much more on this next on b "today"ut first we'll get a recap wit lauryn rickets standing by.ng this closely and it's speeding up. >> it's speeding up from three to five miles anhour. again we're watching that speed up just slightly. and, it's going to take all weekend to get through louisiana. so they're going to be dealing with flooding. don't think it's going to be a category 1 beforet makes landfall, but it doesn't matter. it's not going to be a wind event it's a rain evet. 's going to take so long to move through because it's moving so slowly. that eventually will move towards us as you get into thursday and friday. there it is, you can see it pushing through into louisiana right now.e' we worried about baton rouge, just to the west of new orleans. but, of course, new orleans as well because the mississippi river is flooded and the lakes are flooded around there. here, low 90s today and a little less humidity, hot and humid tomorrow, maybe a stray shower and temperatures anywhere from the upper 80s to the mid-90s through midnextk. wee by midnext week we'll expect remnants

lauryn ricketts is standing by tracking the weather. good morning, >lauryn.d morning. >> where is this relief we speak of? >> it's not coming until late tomorro night. we'll get it. yeah, it's coming. now, listen, it's going to be humid as we get into your tuesday and wednesda the humidity will drop off little bit wednesday night. et not going to -- if you haven be outside just know it is really thick humidity out there right now. we are seeing the cloud cover. look at that. yeah, we have got a lot of clouds out there right now. if you are thinking about going to the pool, you are not going to get a lot of rays. still pu on the spf because the sun can sneak through the cloud cor. a lot of eloud cover,specially it will increase through the afternoon. 80 is the temperature right now. north winds at about sixes mil so 85 today. we could have some isolated showers west at 10:00. i am seeing that right now, tern sinking into w maryland. shower possible through noon. a few storms popping up west of d.c. and numerous showers and a fewhunderstorms with heavy rain at

lauryn ricketts is tracking some rising temperatures for this sunday morning. good morning, lauryn. >>ood morning, guys. yeah, we have a beautiful sunrise right now. sun cing up just in about two minutes from now. that's the official sunrise here in d.c. around 6:04. again looking like a beautiful start once again to your sunday and you can see it's going to be a gorgeous start to this sunday morning. now, temperatures on the mild side. not too bad out there. 73 degrees. we have got that south wind 5 miles an hour. midity at ptick in h times throughout the day today, but most of us very similar to yesterday. temperatures will shoot right to around 90 degrees once again. so let's talk about the rain chances for today because we do have more ra chances for today. i know a few isolated showers popped up yesterday. we also have chances of rain heading through this week and we also have that transition day on wednesday. what can you expect for that? we will show you that in the ten-day forecast coming up. >> it is august, after all. it's coming up. thank you. well, we are going to be in

guys. >> thank you, lauryn. >>> well growing up you probably heard watch what you say.s good adv coming up, the key to communicating and how it could help your relationships. >>> plus marrtt sued the new claim that the hotel chain made millions by >> announr: you're watching "news4 midday." >>> welcome back. the family of a little girl who was shocked at mgm national habor said theirlives will never be the same. one year later the parents released avideo showing their child still unable to speak or walk. law firm representing the parents recorded a interview in the video with the girl. last june the 7-year-old wass cked by a railing at the mgm national harbor and her mother and father described what their lives are like now. >> motr's dayook a big toll on me. i didn't go nowhere. i sted in the house the whole day with her. not hearing her voice or hear her say mom, happy mother's day orissing me and telling her how much she loves me, it hurt me. >> you know that she will continue to get better. >> i ho it hear her beautiful voice again. 120 volts of electricityat circul

lauryn, thank you. we know you will be following that closelo >>> we cinue to stay on top of tropical storm barry this morning. the slow-moving system is dumping rain and threatening communities from flo to alabama. >> nbc's jay gray in louisiana to explain why that state is getting hit the strongest right now.:arry annou i arrival with gufrting winds, rain, and in plac like mandeville, louisiana, a storm surge. >> it's lake pontchartrain. >> reporter: waves pushing over the banks and into this neighborhood. >> that's the area o tropical storm-force winds. it's going to take a few days to get out of there. >> reporter: in low-lying parishes trees and powerlines are down. roads and communities overrun by the water. the coast guard pulling 12 id stranded resents and two pets to safety. the unorthodox and unorganizedh mississippi where even this alligator seems to for higher ground. forecasters warning the storm will continue to slowly push inland bringingfl with it ding rains in some areas 20 inches more.

thank you so much, lauryn ricketts. "reporter's notebook" next. >> we will be ba in 15 minutes with more of the morning's top stories. >>> >>> good morning. i'm pat lawson moose. the controversial decision to cancel plan to move the fbi's s headquartert of d.c. and into prince gee's shockecounty shocked a lot of folks. an july 4th celebrations shut down reagan national. scott, a lot of people were shocked when the trump administration called the move off. now the justice dertment, a watchdog, is going to review the decision to keep the building in downtown. you were the first to report this. what else do we know? >> we know the fbi headquarters in downton d.c. is old and too small for the fbi's work force. it needs to bee raced. two years ago this week the ump administration canceled plan to move it to springfield or prince george's county and that shocked people because both eparinge counties were p for an economic boom and influo workers. democrats, especially on the house oversight committee, said the trump administr

now let's talk about lauryn ricketts. >> i love you guy! thank you. # sunrise. sun is coming up about 3:00 minutes ago. 5:47 was the official sunrise in d.c. beautiful out there right now and it's a great morning. a little warmer than yesterday morning but all right. emperatures in the six to 70s right now. 59 ft. mead is th cool spot. you'll feel the humidity today but feeling good this morning. plenty of sunshine out there today. temperatures in the low to mid-90s. yesterday in the upper 80s but no humidity. humiddy is coming back an mean it will feel closer to the mid to upper 90s today. isolated storm chances mainly west of d.c. a nats game later on tonight against the marlins at 7:05. i think a-ok but a lot of the storms east t of area on i-81. pools, keep an eye to the sky. i think most of us on the dry side. exercise, since we are heating up and humidity in place, i want to do it earlier thaner lat 94 is our daytime high tomorrow as well. today we have about20 30% chance of storms west and nothing happeing out there right now. let's take you through the n

so who else to check in with, but my girl ls,ryn rickett good morning, lauryn, i'm so excited for this day. beautiful ng to be out there today, guys, we'reng lookit some very nice conditions. show you the sunrise i have right there, i have a different view out there. let's go ahead to our maps and show you guys what's going on. we've got some beautiful conditions out there, the sun coming up just at 6:05. hasn't quite come up just yet. it's 6:01 right now. and, again, that sunrise is coming up at just about 6:05. beautiful sunrise out there. plenty of sun to go around today. again, a gorgeous looking day out there. temperatures not that. bad temperatures right now in the low 70s across the board. we'll continue to head right into the low 90s for daytime highs today. again, it is looking good as weh go throuhe day today. currently that temperature at 72 degrees. he've got a nice light little wind out t and again the winds are going to be fairly light out there today. so our average temperature, 88 for this time of year. we stay above normal until wednesday. wednesday, big changes coming

what he had to say about it. >>> lauryn ricketts? >> we have humidity coming back in today and starting this morning in the n60s a0s. but middle part of the morning, temperatures in the 80s. a hot day out there day. your forecast is coming up. >>> >>> good morning, everybody. approaching 6:30 now. i'm aaron gilchrist. >> i'm eun yang. we have breaking news from arlington this morning. one person is recovering after being seriously hurt during this overnight house fire. this happened on south hayes street. we are told the fire started in a detached garage with an a aptment. several streets had to be blocked off but we are told right now, the scene is clear. >> let's turn to the morning commute and your forecast. melissa mollet has a lo at first 4 traffic and storm team 4 lauryn rickhuts is in for c this morning with a look at the weather. >> we have a nice look at the weather outside. sun coming at 5:47 in the morning. beautiful o sunri there and looking like a beautiful morning. not a lot of cloud cover out there and high pressure in

lauryn, thank you so much. >>> we are changing -- we are changing climate. reand we could see mo of these triple digit temperatures in days to come. ns 4's cory smith has a look at the warning from climate scientists. >> it's really hard to stay cool. i like the water fall. >> rerter: for 7-year-old marcellus hopkinsnd his two brother survives the days of summer is a splash in the park. with the temperatures reaching well to the 100s their mom is keeping close eye on their health today. she can't help but worrying about the tomorrows. sh dwonders ifs like this will become the norm. >> i'm concerned about the environment right now. i don't want to wait until what scientists predict. >> the research started a lo time ago. >> reporter: for climate scientists, that prediction is summed up in simple yet stark terms. it's going to get hot. that's the bottom line. >> reporter: their n killer heat study. researchers at the union of concerned scientists spent years trying to determine how ny hot days we could see. varying approaches to mitigating the effects of clima

all right, lauryn, see you then.nk you. >>> this morning, the fairfax county sheriff's office hopes an awopsy will explain ho an 18-year-old died in custody. amir green was found uncscious and died at the hospital sunday morning. authorities say they found no signs of foul play. >>> right nel jamesd jr. is being sentenced in virginia on state murder and wounding chges. the self-avow white nationalist found guilty on federal charges, after driving his car into a crowd of protesters in charlottesville in 2017. heather heyer was killed and dozens others hurt. the jury has recommended a state sentence of life plus 419 years in prison. we'll keep you updated on developments. >>> right now a billionaire charged with sexually abusing girls is in court. a bail hearing is w under for jeffrey epstein, who pleaded not guilty to federal sex trafficking charges. he's been in jail since his arrest more than a week ago. prosecutors want to keep him there while he awaits trial. however, the defense is proposing home detention with l

lauryn is coming back with her updated forecast. it's 11:36, almost, on "news4 midday." >> oh, my gosh! >> oh, my gosh. talk about a fish tale. a family in cape cod, massachusetts, over the weekend, got a little too close to a great white shark. the massive animal jumped out of the water at them while they were trying to snag a fish off a line. now the good news here, no one is hurt. there is a look at the video again. this wasn't an isolated though. there have been more than 100 shark sightings this summer with than 30 near cape cod. >> and that little boy in the whole andled himself a lot better than i would have. >> i would have jumped off the other side ofhe boat. >>> speaking of animals, our pat collins is helping to find new homes for pet's he also searching for the ar's most talented four-legged odiends. >> tay we're going to learn which pets made it to the final. >> one more? high five. good boy! >> this afternoon,re going to reveal the final contenders for pat's prize pet challenge. tune into ne4 starting at 4:00 this after

. >>> it feels really good outside, lauryn ricketts. >> it does. the low humidity and blue skies once the sun comes and that is coming up 13 minute before 6:00 a.m. 72 in d.c. shenandoah valley upper 50s. full sunshine out there todayot but the case all week. i'll talk about your fourth of july coming up in a little bit. >>> history made in north korea. president trump become the first u.s. president to step foot in that country, but doesthis mean a deal to denuclearize north korea is coming? stay with us. >>> stepping in to hi. over the weekend, president trump became the first president to enter north korea. he walked into that country standing bed kim jong-un during prtrip to the demilitarized joan. ident is back in washington this morning but many are looking forward what happens next. >> a lot of people are high hopisric meeting will be the first step toward a nuclear agreement with weapons? a long step to try tha team toget t try to restart these nuclear talks with special envoy steven began on our side dealing with as opposed to the high-pow

sounds like it's going to get worse, lauryn ricketts? >> oh, yes. wait until mid ht index so get ready now,guys, because we are really hea of this the exception little le humid and more blue skies out there. we are seeinges blue skiight now. we just have that haze out to there rightow. temperatures will continue to rise. in fact, temperatures are in the 80s. we will continue to take those temperatures in the 90s today. low-to-mid 90s. look at in. already 88 degrees here in the district. you know it's going to be a warm day. low-to-mid 90s will be the ig daytime i think we will top out around 94 degrees. we are dry. a chance of an isolated shower or storm later this afternoon. farm market is going to be a little on the muggy side, an pool, go for it. we havefo got inmation on barry. how it's going to impact us and let's t lk aboutw hot it's going to get and when. that's coming up in that tecn-dy fort in 20 minutes. >> y know you will sta on top of it as we continue to track tropical storm barry this morning. the slow-moving system is dumping rain and

lauryn ricketts what do you have? >> i have storms later on this afternoon, so if you're traveling out there today, keep an eye to the sky. same deal if you're heading to the l pool, it wil hot enough for that. exercise, do it this morning. at it out of the way mainly because it will b little on the wet side and humid side this afternoon. let's talk about timing with those storms tha t' >> announcer: you're watching "news 4 today." ne>>> take a look at o of the president's latest tweets. he sent this message as the census bureau began printing the 2020 census questionnaire. >> president trump wanted the form to include a question about citizenship, but he is backing off. tracie potts joining us live from capitol hill to explain where we go from here. tracie, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. where we go is p census without the citizehip estion both the justice department and now hengress department have confirmed that is the plan, even though president trump threatened to delay it and try to get that question o

chuck bell is off today and lauryn ricketts is in to look at the forecast for you. >> we were talking about the panda over the weekend and we willing covering this night and day. breaking news. her mike is ff! let's go. we are still talking abut the panda!sh kingly. >>> listen. it is a beautiful morning out there. temperatures not that bad. 60s and 70s. humidy is low when you walk ngtside. sun comip just about 55 minutes from now. 75 degrees. it is very niceut there. we will stay in the mid-70s as we go through the 7:00 a.m. hour. plenty of sunshine once that sun comes up and that will take our temperature into the upper 80s today. now yesterday weere about 94 degrees where we topped out. looking a lot better out there today. not a lot going on in radar. high pressure over us and give us blue skies out there throughout the day today. looking pretty good. now, head down to our friend in ae south. tropical depression,ng probably dowded there throughout the day today. a lot of moisture still associated with and heavy rain working its way up through the missivyippi valley and h rain down

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>> thank you, lauryn. >> that is the news for today. thank you for joining us.today" is nt. >> we will be back in 25 minutes with your weather, traffic, and local news. gr >> make it a eat monday, everybody!good morning. >>> good morning. deadly crash. ten people killeip texas when a small plane goes down just after takeoff. this morning investigators are combing throu wreckage, trying to figure out where things went so wrong. we're live on the scene. >> drama at the dmz. north korea celebrating that historic meeting between president trump and kim jong-un with this just released video. >> and what happened during this confrontation with the new u.s. press secretary caught on ca? was the president's visit more than just aho pto op. here?ere does it go from we have the latest. >>> surviving a shark attack. a florida

. >> melissa mollet is standing by with first 4 traffic and lauryn ricketts is in for chuck bell this moing with a look at the day ahead. >> the day ahead not lao too a shy. if you like yesterday, you'll like today. similar conditions to yesterday. maybe a little bit more humidity and yore feeling that if you step outside right now. 76 is our temperature right now. stay in the 70 as we continue through morning. toping out in the 90s today. even by 9:00 a.m., that temperature already in the low 80s. we are dry out there this moroung. there c be patchy fog in some spots. we are heading into about 93 degrees today. listen. very similar to yesterday. it will be a little muggy. isolated chance of a shower and thunderstorm later on this afternoon. nothing out there right now.  to see this pattern change especially as we head into the middle part of this wllk. we wialk more about that and the changes you'll see coming up. let's talk about those road with good morning. >> good morning. clarksburg northbound 270 after 121 still a crash. overturnedcl ve and people say they had to be transporte

. >>> lauryn ricketts is kicking things off for us. what are we looking at today? >> looking for storms this afternoon and into this evening. so, again, we are checking out some storms. we've had a lot of cloud cover out there today. we continue to see this frontal system that's going to be pushing into the area as we head rough the day. still back out in the ohio valley. we're seeing thelouds and rain in front of it. we're weather alert because of the storms. you see a few showers there. mainly to the nor and west. but as we go through the afternoon, storms are going to spark throughout thear . time out for lunchtime, about 9:00 p.m.gh toni humid outside. temperatures in the 70s where they got rain earlier today. we're headed to near 90 degree today. let's talk about the rain and storm chances and time them out in our neighborho in 20 minutes. >> thank you. see you then.ol >>> we're flowing a developing story in northern virgia right now. investigators trying to pinpoint what caused a massive fire in ashburn. >> flames erupted overnight and damaged several homes i

. >> and lauryn ricketts is in for chuck bell. we will start with you. e she may be having technical difficulty with the equipment but we will keep talking until she is ready to rock 'n' roll. >> my feet got caught in the chair. >> sounds like your microphone is out too. >> it is. >> on there we go. >> can anybody hear me? happening?g happy 5:00 on a tuesday morning, everybody. starting off on a great note. a little warm out there. we have got temperat es that are on their way up along with the humiatty. is the main thing you'll notice out there today. the heat and o humidity isut there. not the bl skies we had yesterday. 77 degrees is our temperature ttght now. we will slip a bit as we continue through the 6:00 a.m. hour and start moving back in the right direction. 8by 10:00 a.m. it's going to feel like 90 degrees by that time. mix of sun andl cd out there. more humid today. afternoon, we could have a chance for storms and same with the commute soim we will t those out coming up. >>> good morning, melissa. >> good morning. taking a look at northbound 3

good morning, lauryn. >> good morning.t and humidity out th there and ink that is an under statement if you walk outside early on this saturday morning. feeling close to 90 degrees. we have the haze and t humidity. weather alert for this afternoon. look at the temperatures. 70s and the lower 80s. humidity feels like 93 and 88 here. you know it is going to be a hot day if it is already up to this heat and humidity. it will feel closer to 100 degrees. not lot now but we will have more showers and thunderstorms later. to we continue track the breaking news in southern california where officials will be surveying the damage after another powerfulqu earthe. stephanie is live in los angeles with more on how things are looking now the sun is rising. good morning, stephanie. >> reporter: yeah. good morning to you. i am hereoutside downtownos angeles. we are about 150 miles from the epicenter. quite a distance away. the good news here is that the los angeles fi department reports no structural damage in the city of los angeles but

. >> chuck bell has the day off and lauryn ricketts i here with your forecast. >> it wasn't a ad he had a few showers and thunderstorms to t south but it really wasn't that bad. right now looking at clear skies out there. sun coming up in about 5:55 so about two hours before the sun comes up. should be a beautiful sunrise given the clear skies.er tempures in the 60s and 70s. really not feeling that bad out there. humidity will continue to drop as well as we head through the day. temperatures back into the eight right around seasonable for this ti of year. i think we will top it out at 90 degrees for daytime high.no thing happening on the radar but we are tracking barry. look at all of that moisture and still it's got that tail on it where it continues to see some of that heavier rain moving through louisiana right on now. lot of that rain headed up toward the nashville area and it's moving into the midwest. all of that moisture has to go somewhere and looks like it will sweep in the mid-atlantic so we will let you know when you can expect rain out of that and the major heat that is comi

lauryn? >> if your traveling out there today, looking good through new york, boston and charlotte except the chance of storms fo charlotte sunday. chance of storms here almost each d everyday. an >> announcer: "news 4 today" begins with breaking news. >>> we're following some breaking news a out of run dell county right now. two people are dead after a jet ski crash in edge water. >> right now chopper 4 flying over the scene on old south river roeld on the solomon island road bridge. u can see from here, our news partners at wtop report an adult man and woman were pulled from the south river overnight when officials arrived on the scene, they found the bodies submerged in water. >> we're working to learn more detas about this accident when we do, we will post the latest in the nbc washington app. >>> 6:30 is your time right now i'm aaron gilchrist. >> i'm eun yang. our melissa mollet is keeping an eye o any issues with the roads and the rails in your first 4 traffic. >> let's start with meteo

. > let begin with a look at the etrecast with meorologist lauryn ricketts. >> a warm on as wead through the week. today is a bonus day. temperatus around normal which is 89 degrees. we are leroking at humidity out there.'s itgoing to be a beautiful sunrise. the sun is coming up in over an hour. 5:55 is the official sunrise in d.c. we are experiencing temperatures six to 70s. not too bad when you step outside. not too humid when you step 7 outside. 7re in the district. dulles at 67. baltimore up to 69 degrees. warm spot is on t water there annapolis at 79. if you're planning to get the kid out to camp early this morning,huower dity and temperatures are going to be warming throughout the day but you're not going to have with the humidity. spf will go a long way talk about the track of barry and the heat standing by with d.c. response to jummy. >> reporter: we have learned that the d.c. mayor muriel bowser has activated the emergency heat plan so that mean the cllling centers wi be open in the center. here is a look at open shelters. bowser even says check out your local library to keep co

. >>> lauryn ricketts is in for chuck this morning and helping usnd what is happenheg in the we >> it'st bad. >> this is summer in washington. >> you guys left and it was really jkbhot, right? >> then is broke in the middle of the week. >> itro b and now you're in time to experience another heat wave. or more consecutive degrees at 90 or above to constitute a heac.wave in d.nd i think today we are back in the low 90s and morrow. they we are on our way for a heat wave but not as hot as it was eks ago. a little more humidity around today and another stray shower chance around today and the heat and humidity amp up as we continue through the week along with rain chances. a spotty shower possible this morning. mainly shower and isolated storms west of d.c. we are thinking shena aoah valley blue ridge mountains. widespread rain expected on wednesday. the frontal system edges into the area andh pass thro on thursday and stalled to the south but unfortunately we have rain chances for thursday and friday as well. qurnt temperae 77 in washington. not that bad when you step outside. but you'll no

. >>> let's turn to lauryn ricketts and see what is in store for the weather today. >> you get off the a beach soon as you see those. we have those around here, i'pecially in the chesapeake bay area. ve seen a lot going down toward the outer bank. >>> not a big o chance severe weather out there today and strong thunderstorms we could see later on this afternoon but this remnant barry and s you when you can see rain coming up. >>> a twitter war has become a very public battle. the democrats continue to denounce the president on what they call racist attack on lawmakers. we will tell you what the president is saying. >>> good tuesdaymorning. this morning at four. summer brain drain can happen to kids after a long summer break om school. we know how easy for them to zone out on theirhone or in font-o of the tv. we will show youur apps your kid can use to keep their mind moving. >>> developing this morning, a united front. democrats rally around the. >> this morning, the predent is expressing no remorse and is doubling down on his word. >> if you're not happy here, then you can leave. as f

so, lauryn ricketts, when can wet get some relief around here? >> i think that's coming lat tomorrow, guys, and into tuesday. y.d wednesda but it's going to be hot around the area. maybe just not quite as humid. it will definitely be on thee. drier sid but we are dry right now. for now, i mean, it feels steamy when you walk out there. let's take a look outside. we have got the cloud cover and that's the way it's going to be today. not the best pool day out there, but definitely feeling like you need to take a dip somewhere only because it is so steamy and it's already warm. 80 degrees is our temperature right now already. we are dry across the ara, but then we are also looking at a few showers just trying to scoot own really coming out of the frostburg area. this has been moving rally slowly out of pittsburgh as we t saw ithe last couple of hours. a few showers possible into western maryland as we continue through the morning. lateon thisfternoon more widespread rain. 80 degrees is our temperature right now. listen, let's talk about that widespre

s >>> let turn to lauryn ricketts now. good day to be outside?>> this morning is gorgeous out there. low humidity and comfortable. 60s and 70s.th if you're in e shenandoah valley, temperatures in the upper 50s and lower 60s. you may need a jacket out there, believe it or not. you can shed that jacket this week because we are heading into temperaturesottest we have seen yet this year. sun coming up before 6:00 a.m. a beautiful morning out there. blue skies out there today. we are going to have plenty of sunshine and on the comfortable side all day but the humidity pours back in. overnight hot and humid for your tuesday. about 30% chance of afternoon and evengstorms. now wednesday hot throughout the day. that heatl index w over 100 degrees on wednesday but rain late and that is from barry and we will continue to see some shower and thundorms through at least the first part of the day on thursday.tu temperares now at 73 in washington. will be in the mid-70s by the next hour and then headed to the upper 80s for day time highs today. with more comfort

. >> mthissa mollet is here wi the first 4 traffic and lauryn ricketts is here in for chuck bell and look at the dawn of the day. >> it doesn't feel like july 1st ut there. low humidity out there right now. brilliant colors and the sun is coming up 47 minutes from right now. 71 degrees is our temperature and northeasterly wind at 9 miles an hour. not much of a breeze compared to yesterday. f your monday outlook and a.m. commute if you're biking or driving or tag the metro or walking, you could have sunshine delays out there but about it. m outdoor lunchke your plans to do it. it will be perfect out there. not feeling too hot. yesterday we were in the low 90s.da i think to in the upper 80s. as far as exercise is concerned, fairly comfortable out there today. high pressure parke over us. so we are dry with no cloud in place. no rain in place. if youvee trang, looking good up and down the eastern seaboard as well. let's urn to melissa mollet with a check on the road. >> southbound 270 appear old georgetown road a crash there on the ride of the roadway. everything else looking pretty goo

. >>> lauryn ricketts is here with a look at our forecast. >> good morning.up in about two hour. we are looking at a dry d ay >>> amazon prime days are here. wewill letou know about the latest community meeting about the center in upper marlboro. >> panda watch 2019 is here, everybody. he?she or isn't we are keeping our eye on the girl who is working hard to see if she is pregnant. >> she had a baby. >> has she? she has been poked and prodded. >> what animals do, have a lot of babies. >> not in captivity. >> still an animal. >>> it's monday, july 15th, 2019. >>> good morning. i'm aaron chgilrist. >> i'm eun yang. welcome, melissa. >> thank you. >> chuck bell has the day off and lauryn ricketts i here with your forecast. >> it wasn't a ad he had a few showers and thunderstorms to t south but it really wasn't that ba

i'm lauryn ricketts.tg a look at those temperatures out there right now. 60s and 70s and up tick in the humidity this morning. humidity only increases throughout the day. low 90s today and another chance of a spotty shower. let's talk about the rest of this workweek. changes are coming our way. . >>> first 4 traffic alert. inbound 4 and somebody outbound lanes shutdown. a fatal crash investigation hi other tngs happeni and g > what is going on? what is goin? >> shock and confusion at an outdoor festival in northern california. a gunman opened fire yesterday, kiling three people and wounding more than a doz others and it happened in gilroy, south of san francisco. overnight we learned police shot and killed one suspect. the search is on for a second possible suspect. be sure to check out the nbc washington app for the latest on this m shooting. >>> 15 before the hour now. closer tohome. police in prince george's countf are searchingor a motive after a deadly shooting i broad daylight. thihappened yesterday

. >>> lauryn ricketts is in for chuck this morning. >> we have nice conditions as we continue through is amping up and . >>> what is going on? what ion going ? >> breaking news this morning. ed now know a 6-year-old boy is among those kill in a mass shooting at an outdoor festival in cathfornia. >> at is just one of the new developments that broke overnight. good morning, everybody. it is 4:00 a.m. now. i'm aaron gilchrist. >> i'm eun yang. we have a lot to get to and new information on the terrible shooting out west. >>> first, we want to get you ready for your monday morning. >> melissa mollet is standing by with first 4 traffck and lauryn ts is in for chuck bell this morning with a look at the weather. >> mild side and 77 is our temperature right now. we will fall a little bit as we go over the next couple of hour. they will start heading in the right direction.00 by the temperatures in the 80s and have a little bit of that humsoity around. t will be a little warm out there today. as far as your monday outlook goes the commute is looking dry. we could have a stray shower later on t

anyway, lauryn, you have been busy. you have been keeping a close eye on barry in new orleans, uisiana, the gulf coast, and our weather here. >> the latest on barry, still a tropical storm. winds 45 miles per hour. the pressure has come up al tle bit, guys, so that means it has lost a little bit of intensity and is expected to do that because it lose fuel once it gets over land and its fuel is that warm hot water in the gulf. so it's weakening now as it pushes into louisiana. it's moving about 8 miles per hour now. so it's sped up a little bit. t over land, we are talking about the slow-moving s bormnging flooding rain to that area. so they have seen some rain over the last 24 hours. it's not done yet in terms of in the flood conditions because i believe it's going to be sitting over louisiana for the next 24 hours. let's take a look outside. our weather right now, today hot and humid. we have a slight chance of rain in our area today, but just stray shower. most of us are dry as a frontal system comes through. that wil

. >> and lauryn is going to tell us about it when we return. >>> welcome back. your time now is 9:16. we are talking about something that sounds likeut of a movitu like g sck in quicksand mud. >> look at that. thse are notocks. this picture shows the predicament of an 87-year-old man from ppr area. thied near the potomac river in bethesda. aimee cho with the incredible story about how his dog helped bark dow help. >> reporter: this is a story about man's best friend. let'st mee blue and jax and their human, lamar neville. talk to him for five seconds and you'll see why he is popular with pets and people alike. and, yes, that is his name on his shirt. >> i just put it on so people know who i am. that's kind of nice. >> reporter: on monday, lamar thought it would be nice to take the dogs for aby walk the c and o canal. his wife was going see a movie. she told her husband -- >> wait until we come back because if you fall oddown, nob will know where you are. >> reporter: did lamar wait? noot. he did n. and sure enough found himself in a sticky situation. >> i tell y

lauryn, what do you say? >> ne you making fu of me, adam?> a problem with t way i describe the temperature? >> lauryn ricketts, what are we going to do with this guy? >> are you being sarcastic about the hhu and id days? >> thank you. you picked up on my ke. >> whatever. >> sarcasm is my second language, actually. so i'm pretty well versed in it. hey, listen, right now we've got some cloud cover. listen, not eing to be th greatest pool day. so if you are gtting ready to go to the pool, just know that we will have the clouds arounon still puthe spf. you know the drill. but again we've got the cloud cover out there and that's the way it's going to be as wenu contie through the day. now, we're dry. i am wching this little bit of rain that's tryih to pus out of pittsburgh and out of western pennsylvania. could clip our western areas in maryland

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good morning, melissa mollet. >> good morning, lauryn ricketts. right now chopper 4 headed outt o the capitol heights area loking at a crash investigation we have been following may have cleared out of the way. we heard that it may have jst en gotten out of the way. so that's addison road between walker mill and willburn road. beltway, no problems inner loop and outer loop loing quite good. fuel spill causing delays. fairfax, old lee highway near rebel run road s of wires down there. in the district southbound 14th street between constitution and independence fencing down for the fourth of july festivities down in the roadway causing some slow downs and delavs. t times in maryland 270 looks good top of the beltway outer loop 42 miles per hour. 66 inbound and 95 northbound both 62 miles per hour looking pretty good as well. remember to listen to wtop 103.5 fm when youhop inyour car today. aaron? >> melissa, thank you. >>> 5:54 right now. call it mixing the old with the w. a brand new stem exhibit is opening in a pretty unlikely place. >> news 4 mol

. >> all right lauryn, thank you. officials are still waiting for the sun to come up to get a fresh look at the damage from last night's earthquake and experts say there may be even more aftershocks oming. >>> as southern california was recovering from july 4th earthquake that shook buildings and rattled nerves, a larger and more powerful quake hit. >> the largest rthquake in my life. i was really scared. >> these residents that live in ridgecrest,alifornia were in the backyard pool when the shaking started. it struck friday night at 8:19 pacific time causing items to fall off store shelves, roads to crack and sparking fires. >> aignificant amount of fire and rescue from the los angeles, riverside and fresno county areas. >> shaking was felt all across southern california and as far as las vegas and mexico. baseball fans in dodger stadium got a feel. >> seismologists said thequake was on the same fault line as the 6.4 shaker. 150 miles northeast of los angeles in the mojave desert. this is the largest earthquake to hi

lauryn ricketts is in fod chuck belly with a look at our forecast. > temperatures is 72 but the shenandoahemperatures are in the 50s right now.l coart to your first of july. we do have clear skies out there. we head through theing the temperatures will slip a little bit. we will end up in the pper six by the time we head to 7:00 a.m. but nothing to worry out there today if you're heading out early on than monday orning. no fog. dry condition and it's just a nice morning out there. as we get to about 9:00 a.m.,os th temperatures are in the mid-70s. yesterday, we topped out in the low 90s. i don't think we will get to 90t ay. if you're traveling you can see we are dry throughout the mid-atlantic. high pressure in charge kicking out all of the cloud and the rain but that is not the case as we he we oue talking abrn chance and humidity are coming

. >> and lauryn ricketts is in for chuck bell. >> you'll notice humidity out there.y out there. the sun coming up before 6:00 a.m. this morning. as we go through onthe y, temperatures in the upper seventh and flip through 6:00, 7:00. but still warm and by 10:00 a.m. the temperatures in the mid-80s an

lauryn ricketts, pretty out there this morning. >> not bad. you're right, melissa. a beautiful start. sun just came up. or just coming up about three or four minutes ago. beautiful out there right now. we will continue to e a autiful day. a few more cloud around today compared to yesterday.e a littlt more humidity. 76 is our temperature right now. you'll start to feel that humidity if you have not yet. 94 is where we are today but look at the temperatures. we go up on wednesdayand definitely on friday. rain likely on thursday and that will be from barry. our average temperature is 89 degrees. let's talk about timing of the rain. let's talk about the hea as we head into the weekend because it will got hotter than what you ee on here so we will show you that coming up. >>> for the first time, neighbors are finally sharing their concerns with developers about a amazon fulfillment center. >> aimee cho is live with reaction. >> reporter: good morning. neighbors here are furious. they thought they were getting grocery store and shops and restaurants when they moved in her

. >> melissa mollet is standing by with first 4 traffck and lauryn ts is in for chuck bell this morning with a look at the weather. >> mild side and 77 is our temperature right now. we will fall a little bit as we go over the next couple of hour. they will start heading in the right direction.00 by the temperatures in the 80s and have a little bit of that humsoity around. t will be a little warm out there today. as far as your monday outlook goes the commute is looking dry. we could have a stray shower later on tonight but that is about adtv 10% chance. most of us looking dry for the evening and morning commute. hot and humid as well and each day we get more humidity out ere. outdoor lunch not looking too ouabby. temperatures ard 90. a warm day out there. plus we have got rain on the way. nothing out there right now. a frontal system will sweep this weather pattern away and we down at the end of this week. let's talk about the roads with melissa. good morning. >> good morning. springfield outer loop left lane by that work zone. a tiny bit of delay on the map. 66, 95, no complaints on e

good morning, lauryn. >> good morning, melissa. yeah, a lot going on out there rightw.no quiet in the weather department and cool when you walk outside but that humidity is increasing with each pasng minute right now. not too bad out there. we do have some clearing sky. maybe a few high cloud. for the most part looking good and sun is coming up at about 15 minutes to 6:00. 71 degree is our temperature right now and mostly clear skies. e 5:00 and 7:00 a.m. hour the temperatures in the low 80s but when we po low 70s and into the now 80s be the tiy the time we 9:00. rain out there right now. we have chance of rain as we continue through the day. better chances wednesdy, thursday, and friday and watch come fourth of july. thursday a chance of rain for that. show you that ten-day forecast in a little bit. >>>e are days away from the fourth of july andhat president trump calls one obithe ggest gatherings in the history of washingtonsd.c. >> it' been called a salute to america. expect traditional parades and fireworks but this year also a

good morning, lauryn. >> good morning.hance forhowers and storms after 2 or 3:00 and throughout the day tomorrow. ha and into tuesday. 70s and 80s right now and is thick in terms ofdi humity. after 2 or 3:00 te seehe storms moving in.il it w feel close to 100 degrees today. maybe a sprinkle before then. most of this gets going after 2:00 or 3. >> more news and weather in 25 minutes. now back to "today." have a great saturday. ♪ >>> good morning. breaking news. another major earthquake. >> we got another earthquake. >> yep. we definitely got an earthquake going on. >> a magnitude 7.1 quake rocked southern california, much stronger than the one hitting the region on thursday. aftershocks through the night and minor injuries reported. leaks,le fires due to gas officials waiting for day bre to fully assess the damage. california residents wondering if a bigger quaould be coming. we are live with the latest. dorm explosion. two blasts on the campus of nevada,eneno sng students fleeing and second blast across the street leaving

. >> and lauryn ricketts is in for chuck bell. >> you'll notice humidity out there. it's a warm day out there. the sun coming up before 6:00 a.m. this morning. as we go through onthe y, temperatures in the upper seventh and flip through 6:00, 7:00. but still warm and by 10:00 a.m. the temperatures in the mid-80sl and feelske the low 90s and looks like this will be the coolest day we will have comin , because we got a big heat dome headed our way.cl a few d out there right now moving into the area. we also have the circulation you can see still from remnants o barry. it is now post-tropical barry so we continue to tr k this moisture because it is headed our way and we will talk about when you can see some rain coming up. first, let's talk about the road with melissa. >> good morning. right now silver spring southbou georgia avenue at the beltway, police investigation on the right so see slightest dlely on the ride southbound. through prince george's county into and out ofown no problem. aaron? >> melissa, thank you. >>> breaking news in prince george's county. >> a po

. >> lauryn ricketts has a return of summer heat wave. >> we are going to have things heating up around our area right now. it's a beautiful day out there. beautiful start so far. a little bit warmer than it was yesterday. the sun coming up 5:47. you can see it there, that beautiful hue that we have. we are going to have plenty of sshine out the today. it's just going to be hotter with increasing humidity. no rain out there right now. you makeour way out the door, you're fine. an isolated chance of shower anh nderstorms popping up later on. temperature out there right now in the six and low 70s. this is pretty will stay the next several hour. then by middle part of the morning, the temperature takes a huge chop. already in the low 80s by the dd

>>a we'll st with storm team 4 meteorologist lauryn ricketts in for chuck bell. it's a weather alert day, full umbrel umbrella. >> full umbrella. >> do what you can, protect the hair, earring. >> listen, yesterday those storms took advantise of all the re we had out there, guys. they blew up acrs the region. same deal today. rinse and repeat. today, tomorrow, wre going to continue to see scattered showts and sorms and some will be strong.'t absoluget caught off guard. 60% chance you may see it where you are. noor

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