eun? >> 5:03. new this morning, president trump is vowing to do whatever is necessary to stop the threat of terrorism reading to america. >> he made those comments last night at a ford fund-raiser in washington. >> we knew our resolve stronger than ever before, to protect the united states and its allies from a vile enemy that has waged war on innocent life and it's gone on too this bloodshed must end. this bloodshed will end. >> those comments came after he tweeted several times on the attack sunday morning including one tweet that appeared to question the judgment of london's mayor. tracie potts will have more on th that. ♪ ♪ >>> ariana grande paid tribute to victims of last month's attack in manchester, england. 22 people were killed at the end of her concert in manchester arena. yesterday's concert took on even a greater significance. pop stars including justin bieber and katy perry joined grande on the stage. more >>> make sure you have the nbc washington app. that is where we will have all th

eun? >> angie, thank you. >> just days after metro boosted the fares you pay to get around, we've learned that some riders have been paying the wrong fare for a few years now. >> it's not a ridiculous amount of money. metro discovered that some riders pay too little, others too much. about 5% of riders were either over or under charged about $.05 per ride. metro discovered the error when it updated new fares which went into effect this week. any customers overcharged more than two bucks since 2015, they'll get a refund on their registered smart trip card. >>> video you're looking at shows metro police officers using pepper spray on a suspected fare evader, moments after they we don't know what happened before the video started, but a black lives matter activist tells me it is similar to what happened friday on the national mall where a group of young black men were handcuffed for selling water without a permit. the witness who shot the video explains why she kept recording. >> and i felt l

eun? >>> angie, thank you. today these will be the sights and sounds on the national mall as we prepare you for the fourth of july. this morning, consumer product safety commission will hold its demonstration. the examples are dramatized. but are meant to show how quickly something can go wrong if you're not handling fireworks properly. very dangerous. fireworks not the only danger to face this holiday weekend. many of you will be breaking out the grills and we're working to keep you and your family safe during the backyard celebrations. coming up in 15 minutes, we'll have what you need to know to avoid a trip to the e.r. >>> a family in virginia used an obituary to say how they feel about the nats pitching. patrick killebrew passed away last week at the age of 68. in his obituary, his son included the fact that he passed away after the nationals blew a six-run lead. each asked for donations for the "nationals bullpen fund." it was published in the richmond times dispatch. >> apparently his mother, the son says

. >> and i'm angie goff in for eun. aaron and eun, they're both on assignment this morning. don't worry, we've got you covered. >> yes. we're going to help you get out the door on time this morning. we have a look at the roads with melissa mollet but let's start with chuck and sheena. >> how come we don't get to go on assignment. >> we're outside. does that count? >> no. we are literally still at work and there are fences surrounding us so we cannot leave. >> bet you they're not awake. you know how those two are, you put them on assignment and they'll sleep in. >> dry here in the northwest. what few showers there are radar don't appear to be bothering us at all. nice, dry start to the day. 64 in fairfax. 59 in winchester. forecasted highs, how about back up into the upper 70s. maybe a stray shower or two. nothing to worry about. chance of rain barely 30%. i would not worry too much about the rain drops impacting your plans. 79 degrees today, that's cooler than average. we will be way warmther than average as we get towards the weekend. for now someone else who's not on assig

. >> and i'm eun yang. it is wednesday. and we are working for you this morning to get you out the door on time. >> melissa mollet of course keeping an eye on how long it will take to get to work. chuck and sheena have moved outside to the deck. morning, guys. >> cloudy skies. i could see the full moon pretty easily on my way in. that is not the case right now. >> and it was misting a little bit outside currently. anyways, we do have cooler temperatures in the morning. 63 in the district. warrington, 52. frederick, 52. winchester, 48 degrees. 60 in quantico. right now, radar is showing a few sprinkles trying to develop near bethesda, district around gaithersburg, and we'll see the chances of showers increasing slightly. not a rainy day but showers around. look at those high temperatures only getting near 70 degrees this afternoon. we'll talk more about that and the big heat changes coming up. let's check the roads with melissa mollet. good morning. >> good morning. the beltway looking quite good. don't have any big issues.

eun?> angie, thank you. >> today might be a good day to roll down the windows on your drive in to work. that's nice, chuck. >> absolutely. i'd like to know how many people have roll-down windows. i bet that number is getting to be pretty small. june so far has been warm and dry. looks like the dry pattern continues on through the week. we may be taking the edge off the heat and humidity the next few days. a check of the forecast the next five days is coming up in a few more minute. >> chuck, thank you. something you probably don't even think about when you send the kids outside to play. but they really could be harmful to their health. how to keep your son and daughter safe from ticks. >>> t year is found alive. i shared this on my page. the story likely filling your facebook feed already this morning. some use equipment to be at their best. and some use it to sleep their best. the beautyrest black hybrid provides exceptional support and unique conforming feel. exclusively at mattress firm

it's a numbers game at this point, eun. democrats on board, they could alienate the conservatives who don't want to see planned parenthood funded. moderate republicans who want to see it funded. as they get more democrats, they could lose more republicans. with a razor-thin margin of only able to lose two out of their majority. it's very much a numbers game. >> tracie, let's talk about this bill. what do we know about what's in it or and importantly, how it's going to impact families? >> the big thing in terms much impacting families, working families, is medicaid. what are they going to do about rolling back medicaid. we know republicans want to roll back the expansion from obamacare. how quickly will they do it, how will they do it, what money will and won't go to states, that could impact the wallets of americans. the other thi obamacare taxes. they want to -- part of what's balancing the system, the money that's coming in to pay for other things. finally, tax credits for people who can't afford insurance on their own. s

eun? >> thank you, melissa.f you are just joining us, we've been following breaking news in greenbelt. the inner loop of the beltway ws a mess earlier this morning. maryland state police say the crash involved a tractor-trailer and one other vehicle. police say one person was taken to an area hospital. no word on that person's condition. police also say at least one person may have runaway from the crash scene. news 4's justin finch will have the latest at 6:45. >>> today, the case that brought fake news to everyone's attention will come when edgar welch is sentenced for shooting inside thomas ping-pong. >> he was investigating a child sex ring connected to the hillary clinton campaign. dha conspiracy was false. megan mcgrath has a look at new photos from inside the restaurant that day. >> reporter: these never seen before photos were taken inside thomas ping-pong and they were just recently released by the prosecution. now, you can see a bullet hole in the wall from one of the shots that was fired inside the no

i'm aaron gilchrist. >> hi. >> hi. >> i'm eun yang. let's take a look at some of the stories making headlines across the globe now. north korea fired another missile today. reports say the country launched multiple missiles designed to hit ships. this is file video you're looking at. it's not clear exactly where the missiles landed. south korea says it's looking to find out. >> not guilty of anything b defending myself. >> the man charged in that deadly stabbing on a train in portland, oregon, had another outburst in court. you heard jeremy christian shouting at the man who survived that stabbing. micah fletcher was inside the court there. facing 15 charges including aggravated murder and attempted murder. christian yelled hateful comments to two muslim women on that train. fletcher and two other men were stabbed defending them. >>> british prime minister theresa may just cast her vote in the national election. she hopes to increase her conservative party's majority and to strengthen her hand in european union exit talks. >>> i'm krist

>> reporter: eun, good morning. at 1:30 today, this afternoon, crowds gather at the adams center for what will no doubt be a somber farewell to nabra. looking at images from dupont circle, this is a justice for nabra rally held tuesday. many are concerned this case is not being looked into as a hate crime. nabra's father joined leadership from the mosque tuesday as well, saying he hopes that nabra is remembered for her kindness more than her death. the 17-year-old was beaten to death on sunday, reportedly after a road rage drainsville road, an argument between a group of her friends and the driver. the driver is now identified as darwin torrez, he is charged with murder. she and friends were on foot, he was in his car, essentially got out of the car and beat her. nabra and her friends were headed back to ramadan services at the adams center mosque and the chaplain spoke about her yesterday. take a listen. >> she was the one who lifted people up when they felt down, if nobody gave you a compliment, she gave you a com

. >> aaron, eun, good morning to you. this centering around an investigation of dan coats and president trump. according to "the washington post" back in march, a couple months ago, the president asked coates if he could intervene with the then fbi director james skommy to get the bureau to back you have at investigation of michael flynn. well, coates told associates that he thought intervening wore inappropriate. and a spokesman said coates, quote, never felt pressured by the president or anyone else in the administration who influenced any intelligence matters or ongoing investigations, end quotes. eun. >> angie goff, thank you. >>> we're going to take you live right now to capitol hill where in just a few hours from now, director coates will appear before the senate intelligence committee. and he will likely face tough questions about that "washington post" report. the hearing could also provide new information in the russia information. the witnesses include coates and several other key people connected to the investi

. >> and i'm eun yang. we hope that we have better luck with the powerball than we do with the weather. it's june. take a look. pretty gloomy out there. look at this dark cloud hanging right over the nation's capital, right? >> storm team 4's chuck bell and sheena parveen are here with the forecast and then the commute with melissa mollet. it doesn't look so bad out there now? >> oh no. we have the umbrella just to be on the safe side, now that we have it, of course, it stopped sprinkling. >> eun, don't you worry, we are lucky with the weather after today. today is one of those gray days. it is chilly in those areas. 52 in warrington, 53, dulles, 53 in the district. here's the radar, we have sprinkles mostly around the district currently. as we go through the day today, well, we still are going to see the gray skies all day. temperatures staying cool. only aroun still a chance of showers. just have the umbrella in case. we're seeing the spotty showers we're seeing across the area. not a whole rainy day but

eun, chris? >> angie, thank you. it's 4:45. senate leaders are pushing for a republican vote this week. >> they have to clear a key hurdle today when the congressional budget office releases its analysis of the plan. edward lawrence is live on capitol hill. five republicans oppose this bill. could the estimate win them over or cause more to defect? >> that remains to be seen what the estimate is on this cost of the health care plan. also, you may remember the house version of this. 24 million people more would be uninsured because of the house version of the bill. that caused a lot of fuel to the fire for critics of the billment we'll have to wait and see exactly what happened when the cbo releases their score. it may add more fuel to the critics of this bill as opposed tose passed. >> edward, thank you. it is 4:45. today marks the last day of this term for the supreme court which means we're going to get highly anticipated decisions. the biggest one is on president trump's travel ban. the court is expected to announce whether

kristin, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, aaron and eun. the release of james comey's testimony was a big surprise yesterday. we've broken down four things you need to know about it. nowhere in comey's prepared statement does he directly say he believes the president broke the law, but comey does say several times that he found the president's communications with prep rate and, quote, very awkward. comey told trump he wasn't under investigation. he asserts first as president-elect and then as president trump pressured him to tell him whether he was personally under investigation in connection with the russia probe. comey said he offered that assurance on january 6th and march 30th. comey confirms reports that he told associates that the president tried to get him to drop the investigation of former national security advisor michael flynn. you can expect a lot of guess that. comey says he had nine one-on-one conversations with the president over nine months. comey said he spoke with trump twice in person. it will be interesting. aaron, back

eun? >> thank you.want to say a big congratulations to my co-anchor, friend and partner in crime, aaron gilchrist, for an honor he received last night. look at you. he received the impact award from covenant house washington d.c. that's nbc's vice president of community affairs donna weston there. she accepted an award on behalf of the station. they raised awareness about youth homelessness and you did the sleep out. you slept outside on the cold, hard ground. >> supports the organization that does incredible work for young people, education, housing, food, the whole nine yards to hem people get a solid foundation. supporting them is a no brainer for me. >> it's important to have people who are visible like you, a role model. congratulation, my friend. >> thank you. my mother came to town for that. >> if she's up, hi, val. >> 5:22 right now. the move in the district ruffling some feathers. >> the cdc is weighing in when it comes t >>> we're seeing more new video of tiger woods' dui arrest. this time ins

back to you, eun. >> molette, thank you. >>> if you live in d.c. and want a private security camera but can't afford it, they have a new program which is a voucher program. you have to rent or own property in the district and receive public assistance from one of five specific programs. mayor bowser was expected to make the announcement yesterday but it was delayed a day. >>> it's a rite of passage for teens but a time of angst for a lot of parents. we are talking about getting a driver's license. >> new report out this morning says new teen drivers are three times as likely to be involved in a deadly crash. news 4's megan mcgrath is working for you this morning with ways parents can keep tabs on their teen drivers. megan? >> reporter: well, that's right, guys. a lot of teenagers, they can't wait to get behind the wheel. and they're eager to do that, but they're inexperienced, they're young, and the rea your driveway, there is the potential for bad things to happen, and that's terrifying for parents. now an aaa study says young drivers, 16 to 17 ye

eun? >> tracie potts, live on capitol 4i bitterness between president trump and hillary clinton eased after the election eased, think again. hillary clinton argued that some in the u.s. must have helped russians weaponize information to use against her. the president reacting calling her, quote, crooked hillary clinton and then clinton shot back people in covfefe houses shouldn't throw covfefe. >> a new legal action could force d.c. police to release evidence connected to one of our are areas in a high profile case. jack burkman filed a lawsuit yesterday. they want access to surveillance video, the medical examiner's report and the forensic ballistic seth rich was killed in july walking home in the blooming dale neighborhood. they believe it was part of a random robbery attempt. several conspiracy theories have other thoughts. >>> maryland court of special appeals will hearing arguments about whether adnan syed should get a new trial. the court won't make a new decision. it will issue a wr

i'm eun yang. >> i'm chris lawrence. aaron has the morning off. thanks for waking up early on a monday with us. >> you might want to leave extra time if you have to drive on the beltway. melissa mollet has breaking news. we're going to check in with chuck bell and sheena parveen. melissa. >> great news in northern virginia. inner loop at van dorn street. we're shut down. a four-mile backup here this morning because of this crash. so we understand from v-dot this is a collision reconstruction situation. that means it could be around for a couple of hours. take a look at the backups on the map. all of these folks already in trouble this morning. if you need to head that way, you can do franconia road and do duke street depending where you're to or headed from. right now they don't look so bad. lots of people going to try that same thing to avoid this, this morning. major, major mess. we'll keep our eyes on it this morning. >> good morning, sheena. >> good morning, melissa. chuck and i are out here. it is nice outside. >> nice. early sunrises like th

eun, that's the latest. back to you. >> angie, thank you. president trump vows to do whatever is necessary to stop terrorism from coming here. >> we knew our resolve stronger than ever before, to protect the united states and its allies from the vile enemy that has waged war on innocent life and it's gone on too long. this bloodshed must end. this bloodshed will end. >> those comments came after he tweeted several times on the attacks sunday morning, including one tweet that appeared to question the judgment of london's mayor. news more on the president's response and a look ahead at the russia investigation including the testimony of james comey. ♪ ♪ >> ariana grande paid tribute to the victims of last month's attack in manchester, england. 22 people were killed at her concert at manchester arena. yesterday's tribute concert took an even great jer significance. justin bieber and katy perry joined her. >> make sure you have the nbc washington app. that's where we'll have all of the updates. coming up, we'll show you how the university of mar

eun, did you need a jacket this morning? >> a little tiny bit, maybe. >> okay. >> i know the heat is coming. >> it is coming. but if eun thinks she needs a light jacket, i'm sure somebody else does. a really nice start to the day. more heat and humidity through the afternoon. we're going to be in the 90s today. the humidity is going to go up. weekend storm chances mainly temperaturewise, we have areas in the 50s. not as cool in some spots as yesterday morning. winchester at 59 degrees and lorton at 61. dulles 63. manassas, 57. in the district, at 68 degrees. 53 in clinton. this area of high pressure yesterday was far off to our west. that gave us the dry air. today, it's moved offshore. now it's giving us more of a southwest wind and that's why we'll be more humid as we go through the afternoon. you will notice that. if you're exercising today, still going to be nice this morning. sunny, around 70 degrees. by noon, mid-80s this afternoon. around 90 and you will notice the humidity increasing. beach forecast, as we go into to

eun? >>> angie, thank you. today this will be the sight on the national mall as we prepare you for the fourth of july. consumer product safety commission will hold the annual fireworks safety demonstration. the examples are dramatized but meant to show how quickly something can go wrong if you're not handling fireworks properly. fireworks are not the only danger you can face this holiday weekend. many of you will be breaking out the grills and we're working for you and your family to keep you safe during the backyard celebrations. coming up at 5:00 a.m., we'll have what you need to know to avoid a trip to the e.r. >>> another check of weather and traffic at 4:35. >> we'll check on the rain we could be seeing. nothing too bad. but first back to the breaking news melissa has been tracking. >> breg we're talking about suitland road. shut down between brooks drive and pennsylvania avenue. a fatal crash investigation. a crew is on the way on the ground to show us what's going on as well. 56 is fine. most of 95 ago.

i'm eun yang. >>> i'm aaron gilchrist. right back to preparing you for the holiday weekend. wtop's dave dildine is in for melissa mollet with a look at the roads. >> first we head to chuck bell who is outside. it's getting present i hot outside. >> following my media feed. aaron, you were tagged by a follower. a haiku about your comment and here's the haiku. a fine line between coming up position and some call it sunrise. >> who knew a haiku. >> that's beautiful. it's wonderful. who knew a haiku would be so easy to make so early in the mo washington. a look at i-395. four things to know about the weather. many 90 degree days ahead. a chance of stronger thunderstorms for tomorrow. behind that storm chance, it will be a little bit less humid for sunday and monday. i'm optimistic about dry weather for the fireworks as well. ten-day forecast coming up later on in the show. right now it's traffic time. good morning dave dildine. >> good morning, chuck bell. we're watching fairly light traffic on 95. first, good news a accokeek,

justin, good morning. >> reporter: eun, good morning.er construction is just a short walk away from beers elementary. so close, in fact, that if april person were here at the right time they couldn't have seen it hanging across the street. they're hoping they're standing up to hate and fear they say. take you to the vigil. a multi-cultural crowd gathering. between the house and beers elementary. faith leaders leading the crowd in prayer. they are pledging to keep hate away from their homes and lives. police are investigating for a suspect. the commission on human rights they're praying those involved are soon brought to justice. >> we come praying not only for the house and where the noose was hung but for the ground on which we stand. we refuse to allow hate to filter itself into the soil of hillcrest of washington, d.c. >> all right. >> and two churches held that vigil. they came together for the rally. police are looking for a at this point in the news case and the others in to you. >> justin finch, live in south burlington. >>> that

>> reporter: hey there, eun, good morning. so far we can tell you investigators are likely waiting for daylight to get it is still on the tracks. overnight, we have seen crews looking for clues as they try to track down what was happening moments before it struck and killed two people last night. d.c. police at the scene with investigators overnight. close to 11:20 or so calls came in. at that time, amtrak was going from boston to new york, headed for union station. it struck two people on the tracks and we now know killed them on the 1200 block of new york avenue northeast. it does appear at this time those people were trespassing, say investigators. we'll bring much more as we get it. back to you. >> thank you. >>> continuing team coverage, we're hearing from passengers who were on the train during the crash. >> news4 erika gonzales is at union station with more on this part of the story. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. let me give you an update as far as train service is it is no go for morning rush hour fof servic

. >>> i'm angie goff in for eun yang. we want to get a check on the weather and traffic. we'll get a look at your commute with melissa in a moment. first we want to start with chuck. wind and possibly hail today? >> absolutely. an enhanced risk for strong to severe thunderstorms this afternoon into early this evening. the weather alert -- be weather alert today. have your nbc washington app. download it and well. high winds and hail possible with the afternoon storms. the nbc washington app with interactive radar is a great way to stay ahead of the storms as they make their approach later today. quiet weather tuesday through friday. flash flood watches are posted. it's windy this morning. windy and mild. we're already in the upper 70s to near 80 degrees. highs today around 87 degrees. chance of severe weather later today stands at 80%.

. >> i'm eun yang. is always a little ug >> can be. >> melissa mollet will have a look at your commute. >> chuck bell and sheena parveen first. it's muggy. >> it's muggy. it will go from muggy to rainy. >> no one cares if it rains on monday. a camera outside, a cloudy sky this morning. not a whole lot of rain. that will be changing later on. temperatures have held. the heaviest rain is still down in the southern part of the shenandoah valley. northwest of lexington and virginia. right where 81 and 64 meet there. this is all trending in our general direction. even though it's not raining now, i would have your rain gear ready to go. most areas staying in the 70s. nice and cool. a lot more where that cool weather good morning, melissa. >> good morning. inner loop and outer loop of the beltway, no big issues. a little bit of construction at branch avenue. as we doom in now, this river road situation we were dealing with all of that construction in bound there with lanes blocked, that is now to the outbound

eun? >> thank you. >>> 6:05. now to allegations of grade tampering at prince george's county schools. whistleblowers say they changed grades to boost graduation rates. one teacher that spoke exclusively with news4 says investigators will not find a paper trail oies any organized effort to boost graduation rates with grades students didn't earn. that teacher we spoke with said instead of a written order, they received pressure and innuendo to get kids, quote, over the line. she did not want to be identified. >> if you don't change the grade, don't give the work, your principal has the authority to do it and call it an administrative override, they can change the grade for you. >> teachers union says it is impossible for teachers to change grades once published. ceo of prince george's county schools kevin maxwell also denies allegations but says he wants a new investigation. >>> getting new information about the suspect in the murder of a muslim teenager in sterling last week. "the washingto

i'm aaron gilchrist. >> eun yang is still on assignment.ng before 6:00 if that's any indication. >> temperatures already in the 70s for a lot of us. it's only 6:00 a.m. we'll check in with melissa mollet and storm team 4 traffic. >> eun and sheena picked a great week not to be here sweating it out with the rest of us. early sunrises up today. 5:42 is when the sun came up this morning. another steamer. poor air quality once again. folks with heart and respiratory

justin, good morning. >> reporter: eun, good morning. congresswoman sheila jackson lee is concerned this is a disturbing trend of racially based incidents and she wants the president and the white house to denounce them. that includes the noose found here at the museum on wednesday. on thursday we saw staff here overcome and vowing to stand strong against hate. this as jackson lee is calling on the white house to go a step further. she released a statement reading in part, the vile and cowardly placing of a noose within the confines of this museum should not go without a thorough investigation and a denouncing by the trump administration. now back out live here, they say 8,000 visitors are sevserved ea weekday and 9,000 on the weekend. we are live here on the mall. justin finch, news 4, back in to you. >>> 6:35 right now. fake immigration enforcement flyers are popping up in parts of the district. >> take a look at them here. d.c. mayor muriel bowser maintains that d.c. is a sanctuary city and urges residents to tear down the flyers. the

eun yang is on assignment. going to feel why today is a weather alert day the moment you step outside. >> so, of course, storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell is outside on the weather deck for us. going to check in with melissa, too, with a look at the roads. chuck, how's it feeling? >> this time i walked out i went ahead and shedded the jacket before i came out. it's already very, very muggy out here early today. be very cautious today. make sure you stay hydrated. there's a picture of our rising sun now. poor air quality to boot. in addition to the heat, haze, humidity kind of a gujy sky overhead. in the 60s and 70s now. it's going to be a sizzler of a day to be outside. afternoon highs low to mid 90s across most of the area. make sure you have your spf on. nbc washington app will help you plan out the heat for the next later in the week. we'll take some of the edge off of the heat. let's go into melissa mollet. let's hope the traffic is taking it easy on us this morning. >> you know what, it's actually pret

eun? >> thank you, melissa. our top stories. vre's manassas line is back on eye normal schedule after a teen was hit and killed on the tracks near manassas. the girl has not been identified. she was walking on the tracks with family near bull run bridge when she was hit. neighbors say that it's a popular area for young people to hang out. news 4's justin finch will have more ahead at 6:00. >>> we're working to find out killed by an amtrak train. the csx employees were on the tracks to inspect a problem when they were hit near union station tuesday night. it's not clear if the train operators were told the workers would be on the tracks. >>> part of the travel ban will take effect tonight. it will block foreign travelers from six majority muslim countries from entering the u.s. news 4's tracie potts will have more on the impact in a live report at 5:45. >>> we're learning more details about the investigation into the brutal murder of nabra hassanen. fairfax county police looked into reports that the suspect darwin torres is a mem

good morning, i'm eun yang.m aaron gilchrist. in the news this morning -- >> hey, hey, ho, ho, hate crimes have got to go. >> reporter: d.c. police chiefs says police are doing everything they can to find the people leaving images of hate in the community. this march andville t pla in souea washington yesterday. last week, someone found a noose at a home under construction on 36th place southeast. the community says it condemns the incidents. >>> today metro crews will srt working on a big project at the cleveland park metro station. they're replacing five escalators so you'll have to take another entrance or use the elevator. that construction is expected to last until 2019. now let's check the commute with melissa mollet on your first four traffic. good morning, melissa. >> reporter: good mornin guys, 95 neponsorthbound of triangle cleared so you don't need to worry about that any longer. inner loop and outer loop. volume is lighter than normal and remember we are sh down in buoy between chestnut avenue and my

good morning, i'm eun yang. >> i am chris lawrence. look who's back. >> it was a wonderful experience, it was great to be back in south korea, i hadn't within back in 20 years. a completely different country. incredible to see. this is the hahn river in seoul. i took this because it is fun to show the kids. this is a temple, site of the winter games. that's at the top of the ski jump. very high. if you're afraid of heights, can't do it. there's lansing in the middle who accompanied me, the photojournalist, worked so hard at getting these stories we'll be excited to share with you from now to february before the winter games to give you a slice of life, what to expect, that's the hockey venue. it is ready. they're set to go. first day of summer. i can't believe it. >> we'll see what's in store with sheena who is headed outside and then check in with melissa for the morning commute. >>> we can't wait to see you. i'm outside the studio, sprinklers are close to hitting me, i told the producer, they're hitting my feet already. we are fine o

good morning, i'm eun yang. >> i am chris lawrence.

i'm aaron gilchrist. >> i'm eun yang. thursday, june 8th. doesn't feel like june for sure now. >> want to check in with chuck. chuck, you stepped >> almost see your breath out here this morning. it's nice. bikers and joggers, rejoice! this is the kind of weather that you love to exercise in especially here in the month of june. outside our sky camera looking out to the east. there's venus out in the eastern sky. that's the bright point of light. temperatures have dropped into the almost chilly zone. 46 in winchester, 46 up in fort meade. planning out your day today, a mix of clouds and sunshine. won't be all sun all the time. no real chance of rain today. more than enough chance to get temperatures into the low 70s. outdoor planners. running, you bet, biking, perfect. pool? on the cool side. eating outside, just right. check of the weekend forecast, a couple more minutes away. stay tuned for that. for now let's go over to m

i'm eun yang. >>> i'm adam tuss in for aaron this morning. we're getting a look at the damage left behind by tropical storm cindy. >> that's a lot of destruction there. it's a tropical depression now. what's left of it is what is soaking our area this morning. sheena parveen and amelia draper. more on how long the rain will stick around. >> first, we want to get to the breaking news on the roads. melissa is working on alternate routes. let's start with justin finch live along new york avenue. justin? >> reporter: good morning. coming to you from alongside the d.c. bound traffic now impacted by this wreck we've been talking about all morning. a long line of cars. but the d.c. bound traffic is able to move here along route 50 as a result of that crash we have been telling you about. take a look here. this is video from the aftermath overnight. this is happening in the area of the anacostia it's just past maryland -- police and fire had impacted the 3600 block of new york avenue. shutting down traffic along that roadway and the surrounding area.

. >> and i'm angie goff in for eun. aaron and eun, they're both on assignment this morning. don't worry, we've got you covered. >> yes. we're going to help you get out the door on time this morning. we have a look at the roads with melissa mollet but let's start with chuck and sheena. >> how come we don't get to go on assignment. >> we're outside. does that count? >> no. we are literally still at work and there are fences surrounding us so we cannot leave. >> bet you they're not awake. you know how those two are, you put them on assignment and they'll sleep in. >> dry here in the northwest. what few showers there are radar don't appear to be bothering us at all. nice, dry start to the day. 64 in fairfax.

that's the very latest, eun and aaron. back to you. >> dave dildine. thank you. >>> a look at the forecast with chuck bell. >> can feel the mugginess back. >> it's totally back. it's going to be here for quite some time. you get a brief respite sunday and monday. but today, tomorrow, most of next week is looking rather on the sticky side. unfortunately. not a big fan of heat and humidity myself. we have a nice day to get you started here if you're traveling up and down the i-95 corridor today for getaway weather for your holiday weekend. looks pretty good. a couple of clouds early this morning. no real rain threat out there for the next couple of hours. there are some storms well to our north across the north of pittsburgh. they're going away from us. there's a lot of moisture pooled up across southern virginia and western north carolina. that humidity may try to sneak in here a little bit later on today. then a little bit better chance coming up for tomorrow. a dry start today. nothing to worry about. our highest rain chances today will be along the i

. >> reporter: eun, good morning.cking with the president, more than 3 dozen members of congress who were front and center when he made that announcement, but also new this morning, reaction from china, the world's largest polluter, the only one bigger than the united states, calling it reckless a selfish and irresponsible to pull out of this deal. lots of reaction overnight and protests in new york and states and cities saying even if the country pulls out, they will stick with this deal to reduce emissions in the areas where they live and work. and now we're learning, too, that the president can't really do this quickly. the process would not even be able to begin for a couple of years. couldn't complete until after the 2020 election so he has announced his intent to pull out of this worldwide climate deal but doesn't look like it can actually happen anytime soon. >> tracie potts live on capitol hill. tracie, thank you. >>> 4:47 now. one of the d.c. snipers who terrorized this area for three weeks could get a new tr

eun, chris? >> thank you, angie.t to check on the forecast. >> chuck, sheena, it feels wonderful out there. >> you're welcome. >> it's about as nice as we could have it this time of year. >> even the clouds and a chance of a shower, looking at low humidity. still comfortable this afternoon. 70 in the district. warrenton at 55 degrees. 59 at frederick. 61 leesburg. 63 quantico. another nice start to your day. here's your wake-up wer. a few areas to the west and south. by 7:00 a.m. a chaps of a shower for the morning drive. mostly cloudy, chance of a passing shower. it will really be the case throughout the afternoon. we'll stay relatively dry with the clouds around. can't rule out a passing shower. we'll take a closer look at the timing and heat and humidity returning for the weekend and storms coming up. >> thanks, sheena. >>> if you are riding metro this morning, we'll give you issues that might affect your ride. what maintenance work is planned now that safetrack is over. also, you might be getting a refund from me

i'm chris lawrence in for aaron this morning. >> i'm angie goff in for eun. we want to get to your weather and commute. melissa mollet standing by in first 4 traffic. >> but first sheena parveen and chuck bell are outside. >> you picked the perfect day to come back to work. >> i did. i missed the storms, i didn't really miss the storms. my power wept out, though. as a lot of people's did. today will be so much nicer, you will enjoy today. 71 degrees currently in the district. 64 frederick. 68 manassas. 68 in clinton. a warm start to your morning. little muggy too. the humidity will start dropping a bit through the day. we are dry locally. showers down to the south and east. but that's going to stay out o looking at plenty of sunshine. p there's the rain. it will stay down there. we'll see the clear skies move in. sun glare for the morning drive. by lunchtime, dry roads, 84 degrees. this afternoon, we're looking at the upper 80s. it's going to be a warm day today. but, yes, at least we're not looking at the storms. that's always good news. speaking of the comm

a live look coming up in a eun? >> thank you, melissa. >>> it only takes one storm to cause a whole lot of damage, and that is a lesson many of us learned during hurricane isabel in 2003 when we saw record flooding across our area. it took days to dry out. >> today is the official start of hurricane season in the east. it's our yearly reminder to be prepared in case we see scenes like this. meteorologist sheena parveen back with a look at what we should expect. >> noaa released the numbers, national oeceanic at moss fearig administration. a weak el nino or possibly nonexistent one has warmer water conditions in the pacific. it will affect the atlantic. it will either hinder development or help it. we expect a slightly above normal hurricane season. 11-17 named storms, 5-9 hurricanes. of those 2-4 could storms. category 3, 4, 5. as far as the development is concerned over the cape verde islands, our time of year, when i say our time of year, i mean when the east coast is more vulnerable to a storm, we could see it mo

eun?>> right now this pennsylvania doctor is in an area hotel barred from going anywhere near the trump international hotel and the white house. brian moles will be in court about his arriving at the trump hotel. he suffers from ptsd and sd has no legal basis to hold moles in jail. >>> it was another security scare at the white house last night after seeing a man pace back and forth. secret service approached him. that's when the man attempted to hit the officer and grab his baton. as a precaution he was taken to the hospital. he will be charged with a felony once he's released. >>> we have more breaking news right now. this time about the president's travel ban. molette? >> reporter: that's right. the trump administration is putting pressure on the supreme court to let the travel ban take effect. this latest move was expected. the justice department wants it fast tracked and to be able to start enforcing the executive order while under high court review. now just last week a federal appea

i'm eun yang. >>> i'm adam tuss in for aaron this morning. let's get straight to that breaking news with melissa mollet and how it could impact your commute. >> this is going to be a major problem this morning. this is video we just got from the ground this morning. a massive, massive response. at least one person has died in the crash that involved multiple cars injured in a car fire as well. take a look at the map here now. we're talking about new york avenue on the anacostia river bridge. all lanes are still blocked. don't pay too much attention to all of the colors here. there was question about that earlier this morning. all of it is closed here this morning. so it should look purple. sometimes it doesn't catch up. alternates, westbound diverted at kenilworth avenue. southbound bw parkway has to continue on kenilworth avenue. pushed off at bladensburg road. >> justin finch is live at the scene. what a scene it is. good morning, justin. >> reporter: melissa, indeed, we're in the footprint of that crash while south dakota and new york aven

. >> eun yang is still on assignment. the sunrise is rising before 6:00 if that's any indication. >> temperatures already in the 70s for a lot of us. it's only 6:00 a.m. we'll check in with melissa mollet and storm team 4 traffic. >> eun and sheena picked a great week not to be here sweating it out with the rest of us. early sunrises up today. 5:42 is when the sun came up this morning. another steamer. poor air quality once again. folks with heart and respiratory that should take a bit of the edge off the temperatures. 60s and 70s now will become mid 90s across the area. heat index near 100 and poor air quality will knock the stuffing out of you. the forecast coming up. now back to the ac with melissa mollet. >> that's where i have to be. inner loop between branch avenue and saint barnabas. the broken down truck has two lanes getting by at this point this morning. as we zoom in a little, the other issue, outer loop and local lanes, route 1, alexandria. disabled vehicle, blocking a lane. charles street near washington aven

. >> and i'm eun yang.o get you out the door on time. >> melissa mollet is keeping an eye on the roads. let's start with chuck and sheena. for the first time in days we don't need the umbrella. >> you don't need it later today. that's for sure. there is a small chance for a quick shower. i think people are going to like the change in the weather. >> me, too. you need the sunglasses, short sleeves. a beautiful thursday and even beautiful friday setting up. we have some nice changes as we go into the weekend. we'll talk more about that in just a bit. it's nice outside, 63 degrees in the district. comfortably cool. mid 50s gaithersburg. 58, 62 in quantico. we have some of the clouds around. maybe a few light showers near 81 south of winchester, but as we go through the day today, it's going to shape up to be nice. by lunchtime, 78 degrees. sunny skies. by 4:00 p.m., low 80s. plenty of sunshine. closer look as we go into the week end. let's check the we have a work zone blocking the right lane. outer loop after

i am eun yang. >> i'm aaron gilchrist. we, of course, have team coverage for you as we work for you on this holiday weekend. wtop's dave dildine is in for melissa and will have a lock at the roads. >> what everyone wants to hear about, the weather. the humidity is coming back up. chuck bell is outside to tell us more about it. good morning to you, chuck. >> good morning. what a great day to be outside today. there's a nice south wind out here. got my hair blown over a little bit. going to be warm today. be ready. today will be the first of many 90-degree days coming as we get out of your holiday weekend. another chance for thunderstorms later on today. i'll let you know where that thunderstorm chance is highest coming up. >>> and chuck, we're watching a crash on 95 in woodbridge and it has all northbound north facing e-zpass express lanes blocked. the vehicles overturned on its roof and northbound between the prince william parkway and 123 where all traffic remains at a complete stop in the e-zpass lanes. main line gets by

erika, good morning. >> good morning, aaron and eun.ules will be imposed at more than 280 airports at 105 countries. it calls for more extensive passenger screenings and increased use of bomb sniffing dogs. passengers will be allowed to carry electronic devices larger than a cell phone on to u.s.-bound flights if they board an airline that complies with these new rules. airport officials hope that this will not add to wait times at security checkpoints. ment the rules will not affect domestic flights. also to note there. >>> thank you, erika. >>> the virginia man accused of trying to sell top secret document to chinese intelligence officers will be in department security agent. prosecutors say mallory lied to the fbi back in april. mallory says he didn't know he was meeting with chinese intelligence during a trip to china and never gave them classified documents. but they found tapes which said he was to get paid for it. mallory faces life in prison. >>> covering prince george's county. more bad news for the head of the schools there. t

it is -- aaron and eun off this morning. i'm erika gonzalez in for eun yang. we are working to get you to school on time. chuck and lauren kick off our coverage outside. less humid this morning, right? >> si, senior and seniorita. that's all the spanish i know. >> that's true. this weekend is hot and humid. >> brought our umbrella to play it on the safe side. you'll want to find yours as well. there are rain drops. cloudy skies. it looks like it's just about ready to start sprinkling. on the top side of the capitol beltway. rain drops on i-66 east of the plains now. western fairfax county. >> hay market. >> i couldn't think of that for some reason. a bit of a muggy start this morning. 60s to 70s. today's high 85 degrees. chance you'll get rained on maybe twice stands at 60%. be ready for rain chances today. cooling up in a few minutes we'll look at the whole weekend forecast and lauren will have the break out of the father's day forecast. first 4 traffic and miss melissa mollet. >> we're going to get to that in a moment. >> first, here's megan fitzgerald at th

it is -- aaron and eun off this morning. i'm erika gonzalez in for eun yang.e are working to get you to school on time. chuck and lauren kick off our coverage outside. less humid this morning, right? >> si, senior and seniorita. that's all the spanish i know. >> that's true. this weekend is hot and humid. >> brought our umbrella to play it on the safe side. you'll want to find yours as well. there are rain drops. cloudy skies. it looks like it's just about ready to start sprinkling.