lauryn. >> colorful path on a powerful weekend.he unique message behind a bright >>> talk about the belmont stakes and a mile and a half of the three triple crown. the winners of the first two is not competing. he's listed as the early 4-1. it is >>> if you are going out to today's capital parade, there are seven of these rain owe cross walks. >> i like them. >> definitely bright and only temporary though. >> we have our dedicated artists participating in the parade. >> perfect >> touchdown that side and paint. >> yeah, what's our time tag? i am all in. >> what we are doing? with the help of the city and crosswalks are spray painted. >> this is great. now we are here >> so thank you for coming out today to help paint the sidewalks. [ applause ] yeah! a live look outside right now. a perfect day for a bike ride and maybe a run. lauryn is updating the forecast of how hot things could get the next few days. >>> he was shot and killed hours after his high school graduation. the somber good-bye for an 18-year-old as the family >>> your

lauryn ricketts, paging lauryn ricketts. this is a live look. >> lauryn ricketts went to the pool. >> she's back. >> somebody tell lauryn she needs to turn on her microphone. >> a few clouds out there, but all in all, not that bad. overnight, very comfortable. monday is going to be almost perfect because we will have the sunshine out there and low humidity and a stray shower possible on tuesday, but for the most part we are just going to be dry. 78. we have gotten up to 78 degrees right now. we have a nice breeze, and it was breezy yesterday but we have a nice breeze out there today. when can we see the 90s? we will show you that coming up in just a bit. >> thank you, lauryn. >>> now to the developing story out of asia. in pakistan, officials say an oil tanker overturned and started to leak oil and there are multiple reports that people were trying to collect the and somebody may have lit a cigarette and caused the explosion, and other reports say sparks from cars may have ignited the blast. you are looking at the video of t

the next chance of rain won't be until wednesda >>> lauryn, thanks, a powerful weekend. the message behind this introducing fios gigabit connection. superfast internet at an incredible price. with speeds up to 940 megs. that's 20x faster than most people have. and, it's just $79.99 a month online for 1 year. and only $5 more per month for the second year. get fios gigabit connection for $79.99 with tv, hbo for 1 year and multi-room dvr service for 2 years. all with a 2-year agreement. switch now at fiosgigabit.com. . >>> the belmont stakes at a mile and a half. it is the longest race. the winner of the triple crown races will not be competing. >> the 100th edition of the belmont stakes is going to air this afternoon. you are watching the right channel for that. it will start at 5:00 post time, at 6:37. >>> if going out to today's capital pride there are now seven color sidewalks in the district. >> this is only temporary. >> some artists are sharing the message and they have been great for the day. >> this is great, we can move this one down. >> perfect. >> what's our ti

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lauryn and i are back with the forecast. let's check the traffic with melissa mollet. >> delays inbound here. westbound 50 before mlk jr. highway. headed inbound in prince george's county, right side blocked by a crash. it involved a pedestrian earlier this morning. inbound 11th street bridge before southeast, southwest freeway. crash on the right side. lawyers road east of soapstone drive blocked through the morning rush. also hearing about a problem in montgomery county. edward ferry road near the river. a car bo the water after a crash. trying to get more information on that. we'll be back in a minute, guys. >>> we're following breaking news at 6:02. thaek a look. this is what a crash looked like while you were sleeping. >> it's been impacting commuters. justin finch in live in greenbelt with the latest. what's going on, justin? >> hey there, chris. you know, this h t a tractor-trailer and a truck colliding on the inner loop hours before the morning rush. now the wreck is clear and the investigation is under way. police a

lauryn's in the weather center. what can we expect the rest of the day? >> continuing with hot and humid conditions this first full today day of summer definitely feeling like summer. we've had a few clouds moving into the region and we'll see clouds, times of sunshine but again just looking like a hazy day out there, 84 degrees is the temperature out there. as chris said, there's a lot places already upwards of that 90-degree mark. southerly winds bringing in humidity. it is back in place. and it's here to stay for a little bit but i do have more comfortable conditions on the ten-day forecast. rain moving in. of course that is coming from what is now tropical depression cindy. tropical storm cindy made land fall earlier this morning. sunday looks good but to get through the next three days. we're going it would be talking about in just a few minutes >>> megan mcgrath raced to the scene this morning as soon as we heard about a car in the potomac river. megan can show us what happened and what montgomery county police still want to know. >> reporter: you c

lauryn ricketts is outside. >> here's some hot coffee. >> i don't want hot coffee. lauryn?i don't want anything to do with that hot coffee. i need jim to bring me some ice water out here. doug, i walked outside and it just hits you like a ton of bricks. i'm melting right now. my makeup is melting off my face. let's go ahead to the maps s that's the air temperature, and also the humidity combined. then we get a number, the feel-like factor. feels like 99 here in d.c., 100 in leesburg, 94 in gaithersburg, 97 in manassas. i don't need to read them all out for you. it's a warm day out there. and as we go through tomorrow, we're going to be a little on the cooler side. it's still going to be muggy out there, but the heat index will be in the 60s early tomorrow morning. and by wednesday morning, tomorrow is wednesday, 75, so not quite as bad through the remainder of the day because of the cold front you were talking about. and we have some changes for the end of the week. we have daily rain chances, but not quite as hot and humid. >> and we're not going to get rid of the humidity

. >> lauryn, thank you. >>> family and friends gathering today to remember a young man gunned church. >> services will follow ed. >> he was the 17-year-old, they both found parked to death at a parked car. so far police don't know who's behind it and they have not made any arrest. >>> it is been four days and family member of a local band teacher are searching for murders. >> those of you who knows semimono -- body is covered and individuals honoring her son, the 20-year-old of a talented musician and mentor deny >> he was the sweetest guy. >> he was shot and killed tuesday night in the 52 hunt block of leverette street. >> he was visiting the friend in the neighborhood before the shooting. >> police say they look at the mote of suspect in this case. friends ant answers. >> anybody have any information, you got to turn it over to the police. >> tiffany burns was a college friend. >> he returned to oxon high school and volunteered with the band. now, the committee he loved and his girlfriend are left hard broken. >> i missed him and i loved him. >> news 4. >>> 50 years behind bars. tha

lauryn, it's beautiful today. >> it's gorgeous. we got a nice breeze in the air, plenty of sunshine. temperatures around normal this time of year, in the low 80s. we'll continue to take that temperature up. we'll keep the humidity in check for tomorrow, but a look at your pride parade forecast, just a reminder, i'm going to be down there, chuck's going to be down there, doreen, the nbc4 team, we'll be in the parade. come say hi to us. temperatures in the mid to upper 80s as we go through the afternoon and into the evening. sun going down tomorrow at 8:30. but it's going to be nice. humidity will be low, it will feel rather comfortable out there. enjoy that saturday. doug will have your full weekend forecast in just a few minutes. >>> i'm melissa mollet with a look at your first 4 traffic. most traffic work will be on hold for the capital pride. talking about on the yellow and green lines. regular service there. on the silver line, regular weekend service between wiehle-reston east and stadiumium armory only. and we're under safetra

>> lauryn, thank you. >>> 10:18. it's a critical week for republicans and their effort to pass a replacement to the aff d affordable care act. >> joining us now, chuck todd to talk about this. the votes are just not there. three no votes and this thing is gone and you have a half dozen saying they won't support it. >> some of it is about leverage and some of it is the drama of the week. we will see. i mean, if this were a policy debate, i don't see how they could come up with a policy that would somehow appease the conservative week that is upset and the moderate wing upset. as a political argument i can see how they get to passage, because you can get some bullet and say, this is the only shot you got. if you don't do it, the base will hurt you more than the middle. short term, this could be the best way for the republican party to move forward. if you want to do tax reform, all these things. if this bill passes it's because mitch mcconnell has made a political case for the bill. it's hard for me to see how you make

. >>> we're going to accepted it outside now with lauryn and sheena outside. what's it looking like, guys? >> it's warm. >> i was going to say it's nice right now. you can feel that humidity out there. >> you definitely can feel it. >> my hair. >> when we get back inside, i don't know what it's going to look like. it's comfortably warm this morning. it's a little humid, not too bad. tomorrow morning will be different. we have rain moving into the area. 67 ine gaithersburg. >> tropical storm cindy making landfall currently along the border of texas and louisiana. by tomorrow, we'll see rain from it. we have that in the forecast. commutewise today, dry roads. we like that for the commute. look at the temperatures, we're talking about the low 90s through the day today. it will feel like summer. technically, we are in summer. lauryn and i will be back in a little bit and see what you can expect tomorrow. that's coming up. >>> thanks very much. also breaking right now. this little girl could be in extreme danger. >> police think she's been abducted and they're look

lauryn ricketts is taking all of this into account.s at national wearing light colors -- no, she's not. okay, light-colored pants. >> reporter: there we go. it's so funny. full disclosure, because we've talked about this before. amelia has one shirt, i've got three, and they're all dark colors. so this was the lightest one that i had. fortunately, it's keeping me enough cool. so is this fan. i'm an nbc fan, that makes me giggle. this is my third bottle of water, because it's so darn hot. it's not quite as humid, and we have overcast skies. the sun has gone in and out a little bit. so really not that bad. who i want to talk to over here is actually ben & jerry's ice cream right now. we have dionne in here. you would think this place would be packed right now. but he said not a lot of people are coming out here, is that right? >> yeah, not today. i'm not sure why, it' good day, but maybe people are just staying in the house today. >> does it get busy in the dead of summer? >> scary busy. >> reporter: thank goodness there's no line. all o

. >> all right, lauryn, thanks. >>> news4 is working for the community and we want to say thank you forone who participated in do more 24. the one-day fund-raiser brought in more than $1.5 million. it's the area's largest 24-hour online fund-raiser. >> i have to ask kevin why he gave me this one. women who choose to sunbathe topless in ocean city will not be told to cover up, at least for now. for years, the ocean city beach patrol would approach women and tell them it was illegal, but last year, an aoc law. ocean city has not heard back. so the beach patrol says it's going to be documenting any complaints it gets about toplessness, but they will not be approaching women to tell them to cover up. >> so the answer to your question, the only reason kevin gave you that story -- >> because he likes you. >> did you tweet that? [ laughter ] >> has it been on your twitter account? >> if i had pictures, i would have tweeted. he gave me that because he likes you. i'm new. >> we are working for you on what is sure to be a busy weekend. a parade, a street festival and a march that will attract tho

lauryn ricketts is in national harbor.ool, but hopefully you're staying cool somehow. >> reporter: i'm trying to stay cool, doug. we got some popsicles out here, some fans. i can see the water, unfortunately, i can't get in it right now, i'm standing next to the awakening out here at national harbor. come down and see it. we have fans, popsicles, this family who took advantage of both. and they already got the popsicles. have you been to the pool yet at all? >> yes. >> did you go to the pool today? >> no. >> do you think it's hot out here today? >> definitely. >> just wait until we get into ye july and august. are you guys out of school yet? >> yes. >> you are out of right. so planning to get pool time, going to the beach anywhere, maybe going to the beach. >> i believe so. >> there you go. it's so interesting, because their oldest kid, who is now over there buying some souvenirs, he told me that you came to his school last -- two years ago, was it? countryside. >> countryside elementary. >> reporter: so doug, we're workin

. >> lauryn takes a look or swig, what makes this area a great place to make wine. stay with us. announcer: welcome to the future of health care. it's a future where health outcomes are valued over volume. a future where out of pocket expenses are capped. and medicare coverage comes with more benefits, like dental and vision. when will this future arrive? of medicare advantage. medicare advantage.leading the way. plans right now. it is going to be a great day at the pool. not as hot and humid, but nice temperatures. low 80s today with a mix of sun and clouds. we will have the humidity coming back in in the 10-day forecast. >>> don't be alarmed if you don't see water in the pool at the world war ii memorial. the national park service is draining the rainbow pool so they can replace the lighting. the pool will be refilled and working again by friday. >>> we l of games at nats's park. >> goodwin beyond second base. he will score after turner. >> that was just the first inning. the young guys were great. turner, 5 for 5, on base six times. and michael taylor, 4 for 5, two homers and

. >> lauryn's been having a blast at national harbor in the heat.'s got her hat working for her, and i hear she's got super soakers. but first let's get to doug in the storm center. >> i didn't hear about the super soakers, but that's exactly what you need on a day like this. high temperature today, 95 degrees, we did tie the record. tomorrow, we're going right back to near record-breaking territory, 95 is what i'm going for, the record is actually 96. we are in weather alert modeas as we look out now, a few high clouds, 91 degrees. temperatures dropping, but not dropping very fast. and even by 11:00, i think we'll be in the low 80s. i think we'll start to really start to feel the humid. that wi -- humidity. 90 degrees in leesburg, 91 in fredericksburg. notice the humidity, up to 93 in manassas, 93 in leesburg. not a lot of heat indices in the area, but we'll see some and more tomorrow. the radar, no shower activity right now. take a look at the current numbers from across the nation. 92, philadelphia. 95 in chicago. so the heat, it's all across our

let's go over to lauryn. >> you can always get our forecast on air and the nbc washington app.mber, you can always get the storm team 4 four-day forecast on wtop every ten minutes on the 8s. >>> nothing says summer like good old summer camp. what about weather camp? the next few minutes we'll explore the awesome education opportunities we have here in our own backyard. if you're a young scientist, a future meteorologist, you don't have to wait until college travel far or get an amazing head start to learn about the fascinating world of weather. look no further than the noaa center at howard university. every year they offer the career weather camp where high school opportunities stay at dorms on howard campus for two weeks and do real weather experiences while meeting with some of the most brilliant minds in weather. >> each day is devoted to burning additional atmospheric concepts. we may have an interactive visit to the noaa's climate and weather center. >> making sure planes are safe in the sky to bringing your forecasts on the evening news, meteorologists wear many differen

>>> absolutely no excuse not to get outside and enjoy this weather, right, lauryn. >> yeah, get and make plans. absolutely gorgeous, today and tonight and open up the windows, we are in the 50s and 60s during the overnight and tomorrow will be perfect. maybe a stray shower on tuesday and that's about it. it's great out there right now, and cooler once you get out side the beltway but the temperatures coming up out of the 60s, and we are topping out in the mid to low 80s today. plenty of sunshine. we will have a few clouds increasing late tonight and through the day tomorrow and temperatures in the low 80s tomorrow, but once again we have nice conditions. we could have a chance for a few showers as we get into tuesday, a stray shower passing by. humidity builds as we get into thursday, and then humid weekend with chances of afternoon storms. >>> we will be back at 9:00 with more local headlines. for now, back to the "today" show. enjoy your day, everybody. it's going to be a beautiful one. we will see you in a bit. >>> do you recognize that guy? it's tom brady sumo wrestling this

we'll talk much more about this with lauryn ricketts at 4:45. we'll talk about the heat index. that term is coming. >> summer's here. thank you, doug. >>> your next trip to the airport could cost you a little more. why uber and lyft are about to >>> and all that glitters is not gold. why police say this scheme cost a local m thousands ofan the insurance companies and the credit card companies and the wall street banks - that's what tom perriello is about. i was proud to stand with president obama because progressive causes have been my life's work. i'm tom perriello, and i'm running for governor to reduce economic inequality, raise wages, eliminate the burden of student debt and protect our climate. together we really can build a virginia that works for everyone. >>> we have this warning from fairfax county preying on the chinese community by selling them fake gold. a local man lost $9,000 to these scammers. police say the con-men claim to have discovered gold buried around 1920 and they give the victim a small piece to have tested, which is authentic. the scammers then ask for

that's why we send lauryn ricketts outside. out and about this evening, you still have to take it easy outside. >> absolutely. mainly because of the humidity, doug, and it's thick and soupy out here right now. you walk out here, it hits you like a ton of bricks. so that's what we're dealing with, and we have been for the last two days. if you're headed to nats park, if you're going jogging, eating dinner outside, it's going to be warm out there. in fact, that nats game, it is night out tonight. in fact, we're playing the braves, but we'll see the temperatures at 90 around the first inning at 7:00. then by the home stretch, we're still in the 80s, but that heat index still around 90. you know it's going to be a warm night even when you're leafivin to get home. muggy conditions tomorrow too, doug, but eventually the cold front gives us some relief, right? >> i do think so. we'll see a little bit of relief tomorrow. highs in the upper 80s, 89 degrees is what i'm going for, yes, a couple of scattered showers and thunderstorms durin

i'll be co-headlining with the likes of chris rock and erykah badu and childish gambino, lauryn hill,own as yasiin bey, chance the rapper, and of course the legendary roots crew. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: the roots will be there as well? >> tariq: can we go right now? >> jimmy: you can't go right now. no, no, no. >> you can go right now. >> jimmy: you're gonna be there for 14 nights? >> 14. >> jimmy: 14 nights at radio city music hall? >> yes, indeed. >> jimmy: wow. i would love to come. >> i bet you would, jimmy. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: i would. all these other people are invited, i would just love -- that would be fantastic. if it goes well, are you going to add any extra shows? >> you know what? yeah, uh, yeah. >> jimmy: why not? >> if it goes well. [ light laughter ] >> jimmy: yeah. i can't get a ticket, can i? [ light laughter ] guys, the movie "spider-man: homecoming" opens next week. a lot of people are talking about it. if you were a superhero, dave, what would be your super power? >> disappearing for long periods of time. [ laughter and applause ] >> jimmy: disappearin