chuck: call me chuck. lemonis: chuck, nice to meet you. -chuck: pleasure to meet you.charlie: charlie. lemonis: okay, so you guys are brother and sister. -mary ellen: yes. -lemonis: is this your dad? -charlie: correct. -chuck: c.e.o., designer. charlie: when i go home, at the dinner table, he's my old man. he's my dad. i love him to death. in business, it's chuck because i'm going to get a little emotional. lemonis: and who's in charge? charlie: i kind of run the show. mary ellen: i mean, the loudest person usually does. lemonis: the loudest person. charlie: i think everyone can agree. -mary lou: no. -mary ellen: [ scoffs ] charlie: everyone comes to me. i'm the one person that you all communicate to. lemonis: and whose name's on the door? -chuck: oh, my name. -lemonis: okay. just wanted to clarify that. it doesn't say, "swim by charlie handy." chuck: no. lemonis: do you have a business card? charlie: yes. lemonis: vice president, that's you. and then... mary ellen: fit, tech production, and sometimes sales at the trade shows. -lemonis: how about yourself? -mary lou: i

chuck was. >> but they didn't arrest chuck. months went by. and the detective kept investigating him. authorities seized his computer, searched his car. all the while, chuck was saying they were looking at the wrong guy. >> there's a lot of people that won't confess to a murder for obvious reasons. at that point, he was a person of -- a strong person of interest, but i still didn't know if he was my killer, so we continued the search. >> the investigation dragged on. life for the students on campus began to go back to normal. parties every weekend. but when police were called to the scene of one house party, it wasn't because of noise or underage drinking. another woman was in a fight for her life. >>> coming up -- a student at a party ends up a prisoner in a stranger's apartment. >> immediately, he grabs me and starts choking me again. >> when "dateline" continues. >> when "dateline" continues ♪ ♪ i comparison shop for everything to get the best deal. gas is 6 cents cheaper here. sale rack! no! and, for loans, i go to lendingtree.com. i wante

chuck? >> we are talking about weather alert for a possibility of severe weather today and not to mention severe levels of heat and humidity for the weekend. that and tip how you can save a little money onr you ac while when temperatures climb as high as they are thisee w your air-conditioner could hit your wallet hard. >> storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell is here to help folks out. >>erything adds a ltle. pep krnc pepco says here is a couple of quick tips to save money on your energy bill. i know 78 degrees sound warm buo pared to the outside temperature you'd be amazed how cool 78 degree can feel. when the ac is on do your bestp to kee outside doors and window closed. also close your blind and curtains dur when the afternoon sun comes on in that is heating the room up and your personal expense. you can also turn off or unplug any light devices and appliances that you're not using. ands appliance that produce heat like your dryer and oven and when with it cooler outside, run it late at

far too much time in my opinion, chuck.hey should have really endeavored to get this testimony out as soon as possible, especially in light of the conflicting messages about the conclusions in the report coming from the attorney general and then the response from director mueller. so it was unfortunate that so many weeks have gone by with this void of information in terms of what's actually in the report, of course for those folks who haven't read it. and if i could point out one other thing, chuck, it's been mentioned a lot today this is his 90th appearance on the hill. i would venture a guess that this is the first time he's ever appeared on the hill following the release of a 400-page statement. so to compare the way he conducted himself today and the way he answered questions today with all of his appearances of old is a little bit of an apples and oranges comparison. >> fair enough. i want to play number seven, excerpt number seven, and this is the decision that was about -- and, chuck rosenberg, we talked about this -

the fact is this, chuck.w when i was a freshman congressman, the first iraq vet elected to congress. when i came out for barack obama as a freshman, going against the establishment by the way in pennsylvania, coming out for barack obama when he was 40 points down to then senator clinton and he won and he's the underdog. i see those same characteristics of authenticity, of the urgency of now in mayor pete. i think you saw that with his douglass plan that he put out. he's got a concrete plan to make african-americans' lives better, to address systemic racism in our communities and our cities. to address economic empowerment, not just a government program but to make sure they become entrepreneurs and let their kids and families succeed and live the american dream. that's the authentic leadership people are saying with mayor pete and that's why he's the one with momentum going into tonight. >> you got into politics, state of pennsylvania. pennsylvania perhaps one of the three most important states in the 2020 ra

>> here is the thing, chuck. that is in a constitutional sense also justice delayed is justice denied. they are doing everything they can to obstruct the congressional investigation having obstructed justice, so there may get to a point in the fall where we decide, look, he is violating a different provision of the constitution by obstructing the congress in its lawful and constitutional duty. that would not be a crime. that would be a misdemeanor. the founders have a different idea of what misdemeanor means. i think violating the separation of powers would be such a misdemeanor. so this is why i say the president is doing everything he can to push us into an impeachment. if we can't get adequate answers from the court in time, that in itself will be an impeachable offense. >> well, you didn't really answer it. so you don't want there to be a deadline is what you are saying? is that fair to say? >> there will be a deadline because we will either get the answers that we need or the president's obstruction will be

. >> first, though, chuck bell is here with a weather alert day today. what's going on, chuck? >> a weather front to our north and west is going to do its darnest to get through the next couple days but will take its own sweet time getting here. as a result, we'll be sort of in the prime area for strong to severes. thunderstorm even early morning thunderstorms there just across parts of southern pennsylvania. so pretty unusual to see thunderstormis time of the day in pennsylvania. so we'll let you know there's a lot of instability in the atmosphere to work with today and there's not much going on in the first part of the darks you get these temperatures which are in the 60s and low 70s now. we'll be back up near 90 degrees aintoday. that will be more than warm mough to generate strong to severe thunderstor to late parts of afternoon. i'll show you future weather and help you get you ready for the weekend coming up. >> chuck, looking at the roads here now, outer look at aock road left lane getting by the work zone. rest of the belt way is looking good now, inner loop and outer l

>> chuck, thank you. let's turn to news 4's jummy. adviso plan. that means cooling stations will public pools, splash parks in y have several days for that. coolin stations will be up and alon and in homeless shelter you can call 311. you can stay cool by drinking outsid eun, thank you. on your commute with melissa mollet westbo66fter the fairfax still los like we have just parkwa it is moving just fine. capita heights northbound, kennel lane and ramp still blocked by that accident. burt e,tonsvill that crash inner loop/outer loop no major 270 southbound nice and en. eun? >> 4:33.ar ea pastor is charged with congre messen god in silver spring servic are held inside his home. detect tell us that joseph the victim and her fily were suspec arlington. office say johannes juravis he made inappropriate comments invest boklieve he t >>> r&b singer r. kelly has been deniedbond. he will remain in jail. those charges include prosec saying he had sex rg prosec aued that kelly minors judges are still trying to work he faces charges in both chicago and new yor

>> okay, i couldn't disagree more, chuck.we're seeing in 2020, what we're going to see and what we saw in 2018 is a basic question which is we have a broken government. how are we going to go to the american people and say this government is going to work again? so the idea that not telling the truth, not dealing with what maureen dowd calls an obvious constitutional and moral truth, avoiding that is somehow going to inspire people to vote. this year, i think this is the key point. 80% of americans think this government has been purchased by corporations and does not work for them. in 2020, the question is going to be how many americans believe in this system enough to show up at the polls? what we saw in 2018 was people keep talking about winning the people in the middle, chuck. what we believe in is going to the vast tens of millions of americans who don't vote because they don't believe in the system. and say to them, this system can work again for you. that's what i have been trying to do as an outsider. both in terms of

see you later, chuck. >> they're not coming back. there's got to bere a squir out there somewhere and they're going to find it. gardening weather for today, perfect time to spend great t qualityime in the yard today getting everything pretty for the second half of summer. 60s this morning. only into the low and mid 80s for highs today. your garnding tips, mowing your lan, 3 and 3.5 inches to keep everything nice and green and promote healthy roots. >> chuck, thank you. robert mueller in the hot seat. we're looking ahead to what will no doubt be aistoric day on capitol hill. we'll tell you what you need to keep an eye out forhen "news 4 today" rurns. 4:4et2 >> announcer: you're watchinge "n 4 today." >>> welcome back. after nearly two years and more than 30 indictments, it all comes down to this, today, just hours from now former special counsel robert mueller is going re congress e during two hearings that will no doubt find their way into the history books. and we know that those hearings will last much of the work day today. >> yea

is that right, chuck bell? >> sure is. >> you're the expert.re >> 1.7 degrees warmer than the 20th century average. july is excted to also set new record. which doesn't surprise me considering the last stretch of days we have had. this is insane. our whole planet is cooking, right, chuck? >> sure is. globally. not just in the united states but globally june was the hottest month of june on reco and july is shaping up top the all-time record winner. car washing forecast? go for it! don't forget to hose yourself because that is the best way to stay cool this weekend. >>> good friday rning. how to avoid your kids avoid summer brain drain. summer ans fun and backyard barbecues. >> when kid are home for summer break, it's kind of hard to have so many activities, especially with workin g >>> welcome back. expect this week's extreme heat to carry into anotherday. the feels like temperatures have been in the triple digits now for several days.le peopooling off in the pool here at the silver spring ymca. we are in weather alert mode. storm team 4 meteor

called you illustrious, chuck, did you miss that?> computer generates the data. >> there's an app for me alreadyu so i'm j here for personality. clear skies this morning, little early morning color as well. hetemperatures are in t 60s and 70s to get your wednesday going. hump day is here. 72 now in ngarticlip. 73 in quantico. 74 in annapolis.pe temtures in the mid 60s in the shenandoah valley. nice and mild this morning. ayre than enough sun. temperatures todill be in the upper 80s to almost 90 degrees. not worried about rain chances for today. tomorrow, that is a different issue. today will be sunny and dry. tomorrow hot, humid and an increasing chance for storms not only strong storms but locally heavy rains means that tomorrow's flood thr will be high. melissa, good morning. >> good morning to you. so clarksburg southbound 702 after clarksburg crash is on the shoulder. still seeing a delay as you're 20aded southbound on 1hen we have a slow down because of the earlier crash we did have two lanes blocked.'s now ion the shoulder but

thank chuck. capito heights, right lane and outer loop of the beltway, we one of them falls church inner eft side blocked by the work zone. 66 headed in bound, fairfax m 64es going to get you there temper feel like it's pretty warm out policen richmond say someone aftern because they saw a the mo10-h-old girl was hospit baby'sdeath. pr le are the most at risk on extrem hot, humid days like this. that's why it's a good idea to rememb to stay hydrated even if you are out in the heat, you if you don't have air condit local government's offeri cool places for public libraries are an option. there public pools and parks with water features. most communities in the d.c. for th public when temperature reach 90 degrees. go to the nbc washington app to and to find resources to help jail on sex crime charges. genepasay is accused of abusing two little boys. the victims are 10 and 11. the told police pasay enappr videos and invest asked anyone man call montgomery county sterli tucker served as a counci in 19

. >>> thank you, chuck. with the heat chuck mentioned, it's tough to stay cool. >> some people are finding ways to stay cool and having fun outside while they're at. it one stop, georgetown waterfront. that's when meghan mcgraph joins us live this morning. you look like you fit right in, beautiful with your umbrella, meghan. >> you can't be out in the full son, not a day like this. i'm creating my own shade. it is 89 along the waterfront. once in a while we get a breeze but not too often. it is just brutally hot.se you can folks are enjoyinghe tplash pool here. great place to be. catching up with people all morning long, finding out what they're doing to beat the heat. at 9:30 in the morning, the temperature wa already 87 deees in northwest and kids at the d.c. diamond baseball camp were out a practicing -- sweating. coach said they will be taking it easy today and taking lots of breaks. >> we'r taking breaks more often than usual, about every 20 minutes. but we're going to try to get through. we have enough

wtop jack taylor is in for melissa mollet today but let's chart with ouror st team 4 meteorologist chuck bell. i don't know if our region can any more storms. lo> i'm with after last monday's flash f emergency here. we know what the folks in new orleans is dealing with. they had a flash flood emergency yesterday and 5 to 6 inches of rain in a couple of hour and are all too familiar with that around here after monday. unfortunately, another storm team 4 weather alert day today. an opportunityor not only thunderstorms this afternoon and evening but because the ground is saturated, a brand-new flash flood watch has been issued. no heavy rain outside early this morning. the flash flood watch begps at 2:00 . this afternoon and goes until two a.m. friday morning and includes all of the d.c. and baltimore metro area so keep ndat in mi. be weatherlert today. your evening commute could be seriously impact by rain, jack tayl taylor. >>> beltway outer loop breaki traffic. trouble through at least on this morning's rush hour there on the beltway outer loop. so far more of an inbound pattern there an

com chuck? >> back to work on a monday. storm weather around on saturday but yesterday was nice. 78 degrees.ry it is ve warm and humid here before the 5:00 a.m. hour. light on wind out of the east and northeast this morning. that is part of a weather front which will graelgdually work it way down south. 80% chance you'll get rained on today. temperatures in the steamy 70s across the region. 80%chance of rain between now and 7:00 a.m. rain chance begin to dooinish time andbl prono more than a few leftover raindrops by 5:00 or 6:00 but you needed umbrella to play it safe. you can see a long stretch of dry weather back to our west, so after today'sch rain ce, we go through tuesday and wednesday with nothing to worry about rainfall wiw,. for nohe heaviest of the rain from hagerstownto frederick. thunder and lightning across parts of ecalvrt county and northern parts of st. mary's county. at that time umbrella this morning and heaviest rain chances between now and aboutlu ch time today. once we get past noon time, if the compute

thank you, jummy. >>> let's turn to meteorologist chuck bell. >> yes?ake an age joke but i won't. >> no, go ahead! go ahead! >> that's not nice! >> it's friday. you're on vacation all next week. i have all next week to get back to you! go right ahead. >>> a check of the record for the weekend. the record high maximums andhe record high minimums. the record high minimums 82 in washington for both saturday and unday. the record high minimums at dulles airport 75 and 77. 80 and 83 at bwi. the record high maximums during the afternoons. tomorrow no matter h many miserably hot it gets tomorrow, that record is untouchable. 106 degrees. thats theall-time record high in washington reached on tomorrow's date in 1930. record high for sunday 104 and both out of reach. place that m haven opportunity to break the record most the dulles airport and stag and could be above 77 on sunday morning and those are within reach of 101. the 102 and 104 will hang on probably another year. sun is about ready to come have stayed mid to upper 70s around the metro area the overnigh

we expect to hear from chuck schumer any minute on the senate floor. you can see that in the top left-hand side of your screen. he may talk about all of this any second. i'm told acosta is not considering stepping down. a top white house official is defending him for now. so far no word from the president himself on acosta's future. back in february, president trump praised his labor secretary for doing a great job when asked about the handling of epstein's case. and in 2002, then private citizen donald trump told "new york" magazine, jeffrey epstein was a, quote, terrific guy. saying he likes beautiful women as much as i do and many of them are on the younger side, no doubt about it. jeffrey enjoys his social life. donald trump is not was implicated in epstein's alleged crimes. the president has seen or talked to him in more than a decade. epstein is waking up in jail after pleading not guilty to charges of sex trafficking. paying girls as young as 14 for sex between 2002 and 2005. we are talking with an attorney for three of epstein's alleged victims

good morning, chuck. >>> good morning, melissa. looks like things are moving along smoother this morning than they did yesterday. that's always welcome news. weather forast also way mor pleasant weather for the next couple days. we earned a little break from he heat. so far in july alone, we had 17 days 90 or higher, 31 so far in the year and april, may, june and now july have all been warmer than average for the year now, 2019 inin washon is about 3 degree warmer than average t year date. right now we get to enjoy a couple days with temperatures will little below average. we'll take it. 69 in washington with a north wind averaging 12 miles per hour. a comfortable north to north westerly breeze today. the drier r also allowed for temperatures to fall below 60 in a few lucky spots. winchester,ni v, 57, la ray at 59 and prince georges county in the mid 60s this morning. a comfortable day for sure. afternoon high today 8 4. that would be 4 degrees cooler than average. that's a win. tomorrow, still cooler than average, a littlearmer th

chuck? >> all right. pete, this sounds like to me the president was desperate to get the justice department to find a legal way to do this, and they just couldn't do it. is that your sense, number one? and, second, if the president is going to order the census bureau to keep track of american citizenship, as you wrote earlier, it's asking the census bureau to do a job it already does. >> yeah. i think you're right about it that. i think the justice department realized that after the supreme court ruling we couldn't offer for the commerce department to offer another explanation after the story wilbur ross offered was not persuasive, not believable. anything else now commerce does is we still haven't decided why yet. so that was foreclosed and it only -- which is that the government repeatedly told courts including the supreme court that all this had to get wrapped up by the end of june because that's when the printing started. so to come back and say with that the in hand, maybe we have a little more wiggl

>> chuck, this is what i think. it goes without saying that the future of our country and the future of the democratic party rests with young people. and i'm very prud, by theway, in virtually every poll that i have seen, we arenn wig people under 45 or 50 years of age and younger. >> you do well of younger voters in our poll as well, yeah. >> okay. and what alexandria and other young women and women of color are saying, we have got to reouh t to young people. we have got to heal the pain of thecl working s of this country. and that is causing some political disruption within the leadership of the democratic party. ud let me give yo one example where i am very concerned. i have helped lead the effort expand community health centers in this country. right now there's legislation in the house, t democratic house, to cut community health centers by 20%. unacceptable. so i support, you know, alexandria's and the other women's desire to bing more people, especially young people, working class people, into the democratic

as chuck mentioned, heat today. news 4's justin finch has what 81 degrees here and it's already humid out here. we have re heat to come our at times it will feel even hotter nre days are o tap of more of a lot of us look forward to it. some tips, make sur you are toac. if you are going to be outside, that's best option. take breaks, too. make sure you are using cooling center as come out here live, if you don't know where a cooling they can give you a place to perhap even longer. >>> new this morning, a reminder how dangerous an extreme heat a virginia family is mourng in a car. someon called 191 around 2:00 saw a child alone in a car. the 10-montold girl was hospit sh baby's death. remain in jail on sex crime chge two little boys at the gaithe old. the boy told police say talked about and showed them inappr videos at the right now pasay is being held if you believe your child was victim call the montgomery divisi he became the first chairman of rules. he wen as mayor in 1981 anderved as hud secret he was 95 years o

hello, chuck. >> hey. don't mess with me. i'm social mediaing right now. >> an important aspect to this too. >> it's like it never happened! >> we are dealing with a big change coming up. video for facebook and twitter.o ll have your umbrella at the ready because more steadier rain where this came from. complete check of today's forecast and return of much appreciated sunshine coming up. >>> right now first 4 traffic alert three crashes and bad accidents on the beltway 37 two on 270. on 270. a mess not all water is created equal. only 1 billionth of 1% is filtered naturally. and emerges crisp and refreshing eugh to be called deer park 100% natural spring water. >>> breaking news on the roadways. >> justin finch jos us live along 495 at the scene after nasty crash that will impact the entire morning commute. what are you seeing, justin? >> reporter: hey, there. so far so good. seeing traffic move to the far left la. behind me now is the mess.g birig here against the far right hand wall here. debris there in the roadway. this i

>> well, actually, chuck it's actually what i have been which is this.tic debates have been aboutrt impot, substantial nuances and differences in the policies. but what is not in those dand w policy but hoe at gng to happen in the realorw thheck art cgrn new deal or a substantial heale and this is not a question of what, but a question of how. we will have to break the coehorate strand on the democracy. we have to push the power back to the people. >> i have -- absolutely. >> can you do that by being a ll nsnto the sa doing this for ten years successfully. for ten years at the state level i have been running propositions against companies, oil companies and tobacco companies and winning and i referred to the largest youth voter mobilization in history. how much would that hurt his candidacy? >> it would hurt because there's a lot of expectations on this t bate. i don'nt to debate to be about the past, what happened 40 years ago. he has to put a vision out for where we do from here. from all the candidates i wrnt to hea more on k-12, cyber security and wo

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back to the newsnow. >>> thank you, chuck. homeless man whos been released more than 70 times is now accused of another crime, attacking a pregnant woman. >> police released this photo of michael hilliard three years ago. this latest charge is pushing an 8 1/2-month pregnant on a sidewalk e logan circle and w are told she is recovering at home but hilliard is back on the street and that includes more than 20 charges of sexual violence.p s police referred to him as a serial groper. the community wants to know why he keeps getting released.olice serial groper. the community wants to know why nt keeps getting released. >> really importahat we find out what is fundamentally wrong instead of letting somehee back on t streets assaulting women multiple times. >> hilliard is expected toe back in court august 21st. >>> a man who beat another man ca death over a dinged door will spend eight years in prison. thomas hughes you see here was sentenced yesterday. state prosecutors say he severely beat 21-yead nicholas keys in june of 2018. t

i would to chuck. i said, chuck, i need you to help me on this. i think it could be helpful to you in iowa. i hope you will consider it. i bugged him again. what,e said, i tell you if it comes down to one vote, i will be with you. guess what? it came down to one vote. >> did i deliver? >> you did. [laughter] you voted with me. i was so proud. i don't think you ever knew how proud i was at that moment because i saw in the u.s. senate the kind of integrity and the kind of person that was standing behind their word that they had given to me. it made me feel so incredible. i went over there. it was several days later. he was wearing this really pretty red vest. i said, check, you sure look handsome. i have to give you a hug, and i can't thank you enough for voting for me. he looked over and said, don't let any of those other women come over and hugged me. that thisbeing is country belongs to all of us. we all have good ideas. we all work hard to make a difference. in a committee like the senate finance committee, you can make that difference. when you

. >>> chuck, how about this hot at r? >> sun shining and cloud and raindrs upacross northern parts of fairfax county and ty loudoun counnd no thunder or lightning to worry about. that may be different later on today. that is coming up. a look atavow you can se money on the electric bill. stay with us. >>> good morning to you. yeah, we are dropping in the backpacks for kids! news4 partnering up with riverdale market community. we want you to come on out. we will talk more about how you can donate and talk >>> welcome back. you know when the temperatures climb as hotas this week it will hit you in the wallet. >> chuck bell is here with tips that could help. >> every little biter matts this time of the year. pepco says if you want to save money our energy bill these days here is a couple of things to de to p that out. set your thermostat to 78 degrees. that sounds warm but when the heat index outside is over a hundred that is will feel by comparison. it's actually kind of comfortable. also when the ac is on make sure your do

i knew it was going to be a and close vote and i said chuck, i need you to help me. i wish you would. it's not a big deal. i think it could be helpful to you in iowa and i hope you will consider it, and i bugged him again and then he said, tell you what, if it comes down to one vote that you need, i will be with you. guess what? [laughter] sen. lincoln: it came down to one vote. >> did i deliver? sen. lincoln: you did. [laughter] you voted with me. and i was so proud. i don't think you ever knew how proud i was at that moment, because i saw in the united states senate the kind of integrity and the kind of person that was standing behind their word that they had given to me, and it made me feel so incredible. several days later i went over and he was wearing this pretty red vest, and i said, you sure look handsome in that red vest, i have to give you a hug and i can't thank you enough for voting for me in the amendment that i had and i gave him a hug and he said, don't do that, other women will come over and hug me. but the important thing is is that this country belo

chuck? >> sure is.d on the rest of the this morning upe and things on the up and after today. widespread chances for rain but thatis. we are back to pure sunshine starting tomorrow afternoon and honestly after we have suffered through thhe heat wave t last ten days to almost two full week. this will last the better part of four to seven day n reale weather is just around the corner. w bute have to get through a rainy tuesd first. quite a bit rain shower across virginia. this is all trending in oun al direction. may not rain every minute of the day today but at any inute you could be rained on so keep the umbrella handy. the heaviest of the rainn last r into the early morning hours, heavyins are lifting out of northeastern maryland heading up to philaelphia. we have hit and miss rain chances for today. future weather here walks you through what is mostly in-free. spits and drizzle for now as we get more into the morning commute, i think steadier rain is likely between 7:00 or 9:00 or 10:00 in the morning

chuck?>>> your gardening forecast for the weekend, both saturday and sunday promise to be filled with otsunshine and plenty h with highs in the 90s and only little chance of rain for the weekend comes up on sunday. you're starting to think about the fall. here is a look at what to do. z3a5wz z16fz y3a5wy y16fy >>>ood morning, everybody. it's about 4:30 now. i'm aaron gilchrist. >> i'm jummy olabanji in for eun yang. we want to check on your morning commit. >> let's start with storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell and a look the radar. >> a dry day most of us but a tiny chance of shower or two during the middle part of the afternoon. change air mass. slightly less humid air coming in tomorrow. we switch from soupy to less soupy that change in air mass may be able to ring out a ayraindrop late on tod but not worried about severe weather or any rain chance comes along with be short-lived and low impact and better still all of those rain chances should dry up no later than 7:00 this nieveg. your

>> well, i think it's a combination of factors, chuck. think one is strul in many states it's hard for an independent to get on the ballot. you've got to jump through a lot of procedural hoops, signatures and all that kind of thing. secondly though i think more than anything else, you've got to pass a kind of credibility standard. in many states that have never elected an independent to major office, it's sort of unthinkable. do you see what i mean? i was elected as an independent governor in the '90s in large measure because there was an independent governor in the '70s in maine. and people thought, oh, this can work. >> and by the way you had one in connecticut. did you serve at the same time or right around the same time. so new england even had independents. >> i met with lowell reicher. and one of the questions i had to answer was can an independent govern. the answer was yes. and i think that worked for me also as eight years as governor. but it's a thinkability issue, chuck, new jersey, pennsylvania, california, they're just not us

melissa mollet has a eye on the roads for you in your first 4 traffic but storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell is here with another srcher of a day. >> higher heat index values today and unfortunately thattt pan is going to continue on into your weekend. i think saturday is probably the hottest day of the stretch from a heat index standpoint. right now, current. 80 in arlington and 82 annapolis and 76 at clinton, maryland, morning. it is already very muggy and look at how quickly these temperatures are going to climb. we will be above 90 degrees before lunch time today and afternoon highs probably won't gethundred for a temperature today but the heat index could be as hot as 105 and we will talk about how to beat the heat with the weekend coming up. for now, it is time for traffic. melissa, you got to have good news at 4:00 a.m.? >> you would think, right? annandale outer loop on a work joan there. but not impacting anything. 66 and 95 noprlem. everhing good in and out of town. same situationro thh prince george's county. indian head highway route 4 and 5. we have this. if you're heading

chuck, i want to start with you. i don't know how to explain to anyone how all of the information that was available in that 53-page indictment that's described in the miami herald's fantastic body of reporting represents some sharp departure from what they would have found out in the southern district of new york. >> right. so if you look at the southern district of new york indictment, the charged conduct plays between 2002 and 2005. the nonprosecution agreement in the southern district of florida that you just mentioned, nicole, that was in 2007. so on the surface, on the face of it it seems really odd to me because it seems that most of the information available to new york took place long before the southern district of florida resolved the case. and they resolved it in a really odd way. federal prosecutors are not shy about bringing charges against pedestrian files, which what epstein is. and not just allegedly. he pled guilty in florida to charges. >> he's an admitted convicted pedophile. >> you'd have to thin

chuck says 3 billion gallons. many couldn't see the road ahead of them. >> a lot of locality told us they have to spend time about the integrity ofthose. they don't know that something is collapsing ahead of time so the danger doesn't necessarily difppear with the absence o rain. >> the pipes that go under the creeks and you put that kind of water force through it and you he erode the dirt and next thing you know toad collapses. ideologic. our infrastructure took it on the chin yesterday. because we have paved over so much of the d.c. metro area on the extreme rainfall days, it becomes a higher threat for extreme flas floodinghan it would have been if we had not paved over so much. paved surfaces don't let the water absorb and as a result it has to run off into a limited number of place. >>> this mning on a tuesday, skies have been mainly clear overnight. there had been fog hanging over potomac ver. you're looking across the river into arlington county. there is the spire there in georgetown university. vibility n

good morning, chuck. >> good morning, melissa. friday forecast time. wow. mother nature really going to be treating us with great care for our friday and your weekend plans. not too hot and not too humid. no real rain chance anywhere from the mountains to the beaches for your weekend traveling plans. temperatures now have fallen into the upper 50s from o winchester t front royal to harrisonburg to warrenton, ni virgia. still in the low six for maryland d virginia. forecast high for today, 89 degrees. a fewhe fair weat cloud building up in the middle part of the afternoon. not much of a rain threat. if you're going to the baseball game this evening 7:05 game between the nationals and the dodgers. perfect weather for baseball tonight. ntemperatures falling i the upper 70s by 10:00 but the sun is not down until 8:25 or 8:26. i guess it can't be setting ice so i need straighten out my graphic. >> chuck, thank you. >>> there is so much killing un going aro the city. we have become desense tiitize o what life is all about. >> sobering words spok to a crowd rememb

chuck schumer used to be one of the biggest hawks on borderer security. -- on border security. thanks for joining us, i'm elizabeth macdonald. "the evening edit" starts right now. welcome to the show, a jam packed hour ahead. let's start with edward lawrence at the white house. reporter: the heat raised on all the issues surrounding the white house as the actual temperature goes up. president trump responding to one of the congress women in the squad saying she'll be his worst nightmare. president trump: when people are speaking so badly and call our country garbage. that's worse than deplorable. you have can't talk that way about our country. not when i'm the president. reporter: on the debt ceiling house speaker nancy pelosi turning down a proposal from the white house that included $150 billion in spending cuts. she says she does not want a short-term deal but something longer. president trump not worried. president trump: i can't imagine everybody thinking of using the debt ceiling. reporter: president trump saying. * and chuck schumer said they would not use the debt ceili

chuck and hallie, good morning to you both. on saturday, former vice president joe biden out in the campaigns with his poll numbers slipping regrets comment he said he regrets comments he made working with segregation back when he was the senator back when he was a young senator himself. >> was i wrong a few weeks ago to somehow give the impression of people who i praised those men who i successfully opposed time and again yes, i was i regret it. i am sorry for any pain or misconception i may have caused anybody. >> chuck, that was notable yesterday. biden not one to apologize quickly and offensive after a couple of weeks ago of these why did he do it >> look where he did it. he did it in south carolina. he did it because he's concerned the most important constituent group, he wants to make sure he's not going to lose them. i think this is a campaign that was worried the week's long debate with kamala harris over bussing was having an impact and they want to shut it down. i feel like joe biden made it clear that he wants to cha

storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell is here to tell us how it will be. >> 94 yesterday and probably in that same zone of 94, 95 later this afternoon. there is hope on the horizon out to our west. there is a weather front now going through parts of the great lakes and driving rain shower down into parts of the ohio valley. generally speaking, rain chance today will be highest along to the west of the blue ridge mountains. around town, i can't sayhat there won't be a stray shower or two but i think our highest rain chance w en stt ihe of the blue ridge where the rain chance a lowest, temperatures will be the highest. mostly in the mid to upper seventh around town now. your planner for today is hot andhumid. best chances for cooling rain showers today come out toward i-81. those rain chances come here to the d.c. metro area for tomorrow and ng around for much of the week. more about th with your five-day forecast is coming up. >>> melissa, good morning. >> good morning, chuck.ay bel inner loop and outer loop road work is done so don't have to worry about road work on the beltway. north

chuck, thank you so much. chuck has team usa winning by the way. >> who in this country is going to say -- the netherlands. >> come on. >> the netherlands can host the afterparty. >> there you go. >> to celebra the victory. va la usa. >> let's go to amsterdam to celebrate. >> on that note, what's the weather going to be like? >>> we better get our plane ridk qu after this game ends because, yeah, we have got temperatures out there right now in the 80s, but w rhave gotn on the way. so we are going to see some rain showers. could be heavy. so flooding is going to be a main concern later this afternoon. >> like this last week? >> that's another thing. we are so saturated i think we could see additional powerag out. e did have some already. so again we aregoing to have to watch for tha any trees down. i saw trees down on my winto wok today. i saw some trn.es dow let's take a look outside right now. it's hazy. it's cloudy. it's steamy out there. boy, from the rain that we got yesterday it really feels like that hum

what can we expect for the rest of the day, chuck?is, the weather service has put o a statement that says the severe thunderstorm warning in st. mary's county until noon will be allowed to expire at noon. hr just tee-and-a-half more minutes to go. they do ha a flood warning in st. mary's county that goes unti 2:15. the rest of the d.c. metro area now, our flood warning goes until 1:15 in the afternoon. you can sort of get a sense that the heaviest of the rain is in southern maryland. the actual front that will turn off our rain chances is t goingo be making it through later on in the afternoon. so there will be a chance for more hit and miss rain chances later throu the day today. the likelihood of having anotherin undation like we did this morning is delightfully low. not likely to have that again. any more rain at this point is just falling on saturated ground. but we will have a couple days t to dry o and clean things off around here tuesday and wednesday. another hit and miss rain chance thursday and frekay. the wend, mostly try,

good morning, melissa. >> good morning, chuck. traffic alert, couple different problems on the beltway right now. capital heights outer loop left side two lanes nowlocked by an accident there. and landover, outer loop after central avenue left side blocked by a crash. we expect the east side to really slow down quite a bit here pretty quickly. rest of the beltway and tiner l loop isoking okay overall. southbound 270 after montrose crasdeon the right you can see those delays really kicking into gear now as you're headed southbound this morning. wheaten northbound georgia avenue at reedie left lane gets by the fire department active. part of the sthbound lane also impacted. 95 in virginia after 17 left side blocked by the crash and delaysaded inbound as well. northbound 395 after seminary roadeft lane shut down because of a disabled truck. efshington, near the third street tunnel lane is blocked by an accident there. train signal tracking betweenco ta and red line. travel times 66, 39 miles per hour. 95 northbound 54 miles per hour

chuck, we will look for more on "meet the press" when chuck takes on the immigration crisis and d sitsndemocratic presidential contender senator amy klobuchar of minnesota. >>> ste ae wonder made surprise announcement about his healtht during a concert in england telling fans a kidney transplant in september. >> i have a donor. it's all good. >> wonder plans to do three mefe shows be taking a hiatus am he said he wanted to share the news himself to get ahead of the rumor-mill. >>> let's get a qck check o. lo weather. >>> straight ahead, the highs and low of the week, including the overnight superstar of welcome back. a 15-year-old american who already needs only one name. coco. >>> and the vie ralllenge no one asked for which includes a vodka bottle, a loose cap, a roundhouse kick and an inflexible television host. >>> plus our s two-partday sitdown with jerry seinfeld on sae 30th anniv of the birth of s"seinfeld." t almost died before it saw the light of day. >> do you think about what your life would have been like? >> it wouldn't have been as good. >> it's coming up on "sunday today.

chuck? >> severe thunderstorms are possible and flash flood watch has been issued. storm team 4 weather alert day and we will talk about the mipacts and ti >>> hot, humid, chance of thunderstorms. e thunder may not be too far behind. get ready, everyone. good morning to you. >> good morning. i'm aaron gilchrist. we are monitoring a major weather event in the gulf of mexico after serious flooding in new orleans yesterday. that city and millions of people in louisiana and texas are keeping an eye onanother major storm that could become a hurricane. we will a lot more on that in a bit. right now we want to check on or our localast and your commute. >> wtop jack taylor is in for melissa mollet this morning but let's get to the storm team 4 h forecast wit meteorologist chuck bell. >> it is thick outside. humidity has really increased overnight. that will be the fuel ftr rtainly get a sense rnoon. can e how humid is outside based on our tower camera this morning. a weather alert today. strong to severe thunderstorms up could produce wind gusts near 60 miles per hour. beca