let's go to kristin wright live on h and 4th streets in northeast. od morning, kristin. >> reporter: good morning, erika. good morning, aaron. hey, i'm suddenly on a pettycab. what is your name? >> my name is joe. >> reporter: thank you for the lift. okay. so we are talking streetcars this morning. it's a big week for ddot because today they will start moving a couple of the streetcars over to 8th street for the last time. and they will come over on these huge flatbed trucks. and it's a huge milestone. >> we are in preparation of moving four car there is this week to t the stage for the next milestone when we go to into the last set of our test called system integration. >> reporter: all right. this morning it's a big deal because we have a group of the men and women who will be operating the streetcars and also mechanics who will be maintaining them with us this morning. and they, by the way, are the first, the very first hired by ddot to do this job. tell me your names. >> my name is savina. >> my name is daniel. >> my name is gracie. >> my name is

i'm molette green. >> and i'm kristin wright. >> all right. we're going to check in with meteorologist chuck bell. he's outside on the storm team 4 weather deck. how's it feeling? >> it's cloudy and humid this morning. temperatures here on the front lawn are in the mid-70s already. the skies are trying to thin out just a bit. we will get enough sunshine today to produce a very hot and humid afternoon. there's the view from o tower looking southbound down over downtown. plenty of clouds across much of northern virginia and northern maryland as well. there's the view from prince george's county. cloudy skies aplenty. and i don't rule out random sprinkles late this morning. that's going to be over with around lunchtime. once that's gone, skies clear out and a quick warm-up. high temperatures today up near 91 degrees. only a 30% chance they're going to get a drop on today. but a 60% chance tomorrow and a severe weather threat tomorrow evening into tomorrow night. for now back into the studio. >> thank you so much. >>> the silver line will begin ru

kristin wright, news 4. >> what some are calling miracle. a woman born with half a heart is able to have a baby. >> doreen gentzler has the story on the new mother who is thankful to be alive. >> thankful in a lot of ways. she was born with a single ventricle in her heart. she eventually started a family of her own. meet carter reagan born two months ago. doctors weren't sure if he and his mother would survive. >> either one of us dying. >> reporter: his mother was born with half a heart, a congenital defect fixed by a special operation called a fontan when she was a day old. >> scared, very scared. can't believe they can do surgery on a little person. >> reporter: it fixed her heart, but there were side effects and a lot of them. as a child, she had a tough time breathing going up a flight of stairs, let alone playing with friends and participating in sports. she has to take medication for the rest of her life. as far as trying to start a family, doctors told her pregnancy would put her at the risk of dying. >> it's hard enough to survive f

. >> reporter: i'm kristin wright.fter very public challenges over the past few years howard has a new president. his promise to parents and students coming up on news 4. >>> she says she simply wanted a ride home after a night celebrating her birthday here in d.c. instead a woman claims she blacked out and woke up to find her uber driver sexually assaulting her in the car. >> tonight we are learning more about what happened. darcy spencer is live with the details. >> reporter: we are live in the 1400 block of rhode island avenue in northwest. according to the court documents the victim was heading back here to her hotel after celebrating her birthday. it was during that ride back here that she says she was sexually assaulted after she passed out. the 25-year-old new york woman had gone to the lux lounge on new york avenue in northwest to celebrate her birthday with friends, but that celebration turned into the worst night of her life. she says the uber driver hired to take her back to her hotel on rhode island avenue

at turkey rub park, kristin wright, news team 4. >> what a beautiful sight, huh? doug knows where to be. he is in kensington for tonight's edition of backyard weather. that's a heck of a backyard you're in, huh? >> a heck of a backyard, for sure. it's so different. that's why i love doing these backyard weathers because you see some great back yards. last week we were in waldorf at mike's backyard. this backyard a lot different. now, i'll show you that in just a second. take a look around. first off, i'm with mike and sue. you guys have lived here for a long time. how many years? >> 37 years. >> out of that 37 years, i would say you have been working on this a lot. you really have worked on this a ton. >> about 25 years worth. >> what do we have here? >> we have a hobbit house for our kids to play in. two stories. it's connected to a slide. >> our herb garden. >> we have a herb garden. we have a fish pond over here. we have a set of roman ruins that was -- >> i love the roman ruins. get the roman ruins right there in front of you. right in front of you. that's it

i'm kristin wright. here's a look at today's top stories. metro's silver line opens today. the grand opening ceremony is this morning at the new wiehle-reston station. the inaugural ride will be at noon. adam tuss will be live from the line at 9:00. >>> right now police are looking to figure out who killed a man just after midnight in the 200 block of savannah street in southeast. police say the victim was shot in the back. they have not released his name. right now police and other public safety employees are at an active shooter drill in prince george's county. the drill will help protect you in that kind of emergency. it's happening where rehan million of you go each year. we'll get a check of your we'll get a check of your forecast it makes me happy to go on the computer. we'll get a check of your foreci like feeling smart. internet essentials from comcast has brought low-cost internet access to over one million low-income people at home. internet essentials helped me progress in my schoolwork. it helped my grades move higher. together with time warner cable, we can bri