the new cub doesn't yet, and we also don't know whether it's a boy or girl, but we do know he weighs a little more than a quarter of a pound. >> and to think he's going to get that big. >> that's a quick look at what's going on. >> the news at 4:30 starts right now. >>> this is wake up washington on wusa9. >> thanks so much for joining us, i'm jan jeffcoat. >> and i'm larry miller. >> we are under the enhanced risk for severe weather later on today. this is going to play a big role in your afternoon and evening forecast. let's time it out. by 8:30 this morning a lot of those showers to the west are going to dissipate. we will see so west. as we head through 5:00 right

it is blocking the gh too much in the way of delays at this point this morning. otherwise just the routine construction going on, and we've got metro safe track surge 16, the last one to go on. we'll talk about that surge in a bit. >>> the two men accused of hanging a noose outside crofton middleton will appear in court later this afternoon. conner prout and adam halveman have been charged with a hate career. >>> congressman steve scalise continues to improve. he remains hospital after he was shot at that baseball practice. his condition was updated from critical to serious. >>> people flocked to the beach and pool to cool off. >>> if you need panda fix, a zoo in tokyo released these pictures. the new cub doesn't yet, and we also don't know whether it's a boy or girl, but