. >> reporter: in gainesville, aimee cho, news 4. >> good luck. >>> we want to know more about the supers you know. tell us about them on social media using #nbc4dc. >>> 6:18. breaking news in virginia. >> 95 north at prince william parkway. the crash is cleared, we have a three mile backup. the beltway looks nice and light here this morning. inner loop and outer loop just fine. cherry hill road at powder mill, do have a crash reported there. 270 southbound, northbound, no worries. northwest washington, macarthur boulevard between reservoir and foxhall, this is day three with all lanes blocked. so that is frustrating. 270 south, top of the beltway moving in. i love this on this friday. 66 in bound looks okay. 95 north quantico to the beltway you can see going to take you 33 minutes to get there because of the slowdown chopper 4 just showed us this morning. remember to listen to wtop 1 103.5. right now, listen to chuck bell. >> good morning, sheena. sheena is on wtop right now. that's melissa mollet. sun's up in a mostly clear sky over washington this morning. going to be another day feel

gainesville, 5:45. warrenton, 5:00 p.m. poolsville, leesburg, 5:15.eavier rain and scattered showers around hagerstown as well. take the umbrella tonight. coastal flood advisories going to be in effect until early tomorrow morning and also returning much cooler, 74 degrees right now. by 11:00, still not that bad. 68. but this weekend, we're only going to be around 60 degrees. and some showers in the forecast. i'll have the latest timing at about 4:50. >> thanks, amelia. >>> it's the 5th of may, cinco de mayo. many believe it's the day of mexican independence. it is not. this is the day mexico invaded french forces in the 19th century. however, on this day, a lot of folks spend it celebrating and enjoying mexican food. we have a list of the ten best places to celebrate cinco de mayo with deals on tacos and margaritas. and it's all in the nbc washington app. open it now and searc >>> margaritas today, mint jewel eps tomorrow. the fastest, most exciting moment in sports, the kentucky derby on saturday. coverage starts here on nbc4 at 2:30. grab your hat

gainesville. a good dude, man. >> i wonder how much time i have left.just come right out there, by that i would mean in here. by that i mean being in this world. i hope that i have enough time. i hope i have a chance. >> today, jack hill is going to see the prison doctor. concerning a lesion on his face that hill believes could be cancer. >> it's scary. it's scary. especially, you know, you start getting a little age on you, you start seeing things like this, i wonder where it's going to lead. this -- it's kind of scary. >> judging from the appearance of the thing, and the time line and everything, i -- and the location, i'm going to say that looks like a small basal cell carcinoma. it's a type of skin cancer usually found in the center part of the face. ultraviolet light from the sun is the chief offender there. some people come in and you need a cart to carry their chart. mr. hill has a chart that, despite the number of years he's been in the system, it's probably no more than a half an inch thick. which tells me that he is more likely to minimize and

hail parameters, some lightning as it moves to the east, getting into amisville, warrenton, then gainesville, bull run and just before 6:00, near manassas. it's a brief downpour, maybe some thunder and lightning, some hail. after that, 8/9:00 p.m., things settle down. we'll be updating in just a few minutes when doug returns. >>> no alcohol in his system. that's just part of the information coming in now from the police report in tiger woods' weekend arrest. we've learned police had to wake him up when they approached his running vehicle prior to arresting him on a a breath test and a urine test. he had slow and slurred speech. he changed his story about where he was going and coming from. he said he was taking several prescriptions, including two painkillers. the report notes that woods was cooperative as much as possible. woods's arrest puts a spotlights on the growing issue of drugged driving. it's an issue officers in our area are seeing more often these days, those with drugs instead of alcohol in their system. northern virginia bureau chief julie carey joins us live to tell us what a s

gainesville at 96, charleston at 94. great lakes is unusually chilly, it's very warm in the southern half of the country. near record highs. so think of all the firefighters out there in 95 degree heat trying to fight that blaze in the swamps, that is not fun. and northern chill continues. only 60s. new york city, saturday 54 when the nor'easter is nearby. and not much better back through the great lakes. so have and have nots all week long. and the south continues to be mid summer. >> any idea what caused that fire yet? is it weather related? >> i'll look that up for you. i didn't see what caused it. sometimes in the swamps like that, it can be lightning strikes. impressive. >> all right, bill, thanks. still ahead, the world react to the firing of james comey. >> it's complicating thing for the nation's diplomats. keir simmons joining us next. but there will still be pain. it comes when your insurance company says they'll only pay three-quarters of what it takes to replace it. what are you supposed to do? drive three-qu

you are also slow from gainesville almost all the way to the beltway. road area. that also 395 northbound still have our accident by the pentagon. the one further back has cleared. let's check in with meaghan mooney now to see what's coming up on great day washington. hey meaghan. >> hey helen. this is not your average cave, although when am i ever in a cave. this is a himalayan salt cave owned by a south african woman who came here and she was like people are stressed >>> summer is right around the corner, and we are telling you the top travel tips for your summer vacation. >> plus we visit the capital area food bank to see how they are helping local families easily eat fresh fruit and veggies. >> it is tuesday, may 23rd. this my friends is great day washington. ♪ [ music ] >> and it is a very good morning, hello my name is chris we're your hosts of great day washington. by now most of you have probably heard about the terrible suicide bombing in manchester last night. >> yeah. >> it's kind of heartbreaking right chris? >> it was at the ariana grande c

tornado watch out already this morning from panama city to tallahassee includes gainesville, jacksonvillend daytona beach, populated area so a dangerous situation we'll keep an eye on as this pushes off to the east and expansive severe weather threat from ft. myers all the way up towards the virginia border and this will spin rain up towards the northeast, tomorrow is a messy day for much of new england. highs: 67-70 winds: e 5-15 mph tonight: areas of rain, heavy at times. patchy fog. lows: 55-58 winds: e 5-10 mph thursday: scattered showers and thunderstorms. highs: 73-77 winds: w 5-10 mph our unsettled weather pattern continues through tomorrow, so keep the rain gear handy. the bulk of today will be cloudy and cool. highs will top out in the upper 60s to low 70s with cloudy skies. a stray shower is possible, but the next best chance for rain rolls in after 10pm tonight. rain will be heavy, at times, while you're sleeping with the >>> coming up our abc news exclusive, one-on-one with billy bush. speaking out about that infamous tape and what his family had to say about it and has he hea

tornado watch out already this morning from panama city to tallahassee includes gainesville, jacksonvillend daytona beach, populated area so a dangerous situation we'll keep an eye on as this pushes off to the east and expansive severe weather threat from ft. myers all the way up towards the virginia border and this will spin rain up towards the northeast, tomorrow is a messy day for much of new england. speaking of rain time for your local wealther. >>> good morning. i'm meteorologist mike nicco from abc7 mornings. partly cloudy today. summer heat is over. no 90s. hardly any 80s. clouds return tonight and cooler highs in the next couple of days and mild and then warm for the holiday week. today we go from 58 half moon bay. 60 in san francisco. oakland 66. santa rosa and san jose 74 and 75 and maybe 81 in antioch for a warm spot. drizzle along thehehehehehehehee >>> coming up our abc news exclusive, one-on-one with billy bush. speaking out about that infamous tape and what his family had to say about it and has he heard from the president since that release. >>> later this morning, look w

this adds to delay. 45 minute slow down gainesville to beltway. use caution keep the that is in addition to safe track as bob showed you big scene of a lot of pokes getting used to shuttle bus pattern out there new trains. >> new locations dean wood, minnesota avenue, aside from that silver line trains running every twelve minutes and if you're trying to take express shuttle blue line minnesota to armory and dean wood to capital hiingts and landover new carlton to morgan boulevard and plan ahead. maybe consider car pooling tore tracking metro bus. this will be out there through mid june. more on the roads as we continue, allison and steve. >> let's look at news happening around world now. experts find a global ran some attack may be linked to north core line a. >> i don't know if you have anyone. malware vie rise affectioned hundreds red of thousands of people it freezes computers and levers them unable to access them. the user pays $300 in bit coin to get back. >> apparently it's been taken care of. >> new at 7, syrian government denying reports

i wish i had better news but nearing record highs. 96, orlando today. 95 gainesville.gh, look at the humidity. in florida still only 24%. anyway you have that all brought to you by kay jewelers. your local news and weather your local news and weather coming up next some build walls to keep people out. but these are walls that welcome you in. within these walls, california's educators create safe places for every student to learn and grow. where teachers open minds to history... unleash creativity... and show our kids the future. some build walls to divide us. but the california teachers association knows these are walls that bring us together. because quality public schools build a better california for all of us. >>> "good morning america" is brought to you by blue buffalo. you love your pets like family, so feed them like family with blue. like family with blue. >>> happy wednesday to you. good morning. i'm reggie aqui of abc7 mornings. let's check the weather with mike nicco. >> hi, everybody. mild morning. 52 and 60 antioch. on the water, breezy and choppy. strong

i wish i had better news but nearing record highs. 96 orlando today. 95 gainesville.ough, look at the humidity. in florida still only 24%. anyway you have that all brought >>> "good morning america" is brought to you by blue buffalo. you love your pets like family, so feed them like family with blue. >> anchor: good morning washington. i'm melanie hastings. here is a check of your stop stories. a new comment from ptsd after he fired fbi director james comey. in the last 15 minutes he tweet ed james will be replaced by someone who will do a far better job bringing back the spirited and prestige of the fbi in another early morning tweeted , trump attacked democratics critical of his firing. he was let go yesterday in the midst of the bureau's investigation into whether the trump campaign was connected to russian meddling during the election. this will be the warmest day of the week. let's check in on the forecast with veronica. >> reporter: some of you might need a light jacket this morning starting out in the 50s. by lunchtime, 70. lore 70s this afternoon so sun classe

. >> host: this is an e-mail from gainesville florida. got a question for neil degrasse. are we alone and why is there not any evidence of ufos? is there any and why is their? >> guest: it sounds like are we alone on earth rather than the universe. we are not likely alone in the universe when you look at how common the ingredients of life are, how common it is. hydrogen and oxygen and nitrogen, carbon. we are made of this stuff. that's the foundation of organic chemistry, carbon-based life. this stuff is everywhere we look in the universe. and so, whatever happened on earth, it's not likely to be rare or unique because carbon chemistry on which life is based is the most fertile kind of chemistry there is. carvin is abundant across the universe. so come if there is life somewhere else it's probably based on carbon. it is in a fascinating bias but not unjustified. so the universe has been around 14 billion years, plenty of time to default old earth creatures out there, particularly micro organisms. we have no reasons do no to notk of microorganisms as aliens. they are not i

gainesville 94.ille, and orlando coming close to 100 degrees. northern chill into the northeast going into the weekend. burlington, 62. 53 in erie. >> good thursday morning. watch watching rain now approaching the district. thunderstorm activity near 95 and quantico heavier rain down 95. approaching the beltway, moderate to heavy rain even in fauquier county. and you see the heavy rain n forecast today. have the umbrella. lunchtime even through the afternoon. tomorrow and saturday rainy patte pattern. clearing on sunday. >> get the weather any time you need it. check out the weather channel on cable. >>> thank you. >> coming up, a sad story. condolences pouring in for chris berman after the death of his wife in a car crash. we're back in a moment. lergies with nasal congestion? find fast relief behind the counter with claritin-d. [ upbeat music ] strut past that aisle for the allergy relief that starts working in as little as 30 minutes and contains