 to $800 to serving drinks with straws. the minimum wage is going up in the district as well. increase is $13.25 an hour. that is from 13$13.25 to $14 an hour regardless of size of your business. starting today, $14 an hour here in the district. let's go over to maryland. minimum wage is going up in
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montgomery county. large employers with 51 or more workers must be paid $13 an hour up from 5.$12.2 small businesses and mid-sized businesses must pay $12.50 an hour, upr f $12. maryland becomes the first state to ban restaurants and schools from using styrofoam food containers. no more foam doggie bags in nd mary in virginia, you must now be 21 yer years old to buy e-cigarettes or tobacco product. a lot of laws. this is just a couple taking effect all across thedmv. go to our nbc washington app for ryre. police in mnd are investigating the death of a kayaker near annapolis on saturday. the fire department responded to the areof spaw creek.
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two kayakers were pulled from the water. a wom who was with them was pulled from the waterours later. her name hasnnot bee released. we are learningain may have played a role in a crash on the beltway friday during rush hour on the outer loop near avenue. a woman was killed and riding in the car with her family when anotr car slammed into their vehicle from behind and causing a chain reaction crash. her 5-year-old sister was also seriously hurt. we are workato go learn wh sparked this fire at a home in fairfax on friday. chopper 4 captured the flames shooting through the roof of at room on clarks ranch road in great falls. two people were inside and able to escape and one firefighter suffered a min injury and is expected to be okay. workers at the washington convention center could go on tien center already ntract with
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insurance.a >> we want fair contract. aramark came in and after six years try to replace us with robots and we have no work and we have families to take care of and trying to get a fair contract. >> 98 i strike in the sports da scounty ra reportedly findur-year million. he is suffering from aorn achilles now but when he is back
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on the court he willel have hp from kyrie irving and deandre jordan who are also on board. the nets made the playoffs last season. now, the expectation in brooklyn will b even higher, i think, with that trio coming on. >> oh, yeah. what is going to happen to the r warri they spent all of those years building it. >> interesting to watch. next on news4, could your body shape set you up for certain health problems? >> we have the results of a new study for women that maysu rprise you. plus with soaring temperatures, areour kid ready to spend more time in the ol? are working for you with safety concern to consider before you dive in. >> s andring temperatures is right. today, temperatures are going to be in the mid to upper 80s which is seasonable for this me of year. look at this. we are headed into the low to ha mid-90s with heat on index and pushing that centurymark. let's talk about your fourth of july in detail. we have got
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hundreds of thousands of people packed the streets of new york city to celebrate world pride. the march commemorates 50 yearst sints since the riots of stonewall in and that marked a turning point in the fight for gay rights. >> 50 years ago, if this ny people would have gathered, we would have all been arrested. today, the city of new york is rolling out the red carpet. >> the grand marshals were members of the gay liberation front and that group formed right after the riots. in annapolis, maryland, the city celebrated hits first pride
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parade and festal over the weekend. thousands gathered for block eyrty there. thined the streets of downtown. the annapolis mayor gavin buckley served as the grand to marshal this event. foey are already looking rward to pla aapolis. talk ando many >> lot of work to be d for your health. rw study ss body type can raise theisk of certain health problems. it found women who store more fat in their middle called apple shaped are at a higher risk of el problems,ood ve even if they are at a normal the study says women with more fat in the are a a lower
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riske.rds a reminder to be careful around alcohol this fourth of july. a new survey shows somehow someone else drinking can hurt yo 1 it says in 5 adults are verbally or physically harassed because of alcohol. the survey also shows drinking can lead to financial and family problems. younger adults are most at risk of somebody else's alcohol use. the hotter the weather, the more you and your kids want to spend time at the backyard pool or go to the beach. while you're there, we don't want you to let your guard down. experts say drowning is the leading cause of unintentional deaths in the united states doctors reen a life preserver even if you're a good swimmer and at the beach, only swim if there is a lifeguard on duty. >> if you're at a beach, you
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have 1 in 18 million chance of drowning at wchy od statistics book. >> experts recommend asking a lifheeach. takes a top honor. bruce bozard is named the best in the u.s. at microsoft excel. he defeated out others in orlando, florida, at a convention there. career a t compete if yre a foodie, last night the best of d.c. restaurant sce received honors mmy restaurant association told ourht so
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rom the industry and they celebrate and rather than taking care of all the diner across the region, they come here and we are taking care of th >> among the big honors are the following. willio at those spots. unless you know somebody. >> you're making me hungry. >> you could bring a snack in with you next time you come. ?ould. hes snack. eat today. id. w great. >> temperaturesl be a cooler. sunrise! t colors out there on the horizon. civil twilight no got to remember that.
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we got nauticwilight and ndcivil twilight ais, the degre. i the sun is coming we are minutes from now. a if you want to wash it da we don't have any rain in the forecast. only got a passing shower maybe tomorrow. next chance of rain comes a friday, saturday, monday. it's not going to beainingwith . look at the shenandoa5nily need you heaor this morning! elsewhere, we have got 0s toratures in the upper the lower 70s. that is our range right now a little cool start out there early on monday morning, july
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1st. 71 in the district.ro drop ughout th 500 a.ck up. era i taking the cl tking the rai of here. it's just a beautiful looking day out there. 87 degree. yesterday, we were in the low 90s. 87 not too shabby. it's just going to be a gorgeous day. tomorrow, heat and humidity come back in. in fact, it'sflooding in overnight. lower 90s tomorrow. heat and humidity l e it. by8:00 could dodge aew thunderstorms out there. same with the beach if you're
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heading to the maryland or delaware beaches fr the fourth of july. 30% of rain on thursday and friday with temperatures in the mid-80s. water temperature low 70s. get hance of rain as we into your wednesday, thursday, and friday. let's take a look at those road. good morning, melissa. >> out loop near little river a crash blocking a lane. see slowdown through that section and hopefully is get out of the wayon siprin two left lanes ofhey big elay here.8 crash in the left lane and you're seeing that slowdown., hopefullyep your fingers crossed and it gets out of the way qly get that offht thant to
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historic carousel at glen echo park took its last ride over the weekend. it nee work. over the monthsrews will repair and modernize the building and the antique ride itself. the work will cost more than $1 million. the carousel will reopen next spring. >> it's hard to fix those up because they are so old. >> you have to fi old parts! >> right. you can grow a garden in your front yard in fairfax county now and used to be against the law.
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>> county passed an ordinance passing that. aimee cho takes us to urbandale where people are found in a garden war. >> reporter: neil has something of a pharmacy in his front yard whether it's herbs fororedicine food for lunch, his garden keeps on giving. >> this is lettuce that i'm about to eat in my sandwich and it's actually pretty delicious. >> reporter: he and his girlfriend ashley ayers have been building the garden for a year. technically, before it was allowed, they wanted to help the environment. e lining the body of thesds is that tree. >> reporter: fairfax county is gio ing people the ability t grow garden in their front yard but where some see beauty, others see something else. >> i think he has failed with this vegetable garden. >> reporter: valerie lives nearby and likes the idea of the garden but wishes they would
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take better care of it. >> put it behind thehouse where nobody can see it. >> reporter: he knows his garden is a frickling topic with his neighbors but is not backing down. >> grapevines on the edges. >> i've also met more of my neighbors the lastyear since i put this up since the ten years i've resided here. it's been fanrtstic. >> re: in annandale, aimee cho, news4. still ahead, d.c. is gettin ready for the fourth of july. >> we will show you what is being done to prepare for the largest fireworks display in washington history. plus, tragedy at a virginia church. the ceiling caved in, leaving the building unusable. have been much worse. his could lauryn, at is up? >> we are talking about that n. that sun is coming up. 5:47. beautiful out there but chilly. look at the temperatures in the shenandoah valley. you might need a light jacket but not the rest of the week. but not the rest of the week. we know
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outside right now. coolish start to the day? >> yeah. it's july so it's cool. >> for july, yeah, it is.> >> who is pla >> nobody.g? >> good morning. i'm aaron gilchrist. >> i'm molette green in for eun yang this morning. we want to eck on theorecast and the commute. >> melissa mollet is standing by and update on the traffic in a second. etts is champing at the bit. >> i bet one person is complaining out there and walkingg outside and sayin it's too cold. with you know that is happening. nobody should complain about the sunrise. it will be a beauty sunrise. blue skies all day long. i low 70sthe district but step outside the beltway, mid-50s ind the shenah valley so cool out there. northeast wind are pushing the humidity out of here. once again, we will have a
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blfairly comforta day. you could have sunshine delays as you hit the roadways. not only this morning but as we co atinue into theternoon and evening. temperatures will be a little near seasonable today. average temperature is 88. we will top out around 87. yesterday at 92. the heat wave in the work again. we will have hot temperatures heading our way in time for the fourth of july and talk about that and rain chances. first, let's talk about your travel times with melissa. >> good morning. a couple of thing that might be in your way this morning. outer loop near little river turnpike a lane is blocked because of this earlier accident. a tiny bit ofay a delhrough here but not enough toshow any big issue on theap m silver spring ride blocked by that accident. these delays are building on frederick southboun 270 after 80. accident in the left lane, a mile of backups there so allow extra time if you're heading out
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sometime soon. 66 and 95 typical for this time of day. d.c. police have the hand full following a violent weekend. one man was killed and several others,ncluding two young children, were hurt. news4 justin finch is live outside of d.c. police w headquartersith the latest. >> reporter: good morning. two shootings on two different side of the district. barely a day apart. that left children injured over the weekend. m and one dead. that man was killed just after.m 5:30 pon sunday afternoon right by the 14th and 15th street area. this alley here by st. augustine catholic church. he was one of two shot in that alley. after that gunfire, unnamed man died on the scene. we spoke with a neighbor who say he heard the shots.
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>> we walked out of our apartment and some guy was shot. we went over to the park to hang out and back this wayoet in and they had we couldn't get in. >> reporter: hours earlier, talking late saturday in southeast, three were injured after bullets blasted a bus stop in that area by the maryland line on southern avenue. two children were inj ed, a 3-year-old boy and 6-ar-old irl were hurt, including a 20-year-old man. their injuries are sa to be nonlife-threatening injury. police are looking for vehicles of interest in northwest, a maroon colored four-door car and in southeast a dark colored car had dark tint. police looking for both of those vehicles as they will continue their investigation. back inside to you. >> justin, thank you.
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this morning, fairfax county investigators are trying to figure out what caused a fire at a home on glenn brook road. thenlames appeared to have b in the rear of the house. one person was hurt and that person is expected to be okay. >> frederick county community said good-bye to a career firefighter. this drone video shows thep fession for larry powers on saturday morning. a full escort took his body from the liberty town fire how to his final resting place where there was a ceremony. howard spent more than 50 years aas a volunteer firefight planned to retire this year. maryland governor larry hogan ordered flags lowered last week to honor his service. powers died after suffering a poheart attack while resnding to a deadly crash in unionville. two people are under arrest this morning in maryla accused of trying to smuggle painkillers in two different prisons. a 20-year-old man was taken into custody saturday at a facilit
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in jessup, and on friday, an attorney at a state prison in hagerstown was accused of hiding narcotics in hisbinder. jetblue airways will end its nonstop service between reagan national and charleston, south carolina. the final flight is scheduled ct for oer 26th. the low cost carrier started service in 2014. two her airlines do offer nonstop service from d.c. to arleston. a church will spend the week cleaning up after a ceiling collapsed. no one was in the sanctuary at the time. the ptor says when with the collapse happened, that may have saved a getting hurt. from >> this space would be filled with 50 folk or more who would be practicing getting ready for worship on sunday. so just a few hours and it could have been a different situation.
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>> there is a giant hole in the ceiling and the brand nepipe organ is filled with dust. churches in the area are offering their support and space so the congregation can worship together. in these difficult times you see the community rallying and pulling through. countdown is on for fourth of cv #ñjuly. >> over the weekend, crews started prepping the launch points for the big show here in the district. the folks who make the fireworks say this will be the biggest in d.c.'s history. the new launch site is bigger than the old one and that means it can fit more fireworks. the show will be about three minutes longer than before. >> you spend so many months d preparing and i guess it's like a wedding. right? you have years of work and it's all gone. for us, 20 minutes. >> and it costs too much! 35-minute fireworks display set t sta a lile aft 90
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thursday from west potomac park along the mall. should ab great show. >> it will be great but i would liked to have fireworks after my wedding. us i better not touch that one. >> okay. >> i'm sure there were fireworks! still ahead on "news4 today," university of maryland is facing some financial le. >> why the school's accreditation is at risk along ith catch set aside for financial aid. plus, switching jerss. kevin durant is
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minnesota crossed the border ont saturdayraise awareness about what it calls a price k s crisis. sn snuli costs more than there. if you want to fly for the fourth of july, you better get to the irportearly. >> 12 million people are expected to pass through security checkpoints between wednesday and sunday. the tsaes anticipat screening about 3 million passengers. the federal aviation asministration has some reminders to ps along to you. fireworks are not allowed on any taane and if you plan on ng drone footage of fireworks, think again about that. the faa has strict rules on drone usage for recreational purposes so you cannot fly one in or near fireworks. > let's check our july fourth
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forecast. >> the heat and humidity are coming back in time for that. low humidity out there today. you can seat temperatures in the mid to upper80s by this afternoon. your forecast is coming up. history made in north korea. president trump becomes the first you presideto step foot in that counry but does this mean a deal to ardenuclee north korea is comingth us. y wi ? st coming up today at 4:00, you can see our very own weather warrior doug like never before. >> he give his all on the ninja warrior obstacle course. join us this afternoon to watch doug leap, fly, and swing to try doug leap, fly, and swing to try to become a anyone
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we bome back. 16ore the hour. today, in you laws are in affect across our area affect how much some folks will see in their paychks andhow old people need to be to purchase tobacco product. >>cgur megan th is live this morning at freedom plaza in nu northwesd.c. with a rundown on some of these laws that will affect you in some way. >> reporter: good morning. a lot of changes you need to kn about. it's july 1st, which means a lot of new laws are taking effect today all across the dmv.
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let's take a look. start here in the district. no more plastic straws or stirrers at bars and restaurants unless you're prepared to pay a fine. the ban took effect earlier this year with warning but starting today, business will be fined anywhere from $100 to $g 0 to servininks with straws. in maryland, restaurants and schools can no longer use styrofoam containers. the penalties won't kick in until july of 2020ut they will begin to publicize that ban starting today. in virginia you need to be 21 to buy tobacco products starting today, that is up from 18. however exception for active military personnel. the minimum wage is going up in two jurisdictions in our area. here in the district the hourly wage goes from $13.25 to $14 and regardless of the size of the
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business. let's go over to maryld. minimum wage is going up in montgomery county. large employers with 51 or more workers must be paid $13 an hour up from $12.25. small businesses and mid-sized businessest pay $12.50 an upur, up from $12.25. this is just a co taking effect all across the dmv. go to our nbc washington app for more. stepping into history. over the weekend, president trump became the first sitting u.s. presiden to enter north korea. he walked into the country standing bed kim jong-un during a trip to the demilitarized zone. the president this morning is back in washington but many wondering what is ping nee. >> somhope that will be a first step toward a nuclear agreement with north korea. tracie potts joins us live from capil hill. hat will happen next. reporter: what is going to happen ne both sides will get teams together and it looks like
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they are planning to or hoping to reopenlear talk. the big question ts morning, does this shining moment as one of my nbc colleagues described it, this moment in history actually turn into significant progress? does it turn into hi with north korea giving up its nuclear program? hethat is what u.s. wants. north rea wants the u.s. and the rest of the world to get rid of those sanctions that are crippling its economy. middle? come to the they tried a couple times before and it h not happened. does president trump stepping foot 20 stepsh nto nortrea beginning to open that door and change that? we do not know. know they want to try to restart therocess of doing so and that is where we are at this point. president trump is back facing some criticism as to whether this is going to work but also i'm getting quite a bit of applause for creating that historic moment. >> tracie potts on the hill for us this morning, thank you.
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while the president was overseas, his son donald trump jr. csed some controversy. he shared a tweet whesh oned about senator kamala harris is a black american. the original tweet came from an altright activist and reads, in part, quote. donald jr. later delete tweet. harris was born in california to an indian immigrant mother and black jamaican immigrant father. severes prential candidates came to her defensni senator bersanders caused cist and othera compared the smear to the birther attack against former president barack obama who was pushed by donald trump in the years before he ran for prsident. today the congressional hispanic caucus will head south to clint, texas. the group wants to check out conditions at border facilities where immigrants are being held. for months, there have been concern over the conditions at
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the center. two dozen peoplnd are hit a injured by transit bus every year in the d.c. region with the summer months upon now and tourists heading to the sites, many local communities are trying to figure out a way to make things ser for es pedtrians. as news4 i-team scott macfarlane ocal ts, engineers at a university think they may have a solution.tr >> a pedesian saved me and stopped the bus. >> reporter: tina knows how dangerous bus collisions westbound. in march 2016 a transit bus landed in her in a crosswalk and was pinned underneath a bus and severely injuring her legs. it seem like the bus didn't even see you?2t$tr(t&hr4ps)q% >> i don't think he did. >> reporter: they are working to eliminate these bus blind spots. >> manneqn is ready. >> reporter: the i-team traveled virginia tech where andrew is testing bus with sensors that can detect pedestrian in blind spots and engage the brakes automatically. a review of federal transit records show 20 people are ht
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by transit buses each year in our area. a survey at a local agency showed there are equipping buses with new technology including extra lights to get the attention of distracted pedestrian and more camera for drivers. coming up tonight as part of our full news4 i-team report, we take you on the bus to show you what drivers e going to see if these warning systems are put into effect. scott macfarlane, news4 i-team. take a look what the folks in the midwest with dealing with. teis is happening in minnesota. across the stadrivers had to abandon their car when the water on the road just became too deep. basements and properties flooded in one part of the state. in one part of the state, 30 heads of cattle were washed away as a pasture turned into a river. t' >> lehead over to europe now. it wasn't rain there but the heat made headlines. in france, the temperatures
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soared to 113 degree. several schools, which are still in session there, closed as a precaution. experts call than an unprecedented heat wave attribute it to climate change. another day with a from the humidity and not dealing with what other folks in other palds of there dealing with. >> not todll. we wi see the temperatures go up but not tetoday. eratures seasonable today. uthe sun comi at 5:47. you can see it is a beautiful start out there. but it is a cool start out there today. temperatures in the 50s in some spots. another heat wve in the works and we will warm up this week and it's a hot and humid with daily rain chances. temperatures right now 71 in washington. 61 out in loudoun county.r wincheste55. definitely need a jacket if
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you're in fauquier county. it is pristine out there with the temperatures in the mid tor up0s and low humidity and light wind out there and we continue to be dry out there.so beautiful day. hour-by-hour you can see the temperatures go on up into aut 87. average temperature for this time of year is 88 degrees. heat and humidity come back overnight but not therain. we could have a stray shower tomorrow. for the most part, we are staying on the dry side. maybe if you'reng headiout to wash that car and didn't a chance to do it over the weekend today is a good day because daily rain chances starting on wednesday. we have got an isolated chance of a storm tomorrow but better chance of scattered showers and thunderstorms as we go through n your weesday, thursday, friday. scattered it's 40% to 60% and i think a 40% chance wednesday and thursday. but not today. we are dry out there. mid to upper 80s.i
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a lt breeze with that low humidity. low 90s tomorrow. feeling like the mid to upper 90s. we could have isolated storm chance. as far as your fourth of july goes, look how hot it's going to be. hefeel like we are in tmid to upper 90s but wednesday and thursday feel like we are at hundred degrees. talking about your fourth of july forecast. a few storms are possible but only about 40% chance that h you'll see t where you are. isolated chance tomorrow. let's look at the road. good morning, melissa. >> good morning. chopper 4 over 95 here at the icc inmaryland. everything looking pretty good actually. no big complaints there. southbound 270 8 after urbana, a crash in there left lane and now on the shoulder and that delay is easing abit. looks better than it did.
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aniston. i'm frank holland with yournb morning business report. our prince george's county native kevinheurant is ing to the big apple. k.d. will sign with the brooklys it's a ufor-year contract worth $164 million. if you can believe it, that is below durant's asking price. less, taking a little bit along with kyrie irving who is also heading to brooklyn so that the net cou also get deandre jordan. i'm excitedout it. he is a little closerom to he. maybe he'll be coming to town a little bit more. >> i think a lot of people are hoping that. i know at least one of our producers, she is a big fan. >> she is hoping for a marriage oposal from k.d.! i'm not getting involved but i hope i'm invited to the wedding. from basketball to baseball.
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two washington national players gave been selected for this year's all-star me. >> this is max scherzer's seventh all-star game. wh he lead the majors with 170 strikeouts. he'll be joined by third baseman anthony rendon, his first all-star game. >> congralations. >> should be a lot of fun. next onay "news4 tod," the next time you head to the nconvention center hered.c., you could run into a problem getting a drink or food. we will tell you why the workers say they will keep demonstrating during big event. plus pretty incredible video showing the moments of ary fie plane crash. ten people died when the plane slammed into a hangar. meis morning we are learning more about the mos before the crash.
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we are going to explain the changes that could impact your day-to-day life. >> if the holiday weekend bring youe pool or beach. don't put your guard down. we are reminding you aboutng swimmi safety. it is 6:00 a.m. i'm aaron gilchrist. as i'm molette green here for eun yang who hthe day off 37 hard to believe it's the 1st of july. >> i's not crazy hot so that is the upside. >> i like that. melissa mollet is standing by th your first 4 traffic. lauryn ricketts is in for chuck to tell us how hot it's not. >> you're right about tha the humidity is not that bad out there at all either. beautiful sunrise. you can see the reectionff the potomac right now. came up at 5:47, the official sunrise this morning. 70 loudoun county and shenandoah
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