melissa. melissa: gold finishing at highest level in seven months settling up more than a percent to 1297 an ounce driven by conflict between saudi arabia and qatar and a weaker u.s. dollar. oil ended higher snapping a two-day losing streak ahead of a government report expecting to show ninth straight weekly decline in u.s. supplies. david: white house pushing forward with a packed agenda. president trump meeting in the white house. he is working hard on his agenda. >> we' working very, very hard on tax cuts and working very, very hard on health care. i think we'll have pleasant surprises for a lot of people. david: let's hope they are pleasant. adam shapiro outside with details. reporter: anthem's decision to leave ohio will leave the obamacare insurance exchanges without any plans in 20 counties. indianapolis-based anthem setting prices for insurance plans under the affordable care act or obamacare as we call it, is increasingly difficult due to the shrinking individual market as well as con

melissa. melissa: oil sliding to end down more than 1% at $44.20 a barrel. its close is the lowest since november 14th. crude is now down close to 18% for the year. david: well, it is a tech titan turn around. tech stocks making a huge come back after dragging on markets last week. as major tech ceos are currently ready to meet with president trump, sieve -- steve cortes, liz peek, "the financial times" this might be a coincidence tech turns around in a big way. all the tech titans are at the white house. that sweetens any deal they come up with. >> for sure. i think a lot of things are boosting the it being stocks. this is opportune time for people with cash to get in those names but look, the amazon purchase of whole foods kind of reminds us, a, there is tons of money around at favorable circumstance for these tech names. these are so huge these companies now, they have so much money they want to buy things. this administration probably is not going to stand in the way of that. i think peopl

melissa. melissa: facing a tight deadline, senate majority leader mitch mcconnell is aim aing to send a revised proposal of his health care bill to the congressional budget office by friday. our own blake burman live at the white house with the latest. blake. reporter: hi, there, melissa. president trump earlier today predicted there would be a quote, great surprise as he put it as it relates to health care. this was a day where the president on couple different occasions acknowledged the tough climate that senate leadership, senate republicans are dealing trying to get this plan to go forward from here on out. he talked about the if at several points earlier in the day. watch. >> we have a plan that if we get it approved, it is very tough. every state is different. every senator is different but i have to tell you the republicans senators had really impressive meeting yesterday at the white house. i have to tell you it will be a tremendous plan. it will really, you will have a lot of very, ve

melissa. melissa: he is the best.is byron york, washington examiner columnist and fox news contributor. what should we listen for, what is your take, byron? >> the reason sessions wanted to do because we heard more and more buzz accusing him of having more contacts with the russians than previously known. maybe there was a meeting at the mayflower hotel here in washington and i think he wants to set the record straight about those things. doing that in public is a lot better than doing it in private where it might involve classified information and in any event it would involve having senators come leak about it afterwards. melissa: yeah. makes sense to answer these questions in public. melissa: he is the one that requested it be in public. gives you a sense or impression he is trying to create that he doesn't have anything to hide. then everybody shifts to the other question is he there for himself as a witness, how far does he go, does potentially ensnare the president somehow? >> first of all his biggest intention

melissa. melissa: the white house and the rest of washington are reacting to the senate version of health care reform as some republicans on the hill say they're still not on board with the legislation. adam shapiro is standing by in washington, d.c., with the latest. reporter: yesterday we were talking about the four senators saying no now but trying to get to yes as negotiations over the bill proceeds. now it is five senators, dean heller of nevada joined the four who he previously said not yet. ted cruz, ron johnson from wisconsin, mike lee from utah and rand paul of kentucky. dean heller is in nevada. he is saying no to this bill. let me let you listen to why he is he saying no. >> this bill, this bill currently in front of the united states senate is not the answer, it is simply not the answer. and i'm announcing today that in this forum i will not support it. reporter: for people who keep score, in order for mitch mcconnell and be republicans to have victory to pass the bill in the senat

. >> melissa: yeah we are thankful for all of them. we are going to hear from paul ryan. >> we are united. we are united in our shock, anguish, and an attack on one of us is an attack on all of us. >> melissa: joining me know is a member of the congressional baseball team. in democratic congressman from nevada, he was at the practice and tweeted out a photo of his colleagues gathered in prayer. thank you so much for joining u us. there is been a lot of talk about is this because of the rhetoric. is this about that or a deranged person? >> i'm glad that scalise is coming out of surgery and the capital police were there. from a policymakers perspective, whatever your politics are, it should never elevate to violenc violence. >> my thoughts and prayers are with scalise, my colleague. also the capital police who put their lives on the line. not necessarily republicans or democrats, but as americans. before we gather into prayer, i saw everybody there and i thought it was a very powerful moment that i needed to share with the rest of the wo

melissa. melissa: we have an earnings alert.bath & beyond shares dropping 11% after first quarter miss on the top and bottom line. posting a same-store sales drop of approximately 2%. the street was looking for a slight increase in sales. the company citing higher shipping, coupon, advertising expenses during the quarter. charles: 10 1/2% down of a hours. >>> the city of seattle imposed a tax on guns and ammo in an effort to lower rate of gun violence and shore up revenue but is it working? melissa: i wonder. we're moments away from the federal reserve stress tests reporting on the u.s. banking industry. we'll bring you the results from that report the second they come out and break them down with our all-star panel. that is after the break. ♪ will you be ready when the moment turns romantic? cialis for daily use treats ed and the urinary symptoms of bph. tell your doctor about your medicines, and ask if your heart is healthy enough for sex. do not take cialis if you take nitrates for chest pain, or adempas® for pulmonary hypert

melissa. we saw them dragging on the s&p 500 and across the board on all major indices. as phil noted, big selloff on oil. with that we saw also stocks going down along with it. big moves on transocean, rig, apache, down over 4% each. marathon and hess big laggards. that really weighed on the overall market. the market could not pull into the green today. early in the morning we hit a record. since then in the red. look at chipotle mexican grill. you may like the burritos and such, the stock now suffering today,..25% to the downside. down beat out look on sales -- 7.25. this is spending more on marketing after everything they spent after e.coli and. amazon effect, another day, that we discussed amazon today. today amazon talking about now having a wardrobe. you order the wardrobe, you try it on, any pieces you keep you keep at diount. what happened to all the other companies, kohl's, gap, nordstrom, they don't like that one bit. melissa: nicole, best in the business. we love to have you here a

melissa. melissa: day two of u.s.climb up to the top spot of the leaderboard. let's go to fox sports holly saunders live at erin hills, wisconsin. holly. >> melissa, nice to talk to you again. welcome back to erin hills. to update you, rickie fowler is in the lead, joined by the young brooks kept -- koepka. amateur, cameron champ, anybody can qualify. the openness of u.s. even allows some players to get in here. some other players bigger names won't hang around for the bookened? jason day and rory mcilroy will be headed home. those are two players many had their eyes on long hitters won't be around for the weekend. dustin johnson is making a move. two-under par for the day, one over for the tournament. he will probably hang around for the weekend. we'll see if he goes anymore-under par and make a run at this which would be really exciting. the weather to update you on that is pretty good here. the course is drying out a little bit as we expected. playing a little more like the usga would like. i will be back in couple

melissa. melissa: getting heated on the hill, former fbi director james comey testifying in front of the senate intelligence committee earlier today, revealing startling new information. let's go to adam shapiro in washington with the latest. break it down for us. reporter: revelations were quite impressive. there is loretta lynch. we learned the former attorney general, approached then fbi director mr. comey regarding investigation of the hillary clinton email scandal and bill clinton's meeting with loretta lynch at the airport aboard lynch's aircraft in phoenix? she asked him not to call it an investigation lynch asked, but call it a matter. there was the whole thing about mr. comey actually coordinating the leak of his memo, via a friend to "the new york times." there was the accusation he said, that the fbi was in disarray. the trump administration said that was the reason they were firing mr. comey. he called that just outright lies. of course "the new york times" and many other media rep

melissa. >> melissa: it cool. thank you, jonathan.rom an update on house majority whip, steve scalise, who remains in critical condition after going through several surgeries, we are going to bring that to you live, just as soon as it starts. ecause of a claim. i totally could've - no! switching to allstate is worth it. ykeep you sidelined.ng that's why you drink ensure. with 9 grams of protein and 26 vitamins and minerals. for the strength and energy to get back to doing... ...what you love. ensure. always be you. >> well, thank you so much for joining us. i'm melissa francis. up next, it's harris faulkner in for shep. >> and we begin with breaking news. we're moments away from an update on the condition of congressman steve scalise, critically wounded in the baseball game ambush. we'll hear from his doctor live. we're now hearing for the first time from the window of the man that opened fire at the baseball field. >> you know, i just don't know what to tell you people. i had no idea that this was going to happen. >> also, president

melissa. melissa: stocks dropping, word came out there will be no senate health care vote before july 4th. s&p and nasdaq also falling into the close. oh, i'm melissa francis. david: look at nasdaq. down over1 1/2%. david asman. glad you join us. this is after the bell. voice by hour for you. it is happening right now, all 52 republican senators have been summoned to the white house, meeting with the president, how to pass the republican health care plan. now the vote has been put off two weeks. they just don't have the votes. it is that simple. we have our eyes trained on the white house. we'll bring you in i statements coming from this critical meeting happening now. as soon as senators step up to the mic. what this means for repeal and replacement of obamacare, other ramifications of this delay, including how it affects your money. >> absolutely. markets moving big on the news. dow logging triple digit swing today. nicole petallides on floor of new york stock exchange. markets reacting stro

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melissa: i'm melissa francis. this is "after the bell." president trump's first face-to-face with the press since james comey testimony. the president firing back not just at fired fbi director but the media as well. commander-in-chief's case to the nation. political shocker in the united kingdom. theresa may's high-stakes gamble not paying off to say the least as prime minister is now scrambling to stay in power. is this election signaling an end to elitism across -- david: elitism, elitism. let's get rid of it. back to the markets. this is an incredible day. the dow hitting all-time high second day in a row ending 18th record for the year. look at nasdaq! one down off 2%. managed to close down 1.8%, just a little better than that. nicole petallides, dramatic tale of two cities here. >> what an exciting and interesting day on wall street because you really have this divergence. you had some of these financials doing great. you had record highs for the dow and nasdaq, s&p. by end of the day we saw tech selloff in big day and that weight on

melissa. >> melissa: thank you so much. we are here for fox news channe fox news channel, i had a couple of hours to go third, and i feel like i agree more with rand pau rand paul. we are talking about math. i mean, they are just reducing the increase in medicaid over time, slowing the growth in spending, not even stopping it. i don't know. >> that is classic a government talk, right? to say that something is being cut, when really you are trimming the rates of increase over several years. you know, rand paul mae gets a little bit of what he what he wants here. the big question is are they willing to go to the middle? because when you go to the fundamentals of what they want, i think the senators are appalled that the government is now in the health care business. they are saying we don't believe in that, we don't want to federally run or organize this. we may be passed over that rubicon already. we may not be able to go back to that because then the question becomes for democrats ultimately, they would like to see many of

david: melissa.elissa: secretary of state rex tillerson and secretary of defense jim mattis hosts their chinese counterparts in washington today. this as american tensions continued to rise with china's neighbor and beneficiary, north korea. blake burman is standing by at the white house with the latest. blake? reporter: melissa, a white house official earlier today described this meeting as first of its kind forum essentially having the secretary of state rex tillerson, secretary of defense jim mattis meeting here in washington at the state department with their counterparts from china. that white house official telling me at the top of the agenda, north korea. trying to have china exert some influence over the many problems that involved with that country. tillerson afterwards at a news conference saying u.s. and china both agree that the north koreans need to halt their nuclear weapons programs and their ballistic missile tests. >> china understanding that the united states regards north korea as

melissa. first time since opec production cuts went into effect, we saw u.s. rig counts fall. that set stage for big rally. shale kind of topped out here, are investor pulling back. maybe a big drop on the chart is reason we saw rig counts start to fall today. melissa: maybe. good to know he, phil. i like that perspective. thank you. david? david: distraction from the economy. investor waiting on health care and tax reform. some think twitter is to blame. 71% of americans believe president trump's tweets are hurting his agenda, according to new "fox news poll" just out. steve forbes, forbes media chairman, carol roth, entrepreneur and former investment banker. steve, do you think he is hurting agenda from these things? >> certainly distracts but hurting agenda is floundering in senate and house. the house still hasn't gotten a tax bill on the table. they're still pushing ryan this crazy border tax. it will not go any where. he is still pushing it. on the senate side they can't agree what goes

melissa? >> melissa: what about the increasing security going forward? are we going to see more of that? >> there are certainly a lot of discussion about that. house democratic leader nancy pelosi noted because she and her are not on the democratic baseball team, there was no security at the democrats team practice yesterday. you can expect that to change in time. pelosi also took some time to pay tribute to the victims. >> our hearts are broken. over the assault that was made, really, on all of us. personally heartbroken over -- what happened to steve scalise. our colleague. >> pelosi went on to say they will all be on team scalise tonight on the congressional baseball field. >> melissa: mike emanuel, thank you. so short time after the shooting, republican new york congresswoman claudia penny received this threatening email. the subject line reads one down, 216 to go. threats are near daily occurrences or congress, but yesterday shooting raising questions about how to balance constituents access with personal safety. >> continue to live your life. conti

melissa. >> melissa: brian, thank you.ined by a criminal defense attorney and troy slaten criminal defense attorney and a former prosecutor. eric, i'll start with you. what do you think happens from here now? they've had this hearing. what happens? >> this case will go forward into a trial phase because this is the type of evidence that every prosecutor dreams of. this is the gold at the end of rainbow. when you have several hours of video that show which fraternity members were there, who hit, who kicked and most importantly in this case who did nothing because this is not only about who did something, but, melissa, it's about who did nothing. who didn't call police. who didn't render aid. who didn't call an ambulance. they are all possibly going to go to prison. >> melissa: troy, i'll give you the other side. what would you say in defense of those 18 that are involved in this? >> well, i am a former prosecutor, but now a defense attorney. i'd have to say that there is a certain point where personal responsibility has to

melissa. back to you. david: thank you very much. stocks trying for a comeback in the final moments of trading. not quite there. the dow is down 17 points. it had been down triple digits, as much as 112 points earlier. s&p and nasdaq also ending in the red. i'm david asman. glad you could join us. melissa: i'm melissa francis. more on the big market movers. here is what else we're covering for the busy hour. washington getting ready for the first pitch of congressional baseball game a symbol of political unity taking mace this evening. we'll take you live to nationals park. calls growing for increased security with our lawmakers with congressman looking to change the laws to carry guns themselves. among our guests this hour, karl rove, mike huckabee, senator john hoeven and former house majority leader tom delay. david: is that all? pretty good lineup there. meanwhile the dow ending lower, just so. after the 20th record close of the year. nike, goldman sachs, visa among the biggest drags. let'

melissa? >> melissa: very mature.ohn roberts, thank you. >> jon: on capitol hill, his dramatic testimony had lawmakers riveted. republicans coming to president trump's defense, saying he is simply immune to the ways of washington. here is senator rand paul. >> the president's new at this, he is new to government. he probably was not steeped in the long-running protocols that establish the relationships between doj, fbi, and white houses. he's just new to this. >> jon: obviously that is not rand paul, that is the speaker of the house paul ryan. did i get florida right? >> you did. >> jon: it's been a bad day so far. what do you think about the speaker had to say, is it just an experience on the part of president trump that led him to make some of those remarks to the now departed fbi leader? >> i don't know what was actually sad, we have comey's account, the white house attorney has disputed that. i think we will just have to find out as more goes on. i come back to the idea that if at the president had in fact said to

>> melissa: it you're not alone in that. chaffetz feels the same way. >> is going to go back to the tried and true, as classified material and i'll have to talk to you about it not in the setting. that's the. >> why do a public testimony? >> you would need to see the documents. >> melissa: sometimes it seems like the story is shifting. the president ought to welcome james comey's testifying, because he made public comment where people had hired opinion of him before his comments. the bigger dynamics here are his actions are not aligned with what a prosecutor does. a prosecutor reports crime, they don't write memos on them. this is like what j. edgar hoover used to do when he would collect information on presidents and with them know he had information to put fear in them on what retaliation he might try to use on them if they do something he doesn't like. >> melissa: the fact of the matter is, this is his first public opinion since he was fired. he is going to come out and tal talk. based on reports that we've see seen, in a

i'm melissa francis. here's shep. >> shepard: it's noon on the west coast, 3:00 at the white house where sean spicer held his first on camera briefing in eight days. he covered a lot of topics including his own job security. and senators say north korea murdered otto warmbier and john mccain says there should be consequences. how should the white house respond? could this affect the already tense ties between the two nations? in syria, rising violence and fears of a wider war. in the past few days, american jets shot down an armed iranian drone and a syrian war plane. the aircraft

campaign against isis. >> melissa: thank you.on. >> the leaks are extremely bothersome to me, this young lady, she has a price to pay for that. i can assure you if i tried to take something out and it is highly classified, i know there will be a horrific price for me to pay. this person has to pay a price and everyone else who has access to this information is going to pay the price. i think prosecution is in order. >> jon: you mentioned a secure facility that is proof against all kinds of interception, he is a member of the intelligence committee reacting to the startling report that russian hackers tried to break into u.s. voting systems just days before the election. the nsa contractor accused of leaking the document is not identified, 25-year-old reality winner, yes, that's her name, from augusta, georgia. just last month rod rosenstein made the statement, saying -- so what will the legal fallout be? let's bring in our legal panel. reality winter, she was working for this government contractor, had top-secret clearance, forme

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melissa: phil, thank you. david: for more on federal reserve decision, today's market panel, robert wolf, 32 advisors ceo, former president obama economic advisor, fox news contributor. danielle dimartino booth, former advisor to the dallas fed and john layfield, layfield report ceo. i want to bring up what happened earlier inside the beltway, just outside of the beltway, the shooting. again the markets seemed to rise above any kind of political emergency or disaster whatever it happens to be. is it ever going to affect the market? >> well, you know, unfortunately smart gun reform isn't happening fast enough in this country but away from that it zooms like -- david: two points specifically, how come the market is not reacting to any of these political the quakes? >> because i think at end of the day political earthquakes come and go, as long as not something geopolitical, would be more clarifying moment, like something with north korea or something with a war. when it comes domestically the truth is the market

welcome to "happening now." >> melissa: and i am melissa francis. a time for your traffic control system about 30 minutes from now. something that kellyanne conway says is just the beginning of big changes ahead on infrastructure. >> when the president was running and he was president-elect, now is president, has made clear his -- infrastructure. and his secretary has talking about the byzantine labyrinth permeating process that we have in this country, the fact that we do not build anything anymore as a country. that our roads and our bridges are in disrepair. it is a very exciting thing that people will literally see the fruits of those promises beginning today. >> jon: and the president is speaking out about his travel ban, urging the courts to quit playing politics with national security. this is a mid breaking in londo london. more raids and more arrests in britain's capital city after the deadly terror attack there over the weekend. we have fox news live coverage. david lee miller and london with the investigation. we begin with john roberts l

welcome to "happening now," i'm jon scott. >> melissa: happy friday to you. i melissa francis. the president expected to speak shortly. it will bring i.t. alive as soon as it happens. that's a head of a joint news conference with the president of romania this afternoon. we are watching for more comments on james comey's testimony where he called the president a liar among other things. trump supporters declared victory. >> i think if you are in the white house, you are very pleased and knowing that jim comey had to testify under oath in an open setting that donald trump, as a candidate and president-elect and now president, has never been under fbi investigation for anything. that's a win for the president. >> melissa: president trump himself claimed that the comey testimony was a complete vindication of him. also saying that it was full of lies and he's a leaguer. we've learned that the white house's legal team is planning to file a complaint about just that and we have a life ox team coverage. catherine herridge is following the follow-up from yesterday's hearing. >> jon: we

: we were still here though. >> jon: we were ready for you. >> melissa: i'm melissa francis. >> jon: i'm jon scott. >> melissa: the president is expected to speak in a few minutes in cincinnati. he is trying to put the spotlight back on policy including health care reform. >> the last statewide insurer in the great state of ohio is leaving. they don't have any insurers, that means another 20 counties in the state of ohio will have a "no" health care plan. >> melissa: the name of the insurer he was talking about is anthem. >> the president is making his way back here to the buckeye state, you may remember he kicked off his big thank you to or after the election right here in the ohio river valley. he is coming back today to talk about a major initiative that would overhaul him infrastructure in our country, certainly one with america's heartland in mind. the president will talk about that needs to really revamp america's transportation system and in that spirit, he is talking about taking $200 billion in federal spending and leveraging that into a trillion dollar public-private revamp

the >> melissa: it's going to happen. if they'd do the reinsurance on the risk pool, that's a way to expand that money. it's complicated, it's calculated, it's a lot of math. we won't know until then how well, it's working. you put the taxpayer money into started, but there is no private equity. everyone is chomping at the bit to get into the reinsurance market. that's where it all lies. >> eric: i'm doing the straight arithmetic on it. we're going to get a budget savings of $300 billion. i don't get the math. i honestly don't get it. >> meghan: if you go to people like eric and i who don't agree with this bill, it's a huge loss. >> dagen: and then rand paul being the foolhardy senator he has come he doesn't take the opportunity to use this. this reforms and budgets and cuts taxes by $700 billion. chuck schumer's road is single-payer. he's going broke in 11 years. we are going broke. seniors insurance is going to get cut. if they think that's the road to health insurance for the mac and people, -- >> eric: >> meghan: list

here today, melissa francis, kennedy herself, mercedes schlapp, and today's #oneluckyguy, tom shillue. you're outnumbered, how does that feel? >> tom: it feels great. the only day of the year that dads are appreciated is coming up, father's day. i started some controversy. >> mercedes: on that happy note. >> harris: this is a development in the right direction. house majority whip, steve scalise is still in critical condition as he was shot in the head by a gunman targeting g.o.p. lawmakers, but we are told he is doing slightly better. doctors say he underwent a second surgery related to his internal injuries and a broken bone in his leg, but he still needs more surgery. doug mckelway is live outside the hospital in washington. >> as you said, the first and actually the only sign of encouragement that we have gotten from the hospital here came last night in their official statement which was released at about 8:00. it says he remains in critical condition, but has improved in the last 24 hours. we've got more detailed information from our capitol hill producer from good sources that a

that has to change, melissa. >> melissa: con coughlin, thank you. >> jon: one of the most anticipatedr, former fbi director james comey will testify this week, our political panel breaks it all down. also, we are awaiting the white house briefing today, we will take you there live when it begins. when you have moderate to severe ulcerative colitis, the unpredictability of a flare may weigh on your mind. thinking about what to avoid, where to go, and how to work around your uc. that's how i thought it had to be. but then i talked to my doctor about humira, and learned humira can help get and keep uc under control... when certain medications haven't worked well enough. humira can lower your ability to fight infections, including tuberculosis. serious, sometimes fatal infections and cancers, including lymphoma, have happened; as have blood, liver, and nervous system problems, serious allergic reactions, and new or worsening heart failure. before treatment, get tested for tb. tell your doctor if you've been to areas where certain fungal infections are common and if you've had tb, hepatiti

>> melissa: i'm not making a joke.hink this is why the press corps wants them, they know it's fodder for the whole rest of the day. they want the content, and has nothing to do with trying to serve the public -- maybe some. it mostly has to do with -- you get addicted to the content even though they claim they're not getting the answer to their question, but they wanted asked, but no one is telling them, i understand that is the responsibility of this press secretary. >> anthony: as a fellow italian, acosta should be and can always come in on ham sandwiches. secondarily, i do believe we should keep the time-honored tradition of having the press briefings. i do think if sean is taking a different role, it will change the strategy around the briefin briefing. there are ways to make that briefing a little less hostile and there are ways to restyle the way the questions are being answered in a briefing like that. it will put those reporters on their heels a little bit. i think that will happen. i don't know what a person w

melissa mcmullan hasjust had the news no sister wants to hear.s, was murdered in the london bridge attack. this morning we received news from the police that my brother's bank card was found on one of the bodies from saturday night's brutal attack, but they are unable to formally identify him until the coroner's report comes tomorrow. while our pain will never diminish, it is important for us to all carry on with our lives in direct opposition to all those who would try to destroy ours. james was 32 years old, from london, on a night out with friends in a pub on borough high street, when he popped outside a cigarette. despite the anguish, the tears, melissa wanted to speak, to let everyone know what her big brother was like. there will only ever be one james. nowhere else will you find such humour and unique personality, with someone who puts friends and family above all else. he was an inspiration. melissa, how would you describe your brother? loving and caring. and no—one could ever replace my brother. the friends who were with james on saturda

this is bad. >> melissa, it is bad.his is basically the worst case scenario for drivers trying to get into virginia from prince george's county. you can see the shot right now. all lanes are blocked on the inner loop. this is going to be before van dorn street. if you're able to get on to duke and use van dorn to get to the beltway, you can. unfortunately, as i zoom out, we can look back to the wilson bridge where the delays are starting to tap the breaks. in the next five minutes, if you're not leaving the house, you need an alternate route to get to virginia. because it is complete gridlock headed over the woodrow wilson bridge just about at this point. brad fray disreport -- reporting live. >> it is nice outside currently working on our temperature trend. we're going to be cooler than average the next couple of days. she's got the five-day coming right up. >>> thank you, chuck. what was supposed to be a fun trip for some people in columbia turned into tragedy. at least nine people are dead and dozens are injured afte

melissa shows how that community is responding. >> ♪ we are not afraid melissa: coming together to fightacial intolerance, community members of all walks of life came together. >> we have to recognize this is our capital city. this city is defined by diversity and it will not tolerate this kind of hatred. this after the discovery of a noose hanging from the porch of a home in their community. >> you cannot speak hate and criticize people, mock catholic, jewish, whatever. melissa: mayor muriel bowser addressed residents to stay vigilant in tense times. >> as a city we are prepared to deal with acts of hate, hate speech, and certain hate crimes. we have asked everyone in washington, d.c., if they see something to say something. melissa: the crowd gathering to listen, rally, and pray to keep the hate out of their community. >> we need to show love. very big developments likely this week in russia. fired fbi director james comey is set to testify thursday before the senate intelligence committee. comey is expected to describe how the president pressured him intod the investigation possible c

>>> melissa, we're also talking about rain.ith all the traffic problems, we have rain moving through the district. once again. some of the rain could be locally heavy for some of you. berwyn seeing that around the beltway. as well approaching washington and south of that near alexandria. that's where we have moderate to heavy rainfall. that extends down to the south near la plata and as you go farther north, a lot of it is -- back edge to this. most of the day today cloudy skies. chance of a shower but more moisture to the south and west from what's left over of what was tropical storm cindy. that will be impacting us early tomorrow morning. if you're walking the dog. >> i think you may -- you can head to the website. pretty much humid and windy. 83 degrees. chance of a shower isolated thunderstorm this today. the rain pretty much leaving. we have a chance later today. the better chance early tomorrow morning. we clear out through the afternoon with lower humidity. so you will definitely notice that in the second half of your s

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melissa, what else is going on? >> inner loop at 50, arlington boulevard, a huge response because of this crash. rehad the express lanes shut down and the main lanes shut down. right now we are getting by albeit a little bit slowly. that's okay. it is still moving right now. 66 is fine. 95 northbound/southbound in virginia, no major worries there. 270 from frederick down to the spur, you're on time there. taking a look now at the weather. good morning, chuck bell. >> good morning, melissa. beautiful day to be outside. today starting off first thing this morning. time to get those last miles of biking and running and walking and jogging in because the heat is coming. i don't think we're going to be doing too much outdoor strenuous exercise next week. here's the tower over my head. bearing out eastbound towards what will soon be the rising sun on a friday morning. today cool day forecast. yes, indeed. don't forget your spf. we are just about to the longest days of the summer. temperatures mid 70s at 11:00 a.m. 80 degr

melissa mollet is here with the commute. we want to check the forecast with storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell and sheena parveen. they're outside. looks nice out there. >> beautiful. grass earlier. what did you get? >> look at the size of this mushroom. another cloudy, cool may and this mushroom weighs about 3 pounds. >> wash your hands. >> theer's the view on the first sunrise of june. welcome to summer, everybody. we had a few lingering rain drops and there may still be one approaching great falls, fairfax county in the potomac. otherwise, 99% dry as we head out the door. nice and cool. 56 in manassas, 57 in gaithersburg. hour by hour planner, clouds will be gone by 9:00 or 10:00. we'll be left with 100% sunshine today. afternoon highs up in the low 80s. if you're looking for something to complain about, might be a little breezy. perfect kite flying weather. we'll have more about the outlook of season might look like. for now let's go to melissa mollet. >> thank you so much. i sort of look like the sun this morning. be

melissa magee is here with the first check of the accuweather forecast. melissa?'s hot second half of the weekend. wednesday, we had a high of 67. thursday, 72. yesterday, we max out at 83. today, 88-degrees in philadelphia. it's warmer than that sunday. it's comfortable right now, pair of sevens. cape may, 69, 70 beach haven. satellite six along with action radar, it's quiet through the mid atlantic region as well. spotty shower in the poconos. all in all, a quiet night on the way. fast forward to sunday, the heat is on. you will notice an increase in humidity. 7:00 a.m., 70. lunchtime tomorrow, 90-degrees. we stay in the 90s the rest of tomorrow afternoon. tomorrow is just the beginning of what will likely be heatwave two in philadelphia. the first heatwave back in may. we forecast 94. the record, 95. we could tie a record monday and the heat continues with the core moving into monday and tuesday. 60s last wednesday to 90s tomorrow. we have heat ip i tips to shareh you. >> sounds like summer in the city. thank you, melissa. >> use our mobile app to stay informed

. >>> "action news", delaware valley's leading news program with meteorologist melissa magee, jeff skversky and walter perez. >>> saturday night, walter's off i'm sharrie williams. in the news standoff underway in the lehigh valley after reports of shots fired at police. >>> and a sexual assault, and murder of woman in her 30's outside a philadelphia high school. >>> but the big story on "action news" is picking up pieces in the wake of violent early morning storms. how long wind, trees down, power outages and some very close calls with mother nature are on the mind of thousands of residents tonight in the delaware valley. and the buzz of chain saws, filled the streets of communities across the area. no where seems to be worse off then collinswood camden county numerous streets that have been growing there for decade, pulled up today. thinks how that backyard looked from overhead. chopper six spotted residents using axes to start the long clean up process. >>> surveillance cameras in new castle delaware captured wild video of the storm blowing through. it ripped to shred the fence of cpg to

melissa mollet will have your updated routes.r reporter justin finch. >> reporter: lots of traffic going into washington morning. route 50 going towards d.c. at this time. the traffic out here is bumper to bumper. it will eventually be off routed away from the anacostia river bridge, which is now the scene of that fatal crash. let's get you to video of that scene this morning. overnight, reports of a four-vehicle wreck out here on the anacostia river bridge. we also have reports of at least three cars that caught fire. reports of one person dead, one person trapped and two others suffered injuries as a result of this crash. this did trigger the closing of lanes on both signs of the bridge and trickling off to new york avenue and surrounding areas around that bridge and new york avenue northeast. we've seen closures on south dakota avenue northeast as well as other interested in and around this area. emergency officials arrive on scene to assist the scene and also get wrapped up here. expect the closures to last into the rush hour

meteorologist melissa magee is live outdoors with the details , hi there, melissa. >> we had a nice finish to our weekend with plenty of sunshine and low humidity across much of the region. we will check out the numbers right now, we are still in the 80's a in most locations, exception beach have men cape may. numbers there in the 70's. eighty-four in philadelphia. eighty-one in lancaster. down in dover we have a temperature of 83. dew points really making the difference right now, the dew points are either in the upper 40's there in allentown or 56 degrees in philadelphia so nice, comfortable. we have a dry air mass, overhead. and here's satellite six with action radar you can see it is dry, quiet, no issues with precipitation but is there a upper level low that is currently moving across the great lakes and can inadequacies, that is diving southward as we get into tomorrow afternoon. but if you are out on the town on this sunday night 7:00 p.m. a temperature of 81. upper 70's at 8:00, mostly clear, dry at nine, 10 and 11:00 o'clock tonight and temperatures will be in the middle and lower

>> thank you, melissa. >>> we do have breaking news this morning we are broken glass and bullet casings, it's not something that you'd expect to find on gallery court montgomery village. this morning montgomery police are investigating a double murder there. >> that's right. news 4's justin finch is live with more of how neighbors woke up to gunshots. justin. >> reporter: adam, good morning. neighbors also very quickly calling police alerting montgomery county police to this block and the scene of a double homicide. let's take you to the video of that scene. this is how police found it last night. major crime division also called in on this date. their focus, that blue honda civic sedan. inside, two people were found dead. apparently shot. and on this block the yellow crime tape, the shattered glass on the street and heavy police presence to many may have looked out of place. let's show you where we are now as well. we are on the 8200 block of gallery court. this is not a through street. it does turn into h

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hi melissa happy friday. >> hi rick, happy friday to you. we notice an increase in the humidity today. as we look at the temperatures, right now in philadelphia 75 degrees and 68 in allentown and 59 at the coast in cape may 71 and you have the constant push of moisture coming in from the atlantic with the easterly wind. dew points is the level of moisture in the atmosphere, you'll notice today dew points in the 60s and lower 70s. 66 degree dew point in philadelphia and 70 in millville. dover in the lower 70s. more oppressive down to the south and east of philadelphia. here is satellite 6 along with action radar we have got a mostly cloudy sky and a couple of showers around earlier today and the bulk of that energy moving off to the north and it stays mostly cloudy for the rest of today with a couple of spotty pop upshowers. as we go throughout the afternoon and evening we show a mostly cloudy sky through 2:00 and 8:00 tonight. 87 at 2:00 and upper 70s for 60s this evening and back down to the low ever 70s at 8:00. if you are going to be at t