about 59 at national airport. even that might be a little on the optimistic side. you'll think of it as cold and wet all day as the main area of low pressure cutting itself off from the jet stream has a big pocket of cold air aloft to work with. and that you will has to pinwheel through here before anything in the way of an improvement can show up. we'll be stuck with a pretty high chance for rain off and on through the day today. tomorrow, not as much of a rain chance, but a whole lot of cloud cover tomorrow. and a gusty northwest wind.ra we'll t in chilly raindrops for a chilly breeze tomorrow. future weather carries rain off and on throgh most of the morning commute. well up into 10:00, 11:00, noontime today. i do think the steady rain will use back to intermittent sh for the 3:00 to 5:00, 6:00, 7:00 time frame later today. keep the umbrella handy. ceere's still a chanf a raindrop over o. overnight, we'll stay cloudy. as the front goes onwe by, will start to see the wind increase. tomorrow, all the way up to 62 degrees. not much. a rain chance tomorrow, only 20%

at times. that's all right. as long as the humidity is dropping, we don't care about that. the holiday weekend should be off to a nice, dry start. airport, at nation as promised over the last couple of hours by me, the wind has turned to the northwest at national airport. that is the beginning of the end of the humidity around the d.c. metro area for today. 72 now in leesburg. 71 in quantico, 64 in howard county where they had the confirmed tornado yesterday. here's ourlanner then for your friday. beautiful. bright and sunny, breezy at times. temperatures will get back into the low 80s for most of the area today. forecasting 83 for the high. again there's the northwesterly breeze. for your saturday, 82 with a mix of clouds and sunshine. and a really tiny chance for a shower tomorrow. a lot moreheat, humidity, and rain chances for sunday. more about that coming up. for now, let's go to melissa and find out about a getaway friday. >> getaway friday here. look at this -- chopper 4 over a major problem in annapolis. this is westbound 50, westbound. this is the good thing here this near cape st. clair road. have you ever seen anything like that? a semi

last year we didn't get below 50 degrees after may 1st at national airport. here we are all the way into the 15th of the month and we have a real shot of getting below 50. it's two weeks later than our coolness last year. what a great looking picture this morning. dulles airport is down to 45. bwi marshall down to 41. 43 in percilville. 49 in winchester. hiat is a real taste of late mid may cl. it will stay chilly for the next couple of hours. sun's up before 6:00 a.m. the warming will begin. we should be in the mid 60s by lunchtime and a gorgeous afternoon. today's high at 71 grees. put a full forecast on our nbc washington app. go there. go to m.nbcwashington.co you can follow me there on my social media pages. talk about weather day at nats park coming up in a few. melissa, good morning. >> good morning, chuck. this has cleared out of the way, the situation of a police chase, overturned vehicle. a couple of suspects transported to the hospital. they were wanted for an assault. we're talking inner loop ramp to southbound georgia and southbound georgia at th

for us, after our first de 90-ee day of the year yesterday -- 90 at national airport, 91 at bwi marshall yesterday. a little early preview of what's coming for the summer. this morning, though, a weather front has gone through. as a result we're turning cooler today. you'll notice the wind direction out of the northwest this afternoon. 40s in western maryland.ll sti 71 by the bay in annapolis. most everybody starting off in th60s this morning. there's still another hour or two befo we get to sunrise. rpdon't be sed. have a lot of 50s in the suburbs. afternoonemperatures today even with an abundance of sunshine are not going to be as near as hot a yesterday. a 15-degree improvement.y toda's highs in the low to mid 70s. t warmer air isn't now it. more about that coming up. > thank yo right now first 4 traffic alert. take a look. he's difficult to see because they moved t camera. eastbound 66 bore 29 and centreville, two right lanes blocked becausecr of ah investigation. you're getting by on the left. it's working for right now. as the morning counity rolls into gear, it's definitely going

national airport. suspect day morning, i that we may actually be able to get national airport down below 60 degrees. it's -- what's so big about that? getting below 60 in the warm season atational airport is tough sledding. last year we stayed above 60 at national airport f june 13th to september 26th. three months long. befune that, 10th to september 1st. 2016, june 10th to september 24th. and then '15, june 5th to september 13th. it isa r once you get past about the 5th or 10th of june, it's hard sledding for us to get below 60 degrees. enjoy what may be one of the last few cool mornings coming up. right now, it's all about the comfort. we are in the 60s this morning. more than enough sunshine this afternoon. up to 85 degrees. tiny chance for rain today. southe maryland, toward fredericksburg. everybody gets a sunny and warm day tomorrow. hit-and-miss showers on sun y before acool snap monday and tuesday. >> all right. thank you very much. >>> new this morning, game one of the nba finals is over, td toronto raptors are celebrating their first win. they beat the reigning nba ha cs, golden state warriors, 118-109. this is the fst time the ramtors have ever been in -- rap

for us, after our first de 90-ee day of the year yesterday -- 90 at national airport, 91 at bwi marshalla little early preview of what's coming for the summer.

in fact, i think we'll be lucky to make 59 at national airport. cold and wet and showery weather all day long today. it may not rain every minute of the day, but it will rain at least four or five times today on you because already round one is leaving, round two is lying in wait down across central virginia. this low-pressure area here is taking its own sweet timeoving along. we'll be stuck with full cloud cover again for tomorrow.at fortunely a lot of the moisture will be lifting out. each though i don't think we get anythinin the way of sunshine, i don't think we'll get much rain. here's the rain on your monday morning. rain at lunchtime. rain for the evening commute. the rain will taper off overnight tonight. tomorrow, though it will be mostly cloudy, only ape 20% chance. a shower or two tomorrow. wednesday morning, clearing out. as a result, wednesday, the first half, will be sunny. although i think clouds will come back in wednesday afternoon. a little better chance for a shower or two coming up on thursday. and maybe a little rain chance on

garden-variety thunderstorms, not the super cells like they've been coping with in the grea here at national airport on a monday morning, does it feel like summertime this g?mornin 75 deees. here we are just after 4:00 in the morning. southerly breezes have been up all night. ty'll be with us for most of the day today. so most of the i-95 corridor is the mid 70s now. 75 in lorton. 77 for quantico. 77 in baltimore. once you're into the shenandoah valley, it's a bill cooler this morning. even -- a bit cooler this morning. even upper 60s is unusually warm for this time of year. your commute then for today will start off warm anddry. there could be a shower along i-81 as early as noon 1:00 or 2:00. most of us will have to watch the 2:00 to 6:00 time frame. here's more of the severe weather across the southern plains here. still a severe weather threat at this time of the night. remember, this is a long way to our west. only like 2:15 in the morning they're watching for severe weather in far west tes and eastern new mexico. it will be another busy severe weather day out there. for us, t aroundhe east we'

i ink you're go to like most of the weekend, as well. 69 degrees now at national airport. skies are clear ng out during the overnight. a light breeze out of the southwest. but only at three little miles per hour. nothing to worry about there. comfortable all over the gion. in fact, some spots have dropped into the 50s. 57 at winchester, virginia, thir mong. 64 in moirartinsburg, 61 in ellicott city where they a lot of cleaning up to do. 63 at the naval academ the school day forecast, the countdown to summer has got to be into the single numbers for a lot of kids. good weather for school today. weather, utdoor recess and after-school playtime. no problem at all. now, more of us a not going to have to worry about rain today. the front that's caused thev sere weather yesterday has pushed most of the deeper moisture down to the south. but you can see some lingering drops here from about the roanoke and lynchburgu area soth of richmond headed up toward the wer parts of the bay and the virginia beach area in tidewater, virginia. there wll be a tiny commence for a few showers toda

at six of the stations. blue and yellow line ations south of reagan national airport are going to be closed. that means no stops at the airport. the yellow line is closed at huntington, eisenhower, king street, braddock ro ad. blosed on the van do rn street and franconia. >>> f you takeber or lyft, a big ride sharing strike is planned for next we k. it could mean no service for hours. there are calls for drivers to turn off their apps next wednesday in d.c. and six other major cities across the countrym k segraves explains what the drive drivers are looking for. >> uber estimates the ride share company and worth up to $90 billion and plans to offer shares to the company to the public sometime this month. uber drivers like this man who wanted to speak anonymously said they'll walk off the wednesday. >> i just boente driwon't drive >> drivers plan to turn off their apps at noo wednesday, may 8th and leave them off until midnight. ntie wells from georgetow university has done several years of research into how uber drivers are paid. she said the drivers want to send a message. >> thers worke vha

some are considering an organized protest at national airport. >> at the end of the day, we get the shortnd of the stick. >> lauryn says we have a few days to dry out after sunday's rain. buwhat about the return of sunshi and summer-like heat? more on that after the break. >>> plus an important health alert. skin cancer impacts million americans each year. important information on how to stay safe in th n onsu take-off. and this a loving reminder from his wife. this is will finally depositing that expense check. oh, and this is will paying his brother- law back with zelle for their annual camping trip. and this is will finally relang for the long flight. this is your right here, right now bank. this is wells fargo. ar> welcome back, everyone. today we're heg about a new report from the united nations saying that nature is in its worst shape in human history. >> this report is set to be officially releasedext week. the report says 1 million of earth's 8 million species of plants and animals are at risk ofng extinct in the near future. scientists say reasons for the mass extinction includes

so far, for the month of may, nearly four inches at national airport. er four at dulles and 4.5 at i bw marshall. big rain surpluses again as the changing climate tons deliver more and more -- climate continues to deliver more and r it's really warm. 72349 annapolis -- 79 in annapolis. 73 at dulles airport. 66 in martinsburg. today, a quick warmup. we should easily be in the 8ow to m by lunchtime today. there will be a chance for some thunderstorms today starting potentially as early as about 2:00 here in the washington area. bigger severe weather to the . west there's a cold front coming through ohio now. ahead of it is the southwest wind, the rson it's been so mild. it will be a dry start. future weather, here we go, bubbling up with storms, right around 2:00, 3:00, 4:00 in the afternoon. take the umbrella just to play is safe. only a 40% chance of storms, but you don't want to get caught without. that the ten-day outlook, nice the next two days, low humidity and highs in the 70s. the warm air and humidity come back -- thursday with a rain chance. frid

right now, a very comfortable 63 at national airportment winds now out of the northwestmi at 1 s per hour. plan on that northwest wind between 10 and 20 miles per hour all they. plan to be flying up to e river. if you want today the city sit on the right-hand side before you get seatedon the plan. left-hand side, the pentagon. 55 in winchester, martinsburg, o 59 in ft royal. closer to 60 for the nearby suburbs. closer to 70 by the time you get to the western shore of e bay. look at that planner -- for today, temperatures up around70 degrees at noontime. afternoon highs today will be in the home 70s. a really nights day. another day much like it tomorrow. 50 at to get things starw d. tomorrop for 14 hours and 30 manipulates of sunshine. you can always use our minneapolis to stay ahead of the forecast and follow me on social media. forecast for you, put a picture of polka dot lou taking a long nap on the couch. i want to come back as aed spoil dog in my next life. traveling toward st. louis, ind napolis, chicago, the southern plains, tulsa, oklahoma city, down to dallas-ft. worth, watc

drivers and rg bother big cities plannio strike, some are considering an organized protest at national airport>> at the end of the day, we get the shortened of the stick. >> mark segraves, news 4. >> you may wan t tohink twice about jumping on one of those dockless electric without a helmet. the center for disease control and prevention teamed up with the health department in austin, texas to track scooter injuries for ree months. roughly 200 injuries were reported in that time period. about half of those were head injuries. one out of every three people hurt was riding an e-scooter for the first time. cdc says many injuries could have been prevented if riders wore helmets and were more careful around cars. >>> still co me, news for your health tonig. new guidelines for breast cancer creening. what differences for women who are at greater risk. ai>>> and we rem in storm team 4 weather alert mode as heavy rain moves through parts of the area. right now mainly moving throughn the pae of west virginia, parts of loudon and frederick county, maryland as well. doug and i are going to break down what

at that sunshine, chuck. >> looks gd. feels chilly outside.of most the suburbs are down bel 50 degrees. national airport hasn't officially dropped below 50 just yet but we are wayto later in the spring for these final 40s of the year. last year, for example, our final trip at national airport was may 1st. dulles and bwi, the t lastp was may 9th. here we are on may 15th this year. dulles and bwr are well0 below 5 degrees. some spots have fallen into the 30s. winchester, 37. stanton and harrisonburg, 37. petersberg, 37. mi 40s for most of the close in suburbs and about 50 downtown by the bay. we'll see if national airport can officially touch 49. no matter, will be the cool, art.ht and sunny little bit of sun glare issues. plenty of sunshine today. afternoon temperatures up around 70 degrees. the northwest flow which has been keeping us cooler than erage the last few days is showing real signs of breaking down and a ridge over the southeastern u.s. promises much wathmer weather for weekend and deep into next week. today it's all abouhine this morning. there will be a few more clouds around later in the da

he, along with 30 uber and lyft drive slowly at reagan national airport to protest, at a time when bo companies areraking in billions of dollars from investors. gerald says he only makes around $800 to $1,000 a week driving 70 to 80 hours. >> i could work at mcdonald's and make about the same amount without all the risk. >> reporter: he wants to make at least $2,000 a week. uber and lyft drivers say they've been fighting for years for the right to unionize and negotiate better pay. so far, it hasn'tworked. >> we have seen the cuts on the wages per mile. >> reporter: gerald hopes the protest makes a difference. >> i home that lyft and uber realize that we're very valuable to them. >> reporter: now, in response to the protest, ubernd lyft released a written statement, basically saying they are working to improve the benefits for drivers. live here in alexandria, shomari stone, news 4. >> shomari, thank you. >>> tu manh continues tonight for a guy who ran from police and then crashed his car twice. u.s. marshals are trying to rack down victor charles johnson. he also goes by the name vic

. >> reporter: some are considering an organized protest at national airport. >> we get the short end of the stick. >> news4. >> doesn't seem worth it. >> it'tdoesn you put the numbers together. >>> 5:26. coming up, kentucky derby dramaw it a horse race for the history books. now new details on how much the wild ending cost betters andwh it means for the next leg of the race. >>> from the hue many risk alliance -- humane rescual lients, this is pharaoh -- rescue alliance, this is fair open. will make a good og-walking companion. see how to add pharaoh to your family. temperatures in the 50s this morning. we could have puddles to be dealt with. but mainly dry with temperatures back in the 70s. >> reporter: i'm cory smith along the banks of the potomac river where there are no signs of life after a car went into the water sunday night. ta our three contess are all at the big ikea table. who's going to be tonight's winning chef? contestant #1, impressive knife skills. but contestant #2 fights back by using fresh parsley. and, contestant #3 adds a touch ofweetness. sweetie, come eat outsi

just under an inch above average at national airport. half inch above average at dulles.h above average rainfall at bwi marshall. the rainy period continues. right now, temperatures have fallen into the 60snhe shenandoah valley. even some to the western suburbs, mid 60s network. another hot and humid day after the muggy start this. temperatures quickly in the mid to upper 80s by noontime. ighs around 90 before a thunderstorm chances roll in later on into the afternoon. nothing out there yet. showers in southeastern ohio will be a part of a system that brings us a chance for storms lter in the day. notoking for widespread, severe weather, but a slight risk of severe storms later into the afternoon. here's future weather. our high resolution forecast model, it updates every hour and shows great consistency with bdeveloping the firstbles of thunderstorms here around 2:00 or 3:00. primarily focusing on northern maryland. 3:00, montgomery county to baltimore, chance for thunderstorms. i think here in and around the city, we may have to wait later into the day. 6:00, montgomery

we're going to start climbing right away now that the sun is back up. 62 at national airport. light wind out of the sointh. w direction an important part of the forecast for today and for tomorrow. southerly and southwesterly winds today promise sunshine and temperatures about ten degrees above average. east to northeast winds return tomorrow. that means oud cover and way cooler for your wednesday. right now, 52 in leesburg. 48 in winchester. 56 in fauquier county. 56 also in gaithersburg. 50 degrees in columbia and ellicott city up in the county. outdoor recessnd outdoor playtime for sure. daily grade, no question about it, a-pluseather for today. tomorrow, so much cooler. we'll be in the low 80s today. we'll struggle might tree get out of the 60s to near 70 tomorrow. east toa northeerly breezes, not much if anything in the way of sunshine tomorrow. not a big rain threat, but just way cooler weather because that wedge of cool air is going to come right down the eastern seaboard behind the cold front. it will settle to our south late tonight and early tomorrow. future weather

that has actually helped allow temperatures to fall into the 40s and 50s. 53 mow at national airport with a light wind out of the north ap six milesr hour. but away from the city and away from the bay, way down into the 40s this morning. 42 in northern parts of frederick county. 46 in charlestown and falling waters, west virginia. i 50 front royal and luray. 52 manassas into maryland. montgomery county, 47. 41 now at ft. meade. a real chill for sure. here's your planneror today. a mostly sunny but chilly start to the day. clouds are going to be building up very, very quickly b late morning to about lunchtime. and the afternoon will turn mostly cloudy. the building of the clouds and the sealing out of the sunshinei means not a bwarmup. only into the low 60s today and afternoon showers, a real likelihood. here's a little pocket here across west virginia now. you think this is cold, that's all snow in the upstate parts of new york and the higher terrain of interior new england. that is usual for mid-may. we'reed with a pocket of cold air -- we're concerned with pocket of cold air that w

what we did have, though, because the storms the day so far this year at reagan national airport. 93 degrees the high temperature there. quantico at 94. indianapolis, coming in 94. into the mid- to upper 90s. right now, here we are at 11:00 at night. we're supped to be cooling down. sun is down. 83 degrees. wind out of the west at 5 miles per hour that is an incredibly warm temperatu e. the average high right now is 79. so we're not even close to that. and we could be setting a record low -- or record high-low temperature. i always hate that one. exactly right. could be the warmest night ever on this night. how about that? is that better? there you go. 73 degrees in martinburg. 76 gaithersburg. 78 over towards gaithersburg. no rain right now, but we are watching this little area right here. the only area in the bookmaking its way down. it should die off before it gets here, but that was not the case ea lier. we sawese storms move through. they're off the coast. more storminess back towards the middle part of the country where they doiot need flooding continues to be ongoing. the secon

the wind gust of 68 miles per hour recorded today at reagan national airport. a severe weather day for sure. here's the good news. a couple storms ernight but most should be okay. more to the north. a great friday and tn heating up for your weekend. >> it was a wild ride today. thank you for sg this through. and the fast moving storms leaving behind a trail of damage here in the district. the winds toppling this tree rig to a home in 18th place in southeast. neighbors tell us the storms were so strong, the building began to shake. the woman who lives next door said she feared for her life. >> in't know whether it would take my life or not. >>l wilkins te us the tree had been leaning and she called for help a couple weeks ago. no one lives in the home butwo men wren side at the time. they were not hurt. >> at one point the severe power knocked out power to more than 150,000 customers in our area. >> as you can see, columbia taking hardest h in maryland. news4's jackby bensen continues our live team coverage. jackie? >> well, there is not one tree on this street

. >>> the metro shutdown saturday brings lines at reagan national airport to a screeching halt. there are work around. new hov slug lines are forming arou springfield, van dorn street and landmark mall in the rning. in the afternoon pick up 19ette and f, 14th and madison and enfant plaza. check the washington info app for morechnformation. ck metro shutdown. >>> tomorrow, we learn about an issue that nearly took down the governor of virginia, how did a racist picture show up on ralph northa s page? it appeared in the eastern virginia medical school 1984 student yearbook. the disclosure brought calls for his resignati fromround the country. northam first apologized for the photo, then denied being in it. the school authorized an independent investigation to find out just what happened. the results of that investigation are being revealed school w morning at the in norfolk. northern vrginia bureau chief, julie carey will be there and have coverage starting at 4:00 tomorrow. >>> oreo cookies are a popular snack and may have been on ben carson's mind today. >> the secretary of housi

drivers are organizing in alexandria at 8:00 and plan to go to reagan national airport. we'll see if that has any impact. >> there is an already traffic at reagan national airport and they can only make it work. >>> now to our changing climate and impact on your health. if you're an allergy sufferer, maybe you noticed that allergy season is getting longer. the nonprofit group, climate central analyzed temperature data over the last half century of 242 cities. 97% of the cities recorded an increase in wm spring days since 1970. allergy season has grown longer by about two weeks on average and cases of hay fever and asthma have really tripled. >> don't have to convince some of us. >> that's right. it's been bad season so far this ar. >>> forthe first time in neay a decade, we will get quite a treat. h> news4's chris gordon talks to the organizers w it takes to put on this amazingw. air sho >> reporter: for the first time in 12 years, the navy's blue angels and air force thngnderbirds will be flyi at the same air show. watching it from the ground you hear the roar of theengi

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. >> two dozen drivers drove slowly at reagan national airport to prote for higher wages. it wasn't just here.m deonstrations took place in ten cities around the country. drivers say they've been fighting for years for the right to unionize and negotiate better pay. in a statement, uber said it is constantly working to improve the working environment for drivers. >>> also happening today,zo jef bes will become the latest to enter the billionaire space race. the amazon ceo will talk etive ly about his se rocket company blue origin at an event in the district. his firm has spent the last two decades working on this project. theyh tested t rocket last week in texas. bezos hopes his firm can lead the way toward a world where people live in outer space. >>> l ht night i the chance to attend a special event, a late night for a really good cause. the annual galaor after-school all stars washington, d.c. this is a program that goes int now seven schools and serves 600 kids across the district. you see me there with the director of the program and one of the major donors who'spo su

>> reporter: that's all it took for uber and lyft drivers at reagan national airport in d.c. to make ride prices surge. >> don't go on yet! you up? refresh it! >> reporter: our affiliate wjla was there as one man coordinated with fellow drivers when to shut off and on their apps. >> go go go go. >> reporter: tricking the system into thinking there are no drivers nearby -- waiting until prices rose an additional $13. >> they go surge, $10, $12, sometimes $19. >> reporter: those skyrocketing fares passed on to unsuspecting passengers. the drivers claim they are regretfully doing it to offset painfully low wages across the country drivers have been protesting even striking against what they see as declining work conditions. tonight uber telling abc news -- this behavior is neither widespread or permissible. lyft saying these allegations of "fraudulent behavior" could lead to drivers being banned from the app. david, experts say you can avoid surge pricing by comparing whe think you may have shifted to another company. david. >> thank you. >>> more orn the deadly home explosion.

at the dallas/ft. worth airport as our sister station reports it's ending in earning pennsylvanias in handcuffs. >> at the nation's fourth busiest airport u.s. border and customs protection reports a dramatic rise in seizure of cbd oil found in passenger bags. >> i would say a year ago it's non-existent within the last six months the nbc in our interexception for that as sky rocketed. >> we tagged along with customs and it one recent day was minutes before we saw a passenger detained pe they pulled a m aside after a drug d dogetects something in his backpack. >> did you ever go to the shop. >> a search turns up cartridge for the e cigarette. the man tells the officers he bought it in dallas before the trip at a cbd store petition find it contained thc.c th is often found in trace so nts in cbd oils in level level experts say it can't make you high. cbd is made from low thc hemp plants, not majuana. but when customs officers find any amount of thc they seize tht prodund call airport police. and at dfw they willake the cbd arrests >> the one single incident, small amount of cbd oil you thought was cool to take with

at prudential. >>> first u.s. soldiers then the national guard and now the people who run the security at our nation's airports willoyed to the u.s./mexico border. the transportation administration, tsa is planning to send hundreds of officials and including federal air marshals to boltster security according to an email obtained by cnn. the deployments involve up to 175 law enforcement officials and as many as, quote, 400 people from security ops. the move comes as the number of illegal border crossings is spiking now at a 10-year high. just this week cnn obtained images of children being forced to sleep outside and on gravel because a number of the facilities is quite simply run out of beds. sarah sherman stokes is the associate director of the migrant rights and human trafficking program at boston university of law and so welcome to you. you spend your time volunteering your legal representation and advice to asylum-seekers at the border. and we keep hearing that personnel and staffing is a massive issue to handle the influx of migrants. so tsa, is this a step in the right direction? >> no. i don't think this is

already made it up to ghty at arlington national airport and arlington county. 80 in manassas. 79 ineesburg. 1:00 baseball game, plan on temperaturese hovering in th mid 80s most of the afternoon. a stray shower or thunderstorm. not a lot toorry about. increasing rain chances and increasing heat and humidity. that's coming up inhe five-day. >> chuck, thank you. >>> all right. we've been laser focussed on that image right there. andou know what? maybe people are putting off their travel back home because of the nice weather. >> yeah.we actually, we looking at a shot from bethany beach. t's packed. things looking go the bridge. it's expected to get more crowded this afternoon. >> justin finch is keeping an eye on the roads. he's along i-95 in virginia. hey, justin, what's going on out there? >> hey there molette and adam. if i were off, i'd extend it by a day or two or three. you know that at some point today the rush is going to come on. looking right now at 95 northbound by the it, so far so good. traffic building up for sure, but still moving at aty pret good clip. no matter at what

he is live at ragan national airport with the latest on this. darcy?rter: ll, aaron, this is set to happen later today. the good news is you have time to prepare. if you rely on uber or perhaps you have a flight later today at one of the airports, you definitely want to plan ahead. you could be impacted. it could take you a lot longer to get a ride and it could cost you aov lot m money. let's look at what drivers are sh waiting for today. they also want paid timeoff. they plan to turn off their apps at noon and keep them off until midnigtonight. lyft drivers are going to participate with uber drivers. this is sending a message to uber as it goes public in offering its stock. health re not getti care. they're not getting benefits. they're not getting 401ks or anything. all they're getting is the fare so they should get paid more. >> reporter: area airports do plan to offer more taxis so people may need to take a taxi today instead of using uber or lyft. we have reached out to uber for a statement. they say they continue to work on and improve conditions

for more on how this could affect your commute, let's go live to news 4's darcy spencer at ragan national airport> reporter: well, good morning, eun. we've beeneporting about this planned strike for some time warning people that this day was coming and it is here. if you rely on uber to get around or perhaps you need to come here to ragan national or get to dulles today, this i the best advice, you've got to plan ahead. we don't know exactly what's going to happen today, but chances are you will be impacted. drivers say thatheyant better wages, clear policies on tips and fares and they're also lookaig for some p time off. participating drivers will shut off their apps at noon and they're not going to turm the back on until midnight. lyft drivers are also expected toarticipate in solidarity with t uber drivers. now the timing here is key. the strike is happening just two days before the company is set to go public. >> they're not getting health care. they're not getting benefits. s ey're into the getting 40 or anything, all they're getting is the fare. they should get paid more. >> reporter: now w

will hussein has spent almost 2 and a half years at an egyptian president without charges trial or conviction in national was detained at cairo airport in december 26th again after arriving to meet his family he was accused of spying and disseminating false news egyptian authorities have a new sister tension at least 18 times al-jazeera strongly denies the allegations and the models for sainz immediate release now egypt's military says it's killed $47.00 armed men during several raids across north and central sinai the army added that hundreds of explosive devices and other weapons were seized and more than 150 people arrested 5 soldiers were killed egypt has been fighting armed groups and sinai for 7 years he is. the saudi led coalition in yemen says it will investigate the possibility of an accidental airstrike in the capital sana'a the coalition and says it was trying to target when the troop positions but residential neighborhoods have also been bombed and at least 6 civilians all from one family have been killed 2 russian citizens are among those injured. ports. for the saudi u.a.e. coalition in yemen the series of strikes was a

. >> two dozen drivers at reagan national airport participated in the protest for higher wages. it wasn't just here. demonstrations took place in ten cities around the country. drivers say they've been fighting for years for the right to unionize and negotiate better pay. in a statement, uber said it is constantly working to improve the working environment for drivers. >>> happening today, jeff bezos wilcome the latest to enter the billionaire space race. t amazon ceo will talk ou publicly a his secretive rocket company called blue origin at an event inhe district. his first has spent the last two decades -- his firm has spehe t last two decades testing the rocket. this was last week in texas. bezos says he hopes his firm can lead the way toward a world where people live in outer space. >> i ss coming. >>e day. >>> 20% of students aoss the country are unsupervised and uninspired between 3:00 and 6:00 p.m. every day. last night i spent time with an organization that works to fight theprogram. after school all-stars d.c. held the gala downtown. the dirtor next to me, daniella, and

there's the north end of the runways there at reagan national airport. foggy conditions out across much of the region this morning. temperatures are in the 50s to near 60 degrees. hardly a breeze blowing just yet. w so once get the wind to turn back up out of the south and increase a little, get the sunshine going, it will help eat the fog away. zero visibility now in leesburg, zero visibility in winchester, and a lot of areas now wellr unde mile for visibility. so take it easy out there this morning. temperatures, mid to upper 50s in the shenandoah valley. a lot of mid 50s through the area. here's your ten-day forecawa. m and humid and stormy today and tomorrow afternoon. prettygh hi chances for the saturday, through the first three kwours quarterr sunday. and now to melissa mollet, she's wearing yellow. does that mean caution? >> no it means i would really le to see the sunshine a get rid of the fog. i look like a school bus. >> you look lovely. >> look out. eastbound 66 at nutley, we had an earlier crash here that is now out of the way. that's good. a

our transportation reporter adam tuss is live for us at reagan national airport tonight with what we know about the timing of this strike, so when does it start and how long are we talking, adam? >> yeah, that's real the question here, jim. i've heard all sorts of differentaccounts. some people saying it's only going to be half a day and some people saying it's going to be a full day. look, whatever your plan for tomorrow, if it involves uber and lyft, probably best to have a plan "b." here at the airport they are actually calling in more regular cabs because they are so concerned. >> a the airport uber and lyft customers getting word that a strike could be coming, and they may be outrr of luck tomo. >> i'm sure that many of my friends no -- they wouldn't know how to hail a cab. >> yeah, put your hand in the air, right? >> exactly. i that's whatould do here. >> reporter: airport leaders are doubling their efforts to pump up regular taxi service, somewhat of the old way of doing things. >> what we're doing now is making shuart entire airport community is aware of this,e evthing from l

doug mckelway live at reagan national airport in arlington, virginia.se some people. what's happening? >> harris, prognostications of summer travel season from hell i have not always proved true. we have seen that in the past. that said, the conditions this summer lend themselves to trouble ahead. because of their razor-thin profit margins, the airlines already trying to pack their planes like sardine cans. we all know that. for into that mix the max eight grounding, through the major carriers, southwest, american airlines, and united have a limited max planes from scheduling at least until the month of august prayed sometimes well into the month of august. united, for example, has canceled 2,410 flights in june and july alone. no official word from the faa on when recertification will occur. remember, at least 31 other foreign regulators will be waiting in on when that certification does occur. adding to the uncertainty, fuel costs. they are rising. further stressing the airlines profit margins. then, in addition to that, the tsa has announced that it

. >> t dozen drivers drove slowly at reagan national airport to protest for higher wages. it wasn't just here. demonstrations took place in ten cities around the country. drivers say they're fighting for the right to unionize and negotiate for better pay. uber says it is constantly working to improve the working environment for drivers. >>> also happening today, jeff bezos will become the latest to enter the billionaire space race. the amazon ceo will talk publicly about his secretive rocket company, blue origin, at an event in the district. his firm has spent thet las two decades working on this project. they tested this rocket last week in texas. bezos says he hopes his firm lead the way toward a world where people live in out space. good luck. >> yeah. >>> 20% of students across this country are unsupervised and uninspired between 3:00 and 6:00 p.m. every day. last night i spent time with an organization that works to fight the problem. after-school all stars d.c held its annual gala downtown. you sawnext to me. her group performed and showed off artwork. the organizati

the blue and yellow lines at six stations south of reagan national airport are closed for repairs until september.im news4's a cho is live at one of the shuttle pickup stops available for. commuters tod aimee, good morning. >> reporter: hey, good morning. yeah, anybody showing up here to the franconia/springfield metro station is going to be greeted by this sign. station wosed. yoll not be able to get on a train. instead, you'll have to take a free shuttle bus to the pentagon in order to transfer.r now the closu are affecting all the blue and yellow line stations south of reagan national airport.ns this m tens of thousands of riders will have to change up their commute. metro says the closures are needed so they can make safety n repairs he platforms. some other options besides free shuttle buses are the vre, metro buses, even water taxies. there's a new slug line forming that wl pick up at franconia/springfield, landmark mall. it is going to be a long summer for a lot of metro riders. >> going to take the shuttle bus. i'm going to plan on -- usually i give myself an hour to get downtow

ali wolf is live at meta san jose national airport when a look at what's going on. ali. >> reporter: good morning, marcus. well, if you're flying out of an airport like this one, you will be allowed to take certain cbd products through security and onto a plane because the tsa just said this weekend that they will be changing its policy on medical marijuana. but here's where it gets a little bit tricky. the fda currently does not approve cbd to be used in food, drinks, and other supplements. but that is not stopping companies from using it. as you may know, cbd products are easily available and very popular. you probably heard of it being sold in the form of gummies and drinks and supplements. even pet treats. it is predicted to become a $20 billion business. it is made from hemp. it does not have thc, so it will not get you high. people are already relying on cbd oil for pain relief from things like arthritis. today's hearing is the first step to try to regulate the cannabis compounds. there has been some confusion reasonable, and that led to arrests. one woman was

at the dallas airport. our sister station in dallas reports endig with passengers in handcuffs. >> reporter: at the nation's fourth busiest airport u.s. customs and border protection reports a rise in pathengers wibd in their bag. >> a year ago almost n non-existet. ithin the last six months, increase for interception skyrocketed. >> reporter: we tagged along with customs office one recent day and it was just minutes before we saw a passenger detained. they pulled a man aside after a drug dog detected someing in this backpack. a search turns up up a car trat trach for an e-cigarette. it contains thc found's in trace aunts in cbd oil in levels so low experts say it cannot make you high. cbd is made from low thc hemp plants not marijuana. but when customs officers find any amount of thc, they seize the product and call airport police. and at dfw, police will make cbd arrests. >> one single incident, one single small amount of c oil you thought was cool to take on a trip with you would result in a life-changing effect. >> reporter: obtaining police reports detailing the case include a 22-year-old college stude

at louisville international airport. he faces nine charges including three counts of murder and one count of arson. kris van cleave is at reagan nationalngton with more on this story. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. that mugshot certainly is eye-catching. you're at the gated ready to board your plane when the pilot is being handcuffed and led away. this happened on saturday. the cops swooped in. christian martin was still in his pilot uniform when police snapped this booking photo after arresting him for triple murder. >> these are three individuals that are gone, that are never coming back and that deserve justice. >> reporter: kentucky attorney general andy beshear says in 2015 martin killed calvin and pamela phillips and their neighbor edward dansereau. >> martin was dishonorably discharged. >> reporter: in an interview with cnn, matt phillips said his father was killed before he could testify in a court-martial trial against martin. >> my father had a lot to do with that. >> reporter: in a 2016 interview with a local tv station he denied being involved. >> i don't know why anybody would want to do something to them. >> rep

these murders happened in november of 2015 but no arrest until saturday morning at the louisville national airportere christian richard martin was arrested, much to the surprise of the passengers about to board the plane he was going to pilot. we understand martin was neighbors with some of the people killed in this case. calvin and pamela phillips and their neighbor edward dancereau. phillips was found shot to death in his home. his wife philip was found with dancereau in a burned up car miles away. the son of the murdered couple said his dad calvin was about to testify in a case against martin at the time. here's what matt told us about the entire journey. >> you know, finally. it's been three and a half years. we have been terrified. our community has been terrified. my parents were brutally murdered. i think a lot of relief has come. honestly, we are just one step in the next journey of this. the next phase. >> reporter: the grand jury indicted martin on three counts of murder and arson, among other charges. i spoke with martin's former attorney who vouches for his character and said if there

look at this, sibility down at reagan national airport now. waves of rain continuing to sweep through the area. that's what we're checking out right now. and that's what's going to be on tap for much of the day today. a frontal system stalled across our area, waves of low pressure will ride along it like a train and that's why we're seeing some of those increased rain chances hroughout the day. visibility down, all throughout the region. again, be careful with some of thso fog out there, of the wildlife out there. we will continue to watch that -- watch the temperatures, we'll time out when that rain is finished. that's all coming up in about ten minutes. >> lauryn, thank you very much. >>> meantime, want to tell you m about a localine killed in a training accident in california who had deep ties to our area. >> this is really devastating. this morning we're hearing from the family of first lieutenant hugh conor mcdowell. he grew up in chevy chase, d.c., graduated from st. john's college high school in northwest. michael mcdowell spoke to us f

program at least one person has been killed and five others injured after a passenger plane belonging to the russian national carrier made an emergency landing at moscow's sheremetyevo airport according to russian news agency the plane was on route to moments when an engine fire broke out shortly after takeoff during the landing the reception. of the circle a super jet was already in gulf in flames the aircraft reportedly had seventy eight people on board. let's bring in our moscow correspondent me a drag sorry mayor thanks for joining me can you give us the latest what do we know . well rebecca we still don't know what exactly happened with your contradicting information about how many people were injured according to pass through the state news agency after thirteen people died when the plane so of course we're just one hundred crashed on the runway here and show me what they're reporting with your airport is one of the big there was that we have here in moscow apparently the pilot house actually landing a chance possibly lending year broke off and hit one of the engines but i cannot confirm this information so far russian media report that the plane how it was being evac

hussein has spent almost 2 and a half years at an egyptian president without charges trial or conviction that egyptian national was detained at a car airport in december 26th enough to arrive and to meet his family he was accused of spying and disseminating false news egyptian authorities have renewed his detention at least 18 times al-jazeera strongly denies the allegations and demands hussein's immediate release we have much more still ahead in the news hour by one guy dog is downplaying talks between the venezuelan government and the opposition in norway. liberty island $100000000.00 at a time of tighter border controls we take a look at the upgrades being made to an immigration icon and the bad boy of tennis has thrown out of the italian open tournament more coming up and for. the saudi led coalition and yemen says it will investigate the possibility of an accidental air strike in the capital sana the coalition insists it was trying to target the military positions that residential neighborhoods have also been bombed at least 6 civilians all from one family have been killed 2 russian citizens are among those injured are reports. for th

we're about an inch above at fall for the month national airport. half inch above average a dulles airport, and wi marshal, more than an inch above in rainfall. our changing climate, tis is -- this has been the case for some period of time. our tretch. -- our stretch of incredibly rainy weather continues. this goes back to late yesterday. there was a lot of thunder and lightning across southern pennsylvania and docross parts of southern virginia. so the threat was real yerterday. we sof got a little bit of a lucky break from it. again, for today, heat and undance. in there will once again be at least a slight chance for some strong to severe storms today. let me walk you through future weaer to time that out. by 3:00 in the afternoon, showers and storms dotting the northern half of the area. to the mountains west virginia. most of that threat for today is going to stay just to the north of washington. we could certainly have an isolated, strong to severe storm around the d.c. metro area today. lower chance the if you live or travel south of the d.c.

the program at least thirteen people have been killed after a passenger plane belonging to the russian national carrier aeroflot made an emergency mandate landing at moscow's sheremetyevo airport according to russian news agency is the plane was on route two more months when a fire broke out shortly after takeoff during the landing the rear section of these two horse superjet was already in coughed in flames the aircraft reportedly had seventy eight people on board. and let's now bring in our moscow correspondent now that i've sort of jaime oh so give us the latest this is a very scary situation what do we know so far. according to the russian state news agency tass stone people died when the plane crashed on the runway at sheremetyevo airport among them two children we have contradicted information about how many people were injured we know that many passengers were brought to a nearby hospitals many injuries were caused you to talk six gases being released into the cabin of the suits or superjet one hundred russian media reports that the plane has been evacuated and should image should if you will airport was not closed don't completely buy travelers to and from moscow well

news just in at least five people have been injured after a passenger plane belonging to the russian national cat carrier aeroflot made an emergency landing at moscow sheremetyevo airport according to russian news agencies a fire broke out shortly after takeoff the plane attempted an emergency landing but failed the first time during its second attempt the reception of the sukhoi superjet was engulfed in flames the aircraft reportedly had seventy eight people on board. just to repeat some of that information there was five people injured after a plane caught fire in at russia they aeroflot carrying quoting to russian news agency the plane attempted murder at sea landing but burst into flames injuring five people. you're watching d.w. news live from berlin up next world stories with a look at the devastation caused by sideline kenneth i'm rebecca races in berlin thanks for joining me. six. raring to leave. if there is any product that's remember you have to find it between the lines. the streets. what's the connection between bread. and the european union dinos guild mountain view course.