low humidity.lenty of sunshine out there. nice mperatures. i mean, seasonal for this time of year. temperature shoul be 89 during the day. about 71 atda night. yestwe hit it perfectly. we were seasonal yesterday. today the temperatures move around 90degrees. look how beautiful it is out there this morning. hopefully everybody is up taking advantage of this gorgeous saturday morning. i do have rain nayt satu we'll see how it pans out being a week away. again, it is a beautiful saturday morning. edericksburg, cool at 63. fo mead at 59. cooler conditions outside the beltway. very nice. and warm by this afternoon. we're headed to rig around 90 degrees today. a very comfortable day out there. y. sunny. warm. that humidity is going to stay low, but build overnight tonight. we'll start to see the mugginess return tomorrow. sunday, monday and even tuesday. tuesday i might have this to the put in oh prezzive. the tuesday humidity is bad. it falls on tuesday night with a front. wednesday comfortable. we keep

low humidity. low humidity saturday. beautiful weather if you want to begardening. and your garden tip of the day. brought these in the shade. beautiful weatherhis weekend, to be out. that release is not going t last. we're in the90s this week. let's see what's happening. >> had a bit of a delay northbound here. this has just cleared, as well. >> we had a crash in the left leg. >> in the dtrict, the wrosh in the two light rains this mornin as we zoom in here in southeast, third-straight between pennsylvania avenue and the lane slots there. thngks for showi us a little ile ago. >> thank you. >>> move ove video games. up next, we introduce you to a 7-year-o in the >>> you're watching "news 4 today." >> this fourth of julyill be memorable for 101 people who became citizens, american citizens, at george washington's estate at mt. vernon. different countries.e born in 50 they are all now americans. and ceremonies like this took place all over the country. >>> nor ds, july 4th was more about the parade and founding fathers. >> reporter: at philadelphia's museum of the rev

then saturday and sunday heat comesac t uc humidity saturday, more humidity sunday and then to next weekunderstorm risks are back. 96 on monday, 94 for a have to dodge somethunderstormse afternoon. all right, that's a check of your forecast. off to erin for traic. >> 4:47 right now. we're keeping our eyes on the malfunctioning traffic light. sendaries in the districtvery lp before 5:00 a.m. metro service does pick up at 5:00. we don't have delays. want to use caution in chevy chase wisconsin avenue northwest before willard avenue there's utility work blocking a few lanes. again, volume still light that's a not causing major slowdowns but if tha utility work lingers it could start tngo slow thi down. kenilwor looks great. new york avenue problem free. secondaries outside the district look good as well a in maryland and virginia. not seeing any problems on 270. look how light tha from frederick into clarksburg. any questions at erin fox5 d.c.. want to makeure you get t work or wherever you need to be on time this thursday morning. i'li'm excited tomorrow is friday. man that spent nearly th

but it's cloudy and humid. temperatu temperaturewise south bay. 63 degrees else san pablo 59 in san francisco. 65 in danville and 67 in napa. hour by hour. future weather, the chance of drizzle through 8:00. but that chance is going to fade push north midday. around here and what you notice is that the cloud cover will thin as well. by the around and into the early evening by 6:00 we do anticipate ending the day with a fair amount of sunshine and the humidity thankfully will be dropping. so muggy early on not a huge issue but not something we are used to this time of year. >> making it feel stickier. >> need the extra firm hold on the hair spray. >> going with wavy today. >> how is traffic looking. >> a few incidents but most starting off nice and light here as you would hope as 4:38. here a live look at walnut creek. south 680 north of the 24 merge everything moving fine. nice late volumes as you kick-off the friday morning drive. quick check on drive times of course delays getting out of central valley. overa

humidity goes down.o dry conditions, sun filled days, low humidity. just doesn't really get any bett than that for this time of year especially for t second full weekend in july. 82r for you saturday. r sun y do enjoy the weekend 'cause ok what comes back next week. that's 94 you see by next time e and oso enjoy the low humidity this weekend. all that's weather. rkht, with s this minormnjhe eg no ttin bad except metro. >> yes, we have red line delays. other than that the roads have been really quiet and crash free. we'll sta you off with the only problem wracking tghta now. erre problem at shady grove so we have a delay on the red line to glenmont inoth directions. signal problem at dupont circle .time on that red rest of your metro is on time.om 29 the bottom side of the beltway to the 11th street bridge is quiet same story if you'reeaded to mgm this morning and national harbor. no problems on 395 northbound. street bridge wide opened. nice conditions 95 through dale cit your way out on 66 out tnthrough

it starts to feel a little bit humid out the on saturday and more humid on sunday. fantastic from start to finish. pleasant at.m 7:00 with all sunshine. barely a cloud in the sky andy low humid with a high of 88 which is exactly where we should be this time of, ye so tomorrow is going to be a great day to head to the pool. thursd is looking fantastic, and friday is looking awesome again. so a string of really nice weather today. we made up our rainfall deficit in justver an hour for the month of july so these next few days dry weather will be just fine out there. 86 degrees for a highmp ature on saturday with a little bit more cloud cover, and then on sundayoartly mostly cloudy skies with a chance for showers han thunderstorms, especially durg the afternoon hours and i can't rule out some rain sunday morning as well. otherwise humid on sunday with a temperature of 87, and then there's a chance for more showers and thunderstorms monday, tuesday and wednesday. mainly during the afternoon hours of next week. our temperatures stay in theup r 80s with high humidity level

this shows the humidity and the colors that change show how elevated the humidity will be.o when we see the yellows and the oranges, that indicates that there will be some much more humid air in place. but by the end of the weekend, our humidity drops and we go back to what we're used to seeing around and feeling here around the bay area. if you're going out there to the giants and the a's game, the battle of the bay, our own marcus washington will be singing the national anthem. and we'll have some great weather in oakland. but once again, it will be a little bit more humid. so maybe that will effect your vocal chords, marcus. if you're going to santa cruz this weekend, it will be a nice one for going to the beaches. definitely cooler temperatures there compared to the valleys. and i'll have a look at more of what's going on around the bay area and the forecast. that's coming to us later. laura and marcus >> i think that would be good for your voice. >> i'm thinking so. i'm hoping so. we'll see. >>> coming up, are you feeling lucky? mega millions lottery fever taking over

and it could be a humid one today for a lot of areas.is going to stick around for a long time? >> a couple days it will be humid, and that makes the temperatures in the 80s and low 90s feel a little more unbearable. it's going to be 90 today for the inland valleys. humidity peaks tomorrow, high clouds and upper 80s extending into next week. san francisco will see fog this morning, clearing out with 60s in the rest of the forecast. >> folks are hitting the road in san jose. >> a number of live cameras. sunny view. folks starting to tap the brakes for 101 to san jose. tapping the brakes here. more cloud cover at the san mateo bridge, but visibility is okay for the drivers heading to the peninsula, and more clouds for the bay bridge, but moving well. >> there you go. let's see if people are moving at at&t park. look at all the tents out there. an annual tradition where they get to spend the night at the park. >> get up, come on. >> can't stay here. >> have a great day. . >> now he's arriving in the uk where protesters are gearing up ahead o

that indicates higher humidity.hen we get higher humidity, there's also the chance there could be a little bit of some lightning. now, a lot of that rain with some of those storms could evaporate, and it just produces what we call dry lightning. it's lightning with no rain coming out of those clouds. and that could, of course, spark some wildfires. that will be a concern today. as well as tomorrow. and then the humidity goes down. we'll go back to our all clear skies and some lower humidity for the weekend. it's still going to be warm with low 90s. san francisco looking at more of the same. and some upper 60s for sunday. heading over to mike. now you have a crash on the tri-valley. >> i do. we saw it pop up on the map last time. i was stepping in front of it, but right there, off the dublin interchange. we have an update at chp. we're looking at the map. all green. whatever commute is going on right now, the commute would be southbound. it's northbound at bernal. it's off the roadway and we don't see slowing. i'll c

you'll notice a little more humidity. higher humidity as we head into the upper 80s. we'll talk about the surge humidity and potential of dry lightning coming up next. >>> seeing cars driving by this is fine. we'll talk about something going on not far and low clouds. we'll keep an eye on potential for fog here. >>> and speaking out for the first time since their rescue, the boys that were trapped in that cave are released from the hospital, what they have to say about their heroing ordeal. a lir emeryville camera.. ad lib good morning and thank you for joining us. i )m marcus washington. and i )m laura garcia. >>> good morning. here on today in the bay. thanks for joining us. >> like aim high. >> yes. >> there you go. all right. maybe your up and at em already this morning. how do you dress for the day? here is a look at martinez as we will have another hot day. if you have to go for a run do that early. we get a live look outside. we are going to have a day for maybe hat and a dress. we'll talk about more coming up. a vehicle swerving? >> yeah. we are looking at all

low humidity. but it only lasts for the weekend. unfortunatelyhe 90s and humidity.t comes back next week, guys. >> it's 5:53. >>> new this morning, local puppy is back with its owners after a scarysituation. firefighters were called after a dog fell into a drainpipe about seven inches in the ground. they were able to safely remove puppy. it appears to be okay. he's back at home now. >> happy that he i okay. >>> we want to go to a story that has all of social media lking about a flight and counter. >> you have probably been asked to switch seats on a plane. but that question turned into much more earlier this week. now, the story is going viral. rosie blare asked a woman to switch seats to sit nexto her boyfriend. shi noticed the woman hit it off with her new seat mate. and she srted to share videos of the strangers. >> she chronicleeverything. >> the special thing was that these people rooting for them. and they didn't even know it. >> , she chronicled the whole thing, as we were saying. and she was patching tr bond over the fact they were personal trainers. they sh

humid starting on wednesday and the humidity lasts until the end of the next workweek.e have >>> well, tonight a performance 30 years in th making. >> decades ago a group of northeast d.c. high schoolers saw thundershoweir lives changeg part in a special choir eperfor. theyow getting back together al for a good cause. ♪ >> to achieve greatness it takes unwavering commitment, desire. and an inspirational leader. like dr. joyce garrett. for more than 30 years she's been the director of the eastern high school choir in northeast d.c. >> in 19 the eastern choir in the international music fest cal. when they came home, they had won the second place. >> reporter: it was a huge deal, because no one expected these students who came from an area struggling with poverty and dg violence to be singing for presidents and celebrities. >> how did this inner city cool oir go to vienna and end up winning in a classical music competition? >> reporter: it wa a question so many would ask. but dr. garrett will be the first to tel you it started with a dream. she was determined toe make s ev

in the weekend, it's going to be nice and low humidity. there's your relief before next week when we are back in the 90 eads. more details on the fourth of july coming up. >>> an uninvite guest shows up at a local man's house. what he did after spotting this black bear going through his trash. stay with us. >>> what's old is new again. visitors can cool off inside an intee exhibit. you might remember thelastic balls from the beach exhibit a few years ago. well, the team behind that i back with the fun house. it's an interactive reimagination of your typical house filled with quirky finds, caves and marbles a beach is now a pool. >> we have a perfect opportunity of the backyard to be able to crte the scale version of it. r ing to create -- we're car ating this backyard pool which brings a sort of familiar,ex differenrience. >> the fun house officially opens today and will stay open through septemberrd. >>> centerville man takes out the tra a only to find bear in his yard. >> i keep telling aaron this remind me of the john candy movie great

partly sunny low humidity.ng your stakre h aversefoday and evenoeakling humidity i doents come t back be weekend, t mostly sonecundda y is when you'll notice the ase hy arow weekne the storm risks will return and right now best chance does look lik tuesday. so, again, lotse'reerpi department. one thing wth we'eare not so muh any more chiedis whr. it's over, it's gone. next system to watch at thewee hav remnants of berylh are still down here. don't forget about beryl. it was a hurcane that approached the leeward islas, brought lots of rain to puerto rico. we'll have toatch foren some redevet here over the next 48 hours or so., so'll keep an eye on that. not out of t woods just yet frit tropical activhere in mid-july. loll sorty ca of clouds which came through overnight. ane rais tnhithings outrn and we haven't had any rain for awhile here in d.c. in fact been en axtremely dry sty.t to jul on less than .01f an inch at the airport. agebo start since 2002. we t monn' had any. starting to need just a little bit and

no humidity tomorrow.hat carri over into thursday and starts creeping back in friday and looks dry for zip trip this week. storms return this weekend. that's weather. erin is back with traffic. >> good morning coming to you live from southeast nats park a lot of proceed closures in place. to conswant taking metro. they're open an extra hour or whenever the games end to accommodate all the folksg. trav let's look at current commute we have some crashes to tell you b centerville road is on road and walking left lane and metro puck up 5 a.m.ns que erinfoxdc on twitter. keep it to fox news morning. we have a 5:00 hour coming up. gorgeous look inside nat's park. everyone is excited in dmv for all starame. all starame. more coverage as we continue. >> today on "fox5 morning". >> a 10-year-old girl lost her life here today. all the hopes and dreams that her family had for her is gon gone. >> mavxed begunmen open fire killing a smalchild. learned her name and details about wha police are doing to solve this hoific

. >> a little bit of -- a lot of humidity. >> the humidity is still here. here's the thing. the heat is eventually going to break and the humidity with it. >> theest of this week, we saw high temperatures. this morning, we havearair here still. 78 degrees. dulles 81. quantico right now and annapolis at 81 degrees. here's a look at radar. we have clouds around. we'll be in the 90s. through the morning and closer to lunchtim we'll be climbing to near 90 degrees. but for your fourth of july forecast, here's what future weather is showing most ofhe area stays dry. can't rule out an isolated pop-up thunderstorm. at this point, it looks like around the time of thunderstorms, there's a slight chance for a stray thunderstorm in the forecast. not for everybody. we'll keep watching it through the day and a closer look at the fourth of july weather in a bit, guys. >> sheena, thank you. this morning, the nation'sta ca is packed with people for the fourth of july holiday. folks an to brave theeat and the humidity to celebrate independence day on theatnal mall. >> there is lots going arou

little humid.ill sunday, the weekend. >> it is, and w have a great week, something to look forward to, i t ink everybody feeling in the winning spirit. >> in d.c. united won yesterday, we have got the all-star game on tuesday, so all of our focus is now on ittuesda. looks like we could have some storms on thursday unfortunately. we'll look at the timing coming up in a few minutes, a little bit of a breeze in the r, we do have some clouds around d.c., expect a mix of sun and clouds, a lot more cloud cover than we did yesterday. temperatures are going to warm as ight around 80 degrees head through the 9:00 hours, we will have that heat index close to the upper 90s this afternoon. an isolated chance of some showers and storms today and tomorrow, we'll really be heatiheat ing things up for your monday and tuesday. we'll take a look at the timing of anyf those storms, that's coming up as i said in about 15 minutes. >>> the major league w all-star gal begin tomorrow. >> there is plenty of sun to there fo

and that moisture imparting some humidity humidity. we are calling for overcast skies.e'll be at 91 in concord, 90 at livermore, not too bad at san jose at 84. and you've got your cool 62 in half moon bay. so the heat, humidity with us tomorrow. and the overcast skies. we'll stay with these 90s until about tuesday next week and then back to 80s once we get to wednesday and thursday. coming up at 6:48, we'll have a look at when we could see showers get close to the coastline. see you then. >>> one of san francisco's busiest streets about to get a bit more chaotic. the reason drivers are going to be seeing big changes starting tomorrow. a caltrain hit and kil pedestrian in redwood city. >>> happening now on our digital platforms, a cal train hit and killed a ped in redwood city. trains were stopped for about 30 minutes. the northbound track has reopened. an ohio state wrestler has come forward in an abuse skecandal. y san francisco roadway, and it all starts tomorrow. >>> it may be really, really me messy. a big change sh comiis coming t major intersection. >> the makeove

it means more heat and humidity. we'll have a closer look at that coming up in about 15 minutes. >> that is so weird. are we in the midwest? you pointed out it does happen. >> winds shift out of the southeast some times. >> all right. i guess we'll have to take it. we'll check in in about 15 minutes. thanks. >>> a fire chief still in the hospital after responding to a fire and being mauled by a pit bull. s he was attacked bay pit bull that his crews had just rescued. he was rushed to the medical center and transferred to stanford where he underwent reconstructive surgery. officials say he was talking with a 15-year-old girl who had just been rescued from the fire. she had a large male pit bull on a leash. he asked if the dog was okay. >> she said yes and for whatever reason the dog jumped up and attacked the battalion chief. >> he was one of 20 dogs inside that home. two died in the fire and the other 18 are rescued. the sheriffs department has launched an animal neglect allegations. our handle at nbc bay area. >>> w

we keep the humidity levels very high again until friday.nces in the forecast. most days are going to be completely dry until we hit friday, but i can't rule out some isolated pop-up showers and thunderstorms during the afternoon hours more on that in a moment, but as we look to the weekend it'sin look really nice. more comfortable saturday and especially sunday.be it wil gorgeous outside especially compared to what us're dealing with right now which is dangeeat. all of these counties inera ng uthe heat advisory during the afternoon will be anywhere from 100 to 105 degrees. indooow is another great day and another day where you don't have to pate bills or get any vacuumingone. take a look at the planner for tomorrow. 7:00 a.m., already hot andst ky outside. at 78re d and by lunchtime it's 90 degrees. the hottest part of the day has a temperature of 94 degrees and heat index around 105. heading into the evening hours it's still uncomfortable at 91 degrees with a few isolated thundersto maybe back around the mountains and the i-81 corridor. he

also humid tomorrow.ur temperatures really don't change that much for the inland areas over the next several days. still very warm. nice, cool, and breezy in san francisco. and mike, you have a few more drivers out there. >> a few, but i'll point them out. you asked what we're doing this weekend. you talked about san jose, i may be there. i also may be at union city for their festival. over here, the time for northbound 101 to show more traffic. this is through san jose just north of the 286/80 silhouette, the interchange. a smooth flow of traffic continues as the little bit of traffic increase doesn't become a problem. capacity for lanes much higher than we're seeing. a smooth drive out here coming down through the walnut creek interchange. out of the altamont pass, a little slower, and by the time you get to north flynn, 84 shows more traffic cutting through for the dublin interchange just fine as well. down the east shore freeway, more cars. look at that, steadily, nicely filling in. all these lanes. y

a little humid.the -- transportation officials bracing for heavy o congesti the beltway and some of theurrounding streets. gates open at 5:30. the show starts at 7:30. >>> here's a look at the traffic ahead and the things to avoid. >> i'm melissa mollet with a look at the traffic and roads for the weekend. 395, this bridge project. that means lane closures for the weekend. as we zoom in here, you can see what's going to happen we're talking about friday night through monday morning. two lanes closed at a time. wee talking about both directions. northbound and southbound sides will be impaed at different times during the weekend. those hov lanes will be open in the direction of the work. you can take those without penalty instd. >>> melissa, thank you. :36. we continue to follow a story regarding the vatican. t >> involvi resignation of cardinal theodore mccarrick. let's go back to derrick ward. derrick? >> reporter: again, u. -- theodore mccarrick petitioned the pope to be relieved of his position wi

the temperatures fall and the humidity fa, as well. we'll notice a few rain showers, as well. >>> still have this in alexandria t talking abos fire for much ofhe parkway. the lanes are blocked becse of the fire department activity. it is possible to get around it but you might want to offer extra time. district heights, the rest of this area looks gd until out of town. inner loop and oer loop are nice and green. all that has cleared out of the way. >> thank you. >>> some breaking news in alexdr alexandria. cruise a crews are on the scene ofn apartment fire. firefighters evaluated on t neighbors describe the chaos as the flames grew. >> we couldn't make it hout. to come out the window. they had to get a ladder and n have us come de ladder. >>> more breakingews from overseas. president trump is in helsinki, makira preons for today's summit with vladimir putin. putin is expected to arrive at any moment. in about an hour, mr. trump and mrputin will sit down in the presidential palace for their first formal talks. more on the agenda coming

it's going to be humid and we'll feel it. in palo alto this morning, at least the visibility is clear and temperatures start out in the low 60s. feels warmer as you get ready to head out the door and warms up to the upper 70s by early afternoon. also see a few more clouds moving in. we'll talk about the surge in monsoonal moisture coming up, and mike, you have a warning for drivers through the south bay. >> if you're traveling through the south bay and headed farther south, because anyway north of silicon valley, great. easy drive. you're at green. still green here, southbound 17 as well, heading down toward the summit, but chp lets us know there's a disabled sounds like a jeep cherokee in the slow lane. so we have our eyes on this, and you keep your eyes open there, it's dark through those areas heading to the summit. no problem as you're heading north on 101 out of the south county. san martin, morgan hill at speed as well. a quick look

the humidity still not all that bad. humidity builds back in tuesday and so do rain chances.uesday, wednesday, thursday and friday some rain at times. we'll have dry time, as well and not as much. >> okay, that sounds okay. and the sunshine. >> hard to match, that's for sure. hanks. >> you want to see more of what we saw this evening, the nationals getting back on track after frying some fisne >> sports xt. stay tuned. i had life-treatening bleeding in my brain. but thanks to the virtual reality technology at gw hospital, my surgeons were able to look inside my brain and plan for a successful surgery. it's remarkable that i woke up and ran five miles this morning. i would tell gw hospital thank you for giving me new life. for life's defining moments the george washington univeristy hospital defining medicine. >>> this is the xfini "sportsdesk." > no amount of rain would dampen enthusiasm right now. this is the high point usually for enthusiasm. >> i knew training catch was back. ied a hamstring when i got up from my desk today. it's time for fgaotball . no pads, just shorts a

low humidity.ore on thete day forecast coming up at 4:45, pat and leon. >> nice for a change. >> firefighters in montgomeryun coty getting creative and trying to a rescue puppy that eell down a storm drain. a firpo departmentkesperson tweeting out the video. the lit we guy noorse for the wear and loving the attention. the 9 week-old pubby fell down that narrow drain. firstesponders using a slim jim to snag the dog and safely pull it out. it's now happily back home with its owner. >> oh. >> and we won't b hearing the pitter patter of puny panda paws soon at the national zoo. the giant panda will not produce cub this year. folks say she experienced aan pseudo pre over the past few months and they now expect her to rese her normal behavior and the panda house is once again open and you can return all the gifts you found at baby panda gap. >> produced a lot of >> seven so far. >> she's got more time. >>> we brought you this bre news yesterday. >> new details are emerging about the woman who climbed the

partly cloudy skies and higher humidity. talk about what that means as we head into the weekend coming up next. >>> a medical mishap overseas triggers a billing mystery here at home. nbc bay area responds next. sane hospital bill after heart problems struck in south america. >>> nbc bay area responds to a san jose man left with a hospital bill after heart problems struck when he was in south america. >> we helped viewers straighten things out with his insurance provider. >> good morning. dave smith was on vacation at one of the most remarkable places on earth right there in peru. he felt sick and went to a doctor. the situation was so serious dave ended up being flown to a heart hospital in lima. he learned health care is much less expensive in peru than the u.s. his hospital bill came to just $456 which he paid out of pocket. his health insurance provider agreed to cover that bill. dave says kaiser told him it would mail him the reimbursement check. this was in february. he never got that check. after weeks of getting nowhe

hot and humid not be quite as hot and humid as yesterday.ex got to about 110 in the afternoon, so it will still be verycky day out there. as you a out and about for the 4th.ca and recettered showers and storms later this afternoon, i'm hopi we keep it dry for ton fireworksight although that is not a complete guarantee. that's a wish. tht's a wish. that we keep it dry. looks likeost storms will be out by sunset so i think we'll be in pretty good shape.ut 86. your graphic is so pretty >> thanks. >>> , erin. >>> good morning,gu ys. it's a holiday and i want to tell tucker iidn't know what he was looking for, so i couldn't offer him, you know, >> me either >> weav do h quiet conditions 95 southbound through rg frederic, so if you are making your way towards virginia beachou're in great shape a disabled tractor-trailer blocks the shoulder but no slowdowns light volume, 95 northbound literally look at that, it's a ghost town between the capital beltnd baltimore, it's quiet. maybe you're t headed the 4th of july a celebration, you're in greatwa sha

per 60's to near 70, it'sget humid.s extremely humid out there. 75 for quantico, 78 in annapolis, 75 for baltimore so mid 70 dewpoints not the m pleasant to wake up. to. with the dewpoints and sun coming up we'll warm it up.ur 94 degrereal feel temperatures by 11 o'clock. by 3 o'clock in the afternoon here come the mid 90's to0 near back in town. later on tonight if we get some rain showers thathe could cool things off off to the north and west butere in town even by 8:30, 9 o'clock tonight still likely feelingke 90 degrees plus out there. there's satellite an radar. again, some clouds outside to anart. not sy of that rain or those showers we're seeing north and west are actually hitting the ground. i think it's just more clouds out h there. other igh pressure down scott south starting to weaken but strong enough to get our temperatures up into the 80's and0's this afterno relief is in sight: now zip in woodbridge i bodbridge i the morning we'll watch for storms in theon aft, 88 clearing out for the weekend,idunshine lo

low humidity. somebody said ittill feels humid outside. it's all relative. it would probably feel reay humid if we were in may right now considering what the dew points a and the moisture in the air. they'll be mid to upper 60s for highs. a little on the muggy side. compar to where we ha been e last couple of weeks, feeling pretty refreshing out there. nothing showing up on the radar right ynow. are headed to the beaches south, virginia beach, outer banks, especially the outer banks, this is the front. you can see it. it comes a the way up here and goes all the way down. it's going to hang out here. it may float a little bitso to e h and east but hanging out right here throughout the weekend. those folks in thd outer banks ong the north carolina shoreline, lots of rain and lightning. virginia beach getting it ba bad today.l this front w move back to the north as we get into early next anek. kind of out over us. that's going to bring us the rain chances. that's also going to bring us more humidity into early next week. until then, we're comfortable for this w

humid at the ballpark.emember that 95 if you'rere getting t earlier an feeling more like 100, an even as the game wears on, you'r going to notice the mugginess and the heat. about a 30% chance for thunderstorm, but a 60% chance sdr thunderstorms on t and 94 degrees. that's why i think we could see a delaye at the g but this front is going to be moving through so we'll be dealing with rain for 30 minutes to maybe had a litt bit longer and then we would return to dry conditions. s looking least how i right now. wednesday low humidity. 89 for a high and a really nice day overall and thursday also looking nice with a high temperature of 89 >>> it was a long day's at wimbledon. >> you put the time change,bo worry this and they got it. in the first gentleman's sefinal was long. how long you ask? >> how long, dave? >> glad you asked. as long as the waiting in line for a build-a-bear promhaion. >> oh, still hurts. >> as long as its participants are tall. the battleetween two tennis skyscraper john isner and 6'6" ke

humidity. feeling close to 100. es monday it's feeling around 100 deg and tuesday is feeling around 103 degrees, so heat advisory criteria out there on tuesday. the good news as quickly a humidity builds in on monday and tuesday it drops right back off ake a nesday so let's look at your shower and thunderstorm chances. again, i really think for most of usunday is completely dry, but as we look to monday afternoon there's a 30%hance of showers and thunderstorms, especially north and west of washington, and then on tuesday we see that chance increase, pat and leon, to about 50%. >> >> we need had a little bit of rain. really dry around here. >> nice and crispy out there. >> thank you. >> we've got the inside scoop on one of this year's most popular movie. >> coming up next at 4:00, we talk with one of the hairstyleists for the movie blantier. there's a wig that she says cost 15 grand >> oh, yeah, that's some expensive hair. plus, we've warned you about a poisonous plant. what a local teen was doi

aswe head into saturday, humidity will rise just a bit.a bi muggy at times with the temperatures in the low 90s in the afternoon and going tonightably most humid and even then we're not even oppressive,ljust r annoying and dew points could reach 70 degrees with highs in the low 90s and may feel sticky at times. let's talk rain chances, so we're not really seeing any maj rain chances until we hit bunday, and -- i'm sorry, monday. sunday is looking fairly on the isolated side of things. we're going to stay dry a we ride into the weekend and then as we move towards monday and tuesdaythat's when our ra chances are going to go up. tuesday looking a lot more promising, so this is a front that we'll have to watch closely. verall it's going to be an amazing weekend and if you're going out for dinner tonight definitely capitalize on that low humidity and comfortab temperatures. >> going to be nice tonight and tomorrow night as well, and you can see on our four-day forecast there's the high temperature. tomorrow ss 90 degr and humidity levels nice a

we have the increased humidity. you can see the pattern with the humidity and the thunderstorms from the south will stay with us for thursday and friday and bring us a slight chance of an isolated thunderstorm for us. for tomorrow morning, we are going to stay dry. we will have the typical fog at the coastline. temperatures in the low 60s to the south bay and look for the best chance of fog from san francisco to the east bay. i want to focus on the futurecast that will show the monsoonal moisture really well. we have sunshine through most of the bay, but keep your eye on the bottom of the screen. as i advance this, monsoonal poifture moves in from the south. high cloud cover and that increased humidity. take a look off. we will be keeping a close eye on it. the heaviest of rainfall will remain to the south and the east of us. big bear with over one inch and a quarter to a half inch that's indicating to us a slight chance of scattered storms through the bay area. the best chance is the northeast and the south bay. an

lower humidity for saturday and sunday. there you see on your ten-day forecast storms move in on monday afternoon and a chance for rain an storms at times tuesday through next friday. wendy and leon? >> from generation to generation an seyfert under way to keep the stories of holocaust survivors alive. today high school oartists met learn the history and the students will turn that story into artwork depicting the person's life before, during and after the holocaust. after the program many of the b students willome volunteers at the holocau museum. >>> retail giant walmart plans to take advantage of babies "r" us closingown introducing a new web experience. shop by style ross all baby categories. that allows consumers to shop hundreds of baby items through six curated collections of the most popular styles. walmart reports searches for baby-related items up about 40% now. >>> a home security c sera caugething that poem are really enjoying. three children returning a wallet that they this was in colorado, and they found the

sunday, low humidity, both days. if you're staying in this weekend, low humidity on saturday. a high of 82 degrees. that's lower than what we've been seeing. that's a hug difference. for the going to last weekend. next week, we're back in the 90s. the weher pattern returnsheor at and humidity. we'll take a look at your forecast coming up. let's check the roadshi morning. >> good morning. taking aittle break at this traffic alert. shut down at you can see the purple and the osure on the map. mccoombs was 34, roadblocked. inner lp and out of loop of the beltway 95, no problemsng new end or southbound. >>> still ahead, an >>> you're watching "news 4 today." >> well, for kids, the july 4th holiday is all about parades and fireworks. but for one in philadelphia, it's also about the founding fathers. kristen dahlgren has more on the revolutionary young man. >> reporr: at philadelphia's grandson of the revolution, you'll see george washington, alexander hamilton and -- oli r oliver. oliver may not be a founding father. but the 7-year-old is a mixture here. he's close to 70 times sinc

. >> still hot and humid. >> humid with storms possible today widelyer scatt.row will be the maind event way front. another day of steamy heatnd temperatures in the low 90's. reagan national 80 degrees. dulles 74 and bwi marshall 78 degrees. low 90's later today. that's not the satellite and radar i want to show you but it will do the job. few clouds out early. we'll be in fory partly sunny da today and just like the last couple ofib days, ility of a shower or a thunderstorm firing up kind of mid to lateer afternoon. and miss afternoon storms. hance of rain and a great looking weekend. saturday and sunday look beautiful, less humidity, lower temperature >> fantastic. >> yay! >> something to look fward to in addition to the weekend being the weekend. >> hi, erin. >> good morning. i'm looking forward to the weekend. we've made to it friday eve. isn't that a good feelingd >> i know you hahappy slow traffic day yesterday. >> i did but not the case today. so, unfortunately a lot of stuff to gethrough. water main break, you can see is is in there oistrict, 200 blockt

more humid out. there and obviously hot and humid, heat index 100 to 105 and again like that tomorrow tuesday as well and in terms of what they're looking at at 5:00 tonight most heat advisories would be at 100 or above 10 feeling 12 and fluctuates back and forth. keep in mind iter will y oppressively hot. dangerously hot even espelaally as this actes tomorrow and into tuesday as well. little cooler for july 4. not much. 91 even at 11:00 tonight. it will be hot. f temperatures tonigor some of us will getown to 8or so. and 76, 69, and then 73 with baltimd 72 it 72 it frederickan fredericksburg. near a cloud in the sky. we will have high mid level clouds comeing across. keep in mind lots of sunshine dlping torive temperatures up. topping out today 97 or so. ed frick around 98, 92 annapolis and 92 leonardtown and fredericksburg around the 6 or so. not at peak heat. today, 97p, tomorrow, 99 again d both days heat index values 100 to 105 warmer ttn tomorrow. we will cool off going intoes day and july 4 no

not only dry weather but low humidity. enjoy because rain chances are back up later in the weekend. >> all right. thank you. that's news 4 midday. we're back at 4:00. ♪> you can get news and weather >>> we are live, in five,four, three, two, one! th that's how you walk the runway right there. a lot of people have some thoughtsbout this model who walked the runway while breast-feeding her ve-month old. >> we are going to walk the runway later. just kidding. >> i can't acssorize like that. >> her name is meryl martin. we are notalking about victoria's secret angels

the humidity comes bac on sunday. and the next chance for what is much-needed rainfall, doesn't arrive until monday or tuesday until next week. there's sunrise over washington here this cumorning. ent temperatures still just above 70downtown. most of the suburbs are in the mid-60s. a comfortable day. todaunshine all the time afternoon highs in the mid to upper 80s. little grilling in thear bac this evening. no problem at all. the brats, the burgers, all in good shape. sun not down until 8:34 this evening. more about humidity building throughout the weekend is coming up. now, let's go to melissa. >> this is the bottom of the beltway. chopper 4 headed to the proem there. take a look. a live look from the scene. this is efinterloope van dorn street. just got off the phone with police. they don't know how long this might stick along. you can see thedelay, bottom of the beltway. the rest of the beltway looks okay. but rightnow, it's a 2 1/2 to 3-mile ckup. hov lanes before glebe has that crash in the left lane. >>> 6:02. a

it will be humid for the first part of the day. humidity will be dropping fw through the afternoon. it will be a warm day for inland valleys reaching into the low 90s and 66 today expected in san francisco. we'll take a look and mike has a look at the bay bridge. >> we can see all of the lights and clouds are not touching the top there. we do see the clouds in the area. talking about all of that moisture in the area. maybe damper roadways. we haven't seen a problem. you might have to wash your car. we are looking at this. there is the north bay no major problems close to the bay. a new crash here got reported seconds ago. i'll give you an update in the next few minutes. >> thank you. it's 5:10 right now. build a bear chaos. the company doing various damage control after it left a lot of kids empty handed. new this morning how the ceo is responding. >>> and facebook gives us a big thumbs up. >>> and later, keeping your kids safe. coming up at 5:25 the new reglations in place to prevent school shootings. mike traffic tease >>> low 80s this afternoon. it will be hot as the humidity dec

we have a high amount of humidity shown here by yellows and reds. the humidity will decrease and we'll have much drier air by sunday as we see that coming to an end. as we look at upper 80s in the forecast no changes in our temperatures. next week is pretty hot too. san francisco keeping it cool with low to mid-60s throughout the forecast. heading over the mike you're tracking some lanes to block. >> yes. there is another crash we are watching too. a little bit better for westbound highway 4. the latest update is there waiting for you. hopefully not a lot of traffic to get by. you can use this to get back lovers. you're okay towards pittsburgh. that's it for the rest of the bay. south bay and the peninsula moving very slowly right now. we even have things lightening up here. we have had a pretty good back up. it looks like they may have opened another lane. maybe only a couple of minutes. back to you. >> thanks. >>> cleaning up the streets and affordable housing. these are two of the biggest problems they will face. >> in her first one on one interv

s kind of like yesterday whereas it was extremely hot and humid.n derby tonight and went off without a this storm definitely a good one here. we needed it. we hen't seen much rain. got a lot now and tracking those storms as they continue to move off towards the chesapeake. >> all righty. looked like that rain moved on into the dugout. >> thanks a lot. >>> while world is reacting tot president's meeting with the leader of russia his daughter ivanka tru visited a summer camp at prince george's county interacting with young people who could be o future cyber security experts. news 4's tracee wilkins takes us there. >> reporter: these prince george's high school students are building compu r gables from scratch and today had a special guest. ivanka trump, president donald trump's daughter and senior adviser visited the national securitygr p created by theal natiecurity foundation and their goal isui to a stronger s.t.e.m. woforce. r many of the students babies of the president obama era, hard separating the headlines and the politics of today'shite hou

the bigger picture for tomorrow is the humidity. the humidity is going to be rising tomorrow.solated showers sunday as said, that's possible we're also tracking storm chances for next week, that's the rain that's really going to be making an impact. current temperatures right now in the district. we're at 80 degrees, 77 at dulles airport. can you see we're dropping at some of our suburbs. tonight we're going to head to the upper 60s inside of the beltw beltway. we're waking up in the low 70s, very comfortable. yo may feel a little bit on the sticky side, by the afternoon, the humidity is going to peek, clou will be increasing through your sunday as well. you'll notice that change. as i said, clouds will be increasing tomorrow, but let's talk more about that humidity,s tomorrowoing to feel on the muggy side. as we move toward monday and tuesday, that's r when the humidity is going to rev up. were talking very sticky situation, that's also when our rain chances go up.th good news,that system moves out, we head back to moree comfortaeather by wednesday, thursday and friday. it wi

these are the dew point temperatures and this is the humidity. we want dew point temperatus in the l to mid-60s and already getting that in hagerstown and fred rubbing. ill humid in areas like gaithersburg and washington and relief is coming in the section couple of hours. it's going to be fantastic out there by 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. by 11:00 p.m. we're a comfortable 72 and more on the weekend at 5:25. >> new developmes in a deadly crash involving a d.c. fire tr 4k. news have learned two firefighters in the truck have been went internally and that includes a fire captain. >> this was your aftermath of the fatal accident last march pat 12th and rhode island avenue northeast. engine 26 was responding to a cole in the brookland neighborhood whent slammed into this car in the intersection killing 32 yearly teenage low green. >> now, four monthsater d.c. fire chief gregory dean has informed the captain and the firefighr who were in that truck at the time of the main underhat they investigation and could face internal charges and discipline despe prosecuto

low humidity. 90 degrees on saturday. 92 on sundae manother isolated shower out there. everybody has a chance for an isolated late day shower on sunday.mo as early aay and tuesday, when the storm chances increase. but that said, still pretty low, only about 30% to 40%. skbran some afternoon thunderstorms are n monday and tuesday. high temperatures around 90 degrees. maybe some lrsgering sho out there on wednesday with the high temperature around 90. what this forecast is lacking, pat and leon, any substantial rafall and extreme heat a not a lot of humidity either. not that bad overalht >> all rig thanks amelia. >>> on this beautiful w day, remember the world's ugliest dog. the bulldog named ja ja has died. she died in her sleep tuesday nrning. she wased the world's ugliest dog two weeks ago. we did the story here. the judges loved the huge floppy tongue, the jagged teeth and the big u aerbite. lookt her. ears old and she will be missed. >>> next on news 4 at 4:00, a firefighter is dead five others

wish we could turn down the humidity. thank you. >>> washington is gearing up for hearings to question the president's pick for the u.s. supreme court. scott mcgrew says the vote could be tight. >> yeah, good morning. we are trying to estimate who says yes, who might say no and though to be fair we haven't had the first question yet. right? the president as you know nominated brett kavanaugh for the next associate justice of the supreme court to replace retiring justice kennedy. the president says he chose from a long list of candidates. though nbc white house correspondent jeff bennett is reporting this morning kennedy himself asked the president to tap kavanaugh. kavanaugh used to clerk for kennedy. bennett said it was a deal and would step down if kavanaugh was the replacement. fox news tried to nail down whether the president decide on kavanaugh. >> when did he make up his mind then, yesterday or sunday or can you nail that down for us? >> i could but i'm not going to do that because i'll leave it to the president. wh

and don't have it in this humidity. that's it. >> i can't imagine walking around in close-t id shoe this heat. >> welcome to my world. and socks up to my ks es. >> todaye day. the flip-flops, you need spf even the top of your feet. they will get burned. it will be a very hot day. perfe to cool off in a pool. we have a heat advisory for everybody. it will f like 105 degrees today. weave poor a quality along with this weather pattern. if you have asthma or respiratory issues, or even for the elder will er wilerlderly. no rain relief in the forecast today. any showers will be toour west today. if you're along 81, you could see isolated thunderstorms. it's a warm and humid start to the morning. 79 in annapolis. 72n frederick. 70 in leesburg. off to our north and west, we s cou a couple of storms flaring up. the rest of the area stays dry and sunny. tomorrow, still looks like ast dry day. the computer models trying to pick up on isolated showers. by wednesday, the fourth of july, we have an isolated storm chance. by the even

wednesday and thursday lower humidity, and pretty comfortable. temperatures in the upper 1 as, womeny and leon. >> thanks, amelia. >> hundred of metro bus and train operators are showing up for work on purpose a next ouran trortation reporter adam tuss tells us about the growing feed between the general manager and the rank andfile. >> a young woman shares her story with the survival of the news 4 i-team years after she was kidnapped by a predator. how she's dedicing her lifeat t a.k.a. hump y. because getting past me used to take hard work. sweat. sacrifice. but lately, it's all about fun and gameshu and gs from strangers... oh, and did i mention a ridiculous selection of beers? what happened to laundry night? wednesday! i love you wednesday! -i do. you don't. -i do. you don't. -i do. you don't. -i do. you don't. >>> metro says up dread of bus operators intentionally showed up late for work yesterday stranding tens of thousands of riders. metro and its largest union currently now in th middle of contentious contract talks. metro says all ofhis w

up to 100% humidity. higher humidity is normal for the early-morning hours. but this afternoon humidity won't drop much. >>> right now, we are seeing the speeds drop and that's in antioch and heading along into we are starting to see those delays build. plus an accident. this is in the eastbound opposite commute direction near bailey. and it looks like still quite a bit of debris from that accident in those lanes so hopefully they can get all that cleared so no one hits that. it's about 15 minutes from loveridge towards 680. as you are making your way chicghyou can see ort traffic starting to jam up through that stretch. give yourself some extra time. it looks like it's going to be a tough ride for westbound 4 drivers this morning. and here's a live look at your ride along the eastshore freeway seeing more brake lights westbound over towards the maze out of hercules. 580 approach, we are starting to see the crowds especially in the two right lanes just past highway 24. the backup hasn't reached the foot of the maze yet but the metering lights are on. and so y