that. four things to know about the forecast. another quiet weather -- can smell that irishom frere. another quiet weather day today. back to close to 90 degrees this afternoon. it will be hot. it will be more hud than yesterday but no rain today. still tracking a high chance for rain and thundetstorms orrow. and the flood risk because of all the rain we had on monday remains high. tomorrow will be a storm team 4 weather alert day for you. right now temperatures are i the 60s in the suburbs, low 70s downtown and low to mid 70s next to the chesapeake bay. your commur forecast for today, dry roads in and dry roads home. low 70s at 7:00 a.m. mid to upper 80 s forst of the afternoon today. so plan on a hot and sunny day. sun is up at 5:52, down at 8:34 this evening. car washing forecast, you bet. ext chance for rain, though, does roll intomorrow. more about that thursday rain chance coming up. melissa, good morning. good morning. taking a look at a brand new

problem clarks burk southbound 270 after 121 clarksburg road crash on the right shoulder. we do have that crash but not t.eing much of a delay eastbound 66 fairfax county parkway, disabled vehicle has cleared out of the way. everything is nice and open. inner loop, outer loop of the beltway, don't have any complaints on the beltway. no road work either. those eastbound lanes clo d another water main break in arlington, northeney betwe north quinn and north oak street. eun? >> thank you. ne> it's 5:01, a controversial arrest has turd into charges for a montunmery coty police officer. >> the announcement was made on tuesday. now people in the county want more accountability from police. news 4 justin finch is li at police headquarters in gaithersburg now with more on this story. justin, good morning. >> reporter: aaron, eun, good r mong. those charges came down

yesterday, second degree assault and misconduct in office for officers kevin morris.he he is t officer seen in that video that first appeared on twitter back on july 3rd appears to sow morris with arnoldo in custody. he is 19 years old.ho appears to s him being slammed on to the ground, the officer kneeing him in the head. the police report indicates, though, that he resisted arrest fficer after he was busted trying to sell ha louis thateneralic mushrooms last week. that video also prompted an investigation regarding the use of eessive force and also led to calls from the community to do something to repair public trust in law enforcement and the acting police chief says that will be critical. and officer morris isow on administrative leave. he has seven years experience on

the force. his police powers have now been suspended. he appears in court next month. we're live ingaithersburg, news 4. h >> justink you. 5:03 right now. e turn to prince georges county police departmentwhere officers are being told not to cooperate with i.c.e. to force civil deportation orders. the department released a training video. it specifically tells officers what to do. the police chief hank says the department has alsoent letters to officers explaini the difference between a civil summons and a criminal warrant. he says criminal warrants were undocumented immigrants will be turneover to i.c.e. now to the surprising turn at virginia's special session on gun violence. leaders voted to abruptly end the session leaving gunight supporters happy anl gun contro activists vowing for revenge at the polls. his was the scene outside of

the capitol in richmond. people on both sides of the gun debate dthanded to have eir voices heard. inside before anyction could e taken, leaders in the republican-controlled house and senate voted to end the session just after 90s. minu op leaders say more time is needed to study gun control measures. what we want to do is have a group that can look these measures not in the moment by moment down here but have a chance to look at them. >> they totally have to keep their responsibility. number two, the republicans in this state are totally controlled, i mean, 100% controlled by e national rifle association. >> after the session, governor ralph northam tweeted the gop action was, quote, shamef and disappointing. one othe longest-serving elected officials in t strict has been removed from a powerful position. the d.c. council voted to remove jack evans as chairman of its committee on finance and revenue. ev as isccused of using his fice for personal in. the council stopped short of

removing evans from all council committees. this comes less than a month after the fbi raided his home. evans stepped down from the metro board as well. the questions surrounding evans didn't seem to slow down the efforts to bring sports betting to d.c. th councilpproved a measure that will allow the same company that operates the d.c. lottery to also operate the city's future mobile betting app. evans sponsored that bill which came under someus scrutiny be it did not allow competitive bidding but it passed 7-5. this paves the way for mobile betting to get up and going next year. fall see it early next at nationrkls pa. 9/11 first responders may filly get the peace of mind thehave been fighting for. first responders have lobbied congress over the past couple of weeks for money to ensure the fund has enough money for those wfer with health problems relateto the 9/11 attacks.

right now that fund does not have enough to pay out current and projected claims. the billill be renamed in honor of first sponders who died from illnesses related toe th work at ground zero. this includes luis alvarez who died of cancer earlier this month. following the house vote the senate. s to the happening today d.c.'s oldest hospital begins its new life as an urgent care facility. this is what the new entrancel ks like at the old providence hospital. the full service hospital in northeast d.c. shut down at the end of april. emergency ig gap in care for residents in the eastern half of the district. the hospital had faced serious financial problems in recent uyears. theent care center will operate sen days a week. the family of a little girl who waoc shd at m national harbor says their lives wilne ver be the same. one year later the parents released a video showing their child still unable to speak or walk. the law firm representing the parents recorded an interview

and this video of zynae green. last june the 7-year-old was shocked by a railing at mgm national harbor. her mother and father what their lives are like now. >> mother's day it took a big toll on me. i didn't go nowhere. i stayed in the house the whole day with zynae. not hearing her voice saying happy mother's day, playing with my hair, kissing me, telling me how much she loves me, it really hurt me. >> you know, god will control to get better. >> my hope is to hear her beautiful voice again. >> 120 volts of electricity th circulated ugh the girl's body when she touched that railing. mgm released a statement saying, quote, it has been a a year but day does not go by that we don't think of the green family. what happened was a tragic accident ande hope zynae's condition .improves the lawsuit against mgm is pending. 5:07 now. we're just a few hours away from

a major celebration for the world cup champion u. women's soccer team. >> a ticker tape parade is happening this morning in new york city. kathine craig from our new york sr. station live this morning with details on the preparation for this reallyt excig day, katherine. >> reporter: it is a big day, eun and aaron, here in the big apple and a big ceremony will take place heh in city l. we want to give you a look at what we're seeing right now. there are some finishing touches being done on the stage here. this is where the soccer team will be. you'll hear from some of the co-captains, alex morgan, megan rapinoe and coach ellis. there are so many chairs. we counted them. just kidding. somebody gave us thenumber. there are 3,500 seats out here. all of the tickets have been issued for this. let's take a look at this video because you hear ticker tape we n'tavetickertape heoreut re pcoe.nfettadi, a ton of confetti will be thrown from the high-rise buildings along the parade route

members of the women's soccer team have been taking it all in with love and gratitude from their fans. they have been out and object in manhattan. some 2 million people arect ex for this huge parade. it starts in lower manhattan and then it goes along the canyon of heroes and in other words o bradway. it will end at city hall. all of the tickets for the city hall event have been issued. some of the groups getting the tickets, girl scout troop, of the membersildren and nonfor and coach ellis ofitpran and you'lhear .oremarks and something that mayor de blasio will give them the key to the city. i'm katherine craeg. back to you, eun on aaron. >> katherine, thanks. 5:09 no strl ahead, preparing amazon's arrival. how you can help plan the firstw

phase of a ne development in arlington. we're working for you with molast-minute deals you may not have thought of. then,ni cleang up after the flash flooding. what you need t know to file flooding claims for your car. chuck, how about your weather? all right. a quiet weather day around here. the national hurricane center keeping an eye on the northern parts of the gulf of mexico. an area of disturbed weather could become tropical storm barry over the next 24 to 36 lours. we'll keep a cose eye on that and close eye on our chances for rain and thunderstorms right here tomorrow. five-day forecast coming up.:

>> announceryou're watching "news 4 today." aslcome back. we approach 5:13, one of thet mos dramatic scenes from monday's flash flood emergency was a guy standing on the roof

of his car on canal road here i. the distric you see him right there. that's william diggs and he says the water levels rose so quickly he had to thnk fast. he was able to get out through the sunroof of his car and had to stand there until the water receded. >> before i knew it, the water was up to my seat. i'm crouching and i think, the only waym getting out of the here was through the sunroof. insurance might not cover it all, so we're trying to see if we can salvage it. >> be sure you're covered for xp uneted events like this. the national insurance information institute says, quote, flood caused damage to vehicles is covered under the optional standard autoce insuran policy. comprehensive coverage costs 150 a year.it whout that coverage, drivers will likely have to foot the bill themselves. in fairf a county, crews still assessing damage from the rain that left some residents

stranded. on monday night, v. dot repaired aid damaged that trapped people in their neighborhood. the worst part of the road could be closed for weeks or even months. >> we're still doi assessments. h we stillve inspectors going around to l the bridges that have been impact and taking an inventory of everything that's damaged and starting the recovery process. >> for at least the next couple of days, drivers will have to take detours around prosperity avenue before crews can get started on repairs. tonight you'll have a chance to meet withn arlingto county concerning amazon's proposed met park site plan.th county will hold a community meeting at 7:00 tonight at the trade center at south taylor street. met park is the location for amazon's first phase for new development in arlington county, the pentagon city area. the proposal includes the construction of two 22 tower, 22

story office buildings. ♪ 5:15, some of the best travel deals can take youround the world. according to kayak, bargain hunters can find travels to iceland, ire lond and london for less than $800 round trip. expedia found a flight from boston to paris and back for less than $400. falling i currency val europe means your dollars go further there at least for now. but you will find the best deals if you're willing to be flexible. >> you want to look at alternate airports and be prepared to go somewhere that has a terrific offer. if you can be flexible, that's how you can stretch your buck. >> look for the all inclusive deal to get the most bang for your buck. i'm afraid i will never be able to eat or drink enough, but that. i should try >> you will. what are you trying to say, aaron? >> like i said, i just did one

of these alllu incve things for the first time this year. >> you don't have to think about it. >> right. >> but youon't gorge yourself, i don't think. >> do you know me? >> flexibility. we pick our vacations months in advance, so you have to leave a day early or day later something like that. >> that'sow you tw get smouch time off. way in advance. that's how i know. >> we just wrked here a long time. >> exactly right. >> oh, it's old age, chuck bell. >> seniority. privileges, young man. skies have been clear overnight, not quite as cool this morning as it was yesterday. yesterday national airport dropped into the mid 60s. probably not going to get below 70 this morning at national airport. and a lot of our cooler suburbs like leesburg in the mid 50s yesterday morning is in the mid to upper 60s this morning. more humidity in the air as well and milder start. it will feel hot today. car wal ing forecast stil weather worries.

go for it. next chance for rain comes in tomorrow. your planner for today, plenty shine. a quick warmup. most areas will be in the mid 80s by lunchtime. and we'll spend most of the afternoon in the upper 80 sto maybe right around 90 degrees for a high today. we will bel keeping ae eye on this area of disturbed weather now in the northern parts of the gulf ofme co. the hurricane center keeping a close eye on that. the name will be listening out for will be tropical storm barry. long way from affecting us. if you had travel plans thisen week in new orleans or houston, you want to be listening very carefully. fuf weather, around here today, any tih cces for rain will be west of the blue ridge up in the higher terrain of the west virginia mountains. no need to worry about rain around the city for today. tomorrow, that's a completely different story. me opportunity for rain as early as lunchtitomorrow. and as the weather front comes through here a lot more humidity tomorrow. so in addition to having a st threat for ng or severe thunderstorms, we also have a chance for some locally heavy

rain. obviously after monday's deluge around here, the last thing any of our soil needs is more moisture on it. so flash floodingsorisk will al be relatively high on your thursday. friday no more than an isolatedi shower as h pressure builds back in for the weekend. saturday morning, nothing worry about, in fact, hardly any cloud in the sky for both saturday or for sunday. there's a little bit of good news there. so 4 out of the next 5 days will be low impact weather days. tomorrow is our focs. it will be a storm team 4 weather alert day. verage high is 89. we'll within a whisper of that most of the next four days. >> thank you, chuck. just hearing new information about 270. southbound 270 after clarksburg had a crash block g the two right lanes that has just cleared out of the way. that is better now. seeing tiniest delay southbound on 270. e rest of 270 looks good. north of route 1, no problems

northbound or southbound everything rollingalong. inner loop, outer loop of the beltway looking nice this morning. bladensburg, water main break blocking bohe lanes eastd that is still around this morning. as you look at the bottom of the beltway, everything into and out of town branch avenue pennsylvania avenue, indian head highway no issues there. also looking good at 66 and 95 in maryland. eun? >> melissa, thank you. it's 5:1 if you're trying to eat healthfully when you're eating out, you may want to pick something off the menu that's low in calories. >> even those options can wreck your diet. coming up, we'll help you figure out how to help you avoid the menu minefield. check out en this afternoon. it airs at 3:00 p.m. on nbc 4 and we invite you to stick around for news 4 at 4. we'll get you through the news rnock this afn. just about 5:20.

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terrkiicia the sodium by about half. and if you're still craving the dishes you love at the restaurants, health experts say try making them at home that way you can control the ingredients and the portionze sis. >> definitely healthier when ou cook at home. never tastes as good. i would like to thank the multicultural correspondent association for recognizing me with the 2019 broadcast journalist award. the ceremony was held last night at the national press club in d. ere's actress and comedian shei shepherd presented me with the acard. the mmca a bringsttention to the need for divsity in the media. it's honor to be recognized for the work we do to tell stories from many different perspectives in our mmunity. r colleague was a presenter. he stayed later than i did.

i had to leave and get up for th . >> congratulations to you. >> thank you very much. >> is it just news media. >> radio, print and new media, . too, yea all encompassing. >> media organization for sure. still ahead, hollywood mourns the loss of an award-winning actor who passed a i way overnight. plus, was russia behind a conspiracy theory pushed in the ys following the murder of seth rich? we're looking at new reports thatsay,yes. chuck? >> time for your dog-walking forecast. this is cute little annabelle, about 10 months old. very friendly. very energetic dog. nice and young too. perfect long-term companion. go to humanerescuealliance.org. >> good weather for the extra miles this morning. the pavement will be on the hot side later on in the afternoon because we'll have 100% sunshine today. our next chance for rain coming up in the extended fo

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>> announcer: "news 4 today" starts now. good morning, everybody, it is just about ht5:30 rignow. i'm aaron gilchrist. >> i'm eun yang. let's begin with a check on your forecast and commute on this wednesday. our melissa mollet is standing

by with a check on your first 4 traffic. but we begin with the illustrious strm team 4 merologist chuck bell. >> who is suddenly ready. >> yes, hi, chuck. >> suddenly. >> i don't have people prepare all my stuff like iyou. called you illustrious, chuck, did you miss that? >> computer generates the data. >> there's an app for me alreadyu so i'm j here for personality. clear skies this morning, little early morning color as well. hetemperatures are in t 60s and 70s to get your wednesday going. hump day is here. 72 now in ngarticlip. 73 in quantico. 74 in annapolis.pe temtures in the mid 60s in the shenandoah valley. nice and mild this morning. ayre than enough sun. temperatures todill be in the upper 80s to almost 90 degrees. not worried about rain chances for today. tomorrow, that is a different issue. today will be sunny and dry. tomorrow hot, humid and an

increasing chance for storms not only strong storms but locally heavy rains means that tomorrow's flood thr will be high. melissa, good morning. >> good morning to you. so clarksburg southbound 702 after clarksburg crash is on the shoulder. still seeing a delay as you're 20aded southbound on 1hen we have a slow down because of the earlier crash we did have two lanes blocked.'s now ion the shoulder but it doesn't matter. the damage has been done. 66 inbound, fairfax county beltway going 65 miles per hour, will take you 9 minutes. inner loop and outer loop everything looks good. arlington north key boulevard between north quinn and north oak water main break there as well. aaron? >> melissa, thank you. 5:31 right now. last week we showed you a violent arrestaught on camera in montgomery >> now that police officer faces charges. news 4 justin finch is live in

gaithersburg with the latest. justin, what happened? >> well, eun, right now real concern about that video. the officer involved and what's now ahead for montgomeryounty police. now for many in the county as well as some other coty council, we have an idea. as you mentioned, this year is the catalysthat cell phone video from last week showing the arrest of a 19-year-old shows officer kevin morris arresting 19-year-old arnal dorks, apparently kneeing him in the face at times, slamming him on the pavement and covering his face with his t-shirt. that video did prompt an iternal investigationnto the use of excessive force. it is now also resulted in charges as well and calls from neighbors fr montgomery county to create a police advisory board. a bill has been drafted. the acting chief says these actions are going to be critical moving forward because it's important to improve the culture

of tank and file while also restoring the trust of the citizens. >> the excessiveness of thethe officer, officer norris, actually slamming the individual's head to the pavement just gave me grave concern. >> then also triggeringncern from the community as well. the acting chief and others saying that something needs to be done to build a bridge rathec between themmunity as well as the police force. meantime, officer morris now due in court next month.h s facing two charges of second degree assault as well misconduct in office. he served for seven years now with montgomery county police and is now on administrative duty. i'm justin finch, news 4, back into you. >> justin, thank you.5: 33 now. it's been nearly three years since seth rich was gunned down in d.c. and since that time, there h ve been all kinds of conspiracy

theories about his death. now, according to a yahoo news investigation, those conspiracy theories trace back to iaru rich was a dnc staffer who was killed while walking home. yahoo news spokehe with former federal prosecutor who looked into this case. russian intel planted a bulletin alleging that rich had been assassinated. nbc news has not independently confirmed the yahoo story but goes on to say the russian bulletin was picked up by far wsght media and eventually reached fox neand the trump administration allies. the search continues for the person who fired a gun in the direction of an on duty police officer. >> we have new details to the story we told you about yesterdayhe take a lookre. we showed you this surveillance video yesterday morning. v although theideo is dark, you can see someone shooting a gun. this happened early in the morning on 4thuf j on hillside road in southeast. police tell news 4 that is shooter put two lives at risk.

>> theficer was in the area. he was outside his vehicle. he was actuay having a conversation with a citizen when the shots rang out. >> there is moreward ney for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the shoote . we havnew information about a crash on the beltway in maryland. state trooper warren thompson s pinned against the guardrail while he was investigating a chain reaction crash yesterday morning near pennsylvania avenue in forrestville.ce one driver f charges in this accident. your time is 5:35. look at other top stories this morning. sports betting is one step closer to reality i d.c. they approved the measure to also operate the city's future mobile betting app and could begin as early as next year. tuesday special session on gun violence for virginia lawmakers ended almost as soon as it began. less than two hours, gop

delegates adjourned the meeting. the edssion was cally the governor after the mass shooting in virginia beach. he wanted lawmakers to look at gun control measures. govern ralph northam called the actions shameful and disappointing. >> d.c. need help identifying the woman caught on surveillance camera smashing a car with a bat. this happened back on june 24th. a woman said she found about $1,000 worth of damage done to her car. the building that was once d.c.'s providence hospital will reopen today as an urgent care facility. operations shut down in april fter years of financial trouble. the new center will operate seven days a week. providence had been the district's oldest hospital. take a look. max scherzer received a special introduction from the band at all-star game ue last week. the american league beat the l nationalgue for the

seventh-straight year. they have to do something differently. you can't lose seven years n a row, right? >> something has to change. 5:37. still ahead,d.c.'s attorney general files a lawsuit against the company behind a popular hotel chain. we'll tell you why. plus, howe th arrest of new york billionaireeffrey epstein is causing controversy for the trump administration. news 4 l ay wilbe right back.

teoscar-nomi actor rip torn has died. he made a name for himlf as a character actor in odhollywo. he was in "men in black" and "dodgeball." his careers started long before those roles. torn received an oscar nomination for his role in the 1983 film "cross creek". the business and politicalw

d continues to remember ross perot this morning. the two-time candidate for made billionaire died yesterday following a battle with89-year-m the naval academy and his p lic service included work on behalf of veterans and americani prsoners of war. he was once oteds saying i was texas born,e tsexa dead. the d.c. council honored lonnie bunch with cofon ter smithsonian national museum of aicme hthaeca thanetary ofsomi afican-ameri can and first historian to hold that position in its nearly 175 year history. he is also a d.c. resident and he talked with our mark at the event there yesterday with the d.c. council recognizing d.c. as his home, talking about how much he loved being a citizen of the

itdy can museum system now there at the than. sobes in making this part of his career. >> recognition well deserved. let's turn to chuck bell and see what's in store for the weather. all right. if you're planning your weekend down to the beaches, friday, saturday, sunday, the weather looks pretty good. maybe an outside chance for shower down to ocean city and rho humid.ah more about tomorrow's thunderstorm chance and the tropics coming up in the next ten minutes. plus, the fallout from the jeffrey epstein arrestac rees d.c. why some lawmakers are now calling on a member of the si predent's cabinet to resign.il news 4 today wl be right back. good morning, everyone. happy wednesday. today at 4, we're working to save you money on groceries. we searched and scanned for the

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an >> uncer: you're watching "news 4 today." developing this morning, epstein fallout as the new yo billionaire sits in a jail cell accused of sex crimes committed against children. his arrest and prior investigation into him are causing controversy right here more than ten years ago epstein was investigated for similar crimes, but his attorneys cut a deal whichim allowed h to go free. >> that deal was cut with u.s. attorney alex acosta, who is now president trump's labor

secretary. ews 4 sarah dal lop live from capitol hill with details who is alling for acosta to step down andndho is defeing him at this point. sarah, good morninrt >> repo: good morning aaron and eun. alex acosta under mounting pressure here in washington. the president sayi teng ht and u can find mistakes in people's reers if you go back far enough but also saying that he does plan to take acloser look at that 2008 plea deal thatow all epstein to plead guilty to less severe sex assault state charges rather than fedal charges. democrats, including prtienidal acosta to either ste or be removed. republicans not going as far saying they want to know more about this case first. acosta himself weighing in on twitter saying that he's pleased new york psecutors areoving forward and that this new case and new testimony, new evidence

will allow epstein to further be brought to justice. aaron and eun? >> sarah dallop on the hill. thank you. breaking ornight, new concerns about treatment of migrant children at the u.s. border facilities. nbcews reports government case managers say they spoke directly with children held in an arizona facility and wered there have been instances of sexual assault and retaliation for complyents. a 15--old honduras girl says an officer groped her. and a 16-year-old from guatemala says he was forced to sleep on the floor after complaining about the food and water. u.s. customs an border protection calls the report unsubstantiated and said the officers treat people with dignity and respect. it's 5:46 now to the prince georges county police department.rs officere being told not to cooperate with i.c.e. to enforce civil deportation orders. news 4 megan mcgrath is live

county rince georges police headquarters with more on this. megan, good morning. >> reporter: well, good morning. it re came to light that some prince georges county police officers had mistakenly served civil warrants against department policy. the confusion came after those police oficers took a look at a national crime data base. now, chief hankhe says t officers thought that the individuals detained were actually wanted on criminal warrts when they were not. now, to make sure that this never happens again, the department recently released a n new trang video to clarify the policy of the prince georges county police take a look at the specifics here. officers will be required now to look at the underlying bases for the warrant. so not just the word warrant in that data base. they are going to have to out if the warrant is civil or criminal in nature. now, if it is civil, then the person detained will be

immediately released and i.c.e. will not be contacted. however,th if warrant is criminal in nature, the reverse is true, the officers will detain the person and they will contact i.c.e. so the bottom line here is the importance between civil andna criin terms of these warrants. now, orders of deportation and removal are civil in nature. and the police chief wants to stress that. prince georges county police officers will not be taking action on those civil warrants. ane chief says prince georges county police have basically been following this policy for the last ten years or nso. this is a major departure. however, because of some recent vents they want to clarify the policy to the rank and file within the police department. so they released just cently this training video. back to you guys. >> megan mcgrath, live in prince georges county. megan, thank you. 5:49 now.

after first sing he would not run for president in 2020. california billionaire tom ed steyer decid he will now. he is joing the field of more than 20 candidates vyingor the democratic nomination fowthe hite house. >> what do we care snabt do we care about improving the world and handing it on to the next generation in ways they can lead better lives than we've had? in a way that's safer, more prosperous and more beautiful and creative. >> steyer has been a vocal critic of president trump and spent millions of dollars onm corcials calling for his impeachment. like he did in 2016, he says his wealth makes him immune special interests and corporate pressure. another 2020 race to keep an eye on the kentucky senate seat. 're going to go right to chuck bell. >> all right. yeah. the forecast for 2020 is more of the same. >> all right. >> cold in the winter. hot in the summer. >> you are just a genius.

yes. >> g science. there you go. >> that's the difference between weather and climate. i uld give you the forecast for nextju ly based on climate.f the forecast tomorrow is based on weather. hump day finally here, skies are clear this morning. no weather worries for you day today. four things you need to know. plenty of sunshine. be a little on the seasonably hot side today. afternoon highs right around average which is 89 degrees. plenty warm. tomorrow, we're drtracking a ve high chance for thunderstorms and rain. the 3.3 inches of rainfall betwee9 and 10:00 a.m. on monday at national airport officially goes down asthe rainiest one-hour period ever recorded in washington. with hourly rain records going all the way back to 1936 that

one-hour monday morning was the rainiest hour on record in washington. friday, mainly dry, just a stray shower chance. as we get into the weekend, saturday and sunday, too, looks sunny and hot.w, for no with a clear sky, temperatures are in the mid 60s across loudoun coty, mid 60s in shenandoah valley, upper 60s and low 70sg al the i-95 corridor. forecast high right on average, typically hot, 89 degrees for a high temperature toy. a little bit more humid than yesterday. tomorrow, way more humid and a very high chance for rain and thunderstorms. i move tomorrow's rain chance up to 80%. high tomorrow, 90 degrees before the storms get going. here is future weather starting at 5:00 a.m. tomorrow morning. a cloud very muggy outside. first thing in the morning. could have our first rain showers developing as early as out noon or 1:00 p.m. all that extra humidity means it could fire up earlier in the day than normally woxpd be eted. then we could have several rounds of thunderstorms startin

p.m. going all the way through 5, o 6:00 p.m. here future weather and that continues into 7, 8, 9:00 p.m. as well. so could be a very active morrow. day the fact that the ground is already saturated means our flood threat is also very high for tomorrow. we'll be a weatherrt mode for you. the other thing i want to keep your attention drawn to here, down across the northern parts of mexicrea of disturbed weather now. the hurricane center is keeping a close eye on this. weekend tvel plans from pensacola to mobile to houston, this couldeecome more and mor of an issue. this is future weather by 5:00 p.m. tomorrow likely to be forming into tropic storm barry. so that's the name we'll be listening for. but likely to be a named storm sometime onldriday and coube making landfall somewhere between houston and new orleans sometime late saturday or into y sund this is bad news. the upper mississippi and all the way down the coast of new orleans here, the mississippi river has been above flood stage for monts. any more rain especially from a

tropical system, this could be a major flood iss across parts of east texas and louisiana. needless to say we'll be watching that carefully as well. here is your ten-day forecast now. 89 and sunshine today. nothing to worry about. tomorrow, weather alert, chances for some stronger thunderstorms and a pretty high risk for some more flash flooding. on friday, just a passing shower or two, high 91. hot and dry and increasingly humid over the weekend. 91 on saturday. 93 sunday. the heat and humidity continue deep into the middle prts of next week. whatever barry decides to do, if we're going to deal with any of that moisture, it probably doesn'come until about thursday of next week. so a long way to go between now and then. speaking of something to get yod out theor and get you ready for your wednesday, let's go over to first 4 traffic. melissa, how isthe commute? >> good morning. we had a report of an accident southbound bw parkway near 410. little delay southbound bw parkway near 410. nothing to worry about too

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virginia lawmakers abruptly ended a special session just hours after convening. we break down what happen in richmond. and embattled d.c. council member loses a powerful olairmanship. we're fwing the latest developments regarding jack evans. >> announcer: "news 4 today" starts now. 6:00 on the dot right now. i like it when that happens right at 6:00 here we are promised. good morning, everybody i'm aaron gilchrist. >> i'm eun yang. it's wednesday, july 10th, 2019. half way there. let's get a lookat your weather and traffic right now. >> melissa mollet of course standing by for us. we'll begin with storm team 4 meteorologist chuck and what we need to know about today's weather. >> all right, aaron. you need to know that it's going to be sunny and it's going to be hot. typical for july in washington. nice, quiet weather for today. back up close to s90 degreehis afternoon. not all that unusually hot. our average high is 89. still watching for a very high chancof thunderstorms coming our way tomorrow. it will be a storm team 4 weather alert in addition to a