good evening, i'm eun yang. and i'm jim vance. >>> june lin was her name, opening up shop about 6:00 this morning. somebody shot and killed her. lim was murdered just one year before she planned to retire. pat collins is in northeast with more. >> reporter: jim, he took her money, but did she have to take her life, too? a vicious crime has people here on eighth street shaking their heads. in the last five years, tremendous signs of development on eighth street northeast. new restaurants, new buildings, the promise of a new way around. and then -- then something like this happens, and it's a painful flashback to an ugly, more violent time. for family andy friends of june lim, this day brought a great sense of sorrow. >> the victim died from a gunshot wound to the neck. >> reporter: killed this morning as she was opening her deli here at 7th and h. she was three weeks shy of her 65th birthday. >> she works really hard. she deserved better. >> reporter: that's peter li miismt, the victim's son. he says his mother h

i'm aaron gilchrist. >> and i'm eun yang. it's 6:30. this is a warm spot compared to other places. ful sunshine. hope things warm up. doesn't feel like summer, does it, tom? >> eun's going to climb up and clear that spiderweb out. >> next break. >> we're not alone. gievet a lot of spiderwebs all around the region. i'm going to melt your heart now. >> look at that. >> there is a mother duck with her little duckling and a couple of eggs ready to hatch. this is a picture of foggy bottom. >> she's got to be careful. >> it's amazing. if you do have an interesting photosend it to our facebook page or nbc -- weather@nbcwashington.com. love that picture. thanks for sending it in. as we take a look at the temperatures, what a chilly morning, once again, all these areas in the blue are in the 40s. that's western maryland. parts of the shenandoah valley valley. all these other areas in green, the 50s. that including all of virginia, the district, all of maryland and look at ocean city. only 51 right at the beach. and here is how your day is going to be taking shape. your day planner, we'll hav

. >> and i'm eun yang on this thursday, june 7, 2012. we take look at our nation's capitol. 61 degrees. >> tom kierein is here to brarkt down for us. >> to get us back down to reality, the average temperature this time of year is 64 and right now many areas are ten degrees colder than that. right now we have our temperature at reagan national aurpt at 59 degrees and the dew point is comfortably dry, 54. there is dew forming around the region. all these areas in green are in the 50s. look at that. it covers a hurj age area. these areas in blue are in the 40s. that includes parts of shenandoah valley and western virginia and maryland. closer to washington, montgomery, fairfax, just a few clouds coming through and low to mid-50s. we'll have a delightful day coming up. by 9:00, the temperatures should be in the upper 60s to near 70. so we're going to have a rapid warm-up. by noontime for your lunch hour, we'll have your clouds building and still try. we'll have a north west breeze around 5 to 15. we should be in the mid-70s by noontime. then

i'm eun yang. >>> police found a man with a gunshot wound to his leg around 2:30 this morning. right now police have no information on a possible suspect or motive to the shooting. >>> also following some breaking news. four coordinated bomb attack as in iraq killed 56 people. the attacks happened in baghdad and the city of haila. >> officials say the bombings targeted during an annual pilgrimage. >>> republicans are counting on jornl allen to reclaim the senate seat. he won 65% of the vote, easily defeating a field of candidates that included bob marshal and former tea party leader jimmy ratzki. he is turning to the general election where he will face democrat tim kaine. >> do not governor the government takeover of health care a great achievement, as tim kaine calls it. we want obama care repealed.

i'm eun yang. >> good morning, i'm aaron gilchrist. welcome to "news4 today" as we look outside at 6:00 straight up on your tuesday morning. and we see the sun breaking through a pretty significant or at least it seems to me, tom, a significant cloud deck. what do you say? >> it is. and feeling like london here, too. only in the 50s throughout much of the region. a gray sky. a little -- swath of neon orange at the horizon. and as we look at what's been happening the last 12 hours, a big circulation around low pressure over new england. it's continuing to give us a northeast breeze as well low clouds that are rolling over the region. those specks of green are some darekows showing areas of light rain in the northern neck. these are drifting south. sprinkles in pennsylvania might have an isolated sprinkle, maybe a little drizzle the next couple of hours. we're in the 50s all these areas in green, maryland, virginia, the district, eastern shore. the blue areas, 40s. elkins, a chilly 45 on june 5. and it's certainly going to be a cooler th

eun yang is off this morning. chances are your air conditioning is probably on vacation, too. a cool start to the day. these are the temperatures around the area right now. tom has been calling it junetober, i've been using that as a hash tag on twitter when referring to tom's forecast because that what it feels like. >> a little bit of autumn in june here. we'll take it. >> that sun is now rising in the northeast, the high sun elevation this time of year with the dry weather certainly going to be heating us up quickly. yeah, make sure the ac is working although this morning maybe your furnace is kicking on, especially in parts of the shenandoah valley. in the moun theys in the 40s now. closer to washington, 50s. most of maryland and virginia, and reagan national, the warm waters of the potomac, 68. a bit milder here in the bay, too. here's your day planner for this wednesday, it's going to be rapidly warming up, noontime for the lunch hour, low 80s. a bit of a breeze in the north and west. gusting to around 20 miles an hour or so. not quite as blustery as wednesday. and then

i'm eun yang. >> good morning, i'm aaron gilchrist. we are off to a calm start. but those wild storms on the minds of a lot of people this morning. we know that nearly a dozen tornadoes touched down in maryland and virginia causing millions of dollars in damage. nine of them were in maryland on friday. the national weather service confirms three twisters came down in montgomery county, two touched down in carroll county, one in prince george's county, and one in anne arundel county. so far, the strongest twisters touched down in howard and hartford counties. those were classified an ef1 with winds of at least 86 miles per hour. two tornadoes touched down in virginia. none in our area, though. crews are still investigating reports of funnel clouds from friday's storm, and it could take several days to get a final count on the tornadoes. no really major, major damage. no people got hurt. >>> it was a busy day for sure on friday with all those storms. it led to a very nice weekend, too. yeah. a lot of photos that were posted of funnel clouds on friday. then i was po

. >> i'm eun yang. new this morning, one man is in the hospital after a police involved shooting. this happened in the 5600 block of fairmont heights. right now prince george's police isn't releasing any information. >>> today the nine people killed in a metro crash three years ago will be honored with a plaque near that crash site. vincent gray lun veil the plaque on new hampshire avenue between first and oglethorpe streets at 11:00 this morning. it was the deadliest in the transit system's history. mall functioning electric circuit caused to it collide killing a train operator and eight passengers. 80 others were injured. >>> the new hampshire avenue charles langley bridge will be closed from 10:00 until 1:00 for this memorial plaque unveiling ceremony. >> that's right. the bridge will stay open to bike and pedestrian traffic though. in a mystery in fairfax county police are trying to identify a body found in a park in annandale. someone found the body near the nature center around 6: 30 last night. police are saying very little about the incident. they have not even determined

eun yang is off this morning. >>> i'm aaron gilchrist.elcome back to "news4 today," it is wednesday, june 6. as we take a live look outside this morning, don't be frightened by the spider on the camera lens there. >> oh! >> look -- if beyond that. >> arachnaphobia -- >> it's pretty out there. >> that scare mead fd me right . >> i was ready to wax poetic but not anymore. gorgeous sunrise. starting off with a chill. cale that a tiger lily sunrise. one of our viewers sent that in. send photos in. this from king george, virginia. tiger lilies look beautiful. around the region, we've got a chill in the air. considerable cloudiness. high clouds over washington giving us that spectacular sunrise. south of washington, patches of green, we're getting a few sprinkles in prince william, in western charles county, farther south, scattered across spotsylvania, stafford county into culpeper and southern fauquier. these are heading off to the east. and moving across southern maryland over the next half-hour or so. temperatures right now in the 40s to ne

. >> i'm eun yang. >> we're following a developing story out of southern california this morning where police are investigating two car crashes that they say involved a member of president obama's cabinet. police say commerce secretary john bryson rear ended a car on saturday before fleeing from the scene. they say he was involved in a second accident a short time later. they found him unconscious behind the wheel of his car. he was taken to the hospital but is expected to survive. >>> one of the most anticipated trials of the year begins in central pennsylvania. more than six months after a sex abuse scandal first rocked penn state, opening statements are set for today in the jerry sandusky trial. the former penn state defensive coordinator is charged with 52 counts of child sex abuse. accused of molesting ten boys over 15 years. prosecutors lined up eight of those alleged victims to testify. the defense strategy hammer away at the witnesses credibility by suggesting they conspired with each other in hopes of profiting from civil lawsuits. >> at least one of the accusers that's all th

. >> and i'm eun yang. welcome to this thursday, june 21st, 2012. >>> a man is shot in the face during a robbery along g street in northeast washington. police say two armed men approached the victim around 11:30 last night, pulled out a gun and demanded the victim's cell phone. after the victim handed it over, the two men shot him in the face anyway. the victim was taken to the hospital. at last check, he was listed in critical condition. so far, no arrests have been made. >>> d.c. police are also investigating a stabbing along girard street. the man was found lying on the ground around 10:00 p.m. last night and was taken to the hospital. his name and condition are not being released at this time. so far, no arrests have been made and police say the two crimes are not connected. >>> our crews are trying to keep the ac on in this dangerous heat. at one point, more than 4,000 homes in d.c. did not have electricity when temperatures soared well into the 90s. pepco told news4 they believe the heat caused a fee

. >> good morning, i'm eun yang. >> good morning, i'm aaron gilchrist. >>> in our headlines, one persondead other another injured in a fiery crash. that single car accident happened at 1:00 near dickerson road in dickerson, maryland. it appears the car hit a railroad bridge and burst into flames. look at the pictures. montgomery county police say one person died at the scene felt another person was taken to the hospital. the names of the victims have not been released. >>> this morning, jury selection will begin in the jerry sandusky child sex abuse case. yesterday the pennsylvania supreme court denied the request to delay sandusky's trial. a judge also ruled the alleged victims accusing the former penn state football coach will not be allowed to use fake names when they take the stand. they will have to use their real names. sandusky is accused of abusing ten boys over a 15-year period. he's denied all the charges. opening argument are scheduled for june 11. >>> a woman is jailed charged with stabbing a mother to death. the murder was the beginning of a violent and emotional day in sou

. >> i'm eun yang. welcome to "news4 today" for this monday, june 4, 2012. we begin with breaking news. eight insurgents are dead from a drone strike in pakistan on the border of afghanistan. this is the second drone attack in as many days. pakistan has repeatedly demanded the u.s. stop these attacks, but american official say they're too effective in the war against militants to stop. >>> the man charged in the shooting death of trayvon martin is in jail. george zimmerman surrendered to police in sanford, florida, yesterday afternoon. a judge revoked his bond saying zimmerman and his wife misled the court about their finances. in his initial bond hearing in april, zimmerman said his family was broke. prosecutors later argued that zimmerman had the fact that he raised $135,000 in a defense fund. an attorney for the family says the issue questions zimmerman's credibility. zimmerman's lawyer plans to ask for a new hearing. >> you look at the statute, i think he is still entitled to a bond. however, having put something in front of the judge that the judge reli

good morning, i'm eun yang. >> i'm aaron gilchrist, welcome to "news4 today" on this friday, june 1. >>> this morning, five children are in critical condition after being run over in a driveway. that happened last night before 9:00 in the lewis dale section of hyattsville. the children, who ranged from 18 month to 11-years-old, were playing in the front yard. the mother of at least one of the kids backed her suv into them. >> the lady was in the vehicle, backed up, five children were struck. the vehicle continued and lodged into the garage that is in the rear portion of that house. >> all of the children were taken to the hospital with life threatening injuries. the driver was also taken into custody. so far, no charge have been filed. >>> a maryland man is fighting for his life after a hit and run in montgomery county. it happened at edwin and center streets in wheaton. the man was hit by a dark blue or black nissan centra that then took off. we're working to learn the man's conditi condition. >>> police are looking for a man who was dragged by a car on interstate 95. he fell out of

. >> and i'm eun yang. it's thursday, june 7, 2012. >>> this picture was tweeted about 1:00 a.m. police say they turned away thousands throughout the night. the new casino in anne arundel county is the fifth and largest gaming center and thousands turned out to celebrate. it opened last night complete with a red carpet premiere worthy of las vegas. the casino boasts 3,200 slot machines and las vegas-style gaming tables. if gambling isn't your thing, there are plenty of restaurants including one by bobby flay. >> it's an experience everyone can eat in and hopefully people don't feel like they're taking a gamble eating here. >> it created 1,500 jobs to the area and it will bring in $400 million in tax revenue to support local schools. >> which is all wonderful, but the nightmare of it all, but the nightmare was being on bw

. >> i'm erica in for eun yang this morning. we begin with breaking news in prince george's county. fire officials are still searching for a missing worker involved in a massive warehouse collapse in cheverly. it happened at 10:00 on cabin branch drive. 90% of the roof caved in. we're told one man was inside the building when it collapsed and is still unaccounted for. 25 people were evacuated as a precaution. the cause of the collapse is still under investigation. >>> a growing wildfire in virginia moving dangerously close to some nearby homes. we're talking about the point two fire burning on massanutten mountain. this blazes has bloomed to more than 350 acres in just a few days. it's only 5% contained. it's also moving closer to private land and has moved within a mile of this home and several others. the forest service hoping to bring in another 20 firefighters today to mem the more than 100 already battling this blaze. they also have to to can you on another fire in the shan then doughia national park. that one has burned more than 250 acres. >>> summer is off to a hot start so

. >> i'm eun yang. it is 5:00 a.m., friday, june 1. it is june 1, ladies and gentlemen. 69 degrees. looks good out there. >> it does. what do people need to know today, tom? >>> for now it's okay. later today it looks like we could have strong storms by the time we get into late afternoon and evening. between now and then, maybe a few showers this morning. looking at the radar, we have heavy downpours occurring way out in ohio and kentucky and parts of tennessee. and now moving into west virginia. all of that's going to stay to the west today. at least through the daylight hours. but right now, we have just a few sprinkles of light rain along interstate 95 from springfield all the way to fredericksburg and points west of there. a little bit east, sprinkles in st. mary's and charles counties. in the district, a cloudy sky now. just cloudy over most of maryland. but this zone in yellow, this is the severe risk zone. it does look like the primetime for any really strong storms is not until late afternoon, maybe around 5:00 or 6:00. that may continue through this friday evening. all the

. >> i'm eun yang. welcome to "news4 today" for this friday, june 8, 2012. we'll look outside at 5:00 a.m. 59 degrees. chilly. had short sleeves on, i should have put a sweater on, but i know later on it will get hot. what do you do? >> dress for two seasons. off to a cool start. summer-like by mid-afternoon. right now looking back over the last 12 hours, we had those afternoon and evening thundershowers. they've dissipated quickly. we've got high pressure moving in around the region. and we've got a clear sky with the bright moon in the western sky. chilly. the areas in dark green in the 50s. the lighter green, low 60s. virginia tidewater, lower eastern shore, near the bay waters. low 60s. elsewhere, in the 50s. the areas in the blue, 40s. that includes much of western maryland. the highlands in west virginia. closer to washington in fairfax, arlington, prince george's, montgomery counties, generally in the mid 50s. reagan national at 61. around the chesapeake bay. lower eastern shore, near 60. right at the beaches, only in the upper 50s now. here's your da

i'm eun yang. >> i'm richard jordan. finally this morning, some relief is in site. we are in for one more day of hot weather, just not as extreme as we've had in recent days. there are no heat advisories in effect for this friday, but we'll still feel temperatures soar in the 90s. >> it's just too hot without air conditioning. that is exactly the case at a maryland medical clinic. the help center will not open today because the cooling system is not working. the clinic is part of the montgomery county health and human services department. all appointments at this office is canceled today and staff will report to alternate locations. >> i guess the temperatures are going to go up before it comes back down. >> the ac technicians were busy yesterday. we needed it. got to 99 yesterday afternoon. that set a new daily record at reagan national. and look at the temperatures now. all those areas in orange are in the 80s. clouds came in last night holding in that extreme heat yesterday. yes, it's in the low 80s in washington. those little splotches of onk there in the low 80

. >> i'm eun yang. welcome to "news4 today" for this friday, june -- >> 22. >> and 22nd. >> i was going to say, i don't think it was that late already. thank you for that. 2012. >> and it is another warm day today. >> it really is. >> leems like the temperatures are warmer today than yesterday. >> i know. i can't believe we're starting out this way. 5:00 a.m., tom. >> but the saving grace is we have clouds. so that's going to block those heating rays of the sun. boy, that sun was so shot yesterday. stepped out just a few times to get an idea of what it was like. right back into the ac. you want to stay in the ac again today just because of high humidity. it is so uncomfortably humid now and these areas in yellow are all in the 70s and the areas you see in orange is in the 80s. yes. between washington and baltimore, generally in the low to mid 80s. even the few pockets. those splotches of orange is in the 80s here. predawn on this friday morning. reagan national is at 83. while these areas in green are i

. >>> welcome to "news4 today," i'm eun yang. >> i'm aaron gilchrist. thanks for waking up with us on this friday, june 8. outside, the sun is up this morning. shining brightly through blue skies. still only 59 degrees outside the studios. tom kierein, maybe a little cooler for some other folks, huh? >> liquid gold on the potomac this morning. beautiful sunrise. h.d. city camera. yeah, tale of two seasons this morning. right now in the wake of those showers and thundershowers that came through last evening and cleared out overnight, we have dropped dramatically once again. feeling more like late april rather than early june. the areas in green are generally in the low and mid 50s. the dark green areas. it covers most of virginia, just about all of maryland, as well as the eastern shore. those areas in blue are in the 40s. western maryland, much of west virginia, upper 40s. all these areas across the shenandoah valley, dark green, virginia in the 50s. reagan national on the tide ol potomac at 62. near of 0 near the chesapeake bay. as -- near 60 near the

i'm eun yang. >> i'm aaron gilchrist. thank you for waking up with us on this monday, june 11th, 2012. we take a live look outside this morning. 73 degrees outside our studios right now. and we're in for a warmup and maybe some water falling from the sky too. >> that's called rain. we haven't had it in so long. >> this time of year it is called rain. >> we did get some last week but we're running a deficit for 2012 so we're going to play catchup here but not until late today and into tomorrow. gorgeous sunrise on this monday morning. and there is the view from space. we can thank these high clouds drifting over the region now for this wonderful sunrise. those areas in green you see there storm 4 radar picking up some showers in ohio down into kentucky and tennessee. those are advancing to the east and northeast. a few other sprinkles showing up in north carolina and southwestern virginia. all of this activity is heading toward the metro area. looks like that may make it in here by late afternoon. between now and then, we'

i'm aaron gilchrist. >> i'm eun yang.his morning, we're keeping a watchful eye on a powerful storm system. this video is from topeka, kansas. heavy rain and high winds destroyed a church that was under construction. at one point, more than 6,000 people were without power. winds were as high as 70 miles per hour. and the city got about an inch and a half of rain in a short amount of time. there were no injuries. >>> the storm system that caused that damage is moving closer to us. here it is on storm 4 radar. right now we're in the clear. but tom is putting everybody on alert to be prepared later today. right? >>> yeah. indeed, we could get some severe storms, looks like this evening. right now, though, in washington, we have low grade clouds. live view from our h.d. city camera. low, gray clouds producing sprinkles over the monuments now. 72 at reagan national. humidity is really -- has come back up. we have a southeasterly wind. a weak warm front is passing over the region. it's brought in the clouds as well as some of th

eun yang is off this morning. right now pepco crews are working around the clock to restore power to customers after friday's storms. this morning around 70 customers are still in the dark. most of them in prince george's county. strong winds knocked down trees and homes in power lines. one woman told us at 7,000 volt now we're line fell on her property, electrofiing the fence and her home. the doorbell even burned out. >> they say they dodged a bullet, the fact that no one was electrocuted and the house didn't burn down, lucky. >> the microburst heavily damaged several buildings. strong winds ripped roofs off buildings forcing 600 people out of their homes. >> things really calmed down over the weekend. tom kierein is here to tell us what to expect today. >> reeruption of thunderstorms last night but not near as bad as friday. we did get om pretty strong storms, especially right in page county in the north central shenandoah valley. things have settled down. the sky is murky with humidity now. 25 minutes, 74 now

. >> i'm eun yang. welcome to "news4 today" for this monday, june 11th, 2012. 5:01. what's going on out there in the sky, tom? >> first light of day showing up. sunrises are getting earlier and earlier. the sunrise this morning is coming up at 5:42 and we have just a few high clouds passing over. the air is soft and sweet on this monday morning. look at those patches of green there on the left of your screen. that's rain. that is just now moving into indiana and ohio, kentucky, and down into tennessee. that is advancing toward the east. it looks like that may make it in toward the metro area later today. between now and then increasing high clouds. away from the waters, all of these areas in green are in 60s. that includes all of maryland, virginia and west virginia although a few locations in the highlands are in the low 50s there. now, here's your day planner for this monday. we'll be dry here through much of the daylight hours. around 6:00 or 7:00 this evening, we may have showers and thundershowers moving in. between now and then upper 70s by 9:00. by noontime, l

. >> and i'm angie goff in for eun yang. welcome to "news 4 today" on this thursday, june 28th. and this could be a historic day at the nation's highest court. today we will learn if the supreme court thinks president obama's health care law is constitutional. people were already lined up yesterday outside the court to hear the ruling. justices have to decide whether the law's individual mandate, which requires every person to have health insurance, is legal. if the court decides that it is not, then the question is whether the rest of the law can survive. >> if the mandate goes away, that is a big revenue stream for insurance companies, then likely, the things that will cost the insurance companies more will have to go, too. >> house speaker john boehner says if any part of the law is allowed to stand with today's ruling, he will work with house republicans to repeal what's left of it. and we're going to have much more on today's supreme court decision throughout the morning. we'll also have live reaction from the court once the ruling comes down. and if you can't watch, we'll

. >> and i'm eun yang. welcome to "news 4 today" for this thursday, june 14th, 2012. >>> today the montgomery county council will discuss eliminating 24-hour shifts for 911 dispatchers. this comes after a dispatcher fell asleep on the job earlier this year. >> hold on one second, man. let me try to get them on the line again. >> okay. [ snoring ] >> the dispatcher was heard snoring during a woman's frantic call for help back in april. the woman's husband was having trouble breathing. the dispatcher was 17 hours into a 24-hour shift and less than an hour away from a sleep break. the dispatcher was disciplined, the patient was treated and since has made a full recovery. >>> three people are in the hospital this morning after a hit-and-run accident in northeast d.c. the crash happened about 5:00 yesterday along kenilworth avenue near the d.c./maryland line. police say a man drove his car into an elderly woman's suv with two children inside. the man jumped out of his car and took off on foot. we spoke to a woma

." >> i'm angie goff in for eun yang. >>> new overnight, a woman and a child are dead after a deadly accident in fairfax city. it happened around 11:00 on lee highway and germantown road. police say the woman was speeding down lee highway when she lost control, sideswiping a car and slamming into a minivan. the car was on fire when firefighters arrived on the scene. the woman and an 8-year-old child were killed in the crash. police say a 6-year-old child is in critical condition. the driver of the other car was also hospitalized but is expected to be okay. >>> police in prince george's county are looking for the gunman who killed a man outside a metro station. the victim was shot in the head at the southern avenue metro station in temple hills. police say the victim was standing near a bus stop around 9:30 last night. witnesses say the shooter opened fire and then took off through the metro station. he hasn't been seen since. metro does not expect the shooting to impact this morning's commute. >> service is expected to be normal for the morning commute. we expect that -- the scene wi

i eun yang. they are hoping to hit the jackpot.orld's largest casino operator may have its eyes set on our area. they expected to announce a deal today to build a high-end casino president mayor governor plans to meet with them today. state lawmakers haven't even authorized building a casino in prince georges county. they could call a special session next month. voters would then have to sign off on that expansion this fall. prince georges county executive baker has been one of the biggest proponents of the casino in his county. >> it will bring in lots of money for this state for prince georges county. all the time that we've said is that we want a destination resort for prince georges county. i think this speaks well of it. we're excited. >> this would be mgm's first casino in the northeast and could create hundred or even thousands of jobs in our region. >>> if you thought you saw what looked like an ufo on the beltway this week you can expect to see it again this summer. this time in the sky. military says it will be flying a d

. >> i'm eun yang. welcome to "news4 today" today for this monday, june 4, 2012. we'll take a live look outside now at 5:00 a.m. 63 degrees. a beautiful sky out there. we're hoping for beautiful weather, as well. especially with the nice weekend, too. >> indeed we d. tom kierein has the 411. >> we're starting to see the first light of day on the eastern horizon.horizon, the light of a full moon flooding the western sky. i jumped out of my car at 2:30 in the morning to take the picture. this guy's on his way to work? yes. we wake up that early. and there was that bright moon in the western sky playing peek-a-boo with the clouds. send photos to our facebook page, or weather@nbcwashington.com. over the last several hours, we've had a few passing showers. that was 10:00 to around 1:00 a.m. those are between. behind that, clearing going on now. all these areas in dark green in the 50s. so much of virginia, much of maryland, and into west virginia, in the low to mid 50s now. right in washington, along the tidal potomac, near the bay, eastern shore, low 60s. 63 at reagan

i'm eun yang. >>> we begin with an alert from metro riders this morning. you may get to work faster today. rush plus opening today. here's a look at the new rush plus map which shows the extra service with dash lines. six extra trains will be running on both the orange and yellow lines, meaning 21 stations will be seeing more trains flow through this morning. there will be different destinations. orange line trains will run between vienna and largo and yellow between greenbelt and franconia-springfield. chances are you aren't alone if it sounds confusing. >> to be honest, i've just seen the signs and symbols, i don't know what it is. >> a lot of people i talked to said they're confused. just getting on the train and now they have to pay attention to cha ch train is. coming. >> metro says the key is to pay attention to the destination signs on the sides of the train. we want to hear from you. do you understand rush plus or do you find it confusing? and do you think the program will help your commute? head over to our facebook page, news4today, and let us kn

eun yang is off this morning. and the heat is back on. the sun is up. you can see it behind us. and by midafternoon, it's going to be a scorcher, and this is just the beginning of an absolutely brutal stretch! >> meteorologist tom kierein is, of course, keeping an eye on conditions this morning and what we can expect on in to the rest of the day and into the afternoon, and we know right now that this week had relatively humidity has been in check, and that is the case again this morning. but the bottom falls out after this, right, tom? >> yeah. look at that sunrise. gorgeous view. that is a live view from our hd nbc 4 city camera. look at the waters of the potomac, just like a mirror reflecting that sunrise. sun came up at 5:46. the sunrises now, they are a little bit later now, but the sun with the high elevation is really climbing quickly, and it's going to heat us up quickly, too. today, it's going to commence the heat wave. right now around the region, as we look at the view from space, we do have just a few clouds drifting in from the north. otherwise, a mostly clear start,

i'm eun yang. >> and good morning. i'm aaron gilchrist. welcome back to the program on this thursday, june 14th. as we take a live look outside. the sun doesn't come up for another 20 minutes, but it's already pretty bright out there right now, it seems like. or maybe it was just that camera angle. in any case, it feels really nice outside. >> it does. tom's here to tell us more about what we can expect today. >>> another unusually cool morning under way. >> yeah. >> we have a lot of cloud cover passing over the metro area, all due to a weak area of low pressure that's circulating just off the atlantic seaboard. it's mostly cloudy eastern shore and around the bay and over washington, and these low clouds typical for the satellite to pick up, but they are there. and as we look at temperatures under the low clouds, it's a cool morning. prince george's county in the mid-60s. it's down to the low 60s in much of fairfax county and in montgomery county, just near 60. and closer to washington, though, right around the beltway, southern montgomery

. >> and i'm eun yang. well, did you see it? the so-called ufo in our area last night. if you looked for it in the sky, you missed it. take a look at this picture from twitter. a very oddly shaped aircraft was on the back of a truck traveling around the beltway. the mystery object was the talk on twitter into the morning. what this was all about coming up at 6:15. >>> right now, though, it is 6:00 a.m. we're looking live outside. nothing unidentified in the skies above washington this morning. just a few clouds and some brilliant sunshine trying to break through there right now. meteorologist tom kierein is here with our forecast. >> yeah, those are ifos, identified flying objects. those are clouds that are passing in and out of the sun, giving us a gorgeous sunrise now, and that was a live view from our hd city camera. 68 at reagan national. that's one of the warm spots, as well as annapolis down to packs river near the bay, it's near 70, but away from the waters, only in the 60s throughout much of virginia and maryland. however, farther west, it's only in the upper 40

i'm eun yang. >> i'm richard jordan in for aaron gilchrist. it's already hot out there and the day ahead is going to be dangerous for a lot of people. >> that's right. news4's melissa mollet is live in silver spring where some people are looking for relief. melissa, good morning to you. >> reporter: that's right. good morning, guys. some very early relief. i can now officially announce the ymca here in silver spring has officially opened, but take a look behind me. nobody's taking advantage yet. it opens at 6:00 a.m. we have the lifeguards sitting down for the first time this morning. many folks already inside, though, enjoying the indoor pool, cooling off there while they can. whether it's drinking or will m swimming, water is the word of the day. it is expected to be hotter than yesterday. heat advisories typically kick in at 95 degrees, when cooling centers, pools and libraries open up for anybody getting out of the hot weather. we spoke to a man who teaches cardio classes at the ymca. he says the class last night in silver spring was prett

eun yang is off today. welcome to "news 4 today" on this thursday, june 28th, and enjoy it while it lasts. as we take a look outside, things are so, so nice and cool, but like you said, it's only a matter of time before that heat moves in. >> and these are the final hours of comfort. >> the final hours. >> we're counting it down now. >> the apocalypse. >> the big heat really is going to be getting here beginning later today, but not a lot of humidity yet. around the region this morning, we've got a few high clouds coming in over the region. we've got our sunrise about 45 minutes away. that will be at 5:45 this morning. and temperatures around the region, well, they are pleasant! off to a delightful start this morning, all the areas in light green 60s, dark green 50s. 71 at reagan national on the warm waters of the potomac and it's near 70 with any breeze off the warm waters of the bay. elsewhere, much of the eastern shore just in the low to mid-60s, as is most of virginia and maryland. west virginia, shenan

. >> i'm eun yang. live look outside, 4:59 and 67 degrees. wonder if there are any clouds in the sky and whether we'll see any more rain. lots of rain yesterday. >> let's hope we're in the clear for today, tom. >> looking much better when you step outside you can notice the change. >> exactly. >> exactly. there's a chorus of it. i hear it now. as we've cleared out we hadhe

. >> i'm eun yang. a heat advisory today.anges for the trash pickup in the district. they will now begin collections an hour earlier, at 6:00 a.m., for the rest of the week. that means d.c. residents who put out trash and

. >> i'm eun yang. welcome to "news4 today" today for this tuesday, june 5, 2012.look outside, 4:59. 69 degrees. everyone is like, what is going on? it's really cool for this time of year. do i need to unpack the sweater? jackets all put away. >> dig it out for this morning. >> now what, tom? >> sacre bleu. >> we'll need a translator -- >> can you say croissant one more time -- >> croissant. i don't even speak french. [ speaking french ] >> should i ask what that means? >> that's what pepe la

i'm eun yang. >> and i'm richard jordan filling in for aaron gilchrist. welcome to "news 4 today." it is thursday, june 21st. it is going to be a hot one, and some local governments can help you beat the heat during this mini heat

i'm eun yang. >> we want to begin with breaking news. after a meeting for more than ten hours the university of virginia's board of visitors named a new interim president. it's carl zeithaml. he had been dean of uva's mcintyre school of commerce. his appointment did little to silence angry students and faculty who are calling on rekter helen dragas to resign. >> say something for you bet in your car. >> i tell you not to believe everything you read in the papers. >> we'll believe anything you tell us. >> anonymous. >> resign. >> there's no more. >> you said nothing. >> why did the meeting take so long will resign. >> shame on you. >> resign. >> students, they are furious. she and rest of the board of visitors forced teresa sullivan from her job as university president after only serving for two years. the krit tinges want drag bass and other board members out and an explanation for sullivan's ouster. >> it's very disappointing that after all of this happened that dragas has not stepped down. it has been shown that the university, the fac

. >> eun yang has the friday off today. it is friday, june 29th.probably going to be the hottest day of 2012 thus far. a. >> as we look live outside this morning you don't really see the heat. but it's 80 degrees outside our studios at 5:30 in the morning. and tom kiereins is here right now. tom, you're saying that we could be pushing 90 before the morning is over. >> yeah, by 9:00. it may be near 90 degrees. and then midday, 95. noontime temperature for your lurchl hour. best idea, stay in the ac unless you absolutely have to be out. stay inside. this is dangerous heat. this kind of heat can trigger heat stroke or heat exhaustion. and we have a lot of heat advisories out. all counties in orange and red are under heat advisorieadvisor. all of us is in effect for today and tomorrow. heat index, a combination of humidity and temperature, are going to feel like 110 this afternoon. again, saturday, yes, right now throughout much of the region we are in the 70s to near 80 degrees. it's even hotter in the mountains. petersburg, 89 degrees. this is deep h

. >> i'm erica gonzales in for eun yang this morning. at busy weekend for the district.hat timing return of dangerous heat. >> the areas on this map are being put on alert for some soaring temperatures this weekend. our entire area bracing for excessive heat. meteorologist tom kierein here to tell us about the extreme temperatures coming our way. tom? >> yeah, this is going to be hottest weather of the year so far and most extended period of the hot weather of the year so far. areas in dark red, this is a excessive heat watch for saturday. so we're going to get a repeat tomorrow. it kors all of northern virginia, the metro area, and baltimore. areas in orange includes areas in red. heat advisory for today. so it's all of these areas from the shenandoah valley to the bay. afternoon heat index will be near 110 degrees. that's when the temperatures will be climbing to near 100 degrees. in fact, we're going to have a rapid warmup this morning. 90 by 9:00. and by noontime, mid 90s, very humid during the afternoon as we hover near 100 for several hours. around 10:00 and 5:00.

. >> i'm angie goff in for eun yang today. it's wednesday, june 6. glad you could join us. taking a live look outside, a nice, crisp start to our wednesday morning. that sun is spectacular. i think there's a bug on the camera. he wants to enjoy the great day. >> wants it soak up the rays and feel the worm that's coming later on. >> that's right. a beautiful start. the air is fresh and cool, thanks to a large circulation over eastern new england. that area of low pressure giving us this northerly flow. it's been bringing down the cool air, and it's going to continue to be with us throughout the morning hours. it's also, as it comes into somewhat milder area, triggering a few showers south of washington, getting sprinkles now in southern fairfax county to near mt. vernon, then it breaks up a bit down 95 toward fredericksburg. a patch of some light rain there west of fredericksburg over near warrenton, south of culpeper. that's drifting east. getting heavier downpours in north carolina. those will stay well to the south. leak at the areas in dark green. those are areas in the

i'm eun yang. >> a wet day yesterday, but, looks like the rain is behind us. >> very good. >> let's hope so. >> we needed the rain and it was still running a deficit, but it was beneficial. we'll take every drop we can get at this point, especially now that we're into the prime growing season. farmers were jumping for joy as we had the showers coming through and a few thundershowers and thankfully didn't produce any wind damage other than a few isolated trees may have come down a little bit, up in frederick county, heard about that. otherwise came through with some ben financial rain and now a few high clouds. around frederick county, they had an inch there. a little higher out in washington county. 1.3. northern shenandoah valley picked up an inch and then east of the blue ridge, most of the areas along the blue ridge all the way down to culpepper. a third to half an inch fell here. southern maryland picked up 0.8 to an inch and beneficial rains there and eastern shore had half an inch of rain and a lot of the showers that came on through were lighter there and the much-needed rain has

. >> i'm eun yang. thanks for joining us at 6:00 a.m. 63 degrees out there. a stunning sun on the horizon for this beautiful day. rev just had terrific weather, loving it. >> i just stepped outside to sniff the air. it's almost deafening. the birds are really announcing the start of a terrific day. and as we look at the view from space over the last several hours, we had a few clouds overnight but most of them have disappeared over washington and much of maryland. there are areas where there is some cloudiness. that includes parts of prince william, down toward charlottesvil charlottesville. into the mountains, too, clouds around. elsewhere, it is a clear morning and cool. down in just the upper 50ed and low 60s in prince george's montgomery county. on the eastern shore away from the water it's only in the upper 50s near 60. the atlantic ocean, ocean city is at 64. out of the mountains in many locations in the low 50sably noontime, low and mid 70s. it will be mild, comfortably drive. winds out of the northwest. shift into the southeast with low humidity. most

good morning, i'm eun yang. radar showing specks of green and those drifting north and east. later today, could get some strong storms. 2:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. they could produce damaging winds and before that low and mid-90s. much more comfortable weather for the weekend and cooler and for the weekend and cooler and every driver is different, and we've got great news for them all. now you can try snapshot from progressive before you switch your insurance. just plug snapshot into your car and drive like you, to see if your good driving could save you up to 30%. so, try the new way to save that's as unique as you are. snapshot -- only from progressive. >>> good morning, if you're traveling westbound, all of your lanes are blocked due to a tractor trailer just blocking those westbound lanes. and traveling on the outer loop of the beltway, looking a lot better as you make your way past cosville road. you're still under speed. 13 minutes to get from i-95. ♪ ♪ >> we love you! that you so much. >> we're back now with m

. >> i'm eun yang. breaking news in charlottesville. a nearly 12-hour meeting at the university of virginia finally comes to an end a few hours ago. what's next for the university following the con ttroversial pn to replace the school's president. >>> a delaware beach community hoping these pictures will bring them answers in the mysterious death of a woman. >>> we are sure to be talking about the weather as well. tom is here to tell us about big changes. that nice weather is a memory now, huh? >> better check your ac and hope that's working because we are going to be needing it. certainly tomorrow and again on thursday. and today we're going to have the beginning of that heat wave. right now around the region, though, it's a pleasant morning. we've had a few passing showers overnight. shenandoah valley in through central virginia. right now getting a little bit of rain around the lower eastern shore. and that stretches down along virginia tide water. farther north, sprinkles here on storm 4 radar. the specs of green along the pennsylva

i'm eun yang. >> and i'm aaron gilchrist. welcome back to "news4 today" on this tuesday, june 5. as we take a live look outside this morning, still clouds hanging tough for you. and you can expect some cooler air to greet you as you step outside this morning. >> that's right. doesn't feel like june. that's for sure. meteorologist tom kierein here. weather & traffic on the 1s. >> yeah. it's ten degrees cooler. not going to get much warmer as the morning progresses. during the afternoon, we'll warm up a bit. look at this picture, good night, moon. setting in the western sky. thanks for sending this in, one of our viewers in woodbridge sent this in. if you have an interesting photo, post it to our facebook page or send it in. over the last several hours we've had a few sprinkles. storm 4 radar, specks of green are sprinkles in southern maryland, calvert, st. mary's counties. northern neck has passing moderate showers. cloudiness around. we're in the 50s. it is a cool morning. you need a jacket. and we're in the mid to low 50s most of maryland, into west virginia. and we're going to

eun yang is off this morning. >> look outside this morning and you won't see any difference, but once you step out the door, boy, are you going to feel it. it does not feel like summer this morning. >> tom, it's cold. >> a touch of autumn in june. and this morning, yeah. down into the 50s and 40s in many locations. sweater weather in june, what? >> i packed them all away. >> your furnace maybe even turned on over nith. not with the ac but with the strong june sun, warming up rapidly. all this cool air, thanks to canada, thank you, ontario. we love you. this is wonderful. we've had a wonderful break. our usual high heat and humidity moving in overnight with a northerly breeze. look at the areas in blue. 40s. that includes much of western maryland. many locations in the west virginia. a few spots there be in the upper 30s here in some of the high lans in east central, west virginia. elkins, only 42 degrees now. dark green areas are in the 50s. that covers most of maryland, most of virginia away from the waters including southern maryland, parts of the northern neck. right around the bay