just ahead, adam tuss explains the markers that are now popping up on roads in the district. >> and a return of hotter temperatures and, yeah, that midity is coming back, too, folks. doug is next with your forecast as we go out withorhat gous shot from national harbo >>> it did not feel like the swamp today, did it? >> nomidity today, clear blue thskies. >> at's what you get after a nice little storm comes through. we saw that over the weekend. very hot and humid and today a little reprieve. we need that before the heat and humidity comes right back tomorrow, and it b will comek tomorrow or pretty quickly out there. first of all, i want to show you the things a.und town today how about this. chopper 4. can we find out where this was? >> no, we didn't, but it's somewhere where they have boats. >> yes, they have boats. >> there's boats out there, and there's some water. a pper 4 is over the area little bit earlier and take a look at even some sailing going on out there a little bit earlier. very nice, i'll tell you. wouldn't it be nice to be on a boat right there. out there, the tempera

aaron gilchrist and eun yang have the day off. >> i'm adam tuss. >> let's start off with chuck ll with the weather. >> we had dangerously high heat indexes over the weekend. rain to deal with this morning. another little batch of showers here coming into the southern parts of the shenandoah valley that will graze through here during the morning commute. off to a wet start on your tuesday. but the severe weather threat is arne. the flood watches over with. the heaviest of the rains are behind us now. nothin more than occasional showers coming on in. grab the reumba. showers could linger through the afternoon. temperatures rain-cooled this 72 in prince george's county. these temperatures are 5 to 10 degrees cooler than we were at the same time yesterday. this afternoon's high tomorrow almost 20 degrees cooler! yesterday, d.c. topped out at 96. today's high temperature, 77. melissa mollet, that is employee of the month stuff for me. >> definitely it is right now. take a look at this. first 4 traffic alert this morning. different issues around town. mu

adam tuss, news 4. >> an update now on the murder of a transgender woman in prince george's county.will remain behind bars. a judge ordered him held without dbond to. he's charged with the murder of zoe spears who was found dead just over a month ago a couple onblocks from eastern avenue the maryland side. investigators say a grainy image of a minivan with a distinive aint job helped them trace the vehicle back to a rental company and ultimately to thomas. police say there's still no own motive. >>> assault charges have been dropped against a well-known maryland high school footballco ch. th bullis ahead coach's wife accused him of domestic violence but the prosecutors di issed casee to a lack of evidence. one the coach's former players is washington redskins draft pick dwayne haskins. he was placed on leave after his arrest. news 4 reached out to see if he will return to his job at the school but we're still waiting to hear back from him. >> neighrs in one prince george's county neighborhood will fight back after a fulfillment center is going to go into their neighborhood. tracey w

in the district, adam tuss, news4. dangerously overcrowded and unclean. this morning, we are hearingsh cking detail about the conditions at a u.s. border facility used to house migrants. >> a now public report written by a public ogwatchd group and turned over to homeland security back in may say thing had become so bad that a guardsrmed themselves over fears that detainees would riot. thises comes on the heels of a visit to the border conditions. >> tracie potts joins u.s. live onapitol hill. how is the white house respondg to this and handle this? >> washington is acpteding 4. billion dollars to the border theyay id these very detailed reports of deplorable condition that homeland security inspector general report that you referred to said there were four showers for 800 people. we saw some of the same things for lawmakers who visited a couple of the facilities. here the president signed off on money to try to relieve the eituation. an investigativ group says a facebook group of border agents and former board agents mocking immigrants death. a lot of th

transportation reporter adam tuss is live now in alexandria where a new report shows how the shutdown continues to cripple traffic. adam, how bad is it? >> well, not good at all, pat. as a matter of fact, we'reg gettin serious look at that. the traffic in this area right now it's moving at rush hour, but a lot of cars out here tonight us a take a look down duke street. stretch all the way down, and that's the problem. these roads here, they are saturated. >> traffic is crawling at times because of metro's blue and ye sow lineummer shutdown. >> the traffic has increased because it put the trish our on more people to have cars. >>i travel ts have gone across the city, but here's the kicker. travel times usually drop during the suer. they don'ttro riders like ashle are getting fed up with all of it but says she won't drive just in gridlock. >> i think it's caution the gsue. i've beening through this nearly all summer. >> it is inconvenient. no doubt about it, but our alternatives are very feke platforms were in, and seion nd whyhe t work is necessary, and in many cases riders were standi

i'm adam tuss. >> i'm jummy olabanji. aaron gilchrist and eun yang have the week off. are working for you this morning. melissa mollet is standing by with first 4 traffic. >> b let's start with storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell who says you can do pretty much what you want outside today. >> pretty much. i think today will be cooperative with your outdoor plans. little chance for a pop-up shower or two. that chance was there yesterday and i mentioned it and i'm glad i did because it popp up right on top of my house yesterday around 6:30 in the evening. yame story again for today. most of the da will be dry, comfortable, low humidity, plenty of sunshine.lo at these numbers this morning. all of the shenandoah valley in the mido upper 50s. the western suburb in the low to mid six. even national airport a relative cool 67 degree. yo planneror today, plenty of sunshine. there will be a bubbling up of cloud later in the day and rain chances are not all the way down to zero today but rain chances, just lik yesterday, are under 20%. it's not likely that you'll get rained on

in riverdale, adam tuss, news 1. >> big doings. optimistic ti frame, by th way, to open this project is late 2022. wendy? >> it's the hottesticket in town. tennis star coco goff plays in the first round of the city open today and team mcfly is live with mre on the scene around this tenniss sation. >> oh, it's cooking out there today and working for your health this evening. oreen gentzler reports on h to protect yourself from an >>> the city open is d.c.'s tennis traditionhi t year they are serving up excitement with coco goff. >> oh, boy, has she had a run. the tnis phenom playing her first tennis tournament post-wimbledon in washington. tommy mcfly is on the sceneith the latest. a hot afternoon.it she gave er all, but you've got an update for us, right? >> reporter: yeah, wendy, jim. breaking news just moments ago. coco lost to zarina diaz on this court next to me. got some new tennis friends we made. people who checked out the match. what did you think of it? >> good strokes and played >>we. eporter: good post-game analysis. tom

i'm adam tuss. >> i'm jummy olabanji. the week off. >>> most of washington was glued to the tv yesterday to see former special couel robert mueller's congressional testimony. >> we were doing the same thing here and we will have much more on that hearing. right nhw, we are tracking w you need to know for your thursday morning. of course, melissa mollet is tracking the road ahead of your morncommute. >> let's start, though, with chuck bell. are we

i'm adam tuss. >> i'm jummy olabanji. aaron unlchrist and eang have the week off. >>> most of washington was glued to the tv yesterday to see former special couel robert mueller's congressional testimony. >> we were doing the same thing here and we will have much more on that hearing. right nhw, we are tracking w you need to know for your thursday morning. of course, melissa mollet is tracking the road ahead of your morncommute. >> let's start, though, with chuck bell. are we going to see some sunshine? because i'm freezing. >> we are waking up with temperatures in the 60s around thy. cit low 70s right next to the warm waters of the chesapeake bay. even more spots have dropped into the 50s this morning than we had yesterday morning. all of the shenandoah valley is in the 50s now. gaithersburg 60 now. 61 manassas and 58 warrenton and 55 in winchester, virginia. summertime ff for for sure. your planner today. more sunshine than yesterday and a bitan warmer th yesterday as well but rain chances are low and not quite down to

news4 transportation reporter adam tuss is live at the virginia square metro station. what's happening there, adam? we have been seeing some crazy pictures on twitter from inside these stations. >> reporter: it's unbelievable, eun, what we've seen this morning. we have shown the video of the water just streamingto the virginia square station here. it happened between 8:30 and 9:00 this morning. take another look at that video. as y can see, just buckets and a waterfall is literally coming into the virginia square station. and we sawe multipl metro stations around the system that were dealing with water coming in. and that becoming a problem. you know, we did a story not that long o for our changing climate series that talked about metro as the french drain of the region, which it really is. because when all of this water comes in, and man, got a lot of it today, it all goes down into the metro system, and then metro has to actually trt all of that water and send it back out into the system. so they have their hands full today with everything that's going on. there were

have it, adam tuss. >> well, listen. what kind of service will we be providing unless we give you some new informatio every single day? and i'm here to tell you that your coca-cola is not just for drinking on days like this. check out the new trick that i just picked up today. what do a bottle of coke and the hot wet ver in common? turns out that this is good for dead car batteries. >> how come i don't know that? >> i learned it growing up in the country. >> reporter: it works all the time? >> yes, sir. >> reporter: soyou see that corrosion around there and need to get the greenish color off of tlat, that's exactly right. >> you pour a l bit of that on right there and it falls rght off snow know, what the car startedght up. the heat making the ride on metro less than comfortable. >> you just feel like you're wearing a plastic bag all over.: >> reporter that's terrible. >> horrific. >> reporter: hey, this is d.c. in july, after utall, b metro riders have been sweating it out for years at the dupontircle and fairgate north

in riverdale, adam tuss, news e. >> nice. >>> a dozen students and their school bus driver expected to be okay after this crash in potomac this morning. now the bus was taking kids to camp when a work truck crashed into it here at river road and persimmon tree there were 40 students aboard. again, about 12 of them had to be checked out at a hospital, but we're told it was just a precaution. >>> a look at some of our other top stories. police jusrotowed an suv f the third street tunnel where traffic on the northbound side had been closed for more than three hours. it was just recently reopened. we're told a fender bender led to an argument between people in two vehicles and ended upith a man in one of the cars being shot of the investigators say they are looking for a dark-colored sedhat left the scene. we're workng to try to pull surveillance images of the vehicle in question. >>> president trump interrupted during a speech celebrating 400 years since virginia's first legislative assembly in jamestown. a state delegate there from herndon standing up and holding that sign that read depo

news 4 transportation reporter adam tuss has our report. >> i-66. it's been called many things, most of them not nice. >> it was not that lo agohat i-66 was named and i quote the worst damn highway in america. >> d for people like ivan 66 is downrightfrightening. >> the scares me. >> ivan likes to ride his motorcycle and if the construction wasn't bad near and all this is a whole other problem. >> the pavement is rough andch ging lanes or something, and the motorcycle pulls, and i'm not that good. >> reporter: 66 is going through a massive change from the d.c. line all the way to gainesville. outside the beltwayew toll lanes are being added and that's dramatically reshaping the look and feel of the road. >> this whole area is changing. you've heard of snow piles. how about mulchpiles. take a look as rows and rows of trees are reduced to the huge piles along i-66. remember, the road is pushing ne out two lanes in each direction. >> i usually drive 66 rn the mog real early when there's hardly any traffic and i usuallt avoid i right now. >> inside the

. >>> i'm adam tuss. the rain is causing huge issues from metro riders today. a >>> and chopper 4 is over white's i ferry which docked for the evening for now becausew of the highater. it is not running. >>> when he was 15 years old curtis brooks was charged with a murdery he did notcommit, and he spent the last 24 years in prison because of mandatory sentencing. his case has helped change some mandory juvenile sentenci laws around our country, and it could have an impact he in maryland. our prince george's county bureau chief tracey wilkins has his story. >> reporter: when maryland state senator first met brooks she was his principal and the little boy who read well above grade level would eventually move to colorado where life took a drastic turn, and at 15 he ded up in prison for a murder he did not commit. >> he didn't kill anybody and was charged with felony murder. but it doesn't stop there, ladies and gentlemen. he was put in cole tr confinement for ten years in a room about the said of the bat.d >> he a a group of friends shot and killed ramos but manda

in the district, adam tuss, news4. >>> ground breaking under way in virginia off the coast. governor ralph northa.m. and others broke ground on offshore wind project. dominion will construct two massive wind turbineshat you see here out in the open water and about the size of thegt washin monument but not visible from the beach. the governor say it is step toward renewable energy. >>> the sun is rying. >> look at that! >> it's a new >>day. now let's talk about lauryn ricketts. >> i love you guy! thank you. # sunrise. sun is coming up about 3:00 minutes ago. 5:47 was the official sunrise in d.c. beautiful out there right now and it's a great morning. a little warmer than yesterday morning but all right. emperatures in the six to 70s right now. 59 ft. mead is th cool spot. you'll feel the humidity today but feeling good this morning. plenty of sunshine out there today. temperatures in the low to mid-90s. yesterday in the upper 80s but no humidity. humiddy is coming back an mean it will feel closer to the mid to upper 90s today. isolated storm chances mainly west of d.c. a nat

i'm adam tuss. >> i'm meagan fitzgerald. we are expecting more showers today after a rainy saturday evening. the rain really came down yesterday. take a look at this video from nats park after the shutout win from the royals. they ere lucky to finish the game before this heavy rain started coming down. we saw severe thunderstorm warnings all night long as aill. >> r just slammed eastern market and arlington fire tellsa home moanre tndstorms coh agryugaiov mg rothinn tt us >> lauryn, what can we >> well, we are looking at some more rain showers coming our way. it is cong our waynumerous show thunderstorms coming our way. that was as advertised yesterday. saw a few showers and thunderstorms. especially tomorrow night. so we are looking at more showers today. numerous showers. be weather ready. we have weather t alert outre for today. now, we have got a mix of sun and clouds out there this morning. it is muggy out there. hose temperatures are the mid-70s right now. so againrs going we through the morning hours, but better chanc

i'm adam tuss. >> i'm jummy olabanji.aaron gilchrist and eun yang have the morning off.o melissa met is here with a look at first 4 traffic. >> but first let's start with storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell. >> i think you'll like the way the day is going to turn out. like yesterday, plented of sunshine through the morning and deep into the afternoon hours fore cloud begin to build up just a bit later on in the day and there will be just like yesterday, at least a chance for a shower or a thunder shower later today. not worried about severe weather or an all-day rain-out but a small chance for late day showers like we endured yesterday. comfortable this morning in the 50s in the shenandoah valley. 66 at national airport. u that issually cool for the middle and later parts of july. gaitherburg and german town down to 69 and nice day for baseball today. 05 game. unlikely time for a rain delay but i said that yesterday and they had a rain delay. so i'll let you knee gameime temperatures will be in the mid to upper 80s and

. >> i'm adam tuss. a busy morning. we have team coverage of what is turning into a messy morning on the road. >> storm team 4 chuck bell is standing by with your forecast but we want to begin with melissa mollet with an update on first 4 traffic. >> a lot of different problems this morning. talking about the inner loop after connecticut avenue is one of them. chopper 4 a picture from above to aackknifed tractor-trailer and debris over the roadway. the backup is building quick because you can only get by on the left side of the road. he tin finch is there on ground. tell us what you're learning down there and what they think as far as when this might get ouayof the w >> reporter: to give you a sense of how big this is here on the grounow there are three t truck here now on the scene. behind that is the jackknifed tractor-trailer. want to get you a sense the traffic is mofng to the left o that. a single lane of traffic is moving along here quite slowly but, luily, it ismoving. three lane of traffic are blocked on the gro

in theic distr adam tuss, news 4. >> working for a you withnother way to keep us safe on your roads. ill ahead, we show you new technology that could preventst pederian accidents. >> we're not seng any 90s. only one 90. that was down around the roanoke areaand the 90s returning tomorrow and the storm chan later this week. we'll talk about how that at havertys, we know a mattress is more than something you sleep on. it's something you live on. (giggling) and we want it to be perfect. o get the mo of your mattress with havertys mattrs sale! our experts will help y choose from a wide selection of top brands and we'll match any price. get a free box spring when you purchase a beautyrest black or serta icomfort mattress. and get free financing on mattress and foundation purchases over $1,999. havertys life looks good >>> i two young boysthe district recovered after fireworks eheloded in tir hands. news 4's aimee cho has tips on ho to keep yourselfd your family safe. >> reporter: a split second, that's all it takes for fireworks fun to take a nasty turn. the demonstration showing off thewo

i'm meagan fitzgerald. >> i'mso adam tuss.lief from the summer heat today. >> it was hot yesterday. looks like it might be a little hotter today? >> yeah, a degree or two. we were 89 degrees yesterday. so here in.c. that didn't start the heat wave. we have to have three or more consecutive days at or abovefo a heat wave. but don't worry. just in case you were counting, i think we will manage to make it into the 90s the next several days, which will constitute a heat wave. hot as two weeks ago. but again it's going to be warm. we had a lonely shower to cool us off. same deal today, a

i'm adam tuss. >> i'm jummy olabanji. aaron gilchrist and eun yang have the week off. thank you for waking ups. with u 6:00 is your time. most of washington was glued to the tv yesterd to see former special counsel robert mueller's congressional testimony. >> it certainly had moments. we were doing the same thing here and we will have much more on that hearing coming up. but, first, we are tracking what you need to know for your thursday morning. melissa mollet is tracking the road ahead of your morning commute. >> let's start, though, with chuck bell. are we going to see some sunshine today? >> a beautiful start to the day. look at the great clear 'over washington. purple color there. sunrise still three littleut maway. four things you need to know. a lovely morning. humidity nice and lo for today. really low rain chances for today. much like yesterday. yesterday's rain chancesarely 20%. it's in that same range today. that being said, rain did materialize yesterday afternoon around the washington area. and it may do that

i'm adam tuss. breaking news out of land up. a deadly cra in maryland this morning.n the inn before annapolis road. one person died at the scene. another pud out of the car and rushed to the hospital. to word what may have caused that crash. we will have a live report coming up in the 9:00 hour. >>> meantime, d.c. police are looking for the gunman responsible for killing a man in southeast d.c. demarc jones of waldorf was found dead on burn street early yedeerday morning. ctives say he had been shot several times. they are offering a reward for information that lead to an arrest. >>> another hot and sticky day out tre. weather alert. .nd lauryn ricketts will have a >>> this weather is hot and sticky and showing no sipes o letting up. >> you are right. real steamy thisor mng. and you can see we have got some clouds. not say that't we don have sunshine. we have some cloud cover. widespread rain showers not only today, but also tomorrow, and then o again thursday night. now, temperatures in the 70s right now, buthat humidity is thick. l see an increase and coverage of r

adam tuss has new details on why the celebrations will impact air travel. >> corey smith and new details on t tanks. cory? >> reporter: well, wendy, we knew before today that the salute to america was going to be big. military flyovers, a presidential speech and these tanks make it huge t just way president trump likes it, but after talking with folks out here near the lincoln memorial, some are wondering whether this ow of military might is truly a display of fourth ly j independence day spirit, and they are also encouraging president trump to strike the right tone in that speech. >> ask or maybe order is a better word, and you shall receive. the four tanks and military vehicles president trump asked made their w through virginia and arrived in the district earlier this morning much to the chagrin of d.c. congresswoman eleanor holmes norton who is worried about the stress that 60-ton tanks can put on the city streets and the nation mall. >> we're concerned that the tanks could further set us back on wor we have done on the mall. >> reporter: the congresswoman did not hide herat anger wh

. >> i'm adam tuss. we're waking out here in this heat, but i'll tell you wh some commuters may face even warmer >>> this weekend we could reach the hottest temperatures we've seen in three years. 're experiencing dangerous heat right now, and you're looking at the heat index right now. as you can see, a lot of triple-digit temperatures out there. >> yeah, those coule of dae wish we had numbers like those because it could feel like 110 degrees outside over the weekend. the heat is taking a toll on us all right now. >> amelia is standing by with the forecast but transportation reporter adam tuss is out a with look from the metro station where a lot of riders don't have cool air at the station. adam? >> reporter: u.elievable, pat we have been baking at these metro stations for years, and the cool air still isn't here. at dupont circle, fairgate north and we're hearing union station is in the 90s in terms of theeg dee readings so a lot of sweating out here. meantime, as everyone tries to get around. yeah, i

. >> i'm adam tuss. a busy morning for sure. >> chuck pell is standing by with your forecastntbut we to begin with melissa mollet following the breaking news on the roadways. t we are talking abou major mess for your morning commute. no matter where you're heading, montgomery county four differe take a look. the picture you just saw there that live picture, chevy cse. the left lane only getting by after connecticut avenue. the tractor trail jackknifed so only get by to the left. debris all over the roadway and a live report is coming up. this is the other major problemb probly a bigger issue travel wise. outer loop shut down before new hampshire avenue. crash n.investigatio single vehicle with entrapment. they have shut everything done. the person was transported. after you get past the one in new hampshire a downed tree crowding right lne and causing delays there. 270 northbound before 109 ride blocked there. overturned tractor-trailer and fuel spill off to the right and not so worried because it's nort

i'm meagan fitzgerald. >> i'm adam tuss. no relief from the heat today. >> looks like today coul be hotter. want to check in with lauryn ricketts. good morning. >> good morning, guys. yeah, a few degrees hotter than yesterday. not really that bad out there. >> the humidity is the killer? >> yeah, the humidity is not going to be that b. did you like yesterday? >> yeah, i thought it was actually nice. one of us did. >> we will talk about that later. ag >> i know me was sitting at the nats game with the sun in her face the whole time and the angle of that sun, that game was getting going at 4:00, 5:00, woo, yeah, it was good out there. i was in the shade. yeah, but it was bad if you were just hanging out in the sunshine. same dealay. if you are in the sun, grab some shade iebse it's going to be hot. temperatures in the low 90s once again. the humidity is not going to be that bad out there today, as i was saying. we will still have the heat. 73 is the temperature right now. low 90s for daytime highs today. we could have an isola

in riverdale, adam tuss, news 4. en> happg today, cocoa fever continues at the city open. 15-year-old phenom coco gauff plays in the doubles tournament today after losing a singles match yesterday. we caught a quick glimpse of her making it back to the player's llage after the loss. we spoke with fans who are excited to see her take the court again. >> tennis. i really like her. >> she's a rising star. >> it's true. >> it's nice to see that there's some new people coming up. absolutely. >> and se's only 15. and has a very long career ahead of her,at so one loss here at the open won't be that big of a de. for her if you are heading out to see a match at rock creek park, check out our story places to cool off in the a.c. go coco. we love it. >>> 4:09. next on "news 4 today," strangers selfless gift helps a little girl go back to enjoying childhood. >> no,i was justing here. oh my word, she's running and being a kid. >> more on how makayla's world has changed after a life-saving lung transplant. >>> and bystanders looke

. >> i'mso adam tuss. elief from the summer heat today. >> it was hot yesterday. looks like it might be a little hotter today? >> yeah, a degree or two. we were 89 degrees yesterday. so here in.c. that didn't start the heat wave. we have to have three or more consecutive days at or abovefo a heat wave. but don't worry. just in case you were counting, i think we will manage to make it into the 90s the next several days, which will constitute a heat wave. hot as two weeks ago. but again it's going to be warm. we had a lonely shower to cool us off. same deal today, a spotty shower. then tuesday better chance of isolated showers and storms. but it's a beautiful start out there. our view from our national harbor camera. gorgeous conditions out there. 80 degrees is thee. temperatur low-to-mid 80s before the hour is over. topping out in the low 90s today. shower f an isolat north of d.c. let's talk about rain for this keekend. also let's tal about the heat. i'llh show you tose numbers on that ten-day forecast coming up. >>> meantime, we areeaollowing ng news out of the d

. >> i'm adam tuss. >> let's start off with chuck ll with the weather. >> we had dangerously high heat

. >> reporter: adam tuss, news 4. >> see road closures, event times and find different locations for fireworks by l ging onto the nbc washington app, search fourth of july. >>> it is 4:34, look at other top stories this morning. people are expected to protest at congressional offices across the country today. they are calling for the closure of migrant detention centersng cos newly released photos from the inspector general show the extent of overcrowding. senior managers at several facilities have raised security concerns. >>> arlington county police say a deadly shooting inside aag penton city parking garage monday was an act of self defense. n who was shot and killed was trying to steal another man's cell phone inside of a garage on army navy drive. they say the victim fought back and during the struggle the gun went off and h the spect. he died at the hospital. >>> embattled d.c. council member jack evans faced hours of tough questions from the council. he is now fighng toeep his position as chairman of the finance committee. yesterday he addressed his colleagues regarding a metr

. >> adam tuss details how bad the traffic has become without metro service in the d.c.ea. >> reporter: traffic is crawling at times because of metro's blue and yellow lines summer shutdown. >> the traffic has increased because the pressure on more people to have cars. >> reporter: city of alexandria just put out a report showing that travel times have gone up 4% across the city. but here is the kicker -- travel op during the summer. they don't increase. metro riders like ashley james are fed up with all of it and she does have a car but says she is not going to drive in sitting gridlock. >> i think this is outrageous and i think it's causing the issue. i've been going through nearly the summer now. i it is inconvenient. no doubt about but our alternatives are very few. oo>> reporter: take a lat the condition these platforms were in and you're reminded why the work is necessy. in many cases, riders were standing on platforms that were literally crumbling because they weren't maintained. >> it's taxpayers money so it's disgraceful. do your job or quit. >> reporter: the pl

. >> adam tuss tes a lako >>> more than three dozen people are recovering after a fire rought out at an ex-only mekxxl plant in texas. it's 25 mides of houston. there's no word on what may have started the fire.mo exxl said all of the peopl injured are expected ay be ojo an 84-year-old said she misses herittle red rideling hood. cameras caught the crooks in the act. the woman telling meagan tzgerald she's ready for the police to catch those thieves. >> i had a red riding hood. >> reporter: at 84-year-olds fern edwards is enjoys things like statues and figurines more and more. they give her joy and something to look forward to. >> they were precious to me. i dom have much at my age. after you get'old. lately she's had to lock up her gate, post signs and hide a hidden camera who's been swipini ms out of her garden. >> my goose was right there and my pelican. then somedy stole thiess large sized fairies. >> police are i callingt suspicious activity. >> kiss my goose. he got him on a rack outside the fence. he's already got him. >> so far they haven't calledh a suspect. >> if i had a can

tonight adam tuss is looking.he's looking at some of the new numbers.ey the not good, i bet. >> reporter: not good at all. terrible prognosis from the doctor. it's because most of the time it does not matter what time of day, so many cars stacked up along i-95. but we're beginning to learn the why of why this road is so bad. take a look. i-95 has so many problems, there may n f be enough funding to all of it. that one assessment from state leaders after a new study launched about solutions along re codor. drivers, they agree. it could be beyond hope. >> i try to program my time, wait for the traffic to die. boom. le eats wait for saturday. boom. sunday. boom. there's no time i can go up and down that road. >> reporter: right here in the stafford area, this is one of the worst spot further up in occocquan, how about there where the speeds can drop regularly to 10 miles an ur, and that happens every day.no this new study is showing some of the larger issues on 95 in virginia. 9 million trucks take up space along the

metro officials are confident that all of of this will be done in early september n.alexandria, adam tuss, news 4. >> if you take ether vre or mark, you probably notice some delays, but officials for bth say some of that is out of their control. the transit agency is telling "the washington post" the big contributor to a drop in on-time performance is csx freight train congestion. "the post"h says just month 65% of mark/camdenli ane vre ha their targets. date sax proprietary, but a erson didn't believe there had been a year-over-year increase in volume. >> well, siri spobz when you need something on your iphone or sometimes she's responded seriouy noorh someebody couldst actually li to what you're saying and potentially even private conversations? nbc's liz mclaughlin has more on the new privacy concerns. >> because at apple we believe privacy a fundamental human right. >> reporter: apple has long touted its commitment to protecting customer data. ♪ >> but according to a new report from "the guardian" humans are listening on conversations with apple's voice assistance siri. >> a lot of co

transportation reporter adam tuss has who you need to know. 's live right here at t foggy bottom metro station. hey, adam. >> hey, susan, yeah, if you're planning on coming down here to the mall, time is starting to run out, i can tell you that so far everything looks pretty good according to metro. people coming and going off the foggy bottom station. this is just a couple of blocks from the lincoln memorial and people are huddled under there as the rain starts to come and go but we're getting closer to showtime and the crowds a little bit thinnerhis year is what i'm noticing. >> reporter: the beat of the drum greeting metro riders as they ge h ready toad to the mall and most have one thing in mind. >> i'm hoping to see fireworks. >> reporter: metro has been the best option to even baby trump balloons, yes, catching a ride. scores of military vehicles blocked downtown streets. >> reporter: claudia walker in town fplm utah come with fancy trump footwear. she andr her fnd have had enough walking and now they are opting for a ride. >> we're getti

maybe adam tuss should adopt this dog. i know they were in the market for a dog. le check and make suth can adopt little adam there. 75 is the temperature for the walk this morning, up to around 90 by noon. but again, those evening walks are likely to b hit and miss with some thunderstorms around. >> announcer: news 4 begins with a storm team 4 weather alert. >>> we're in for another hot and humid day ang we're watchhe potential for severe weather this afternoon. good morning, everyone i'm eun yang. >> i'm aaron gilchrist. just ab t 5:30 rightnow. we're in weather alert mode this morning. melissa mollet is standing by with a look at your first 4 tra ic. >> butlet's begin with storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell and a look at the hot day ahead. chuck? >> yes, indeed. high teperatures. high humanity. high storm chances for your wednesday afternoon. that's the reason we are in a storm team 4 weather alert. could be quite stormy and severe storms are likely to develop. the oindow ofortunity maximizes between about 2:00 p.m. this afternoon up to about 7 or 8:00 this e

. >> transportation reporter adam tuss is live now at the foggy bottom metro station, so adam, how are things looking there, and what is metro expecting tonight? >> well, metro is prepared for a big crowd, but i've got to tell you, the crowds are a little bit thinner than we've seen in years past, at least up to this point, and what i've been noticing, guys. take a look. we've been seeing the rain continue to come down here, and when people get off the metro, this is one of the busier metro stations, they are getting stuck underneath that canopy there, and now they are trying to wait it out. if you are coming down, bring . your umbrella ♪ the beat of the drum greeting metroiders as they get ready to head to the mall and most have one thing i mind. >> i'm looking torwardo just seeing fireworks. >> reporter: metro has been the best option today. even baby trump balloons, yes, catching a ride, scores of mitary vehicles block downtown sfreets. >> it's tough getting around. it makes it real tough. >> reporter: claudia walker in town from utah complete with fancy truma footwe she and her fri

i'm adam tuss. >> i'm meagan fitzgerald.are expecting more showers today after a very rainy aturday evening. >> a lot of lightning and thunder, too. check it out. the rain was coming down. this is video from nats park am after the te beat the royals. they were lucky to get the gamer in befe the heavy rain started warning. we saw severe thunderstorm warnings as well. >> it was a soaker. rain slammed eastern market. and lightning sparked flames at a home and more thunderstorms could be moving through again today. butelhere is some rf in sight. lauryn ricketts is standing by tracking the weather. good morning, >lauryn. good morning. >> where is this relief we speak of? >> it's not coming until late tomorro night. we'll get it. yeah, it's coming. now, listen, it's going to be humid as we get into your tuesday and wednesda the humidity will drop off little bit wednesday night. et not going to -- if you haven be outside just know it is really thick humidity out there right now. we are seeing the cloud cover. look at that. yeah, we

adam tuss, news 4. >> wow.san is pulling more than 90,000 of its most popular trucks off the road. there's a chance electrical issues in the titan pickup coule ca the engine to stall. the issue could also result in the lights flickering and could prevent the truck's btery from charging. the recall involves gasoline-powered trucks from model years 2017 through 2019. >> all right. it's another hot e. tomorrow is going to be off the charts, so we want you to be careful while you're out there and limit your timereally if you're going to spend the time outside. >> right, absolutely, and you want to wear light-colored loose-flitting cloing. the purpose of that is when you weardark-colored clothing t sun just absorbs that heat anda it mes you feelhotter out there wear loose-flittingng clothiit gives your skin a chance to breathe. the clothing is tight, you can't have the evaporative enocess take place. think about whou're getting out of shower and you might feel a little bit chilly because when water evaporatest's a c

transportation reporter adam tuss up in chopper 4 this evening to elplain when you'l finally be able to ride onethof se trains to dulles international airport and into loudoun county. >> reporter: yeah, back up in chopper 4 give you a look at this momentous milestone, really not just loudoun county, for northe virginia but for our entire region. take a look. is is the loudoun metro train, yes for the first time you have a metro train in your property, and it's notom far fr the crown jewel of phase two of international airport which is right over here. you know, for a project that hag been pld by problems, we're talking about trapped in the concrete, all sorts of issues b we'veen debating about phase two of the silver line, this really is a big deal. why does that matter? of course, you have to test the onain in a statike this. you have to make sure that everything is right and remember that the airport authority is in charge and have to make sure everything is okay before they turn it over to metro and if metro doesn't like what they see they won't accept the pject. it's still anothe

. >> and i'm adam tuss. if you're just joining us let's get you caught up with four things you need to know. montgomery county police officers aseen kneeing man during an arrest is off the street. that officer kevin morris is on paid leave while theid incent is being investigated. this all unfolded outside a mcdonald's in aspen hill on wednesday. police say the man in the video was selling hallucinogenic mush rooms of before the arrest. he i charged with selling a dangerous substance resulting in his arrest. known white sem sift groups attendees ong the tomorrow at a rally and counterprotesters are expected at another rally a block away. d.c.'s police ief says the number one priority is to keep the opposing groups away from one another. fireworks sparked t s house fire overnight. d.c. fire tells us an illegal fire. several peop escaped safely and neighbors say freworks have become a problem. three vehicles considered at powder mel road and vepgtsors are still not sure what led to the crash. let's get back to

transportation recorder adam tuss live at the foggy bottom metro station. >> how is it looking out there where you are right now? >> hey, leon, a lot of activity got the chopper overhead that cory was talking about. a mote cade just rolled through here so a lot of people on the move. the vice president may be making his way downtown as well and, of course, the president tweeting that he's coming. as for metro, take a look over here. i've seen larger crowds in years past about this time, but people are still coming off of the metro system right here. ee umbrellas ar up, the rain is presenting some more challenges as we go in and out of these rainy periods. i also want t show you. take a look. this is a flight aware misery map and the map that shows all the airplanes going in and out of reagan national airport. remember, between 6 sack and 7:45 and betweennd:00 a 9:45 tonight there will be no flights in or out of reagan national airport, and that is because of all the flyovers that are about to happen and potentially the fireworks if they do go off. you seeike one or two planes going in an

. >> and that's where transportation reporter adam tuss is joining us. it's not just ao flyr that's going to impact those flights, ever. fireworks will be a problem as well because of their location, right? >> yeah, that'sa right. the changes this year impacting flights into and out of reagan national on the night of the fourth. over two hours that night. no flights in or out of airport here. >> the vers and the fireworks shutting down the flights at reagan national airport. between 6:15 and 7:45 p.m. ande betwn 9:00 and 9:45 p.m. n the fourth of july there, will no flight operations at dca at all becau of events on the mall. the faa making announcemets on social media. >> hopefully at worst it's a late. maybe they will divert to us dulles or something which is not enjpoable. >> reer: joseph finch henchman lives in northwest d.c. sand on vacation in california and just sah t news. his flight wasd supposed to lan at reagan nationality 9:21 p.m. on the 4thnd now he's not sure what the airline will do. >> on the one hand it's a bit of a price we pay for liv

. >> i'm adam tuss. the rain causing huge issues for metroiders today.ome of this video from around the region, but will your rideonight be impacted? i'll let youknow coming up. >> and two young brothers become innocent victims of gun violence. only on news 4, how the little boys are helping each other eeal. >> i know i'll b able to welcome that. i believe in my >>> now at 6:30, flooding above ground and below ground today. water gushing into one northern virginia metro station. >> it was a mess this morning for you commuter but things have calmed down now this afternoon. >> they sure have. news 4 transportation reporter adamss tu is live for us outside virginia square metro station where riders got quite the surprise this mornin adam? >> i don't think anybody wants to go through that again, jim. that was quite the ride this morning. you know, you couldn'teven go underground into the me flow system to catch a break. anyone who did go into this particular metro station, they could have got pretty wet. take a look. >> metro leaders think of their system as

. >> i'm adam tuss. thank you so much for starting your day with us.rm one today, inching up higher towards possibly a heat wave. >> because yesterday was hot. >> yeah. >> today going to be hotter. what we didn't have yesterday is the humidity. you are saying that coming back today a little bit? >> a little bit. you will feel touches out there today and then it will start to really seep in heading into your monday and then by tuesday all bets are off. the heat and humidity are going to be around. we will keep that humidity going all the way to the end of the work week and possibly into the weekend. let's take a look outside right now. beautiful view from our national harbor camera. you can see blue skies out there. pretty quiet, tranquil. it's delightful. it's pleasan right now. not feeling too terrible out there right now given the humidity at the low levels. temperatures are in the 70 78 is our temperature right now. southerly wind coming in at about six miles an hour. that will help increase that humidy little bylittle, especially heading into the a

. >> i'm adam tuss up in chopper 4 flying high above the silver line.ake another look and we've got another milestone, positive news to report to you. i'll tell you when you might be jumping on a metro train here coming >>up. and right now still trying to keep the rain across the area. still have the severe thunderstorm watch and there are a few severe storms well to our a.uth trying to move to parts of our are who to expect the rest night and of savings and service. whoa. travis in it made it. it's amazing. oh is that travis's app? it's prettol, isn't it? there's two of them. they're multiplying. no, guys, its me. see, i'm real. i'm real! he thinks he's real. geico. over 75 years of savings and service. >>> we're back at 6:30 with more coverage of strong thunderstorms that ripped through rts of our area. an earlier round of storms dropped power lines on to i-270 closing lanes in both directions for about an hour. >> but we're not out of the ui woods qe yet, folks. the entire area under a severe thunderstorm watch, and there's a chance for more rain and

. >> andrea lopez stopped by our studio today and gave her impression of sarah palin for adam tuss. >> check it out. >> we're waving to the russians on the foreign policy so i love that we can get in touch with -- what was the question again? i don't know. >> can you see russia from your house. >> let's get back to that point. i can, indeed, see russia from the house. >> pretty good there.it give to her. watch "bring the funny" right here on nbc 4 at sock and root on the home girl here. born and raised here in d.c. >> there you go >> buried the lead. >> they may not have done impressions. maybe they had some other skills to show off, bu there were plenty of talented pets here in the dmv t who haveir own skill to show off. >> all so very cute, and we get red for clear the shelters next month, pat collins asked all of you to show us your pet's best trick, and yesterday we narrowed the field to the final four and to meet winner of his challenge pat traveled for an hour and a half to boyce, virg. ♪ >> it's. >> pat's. >> >> pets. >> congratulations, kathy and maggie, winner of pat's prized

i' adam tuss. >> i'm jummy olabanji. two major crashes causing problems on the soltway. crash. chopper 4 flew over the scenemo this rning. it happened on the outer loop between university boulevard. >> meanwhile, a tractor trailer jackknifed on the beltway. you can see the big rig spilled the es of mail across highway and shoulder. etat a mess. now let's g to melissa mollet with more on the traffic issues. >> lots of different problems. brand-new issue, outer loop at new hampshire. other one clear. nowe have a disabled vehicle adding to the delays. outer loop at georgia, disabled vehicle there, and c chevyse after connecticut, that left shoulder is the only thing getting by the tractor trailer you just saw. rest of the beltway is looking good. top of the beltway is a mess. if you want to avoid that, the itc is aid good . northbound 270 at 109, tractor trailer blocking the right side. .> a check of yourorecast >>> good morning, everybody. he heat wave is officially over. today posite of wrerd. instead of hazy,hot, andhumid, we have cool, cloudy, and rainy. it's going to b