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if you have outdoor plans, keep them today. >> let's check in with amelia segal. >> a nice day.tring of nice weather throughout the workweek for the most part. warmer and humid. overall, the trend continues to make it toward the gorgeous side of things. across the area, temperatures in the 60s for the most part. 67 in washington. 63 in leesburg. tracking patchy fog out there. any fogginess you are noticing burns off at 8:00 or 9:00 a.m. it's occurring only in the rural arias. by 10:00 a.m., a mild 77. getting married, heading to a wedding, congratulations if you are. second of all, a great day. by 3:00, a temperature of 89, a mix of clouds and sun. dry weather in the forecast. as the sun goes down, 9:00, the temperature 82, david. >> thanks. new details in the on-air ambush of the killing of a virginia reporter and photographer. vester flanigan fired 17 shots at them. investigators believe the attack was well planned. no indication of what his plan was after the shooting. in writings found, police say it's clear he identified with mass murderers and even the 9/11 hijackers. alis

can't make it to any county fair, we will take you there amelia segal, she has your forecast from the fair coming up. >>> prince william and kate say the paparazzi have been a royal pain. the new reason the royal family says the celebrity media are putting prince george at risk. >>> a twister sweeps through this community, leveling several homes. why a second strike could be on the way. >>> and we will have more on the history made today in cuba after the u.s. raised a flag at the new embassy in havana. we will bring you the >>> we have breaking news in the district. police just announced they made an arrest in a staffing on a busy street corner on monday. eric smith from suitland was killed -- or died after he was attacked at h and 8th streets in northeast. that's along the busy h street corridor. passengers on a bus who witnessed that attack, they tried to save smith. we will have more on this arrest and the pleas from police and the shooting on july 4th. that's coming up later at this hour. back to you. >>> okay. we need to -- >> virginia has some pretty big fairs but none bigger t

amelia segal in with me and talking about that chance for heavy rain and really think flash flooding the only threat here throughout the rest of the evening. >> if you have plans outside, going to the redskins game, you need to pack the important cho, prepare for heavy rain. >> you can see it there on storm team4 radar, not around d.c. now and most of the region, high and dry, very humid though. step outside, feel that moisture in the air, doesn't take a lot to get those storms developed, there they are, along i-81, also see them developing down toward the south and that's what we think is going to happen with this line. the mainline around hagerstown, martinsburg, a little bit of lightning, again, the biggest threat is not very strong winds, not going to be the lightning, going to be the rain that comes down, very heavy rainfall along i-81, the winchester area, now starting to form around front royal, too moves of y s off to east. doesn't include hagerstown, this is the area, fairfax, montgomery county, arlington, anne arundel, howard, until midnight tonight. once again, the biggest

. >>> amelia segal is tracking the next chance of showers in the forecast. that's coming up. >>> so, i want everyone to meet my kitty cat this morning. this is george baily. my husband and i adopted him from spca when we were living in florida. he's brought so much joy to our family. now that we have a little girl and another little girl on the way, he's fabulous to have in the house. highly recommend a pet. today is the big day you can help nbc 4 clear the shelters. we are partners with shelters in d.c., maryland and virginia to get every dog and cat adopted into a new home. >> news 4s, wendy rieger is live at the washington humane society in northeast with more on how to help clear the shelters today. hey, wendy. >> hey, adam. hay, kristin. there's fred over there running around. we have more than 20 shelters. i'm at the washington humane society on new york avenue in washington, d.c. we have 20 shelters participating. joining me is lauren, the director of rehoming. what happens if they come today to adopt? what is the process? >> we are going to see them

but amelia segal is in. amelia, you sere saying we -- you're saying we could see more clouds today. >> you got it. and more humidity as well. you'll be noticing the mugginess. temperatures right now though nice for that early morning run or bicycle ride. most locations coming in at the 60s. gaithersburg at 66. manassas at 64 as the sun comes up. we're looking at mainly clear skies right now. here's how temperatures will warm up into the early afternoon hours. by 10:00 a.m., we're flirting with the noon mark. and we're near 90 degrees. so today, just a little bit warmer than yesterday. but more muggy than yesterday. at the bus stop tomorrow morning as many students have their first day of school, 7:00 a.m., a mild 70 degrees. plenty of clouds, by 9:00 a.m., humid 76. coming up in ten minutes i'm going to have what students can expect as they're coming home from school and when you could be dealing with a few thunderstorms tomorrow. >> all right, amelia. >>> in the day ahead, the police union is going to announ

amelia segal has a check of that beach forecast in ten minutes. for now, over to aaron. >> thank you. >>> 6:01 right now. a developing story, the search is underway for a 16-year-old boy who went missing after fishing in fairfax county. he was fishing with his friends in little hunting creek near where it joins the potomac river. news4's megan mcgrath has the latest on the search. >> reporter: well, aaron, the boats have been moving around all morning long and they're actually in the spot right now where we can't see them from the vantage point. but three boats are out there. from the fairfax county fire department and the police and the coast guard. what we were told earlier this morning, this is now considered a recovery effort. it was a little after 8:00 last night, three friends were fishing on the little huntington creek where it meets the potomac river. we're told that the 16-year-old went into the creek and appeared to be trying to swim across the creek at the narrow spot where it's about 40 feet wide. he got halfway across, began to strugg

le's get a check of the forecast with amelia segal. >> a nice start on this saturday morning. comfortable outside. here is a look at current temperatures across the area in the 60s and 70s. 68 in leesburg. gaithersburg up to 70. partly sunny skies throughout the day. temperatures will warm up. by noon, low 80s. 83 degrees as we work into the afternoon hours. a high today in washington of 89 degrees. so, warmer than yesterday. if you are heading to the beach today and tomorrow looking good. water temperature currently in the upper 70s. a high today, 82. humid. tomorrow, great beach weather with mostly to partly suny skies and a high of 84. coming up, the humidity forecast and what you can expect throughout the weekend and into the upcoming workweek. >> thank you, amelia. >>> breaking news. new information in the past 30 minutes about the man police arrested overnight in a deadly bombing investigation. thai military officials are interrogating the suspect now. they have a multiple task force and bomb maybing materials in his apartment. they think he knows about an attack earlier

amelia segal is getting the latest updates for a very volatile forecast. >>> a big day here at nbc 4. today is your chance to donate to our backpacks 4 kids drive. we need your help to give kids in our area the right start for school. your you can give our volunteers a call at 202-885-4949 and we'll be back in 60 seconds. here at humana, we value sticking with things. when something works, people stick with it. more people stick with humana medicare advantage. because we stick with them. humana medicare advantage. the plan people stick with. >>>ccording to enews, twitter is lighting up as we are learning that josh duggar had an account on that ashley madison site. britain's prime minister, david cameron snapped this photo of the brit munching through some pringles on an easy jet flight. the budget airline was headed to portugal. the teenager has made her twitter account private. she did pick up several thousand followers first. >>> the summer heat can be strange, have a strange effect on a lot of people and apparently on animals too. you take a look at video here. that's a bear spotte

amelia segal will be out there at the federal credit union coming up in 30 minutes. now a check on traffic with melissa mollet. >>> right now, clara barton parkway, the main lanes, not off to the shoulder quite yet. 270 and old hundred road, you see a tiny bit of volume there heading southbound. bw parkway, 95, everything green there. 95 in virginia, and no problems there. remember, this will be an issue, ramp from southbound gw parkway to key bridge closed until friday. take the roosevelt. >>> more power to police, why d.c. mayor muriel bowser is pushing for just that. >> open or closed? what we just learned about >>> right now, flights are back under after a fire at dublin's airport. look at this picture here. it is a hangar burning the roof completely on fire. this forced the runways to shut down. and flights at the airport had to be suspended. the fire was in a restricted area, separate from where passengers are. we don't know at this point how the fire started. back to you. >> thank you, kristin. >>> developing right now -- the washington monument closed today a

storm team 4 meteorologist amelia segal is here to tell us what we can expect for the day. >> hey, adam. love the silver lining, kristin. low humidity levels once again today, but highs in the low to mid 90s. right now, 60s in ft. belvoir. gaithersburg and baltimore and washington now sitting at 75 degrees. here's your afternoon planner. notice mostly sunny skies across the area throughout the day today, by noon we're at 88 degrees. 2:00 p.m., temperatures in the low 90s. that's where the suburbs will stay as we continue to work our way towards the late afternoon and early evening hours. by 4:00 in washington, we'll hit 94 degrees. a great pool day today, just an isolated chance of a late day thunderstorm. west of here, over the mountains and tuesday, looking like great pool days as it looks hot outside. the hmm makes a -- the humidity makes a return. i'll let you know how hot it will be in about ten minutes. >> thank you, amelia. >>> developing in prince george's county, we are working to learn the name of the person who died in a crash on suitland parkway overnight. park police say th

>> i thought amelia segal was in there for a second. >> oh, you're wrong, aaron gilchrist. >> amelia is don't. she's working on wtop right now to keep everybody up to date on the radio. you will see her live in our 6:00 hour. into our weather slowdowns nothing to worry about. all green lights, melissa has your update on traffic. i guarantee there's at least one red light in your future if you're commuting from parts of northern virginia. 50s and low 60s this morning. a cool, dry start to the day. just going to be perfect. outside temperatures up into the low 70s by 8:00 or 9:00. highs today 81 in frederick. 83 our high in washington. perfect weather to get outside and enjoy it. if you're planning the weekend trip to the beaches, great weather, friday, saturday and sunday. water temperature at 79 degrees. i mentioned red lights on the road somewhere. let's go to melissa. >> this one, lovettsville, right now, shut down in both directions because of the accident that happened a short time ago. so again, 15 there at lovettsville road is shut down. we'll keep you updated on that. inner an

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amelia segal at the prince william county fair. amelia? >> hey, vj. i have to say talking about cloud cover, not a cloud in the sky here right now. that mean it is going to be very comfortable overnight tonight. a little hot out here right now, we still want you to come by and say hi. we are going to be here tonight only. the fair goes through next saturday. so many great events going on. we want you to download our nbc washington app. when you download it, you can check the weather forecast and see when the next chance of rain is in your neighborhood, but you also enter for the chance to win a mini cooper. we have that mini cooper here. lots of people stopping by our booth, grabbing bag, grabbing sunglasses. now the humidity will start to increase as we work our way in toward the end of the weekend, but it's really for the upcoming workweek, monday, tuesday, wednesday, when it starts to feel oppressive and the temperature feels about five to ten degrees warmer than thermometer is actually reporting. you look at the storm team4 seven-day forecast, low

amelia segal with the forecast for the fair. amelia, you having a little fun yet? >> yeah, vj. the gates just opened. people coming in for opening night of the fair, the largest county fair in the state, out here with the storm team4 by four it is hot. the temperature right another, 90 degrees, the weather station taking in all the information. the most part, looking at calm winds, huge mid really not an issue. you can see dew point temperature here, 56. i point that out. dew point is over 65 it is humid, nowhere near that, we want you to come out tonight, the only night that nbc washington is going to be here. we are handing out lots of goodies and we have also some great fair food. i don't know, what are you guys thinking? we have a burrito, a turkey leg, we had chicken cheese steak, i think. i think i'm thinking about the turkey leg here. also, another awesome event that we are doing here, we want you to download the nbc washington app. ? going to be for the chance to win this exact mini cooper here. of course, you download the app, you will see a lot of 90s on the board, vj

amelia segal and i watching storm team4 radar now. not a whole lot going on. any shower activity well down to the southwest of our region, off to the north and east, portions of the eastern shore along the bay and then back to the west, culpepper county seeing showers. i do expect these to continue to move to the north. rappahannock, farquhar county. a lot of rain and moisture back to our best. that is going to continue and even more moisture down to our southwest. this is what we are going to be watching for the day tomorrow. we do think we are going to have a better chance of storms tomorrow, part of the headlines here, tracking showers this evening and storms tomorrow, some could be strong and then the forecast for that weekend. you have got plans this weekend, i have got the forecast coming up in just a minute. >>> for years, whenever we saw jared fogle, people thought of subway sandwiches, but after today's plea deal, they may be thinking about something else all together. now, take a look at this. he is pleading guilty to possessing child porn and paying

>> storm team 4 meteorologist amelia segal is here to tell us about it. >> low humidity levels this entire weekend. it is going to be hot and a code orange air quality alert. this includes howard county up toward the baltimore area. children, elderly, if you have heart or lung issues, limit your activity outdoors. i posted what a code orange air quality alert means on facebook and twitter to search my name and get all the information from the clean air partners. temperatures right now in the 60s and 70s. 71 in washington. 70 degrees in gaithersburg. beautiful sunshine by noon. temperatures in the mid-80s. 3:00, a temperature of 89. we hit a high temperature of 91 degrees today. coming up, i'm going to have the planner, hour-by-hour, exactly what to expect throughout the day tomorrow. adam? >> thanks, amelia. >>> new this morning, police saying an officer shot his gun during a struggle with a suspect. it happened on walker mill road in capital heights. around 11:00 p.m., an officer heard a car crash, went out to check it out. when he arrived, a man was running from the scene. according to p

amelia segal tracking the heat and humidity. >> you got it. so the humidity is back today. high temperatures once again in the upper 80s. some low 90s in spots. it will be hot as well. right now i'm keeping a close eye on storm team 4 radar looking out your window a lot of us noticing plenty of cloud cover. but no rain in any of the clouds. for most of us a completely dry sunday. if you notice clouds right now, i think as we work our way toward lunch time, the early afternoon hours they'll thin out a little bit. but overall, partly sunny. we won't have that full on sunshine like yesterday, but temperatures still warming up nicely. you can see where we're seeing more sunshine versus clouds. areas north of town, hagerstown and winnchester where you're ner 80 degrees. plenty of cloud cover and temperatures held down a little bit. 69 in culpepper and 74 degrees right now in washington. here's how we'll warm up throughout the day today. so once we hit noon low 80s. forecasting the sun to break out in the early afternoon hours and this allows the temperatures to jump up quickly.

. >>> amelia segal will time out when the sticky, muggy conditions will return. >>> the same university that brought you the simpsons chorus is taking on another popular show. the moder >>> breaking news out of prince william county. a single propeller plane crashed in a back yard in bristow. our media partner wtop tweeting this picture from the crash. >> and virginia state police tell us that the plane hit the trees, fell into the back yard it was on upper mill loop. now, the pilot has been rushed to the hospital with serious injuries. no one was on the ground at that time. the plane did not hit any houses, but this is a story that we'll continue to stay on top of it for you as the details come in to our newsroom. >> most definitely. >>> i want to turn our attention to politics. some presidential contenders took their show on the road this past week, heading to the iowa state fair to talk with potential voters and some who will remain nameless landed their helicopter and then got on a golf cart to ride around. guess who did that? >> guess who? just back from the fair and here to talk a

storm team4 meteorologist amelia segal tells us what we can expect. hi, mel. >> the humidity continues to slowly increase as we head on into the workweek. here is what you can expect tomorrow morning. we have had pretty nice starts these last few days, that is going to continue again, 6 a.m. tomorrow, temperature around 71 in washington. mid to upper 60s in the suburbs. by 8 a.m., mid-70s, 10 atlanta, 83, you're noticing the humidity at that point. code orange air quality alert in affect once again for the baltimore metro area tomorrow. that includes howard and anne arundel. what that means, children, elderly, if you have heart disease or lung issue, you want to limit your outdoor activity. for more on code orange air quality alerts, head to my facebook and twitter pages. >> thanks acres meal ya. >>> nbc4's clear the shelters campaign places hundreds of pets in happy homes, but there's still time to help animals in need. >>> a special tribute tonight to civil rights leader julian bond who died last night at the age of 75. >>> tributes are pouring in a

amelia segal will be there, as well as angie goff. more information on how to donate on the nbc washington app. as always one of our favorite convenients to put on every single year, it is wonderful to just everybody as a community be able to do their part, just do a little bit to make sure that all of our kids get off on the right start, have the pens, pencils, paper they need. >> heading back to school, such an excitement around it. >> of course. >> the good news is the weather is cooperating, a non-issue this week, so the families can focus on making sure the kids are getting to and from school just fine, getting that homework done. it was beautiful this weekend. i hope you got outside to enjoy t plenty of sunshine. comfortable humidity. tomorrow, the warmest day of the workweek, a bit humid as well. there is a chance of some rain tomorrow night for everybody, but it's pretty low about 30%, maybe a few embedded thunderstorms. going to be a weak cold front that moves through. that cold front clears out the humidity, not just for tue

. >> storm team 4 meteorologist amelia segal is here to tell us about it. good morning, amelia. >> i hope you are having a nice start to your weekend. day one of a six-day heat wave. it is comfortably cool outside. the weather not having a negative impact on your outgoing flight if you are headed out of town today. safe travels if you are. look at the temperatures, great for outdoor exercise. 59 in manassas, 63 in college park. 68 in annapolis. with plenty of sun, we are going to warm up quickly. by 10:00 a.m., 80 degrees. 1:00, temperatures in the metro area near 90. highs today in the upper 80s and low 90s. what about storm chances? coming up in ten minutes, i'll let you know when you could be dealing with thunderstorms. >>> a tragic disaster during a family camping trip. two children are dead after a tree limb fell on their tent. park officials don't know why it happened. >>> an attempted abduction in arlington marks the fifth attack on women in a five-mile radius. the most recent in the parking lot of an apartment complex on south frederick street. megan

. >> amelia segal is part of that effort today in kingstown with the forecast. >> reporter: hey, aaron, it's comfortably cool out here as we kick off the backpacks 4 kids drive at the apple federal credit union. angie's here, lauren's here. we all right have donations coming in. this backpack is so heavy. you can head to my facebook and twitter pages to see exactly what we need you to donate. again, swing by today. we want to the see the weather looking beautiful at the bus stop. temperatures in the 60s. about 67 degrees out here. a-plus, temperatures around 80 degrees. and a temperature of 84 with plenty of sunshine. melissa, how are the roads looking this morning? >>> breaking news right now on the roadways, bw parkway southbound. take a look at chopper right now. a four-mile backup. bw parkway at nasa is shut down temporarily. this tow truck just arrived on the scene. we're totally stopped. take 95 instead. ramp through the gw parkway to key bridge closed for inbound traffic. alternate is roosevelt bridge. as far as travel times no problems on the beltway or 270. listen to our frien

amelia segal is tracking showers when you head back to work this week. is timing out which day you're going to need the umbrellas. >>> the same university that brought you >>> you're watching "news4 today." >> the "today" show coming up next on nbc4. it starts at 8:00. >> let's get a preview right now, erica hill and craig melvin from new york. >> good morning. it is the "today" show coming up. we have a little preview for you guys. a lot of news happening yesterday and overnight as you know. we'll lead off with the wildfires in the pacific northwest turning deadly. a 70-year-old woman killed trying to run for safety and thousands are fleeing under the evacuation orders. homes continue to burn and the weather is not helping. we're live for you on the front lines. >>> also ahead, tough questions for donald trump in a "meet the press" exclusive. is he sabotaging the republican presidential race for hillary clinton? we're live in washington with chuck todd and trump's answer. >>> and the slam dunk night for a boys basketball team that made headlines for the

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amelia segal is doing radio weather right now. beautiful morning, sun is up, closely clear sky. literally one cloud in our sky. temperatures out the door, mid to upper 50s in the suburbs. highs will reach the 70s and it will be a beauty on the day to be outon the outside today. today, tomorrow and sunday, perfect beach weather. ocean water temperature 70. highs in the 80s at the beach this weekend. >> there's mei xiang. do you think she's sleeping? she's probably tired. a big day ahead for her and the national zoo and the panda. >>> plus, a developing story playing out in the caribbean as tropical storm erika plows its way across that region. the damage we're already seeing this morning. plus, when and where the stor >>> right now parts of the caribbean bracing for tropical storm erika as a storm leaves its mark on puerto rico. the damage we're seeing this morning and where the storm could come ashore here in the u.s. >>> and everybody is talking about the panda in the day ahead. of course, involving the national zoo's newest cub. the big reveal planned in the next few hours. >>

we will be back in just a couple of minutes, guy, got more, amelia segal joins me in a minute with theull forecast for the weekend. [ cheering ] >>> i'm julie carey in woodbridge, virginia where this picnic table is on its way out today. it's caused a big controversy because an apartment resident who painted it white has been charged with a crime. coming up, what apartment management has to say about why that was such a problem. >>> preseason game, so it won't be monday morning quarterbacking but we will be friday evening quarterbacking. quarterbacking. i' oh my gosh, it's the guy from last night. what?! can i jump on your wi-fi? yeah, you can try it. hey! i had a really good time last night. yeah, me too. the only thing is that... the only thing is what? what's the only thing? oh my gosh he's married. he's a kleptomaniac. he's a pyromaniac. he's a total maniac. hey! hey! go back to your wife you sociopath! leave slow internet behind. the 100% fiber optics network is here. get out of the past. get fios. tea? now $79.99 a month. go online or call now. call the verizon center for custome

helping out, doug kammerer, amelia segals, pat lawson muse.apple federal credit union is teaming up at nbc4 to collect donations for kids in need at back-to-school time. >>> our wednesday's child this week is a bright kid, does well in school. but of course, we could use the support of a loving family to help him succeed. >> news4's barbara harrison was with him as he celebrated his 15th birthday. meet joey. >> first thing we are going to do is see if you could be a spy. >> reporter: first lesson was in threat analysis to see how well joey could do in detecting hostile surveillance. >> which of the buttons on this coat is a camera? can you tell? >> that one. >> yeah. how did you figure it out? >> 'cause i can see the lens. >> is there a secret skateboard hidden in this museum and it's got a secret message waiting for you. >> reporter: joey thought about all he had learned here so far. he is a quick learner, a smart kid, but needs a family to help him succeed in life. >> a family who is just gonna love him and take care of him and have him real

. >>> amelia segal and i tracking the line of storms coming in, continues to develop and move off toe east. >> seeing it develop further south lightning in certain areas, latest look at storm team4 radar, especially in parts of loudoun county, northern fauquier county, storm team4 radar picking up 62 lightning strikes in this immediate area. this line continues to move eastward through these evening hours bringing very heavy rain for about 45 minutes at the most. so 5:30 right now the time, moving into leesburg momentarily, continuing toward reston, bethesda, timing for you leesburg 5:40. germantown, 6:00, reston, about 6:10 gaithersburg at 6:15, columbia at 6:35. if it holds together washington, before the 7:00 hour, so, flash flood watch runs until midnight for the counties here and the solid color of green. we do anticipate a period of heavy rain if you are out driving in this, that will lead to some hydroplaneing concerns, reduced visibility, when this is said and done the area will pick up a quarter of an inch to two inches of rainfall w two inches of rainfall, could be tracking