>> heavy rain across northern maryland. national weather service just extended the flash flood warning near frederick, maryland, and hagere >>> welcome back. 5:12. >>> today, managers at starbucks will meet with police after officers were asked to leave a store in arizona. >> the second day of meetingstw ben the two groups and it all started on the fourth of july when an employee told six tempe officers that a customer was uncomfortable with their presence. the employee asked the officers to move from their line of sight. the officers decided to leave. the tempe officers association calledhe situation disheartening and offensive and say they hope this can be a learning opportunity. while the #dump starbucks was on social media. meanwhile people had mixed reactions. >> they should not be asked to leave if all they are doing is having a cup of coffee. >> starbuckspologizedand called the incident completely unacceptable. the company says it's alread taking necessary steps to make sure this doesn't happen again in the future. >

the highest ranking was columbia, maryland. only city in the top 100 in maryland. virginia beach at 41 and chez a eek, virginia, 42 and d.c. was ranked number 80. 80. >> a new reason to visit southern maryland if you love water. wildlife and history. it's part of the potomac river that runs next t charles county and a designated as a new national marine sanctuary. it's meant to protect a fleet of world one 1 ships. >> you can see theen sunkhips in the bay. visitors in kayaks get a closer look and business is booming. >> i know a lot we have to charles county three sundays out of the month they lately have been filling up like crazy. >> reporter: this is was used as a ferryboat across the chesapeake bay built back 1920 a 1927. called the ghost fleet. >> e ghost fleet is important because it's the largest mercha man rsorine ship in one place. >> reporter: reporting from charles county, maryland, chris gordon, news4. >> time your dog walking forecast. great weather for taking the pooch out and getting a few extra miles in.do this is available for adopon at the humane

one in frederick, maryland, and one in lantum. that crash was caused by a wrong way driver on the beltway. it happened yesterday morning. maryland state police denied the victory at ronnet ashing. the wrong way driver was miguel gomez. they say alcohol was a factor i that crash. >>> 6:35. >>> htore is a look at other story this morning. two california towns are bracing for after-shocks after last friday night's 7.1 earthquake. you can see the dage was extensive there. many people are without water. homes caught fire and gas lines were rtured. the governor has declared a state of ergency. >>> uber driver and three passengers are recovering after a friday night shooting in d.c.'s brookland neighborhood. police say a gunman opened fire on the car at 17th and otis place in the northeast. the driver was shot in the finger and expected to be okay and passengers were injured by flying glass. no arrests have been made. >>> the new doors on metro's red line are now officially open for business.re they automatic, installed to make the commu

by the way,maryland is a place to get permits . we would never have gotten the permit in two years in any other state.but the, so i would say your electric utility is cyber attacks, thousands of times. every day. every day. and also the forms. and the issue is, they're going to attack and the issue is what happened to mark how many layers of defense do you have in your systems because obviously you don't want them to be able to get into your control room and check your crop but on this issue with washington there is very good cooperation, starting in the obamaadministration, continued in the trump administration . among the department of homeland security, department of defense, the justice department, and the department ofenergy . in the electric utility industry, we have a joint task force called the scc and we meet and we are out there, i have a clearance and most of my colleagues do, several others in my company so that the most important thing is sharing of information. we don't know things happening and someone else does no,

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first it was maryland, now virginia and now tc. d. health department is warning about the public about a psychosporea and the outbreak has sickened people in a dozen states. corey smith has a look at how to protect your family. cory? >> reporter: well, adam, accocding to the nearly 600 people have been infected with psychopsoriasis just this year. that includes 95 people right here in the dmv. now spring and summer are a particularly dangerous time for this illness, and when this most recent outbreak, the inums are increase, the risk is elevated so doctorse across th region are warning people to watch what they eat. tonight health departments in d.c., maryland and virginia are working together to the source of the ongoing psychosporea outbreak. so far 132 poem in 11 states have been sickened in this most recent outbreak. in the been 13 confirmed cases this year and in virginia 39 cas have been confirmed since ma 1st with the capital 1 building in northern virginia identified as one place infected and in maryland 42wh preeopl e have si

in baltimore, maryland. what this is the president fighting back of being illegitimate attacks on the border, you can see the questioning that elijah cummings did of kevin mcaleenan and mr. cummings saying that kids were sleeping in their own feces. and when the president hears lies like that, he's going fight back and that's what you isn't that true the tweet. chris: this goes back to what happened with the four members of the squad, nobody objects the president defending border policy but this seems, mick, the worst racial stereotyping, black congressman, majority-black district, no human being would want to live there, is he saying people that live in baltimore are not human beings? >> chris, help me with this, when the president attacks aoc plus 3, attacks the squad he gets accused of being a racist, when nancy pelosi does it a few days later, the left, not you in particular, make that clear come to nancy's defense, couldn't possibly be racist, she was simply attacking their ideas, the president is doing

the gentleman from maryland is recognized. mr. raskin: mr. speaker, thank you. i want to thank the gentleman from georgia for his very thoughtful and moving remarks , ich are very appealing to me especially since i am a law professor first and politician thereafter. we have to deal with the political party system as it exists in the -- you know, in the america of today, but i'd like to think of the presidents who kept kind of duo mind about it. they know they needed to be part of it and think of the broader whole. jefferson in his first inaugural address in 1800 said we are all republicans, we are all federalists. he also said, if i could only go to heaven with a political party i'd prefer not to go. george washington said just, we have to keep in mind the word party comes from the french word, part, and we need to keep in mind the whole. i thank you for at least the one sheer of potential three hip, hip hooray you may have given us on the intelligence authorization act, we think the contempt citation is necessary precisely for th

. >> maryland's governor. find out how governor larry hogan's plan could affect you. >>> world cup fever i not over, i'm kerry snow coming up in sports. the return of the >>> friends and family sang a finalll farewe to a young woman. family and friends gathered to say good-bye to ronette, she was killed two weeks ago while driving home from a friend's house. a driver in a pickup truck was going the wrong way. he struck hersuv. she died at the scene. the other driver has been identified asig ml gomez. alcohol played a role in this accident. >>> maryland governor larry hogan says he wants to save you money while using the tolls. the baltimo sun reporting his propos is not around across the board cut that the governor pushed through in 2015. one proposal would cut tolerates for motorcycles and vehicles tong one axle and two axle trailers. the governor hopes to generate up to $25 million and help save drivers more than 5 $1/2 million a year during that time. >>> so our top story is this extreme heat. we're going t

here is a closer look at this announcement in maryland. seven death row inmates in maryland and virginia has two. boton mass a carry killer and church killer are among those on the death row list. >>> before school year is set to start, the county is considering altering its school-bound policy to dole with overcrowding but it's the language in this some ed change that h parents concerned this morning. some of that language reed school identified or boundary adjustment shall adhere to the fun fairfax policy and have a variety of elements examined including socioeconomicd/ racial compensation of the students in the affeced schools. some critics are calling than social engineering. >> i beg you toti i and address current hot spots of overcapacity now and stop this ridiculous attempt to manipulate our schools to reflect your idea of social justice. >> the school board chair said in a statement, quote. >>> in fairfaxcounty, some say their children are losing their job because of a change in policy. fairfax used a local nonprofit company that i

for abham he is prepared for extradition back to maryland from d.c. where now being held for a first-degree rape charge. you have to imagine a lot of rider here at this station for metro are happye to h quick action was taken in this case and an arrest has been made.o back tyou. >> thank you, justin. >>> this morning, northwest d.c. neighborhood on edge after the d third mur in that area this year. police found 33-year-old clifton telfair shot several times on north capital street and m street yesterday afternoon. this is the 85th murder this year in the district. >>> students at morgan state university are dealing with the murder of one of their classmates. manuel luis jr. was a sophomore business and managemen major from prince george's countand killed near an off campus dorm when he was getting in his car at around 5:00 in the mornid . we are tolo suspects were trying to rob him and police say luis was trying to leave early yesterday morning to get to his parents home in hyattsvils e whn he walled. e search for the two suspects is still ongoing. br

the highest ranking was columbia, maryland. only city in the top 100 in maryland.ginia beach, number 21. chesapeake, virginia, 42. d.c. was number 80. now your cnbc busines report. >>> space x successfully launched 18th cargo mission for nasa. the rocket blasted off with a cargo dragon capsule carrying nearly 2.5 tons of supplies to the international space station. the capsule is carrying research and technology payloads that concentra on cellular science and it marks the capsule's third trip into space. with your nbc business report i'm frank hold on. >>> temperatures i the 50s and 60s a perfect opportunity to walk a few extra miles. here is an available walking buddy available at humane dog rescue alliance. a perfect walking buddy and he is 4 years old. mid to upper 80s in the afternoon. your forecast is ahead. >>> three mile backup southbound 270 germandown road for the overturn tractor-trailer blocking a ramp. real delays and other problems coming up. z3g2yz z1jnz y y3g2yyny >>> breaking news. traffic is backed up for hours as crews try to get a tractor-trailer

again, that storm making quick progress down into southern maryland. esagain, that storm do have a little bit of a rotation to it so we'll watch that really carefully here over the next little bit. but st. mary's county, stay safe, stay put, stay inside for the next little bit. and if you don't have to travel around the d.c. metro area, a lot of water-coveredroads. i would recommend staying at home today. a check of the extended forecast coming up. >> thank you. >>> when news4 continues, the latest on the ongoing border cris. cris. hear wisha ♪ ♪ here i go again on my own ♪ goin' down thly road i've ever known ♪ ♪ like w- ♪ drifter i ♪born to walk alone! you're a drifter i thought you were kevin's dad. little bit of both. i if you ride, you get geico motorcycle. 15 minutes could save you 15% or more. >>> welcome back to "news4 midday." it's 11:30. yhis morning's dangerous weather is the big stor today. the heavy rain caused minor flooding in the basement of the white house. water pooled on the floor of the underground area of the west wing where journa

the gentleman from maryland. mr. cummings: i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. cummings: let me be very clear, this is not theater. i wish it was theater. it is not theater. this is about us making sure that we protect the integrity of the census and of this congress, and with that i want to yield now, madam speaker, to the distinguished lady from michigan, mrs. lawrence, two minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized for two minutes. mrs. lawrence: thank you, mr. chairman. i rise today in strong support of this resolution, to hold attorney general barr and commerce secretary ross in contempt of congress. madam speaker, we have reached a point that we as congress must have the courage and we have the duty of our constituents of these united states of america to hold up the constitution. congress has an obligation to conduct oversight of the executive branch. yet, this administration complains each time we request information critical

maryland is one of ten states that requires a permit to carry a concealed weapon.ocal authorities have the discretion on whether or not to permits.ose >>> whale, you can bet a lot of folks in one part of d.c. will not be taking their air-conditioning for granted this evening. petco restored power to customerin northwest. there was a great hallelujah heard everywhere. equipment at the florida avenue substation affected power to 39,000 customers. so, you know, yesterday we were checking in, different parts of the city, there was a show at the lintooln theater that had be canceled. bus boys and poets at 14th and v had to close. the massive power outage left thousands of d.c. residents and businesses without power for hours. making for a very uncomfortable evening. darcy was interviewing this young woman who was saying that she had just moved in t t district like yesterday was her first day in d.c. welcome to the district of columbia. >> good it wasn't two weeks ago we were talking heat indexes -- >> no kiing. dding. itwas still hot today. >> no air-conditioning is no

let's go over to maryland. minimum wage is going up in montgomery county. large employers with 51 or more workers must be paid $13 an hour up from 5.$12.2 small businesses and mid-sized businesses must pay $12.50 an hour, upr f $12. maryland becomes the first state to ban restaurants and schools from using styrofoam food containers. no more foam doggie bags in nd mary in virginia, you must now be 21 yer years old to buy e-cigarettes or tobacco product. a lot of laws. this is just a couple taking effect all across thedmv. go to our nbc washington app for ryre. >>> police in mnd are investigating the death of a kayaker near annapolis on saturday. the fire department responded to the areof spaw creek. two kayakers were pulled from the water. a wom who was with them was pulled from the waterours later. her name hasnnot bee released. >>> we are learningain may have played a role in a crash on the beltway friday during rush hour on the outer loop near avenue. a woman was killed and riding in the car with her family when anotr car slammed into their vehicle from b

yesterday. >> this is video from potomac, maryland. many of their cars are water-logged now after what seems like a river t over their neighborhood and inside, water washed away a lifetime of memories in some place. flood water rose all the way up to the ceiling and destroyed this homeowner's basement too. >> it hasn't hit me too much becausen i've just bee working, working, working to clean this up. all of the antique in the basement, we just have to consider that they aregone. >> here is another sign of the force of the flash flooding. the home area said outside the water was at least six feet deep and the intensity pushed a parked car ten feet down the driveway. >>> parts of northern virginia had a different kind of rush hour yesterday morning. the heavy rain hit road very hard. part of thrkbw pay had to be closed at time. in potomac, maryland, neighbors say the water moved in so quickly that it saufcaused drai concern and nowhere for the water to go. this was ta tennis court. another swim team meets will her to be cancelled o moved

baday he came home to maryland.change some mandatory juvenile sentencing laws around our uncoy. >> and it may make an impact here in maryland. prince george's county bureau chief tracey wilkins has h story. >> when maryland state senator joanne benson first met the man she's standing next to, he could fit the tiny t-shirt she's holding. benson was curtis brooks' prince pam at capital heights. the little boy who read well above grade level and eventually moved to colorado where life took a drastic turnd at 15 he ended up in prison for a murder he did not commit. >> he didn't kill anybody. but was carged with felo murder. but it doesn't stop there, ladies and gentlemen. he was put in solitary confinement foren years. >> reporter: without a stable home environment brooks became homeless, hung out with the young crowd. he and a group of friends carjacked christopher ramos. one of the friends shot and killed ramos, but mandatory sentencing got brooks a felony murder conviction and life in prison without the possibility o

raskin of maryland. the chair: the gentleman from maryland, mr. raskin, and a member opposed each will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from maryland. mr. raskin: i rise to offer an amendment that will save the american taxpayer millions of dollars are restore the focus they have july 4 holiday as a universal, nonpartisan celebration of our nation's independence and ensure that taxpayer money is spent for public, nonpartisan purposes, not private, personal, and partisan ones. this amendment will ban military parades and shows organized at the personal request of the president that served no other governmental or military purpose. what happened this last fourth of july was a shameful and extravagant and profligate display of quasi-monarchical pageantry that delighted the president and his guests that he brought in on special ticket bus no one else. this year's celebration seven flyovers of 24 different military aircraft including b-2's, f-22's, f-35's, displays of receiver moanall units, mobilization of tanks and other milit

day for maryland customers.rn a bill credit by reducing your energy use by 1:00 p.m. and 5:00 p.m. when demand for energy is ihighest. >> you sign up for our peak savings program we'll actually take control of your thermostat for certain hours throughout the day and you set the level of whatever you're comfortable th. anden at a certain period of time instead of your air-conditioning blowing full-time, maybe just your fan is blowing or yourco air-itioning is running at different levels. >> that was chris gordon reporting. we are working for you with ts to stay eco friendly during the heat wave. search heat quiz on our app. >>> speaking of the heat, we want to show it to you. can you see it?to you're going feel it if you step outside.s. 81 degree 6:42 this morning. and today we're also looking back at the -- o celebrating of the country's greatest accomplishments. but what does the future of space exploration look like? coming up next, a closer look at the explosion of private companies leading the charge into th

/maryland border on hunt place. police say all three robberies, the man gets out of the car, walks up vto thectim and he flashes a gun and demands their belongings before speeding off in a dark-colored suv. we are told he is in his 20s or 30s. if you know anything about these robbery d.c. police want your help and a10,000 dollar reward. go to the nbc washington app and search >>bbery. > power crews are woing to replace equipment at a substation in northwest washington. the bigger issue now, though, is the noise. for those of you who live in u street and shaw area, you may have heard the workers ov rnight. pepco hopes to be done sometime this week. >>> here is a look at other top stories we are followith for you s morning. >>> thousands of people turned out in gilroy, california, last night to remember the three people killed during a weekend shooting at an outdoores fval. a 6-year-old, a 13-year-old and 25-year-old were among the ctims. another 12 people were wounded. the gunman was shot and killed. >>> d.c.ed polic

. >>> in potomac, maryland, the water moved in nso quickly it caused drainage concern because nowhere for the water to go. here is a look at the tennis courts and swimming pool under water and take at least a week to fix so swim meets need to be cancelled or moved to another pool. basements and cars were flooded. >> just brown water. just pouring out. >> this is all wet. the bottom there is all wet. you can see all of thatater. >> should have stayed home until it was done raing. >> neighbors say the streets flood all the time and they wish workers would do something to fix it. but like chuck said, so much water and nowhere for it to go. >> inside of metro cars were gushing with water. one metro station, water falling ere. train car here with water in it. there is also some cell phone video showing waterfall of sorts at the virginia square metro station you see it there.s metro knowhat yesterday was a rough morning commute for a lot of people. folks there say if your trip was delayed by more than ten minutes while using a registered smart trip rd, expect a rush hour promise ride credit

then, he was off to congress to represent maryland. after three terms, delaney left the house to become the firs democrat to announce his bid to trke on president trump. >> i think the c issue facing this country is how terribly divided we are. >> deley has lots of company now and is banking on a moderate message to help him stand out. >> how does john delaney stand t from all the others? >> well, i'm a problem-solver by nature, and i think that's what we really need. >> he says programs like the green new deal and medicare for e bad policy and bad politics... >> medicare for all is a great slogan. they've hijacked the good me of medicare and applied it to a law that will cause upheaval in our healthcare system. >> ...something one of his party's biggest stars did not like. delaney also advocat reaching across the aisle to find bipartisan solutions. >> i've spt my whole life bringing people together. >> but in today's perpartisan battlefield, how does one even begin? what does john delaney say now? >> "firing line with margat hoover" i

let's go over to maryland.aryland becomes the first state to ban restaurants and schools from using styrofoam food containers. in virginia, you must now be 21 years old to buy e-cigarettes or tobacco product. enand minimum wage. take a look. now these are just a few of the laws that are taking affect today. there are a lot more and we have a complete list on our nbc washington app. back to you guys. >> megan mcgrath, live for us dntown, thanks. >>> two pele are under arrest ndis morning in maryla, accused of trying to smuggle painkillers in two different prisons. a 20-year-old man was taken into custody saturday aa facility a in jessup, on friday, an attorney at a state prison in hagerstown was accusedf hiding narcotics in his binder. >>> jetblue airways will end its nonstop service between reagan national and charlest, south carolina. uhe final flight is schedd for october 26th. the low st carrier started service in 2014. two other airlines will offer nonstop service from d.c. to charleston. >>> here is a look

here is a closer look at this announcement in maryland. seven death row inmates in maryland and virginia has two. the boston marathon bomber and dylan a church killer are among those on death row list. >>> justin finch is live with details on a new border change for school. >> reporter: a mention of chang' to childre schools will raise parents' concerns. in this case, the concerned i parents fairfax county want what is best for county schools and students and that is to relieve overcrowding. they met here a lutheran jackson middle school last night where parents voiced displeasure to the language about the school's boundary policy which calls for sev factors to be relieve overcrowding and potentially modify the school boundaries. this he ilude socioeconomic and -- a policy that doesn't sit well with many parents who were here at last night's mreting. >> he we are in july of 2019 and this board has again tried to fly under the public's ra and radly ically rewrite the boundary. >> here is a statement from the school board. at this time, the

there's been an upick in cases maryland, virginia and d.c.this illss we're told caused by a para site that can hide in certain foods and water and been linked in theast to imported fresh produce. it causes diarrhea, weight los and nausea. if you think you might have it, call your doctor immediately. >> check this out, new this morning, more than 30,000 dths in the united states have been linked to air pollution. that's according to a new study from the epa. reenearchers found that bet 1999 and ty2015 poor air quali contributed to cancer, lung disease and heart attack. the leading cause of pollution during that time, you guessed it, carsd power plants. >>> 5:18. we're learning about a new study that suggests that some of our favorite beaches rig here in the region might be potentially unsafe for swimming. now, this is accor to researchers with environment america. they tested more than 2600 beaches just last year. the organization deemed beaches potentially unsafe if the bacteria levels at the beach recommendations which could cause swimmers t

maryland and d.c. hotel was competingunfairly with national harbor and the city's convention center. >>> nbcst jice correspondent pete williams here to break it down. tearly the judges were not impressed by arguments being made by the district of maryland. ianwas a unimous decision. >> a three-judge panel on appeal from a judge in maryland who had ruled in favor of ts lawsuit. what the three-judge panel said is there are two problems with the lawsuit. first they said number one, you can't prove that the foreign officials and the state official who is are staying at this hotel were doing itsimply because they wanted to curry favor with the president. maybe th liked the hotel. maybe there were a lot of other reasons. secondly a bigger problem they said is let's assume they're right. let's assume that peer were staying at that hotel in order to get money to the psident or curry favor with him. how could a court fix that? what the appeals court said if we were to rule that the president couldn't receive an

maryland scored poorly in these categories. best place to spend golden years, nebraska came out on top followed by iowa and missouri. that surpris me. i grew up in maryland. that'shere my parents live. it's a great place. makes me a little sad. >> it's subjective. >>> if you love watching "friends on netflix" you'll soon have to watch it using a different streaming service. >> next year the show is moving to warner media's new streaming service called hbo max. that service will offer extensive collection of exclusive or inal programming as well as warner media's vast port foal offbrands. it includes the freshf prince o bell air and pretty little liars. so far it's not clear how much that service will cost. >> fresh prince. >> both of those shows are still on regular cable channel, too. >> the office, that's stopping streaming, too. >>> twitter is takingction to improve its hate speech policies. they announced new rules intended to curb hate speech that specifically targets religious groups. the change ensures entire ro religiou

attorneys general from dc and maryland suit, they lost was one of the judges questioning whether the lawsuit was, quote, inappropriate use of the courts. a victory for the trump administration. >> in an attempt to get more background, fox news had an investigative reporters into that case for a decade. the man who was then palm beach police chief pointed the finger at the same prosecutor acosta did today, and also said ties between bill clinton and epstein are getting lost in the shuffle. ritter said to me many times i did not accept kircher's deal. he wanted to charge them with a misdemeanor, no jail time, no restitution and no registration as a sex offender. you have to ask yourself why would anyone, not only a former president, on a plane, 27 times that did not belong to him. shannon: the current state attorney for palm beach county, florida, dave ehrenberg, thank you for being with us tonight. there is much to unpack regarding the plea deal. what about the last point, she has been looking into this for decades. lost in the shuffle is the conversation, in the past, there were a lo

the gentleman from maryland. mr. cummings: i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. cummings: let me be very clear, this is not theater. i wish it was theater. it is not theater. this is about us making sure that we protect the integrity of the census and of this congress, and with that i want to yield now, madam speaker, to the distinguished lady from michigan, mrs. lawrence, two minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized for two minutes. mrs. lawrence: thank you, mr. chairman. i rise today in strong support of this resolution, to hold attorney general barr and commerce secretary ross in contempt of congress. madam speaker, we have reached a point that we as congress must have the courage and we have the duty of our constituents of these united states of america to hold up the constitution. congress has an obligation to conduct oversight of the executive branch. yet, this administration complains each time we request information critical

sunday in maryland, the polo society, a more accessible look at the sport of polo.he congressionalpolo club will have tailgate, yard games, cocails they want to widen the ccle and get more people excited about the game. shark week goes way beyond your tv screen tomorrow at the wharf. shark bites dbrews, they promise you a chance to ride a mechanical shark. relay races, a giant shark water slide and food and f beveragesor the whole family. coco the movie like you've never seen it before, tomorrow at the filene's center, you'll see the movie on the entire screen. you can always bring your own snacks and drinks. ♪ >> the universal circus in maryland at the louden county fair in virginia, and the capitalfest in d.c. all wrap up this weekend. for more fun events and activities, go to the nbc washington app and search the scene. i'm tommy mcfly, news 4. >> it looks like you're going to have some pretty good weather to go along with thoseen weekds. >> right now, it's gorgeous too. >> hard to believe last weekend itfelt like 110 degrees outside, which right now itfe s like

seei a few sprinkles up in western maryland. for the most part we're dry this morning. ntm watching this piece of energy moving i west virginia. you can see how it's weakening moving overst the ate line. more rain tftis noon. let's talk traffic with melissa. tod morning, melissa. >> good morning you. taking a look right now one closure this morning. we're talking about capital heights, aon road near ronald road, all traffic stopped both directions because of that accident. fairfax old lee highway near rebel run, downed trees and power lines. 66 into town and out of town and 95 northbound and southbound you can see we don't have any problems. inner loop, outer lo of the beltway, earlier road work has cleared so nothing in your way there. northbound 270 after f hurley boulevard we have the center of the roadblocked by a work zone, milling and paving project. the work zone is goneut we still have pretty uneven rough pavement for you. just a warning if you're headed northbound out of town today, eun? >> thank you, melissa. >>> the country is getting ready to celebrate tomor

maryland dri pump the brakes on routes that many of every day. the transportation o lowering the speed l roads in montgomery it's part of a n and save lives. reris gordon has mor the new limits a are going into effec >> reporter: motoristspe warned the s on boulevard will be re5 miles an hour betwee avenue and goldsboro next friday. >> we're looking at sp limits, especially in pedestrian trafficif we can lower the to enhance the safet pedestrians. >> reporter: montgom police report this y have been 14 fatal c resulted in pedestri >> i have an appoint there. and i have two boys. and i cannot tell you times they almost ge car because the spee people go too fast. they need to slow do >> reporter: a new 2 hour speed limit is wilson lane and the reduced to 35 on thi river road where thr of a family were kil when their car was h to whitman high scho driver going more th an hour. the state highway admi also plans to slow t prince georges cou the speed limit will from 35 to 30 on ind highway between livi and the washington there haveeen nume crashes on t

heads-up, s thern maryland.i think yu oar going to see a couple of rounds toward the calvert beach are you see where this storm is. this is right around the prince frederick area. a lot of lightning out of this. this just blossomed. this is out toward the chesapeake and back toward the west. this one for culpeper county until 5:30 and madison county. a lot of storminess here. this isg movin toward botsylvania andack farther to west virginia and virginia and shenandoah county. nothing going around the d.c. metro area as this sy tem. we still have a thunderstorm watch, emilia. watch for sh flood most of the area until 8:00 tonight. >> a flash flood watch for most of the area due to a cold front and upper vel front firing off. all of the areas in solid green are under that flash flood watch until 8:00 p.m. tonight. remember, you never want to drive through a flooded roadway. turn around, don't drown. we start out with plenty of sunshi. 72 degrees at 7:00 a.m. around lunchtime it's in the 80s. humid. not oppressive.

a maryland mother's son needs it to stay alive. jana only wanted to be he has an immune defish secdefi. his only treatment is have and don't understand the trontm bloodion is very different than plasma donation. certif plasma collection center you can do that twicein a seven day period. number >> rep morning to you. this report was released overni from the cdc's it statis shows 1/3 of teenagers 16 to all of this data collected the cdc s s halfthe teens 1/3 boys. the cdc tellss uthe third a majority are hispanic. the teens are actually taking exerci drinking more water, that's encouraging. the cdc say 1/4 of teens are obese. 15-yea spends 7 1/2 hours more time on the screens and influe >>> 6:16 right now. not yourtypical summer camp. first tee of greater washington d.c. mixing golfing and life lesson detail good morning. i have a whole govers i'm watching a gamef lollipop puttin clarks he's going to be a profes golfer. why like playing golf? what does it do for you? >> it makes you stronger. we've got a budding professiona here. tha

heat advisories in place across parts of southern maryland. the rain is locally as much as d a 3 inches in spots. 70s this morning. 93 your expected high tempeture this afternoon. future weather is coming u >>> southbound connecticut avenue at veir is mill road has a tree blocking the way is out of the w. beltway, no major problemsnner loop and outer loop. do trees causing problems on line.runswick cancellations and delays on the has plagued e. d.c. for days w. and killed all over the district. >> that includes 11-year-old karon brown that you see here. hours fro now, d.c. mayor muriel bowschief peter newsome willer address th violence gng on. meagan tzgerald is live for us to tell us what to expect today. >> reporter: we are expecting to hear from d.c. police chief peter newsome and the mayor will how citizens can work with police to stop thele vioe. eight murders just last week. 93 this year the latest shootings happen last night and three people shot in northeast and they are expect to survive. we want to get to the picture you just showed

now two years earlier opened in columbia, maryland. it's likely no one insidered mentioning the two the same breath. now the pavilion maybe the salvation for the 50th anniversary concert. after a planned woot stock 50th new york, howard county executive is jumping in to change the day or more teef ce acwe'r thexcited atto bec ableury tel promoters of woodstock, with merriweatherbout the opportunity of cebrating woodstock 50. >> the operator of merriweather post pavilion are working together on a rather tight tight line. e concert will be held august 16th through the pa tat the woodstock foks are working on securing the artists now and the bands co will produce the show. that is good news f columbia residents but not so much for others. anything that brings a lot of people in the area and shows what a ni place this. tens of thousands of people that would just descenthi on ts small suburban town so i think that's kind of scarey? not a done deal. ain could sert by smashing pumpkins is scheduled for august 17th and it's still on for now an

there had been showers back into we virginia and american parts of maryland.' we see those dissipate over the area. ou can see those again flaring up in and around the mountains. once again for us and along the east, mid-atlantic, not much going on and really not much happening across the country. no real big storms, exception do towards florida and even orlando was down around orlando earlier today. ng can see what's happe right now. orlando, florida, the coolest on the map at 70 degrees and that's because of the rain and front around the area. for us 86 degrees and 91 new orleans and 93 in houston and we're starti to seat heat build to the south and that heat is going to be making its way in across the south and in towards our region and that's why tomorrow're going for a high of 90. actually just updated this. going 91 since we hit 990 days and we'regoing 91. mostly sunny and hot and just like today. not too humid. now the humidity does start to increase during the day on sunday. we'll see a high temperature of 90 degrees. monday coming in at 94 degrees. ot

a ruling said maryland and d.c. could not prove thapemoney is snt at the hotel because it will profit the president. d.c. and maryland plan to appeal. >>> new this morning. a tense back and forth between virginia's lieutenant governor justin fairfax and one of the women accusing him of t.xual assaul >>> meredith watson came forward earlier this year saying fairfax assaulted her a decade agoow they n have sent a letter. the letter claims there is a witness who supports fairfax's account. it reads, in part. watson's attorney responded to the letter saying, in part. fairfax's attorneys responded to this statement saying the lieutenant governor has never changed his story. >>> the man who ka caught was caught on camera setting fire pleads guilty. they say he set a gas can back in april. security camera captured the suspect running from the scne. he allegedly told fbi agents he was hearing voices. >>> while the d.c.egion brace for another round of potential flooding, new orleans is cleaning up after a storm caused this m

. >>> the state of maryland is taking on metro. state leaders will hold back some $55 million in funding because metro has not fully operated with a financial audit. pete ron wrote a letter to metro about that today. the state is concerned about the way metro is spending money and equed it to delivering a briefcase full of money with no questions ask. maryland will not pay anymore they say until they get answers. metro looks forward to sitting down with the state to figure out the issue. >>> tomorrow jack evans will speak with d.c. council members with hopes of keeping his position. last month the fbi raided his home over accusatio of him using his public position for personal gain. the council wi vote next week whether or not to remove evans f chairman of the finance committee. news 4 mark sea grace is going to be at that hearing tomorrow and he'll update you midday. >>> a local couple hopes justice is served after a maned plead guilty today to killing their three young children in a crash last year. today, thomas hawks admitted f

storms likely from frederick, maryland, to leesburg and manassas and foreheredericksbur. watch what happens overni.ht tonight more pockets of heavy rain by this time tomorrow could have thunder and lightning around here and tuday morning commute may be the wettest stretch out after that, we dry out and turn just lovely aund here. good morning, melissa mollet. >> good morning. 270 germanyin' town road northbound and southbound nothing in your way. everything looking good there at 118. nice and clear. same situation on the beltway. no road work to even be worried about or complain about this morning. 66 and 95 in and out of town rolling along nicely. reminder on the brunswicklines, delays and cancellation because of trees down on the tracks. so if you take that line, check ahead and see if you can get to where you're going this morning. might want to think about an alterna e. >>> what better for gas mileahee? running t a.c. or driving with wins down in according to theen ronmental protection agency, you don't have to swe to save the fuel. the epa says putting the air on is

maybe a quick chance for shower or two in northern maryland. i think by and large we won't have to worry about ainfall until thursday afternoon and early parts of friday. later on into the weekend and early next week it looks like thisistinctly warmer air will come back in our direction and low to mid-90s by sunday afternoon into the middle parts of next wee now let's go over to melissa. haven't talked to you in a long time either. >> it has been a while. nortound on 95 near dumd friesil stl slow. this was a tractor-trailer that went down an embankment and overturned and now it's back up and you arelooking at the delays heading northbound. it went over the guardrail and the driver was transported. at this point we are ing for them to get that out of the way. inner loop and outer loop no problems on the beltway right now. 95 in maryland, southbound, 32 to the beltway, 70 miles per hour gets you there in ten minute. >>> next on "news4 today," may feel like summer is slipping away. not in the weather deparreent. thes still time to plan a vacation.

. >>> maryland confirmed its first heat reason heal heat-related death. a wman died.hority have not yet identified the vicm. >>> a disturbing discovery for virginia fisherman who caught a human leg bone in a creek oth chesapeake bay on tuesday. virginia beach police are investigating now. that bone has been sent to the medical examiner's office. a> we are working with your health for warning anybody heading to the beach this holiday >>ekend. a boy contracted a flesh eating bacteria near ocean city as many parents are worried about the safety of t water. darcy spencer spoke to health experts what you need to do to keep your fame safe this holiday. >> reporter: thfacebook post shows the disturbing images. a mom says her son contracted a form ofhe flesh eating bacteria after swimming in a ba jusoutside ocean city. researchers say these nsks are infections are on the rise because of our thriving climate. they live in warm water. >> it's something that you'll see in the chesapeake bay or other areas around here when the water is lukewarm. >> reporter: they say you need to

. 70 in brandywine, maryland. these temperatures are 5 to as much as 10 degrees cooler than the same time yesterday. to y's afternoon high temperature will be 19 degrees cooler than esterday. 77 is the forecast high for today compared to that 96 yesterday. cloudy, cooler. your rain chance stand at 80%. rainfall amounts if you add everything up coming our way between now the end of the day probably a quarter of an inch and maybe a half an inch in spots but no intense downpours are expected. but eere are ar of moderate rain across much of southwestern virginia now. it has to come through our area before we start to get drier air back into the picture for later tonight. future weather not raining too hard justyet. i think pockets of liht to moderate rain here through the middle and later parts of the morning commute until lunch time ooday. during the afternhour, i think the heaviest rain will be east of i-95 down into southern maryland along the way and toon the eastern shore. west of i-95, i think anything after lun

>>>of universit maryland may be at risk inal losing financi aid for students. on friday the accrediting commission placed the school on warning. it's related to the death of jordan mcnair, a football player who collapsed during a 2018 team workout and he later died of heat stroke. mcnair's death led to several major change but the commission says umd must provide a clearly structure. the school has until next march to imply. >>> nea dly twozen people are hit and injured by transit buses every year in the d.c. region. withmmhe suer months upon us and tourists heading to see the sites, many local are trying to figure out a way to make things safer for pedestrian. as news4 scott macfarlane reports now, engineer at one local university think ey may have ati soluon. >> a pedestrian saved me and stopped the bus. >> reporter: tina knows how dangerous bus collisions westbound. she was pinned underneath a buse and serely injuring her it seem like the bus didn't even see you? >> i don't think he did. >> reporter: they are working to eliminate these bus blind spots. >>ann

. >> over in kensington, maryland, here was good old-fashioned parade. no big floats here. just kids on bikes and babies and strollers with their pents walking through the neighborhood streets there. people of all ages have been participating in this parade for 24 years. organizersay about thousand people showed up. nice turnout there. >> really nice. all of those cute red,te wh ittle ue outfits on the one won't fit next year. you have to buy all new. that's what happens. i'm thinking like a parent. >> you couldlso say it was a big fourth of july for the washington nationals. >> fans wereth rocking red, white, and blue as d.c. dominated the miami marlins yesterday and nats won the game 5-2 and officially sweeping the series and since late may, nats have the best record in baseball over that span. d.c. is currently in second place in their division and back at home tonight against the kansas city royals. >> pretty nice run here. good for them. >>> still ahead this morning, d.c.'s police chief expressing concerns about this weekend's rally. >>> how about fuel delivery service

on the subject of baltimore, maryland, i am a born native northern virginian and lived in maryland mostmy life after college and i love the state, culture is great, the weather is not too great, so that is why i am in florida. racism is real, prejudice israel. the thing that keeps trump in office and keeps him going with his base is he has stated over and over that we need to do something about illegal immigration and i must admit that i am troubled with the fact democrats have not really addressed it the way it really breaks down in terms of our society. the first thing is the language when latins become indoctrinated, they will hire their own. i came to realize it when i worked. florida, how it you can be black, white, anything, you don't really get in. they kind of take over neighborhoods that way and i am opposed to that because it is not american. they don't really know a lot about our history and when they bring other prejudices from their country, especially when it comes to skin color, people don't realize that is the way they think. are moving too fast socially with what they b

road work in maryland on 270. left lane is getting by there. >>>ne wi tasting in virginia and cookouts in maryland and late independence day celebrations. tell you what is happening this weekend on "the scene" with tommy mcfly straight ahead. >>> stay with us all day long. "ellen" at 3:00 this afternoon and followed by c did you knowomcast business goes beyond fast with a gig-speed network. nt completenet reliability. advanced voice solutions. wifid.o keep everyone connecte video monitoring. that's huge. did you guys know we did all this st no. i'm not even done yet. wow. business tv. cl oud apps and support. comcast business has th solutions you need. oud apps and support. get start with fast, reliable internet for just $395 per month. it's everything a small business owner needs. call 1-800-501-6000 today. >>> you might plan to put on a ew pounds this weekend. food festivals abound all over the dmv. >> i'm tommy mcfly with your weekend scene. thousands of wine lovers will be heading to dillon's wood for the wine festival. >> 30 vendors and 30