will happen again? >> can gun violence be stopd? one of the most issues facing our country. >> how a wallet lost during world war ii found its way back to its rightful owner. it's 4:00 a.m. good morning, everybody. i'm aaron gilchrist. >> i'm eun yang. we are working for you on a tuesday to help you t ready and start the day on the right foot. >> melissa mollet is standing by with the first 4 traffic and we start with meteorologist chuck bell and look to a calm start to the day. >> wow. what a rain event yesterday! 3.3 inch of rain at national airport in one hour between 9:00 and 10:00 a.m. yesterdaand a historic flash flooding event in the washington area. four thing you need to know today.the weather for a nice, dry morning. humidity levels in check for the

next day or two as average weather, how nice is it going to be to feel average? not too hot, notoo humid and no chance of rain and i'm optimistic about the weekend. radar wise, i know a lot of people are rain traumatized from yesterday. not a drop in the washington, d.c. area and we will be drip a dry today. 61 in columbia, maryland, this morning. there is your planner for today. there are area of fog around this morning and be on lookout for that from the read wall moisture from yesterday and cool start has the fogginess out there. plenty of sunshine wh high temperatures in the mid and upper 80s. melissa mollet, a far easier day for first 4 traffic. >> and for you too. quite the afternoon and morning yesterday. in the northwest, canal road is shut down. lanes blocked because of the flooding.

no word when that is reopened. we had one of our production assistants drive by lastaight said mud and debris all over the road way. no word on when that will be repaired or good enough for traffic. 270, 70 out of the spur 69 miles an hour gets you theren 26 minute. pure panic and chaos as flash floods swept through d.c. yesterday. >> this is video from potomac, maryland. many of their cars are water-logged now after what seems like a river t over their neighborhood and inside, water washed away a lifetime of memories in some place. flood water rose all the way up to the ceiling and destroyed this homeowner's basement too. >> it hasn't hit me too much becausen i've just bee working, working, working to clean this

up. all of the antique in the basement, we just have to consider that they aregone. >> here is another sign of the force of the flash flooding. the home area said outside the water was at least six feet deep and the intensity pushed a parked car ten feet down the driveway. parts of northern virginia had a different kind of rush hour yesterday morning. the heavy rain hit road very hard. part of thrkbw pay had to be closed at time. in potomac, maryland, neighbors say the water moved in so quickly that it saufcaused drai concern and nowhere for the water to go. this was ta tennis court. another swim team meets will

her to be cancelled o moved to another school. basements and cars were flooded. >> it's brown water just pourin out >> this is all wet. the bottom there is all wet. you canee all of that water. d should have stayed home until it wase raining. >> neighbors say the streets flood all the time andey wish workers could do sometng about it. in this case there is nowhere for the water to go. too much. >> from the streets to elevators now to metro rail too.se it s like everywhere in our area was flooded yesterday. take a look at this inside of a metro rail car was gushing with water. other cell phone images show a waterfall at the virginia square metro station. they know yesterday was a rough morning commute. if your trip was layed by more than ten minutes while using rec regter the smart trip car, expect a credit.

expertsanay the chge in climate is partly to blame. coming up in about ten minutes, we will look at the connections climatchange as part of our changing climate se. make sure your family knows when bad weather is about to strike. the nbc washington app will alert i to severe weather. police and fbi need your help. tthey are searching forhe person who fired a gun toward onduty police officer. take a look at this video here. police say it show the suspect, circled in red. you can see this person a firing gun behind the tree. this was in the 4600 block of hillside road in southeast early in the morning on the fourth of july. the officer was not injured. the fbi tweeted, quote. this morning, we are learning more about a crash in t

spotssylvaniay that killed three people, includg two people. >> take a look at the towuc trk came to take this mangled car away that almost unrecognizable. anna pasal was killed and two children. this is near lake anna. that happened sunday ternoon. sounded like an explosion went off and i ran up tohe t accident. and it's o of the most horrific thing i've ever seen. it was really bad. >> the driver and another child who were in the car suffered ni life-threate injuries. the fairfax unty couple in the uv suffered serious injuries. us marshalled need help to track down a man wanted for kill a 10-year-old girl in d.c. he is one of 11 indicted by a grand jury in connection to the

death of ma kia wilson who was killed last july while on way to an ice cream truck and several feet away from her front door. police say the suspect were part of a street gang. marshals are offer on $5,000 reward leading to theatch of merchantson. yesterday, a prince william county judge sentenced jordan bayer to three year and he was sentenced to three years probation. he is accused of having an indecent relationship with a 16-year-old and he is accused of touching her and sending her explicit messages. barrett was 23 at the time. a man from ft. washington is accused ofce putting of at risk while driving an atv. on sunday, they say lopez was part of a group onatvs that

rounded police vehicles on monume monument. they say lopez rane into th officer's rear bumper and was thrown off the atv. no word if july fourth has come and gone but questions remain how president trump's event called "salute to america" was paid for. the event at the lincoln memorial featured military flyover and tanks on the national mall and a speech by the presidenr news partner at wtop report that they are asking the accountability office that the event prohibited any lawsfo r taxpayer money. lawmakers will begin a pecial session called by governor ralphnortham. he ordered the session shortly after the virginia beach massacre in may. the governor is calling on lawmakers to vote on measures,di

inclu universal background checks, assault weapons ban and one gun per month limit. there is plenty of support and opposition to this specia session. julie carey will have live reports later today on news4. in a mat of hour, d.c. councilmember jack eevans, th council is voting whether to remove him as chairman of afi nce committee and r cide whetheto hire a law firm to see if evans violated his position. evans has be forced toresign from the metro board. he say he plans to stay on the council. we are proud of you! >> the family of an international enage phenom shouting their support.

he fourth lost in round yesterday and surprised the world by making it as far as she did and rising to fame last week after beating a superstar and one of her idols venus williams. she will doing a live interview today here on "news4 today." this is just the beginning for coco gafuff. she is only 16! her rank was 300 plus and she has moved way up in the ranks. n >> learn theme and learn the face. ou'll see it again. 4:10 is our time. next on "news4 today," after seven decade a woman find herself holding something that she thought was lost.we ill tell you about the reunion. disney say the doll fashioned after a "toy story 4" character could be dangerous. we ll have the detail mom and dad will want to know. after yesterday's torrential

rain, scientists will talk about why this will keep happening. fog has developed. there are area of thick fog over the water crossing around the d.cmetro .

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owner, 89-year-old betty sisson. she was grateful to have it back, even though there was no money left in it, but just t pictures anthe memories. what a treasure. >> oh, yehe t thought of being able to retrieve that. >> and go back in time. >> it's priceless. we are workin for your health m tning. ansearchers say patients with pneumonia are on tibiotics longer than they should be. the study says the longer atients were on antibiotics the more likely they were to report issues, including stomach problems. another university of tichigan study found pts with sprained ankles are being pretty bad opioid. researchers look at nearly 60000 people and some of them were still filling that d prescriptioys later. the experts say overprescribizing a root cause of addiction.

d.c., maryland, and virginia ove filed lawsuits of subscribing opio dimisl the public. researchers at the university of pittsburgh stayed data from female verpterans who get their health cerage from the department of v.a. they say they could prevent pregnancies' save $2.1 million. nearly half of all pregncies in the u.s. are not planned. the rates are even higher in our region, including.c in d where 62% of all pregnancies are unintended. this character is being pulled from the helves. disney is recalling nearly 80,000 forky push toys.as

it h eyes that dektach and pose achoking hazard. it was sold fromril through june of this year. so far, there have been no injuries. if you have a forky in your house, you can return it for a full refund. hopefully, they will redesign forky.'t i haven seen it yet. >> no. >> i know forky is a new character from "toy story." homeowners across the area i are clea up from what they feel once in a lifetime rainfall. >> many of never experienced flash flooding likee saw yesterday. our team talked to a person about why scene like these may be common around here. >> reporter: a new study in the journal shows heavy downpoun are ohe rise. it's a trend we have witnessed over the last three to five decade when glal warming started to intensify. >> the earth goes through warming and cool process and what we are seeing right now is

that humans are really contributing to the amount of greenhouse gases that we are putting in the atmosphere. greenhouse gasses like carbon and dioxide. when you trap the heat that leads to warmer temperatures. >> reporter: a report by the national climate assessnt shows heavy downpour have increased by 74% in the northeast. d meteorologists say the situation will likely get worse in our warming world. >> maybe you go back a f decade and you're still going to have those heavy rainfall event but when you factor in our on changing cmate the fact there is more water vapor, the water cycle is super charged, what that is leading to is our streams are getting more em extr >> we invite you to search changing climate in the nbc washington app to see how our warming world affects your line, and yr commute.

>> more indication of our changing climate after yesterday's insanity. >> it was nuts. heavy rainsa events have sal happened and continue to happen but when you warm the tmosphere, it can hold mo cisture so you're essentially increasing thences and a whole newn bram of science called attribution science. events like yesterday are somewhere on the order of 10% to 20% more likely than 50 or a hundred yearscause of the the d moisture content t area. re. talk about added mois this is our tower camera looking past georgetown universityl int gton county. you can see a layer of fog hanging over the potomac this morning and local water crossing are likely to have patc fog and fog if in some of the outlying areas well. visibility under a mile now. mile and a half in the manassas area and three miles in gaith

ghersbur gaithersburg. temperatures are in the comfortable range for sure. 63 now in fairfax y.count 64 in frederick, maryland. 63 charles town, west virginia. 65 in stafford, virginia. your commute for today, a little fog around here first thing this morning, it will be a beauty of a day to eoutside. full sunshine. not too humid and afternoon highs just about average. you can see on our satellite picture there not a cloud to be found anywhere in the region. no rain today. set your mind at bit here.ittle nothing but a few fair weather cloud bubbling up during the heat of thetefternoon. afoon highs in the mid to seper 80s and another dry day tomorrow cloo 90. ee thend looks good melissa.

sunshine with high in the 90s. >> perfect for thebeach. update here on canal road has just reopened. all lanes now open through that area. that was disaster for so many people yesterday. inn a loop outer loop of the beltway no problems. no road work even.on next "news4 today," we are checking out something fun and new for your family's trike. >> it's kind of like a roller coaster and go cart loop put together. >> if you're home this afternoon, don't miss "ellen" at 3:00 and stick around for the news at 4:00.

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look. >> where do you find these things? >> a free fried chicken sandwich at chick-f-a is worth it. it's tuesday but if you're thinking about the weekend, our tommy mcfly found just the pla to check out. >> i went to the scene after local go cart track and it's un called f land in fredericksburg. >> reporter: down 5 in fredericksburg there is a racing track like nothg in the region. >> we wanted to do something unique and special for the city of foreheadburg and attract people from all over the plhite >> tis the only one of its kind. the closest is four hour from here. 30 feet in the air.fe 1 of track. i got to catch up! >> how am i going to pas my

brother without hitting him? i waited behind him and probably dropped a little bit and see if they go high orlow, i go the opposite way they do. >> it's funny because wen we astarted building, peopl saying what are you building, a roller coaster? kind of. >> reporter: if you go there, be eady to wait your turn on saturdays and friday nights, but mid weekrn and g trips you'll be behind the wheel much more and have less time to sma w talkh friend. >> i have a foot on her. >> yeah. >> reporter: how does being taller make you faster at go carting? >> at least you can reach the pedal. >> it's worth the trip. i love the track. i think they love the track again. n! reporter: aga again! i want to go again! in frericksburg, tommy mcfly, news4. >> for many new cool place to see and do, go to nbc washington app and seven"the scene."

go carts are pretty safe. they are the ground. fencing around there. newower and additional bike lanes and more parking. we are seeing the plans that amazon has for northern virginia. and the impact on rd yeste's historic rainfall in the d.c. region. we are showing you the areas that still need to be cleaned up. good morning. a nice low impact weather day for you today. perfect weather to get those extra miles walked this morning. this is brady, 4-year-old dog and boxerix and available for rescue. if you're a patriots fan,what better name for a dog than brady? temperature wise in the six thi. mornin up to the mid and upper 80s today. plenty of sunshine and nothing to

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yesterday's rainfall came quickly during the early commute. many road were flooded and many people were trapped. >> it wasn't only the road. ratro station had problems. it left tns and passenger pretty with the. this morning we are looking back on that flooding and damage a lot of you are still dealing with. >> first, aheck on your commute and forecast. melissa mollet is standing by witff your first 4 tra but let's start with stormeam 4 meteorologist chuck bell. refreshing out there this morning compared to the last feud. once the rain stopped late yesterday afternoon, skies cleared out. because we never warmed up much yesterday, high temperature only 80 destees yeerday. that relative low gh temperature yesterday allowed temperatures to real drop into the comfortable range this morning. there is a few area with some thick fog this morning. you see the fog hanging over the potomac near georgetown university in d.c. visibility not a huge issue everywhere but willil there w