jack taylor, good friday morning. >>> good morning. you will find, uortunately, ur closure remain from monday's storm damage. canal road is blocked between reservoir and foxhall. it is closed until further notice. road was compromised from monday's storm. on the freeway downtown delay building quickly off the 11th street width. third street tunnel staying right to get by. activity fr the storms in davidsonville in this area. >>> breaking news from fairfax. police are invtigating a deadly accident involving a pedestrian. this happened ne leesburg pike andet payne stre in an area that was closed off for the investigation overnight but open now. the police are only saying thes victiman adult male and the driver of the car involved stayed on the scene. >>> metro rider will be a little ary this morning after learning of a suspected rape on a platform in the middle of the day. >> news4 justin finch is live with brand-new detail on the suspect and how police tracked him down. t reporter: it really is, you know, troubling hear a rape reported

high temperature 89 degrees.he what about t friday commute, jack taylor? what are you working on? plan ahead like yesterday. canal road remains closed setween reservoir and foxhall. road was compro from monday's storms and yesterday didn't do any favors so plan ahead for that as well. detours around it. so find arizona avenue, macarthur stacked up and maybe george washington with more traffic. with that flooding from monday's storms, we have a couple of closures here.

now over to wtop and jack taylor has a lot on hislate today. >>> not great news. canal road is closed until further notice between foxhall and reservoir. for monday's storms, very severe structural damage done on the roadway so it will remain closed. stick with arizona avenue to macarthur and cost you more time but a lot of overflow traffic on macarthur. this accident, tractor is on the right shoulder and upright and leave it until after the rush shower and rubber neckingelays now. what an early slowdown there at clarksburg. until further notice, plan for the due tour here. >>> good morning. we are only about a month into summer vacation but pants are already preparing for the upcoming school year. new report estimates that consumers will spend nearly $28 billion on items this year. that is $519 per household ande p are expected to spend more on computers than gadgets. >>> all in favor of equal pay say aye! the women's national soccer team! >> another win for the u.s. women's soccer team last night at espy's award. it wrapped up a long day of br ing that started i

. >> wtop jack taylor is in for melissa mollet today but let's chart with ouror st team 4 meteorologist chuck bell. i don't know if our region can any more storms. lo> i'm with after last monday's flash f emergency here. we know what the folks in new orleans is dealing with. they had a flash flood emergency yesterday and 5 to 6 inches of rain in a couple of hour and are all too familiar with that around here after monday. unfortunately, another storm team 4 weather alert day today. an opportunityor not only thunderstorms this afternoon and evening but because the ground is saturated, a brand-new flash flood watch has been issued. no heavy rain outside early this morning. the flash flood watch begps at 2:00 . this afternoon and goes until two a.m. friday morning and includes all of the d.c. and baltimore metro area so keep ndat in mi. be weatherlert today. your evening commute could be seriously impact by rain, jack tayl taylor. >>> beltway outer loop breaki traffic. trouble through at least on this morning's rush hour there on the beltway outer loop. so far more of an inbound pattern th

jack taylor, good morning. >>> good morning, chuck. slow traffic in the dtrict off 295 inbound from the 11th street bridge. first a crash on the third nd that cleared and then a broken down vehicle on the ride of the roadway that also cleared. now all travel lanes are open but delays hopefully will begin to e. canal road still closed between recess voir arv rer and foxhall. the road is e. canal road stilclosed between reservoir and foxhall. the road is compromiseae. canal road still closed between reservoir and foxhall. the road is compromisese. canal road still closed between reservoir and foxhall. the road is compromised. new incident on the beltway on pennsylvania avenue with ang vehicle facihe wrong direction. right lane is blocked and authorities are there. >>> another strong storm system swept through the area yesterday bringing heavy rain and some isolated thunderstorms. after a tree cshed through one chevy chase man's home, he says he is lucky to be alive. michael zilinger was sitting on his couch when a tree fell through the r

jack taylor, good morning. >> good morning. we will start with this. single file getting by that crash. this is accident is structural damage discovered from monday's flooding. plan for unusual delays. back to you. >>> there was a late night crash on pennsylvania avenue. wknow that twoeople were killed in that accent. here is some video from a traffic camera showing the crash. this was at 21st street in pennsylvania avenue in nofthwest d.c. a midnight. d.c. fire officl say athird person is being treated for cell injuries. we will have an update as we learn more on this through the morning. >>> parts of the region a still dealing with the aftermate of lash flooding emergency that happened on monday. we have two traffic alerts that could affect your morning commute. you can't forget the scene on canal road in the district. people were standing on top of their cars surrounded by rushi water. everyone made it out safely. however, the road was damagedca al road is shut down between reservoir road and fox hall road in northwestto washing d.c. police say crew

. >> jack taylor is in for melissa this morning. we begin with storm team 4 clay anderson who is in for chuck l be >> we take a look at the radar, notice after about midnight, overnight and early this morning, we picked up rain shower across our area. moving from the south from wood bridge and prince william county across areas of montgomery county and baltimore. plenty of cloud to go around across the area. we start out with a cloudy friday but things will change. it's muggy, no doubt about that. temperatures remain close to 80 degrees and it's not even 5:00 a.m. in the morning across the washington metropolitan area. not as hot as it was yesterday but the heat and humidity will continue to make you find a pool in the afternoon if you can. close to 90-degree. details on the beh and boating report in a minute. >>> but now time for traffic. jack, what do you have? >> powder mill road 212 and beltsville drove.s the roadway i blocked. authorities remain on the scene. crash on the beltway outer loop before landover road. exit 728 crash

i'm jack taylor in theff tra center. unfortunately breaking news. calverton 212 closed at powder mill drive. you will see traffic rerouted in the area. megan mcgrath is on her way to the scene. light volume on this holiday f beltway through maryland and virginia very quiet this morning. no issues down around the woodrow wilson bridge.ff tra light. back in to you. >jack, thank you. >>> fireworks lit up the night's sky in new york city for the fourth at this year's macy's extravagaa. music and pyrotechnics were there. millions of people in new york watched the show above the brooklyn brge in person. many of you watched it from the here on our home new news4. >>> so if last night's fireworks weren't enough for you, there are more shows this weekend. news4 tommy mcfly explains that and more in the "weekend scene." >> reporter: we found some fireworks that ve not been set off yet. i'm tommy mcfly with your "weekend scene." bladensburg, we are looking to you. waterfront park tomorrow 6:00 the music and fun starts and then more fireworks into the night's s

jack taylor has issues before that gets going this morning. >>>ly certaino. unfortunately, from monday's storms we are still dealing with those. canal road is closed until further notice betwn reservoir and foxhall.f tunately, with the structural integrity of the roadway, this will remain blocked until further notice. we also had activity on the beltway out of the prince george's county. up at kenilworth avenue. the tractor-trailer has been dghup ateon he shoulder throughout the rush hour traffic. early delay 270 at clarksburg. >>> a late night crash on pennsylvania avenue. we know twopeople were killed accident. this is video from the traffic camera there showing the crash scene. this is at 21st street and va pennsyla avenue northwest after midnight.. ire officials say a third person is treated for critical injuries and we will update as youle rn more. >>> now more on the traffic alert that canal road closed this morning for sinkhole repairs. >> you may remember this scene where people stood on top of their cars surrounded by rushing water. they made it out

jack taylor has your first 4 traffic. jack. >> aaron, thank you.al road is blocked between reservoir and foxhall. road repairro will pbly continue through today, maybe into the weekend. hopefully with the nice weather, the ican cplete it. back to you. >> thank you. we'll have a check on the forecast when we c. at comcast, we didn't build the nation's largest gig-speed network just to make businesses run faster. we built it to help them go beyond. nd because beyo risk... welcome to the neighborhood, guys. there is reward. ♪ beyond work and life... who else could he be? there is the moment. beyond technology... there is human ingenuity. ♪ ♪ every day, comcast business is helping businesses go beyond the expected, to do the extraordinary. take your business beyond. >>> after a vy busy week weather wise around here, finally, a little chance for quieter weathe there's a slim chance at anis olated shower or two later this afternoon, but no severe weather worries for today. it will be hot and humid. 89, the forecast high today. rain chance only 20%. for y

the latest on the situation and the rest of the commute, let's check in with jack taylor and f yourstt's not that bad. canal is closed between reservoir and foxhall. arizona avenue and mrthur being dealt with pretty well right now, but be aware. 95 in vginia going southbound, you're slow between centerport parkway and 17. th right lane is closed so the lanes have shifted to t left. it's caused a delay. >> we'll check your forecast . >>> good morning. it is the storm team 4 weather alert y. flash flood watch for this afternoon and evening as a line of what could be severe thunderstorms drop a quick 1 to 2 inches of rain just in time for the evening commute. we're already in the upper 70s. afternoon highs today will be around 90 degrees before the thunderstorms bubble up later on in the day. there's your high, 90 degrees for today. back to sunshine for tomorrow with a high >> thank you. another local news update for you in 25 minutes. now, back t the "today" after this short break. >>> it's 8:00. coming up, gaining strength. a dangerous storm barreling toward the gulfoast and causing ma

. >> we start with jack taylor standing by with a look at first 4 traffic and clay anderson is in forchuck bell and keeping an eye on the forecast. >> we have good news as far as the rain showers and thunderstorms are conceed for 5:00 a.m. on this friday morning. showers are moving away from the washington area and washington capitol region. great friday morning to all of you. if you're hereor the week, we say welcome and we are enjoying rather a muggy start to the day. but we won't be starting out on the wet note. we have some fog in some area, patchy fog, particularly where the rain showers have fallen across the area. so we are going to keep an eye on that the next couple of hours. take a good look at the teeratures across the area. 75 degrees across the bridge in cambridge. 77 in town. montgome county, in the 70s. well to our west, cumberland, maryland, usually they are cool but they are looking at temperatures in the seventh as well. for us, 89 degrees and humid. for traffic, jack, what do you have for us? >> clay, still dealing with the investigation ongoing in prince george's county

. >> jack taylor is in for melissa this morning.e begin with storm team 4 clay anderson who is in for chuck l be >> we take a look at the radar, notice after about midnight, overnight and early this morning, we picked up rain shower across our area. moving from the south from wood bridge and prince william county across areas of montgomery county and baltimore. plenty of cloud to go around across the area. we start out with a cloudy friday but things will change. it's muggy, no doubt about that. temperatures remain close to 80 degrees and it's not even 5:00 a.m. in the morning across the washington metropolitan area.

good morning, jack taylor. how are you? >> chuck, morning. starting off deja vuing agai hi. canal road is closed again this morning between reservoir and ll fox unfortunately, with monday's damage from the storm. that roadway will take a while to get radar so expect overflow film on the george washington boulevard and arizona avenue anr mur boulevard again. eastbound a malfunction and hopefully that will be rectified before we get into the rush hour on the bay bridge. >>> another stron system swept through the area bringing rain, thunder, and isolated thunderstorms yesterday. ng down tree came cras on a home in chevy chase, a man says he is lucky to be alivic mel was sitting on the couch feet away from where the tree tropical storm barry is expected to make landfall in louisiana. barry could lift the river to its highest level in 70 years. if barry turns into aan hurric the storm will make history. >> this will be the first time that we have had a hurricane make landfall in louisiana while the mississippi river was at flood stage. >> president trump has approved an emergency

. >> wtop jack taylor is in for le melissa molt this morning. >> let's begin with storm team 4 with chuck chance you have to deal with some form of stronger thunderstorms later on in the afternoon. the risk areas includes the d.c. and metropolitan areas and north and west. everyone has

let's check in with jack taylor with your traffic. >> good morning.e case. 212 powder mill road is they're hoping to have it open byr:00 o 9:00 this morning. traffic is making a u-turn to get back on the road. you'll find 95 northbound in sourd county of 32, a crash on the left side of the roadway and it sounds like the bridge has en been reop and some of the activity from yesterday's events were leaving the city with police escort. back to you. >> all right. we'll check your forecast next. >> stay with us. >>> we do have flood watches to talk aboutes well to the w of the washington area here in town. no rain showers to speak of. esll to our w because they had heavy amounts of rain overnight last night and into later on this afternoon. national weather service is talking about flood watches for the shenandoah valleys. close to 78 degrees for washington. 80 degrees towdannapolis. it's going to be hot. >>> thankyou. another local news update in 25 minutes. ♪ come >>> look at this crowd back now at 7:30 on a friday morning july 5th. lots of folksenjoying

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