adam tuss for us in dupont circle. thank you. >> saw a bunch o those on the way to work onsewalks. >>> the 19-year-old man accusedn of openg fire inside a southern california synagogue has pled not guilty. john earnest appeared befor a judge for the first time yesterday they found an extra 50 rounds on ammunition him. this was after the victim was laid to rest. >>> meanwhile, a verdict in a murder case that gained national attention. a formeris minneapol police officer accused of killing a unarmed woman has been found guilty of murder. you may remember this case back in 20 just teen damon -- he believed damon was an armed person at the time. he is scheduled to be next month. >>> new this morning, several laws aimed at making virginia roads fer. starting on july 1 you'll have to put down your phone while driving in a work zone. if you don't, you can face a $250 fine. there will be tougher penalties if you fail to slow down or move over or emergency vehicles stopped on the side of the road with flashing lights. violators

transportation reporter adam tuss has more. >> reporter: let's start here. why do some say that thexpress lanes are needed? take a look at them in action tonight. you see the regular lanes here closer to us. they're going slower. the express lanes in the back, they are rolling much faster at rush hour. but of course there's a price to pay. take a look how this section of the beltway crawls day after day, and you can understand why drivers can't stand it. >> it's very bad. >> reporter: victor lee is the kind of commuter these new lanes are targeting. he has to go across the legion bridge to get back to maryland. he's in support of new lanes with one addition. >> they need to build another bridge. >> you think they need another bridge? >> yeah, exactly. i think it took them too long to build the second bridge. >> reporter: vdot isn't specifying anything about another bridge in this area, but they do agree the lanes would likely need to continue into maryland. have a big impact on trafficco estion in this area, we need to have a system that continues across the

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in what it means for one southeast community. >>> i'm adam tuss.eed more express toll lanes around the region? take a look for yourself tonight. regular lanes going slow. express lanes going fast. i'll tell you where more could be coming up next. >>> and i'm tracking a new subtropical storm. here's d.c. there's the storm. i'll show you what it means to hey hun... what's going on here? it's called a yard sale, jim. yeah but... havertys is having a sale... a soi! sahavertys memorial day is still going on! get an extra $100 off every $1000 you spd. plus, get another $200 offfor t. it's savings on top of savings! havertys life looks good >>> there is about to be a new option when shopping for groceries. german owned lidlrk supermats moving into the skyland town centerhich is at good hope road.nd alabama avenue you may recall walmart canceled its plans to move in after a fight with the city over the minimum wage law. now housing, retail, public spaces, they're also going to be created in this space. lidl has stores across the u.s. and that includes loca

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ine district, adam tuss, nbc4. >> keep your eyes peeled.ckless bike and scooters are now hitting the streets and that brings the total number torz nearly 5,000 the district. the company is adding scooters to fleets include lyft, skip, spin and kuujyz + >>> let's talk about trees. they play an8o]s important rol improving our environment and in the days leading up t7xxet arbo day, several locations are recognizing that. loudoun county is celebratiqtór trees with a photo+>+"ñ contest information about them. the county hopes to raise environmental awarenesshrough this. nbc4 also committed to reporting on climate change with a series of stories on the impact on oura health on our lives. eu(uq change" in the nbc washington app. >>> when we come back, some of the best high schools in the country are right here in our area. we'll tell you who made the grade this year. plus, solvingéb7ñ the homelessn problem. the news4 i-team finds out the news4 i-team finds out whether a costl ♪ are you ready? ♪ are? ou ready for some fun♪ ♪ ♪ are you ready? ♪ we

adam tuss, news4, along the red line. >> thank you,. adam >>> d.c.' mayor and the police department have put a focus on fighting the violent crime in southeast we've been reporting on. people in that community call murder and rape there a crisis. police have launched their summer crime initiative. as drew wilder reports, officers are also cleaning up a few yards. >> we know you're in there. >> reporter: no, it's not an episode of "cops." >> come on out! >> reporter: more li hgtv. >> woo! >> reporter: metropolitan police officers are in southeast, volunteering some much-appreciated yardwork for pe ple who have servedeir community and our country.>> we're going to do what we can to make you feel appreciated. is that okay? >> that's beautiful. >> it's something i'm calling mpd yard crashers. >> i'm going to cut thistree, it's seen a better day. >> when i first came out, i wasn't able to enjoy it. >> reporter: a lot of police out here. kenneth best is a purple heart recipient and vietnam veteran. best suffered with ptsd for years. and now he volunteers hi

adam tuss, news4. >> see, if you can start ptting your own message in all the sudden profanities are flying out fr a sign, that's not going to be helpful. >> yeah. it seems like they were preset messages. so they're --t >> i can'say what i want to say at all times when i'm in the car. >> wow. who knew? >> there was so much anger tllre. >> i wi full on admit my de ficiencies. i do feel frustration and anger when i'm driving. >> i had to have the steering wheel adjusted once i hit it so hard. >> true confessions. >> right. >>> there are several free resoutses available to paren over the summer to prevent brain drain. stdies have found students can lose more than a month of academic learning over the summer break. microsoft and apple have programs where people can take classes over the summer. google also offersranline pr that try to make learning fun for kids. >> yeah. tsperts say parents should also set summer limior activities like watching videos and try to keep the routine going. that way when the school year begins again it's not a shock to okkids. a bo now and then -- >> use your

still ead, adam tuss explains how the shutdown could impact other forms of transportation this summer. >>> and we're down here right now at the salt line right outside nats park. we had nats weather day. weather day at nats park. such a great day today and i've got the summerorecast coming up. >> you're going to be talking aboutow many 90 degree days you think we'll have. >> that's right. and the nationals on a two gamet win ak. >> you've got to win a couple, right? (music throughout) i get emotional when i think about where i was. most people don't survive blood clots on their lungs and on their heart. the last thing i heard was reroute to g w hospital. on the day that i came in and theyreated me, was the sickest person in the hospital. i was t on the ecmo machine it saved my life. learn more about bonits's story of survivial at n b c washington dot com backslash bonita for life's defining moments the george washington univerty hospital defing medicine. >>> she call would herself doctor, said she was a psychologist and treated hundreds of people. >> now she's facing charges. stafford

i'm adam tuss. >> good morning. i'mgan fitzgerald. if you're just waking up and haven't stepped outside yet, it is a bit steamy. live look at ce o city. the sun rises. we need to get to clayd anson. sounds like not only will it be steamy, more storms will be rolling throug just in time for cookouts. >> it looks like in the afternoon, good morning to all of you, for our day today, it depends ere you are, location, location, some of us are seeing the sunrise and nice day across the area. others are seeing some fog across the area. some portions of some low level fog as we take a look outside right now. again, if you look toward vih,ginia, the commonwealt you see that fog. places in virginia, visibility now less than a half a mile across the area. as we go to the south and west, here ininwashon, visibility ten miles, no problems here. you cross the potomac, thunderstorms ripped across the ea yesterday. dumped a lot of rain across the region. so that moisture is already in place and it looks like we'llot have ar stormy day before it is al

i'm adam tuss.oing to tell you about this new vdot proposal that could have an impact on maryland drivers as well. >>> i'm darcy spencer in poolsville. a woman is in critical condition after crashing her bike here. after crashing her bike here. hy her i have three kids, i work from home. we are all on the internet at the same time.e why ladaska chos. kids are doing homework or they're streaming videos. upstairs, downstairs. hmy middle son, he to you need hcreate videos and post them online. and while he's doingthat i'm on video chat with the client. so that, you know, mama can make some money. the best internet is even better at our best price. switch now and get our fastest speeds and ard200 visa prepaid ca only on fios. what's going on here? it's called a yard sale, jim. yeah but... havertys is having a sale... so am i! havertysilemorial day sale is stgoing on! get an extra $100 off every $1000 you spend. plus, get another $200 off for the next four days. it's savings on top of savings! havertys l

. >>> i'm adam tuss. have you ever wanted to give that driver behind you a piece of your mind? >>> now at 6:30 a storm team 4 weather alert as we track a chance for another round of st ams. >> it'slready been a very stormy afternoon and some of you folks out there are under a tornado warning this afternoon. take a look at this video. this just into thene wsroom. a viewer shot this for us along route 32. driving rain, multiple tr ts dore as well.ge very danrous drivingnd ions. >> reporter: doug is tracking it all in our storm center. >> that was the area of the video that ld me that was a tornado along 32. i want to update you before we get to more tornado damage. we've got another severe thunderstorm warning. this is for aneen county culpeper county until 7:15. you see that storm right ther coming towards orange county, heading towards fredericksburg. a new storm also around winchester. this one will move in towards leesburg. we're not done yet, guys. the heaviest storms have come through. this is chopper 4, right over 32, right around where that car was. chopper is going to mo

. >> news 4 transportation reporter adam tuss joins us live from dupont circle with more on the expansionsam, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, eun. good morning, aaron. we're about to see a lot more scooters and bikes on the streets starting today. the district department of transportation has approved this for these companies to put more on the streets. some are saying that creates also a safe concern. look, we were here in dupont circle not that long ago, in september as a matter of fact, when a scooter rider was hit and killed by a car here. that's why safety eerts say that something needs to be done to make sure that if these scooters and bikes are going to be on the t streets,at you're safe. we dug into the rules of the scooters in the city. here's what we found. you have to be at least years old to ride them. you don't need to have a helmet or a license. you can ride them on some dewalks in the city. the bike lane is the best plac for you to be in these scoot what you're not supposed to do is ride them on thera cent business districts so a lot more coming but evebody needs to

i'm adam tuss. >> good morning to you. i'm meagan fitzgerald.ll out those umbrellas and hang onto them because it looks like a wet the rain is not going anywhere. but clay, you were saying, i ess, the sun is going to come out tomorrow? >> we're looking at a very good start to the work week and school week, but today it's going to be a soggy sunda a wet day, whatever adjective you want to put in in front of sunday. they are weakening as the storm system gradually moves to the east throughout our area. s you take a look at our radar picture, your radar picture, as i point to the east, i-95, plenty of rain to go around. but take a look to our west. we're seeing a break to the action out to our west as we go to areas of prince william, fauquier, culpeper, and the shenandoah valley, there's what we call a dry slot. that dry slot will closelater this afternoon and with that it will bring more rain. the warning is for winchester and frederick and washing n counties until 12:45 this afternoon, and until noon for the rest of us. all the details and when

. >> adam tuss is there nd why people are ignoring the rules. what's the story? >> reporter: that's right. there will be a test the end of this. y attention. it used to be a circle. a number ofrs yea ago. now, no longer a circle. you can't make left turns at places you used to make left turns. some people still doing it and breaking the law and where we have a problem. >> when norma johnson walks through clarendon circle she's fully aware of the issues. >> right now, i can't tell where i'm supposed to go. >> reporter: that's because old habits are hard to break. this is a story about following the rules and a lot of people aren't following the new no left turn rules here at so-called clarendon circle. can you sum it up in one word? >> ngerous. >> reporter: sit here for a second and youill see it over and over again. >> chaos. >> reporter: chaos. >> always chaotic. >> reporter: no left turns posted from washington boulevard to wilson and from washington to clarendon boulevard. andoogle maps updated to let people knee about the change here but it hasn't worked. the

fewer rail cars would be needed during that period anyway.th along arch line, adam tuss, news 4. >> yourd adam mentioning the summer shutdown. it's happening in just a few days. some commuters are getting creative to help others get round. some newhov slug lines are opening up. they'll be along the id-395 corr at franconia springfield, van dorn street and landmark mall in the morning. in the afternoon 19th and "f," 14th and madison. we have other work arounds for the shutdown on our nbc washington app. ju search metro shutdown. >>> only on news 4 this evening a prince george's county animal control officer'ic q actions may have saved a food delivery driver's life.an merican bulldog attacked that driver last sunday in upper marlboro chewing off part of his ear. an officer shot and killed he dog when it lunched at hiau we cght up with the driver today. he had his head wrapped here covering more than 60 stitches and staples. he only speaks chinese. his son translated what happened to his dad by phone. >> the dog was running out f theuse and pushed my father down to the floor. >> he says he

arlington, hydrate for that, adam tuss aus there tomorrow from 12:00 to 6:00. i know. david supposed to do it withus. drag race sunny downtown. 87 tomorrow, a 30% of storms. partly sunny for tomorrow. just about 30, 30, 30 upon over next three days. dry out tuesday. that's when those temperatures drop. could be breezy by the tme we get into thursday. temperature the not looking bad. memorial day weekend not looking at bad either. at bad either. talk more about that coming up i have three kids, we are all on the internet at the same time. why ladaska chose fios. my kids are doing homework or they're streaming videos.do upstairsstairs. hmy middle son, he to you need hcreate videos and post them online. and while he's doingthat i'm on video chat with the client. so that, you know, mama can make some money. the best internet is even better at our best price. switch now and get our fastest speeds and a $200 visa prepaid card. only on fios. >>> this c is so expensive, oh, my gosh. can't even tell you where exactly it is. >> it's a mercedes-benz covered withalcrysts. >> got t

transportation reporter, adam tuss, is at the braddock road metro station. >> reporter: let's start withrammell choices you may not have heard about. shuttle buses running station to station. check out the roes, franone yan express, traditional blue line slattle. ndmark to huntington express and traditional yellow line shuttle. still, there's some frustration. >> it's just a shame they couldn't have found a way to do it without shutting the line down. >> reporter: let's talk about why it's happenig. thelatforms along the blue and yellow lines will be completely rebuilt. spend any amount of time here, you see why it's necessary. nyou spend time o these platforms, everything looks normal. you get a look down there and see the rows and rows of joists holding it up you start to see the bigger problem. >> it is a risk each and every day w have people crowding on those platforms. while it can beaid the best time to have done this is in the past bute the secondst time is right now. >> reporter: now, t to get to work, in alexandria, adam tuss, news4. >>> next up in this week's hand it to handly,

i'm adam tuss. >> good morning to you. m meagan fitzgera. >> i'm making you laugh. >> what are you laughing at, lauryn? >> last week, it was culver and tuss on the desk. it was mother's day. he was, like, mom should be out of bed. tuss was, like, yeah, dudn't be so y and now you're telling people to get out of bed. >> if you are out of bed and going outside, what is it looking? like >> we're looking at hazy conditions out there. hazy conditions out there right and let's go ahead and look at the cera outside. we have plenty of sunshine out there. ree'll see temperatu come on up. we're in the low 70s now. we're headed to low 90s for daytime highs today. 91 our temperature. 10:00 a.m., 73 degrees. lok at this, by noon, we're already in the 80s. and then by 4:00, nearing 90 deees if not over that 90 degree mark for some of us. we have a chance for scattered storms. that's likely to happen after 2:00. plenty of sunshine up until then. once we get the storms and not everybody will see them. we will have a few out there.a etter ch

i'm adam tuss. aaron has the day off. >> i'm molette green in for eun yang. it's monday, may 27th. melissa mollet off this memorial day, butheck bell is here. back from the beach with aa loo t the forecast. >> yeah. it was beautiful weather out at the coastline over t week. saturday barely made it t into low 70s with sunshine. it felt so good. it was extra painful to have to leave theeach and comeack to work. >> i bet. >> i sailed in, no traffic to worry about. typically that's tf case. iou want to beat the mess of traffic, you kind of have to leave before your vacation is over. not too hot today. 92 yesterday, in the 80s today. a far more usable outdoor weather day. tomorrow, a chance of afternoon and evening thunderstorms. then the realhint, a hint of summer weather, heat and humidity for wednesday and thursday. now, show though, 64 in charlestown, west virginia. 72 by the bay in annapolis. 71 here in town. there's the memorial day plaer for today. sun's up, just 46 minutes from now. a nice, long sunshine-filled afternoon. maybe a stray show or two, but not goi to have to worry a

adam tuss, news 4. >> we start with a strong line of storms that came through right as we came on thes afternoon. >> one tornado warning right smack in the center of downtown d.c. but the standamage is widesprea. here a live look from chopper 4 over howard county. this was part of an area under a tornado warning incolumbia, maryland. and that tree damage suggests adis was a torn >> check out the power lines down on this car in arlington. at oneoint dominion power was reporting more than 100,000 customers wiout electricity. >> all of this part of the same line of storms that spawned deadly tornados inss miouri overnight killing three people there. the storms have moved out now, so we'll begin team coverage tonight with shomari stone and a new look at theda ge in southeast, washington. what are you finding, shomari? >> reporhar: people tell me t it was an absolute mess, that heavy wind and rain swept through here.ou y see the suv on a slope right now because of the concrete right there. you see the dird.

in alexandria, adam tuss, news 4. >>> let's turn to that forecast now. perfect day for some afternoon baseball. always perfect when we win, which is not often. the last two, though >> you had to go there. doug kammerer joins us for weather day at na park in this two-game winning streak outside the salt line restaurant. hi, doug. >> hey, guys. this is so great. the's nats park right there. and there's the weather. i mean, how cool is this? i love getting to come down hofe. course, it is weather day at nats park. the weather could not have been better. temperatures in the mid 70s. we saw some showers this morning. ev arybody involved here, lot of people said doug, what are we doing? we've got showers. that was just a quick hittingte sythat came through, brought us a bit of rain and brought us this spectacular afternoon. take a look at the numbers around the mid atlantic. area wide we're looking at 76 degrees currently in the city. notice some of the her locations. now to 78 actually in d.c. rigerstown 77. down towards mond at 80. i think we get into the 80

in northern virginia, adam tuss. nb >>> the scripps national spelling bee is days away and young candidates are busy sharpens.g up spelling ski >> going through dictionaries left and right. the words that those kids know how to spell, it is pretty impressive to say the least. an international team of linguists from the language learning at babble partnered with here -- with mereum webster to find out what knocked out contestants and a few of the words are on your screen. bondiesserie and [ inaudible ]. >> it is hard tsay the darn things. >> is that french and german and spanish -- >> aye yai yai. good luck to those lids. >> a of letters in the words. >>> breaking news out of oklahoma city. people stranded in fodwaters and in the past few minutes firefighters saved a man hanging on a tree andid that new veo is next. >>> and problems after a night of severe weher including tornados. we have new information on the damage left behind. damage left behind. stayith us. w busch gardens is sding you... en over the edge! the n

adam tuss checks in on the long-term solution on the long-term solution on the problems of the gw paraykw the big carriers are talking about their curren5g roll outs, but their efforts are limited to a few pockets in select cities or trying to convince consumers that 4g is actually 5g. they e neglecting small townsand rur leaving them on the wrong idde of the digital dive. if approveai only the combined avbleresources of t-mobile and sprint can deliver on all the spectrum bands needed to quickly bring unprecedented 5g connectivity across the nation. >>> the 19-year-old accused iota deadly shog rampage at a california synag aue at passover service is facing over 100 hate crime ohn earnest targeted a synagoguest near san diego la month. a woman was killed. earnest has pleaded not guilty to state murder charges. >>> a secoerson from our area has died from the easter sunday bombing situation in sri lanka. she died over the weekend. she worked for the u.s. commerce department, but she was in sri lanka on assignment. congress secretary wilbur ross released a statement praring dedication and spi

parkway, adam tuss, news4. >> don't despair. no whoppers coming. >> there you go. >>> the washingtone rkins montae nicholson has been dropped. he and his friends were arrested in december after a fight after a restaurant. the attorney tells news4 the victim did not want to proceed . if cvi cted, th wi nicholson could have faced up to a year in jail. he is expected to compete for a starting job for the burgundy and gold >>> isn't it awful when you are hungry andn stuck there i traffic? >> yeah, some cities burger king is solving half of that problem. the fast food giant is delivering food to drivers going nowhere. the delivery works through an app. they are using cyclists and motorbikes to get the fd to you. gps tracks the customer's location as they much along in bad traffic. >> the delivery area has to be within three kilometers of the area so the burgers are still warm when they get to the customers. so far the service is only g ailable in mexico city. they are planninto expand to los angeles. >> where the people will be xpand

reporter adam tuss has been digging into this controversy. he's alg the red line tonight where this whole incident unfolded. >> reporter: we now know tt the metro employee photographed while eating on a train will not face any disciplinary action. that from t unionhat represents her and the woman who originally posted this tweet th local au has withdrawn her original complaint, but the backlash still continues. >> everybody has their own lives to live. i feel like you saying something else about them eating is out of order. >> reporter: the rulesre clear, no eating or drinking on metro trains, but most people see it every single day. here'some evidence right here. and some say this goes way deeper thand. just foo it's about basic human needs. this woman lisa was a metro bus operator for five years. >> if they have to t, they have to eat. before you fall out, you have to get something some your stomach, whether it be on theain or not. >> reporter: the union representing the employee says she was in fact between shifts. sometimes there's only a

adam tuss will have mo t on out ofwn shuttle bus drivers who are learning their way around the dmv ast you to work. >> it ain't easy out there. >>> d.i's police said a recent wave of violence will not be the new norm for the city. at least three people killed in the past 48 hours. several others wounded in shootings and stabbings. chief newsham says they will be increasing patrols in certain areas and workinghe with otr communities to try to stem that violence. >>> a great historian makesi historthe zridistrict. lonnie bunch has been named head of the smisonnian systesonian s. he becomes the first african-american to hold this new position. first historian, first promoted within the museum system in 75 years. >>> the supreme court both uphd and knocked down parts of an indiana abortion law in a new ruling out today. >> that decision comes as states around the country appear to be teg the resiliency of roe versus wade with big restrictions on thert aboion procedures. >> missouri a governor signed a so-called heartbeat bill while louisiana appears poised to do the same. >> joining us, n

i'm adam tuss. >> good morning to you. i'm meagan fitzgerald. it's a soaker out there. a litt dreary, a little rain, but maybe the good news is this will wash away all the pollen for folks ing through those allergies. what do you say, clay? yeah? maybe? we have to read his lips. >> clay has to turn his crophone ready to go. you have to read his ips. heret comes, he's going to tell you abou all theain headed this way. >>> in the meantime, we are following some breaking ws. the district this morning, police tell us a teenager is recoveringfter being shot overnight in northeast d.c. this happened late last night along 45th and douglas street, just blocks from the dean wood metro station. we're told the boy is conscious and breathing, and right now police are searching for two men they believe are responsible. this is a developing story and we'll post the latest updates in our nb washington app. >>> also developing this morning, a tragic update in a helicopter crash in the chesapeake bay. we've now learned that two men on board have died. >> tis is so sad. authorities found

transportation reporter adam tuss shows us how some plato get around these closures. >> if you're onethe tens of housands that are going to be affected by this shutdown and you haven't started to make your alternate travel plans, it's getting late in the me. this is coming just a few days away. one of the good pieces of information is new flood lines e is coming h specifically along the 395 corridor. take a look at this map. the et an idea of where flood lines are being set up. in the afternoon you can pick up the slug lines at 19th, 14th and madison. that is certainly good news as you look for travel choices. just a few days to go and take a listen to how this shutdown is already impacting people's lives. >> the blue and yellow shutdown, that's my place of employment and'm not doing it. i'm just not. >> are you saying you left your job because of the shutdown? >> yes, i did. >> not everyone can do what she did. if you are affected,d you do nee to have a plan. >> so you have a combination of riders and drivers who wants to drive during this shutdown. >> collide has put together new sl

nbc4 transportation reporter adam tuss tells us why people think this is a good idea. >> eporter: have ever wanted to tell that driver behind you exactly what you think of them. how would you describe the drivers around here? >> crazy and aggressive. >> and everybody likes to blow their horns. >> guilty as charged butab how .ut a kindler and gentler experience on the where a new product called road wave comes in. a bright l.e.d. sign that you put on the back windshield to connect the bluetooth and let the otherriver know about what you are thinking. for examprr, i'm soy, i didn't meet to cut you. off or let me merge. john stanley in the ceo of the company. h he saidhad this idea after his mother was a victim of road rage. >> it was created to connect unknown drivers in mere seconds to make driving saver. >> reporter: the national highway safetyid association they honk horns or shout and 2% admit to revenge and here is hoping a simple thank you to a kind gesture on the ad could make the difference. in alexandria, adam tuss, nbc4. >> just don't see nice words coming up on the back there.

i'm adam tuss. >> i'm mean fitzgerald.ice live at the capitol, clear seinging.ow it. >> those temperatures g gh arou0 lheat and co the that, ou heat >> i thought you said last hour you weren't fine with that, you didn't want -- >> i said you need some hairspray today. that's all i was saying. >> what day don't i need hairspray. listen, you'll need yi hairsenf you use a lot of you're going to need even more it is hazy. lthat. it is hazy out there right now. and we're going to continue to see those up. not that here, but humi degrees we have some storms ts im after 2:00, we'll have a cor mobut en by the time we get to tuesday and wednesday, temperatures drop, humidity ayops, looking good as we t of l weekend, i have thatont. my >> th one woman were hit here. one man was actually killed. the woman suffered life threatening injuries. that other victim is expected to survive. and officers say they're looking for three to four men who were in a white van. >>> meantime, want to tell you about this story, a memorial put up in a bi

. >>> i'm adam tuss. the community crying for alright boys, time for bed.isten to your mom, knuckleheads. hand et over. hand whaover? video games, whatever you got. let's go. you can watch videos of people playing video games in the morning. is that everything? i can see who's online. i'm gonna sweep the sofa fort. well, look what i found. take control of your wifi with xfinity xfi. careful out there! now that's simple, easy, awesome. switch to xfinity internet for $34.99 a month for 12 monthse and get the spd, coverage and now that's simple, easy, awesome. control you need with xfinity xfi.l click, cal visit a store today. >>> it's come toth . people living in southeast washington are so fed up with unsafe drivers, they're actually taking matters into their own hands painting their own crosswalks on to the roads. s our transportation reporter adam tuss found out, they can no longer wait for safety changes from the city. gl y >> yes, i'm mad because i know what it means when people in the neighborhood feel that government, their leaders do not care about us

good morning, i'm adam tuss. >> i'm meaganit ferald. let's get straight to the weather and check in with laur n ri ricketts to find out what it is looking like. >> steamy, hot, humid, temperures out there as we continue through the day to around 90 degrees. again, it is going to be a little on the warm side throughe much of t day today. and as we coinue through t afternoon, and evening, a few scattered showers and thunderstorms. at it. it is hazy out there now. we have that humidity on the rise, we're already74 at egr degrees at 10:00 a.m. elsewhere, temperatures in the mid to upper 70s. front row at 77 degrees. fredericksburg at 76. you know it will be a warm day if it is not w10:00,th temperatures already that warm. low 90s for daytime highs today. by this afternoon, fewcattered y.owers and thunderstorms. not for everybod a fu oew out there.he cutting tgrass, do it now before the heat settles in and the storms settle in. best chances of storms coming up in 15 minutes. >> thank you very'ruch. >>> we following the developing story out o

i'm adam tuss. aaron has the day off. >> i'm molette green in for eun yang. it's monday, may 27th.elissa mollet off this memorial day, butheck bell is here. back from the beach with aa loo t the forecast. >> yeah. it was beautiful weather out at the coastline over t week. saturday barely made it t into low 70s with sunshine. it felt so good. it was extra painful to have to leave theeach and comeack to work. >> i bet. >> i sailed in, no traffic to worry about. typically that's tf case. iou want to beat the mess of traffic, you kind of have to leave before your vacation is over. not too hot today. 92 yesterday, in the 80s today. a far more usable outdoor weather day. tomorrow, a chance of afternoon and evening thunderstorms. then the realhint, a hint of summer weather, heat and humidity for wednesday and thursday. now, show though,

at reagan international, adam tuss. >>> since ride sharing won't be an option, you may try biking. fairfax county public schools will be participating in ke to school day to promote physical activity. >>> but will the weather cooperate? for bi day? storm team 4 chief meteorologist doug kammerer with the chay.es on the hi, doug. what do you think? >> hi. i think you can get there on the it's going to be cool. a slight chance of a shower but most of the day looks d and even though it's cooler, i'm still calling for a high temperature near 70 degrees. a lot of cloud cover. it will feooler but if i was telling you a month and a half ago it would be 70,k i thin it would be just fine. tracking a cold front. the showers associated with the cold front in through the area through parts of warren county arere a flood warning remains in effect down tow that region. the whole system, look at how unsettled we are back to the wlt. we get eqly as unsettled, right on through the weekend and which days are the worst and where you need thela umbrel back in about ten minutes. >> see youthen, doug. th

i'm adam tuss. >> aim megan. clayanders aning, appen out th >>ad gd sunday counties.r uqui countyndlper unty. it continues to fall north, south, east, west. it doesn't where you are this sunday morning, rain is falling. some thunderstorms are occurring north on 270 going into frederick, so be careful if'r you traveling interstate 70 east and wet. a flood warning until 8:45 this morning. high water, well over two incheh of rain fallen in this area. everybody else, the fla flo watch will continue until noon. this is what we're looking at today. the rain hangs around throughout the day today. it will taper off, but not until late this afternoon into ro tomor all the complete details andn whe does ite suyou, 911 service were gettiheeling this mornin w crash into they two bodies were found after the helicopter went into the water near kent island. the u.s. coast guard tells us it happened yesterday afternoon. the two men were aboard a helicopter which had left from tipton airport outside of fort meade. multiple jurisd

adam tuss is live along street with how all this is going to work. adam. >> reporter: that's right. you have to start paying attention along h and i between 13th and pennsylvania. the pavement is red here. if this were next week, that driver could get a pretty hefty fine for being outside the bus lane. it's right outside the white house so start paying attention come monday. paint rollers and buses transforming streets and rolling out the red carpet for buses. buckets of bright red paint gown dou streets h and i, and next mondayhey are for buses only, bus riders in support. >> for people who want to drive in this ty, make sure you know how to drive properly. >> reporter: and the lanes. >> drivers now know where they aren't supposed to be. >> sometimes i e up in the bus lane, not sure if i'm supposed to turn gore straight or turn to the other lane. always a little bit confusing. >> reporter: they will only be reinforced during rush hours and off peak to park and make a t rhturn at the end of the block. this is a pilot program that will last through september. >> i will probably avoid

adam tuss. adam, thank you. >>> when we come right back, anr african-amican woman found three police custo days after being arrested for a routine traffic stop. ahead at 5:00, the new video today in this case of sandra bland. it's prompting a call for renewed investigation into her arst and her death. ♪ 1,2,3,4 this spring, it's out with the old and in with the awesome. as in, in with the fastest, most reliable internet from xfinity xfi. so you can be in with brilliantly connected devices in every room. and in with finding all your favorites olive tv and streaming apps with just your voice. this spring it's out with the old, and in with simple, easy, awesome. don't miss txfinity s. get started with this limited time offer a get your choice of dvr or speed upgrade free for a 1 year. click, call, or visit a store today. >> t oat doesn't make ity for him to stay in jail. >> 50-year-old coast guard lieutenant christopher hanson is accused of being a domestic trifrkts an arsen terrorist, an arsenal of

our transportation reporter adam tuss is live along 16th street southeast where some have gone as far as painting their own crosswalks. how bad ad it, m? >> i'll tell you what. take a look here. this is that crosswalk you're talking about. the people that painte it, this community is simply fed up when it comes to something like this, you know the situation has gotten bad. they sve this isn't the end of it. they're demanding more action from the city. >> yes, i'm mad, because i know what it means when people in the veighborhood tell the goment that their leaders do not care about us. >> ronald thompson, who lives here along 16th street in southeast d.c. almost fee helpless. he's been calling for safety improvements along this section of road for months. even as we speak, cars blow through stop signs right behind us. >> it's an issue of people running these stop signs. >> keep in mind, they wereust put in after this c deadlysh easter day where a man from new york was crushed by a car after it was slammed into by another vac that ran a stop sign. >> it's not just this street. it's alaba

back open this afternoon but we've learned about more c osures totry to find a long-term rerter adam tuss joining us now. add adam on the parkway. a permanent fix? >> reporter: nowhere near a permanent fix. get used to scenes like this. down to one lane in thisarea around the sinkhole in mclean. you can see the back-ups are here tonight. basically, just a temporaryi f in place and now the rush is on to make a more permanent solution ho solution here. we're told that is going to take at least six weeksck baopen, but not completely. the gw parkway still showing the nkhole willmassive be down to one lane in a stretch around mclean for at least six weeks. >> six weeks? that's ame lon. >> reporter: the national park service telling us it hopes to come up with a permanent fix over the next month and a half. all the rain we've had has basically washed part of the road away. it's important the drivers be mindful of their speed in this area. there's workers and engineers in this area for theext six weeks. i'll take alook at the parkway today and you can see the dip that still exists and the word h

i'm adam tuss. >> i'm molette green.un and aaron are off.me storm team orologist chuck bell has a look at the forecast. you were smart, you got back before the big rush. >> absolutely. i left thebeach about1:30 yesterday afternoon and made it all the way back in about two hours and 40 minutes. >> nice. e.>> pretty n >> we'll alert the authorities. >> driving too fast? >> i'm not a speedy driver.no i'm i care mother nature abore aboui care about are we there yet. thm that cheap of a person. outside, four gs to know about the forecast today -- a nice day, nice day coming ahead. not as near asot and fewer numbers of storms to interrupt your back yard bbecues today. the heat will be here before the week is done. g ve picture over washington. what a good-lookinart to the foy. perfect r the early morning jog, run, tadog walk. the planner, there will be a chance for one or two isolated showers today during the middle of the afternoon with all the daytime heating. only low to mid 80s today compared to that 92 yesterday. that's a

transportation reporter, adam tuss is there to tell us the reason a lot of rules are broken. >> reporter: can you relate to this story? that is the key here. this used to be circle a number of years ago, not so much a circle. i have to tell everybody this gets confusing. there are no left turn signs that have just beenosted in this area, but people continue to ignore those left turn signs and make left when they're not supposed to. that's technically illegal. this is the problem. old habits can be hard to break. this is a story about the rules.lo a t of people aren't following the new no left turn rules at so-called clarendon circle. >> aos. >> reporter: chaos. >> aays chaotic. >> reporter: you see it over and over again. >> i've been driving here forar yes and extremely confusing. >> reporter: new no lef turn signs posted. getstrying to explain this a bit tricky. these cars here are not supposed to go down that road over there. cars on that side of the intersection are not supposed to come across the intersection and go down this road but it continues to happen and nobody seems to get i

news4 transportation reporter, adam tuss is livewith what's playing tonight that could still create sruption. >> reporter: that's right. what you talked about with the messaging, that's the important part for the drivers. they say they wanted to get through to the companies about the pay and benefits. not having that ripple effect we were worried about. you can still get an uber and lift. later on tonight, aother protest. so far, so good for any sort of uber other lyft traffic fcatastrophe. m dupont circle, the gallery place to the national mall, every time we checked today we found plenty of uber a lyft rides available. >> seems like a normal day. >> reporter: some were counting on picking up additional rides but haven't seen it. >> reporter: you think it's having an effect? >> i haven't seen any. >> this should get hazard pay. a hazardous drive. >> reporter: we do know some riders areoff the road. >> all righty, turni itoff. >> reporter: see you later. >> see you later uber, lyft. >> reporter: pam higgins drives for bot uber and lyft and we were with her as she switched off the apps for th

adam tuss live at dupont crcle and what he learned at today's protest. >> reporter: i guess it depends how you lookt this. uber and lyft drivers are getting a lot of publicity out of this butei th message about benefits and pay being delivered but not materializing the way it possibly could have had everyone stayed home today. take a look. we went out with lyft and uber drives today out on the roads earlier this morning, symptom saying they would be out all day and others saying they were in o fact going turn off their apps. we did find one woman who said she absolutely was done driving for the rest of the day in protest against what was happening with these companies. this is all about uber and lyft drivers saying they want to be treated with better pay and benefits and more fairly. take a listen. >> i believe as a group, we are very important to the public as well as to the companies that we work for. so we have to believe in our own importance. the only way to do that is to stand up. >>reporter: certainly, some people are sting home, but it's not having the dramatic impact. we are s

chance of showers and better chances for all >>> well, we anow melissa mollet and adam tuss handle transportation. but across the pond a different kind o reporter is fast becoming a perfect star. >> t seagull the first. as you might imagine, the internet having plenty of fun with this photo bomb, some naming it steven seagle. i like him. >> and -- >> he's shy. sidewalks and bike lanes in the district will be even more crowded this summer. >> reporting hundreds more mode des bikes and scooters are on the way. >> reporter: just like streetmu sic is part of thela dscape, so nowkl are docss scooters and bikes. people use them a lot. in fact,hey're seemingly so common now, when one is knocked over on the sidewalk, people don't pick them up but simply step over it. in reality they do have a problem. >> these bikes are absolutely part of the transportation network now. >> it works for you? >> it works for me. faster. >> reporter: kathryn just missed the bus so turning to the shooter. >> the bust just left.b i can g a coffee for $3 and miss the next bus or spend $3 and get to work before the next bus arr

. >> coming up, our transportation reporter adam tuss gets a look ati] axd new device that allows toachers are leaving the classroom. >> we'll see youe1 at the top o the hour with those stories. we'll also take a lookfv weather nk that this stuff is clearing out, but it's leaving a lot of damage inçóxd honey, this gig-speed internet is ridiculously fast. we are seriously keeping up with the joneses. keeping up with the ford's. keeps.g up with the garcia' the romeros. -patels. the wahh-the-wahh... -wolanske's. -right. no one is going to have internet like this. xfinity makes keeping up with the joneses. simple. easy. awesome. want gig-speed internet? we've got you covered. or check out our other amazing speed options at new low prices. as get started now for low as $29.99 a month. call, click or visit a store today. because new raid ants & roach, infused with plant-based active ingredients lets you have both. safely defend youritchen. it's good to be tough. safely defend youritchen. sc johnson >>> stormteam 4 has issued a weathere1 alert forq severe thunderstorms. dug#y&q"dq$eh doug

news4 transportation reporter adam tuss is live at dupont circle. >> reporter: that is right, cory. this goes both ways for a lot of people. these things are polarizing but hundreds more are coming to the streets and the sidewalks now that d-dot has approved themut here. but as you mentioned, they are widely popular and they create some concerns. just like street music is part of the landscape,o s now are dockless scooters and bikes. people use them a lot. in fact, they're seemingly so common that when one is knocked over on the sidewalk, people don't even pick it up. they simply step over it. in reality, some people do have a way they could be thrown about the urban landscape. but let's go deeper. the scooters and bikes areof pa >> transportation network now. t works for me. it is faster. >> reporter: catherine just missed the bus so she's turning to the scooter. >> the bus clearly just left and coy grab a coffee for $3 and the line is too long and i miss the next bus or spend $3 and get to work before the nextus even arrives. >> reporter: with hundreds more electric bikes and scoo

. >> adam tuss with backups behind you. thanks, adam. >>> there are more than 500 apple retail stores all over the world, but saturday the tech giant will open what apple ceo tim cook is calling its most ambitious store ever. news 4 mark segraves takes us inside the sto t in old carnegie library in downtown d.c. >> reporter: the building here at mt. vernon square is itself historic. opened in 1903 as a public library, donated bysm busines and fill -- andrew carnegie. veree years ago the ment decided to lease the property and picked apple as the tenant.d >> we're apple has created the space not just for a retail experience but reay no civic public space open to the community. >> reporter: apple has worked to return the billing to its n original condnd design while adding a modern touch like this two-story light-filled atrium and converting the reading room to a high tech showroom. >> it's not about a store. it's about an experience with in reimag and beautiful old space that made it better for the community. i think we've don

adam tuss and i doing that 6:00.row 12:00 to goes on today too. those days stay hydrated. dragon races today. beautiful. sunshine out there. a closer look at the nats game against the cubbies. first pitch 7:08. temperatures rolling through the l0s, spotty storm possible, but not ely. again, slightly muggy. especially heading overnight. that's going to set the scene for tomorrow. humid and hot. another 30% chance of storms. ahead and show you futurecast. again, mostly dry today. look at this. a few pop-up storms. that's it. any storm we get could bring heavy downpours and maybe damages winds. the most part, stayy.g only 30% chance you'll see it where you are this afternoon.de sam tomorrow. start the day with clouds, a little sunshine mixed in. hot and humid tomorrow. again, another 30% chance of showers and storms. could see isolated hail tomorrow. upper 78 os for sunday. upper 80s monday. cl down tuesday. all the way through this week, but this weekend, memorial day weekend, right now looking dry. not nuft evidenceto put any rain in whsoeverat >>> at 9:53, here are "4 thin