derrick ward is tracking the traffic impacts. how is it looking? >> reporter: route 66 now just east of leesburg pike, we're starting to run into a backup here. of course this is one of the usual backups that you will see on 66. we're nearing the metro station. this one looks like it lasts pretty well into i'd say, oh, maybe a couple miles or or so. but this is what you expect on route 66 at this hour in the morning. nothing untoward yet and i think time will bear out whether more people take to the roads. derrick ward, news 4. >>> to accommodate the extra traffic because of metro safetrack program, ddot is implementing parking restrictions. they will extend morning and evening rush hours by 30 minutes monday through friday on certain busy corridors. that means there will be emergency signs are posted letting you know when you can and cannot park in any particular place. >>> metro officials urging commute commuters to use bus as much as possible. both metrobus and fairfax connector will add rush hour trips in areas affected by metro safetrack progr

live in eastern market, derrick ward, news 4. >> derrick, thanks. slowing down the rails. blue line trains only operating between franconia-springfield and arlington cemetery and pentagon. no rail or bus service between arlington cemetery and rosslyn. the red, yellow and green line trains expected to run on regular skeld eulls. for those on the roads, this could slow you down. emergency road repairs on the inner loop of the beltway in prince george's counties next week. because of what you see right there. chopper 4 above the pothole they're going to fix. it's on a bridge deck near lanham. during the repairs, three of the four lanes will be closed. crews will minimize the impact by working only overnight between 9:00 in the evening and 5:00 in the morning. >>> now to a scary story developing out of colorado where sheriff's deputies say a boy was attacked by a mountain lion. attacked. this happened in pit kin county, colorado near aspen. the boy had been playing with his brother outside when the mountain lion jumped on him. the boy ended up hurting his head as well as his n

live in the northeast, derrick ward, back to you. >> thank so much, derrick. >>> muhammad ali battled parkinson's disease for a long time. more than three decades. it's a chronic, progressive condition with symptoms worsening over time. tremors, rigid muscles, slow movements and changing in writing and speech. which we saw with muhammad ali. the disease on its own is now fatal, but complications from advanced parkinson's lead to death. a million people in the u.s. suffer from the disease, and there is no cure. >>> it is finally here. today, the first phase of metro's safe track program gets underway as we have been telling you, safe track is that major maintenance overhaul where crews usedxtra time on weekends to inspect and work on the tracks. show you what those ride the rails can expect. 13 straight days of single tracking on the orange and silver lines between boylston and east falls church station. also notice reduced service on the orange and silver lines and t there's going to be a severe impact west of boylston, trains running every 18 minutes on those lines through june 16th.

derrick? >> reporter: indeed, it was about a week ago when one of these incidents happened here. and there are enough similarities familiar to the three incidents that happened before that police are stepping up their patrols. the very first incident happened on april 7th including the 5200 block of eighth road south. 12 days later you hit another one on the 5200 block of 30th street north. now what are the similarities? the children who were approached in both of these cases tried to get them to go with him. they we one was on april 23 and one that happened a week ago on april 25th in the 2500 block of north stafford. again, the children were walking along when someone tried to get them to go with them. in one of the incidents, the suspect was seen driving away in a dark colored sedan. but the similarities are enough that police are stepping up patrols and want folks to be on aware this is happening. there's no definitive link among the cases but many similarities that they want to be safe ra

derrick ward, news 4. >>> good morning. coming up on 6:01. as nice as summer can be outside there this morning and for later on today. on the whole a dry pattern is in place. it will be mostly dry for most of the next 5 to 7 days. there is the chance for a rain drop and our first 90 degree day this weekend, but now nothing to worry. 53 in washington now. 48 in baltimore. d maryland. northwest winds today. so chilly forup, juu june. 55 at 7:00. 73 tonight at 7:00. beach forecast coming up along with travel weather. speaking of travel, let's go over to wtop, our traffic partner. >>> 91 north up about into wood br bridge, septembaccident on the shoulder causing a slowdown. also very slow traffic in manassas, chopper 4 is headed to the scene northbound 28 after main ra maplewood drive. southbound we believe is good. but northbound, we don't need anything else going wrong. so be aware north 28 blocked after maplewood drive. >>> right is their best shot at finding a person of interest in a quadruple shooting. it happened right outside of big ben li

derrick ward for news4. back to you. >>> good morning, everybody. coming up on 6:01 now on your wednesday. hold on to your hat, it's going to be a breezy afternoon. northwest winds 15 to 25 miles per hour or higher. but you can open up the windows. the humidity is gone and temperatures are running well below average. so thank you canada. love some canadian air in the summertime. temperatures this morning 5 to 15 degrees cooler than this same time yesterday. we are at 56 now in fredericksburg. 59 in leesburg. 60 in falls church. here's the next 24 hours, the rain chance is generally 20% to 30% or less. most of you won't see a rain drop today. 61 at 7:00 a.m. this morning. 70 is dry at 7:00 tonight. and cooler tomorrow morning, mid-50s downtown. 40s in the shenandoah valley tomorrow morning. we'll look at the seven-day forecast coming up in ten traffic partner wtop. >>> good morning. we had a problem earlier this morning but not sure it is there. literally, the phones went quiet. 29 at lee highway. no traffic was moving on 29 earlier at all. so i'm no

derrick was a good sport, tweeting -- oh, why am i crying?rs, adding when a man cries in argentina, a unicorn is born, #ididitforjoejoe. >> no cutting back and forth between derrick crying and the song was one of the best moments ever. in "bachelorette" history. the "evita" moment to snapchat our own musical m medley. ♪ >>> talk about stirring performances, people are buzzing about beyonce's amazing opening number at the b.e.t. awards. >> i filled up my bathtub at home and stomped my way through it. beyonce was getting heat because she left the show before she pick upped her awands, her mother picked up her awards, now miss tina is coming to her daughter's defense. >> are you going to take the awards and head to london? >> i wish i'm going to take them and keep them forrher. >> that was tina knowles on sunday. she went momma bear on the haters yesterday. she got some flack for saying this -- >> on behalf of my beautiful daughter, who is on a planee she had to rrn straight from the ssage, and get on a plane and fly to london for a concert. >>

live in new carrollton, derrick ward, news4. for a complete list of shuttle bus times and stops, check the nbc washington app. just search safetrack. >> at the live desk video in of a homicide investigation going on in northeast d.c. police say someone shot and killed a man right here in the 1600 block of montello avenue. it happened overnight. fatally shot. as of now details very limited. we've been making calls all morning long. we know no arrests have been made. stay with news4 as we work to get more information on this developing story out of northeast. eun? >> it's 6:35. today the trial is set to begin in a wrongful death lawsuit involving a frostburg state university football player. the 22-year-old collapsed in training camp in 2011 and died six days later from a concussion. the lawsuit accuses the school of being negligent and letting him participate in practice. it also claims his death was preventible. the lawsuit names the ncaa and frostburg's head coach as defendants. >>> a sleepy driver may be what caused a crash th

live in montgomery county, derrick ward, news 4. >> derrick, thank you. >>> maryland, we tell you, a move over law requiring drivers to shift over a lane when police are on the shoulder, but a news 4 i-team investigation recently revealed state police records show not all drivers are paying attention. at least seven patrol cars or troopers hit on the side of at road since january. >>> 9:01 the time on this saturday. we do want to turn our attention to the weather and welcome you in on this saturday morning. i'm david culver. >> good morning. i'm meagan fitzgerald. a warm and comfortable weekend in store. storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein issing traing how long the sunshine will be sticking around. good morning, tom. >> you said the key word, meagan. comfortable. we've got low humidity moving in on a fresh northeasterly breeze. starting off early on t a lot of clouds. now the cloud cover breaking up, sunshine breaking out. here's a live view from the storm team 4 tower camera overlooking montgomery conti in the foreground. off in the distance on the roho rises horizon, frederick

. >>> we go back to derrick ward now live on the roads for us. >> you're on 66 right now heading into the city. are you seeing traffic there right now? >> reporter: 66 eastbound heading toward route 29. and things look pretty good.

derrick ward has more. derrick? >> reporter: you can see what the surge is all about here. there's going to be adversity for metro employees and that's going to be felt at headquarters. 500 positions, some of them already vacant, they won't be filled and most people will be losing their jobs within the next few months. councilmember and metro board member jack evans says these are tough choices to make. >> most of them are vacant positions but there are some individuals that are involved and it's always very sad when people lose their jobs. it has enormous ramifications. >> reporter: the positions affected are deemed not essential or redundant. there has been issues over safety and efficiency and the ongoing safety program is under ay that the rehab needs to extend beyond the track. >> the cost of metro and the cost of the staff of metro are much higher than other transit systems around the country. >> reporter: there was an issue about metro getting its fiscal house in order. >> it's where we're spending the money and how we're spending it. >> reporter: some 13,000 employe

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derrick, what can you tell us?>> reporter: take a look, this is the scene here at the heritage commons townhouse virginia. detectives are on the scene where a deputy was shot this morning. this is joshua anthony stumford. the original call was for breaking and entering here. when they arrived, the suspect started to shoot at the officer and hit him several times. we don't know the extent of the injuries but we are told they are serious. and they are looking for joshua anthony sumter known to frequent the southern part of safford county. they say he's armed and dangerous and asking anyone who comes in contact with him or know him to get in contact with him. if you do see him, call authorities immediately. still they are piecing together exactly what happened here as we get information on the deputy hit, the extent of his injuries and whatever else we can ascertain from the sce

live at new carrollton, derrick ward, news 4, back to you. >>> thanks, derrick.ront of a church in chicago. police believe the gunman used a high capacity assault rifle based on the number of shell casings. stray bullets pierced home fronts and shattered windows in the busy neighborhood. police believe the attack was gang related, as many as eight people wounded in shootings across the vd evening.friday >>> recent murder shaking the confidence of one southeast washington community. d.c. police say a man shot andu killed stephanie goodloe saturday outside of a home on kentucky avenue. working in the youth ministry division. church members tell us she was taken from the world too soon. >> we're horrified. we're horrified. and we have to, you know, realize that we have to keep going on one day and one step at a time. >> d.c. police arrested and charged a man in goodlow's murder. we are working to find out the mote nif this weekend'sl+psy shooting. >>> police in fairfax county are looking for the man who touched a girl inappropriately at a target in the maryfield tow

derrick ward, news4. >> thank you, derrick. it's our nbc washington flash survey on our facebook page. many of you say you feel about the same. >>> county police have video of the man who shot five people, killing three inside of a district heights home. >>> plus, a sign of the summer. construction season. metal plates on the road. for one couple, it didn't work too held. what you need to know about your safety during your commute. >>> and how much do we love her? she is our home-grown superstar, olympian ka ready for rio. how she's about to make a big splash with man: hey baby, how are you? woman: i have a surprise for you. man: you have a surprise for me? narrator: at dominion, 1 in 5 new hires is a veteran. and when they're away, they miss out on a lot. but they won't miss out on financial support. because we cover any difference between their military pay and their families. why do we do it? because our vets sacrifice enough. "dominion. depend on us for more than energy." ♪ stand by me. bank, he's a robot from one of those

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at the watergate, derrick ward, news4. >> i love it.t a great touch. >>> they are known as the greatest generation and a teacher from virginia is trying to keep their stories alive by bringing history right into the classroom. >>> a middle school in fairfax county is taking history out of the texooks and bringing it into the conversation. northern virginia bureau reporter david culver tells us how. >> these middle schoolers learning to lean in and speak up. >> how did you first hear about this? >> sitting with them at table after table, veterans of world war ii. >> wt they lived it. >> and i had no idea that there were people during that time that were suffering. >> reporter: and fielding questions from curious minds. >> you became a paratrooper? >> yes. >> how did you feel about that? >> it's one thing to be able to read about it, whether it's a textbook or on the internet and it's certainly another thing altogether to talk to the people who made that history. >> reporter: 15 years ago, this history teacher invited one veteran to share

derrick ward, news4, back to you. >>> a decision could happen this week in the trial of baltimore police officer caesar goodson. lawyers will present their closing arguments today. goodson is charged in the death of freddie gray. he was the one driving the transport van in which gray suffered his fatal neck injury. goodson is the only officer out of six to be charged with murder. prosecutors say goodson intentionally gave gray a rough ride. the defense says >>> soon there will be new affordable housing for d.c. residents on new jersey avenue in northwest. later this morning the mayor will be part of a ground breaking ceremony for a community called plaza west. it will provide more than 120 units for families including 50 specifically for grandparents raising their grandchildren. we're working to see how three people are doing after a crash in northeast d.c. look at video we got from the d.c. fire department. the crash happened at 4th and franklin streets before 7:00 last night. you can see crews working to rescue people trapped inside that suv. three people went to the hospital with seri

derrick ward, news 4. back to you. >>> later in the day, arlington county police are conduct an active shooter drill at pentagon city mall, it will begin at 7:00 p.m. inside the mall and last until midnight. during that time, you will see lots of emergency vehicles in the parking lot, but they will not be using their sirens. >>> and information about the victims this friday night's triple murder this district heights as police continue their investigation. darcy spencer spoke to neighbors who are still trying to understand what is happening in their community. >> just so devastating when it happens to someone that you knew was a great guy, that was so close to hit. it hit you in a bad spot. >> reporter: this man grieving the loss of his neighbor, allen rowlett. he kept a meticulous home and worked every day. >> a great humble guy. very down to earth. if he knows you, he'll do all he can for you. >> reporter: rowlett was among the five people shot at this home in orleans avenue in district heights. three di

derrick ward, news4. >>> on friday, new laws take effect in virginia and maryland.re are five new gun laws in the commonwealth. they include background checks at gun shows, recognizing out of state handgun permits, and people convicted of domestic violence gun. in maryland, the minimum wage is going up from 8.25 to 8.75 an hour. >>> good evening. i hope you enjoyed your weekend. really nice weather not just today, but yesterday as well. our high today 86 degrees. more importantly low humid levels. now as we move on into monday, humidity starts to increase and we could be dealing with some late day showers monday as well as tuesday. wednesday and thursday looking really nice. not only are we going to keep it dry, but the humidity levels go back down. something we can't often say here in the summer in washington. tomorrow the weather having a low to maybe moderate impact on your day as we do track some hit and miss late day thunderstorms and higher humidities. skies become mostly cloudy throughout the day. we start off at 7:00 a. around 67. by lunch, we're in the low

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at the watergate, derrick ward, news4. >> i love it.great touch. >>> they are known as the greatest generation and a teacher from virginia is trying to keep their stories alive by bringing history right into the classroom. ♪ you wish your dog could fight off fleas and ticks. but since he can't... you rely on frontline plus. because frontline plus unleashes a deadly killing force to kills fleas and ticks, plus flea eggs and larvae, preventing a new flea infestation. no wonder frontline plus is recommended by vets for killing fleas and ticks. after all, your dog is a lover not a fighter. frontline plus. vet recommended flea and tick killer. >>> a middle school in fairfax county is taking history out of the textbooks and bringing it into the conversation. northern virginia bureau reporter david culver tells us how. >> these middle schoolers learning to lean in and speak up. >> how did you first hear about this? >> sitting with them at table after table, veterans of world war ii. >> we got away. >> reporter: telling history as they lived it

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news 4's derrick ward got reaction from riders, and you will see his story in about ten minutes. >>> investigators say a construction worker may have x sexually assaulted a ten age girl in arlington. the girl says she was grabbed yesterday while walking home from school in the lion park neighborhood. police say she was on a sidewalk in article ton boulevard when man put his hand up her skirt and fondled her. when she screamed he ran away. he was wearing a white hat and brown work pants. >>> ce early morning homicide in the capitol hill area. officers responded to a call in the 700 block of kentucky avenue southeast. they found stephanie good low shot dead. at this time, there are no possible suspects and no known motives. >>> at the top of the hour, donald trump will speak at a rally in phoenix. you are looking at live pictures right now. and as nbc's chris pallone shows us, some republicans who are fed up with trump's antics are planning a convention coup in cleveland. >> reporter: donald trump and his city built on gambling, las vegas, trying to prove to party leaders he is not the

in prince george's county, derrick ward, news 4. >>> a law enforcement officer in the hospital after being stabb the officer was working special detail at the giant on alabama avenue in southeast. he was notified about a man consultant on surveillance video stealing in the store. he confronted the man and he pulled out a knife stabbing him in the neck, and upper body. the officer was conscious when taken to the hospital. the suspect got away. >>> police believe a driver may have been drinking when she crashed into a maryland state trooper and another car in gaithersburg. had happened south of shady grove road. the female driver crashed into the state trooper who was conducting a traffic stop. the trooper and the woman were injured. both, though, are expected to be okay, and that road wound up being closed in both directions and caused traffic backups for hours. everything is expected to be back open tonight. >>> the news 4 i-team state police records finding many people do not follow maryland's move over law. that law requires drivers to shift over a when police are on the shoulder.

simon derrick joins us for the next hour. i do not know who has the toughest job, the fed or when you look at these odds and the risk of a brexit, whether it is the swiss national bank. simon: i think you are absolutely right to focus in on an open economy is incredibly susceptible to inflows and outflows at any given time, and it goes back to the start of 2015 when we started to talk about qe in the ecb. that was one of the big factors that led switzerland to remove the bank. look how extreme the have gone on monetary policy so the next question is whether there will be fresh inflows enter switzerland, can they really go even more negative than this? this is like japan. havens in this risk environment do not really have any power to do anything, or do they? simon: i think japan has got more space to do stuff. i think that actually, we have been talking about volatility in sterling. places weone of the have not focused enough is potential volatility in some of those haven currencies over the next couple of weeks. we know the

news 4 derrick ward is live now with more on the shutdowns you can expect to run into. derrick. starting july 5th after everything is down to normal after the 4th there will be a track will be affected. franconia to the plaza will be adversely affected. they will shut down the segment from national airport to braddock road. that will be the 5th through the 11th. through the 11th and 18th, the segment between national airport and pentagon city will be shut down. crystal city station will be closed. they are going to be running 12 to 15 minutes between those segments and there will be shuttle buses to get around those areas. later today, we'll hear from folks from metro and the folks from city to to hear how they are going to ease the pain. >>> new developments in the volkswagen emissions scandal. vw may have to pay vehicle owners as much as $10,000 and repair or buy back the vehicles designed to cheat emissions test. that is the proposal that will likely be filed in court today. a judge still would need to approve it. customers have the choice to reject vw's offer and sue the com

derrick ward, news4.o you. >> things are clearing up in our area right now. >> storm team 4 meteorologist amelia draper is here with four things to know on this tgi friday. >> good morning. happy friday. here are four things you need some scattered light showers around until about 10:00 a.m. at the latest. after that skies clear. overall it will be a really nice day. what the storm system will help out with our weather as we head on into today and the weekend. lower humidity levels. refreshing today. cooler temps today as well but we warm back up into the 80s for father's day weekend. spectacular weekend at that. and very little rain chances in the forecast. our next chance of rain comes later in the day on tuesday. if you're getting out of town this weekend heading to the beach, water temperature now coming in at 73. i suspect some locations still in the 60s. today someorning showers at the beach. windy throughout the day. low to mid 70s for saturday and sunday with plenty of sun. dave, i know you have b

derrick ward joins us live with more on their demands. >> reporter: well, good morning. the sun has risen on what we're seeing as a marathon protest outside nra headquarters in fairfax county. you see people are starting to wake up now, but these protesters were actually out here yesterday, they showed up with 49 pink cards with pictures and the names of each of the victims of the orlando shooting there. code pink has been out here for this marathon effort. and it's after the orlando shootings. they want to step up efforts to see what they call common sense gun control. they say it's not about banning all guns. >> we should revisit the things that allow the repeated massacres to happen. items not because america has more crazy people, it's not because america has more bad people. it's because we have more lax gun laws than anyplace else. >> reporter: and there were counterprotests out here from actually did have names of the victims with them, as well. they say don't blame the weapon, blame the shooter. they say they will carry on some are t sort of civil disobedience. w

let's go to derrick ward at the pentagon city metro station. good morning. >> reporter: just as people are getting used to and perhaps hoping for the soon end to surge 3 and 4 begin, they will start take a look. it's effectively going to impact ten stations that run between franconia and lafont plaza. they are cutting up the yellow and blue lines into two segments. one between national airport and one between braddock road. they will be closed. they will have surge 4 beginning. crystal city will be closed. now, on those segments, on the blue line, you are going to have trains running every 15 minutes between franconia and braddock and every 12 minutes between national airport and largo. on the yellow lines, trains will be rung every 12 minutes. so the bottom line is that you are going to expect delays again, adding maybe one hour two hours to your travel time. will take you among those closed and affected stations, but it's going to be a challenge and as you said later today, we will hear from the general manager about the success of surge two

live in clarendon, derrick ward. >>> thank you, derrick.it's day two of metro's safetrack program phase two. reminder trains are not running from eastern market to minnesota avenue and benning road. that essentially cuts off a lot of direct rail service from prince george's county to the district also potomac avenue and stadium closed. >>> power problems at several stations created an extra hassle for some riders this morning. trains bypassed medical center on the red line for about 45 minutes because of a green line riders had to deal with a powerful failure on the platform at navy yard but that station did stay open. >>> we have a developing story out of fairfax county right now where fire crews have been putting out hot spots at a barn fire in fairfax station on ben thompson road. the same barn also caught fire last week fire was accidental s and much smaller. not known what caused this second fire but crews say no animals or people were inside the barn when flames broke out. >>> today, sentencing will begin for an ashburn ceo found guil

derrick ward, news 4. >>> 6:53.rting today, you won't have to wait as long at red lights in northwest washington. transportation crews are retiming the traffic lights. >> signals use updated traffic and pedestrian data to reduce your wait time. all of the district's signals are expected to be changed by next year. >>> road to he rio officially kicks off today for two of our local pinchi local olympians. ashley and dana are from maryland and have been hard at the white water course. there is a sendoff for them at 10:00 this morning and we wish them all the best. >>> 6:54 now. >> we have fallout from the zika crisis in brazil forcing we hear an american athlete, first one believed to be pulling out of the rio olympics because of concerns over zika. it's reported that the cyclist wants out because his wife is pregnant and he's reportedly concerned about her and their fetus. van gardere there. did represent the u.s. in the london olympics. brazil is the epicenter of zika, the virus linked to birth defects. >>> a federal

derrick, good morning. >> reporter: well, indeed, that deputy is in the hospital now. multiple gunshot wounds, but he is going to need surgery. and as you see behind me it's still a crime scene here as this is investigated. it started around 11:00 p.m. with a call to police about someone breaking into a house in the 100 block of windsor ridge court in stafford county. the call came from someone inside the house allegedly being broken into and deputies from the stafford county sheriff's department responded. >> deputies responded to the call. and when that response occurred, shots were fired, multiple shotted were fires. >> reporter: one of those deputies was hit in the thigh, arm and upper chest. he survived. >> the body armor protected his upper chest and saved his life. >> reporter: police say the suspect 19-year-old joshua sumter ran after the shooting and tells news 4 the suspect was spotted at this minimart near the scene. by closed in on the suspect here at the jefferson place townhouse community about a mile away from the crime scene. >> he was arrested without

news4's derrick ward is live right now derrick? >> reporter: we're in here in the 700 block in upper marlboro. you see the house where this happened is still being secured by police. it is still a crime scene. now, we have learned some new information about what transp e transpired here, at least something about the victim. take a look at the scene earlier this morning. it was about 12:40 last night or 12:40 this morning when police were called to the scene to check on the welfare of a person. when they got here, they found an adult male who was pronounced dead on the scene. tay ear not saying how that person was killed only that the body had trauma. sources tell news4 that the victim actually is a resident of this neighborhood but not of this particular house. and police have not release ld any information about names of the victim or who lives in this house. they did tow a car away from the scene earlier today, and some distraught relatives of the victim appeared here briefly while the investigation was going on. as we said, this

derrick ward, news 4. >>> good morning. coming up on 6:01.nice as summer can be outside there this morning and for later on today. on the whole a dry pattern is in place. it will be mostly dry for most of the next 5 to 7 days. there is the chance for a rain drop and our first 90 degree day this weekend, but now nothing to worry. 53 in washington now. 48 in baltimore. d

derrick ward, news 4. >> as derrick says, there's a stranger in my house will run at blue high schooluditorium today only. there are performances at 3:00 as well as 7:00 p.m. >>> 6:50 is the time now. tom kierein with us on the desk. looks like a beautiful start to the weekend. >> yeah. >> think it's going to hold. >> just magnificent. going to be holding beautiful. rather cool now. in the 50s and low 60s much of the region. later today with the strong june sun, it will jump into the 80s by mid-afternoon. in the region, we're starting off with the sunshine as we look at the live view overlooking the potomac river. the planner, temperatures by 8:00 coming near 70. quite a nice warming. by noon near 80. by mid-afternoon, hitting the mid-80s with bright sunshine and very low humidity in place throughout the day. by 8:00 p.m., back down to the upper 70s. our longest daylight hours this time of year as we approach the summer coal stsolstice. washington, nearby suburbs, only 60s. low 60s by the bay. reagan national at 66. no rain for the mountains all the way to atlantic beaches. big area o

derrick ward is live at the site of the most verecent incident. derrick?rter: there's been several of these incidents since early april. aware. take a look at where the incidents have happened. we are at the scene of the last one that started pack on april 7 in the 5200 block of 8th road south. you had another one 12 days later in the 5200 block of 30th street north. now in both of those cases, the suspect was similar. the description of the hispanic male, middle age, shoulder-length hair and 160 pounds driving a dark-colored pickup or a dark-colored sedan. one on april 23 in the 200 block of north stafford street. none of these cases were children who were approached or actually taken. they all did what they were supposed to do, getting away or got to where there were more people. but police are stepping up patrols because these incidents are happening in broad daylight around school dismissal live in arlington, derrick ward, news4. >>> thank you. 5:12 now and new details after a dog dies in a local kennel's care. for the first time we are hearing from th

news 4's derrick ward is in tenleytown here in northwest d.c.re players have been buying up tickets all morning we've been hearing, derrick. >> reporter: they have all up and down this region here all throughout the dmv as a matter of fact. here at the market a lot of people say this is a lucky place, they've had quite a few winners, earlier today we were up on river road and say they are due for a win. you got your choice on how you want to play that, but if you want to win, you got to play. as i said merchants all over the area are seeing an increase in traffic today as we get to that $363 million jackpot. it's gotten that high because the last drawing on wednesday million. and what people are saying about it, well, they're excited. but you know who else is excited? the merchants who sell those tickets. they're just as excited. >> more customers, more fun, everybody's really excited about it, we love it. >> reporter: now, if you want to take the cash that's going to come to $244 million, but the drawing is tonight at 11:00. we are live in tenl

we're live outside constitution hall, derrick ward, news 4.back to you. >> derrick, thanks. >>> developing right now, prince george's county police investigating a shooting. this happened around 9:00 last night on kayak avenue in capitol heights. police say one man was pronounced dead at the scene. no word on a suspect's description. >>> and today three men will be arraigned for the deadly shooting of an american university grad. matthew shot outside the shaw-howard university metro station in northeast. this happened last august. marcus king, andre dudley and christopher proctor are all charged in his death. >>> fairfax county police are looking for help to track down a repeat burglar. they say somebody's been stealing cash and jewelry from people at the avana apartments on patriot drive. most of the break-ins have in the morning. if you've got any information about this, you're asked to call police. >>> we've got some new details in a heartbreaking story out of prince george's county. you may remember a dog died in the care of the clinton ke

a lot of talk about what they're doing out in chicagoou with derrick rose.erri >> chicago didn't make playoffs this year and they're looking at an eastern easte conference where cleveland'sencc not going anywhere.let go lebron is coming back. that team is going to be a be a force so if you don't have a team that can really competeealo you got to reload and maked m some moves and that's whates thh they've decided to do is just ij move on from derrick rose. surprising thing why would the y knicks want him.im >> i applaud the knicks for overpaying an often named player.play they're bringing in a 28-year-old guard who is six is years removed his m.v.p.his m.p. season. he's a good player, no longerger a great i don't understand the move.t un >> it sets up the knicks pretty well. you still have got carmello car the back end of his prime, andm now you add derrick rose maybe you adenowhat or paul gasol oral dwight howard to that mix a and suddenly the knicks are incr the mix. i don't hate the move from newne york's perspective.ersp >> it works in some regardsome s when you think about -- real

derrick rose is finally speaking pubically about the trade. how he feels about swapping the windy city for the big apple. >>> the forecast is looking great to start off the weekend. we will talk about how long the sunshine will stick around and when we will have the next chance for rain. everybody's running to blinds to go's sumr in and take 20% off all shades! save on roller shades, cellular shades pleated, wooven wood, roman, solar and cascade shades did we mention huge savings on shades? selfies are cool. know what else is cool? blinds to go's summer shades sa, going on now. take 20% off all shades! roller, cellular, pleated, woven wood, roman, solar and cascade shades don't blink. sale ends soon. >>> it is a gorgeous summer morning out there right now. 65degrees. 6:42, and vanessa says we are in for a spectacular weekend, and the full forecast is coming up. >>> most dog and t would do anything to keep their animals healthy. but julie morgan's fish got a cataract, and she had to have the fish's eye removed. the other fish started to bully g

you said democrats have a big star and the republicans get a bo derrick or clint eastwood. >> that wasat game -- get for them and a great speech. >> a lot of people thought -- >> i did too! that was framing. >> mitt rom knee won the election. >> he was already there and then got the red, white and blaine. >> good reference. >> waiting for guthman. and did anyone scream liberal establishment more than hamilton? a sale of twitter will be collectively orgasming. it will be disgusting. cat you said the nominee should be the most exciting part of the convention. it never works out that way. >> we don't live in an ideal world. i compare everything to an ideal world. >> tom, you pointed out that trump is going first of the republicans are going first. i don't understand why they would want to go first. why would you want to go first? >> they didn't think they would make it trump. >> is that how it works? >> you are the fat checker? are -- the fact checker. >> or you can google it. >> with trump around it serves them well to go to church. as usual take the air out of the room. latino radio hos

what have you learned, derrick? >> reporter: well, good morning. is a heavily industrialized area, mainly warehouses. take a look, this is typically what it's like most of the time here according it to the folks who work away here, but they found a dead body here early this morning about 1:30 when police responded to the report of a man lying in the road. and when they got here, they it indeed find an adult male who had been killed. now we're told that police to not believe it was a incident and they are working to identify suspects, that's what we've gotten there police so far. detectives left the scene maybe about 15, 20 minutes ago. the road is open, but again, it's not heavily used. mostly for warehouses and storage facilities. there is actually a postal transportation facility just adjacent to where the crime scene is, something the detectives are working on in prince george's county. that's are we're live, derrick ward, news 4. >>> 13 away from the 8:00 hour. and as the world continues to mourn the loss of muhammad ali, you can check out a pi

it has been undergoing a $1125 million renovation and derrick ward is live at the hotelth what can people expect to see when they check in now? >> reporter: well, this is something people have already been enjoying because the hotel is open but we expect to get a better look later today. think about it, foggy bottom, hampton, all applied to this part of town. and now of course it is about the second most iconic address in wag. watergate hotel has been closed for almost a decade. in that time, it's undergone $125 million in renovations. they have added 85 more rooms to the 53-year-old complex. and lot of people have actually been enjoying this for some time now. we will get a rook later on today when it is reopened. we're told some of architecture inside echos the sufsh edcurved of the building. and let's not forget the character of this building. and like i said, later today we hope to bring you a look inside. we are live at watergate, derrick ward, news 4. >> interesting for sure to see what changed in that iconic building. >>> now let's check in with chuck bell. weather and traffic on t

derrick ward, news 4.ack to you. >>> and excitement over a new addition, when you can find out the national zoo home. >>> and a few clouds out there on this tuesday morning. chuck bell preparing your children for the school day at 6:41. >>> but first, lady luck runs out for a landmark along the las vegas strip. >>> the hotel is no more. take a look. just before the lights go out, you can see the arrive air y ri imfloweding ploeding in august. highw highway. >> so the hotel stood on the strip for 60 years. probably a new development going up there. >> gone like that. >> and we're talking about weather. you can see we have a nice sunrise behind us. >> i t of here before the weekend arrives. your "7-day forecast" comes up at 6:51. for now though a quite and dry start to the day. just clouds around in the sky. not rainmakers. 65 at reston town center. kiddos shorts and t-shirts all you need. recess gets an a-plus. just a few fair weather clouds around. we'll be in the low 80s by later on this afternoon. good m

derrick, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. again, this is a monthly occurrence at nra headquarters, but the intensity is a little bit more this time around. these protesters have been out here since yesterday. they say they planned some sort of civil disobedience later today and they plan to get arrested. now of course this has become a mainstay at nr amount hea headq but a group code pink has groingroin joined them. yesterday they held up pink cards with pictures and names but counterprotests say don't blame the weapon, blame the shooter. the folks here have a different take on that. and here is a little bit about what they say this protest is all about. >> people have a right to protect themselves and defend themselves. we were just talking about that. have assault rifles in the hands of people just going around killing folks? that's not fair. just have people taken out their lives like that. >> reporter: and again, as we were saying, they do plan to step up the action a little bit here today. peaceful, but civil disobedienc

we're live in bethesda, derrick ward, news 4.ack to you. >>> we now have an update in and ongoing transgender battle in virginia. the federal district court has ordered gloucester county school board to let gallon vin use the same restroom as other boys. xwrim was born female but identifies as male. this after the measure went through several board meetings and court proceedings. the aclu brought the lawsuit on behalf of grim arguing the school board's policy was segregating transgender students from their peers. >>> police are asking for your help to bring would runaways home. their focus is on these two 15-year-old girls. you can take a look at the pictures. juana headed back to school in april but never returned to school. and gonzalez has been gone since february. may be working at a restaurant in maryland. >>> if you own a volkswagen, you may be getting some money back from the german carmaker. vw expected to pay more than $10 billion in settlements from the emissions cheating scandal. it means that car owners in the u.s. co