. >>> david culver at the live desk. perhaps you're waking up and didn't get to see the end of the coke zero 400. it ended less than two hours ago with a horrific crash. what you're looking at is austin dillon's car number 3, it flips right there. look at that goes right into the catch fence and lands on its roof. ripped out a large section of the barrier. three fans were treated on scene for just minor injuries. even more incredible none of the drivers involve in this were hurt. he raises up his hands to the crowd after getting out. he was treated for a bruised tailbone we're told and dale earnhardt, jr. he avoided four wrecks in the night after a 3 1/2 hour rain delay. earnhardt jr. won that race. pretty incredible. >> thank you. >>> it's now 4:36. developing right now, we know a lot of you will be watching your 401(k)s after a vote on the greece debt crisis that can send shock waves. investors are alarmed but cautious now that the greek citizens have rejected a strict bailout plan. european leaders will scramble to a

. >>> david culver here at the live desk. we told you about team usa's win, an exciting night last night. several tweets have been pouring in. namely for coach jill ellis. she went to robinson high school in fairfax. she went to the college of william & mary. some of the tweet, congratulations, coach jill #ram pride. also #try pride for her william & mary connection. she went on to coach at the university of virginia, coaching there. a lot of folks showing their support for the coach. eun? >> awesome. thanks, david. >>> a race that went well into the morning comes to a frightening end after this chain reaction crash sends a car tearing into the fence. what we're learning about the conditions of fans who were hurt by flying debris. >>> an umbrella will be your friend today, scattered showers make their way through the area this morning and more set to follow. when you will see rain where you live with your weather and traffic on the 1s at 6:11. >>> and developing news out west where firefighters are finding mixed luck as they

it's there that we find news4's david culver with more. >> reporter: eun, good morning to you.de the roughly four who are drive overnight. this is where the press conference is going to be held in a few hours to give us some of the new information in this case. the case that rocked much of the d.c. area community back in 1975. really terrifying families and yesterday, montgomery county police telling us it was a young detective in the cold case unit that connected an old mug shot of welch with a witness sketch. police named a person of interest last year while in prison with for another crime. an inmate on his cell block said welch told him about burying a family on property in virginia. search warrants give us new details about the taylor mountain. in december, investigators interviewed a man who said he met welch in 1975, helped him get two red-stained army style duffel bags out of the trunk of a car. they were thrown on a fire and smelled like death. according to that search warrant. now, here's what we expect coming up on this press conference we're supposed to get new deta

no specific group claimed responsibility for the attack. >> welcome to news 4 today, i'm david culver i'm kristin wright.

in bedford, i'm david culver, news 4. >>> in less than an hour vice-president, joe biden, is heading to the hill to try to build census around the iran nuclear deal. he is meeting with skeptical senators from his own party. yesterday, he spoke with house democrats. president obama staunchly defending the deal and saying it is the best way to prevent iran from developing a nuclear bomb. congress has a 60-day window to look the at the agreement. >> right now, we are watching things on the red line. they do seem to be getting back to normal. this after a tough rush-hour. a piece of equipment pulling into the grosvenor station to make some repairs. single tracking between grosvenor and twin brook creating a lot of frustration as a result of problems from yesterday when foam spilled on the track. on top of that power issues in some of the stations. passengers complaining of dark hot trains, no air-conditioning and lots of crowds. people saying the trains are packed. massive gaps in between trains. another 35 minutes and counting. again, things appear to be getting back to normal right now

i'm david culver. coming up, i will show you how the school is planning to help other students grieve. >>> what people who live in this hyattsville apartment building experienced they say was worse than a fire. i'm tracee wilkins. coming up on news4 an >>> this guy is a thief, a serial thief. >> and over and over again, he has hit office buildings and stolen computers. pat collins tells us now that this guy often hides in plain sight. pat? >> reporter: wendy, he strikes just as the office opens or right before it closes. he goes in, picks up a laptop here, a laptop there and he is gone in a flash. police describe this man as a serial computer thief. they say he goes into offices in arlington and rips off laptops. they say he has done it about 20 times in the last 14 months. >> nobody wants to work for their money anymore. that's the hard part about it. so -- >> what do you do to protect your laptop? >> i take it home with me every day. >> reporter: this guy is not bashful. one of the buildings he targe

we begin with northern virginia bureau reporter david culver live in manassas with that angle. david? >> reporter: and erika for folks just with us in the past ten minutes or so you saw what we saw here along 234. prince william county parkway. that was the beginning of what will be the dignified transfer of those four fallen marines. i want to play you a little bit of video of that caravan passing by. [ sirens ] four suvs surrounded by virginia state police as well as prince william county police helping along with this escort. now, they are coming into northern virginia, where we are told they will be making a stop. for security reasons, we have been not to reveal exactly where they will be stopping but we can tell you from here, they will be flown to do every air force base and there the honorable transfer will begin, returning the remains of those four fallen marines ultimately to their loved ones. erika, chris back to you. david culver, thanks so very much. >>> the accused gunman is described as "passive and normal" by those who knew him. he was arrested in april on a dui c

. >> i'm david culver. welcome to news 4 today. >> we are hoping for nice weather. >> yeah. >> you know it's tricky today, though. >> we'll check in with that. we have amelia segal in for chuck bell. what are we thinking as far as showers are concerned? >> it is not a picture perfect weather day by any means. tracking showers on storm team 4 radar. we have had rain move into the area and it's going to continue for the morning hours. here is the latest now. the rain favoring parts of northern virginia back into western maryland and the panhandle of western virginia. rain moving through montgomery county fauquier frederick and howard county. scattered showers for the morning hours. as we get into the afternoon hours, scattered showers and thunderstorms possible. you want the umbrella handy today. you have outdoor cookouts. be ready to move indoors. here is the morning planner, 73 degrees, spotty showers. 8:00 a.m. 10:00 a.m. temperatures warm into the mid-70s by noon. limited sunshine is possible at that poin

. >> welcome to news 4 today, i'm david culver. >> i'm kristin wright. rain is coming our way this morning. >> that's right. >> storm team 4s meteorologist chuck bell has his eye on the radar. >> a beautiful way to get the weekend starts, right? clouds and rain? are you kidding me on a saturday morning? the good news is, later on today, this is a thing of the past. the first half promises to be filled with clouds and rain drops raining everywhere around the immediate metro area with the exception of prince george's county. from columbia to gaithersburg to leesburg and manassas, it's trending east/southeastward. it will continue to rain in the metro the next several hours. temperatures in the low 70s right now. morning rainshowers turning into sunshine by saturday afternoon. it might be 1:00, 2:00 3:00 before we see improvement. tomorrow looking better. sunshine and temperatures near 90. >> thanks. >>> a summer camp counselor accused with sexually abusing a minor. the young accuser is a student at the holton summer camp. the concerns parents spoke with us

i'm kristen wright. >> and i'm david culver.amp fourth of july, looks like we may be drying things out. >> a me i can't see a me i can't see a meal whyi can't . >>> for most of us it will be a dry sunday. the fog has lifted from earlier this morning. temperatures continue to warm up nicely. for the most part now, we're in the low to mid-70s. 75 in washington. 68 still in culpeper. 74 down in fredericksburg. your midday planner for today, rather nice out there. whatever your outdoor plans are for most of us the weather cooperating. maybe you put off your barbecue for today. you picked a better day to do that. 1:00 p.m., 83. 3:00, maybe an isolated shower. otherwise a temperature of 85. david, i'll have more on the shower

our bureau reporter david culver, live in the williamsburg neighborhood of arlington to explain what's going on. david? >> reporter: wendy i have spoken to a lot of the parents in this neighborhood and yeah, they are excited thinking that their kids will have a brand-new school to go to. behind me, you can see the site of that school, discovery elementary. but look in front of it, you can see there is a lot of work to be done. you have got scaffolding, you have got piles of gravel still a lot of work and the parents they are worried, will this open on time? from across the street, young addison dana has seen the progress. >> like a big pile of dirt. >> reporter: now taking shape to be where he will spend fourth grade this coming school year. a lot to look forward to. >> seeing my teachers and friends. >> reporter: all in a brand-new school, or so he hopes. >> i'm really excited. >> i'm thrilled. i'm thrilled about the new school. i'm thrilled about our new commute. >> reporter: just a few hundred steps from the danas front door, arlington county's newest school discovery elementary. th

bureau repavid culver is live with more on this project. david? >> reporter: less than six weeks until schools here are slated to start and that is when discovery elementary school which you see behind me is expected to open. you look behind merck not exactly a finished product. it's for that reason that neighbors in this community here are going to have some noisy weekend wakeup calls starting it may be tough for you to hear us so we will just wait for a break in the noise. those are the sounds that will greet the neighbors beginning at 7 a.m. on weekends and holidays, at least until this project is done. >> i'm thrilled. i'm thrilled about the new school. i'm thrilled about our new commute. >> reporter: mother of three, caroline dana, lives across the street from what is taking shape to become discovery elementary school, says it has not been too noisy. >> not been too bad, been pretty good with obeying all the ordinances. >> reporter: the hammering and sawing worth it assuming it means her son, addison will get to start fourth grade at the new

area on news 4 at 5:00. >> thanks vj. >>> want to jump in here with breaking news, get back to david culverive in manassas, that convoy carrying the bodies of four mar convenience passing by. david? >> reporter: chris we knee convoy has taken the exit off 66 to 234 prince william county parkway, the con voice, if we can show you the chopper shot right now, chopper 4 above it as it's making its way here into prince william county. you will see four black suvs surrounded by state troopers. we are also told some local police have joined in on this escort. the four marines being transferred ultimately to dover air force base. we can actually see them coming up now here on 234. again this is the -- part of the dignified transfer ultimately to dover air force base where they will then be returned to their loved ones in their respective home towns. so as we stand by here on 234, you will look for the convoy, as it is making its way here. we are told it will ultimately stop before getting to do every air force base it will stop here in northern virginia and it will be moved on to an aircraft, the r

we're back in a couple of minutes. >>> david culver at the live desk.dly attacks in nigeria. 44 people were killed, 67 others were injured. police blame boko haram. on sunday two bombs went off. one went off in the crowded mosque. this was during a ramadan prayer ironically for peaceful coexistence with other religions. the other was in a popular restaurant. boko haram has been blamed for more than 200 deaths in nigeria. >> thank you david. >>> a baltimore mother faces two charges of child neglect. sandra mcclary is accused of leaving her little girl alone on the fourth of july and pastor showell found the little baby. >> she was sitting there quietly at first and when she saw other people around, she started crying. we said, wow, i don't know who would have done something like that. >> anne arundel police say crews took her to the hospital to be checked out and she was released to child protective services. >>> 5:46. today in alexandria police are asking for the community to come together and they want to talk about your safety. someone killed shakkan

northern virginia bureau reporter david culver continues our coverage from there. >> reporter: doreen, just a somber evening here from prince william county. chris just showed you the face of a few of the marines who are fallen and now i can tell you &qq!ey have taken off here from manassas airport, they are headed to do every. let me show you the route to bring them here. the somber journey started in chattanooga, tennessee, crossed over the border in southwest virginia. several hours on the interstate up 81 made their way on to 66 and here to manassas. i want to play you a little bit of that procession route 234 prince william parkway. take a listen. a woman pulled up the side of the road, pulled something out of her car i watched her unravel it american flag and decided on her own to walk up and to watch as that process was under watch she said that they are our fallen brothers our fallen marines and she just had to be out here to watch that. a short time after that they did take off from manassas regional airport, two black hemlicopters headed to dover air force base, as the digni

in haymarket, david culver, news4. >>> some people are calling it a subprime day for amazon.a has been buzzing with disappointment over amazon's prime day. the company promised big deals all day long to celebrate its 20th birthday there have been some bar gain such as a 32-inch tv for $75. in the meantime, walmart is taking a shot at amazon by launching its own online sale today. that retail giant had criticized amazon for only offering deals to prime members who pay $99 a year for free two-day shipping. >>> next up a disclaimer from the smithsonian about their bill cosby art exhibit. how the controversy is impacting attendance. >>> nine years in the making. and now, we can see incredible new pictures of pluto just coming into nasa. >>> but first, here's veronica. >> almost over, tracking the last of the showers moving through our area. next up, a couple of thunderstorm days and a real hot stretch, tell you how stormy it's looking when news4 at 6:00 returns. ♪ southwest is having a sale because when there's a reunion every cent should go to a killer dress. ♪"never gonna get i

in falls church david culver news4. >> and they are not new to this. after today, gracing spaces will have furnished 146 homes in northern virginia this year alone. you can learn a lot more about their efforts and watch david's past reports on the muhanyi family by searching gracing spaces on the nbc washington app. >>> well police are looking for a thief who has been leaving a digital trail of selfies behind. this is the guy they are looking for. he is accused of stealing a woman's cell phone in the hollywood area of st. mary's county and he has been taking a lot of photos of himself that are sent to the woman's icloud account. if he looks familiar, call the police. one good thing about that rain coming in early it's going to really lesson the chance of any fires breaking out with all those fireworks coming later in the night. >> this is it true. and what we are going to find up with the high humidity in the air that smell from the fireworks, it's going to lingary little bit. >> yes. >> held up by the -- >> exactly. sunday morning, we are looking at a

northern virginia bureau reporter david culver joins us live from battlefield high school in haymarket. what's going on out there? >> reporter: pat, the doors just opened a few minutes ago and it's already filling up inside. you will notice a few people wearing red. those are the residents who are frustrateded with dominion virginia power's machines. if we look over here you can even see some folks using their canines to voice their message stop dominion power towers also going to social media at this hour using the #fight the powerline. three hours on the road each day to and from d.c. this is what jim napoli comes down to. >> i love to be able to come back, sit on my porch or on my patio and just be surrounded by nature. >> reporter: from his family's gainesville home back deck it is a view of peace quiet nature. >> my camp david, if you will. >> reporter: but it's threatened jim tells me go from tree lined to high voltage power lined. dominion have power considering five different routes, three of them threaten the wetlands that border nearly 1,000 homes on the haymarket haymarket/g

northern virginia bureau reporter david culver explains how his car was stolen by a fake valet 3yvány i show you something else real quick? >> sure. >> reporter: ten years after a blood clot took his left leg, louis wolf is proud of what he now walks on, his prosthetic, a tribute to his favorite team. >> i'm a basketball fan. this is the washington nationals. see. >> reporter: today, his pride end there is. >> disappointed in myself for not realizing but i'm also sad because that car my late wife and i bought new. >> reporter: as an an putty louis avoids parking too far from where he needs to go. on wednesday, add lunchtime meeting at this courtyard marriott in crystal city. couldn't find any nearby parking, but he did notice a man standing by the front door. >> i said, are you valet parking person? he said, yes. i said, well, how much is it? he said $15. >> reporter: the gay told louis he could pay later. louis tipped him $5 happened over his keys and a couple hours later, louis walked out. >> i don't see him anywhere. i don't see my car. and it all comes clear to me real quick. >>

. >> i'm david culver welcome to news 4 on this saturday. prepare yourself. it is going to be a hot one. get bottles of

our david culver is in bedford county, virginia where investigators think the girls were taken and word about others possibly involved in the case. >> reporter: with the face of the young victims hanging next to them, a new phase announced in the 40-year-old mistystery of the leeyons sisters. authorities from bedford county virginia and montgomery county maryland, pressing forward with the prosecution of lloyd welch jr. >> that the purpose of this abduction and ultimate murder of the lyons sisters was for a sexually -- for sexual exploitation purposes. >> reporter: scope winding tonight. police naming another person they believe may have sexually assaulted katherine and shelia lyon, the suspect's uncle richard welch, stopping short of calling him a suspect. >> richard welch remains person of interest in this case, as do other people. and i underline other people. >> reporter: despite their progress, police say some are creating roadblocks in their investigations. >> it's frustrating. it's disconcerting. it's upsetting to know that there's people that know and wouldn't do anything. paren

. >> i'm david culver. welcome to news 4 today. >> we are hoping for nice weather. >> yeah. >> you know it's tricky today, though. >> we'll check in with that. we have amelia segal in for chuck bell. what are we thinking as far as showers are concerned? >> it is not a pic

. >> as news4's david culver reports now, diplomacy is one thing but learning from the lessons of theast is quite another. >> reporter: shouting yes to cuba but no to castro, it is not a happy day. >> i just believe they are likely unaware and ignorant of the situation in cuba and how ordinary civilians suffer. >> reporter: an equally large mass of supporters playing castro and president obama for re-establishing relations a divide more than a half century old not easily mended. >> i feel like part of my childhood was taken from me. >> reporter: inside her fairfax home, mercedes diaz dash recalls life in cuba right after the revolution. >> i remember the defense coming to our home and checking, doing random checks in the middle of the night. >> reporter: she and her sister sent to the u.s. in 1962 without their mom and dad. they lived with foster parents for three pain-filled years. we don't forget. it's impossible to forget. >> reporter: she is eager to move on. >> i do distrust the castro regime? of course. but we need to take a chance. i mean it's been half a century. >> reporter:

northern virginia bureau reporter david culver was there today as the couple and their 11 kids walkedn to their new space. >> you have all your stuff ready? >> reporter: a parade of suitcases lining up in front of the basement steps. the 11 kids ready for this move. >> come on, man. let's go. >> reporter: for most of the past month, they have called the carlins' house home. this local marine family barely know the mohani is. through church when they heard about a fire gutting much of their home, curtis and mitzi told their four kids, make some room. >> to be honest i thought it was something my parents would do right off the bat anyway because that is the people they are. >> reporter: those warmly welcomed houseguests now leaving. they won't be moving back to their fairfax house. the damage just too much. but after a few weeks living with the carlins they now have a new place to call home. and when we walked into their new home, we found mitzi tidying up the place. >> once the mohanis got the word the house was approved they said, okay, let's get all the cleaning materials and get the

our northern virginia bureau reporter, david culver, gives us a taste of the icing on the cake for this family that was helped by the generosity of news4 viewers and local community church. >> reporter: a dimly lit basement but full of life. >> the double going to this fam loiter herndon family? >> reporter: more than two vozdozen volunteers. >> is that too heavy honey? >> reporter: young and not too young. >> the problem is we look like us and have to carry things up three plays of stairs. >> reporter: they started 11 years ago, using donated furniture clothes and kitchen goods stored in 20,000 square feet underneath the lord of life lutheran church. they fill the homes of those without. >> good morning. >> good morning. >> how are you? good to see you again. >> reporter: we first introduced you to him his wife and 11 kids three weeks ago, a fire took their fairfax home left them with little. the car lips opened their home to 13 houseguests. just this week, the muhanyis found a new place to rent, their own space, but no furniture. ruth and kathy saw our report. what is it about the muh

. >> and i'm david culver. after a damp fourth of july, looks like we may be drying things out. >> a me i can't see a me i can't see a meal whyi can't . >>> for most of us it will be a dry sunday. the fog has lifted from earlier this morning. temperatures continue to warm up nicely. for the most part now, we're in the low to mid-70s. 75 in washington. 68 still in culpeper. 74 down in fredericksburg. your midday planner for today, rather nice out there. whatever your outdoor plans are for most of us the weather cooperating. maybe you put off your barbecue for today. you picked a better day to do that. 1:00 p.m., 83. 3:00, maybe an isolated shower. otherwise a temperature of 85. david, i'll have more on the shower and storm chances in about a15 minutes. >>> we're staying on top of the developing story in anne arundel county, police trying to identify a baby found on the side of the road in pasadena. darcy spencer is live where police got the call. >> reporter: good morning. a little bit of good news. i just talke

. >> i'm david culver. as soon as you walk outside you feel that wall of humidity hit you this morning. >> it hugs you actually. >> that's a nice way to put it. >> not a good hug though. we want to check in with amelia segal. she has more on this weather alert day and amelia, you're telling us this could be the hottest day of the year so far. >> yeah exactly angie. the forecast high today at reagan national 98 degrees. when you combine the heat and humidity this afternoon, temperatures are feeling like they're around 100 degrees because of the extreme heat and humidity. the weather service with a weather heat advisory. this will run through 8:00 p.m. this evening. the current heat index in the 70s and 80s. already feeling like it's 82 degrees in washington. feeling about 72 in frederick. so here's your feels like temperature at 9:00 a.m. already feeling like it's in the upper 80s. if you want to go for a run do it now. by noon, feeling like it's 100 degrees. 102 in washington. coming up, i'm showing you wha

i'm david culver. also in some spots a little bit cooler. comfortable, though. amelia segal is in the storm team 4 "weather center." you think for some folks maybe a light jacket? >> yeah, in the most rural areas, temperatures in the low 60s this morning. so if you get a chill easily, you want to grab a jacket if you're heading out early this morning. a lot of the area is under a dense fog advisory until 10:00 a.m. all the counties in gray this will include fairfax, prince william, talkfauquier, loudoun. visibility in spots under a quarter of a mile this morning. so if you are out driving during these morning hour you want to be cautious and aware of that. fog burns off by about9:00 10:00. current visibilities heavy fog in culpeper leesburg, gaithersburg and frederick as well as martinsburg and hagerstown, petersburg this morning. as far as temperatures are concerned, we're in the 60s right now for most of us washington around 70 degrees. here's what you can expect throughout the morning hours. by 9:00 a.m., we're in the mid-70s. once we hit noon, we break into

. >> i'm david culver. it is a weather alert day. for that let's start off in the storm team 4 weather center with tom kierein. >> yeah, this comes in the wake of yesterday, our hottest day of the year so far. got up to 98 at reagan national. felt like 105 yesterday afternoon. look at the haze and the air. that's a live view from the tower camera a lot of humidity hanging over washington now. partly to mostly cloudy sky now. but we'll be in the low 80s. mid 80s by 8:00 a.m. then by 10:00, the upper 80s. temperatures soaring into the afternoon. into the mid 90s. we have a big area under a heat advisory that includes washington. nearby suburbs in montgomery fairfax, southern fauquier and all these counties farther south and east. heat advisory, noon until 8:00 p.m. and now, let's check on the monday commute. we have a road closure in montgomery county. >> road closure, this one in rockville. this started sunday, going to last until this coming saturday. randolph road closed between nebel street and parklawn. that because of csx track m

. >> i'm david culver.of humidity hit you this morning. >> it hugs you actually. >> that's a nice way to put it. >> not a good hug though. we want to check in with amelia segal. she has more on this weather alert day and amelia, you're

with that, we welcome you back to news 4 today i'm david culver. >> good morning to you, i'm kristint. happy fourth. >> it is, yes indeed. it's a little dreary and braining at the park. amelia segal is tracking the forecast. first pitch is around 11:00. what are you thinking for the game? >> the rain we are tracking in the metro area is going to move out by the first pitch. plenty of clouds at the park. the temperature at the first pitch around 75 degrees. as we get into the seventh inning stretch, still mainly dry, but it will be damp. temperatures in the upper 70s. as it has game is wrapping up a shower is possible. i think they will get the game in with the temperature around 80 at that point. here is the latest on storm team 4 radar. this is the batch of rain i'm talking about. this will bring the wettest conditions we are dealing with today. looking to the west, this broken line of showers is going to keep the threat of some hit and miss showers, maybe a thunder shower in the forecast until the mid afternoon hours. timing for you that broken line at about 1:00 leesburg 1:30, was

. >> i'm david culver welcome to news 4 on this saturday. prepare yourself. it is going to be a hot one. get bottles of water ready. start of a heat wave. >> it is going to be a sweat fest. tomorrow is so hot it will be a weather alert day. amelia segal is in for chuck. >> it's a mild and muggy start. the temperature 77 degrees. i'm going to show you the dew point temperature. it talks about the humidity. when it's above 65, it is humid. when it's at 70, it is down right muggy outside, we will see dew points at 73 or 74 degrees. when you factor in the heat with the humidity, highs in the low to mid-90s. by 11:00 a.m., it feels like temperatures are around 90. feeling like 100 in leesburg. 97 in winchester. 3:00, feeling like 103 degrees in washington and fredericksburg. then at 7:00, still hot. feeling like 95 degrees. now angie the heat index will be higher tomorrow. i'll have more on why tomorrow will be a weather alert day coming up in ten minutes. >> we'll get ready for it thanks. >>> a developing story, one man dead and two others in the hospital after a

i'm david culver. >> i'm angie goff. >> what are you thinking, chuck? you are wondering when the humidity is coming back, i have one word for you, august. when you see august on the nearby calendar days it's going to be sticky around here. for now enjoy it while you can everybody. it's a pleasant morning to be outside. the high level clouds out there this morning. no weather problems whatsoever. 62 in calvert county maryland. low 70s in town and bayside. there's the sky cast 4, what the sky is going to look like. plenty of blue. temperatures in the mid-80s by lunchtime. around 90 to 92 degrees for the highs. plan on it being hot. not terribly humidity, yet. a rain chance as well. we'll detail that coming up. >> thank you chuck. >>> police looking into a shooting in alexandria. it happened outside the fields of oldtown apartment complex on north quaker lane. it's not far from tc williams high school. the victim is expected to be okay. >>> several men with guns are guarding military recruiting centers. they are standing outside centers in spotsylvania cou

. >> i'm david culver. it was a beautiful day yesterday. it's going to continue today. the beautiful weather, that is. what are thinking chuck? >> today will be one of the outdoor days for sure. find your hammock and plan on taking a nap in the shade in the afternoon heating. otherwise, you have nothing to worry about for today. there will be a chance for a few showers for some. let me show you where those are on radar. outside here, first thing this morning from national harbor, bright sunshine over prince george's county and the district and all of the immediate metropolitan area. the overall weather impact will be nice and low. sunshine, yes, humidity, not too much on the summer scale. but here's where our little chance for rain comes in. cluster of thunderstorms out here near cincinnati now. most of that is going down to our southeast, but that does leave a little chance for some showers in the shenandoah valley and the mountains of west virginia later on today. not much of a rain threat in the metro area so your sunday will be dry. temperatures in the 60s and near

. >> i'm david culver. amelia is braving the heat and humidity.he's on the storm team 4 weather deck. how does it feel out there? >> it feels lovely. it feel as little bit humid i have to be honest guys, after being inside all morning. it's so cold in studios. it is kind of refreshing out here. it's still bearable and our storm team 4 weather deck is in the shade. temperature in washington already up to 83 degrees when you factor in the humidity though. it's feeling like 92. and looking at all the heat index temperatures, feeling about 97 in leesburg. 96 in frederick and 92 degrees in washington. here's your hour by hour planner on into the afternoon hours. by noon feeling about 90 degrees. by 3:00, feeling about 95 to 98. today guys likely the warmest day so far this year. it's not just extreme heat we're dealing with today. that's why today is a weather alert day. but overnight tonight it's muggy. coming up in 15 minutes i'm going to let you know how cool it's going to get in your neighborhood and it's not going to be very cool at all. pretty un

. >> reporter: in fairfax, david culver, news4. >> to learn more about the community's fund raising efforts or to make a go nation, go to our website and search fire family. >> wonderful story. good people. >>> support still coming in tonight for maryland's governor, larry hogan. hogan posed for this picture today with his wife and daughter on his fifth day of chemotherapy as he fights non-hodgkin's lymphoma. hogan says he is doing great and getting a lot of work done. he is being treated at the university of maryland medical center in baltimore. he expects to leave the hospital some time tonight. >>> new debate over speed cameras. why one maryland county is getting compliments for handing out more tickets than d.c. >> showers moving through the area. how long will these last and what about that rain that we have got on tap for the end of the workweek? i will give you all the details, >>> traffic in virginia might be better by this time next week. the virginia department of transportation plans to open a shoulder lane to rush hour traffic. you can see the area we are talking about there is

. >>> david culver here in arlington county.e just spoke to a guy named louis wolf, louis lives in d.c. he had a business meeting here in crystal city at this courtyard marriott yesterday. so he drove on in. but you see, louis has a prosthetic leg so he didn't want to park too far. you notice a gay standing at the front entrance? he thought he was a valet. so louis handed over his keys. and well, he hasn't seen his car since. coming up on news4 at 6:00, i'm going to introduce to you louis and you're going to hear what it was that that guy said to him that was just so convincing. >> thanks, david. looking forward to that one. >>> a man in philadelphia fell onto the rail tracks and tonight, he is recovering from his injuries. surveillance video shows him stumbling across the platform and falling. witnesses called for help and then helped the man get off the tracks, but right now, police respect sure why he fell. >>> nascar is not ordering spectators to do anything but they are asking their fans not to show the confederate flag at

. >> our northern virginia bureau reporter david culver is live in arlington with a closer look at howthis scam works. david? >> reporter: for dr. phillip general tricks power, electricity isn't an option. without it this arlington dentist simply can't work. >> if we lose power, we are done. you know, we got the chairs full, we got suction going. we got our lights on. >> reporter: it is folks like dr. gentry and thousands of other small business owners across our area who the scammers are targeting. it starts with a phone call. caller i.d. seems legitimate. dominion virginia power. >> what makes this scam so alarming is the sophisticated level of the people that are doing the scam. >> reporter: chuck penn of dominion virginia power reached out to us hoping to alert would-be victims, says the call seems authentic and the timing precise. >> the busiest time of the day and they try to use a sense of urgency into manipulating them into purchasing a prepaid card. >> reporter: if they don't, the caller says dominion virginia power will immediately cut the cord. >> we are pulling out all stop

i'm david culver. >> i'm angie goff. yes, we are in for another uncomfortable day.et's get straight to tom kierein who has more on the highs you're going to experience where you live. >> yeah we have stifling humidity in order to the torrid temperatures. when you walk outside it's like walking into a wall of wet cotton. gak, it's horrible. our temperatures in the upper 70s now, low 80s in washington. right near 80s in the chesapeake bay. shenandoah mountains in the 70s. out of the mountains some of the higher elevations in the 60s by now. but later this afternoon highs reaching low 90s. north and west of the metro area, thundershowers and around the bay it will be generally in the mid 90s to low 90s with a lot of humidity. only a small chance of an isolated thundershower later this afternoon. next weather and traffic on the 1s, your drive time forecast. speaking of driving, melissa, how are we doing this morning? >> okay on the roads, not so hot on the rails right now. we are already single-tracking on the red light between shady grove and twinbrook because of late-

as news4's david culver shows us a lot of cause for celebration in this area. >> many of you showingove to the local ladies of team usa. let's check out some of your tweets start with ali krieger, went to forest park high school in woodbridge. taylor here tweeting out ali krieger representing nova, then head coach jill ellis actually grew up in fairfax, went to robinson secondary school, where the rams play. ram athletics tweeting out, congrats, head soccer coach, jill he willicious the ram pride hashtag continues here we haven who says home of the champions has never been more true. now, from robinson, ellis actually went on to the college of william and mary, my alma matter. tribe athletics tweeting a photo of a young jill, see her there, she played soccer at william and mary next to jill today the world cup champ. the hashtag, one tribe one family, go tribe. back to you. >> all right, thanks. and congrats to the team as well. >>> holiday tragedy a teenager from northern virginia is dead and we are getting some new information on how it happened. >>> an alert if you own a dog. ♪ ♪