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germantown 270 before germantown road the left lane is blocked by this crash. tractor-trailer into a mur montgomery county police cruiser who went into another police cruiser. luckily, nobody was closed. the ramp is shut down because of this accident. eigan mcgrath is on the way and we are se delays southbound. this worries me because of how important 270 is early in the morning for so many of our viewe a. inner loop outer loop looking nice and clear. nothing to worry about. good morning, chuck. >> good morning, melissa. friday forecast time. wow. mother nature really going to be treating us with great care for our friday and your weekend plans. not too hot and not too humid. no real rain chance anywhere from the mountains to the beaches for your weekend traveling plans. temperatures now have fallen into the upper 50s from o winchester t front royal to harrisonburg to warrenton, ni virgia. still in the low six for maryland d virginia. forecast high for today, 89 degrees. a fewhe fair weat cloud building up in the middle part of the afternoon. not much of a rain

i really don't. >> does he live here locally, obviously, in germantown? >> no. >> memphis? you know? >> not that i know of. i don't think he lives in memphis. >> reporter: detectives had to find edward another way, so they accessed heather's facebook account and mined it for clues. and there it was, a profile with a last name attached. >> and what was that name? >> edward raulerson. >> reporter: police dialed a phone number they found for ed. he told them he lived 500 miles away in eastern tennessee and agreed to make the eight-hour drive to germantown to be interviewed. detectives wondered had he made the trip once already that week to take heather away? and most importantly, could he tell them where she was now? >> just because you've got somebody living 500 miles away does not mean that they didn't have anything to do with this disappearance. >> reporter: police recorded ed raulerson's interview. during questioning, ed made a potentially important admission. >> i love her to death. i would do anything for her. you know, one of the detectives asked me, you know, who would

this ramp to germantown road is still closed and that may be the case for several more hours. this all stems from an early morning accident here. a police officer was doing a traffic stop here on 270, was pulling over a vehicle. this tractor-trailer traveling through the area, the driver swerved and hit that police cruer and then pushed theis cru that was pushed into a second police cruiser and then the tractor-trailer, itself, flipped on its side. at times it wasa across the r and lanes of 270. everything is op 270 right now but we still have a mess and ople are still going rather slowly through the area. everything is open at least on 270 but still pretty slow. here is melissa with more on the traffic impact. >>alirst 4 traffic alert cng a lot of pain for a lot of folks. chopper 4 on the scene here this morning. you canee what is going on. megan is down there on the ground just behind the semi. the semi on its de and loaded with 40,000 pound of candy. now the issue is because it's kind of coming apart as they try to move it, they have to offload that candy and get that out o

. >>> right now just the left la getting by this tractor-trailer crash in germantown. it hit a montgopory county ce cruiser and that cruiser went into a second cruiser so remember to stay away when with you see a traffic stop.0 southbound 27 the ramp to germantown road is blocked because of this accident. a live report from megan mcgrath is coming up in a little bit. inner loop and snroouter loop nb prms. >>> next on ne4, finding growth in an unexpected place. a the keeper of hundreds of plants and county the author of a best selling book, i'm justin finch here. one-on-one with hilton carter to showcase ways to help your own plants grow. >>> if you're home this afternoon, don't miss "ellen" at 3:00 and then news at 4:00. >>> some people who have a house plant here or there. >> have dead plants all around the house. you get those special few who can keep hundreds ofthem. i mean, really. here is justin finch with one of those special few who has grown his plantassion into a new balk and a must-follow instagram page. >> reporter: hilton carter not only knows his plants, k

. >>> we're still talking about this heat, carr is live at the washington spirit game in germantown,and. two women's world cup winners play o the team. carrie's been out there. hello, my friend, don't move a whole lot,therwise you're going to go through that shirt and you may just fall out on uso talk us about the teammates and why the game had to get pushed back? >> reporter: you mentioned the heat, i heard you talking about the swimming pools earlier. i think my undershirt is currently a swimming pool. >> i could have done without that. >> reporter: can you feel it? >> yes. >> reporter: that is world cup fever. surrounding me at the maryland soccer complex. i think the tech nick 58 feels like out here is a billion degrees. it's supposed to start at 7:00, iting to be 8:00. the team has helped fansba le. you can bring water bottles from home there's going to be filling stations all around here,g includaved ice. here's the deal. pugh and labelle had quite the world wind exrience after winning the world cup, today is their firs game back in the spirit. the team looking for their first

still have this alert, southbound 270 at germantown road.ctor trailer filled with hersheys candies fromast night. right now, 16 miles per hour inu the southb lanes. inner loop, outer loop, no major worries. looking at centreville, westbound 66 before 28, crash blocking two lanes, and ft. washington, northbound 210, left lane is blocked there. >> not yet hot enough to melt those hershey bars. we'll check the >>> good morning. sun is shining on a friday morning. temperature now 74 in washington wrurb still plenty of the suburbs in the mid to0 upper 6s. a seasonably warm dayy. to our average high temperature is 88. the forecast high for today, 89 with a few extra clouds around during the afterno wee wl not b affected by rain at all. boat saturday and sunday seasonably hot and dry. a little more humid coming up on sunday, and i'r youe beach bound for the weekend, the weathe down at the ocean will also be very, very nice. temperatures in the mid 80s. >> all righhu c.oming your way in 25 minutes. now, back to the "to >>> it's 8:00 on "today." comi

germantown, north carolina, we hear from ronny next on our democrats line. go ahead. >> caller: hello. >> hi. >> caller: how you all doing this morning? >> you're on the air, go ahead, ronny. >> caller: i would just like to say that the obama clean power plan is a good situation. it's a good idea for the whole economy as well as the world because with the clean power plan, that makes it safer for the universe. it reduces fossil fuels and it makes everything better with the economy, the world. it makes everything great. and also it reduces coal ash and if there's clean power, you ain't got to worry about smog and everything will be great for everybody. so that plan needs to be something to work on and if it's worked on enough, maybe we can make the world great. as it used to be before all the smog and the coal ash and spills and the drilling and -- >> all right, ronny, we'll get a response. appreciate your call. >> sure. so i will touch on the point that you made about building on the clean power plan. if you actually look at the emissions targets for that ru

the summer before middle school, we moved to germantown, maryland. once again, derek did not know anyone. he hadn't hit his growth spurt yet, and he was on the small side for a sixth grader. derek boarded the bus, sat down. a few stops later, a couple of integrators got on the bus and came back to where derek was sitting. they told derek he was in his seat. in classic form, he stood u p, looked at the sea, said i don't see your names, and sat back down. the two eighth-graders beat up derek. this went on until the bus driver finally saw it happening. the two integrators were kicked off the bus for the rest of your good at that point, the other kids -- of the year. at that point, the other kids started thanking derek. the summer before high school, derek told us he was going to try out for the northwest football team. the announcement caught us by surprise because he had not played football since the fourth grade. he had been focusing on soccer. uphill challenge once again because the coaches at the high school were more familiar with the other kids. t

near germantown road. ce truck driver had to be rescued from theab. he had minorju ines. the officers were not hurt, and we know what you're wondering. it appears all that candy inside the truck is also okay an not melted. >> you are going to have totc wafor speed on major roadways in montgomery county. the speed limits are going down n order to save lives especially in areas where there's a lot of pedestrians. news 4's chris don is live in bethesda with detailsngo where the lower limits are and when they take effect. chris? >> well,aark, it's hard for drivers to miss this large flashing sign behind me here on bradley boulevard. it's a speed limit change on or about august 2 nd it's part of vision zero. that's the program aimed at reducing pedestrian deaths to zero. motorists b arng warned that the speed on bradley boulevard ll be reduced to 25 mile an houreen wisconsin avenue and goldsboro starting next friday. >> the county and the state work together for traffic safety and we're working at speed limits h especially ingh pedestrian traffic areas to see i we can lower th

he was there-- coach in germantown maryland. thank you for being here. similar to what we did with the last panel, first with you randy. what is one best practice when it comes to high school football health? do you think it has improved? what is an area where you still think we have to have more attention on? >> i think i can speak more specifically to my experience as opposed to overall high school for all. i have many colleagues but i would say as was brought up earlier, the amount of time allocated toward full contact i think is certainly changed over the years. i think also the protocol in terms of recognition of injuries and return to play with regard to head injuries as well as other injuries is more structured, more sophisticated now than it has ever been. i think relative to that, the communication between athletic trainers and coaches with regard to tournament play and schools academically i think those are areas that i've seen improvements in my experience. >> do you think this means more attention? >> i would say continued education. everybod

there weren't any serious injuries, the ramp to germantown road was closed right now. there was 40,000 pounds of karndy. not joking, in the semiat the me of the crash. and all of that was taken out before the truck could be removed. >>> now to near perfect summer weather, the sun is out on another cool morning. >> question for our meteorologist, do we stay rain-free heading into the weekend in. >> most of us are going to stay rain-free today and into the weekend. you can't rule out an isolated shower, especially back over the untains and the closer you are to the water. but look at the temperatures right now, it was a cool re morning, w warming quickly coming in at 85 degrees, beautiful sunshine out there. really nice this afternoon, but it going to be hot. seasonably hot. aybe an isolated shower, t best chance around the i-81 corridor, off by the bay, if you're heading over to the beach. a sprinkle there, but a low chance overall, at about 10, 20%. 6:00 tonight, it's still warm t with themperature out there of 88 degrees. here's the latest check of storm team 4 radar,

rose lavelle will be back in germantown after the national soccer league resumes action. at 8:00 instead of 7:00 and you can bring water bottles from home. head coach richie burke is excited to get his superstars back. >> like christmas day. it's another opportunity to see two great players, world class and world champions and scored two goals for the united states of america. it's a thrill. should be a thrill for the crowd and for the opponentsd an i know they got a huge buzz from it. >> likewise. >> last night stephen strasburg balled out for the nationals in tlanta but it wasn't on the mound. it was at the dish. went 3 for 3 with five rbis. what is he do >> how the of his mind. >> shall we put himn dh or something. a three-run monster shot. >> is this the heat,uys, is this what's happening? the nats didn't get to a anta until 4:00 a.m. and won 13-4. davyee martinez has bn thinking creatively. >> want to come out and play good baseball, you know, and like i said put the first run down and they did that today,an d, you know, stephen wasn't as sharp as he could be, but, m

barnesville, clarksburg, germantown, we'll continue to see the storms moving into the area, moving northeasthour. to the south, look at all the lightning. if you're tensifying in this area, hopefully you're inside in manaas you're getting this. and lyton hall. and thats going to be pretty strong stormswith a lot of winds in them.to winds up 60 miles per hour with these storms. this line is closing in on the beltway. and it has the history of severe eather. but look atis behind here. this is remnants of barry, a little upper-level disturbance that will continue to pass threw. and with the heat and humidity we're seeing the storms pop and aney are flourishing with damaging winds heavy downpours and lots of lightning. so if you're enjoying sports or going to theey pool late thre evening, keep an eye to the sky. especially if you're north and east you'll see some of this and see thedeightning hea your way. especially up to gaithersburg and in to howard county. the heat index is coming in from 100 to 110 right now. temperugures as we go thro the day are going toon ctinue to top bottom out just in

ann in germantown, maryland. go ahead, you're next. caller: i would just like to say there is no republican party anymore. it's called the trump party. that's number one. number two, they should fire the entire administration. no need to go through impeachment or anything. host: before we go too far, are you a republican? caller: no. host: ok. republicans only this hour. we are just going to leave it there. senator rand paul sending out a tweet taking a look at issues of debt and deficit. the proposed budget that violates every part of -- have a little bit of trouble seeing that. conservatism, the deal allows unlimited borrowing until the next election. it goes on from there. that's rand paul. he also provides a chart taking a look at that topic, too. if you want to go on his twitter feed, you can follow with that. vic in saratoga, california. hi. caller: hi. i think every president has been terrible for the debt and deficit. i don't think trump should be blamed specifically for this -- his fiscal irresponsibility. but i also think, li

the northern germantown of lingen hid 109 degrees, the hottest temperature ever recorded anywhere in germany. netherlands today set a national record of 105. belgium reached 104, the hottest day going back to 1833. today it reached 106 degrees in cambridge, england, making it the second hottest day anywhere in the uk. coy go on, but you get the point. the massive heat dome is causing temperatures never seen on the continent since global recordkeeping began about 135 years ago. just for a second, think of what summer in tucson or naples, florida, or austin, texas is going to be like in 2040 if we keep going this way. >>> yesterday kirsten gillibrand released her plan which could make fossil fuel companies financially accountable. today billionaire hedge fund manager tom steyer released his plan and he joins me now. tom, this is something you worked on in the past. what is the main thrust of the plan. do you have hard caps for phasing out and getting to zero net emissions by 2045? >> we do. but chris, i think the biggest change in my plan is that it's an attempt to turn the page on the

germantown northbound 270 at middlebrook, a crash reported in the northbound lanes.5, two right lanesndblocked, a brunswick line, cancellations because of trees down on the tracks. >> all right. today is a weather alert day. we'll get to your fore. locally-owned novec has the most reliable power in the region. and we all know how important beinreliable is. noroc provides electricity f multiple renewable sources. groovy m! and will soon include even more solar. yeah! and novec offers convenient 24/7 online services. i just paid my electric bill. novec. power you can trust. >>> it is a storm team 4 weather alert. chance for severe weather later today, and a chance for flashdi late tonight into earl riartomorrow. ght now, temperatures in the upper 70s t 80s. today's high, the last nc degrees for a while, but a thunderstorm cha of 70% later on in the day. here's a storm developing between 4:00 and 5:00, so the evening com bte could hard hit by heavy rain and thunderstorms. that will continue deep into the evening hours as well. and chanceor some locally heavy rain early

southbound 270 before montro, a ash, and germantown, southbound 270, an accident as well. . >>> bright70s across most of the metroea arnow. 76 in washington. 73 in gaithersburg. 77 in quantico. afternoon high today with 100% sunshine, 88 degrees. not much of a breeze to worry about for today. not toori tery humid either. tomorrow, a little warmer and a bit more humid leading to the next chance for detorms, thursday e. >>> live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza, this is the third hour of "today." >> good morning and welcome to the third hour of "today." craig echoes it in the background. i'm here with al and craig. sheinelle is on assignment. i'm tired this morninta al sed texting at 3:53 this morning. sheinelle is on, what, denver time right now? she has responded yet. i don't know what her opinion is. >> she never responds to anything >> that's true. >> here's the -- all right. here's the text that happened this morning. you were okay with it because you were up. >> i was wup. >> ias obviously up. al sends topic ideas that we can chat about

susan is -- susan's in germantown, maryland, opposing the raids today.aller: thank you for taking my call. let me just say that i think this is for his base pretty much. he hasn't delivered on his wall like he said he would. he is trying to show his conservative base that he is on , that it is the fault of the immigrants, that it is their lot in life. that he's doing this because he really and truly cares about the working class. it's disgusting, it really is. putting fear and hatred and he's running on this. susan, you said he's doing this for his base. what should ice do with people who do not respond to or he'd deportation orders. there are other ways of handling this than sending out agents to round up these people and send them back, there really is. law.an go through the there's just other ways of doing it. to me this whole thing is for his base and his ego. he is trying to get rid of all brown people because he hates them and he just wants them to go. let's you from patrick, pittsburgh, who supports the raids. morning, how are you. the country, wh