what we're learning about the man accused of pulling the trigger. >> reporter: i'm kristen wright atal law enforcement officers memorial in washington where people are honoring the lives of police officers lost and continuing to ask what is the answer. >>> plus, protecting the crowds in cleveland. the security measures in place as the republican national convention begin s. >>> we don't call for no blood shed. that's how this all started, with blood shed. >>> your top stories right now. emotional cries for peace in baton rouge after the deaths of three police officers. >>> an accident overnight in prince george's county leaves a man dead and a busy commuter route closed for hours. >>> plus security precautions in place in cleveland as the republican national convention begins. >>> but first, storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell has your out the door forecast. i don't even know how to deal with this kind of heat, chuck. >> i know. take your shade breaks and drink your extra water. if you are planning on grilling in the backyard later on today, do know there's a good chance for thunde

kristen wright is there live with new information from the homeowner. kristen?completely shaken. he was renting out the basement to a young man about 22 years and killed in the backyard. he said he was just trying to help this young man stay on the right track. he also told us how he himself was not home last night when this all happened. but he woke up to about 15 text messages including the one from his renter's aunt saying he was dead. this is video from overnight. police had not said too much. but they do say this looks like a targeted crime so far. n random. the other interesting thing is the guy that said when he rushed home this morning and walked in, the place looked like hit been ran sacked. no word from police on their search for a shooter. it is a quiet neighborhood. another neighbor came by to us asking us what happened. we told them and the thing he said to us was that he certainly hopes that the shooting and killing does not start around here. >> all to the tragedy in dallas. three of the officers killed last week will be laid to rest today. the fu

. >> i'm kristen wright at d.c.olice headquarters where there is a plan that could mean more job opportunities. >> it is david cameron's last full day at britain's prime minister as the fall out from the called brexit vote continues. what we're learning about his replacement and whether the move will impact the country's relationship with the u.s. >>> a lot of you are waking up in the mid 70s this morning and it's about to get a whole lot warmer. the heat isn't the only thing we're up against. tom kierein with your forecast. >> the humidity has increased overnight. we've got a soft summer glow on the capitol dome. this morning, these clouds south of the metro area are producing rain. the areas in light green, prince william county, down to stafford, just north of the fredericksburg, tracking across the potomac may get to charle next half hour or so. more humidity in place. it's going to be here all the way through the week. storm chances increase during the day tomorrow. the heat wave returns after that. that's goin

it's kristen wright in for eun yang. chuck is watching a little rain in the forecast.adar kind of busy? >> a little busy first thing this morning. a lot of cloud cover out there as well. rain clouds over the next hour or two. off to a soggy start on your morning. rain chances falling with time. we still have technically about a 30% chance of a shower later this afternoon. high heat and humidity coming our way. by the end of the dweek, heat indices over 100 degrees. the first steady batch of rain is about ready to pull out. highs later today mid to upper 80s. quite a bit warmer than yesterday. if you're grilling out in the back yard, a slight chance for a shower early. the ten day forecast coming up at 5:51. for now let's go over to jack taylor and find out where the road stretch, a tree down blocking the inbound lane. authorities are heading to the scene. inbound on river road, this is going to be a spot that's going to be tough. a large section of work near willard avenue. we've got the lanes basically washed out inbound. it's possible but will cost you time. 28 north

. >> good morning to you, i'm kristen wright in for eun yang. it's fourth of july.py fourth of july to you. we're morning -- monitoring the rain chances for you today. >> let's get >> good morning. welcome to your fourth of july, everybody. you are up nice and early on the day so at least you are making the most of it. temperatures now are in the mid to upper 60s all across the area and there are not a whole lot of rain drops to deal with right now. there are scattered light showers here. northern montgomery county out to the panhandle of west virginia and a few rain drops around i-81. nothing heavy to our west. pockets of heavy rain from central, western virginia all the way to eastern kentucky. the back end of the rain is around 6:00 tonight. that's a close call for fireworks which will go around 9:00 this evening. rain chances will be on the way cooler than average side. we'll stay in the 70s. heaviest steadiest rain is noon until about 6:00. we'll break down the parade and nats forecast coming up in a

kristen wright is live there. what you have learned? >> aaron, people in this neighborhood are waking up to news this morning that a man was killed here. we do have video in from overnight. it happened around midnight. somebody called police, we know, reporting a shooting. we also know police got here and they did find a man who had been shot. the other thing we know this morning is that police are investigating this as a homid that right now. fwhut right here is important. police are telling us they do not think this was a random crime. back to you. >> christen, thank you. >> we have long heat waves. today may be the next coolest day. there are a few lingering showers that are exiting southern maryland and moving to the eastern shore. hour by hour, sky and temperatures here throughout rest of the morning will be hovering in the mid 70s here through 7:00. then by 8:00 a.m., upper 70s. near 80 by 9:00 a.m. by 10:00, it will

i'm kristen wright.ter: there is heavy police activity going on in the district near the deanwood metro station. we gist got this video into the live desk. take a look right now. this is quarrel street northeast near 49th street. we have calls in to the police department to find out what's going on. our darcy spencer is headed there right now. when we get more information, we'll bring it right to you from the live desk and in a live report. back to you. >>> speed on the forecast. >> good morning everybody. back to work and reality after a long holiday weekend. we're still dealing with quite a bit in the way of rain mostly in the wester and northern suburb, in the panhandle of west virginia. almost every neighborhood street is wet from overnight rains. these rains in lease berg to blue month, marshall, warng ton, these are coming in towards the city. rain chances are going up, up, up as we go through the next couple hours. cloudy skies and wet outside. most of the rain will be coming to an end before abou

good morning, i'm aaron >> and i'm kristen wright.chuck bell in the storm team 4 weather center. good morning. >> happy fourth of july, everybody. time to put on your red, white, and blue and unfortunately we're going to be dealing with some amount of rain at almost any time today. i cannot give you a guaranteed dry hour or two between now and fireworks time this evening. the heaviest and steadiest of the rain is likely to be here between noon and 5:00, 6:00 before hopefully tapering off. this is the batch of rain here in eastern kentucky and western virginia now. that we'll be dealing with the course of the afternoon. we should be able to taper off the heavier rain. everything will be wet. we're in the mid to upper 60s across the area now. there is high heat coming and soon. i'll give you t back to you in the studio. ♪ ♪ >>> a little americana for you there. just a taste of tonight's capitol concert. thousands planning to celebrate on the national man, the question is whether the rain will hold off. a huge amount of security and prep

news 4's kristen wright is on her way to hunterton street right now.us. what can you tell us? >> yeah, we are monitoring the situation. i can tell you we have new video that just got into the newsroom and live desk of that on going investigation in prince george's county. take a look. you can see the scene right there. roped off around this house. in the 1200 block of hunterton street where kristen wr on the way to. around midnight they responded to a shooting. this is where they found a man shot and he ended up dying at the scene. they don't think this was a random act. and anyone with information at this point, get in contact with them. over to you. >> all right. thank you. want to check your forecast this morning. >> storm team 4 meteorologist with more on this hot and humid weather. good morning, tom. >> yeah. it is steamy humidity greeting you when you step out the door. in addition, if you live in southern maryland and eastern shore, you're hearing some rain coming down. right now the showers are weakening as they're moving off to the east exitin

with more on the meeting, kristen wright is live in silver spring. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. everyone is talking about these shootings in louisiana, in dallas, and in minnesota. so montgomery goint is saying let's all talk about this together as a community. the first town hall is tonight at the civic building in silver spring. now the images that we all know, the faces that we all know, the interactions in these videos and pictures, they are heart wrenching. these moments caught on camera ar important to talk about. so leaders in montgomery county are inviting the community to two town hall meetings, tonight and tomorrow, to come out and to talk openly about these terribly sad incidents that are fueling this ongoing never-ending conversation on race and policing. >> we do not want to get caught in a situation where we do not have the conversation, we may not have been aware of the problems that are out there and so shame on us. we're not going to let that happen in montgomery county. >> the first town hall meeting is tonight at the ci

with more on the reaction, kristen wright is live with more. >> reporter: good morning. this is a gathering place to honor our fallen law enforcement officers and we have been doing a lot of that lately and we anticipate that same kind of outpouring here today. now, right now in washington something very interesting is happening in terms of the timing of all of this. the national organization of black law enforcement executives or noble is meeting in d.c. this week for their annual training conference. they are here to talk about all of these issues that we have been talking so much about involving police and the public and how to make things better. noble is honoring reverend jesse jackson with a lifetime achievement award. listen to what he has to say about what's going on in our country living amongst the people. people respecting police. it means us co-existing and we must learn to live together. >> now, this group of lawxt gathered in d.c. will talk about something that is at the center of this whole sort of conflict and conversation we've been having about police a

kristen wright is live at police headquarters now to explain how the mayor wants to achieve that. >> good morning. right now, so many people are thinking about what it means to be a police officer. the other thing that everybody is always thinking about is how to make a living. so the district's police cadet training program is going to be possibly opening up to more young people. mayor bowser wants to exchange the eligibility to 25. right now, it's 17 to 21. changing that would increase the pool of recruits. the mayor says this is about investing in the future of the police department. this would also mean jobs and education. cadets work about 20 hours a week in civilian jobs and they earn college credit and it's a pathway to careers in public safety. and long with a second bill where she says it will be keeping more qualified people >>> now this proposal comes as leaders say there is a renewed focus on strengthening the ties between officers and the communities they serve. the prince george's county police chief, d.c. mayor, muriel bowser sat together in a stop the violence confere

zbla man died and kristen wright son the scene right now.e'll have a live report at 6:00. >> good morning, everyone. i'm aaron gilchrist. coming up, weather and traffic on the 1s. >> here is tom kierein. good morning. >> good morning. this wednesday morning starting off with steamy air early on this wednesday morning. and all around the region, we got temperatures hovering in the mid 70s. storm team 4 radar showing one shower here creeping up the bay. just east of an arundel county. that is tracking over towards cambridge and easton staying well away from the metro area. there are low clouds hanging over capitol hill this morning. live view from the capitol camera. the four things to know, warm and humid this morning. p.m. thundershowers are looking likely late afternoon and early. get is hot and muggy. a sizzling pattern as we get into next week. your what to wear forecast is coming up. now jack taylor, what is happening with the traffic? >> we're dealing with the northeast closure along blade ensburg road. this was an overnight structure f

. >> i'm kristen wright in for eun yang.out getting to work this morning, but tomorrow could be a real hassle. what you need to know about the third surge in metro's safe track plans. let's get the latest look at storm team 4 r continues to move into the area. meteorologist chuck bell has been monitoring the rain all morning long. chuck, what do you think? fireworks going off tonight. >> i think they are going to be able to et dw the fireworks out tonight. the heavier, steadier rain chances come in before 8:00 this evening. here's the four things you need to know about before today. going out outside, grab the rain gear, it's going to be tough going for barbecuing today. steadiest to noon. fireworks should fly after about 9:00 this evening. again, i'm optimistic but i'm not the guy that make the call. right now, just a little bit of light rain across the area. there's more steadier rain showers coming through the peak of the day. temperatures will be the 70s. they may get the baseball game started. i couldn't rule out a rain

kristen, back to you. >>> one of the leading advocates for people with autism has died. susan wright a co-founder of autism speaks. she started the organization in 2005 with her husband bob wright. it was a year after their grandson was diagnosed with autism. a public service symbolized by the organization's blue cutout logo. susan wright died of pancreatic cancer at her home in connecticut. she was 69 years old. >>> still ahead on this saturday night, the new steps some churches are take to go protect parishioners. why some say they are going too far. >>> and the world of harry potter returns to a world far different than the world we last saw him. >>> recent mass shootings in this country have church leaders recently concerned. some say that's going too far. we get more on this tonight. >> reporter: every sunday the family heads into church. once settled in the pews, vince kisses his wife then goes on armed patrol. he is part of a church security team at the rock church in colorado. the men watching over the service have badges and guns. >> it makes me feel so much safer in the tim

kristen, back to you. >>> one of the leading advocates for people with autism has died. susan wright a co-founder of autism speaks. she started the organization in 2005 with her husband bob wright. it was a year after their grandson was diagnosed with autism. a public service symbolized by the cutout logo. susan wright died of pancreatic cancer at her home in connecticut. >>> the new steps some churches are taking to >>> the new steps some churches are taking to protect ?? is depression more than sadness? >>> the new steps some churches are taking to protect ?? it's a tangle of multiple symptoms. ?? ?? trintellix (vortioxetine) is a prescription medicine for depression. trintellix may start to untangle or help improve the multiple symptoms of depression. for me, trintellix made a difference. tell your healthcare professional right away if your depression worsens, or you have unusual changes in mood, behavior or thoughts of suicide. antidepressants can increase these in children, teens, and young adults. trintellix has not been studied in children. sional about your medications, inclu

. >> the wright brothers they also had a single seater flying very slowly in good weather. and 6 years later there were t >> pauley: still to come, actress kristeng what works for me and i don't really need to apologize to anybody because of that. guess what i just did? built a sandcastle? ha, no, i switched to geico and got more. more? 24/7 access online, on the phone or with the geico app. at "more" has to be why they're the second-largest auto insurer. everybody likes more. mhm, i think so. geico. expect great savings and a whole lot more. it takes a lot of work... but i really love it.s. i'm on the move all day long... and sometimes, i just don't eat the way i should. so i drink boost® to get the nutrition that i'm missing. boost complete nutritional drink has 26 essential vitamins and minerals, including calcium and vitamin d to support strong bones and 10 grams of protein to help maintain muscle. all with a great taste. i don't plan on slowing down any time soon. stay strong. stay active with boost®. >> pauley: actress kristen bell is in demand on all kinds of summer screens, both mo