coming up, to melissa mollet who has to have better news. >> that is true. got to be better thanyesterday. taking a look at the bottom of the beltway, woodrow shut down for almost 12 hours there on the outer loop. looking good there now. bottom of the bridge, here's a live look at the wooow wilson bridge. outer loop and inner loop just fine. beltway, n construction there. 56, fairfax county, to the beltway. aaron, we were talking about this for a while. happy to see that things h finally cleared out of the way. >> i sat in that traffic for an hour, 8:00, trying to get back from d.c. it should have takene ten minutes. >>> hey, take a look. a frightening scene for miles around, huge pillars of smoke from what was a deadly tractor trailer crash on the woodrow wilson bridge. the driver was killed and three workers had to be rescued. the driver lost controlnd crashed into work trucks parked on the bridge. people in the are feared the worst when they heard the crash. >> at rs i thought there might have been a breach of massive security or something, and somebody w

let's go over to melissa mollet. >> taking a look at the roads now. in capitol heights, outer loop at richie, two left lanes getting by. rest of the beltway is nic clear and nice and dry at this point this morning. as chuck said, we could see some rain later on today on the roadways.ct dist northbound 23rd between i and washington circled brokn tractor-trailers. gaithersburg southbound he270, ramp to westbound 370. ramp blocked by the paving there. >>> this morning, formernaacp leader ben jealous is thecr deic nominee for governor in maryland. he beat rushern baker by nearly 60,000 votesit along some other candidates in maryland. >> he now hes to unseat governor larry hogan. that could be an uphill battle. voters favor hogan over jealous 51% to 39%. moving down the ticket, the results to some races cou be delayed for at least a week, and that's because of a computet glitch t impacted voter registration information for 80,000 people. >> the voters had to usel provisioallots which won't be counted until july 5th. the raceorontgomery county executive cou

gorning, melissa mollet. >> good morning, professor bell.ing a look at chopper 4 southbound over 295. do have the one side of the roadblocked. northbound, 95. e express lanes in virginia. lorton, you can see the crash and the delay. main lanes looking good through the areainstead. southbound quantico. after quantico, vehicle fire on the right shoulder. you can see the delays headed southbound. the belt way, no problems. upper marlboro, in bound 4, b tractor-trailecking the middle of the road. you can see the delays on the map as well.>> uit separating the kids. you're separating the children. mr. president, don't you have kids? >> back now tow that developing story. sutrage continues to grow over the crisi at the border. this video shows democratic lawmters shouting a the president as he left a meetinge withlicans last night. in just a few hours he's expected to meet with lawmakers behind closed doors. >> the president wants lawmakers to changehe laws. you may have seen these images or heard the audio byw. there are thousands of children bei

adam, thanks so much. >> melissa mollet is here. a much better picture and things are movingy smooto far. >> it is moving smoothly so far because i know apl lot of p still have the hangover. let's take a look here at my thp, you can see we're looking good here a bottom of the beltway, very, very different from this time yesterda a couple hours later we were really sitting in it. littleoop right now, a bit of a delay. you can see going 13 miles per hour. that has varied for this time of day. no major pa. live look at the woodrow wilson bridge, into town, out oftown, you are good. allentown road, right side blocked by disable vehicle. another problem, annandale, little river, left lane blocked by a crash this morning. in maryland, tvel times looking good here on 270. tom of the beltway, outer loop, no major delay. 66 inbound, very typical as well. remember to listen to wtop10 fm when you hop in the car. >>> most of th us will be dry for most of the day today. that ielme news. skies still with clouds but not producing much in way of ra

let's go over to melissa mollet. we'llbo talk weekend rain chances. >> sounds like a plan.al andria outbound, 395 after mi ry, left lanes getting by the work zone. in bound looking nice and clear. on the beltway looking pretty good but weo have t pieces of road work. atlanta inner loop at annapolis road and capitol heights inner loop aft central avenue. two left lanes getting by that rk zone. taking a look at 270, 70 downno the spur time going es60 mil per hour. going to get you there in 26 minuils. >>> forons of slaves it was the first part f america they saw. now years lat that city is issuingapology. > the reunions that never get old. a dad surprises his sob at school >>> you're watching "news 4 today." >>> in honor of june teenth, le chon's city council apologized for the major role it playedn the slave trade. >> the national parks service says nearly half of the s. slaves entered in charleston, south carolina. they denoue slavery, promises tolerance a t sayy will have an office of reconciliation. this year marks

we'll hear from melissa mollet first, chuck bell, what do you have to tell us about the forecast? >> well, i have to tell you that it's a lot more humid than it's been the last couple of days. sheena will be back tomorrow from her vacation. she's coming back. i think it's herfault. she went to florida on vacation and i know she sent t humidity back before her return. we'll blame her for this.mo ly cloudy and rain not much on the radar but rain much more likely later on this afternoon and evening. noticeably muggier. yesterday quite a few spots dropped below 60 degrees. not so this morning. 63n clearmont. 70 in quantico. 66 in prince gorges county. you have to go all the way out before you f 60 degrees. they're cheating. they're above 2,000 feet in elevation. slight chance of showers before lunchtime but increasing chance for rain this afternoon andho like forum bls of thunder. e only up side, it will be about 5 degrees cooler tagn av today. >> i like that. i think that's a little bit lpful. thanks for that. anything helps. triangle, northbound triangle crash on the right side. sou

. >>> now let's check on yourte morning comith melissa mollet. >> fort washington, a right lane blockedr now. and then springfield, all lanes are open but we are still seeing delays. >>> a check on your forecast is up next. >>> good morning. the sun is shini here in northwest washington, but there are more clouds and have even been a few sprinkles and they are falling apart, but there's we willumidity that have a 60% chance for more rain today, more likely to show up late in the day. we are in the low 70s across much of the region, and 87 as a high and more rain likely. rain chances are back for friday and saturday. 25 minutes.local news update in >> for now, back to the "today" show. re >>> wback, now. 7:30 on a wednesday morning, june 20th, 2018. i'm sure this looks familiar. how many of you are going to stop at one of those this morning? we're talking about a starbucks. but could a b announcement from the coffee giant mean you have >>> if our cameraman can hearus i will take aar camel macchiato. just up and down -- there you >>> homeland security heckling. the dhs secretary facing a

let's check in with melissa mollet. melissa. >> you canel a difference with this morning commute. columbia northbound 95 at 32 crash in left lane causing delays northbound. northbound virginia still very slow. >> thank you. >> a check on your forecast is up next. stay with us. >>> good monday tmorning. eady for a hot day, a little bit hotter than yesterday. 77 degrees inannapolis, mid-70s in washington. if you have exercising outdoors today y wanted to it early this morning. as we go through the day we'll be in the 90s later this afternoon. feeling like 100 degrees with the humidity. and we have an air quality alert for counties shaded in gray. this is air quality fore sensitndividuals like those with asthma, respiratory issues. morrow near 90. a chance for afternoon storms even on wednesday, guys. >> thank you, sheena. another local news update in5 minutes. >> for now back to the "today show" after this short break. y. y. ♪ it's where your family feels ready to take on anything. jump in with confidence with the suntrust

i am melissa mollet withfiour t 4 traffic.nd laurel 95 after the howard county rest area we have a broken-down vehicle and seeing delays northbound thisorning. highetstown, a crash blocking the right lane. outer loop nd looking okay at this point. >>> good morning. cloudy skies for everybody, and some showers heading towards parts of the shenandoah veley. rain in orecast later today. 70 degrees in washington, and high of 87 this afternoon. humid. we can see afternoon thunderstorms. before that a few showers around lunchtime. tomorrow we are dry, mid-80s and on friday we will be dry into theeekend. for father's day, dry so far but hot and humid with a high of 92, and then 95 by monday. angie. >> looks like it could be a scorcher. more news in 25 minutes, but for now we will sendt back to the crew in new york for "today." >>> it's 8:00 on "today." coming up, breaking news. president trump back in the u.s. this morning, claiming victory after his historic summit meeting with kn. jong there are new questions over just what was acc

now let's check on your morning commute with melissa mollet and ur first 4 traffic. how is it going out there. >> aouple problems out there, southbound gw parkway, the crash on the right shoulder, and still seeing delays. no major complaints on the woodrow wilson bridge, and major delays were through late last night, the inner loop and outer liloop there r along just fine now. >> we will take a quick break. your forecast is up next. >>> cloudy skies for now with the overnight rains coming to a quick end. it will be a mix of clouds and sunshine today. warmndhumid, a high of 85 degrees. it's the longest day of the year, 14 hours and tpwhr daylight today and tomorrow as well. rain likely for much of e day morrow, and you can always use our nbc washington app to staye away of weather and look at the weekend forecast. >> another local update in 25 minutes. >> for now back to the "today" show after this short break. ♪ i'm gonna soak up the sun >>> 7:30. thursday morning, 21st of june, 2018. that's the first day of summer. the longest day of the ar. that's how they did it a

. > let's check on your morning commute with melissa mollet.>ilver spring the oer loop before university boulevard, left lane blocked by a crash there. northwest washington,r neach drive, a downed tree so that is closed this morning. delays on metro this morning, the blue, orange and silver. >> we willake a break and then take a look at your forecast next. >>> steamy and a little sultryt e this morning. temperatures in the 70s and 8 it's a humid start to the day, and we will have thunderstorm chances later today. we a will haigher chance for rain tomorrow, and there will be a slightly cooler day, highs in the mid-80s tomorrow. you canlws find the forecast in our nbc washington app. >> now back to the "today" show. have a great day. >>> w back at 7:30 on tuesday morning. what a scary ride, the superman ride got stuck near the peak, and workers had to help people down. >> that was not the case when an amusement park derailed in florida last week, and weill hear from a woman badly hurt just ahead. >>> but o now headlines, immigration fallout. >> t

we want to check on your morning commute with melissa mollet and your f traffic. >> rain everywhere.d showing you there where we have the rain falling. a broken-down vehicle right lane, and silver spring at new hampshire, a broken-downth vehicle o left side of the roadway. and then old keene mill road, an overturned vehicle in the southbound lane. and southbound 395 at duke, just the left lane getting by. >> thank you. we will check your forecast when we come back. stay with us. >>> a cloudynd rainy start to your friday. the heaviest and steadiest of the rain is going to be here in the first half of your friday, but don't expect much sunshine today. current temperatures in the upper0s and low 70s, that's where we will stay most of the day toucy. tomorrow warmer. 85 tomorrow, near 90 on sunday. showers and thunderstormsre likely tomorrow but there will be plenty of usable dry hours for your wee plans. >> chuck, thank you. >>> another local news update for you in 25 minutes. for now back to thetoday" show on it's 8:00 >>> it's 8:00 on "today." lawmakers in washington working to solve t

t's go to melissa mollet and first 4 traffic. >>> southbound 95 after triangle. nitially we thought this was northbound. southbound lanes there. we were seeing delays. this isn't making any sense. it is hbound. we have a one mile backup this morning. chopper 4 showi you that slowdown. they had to offload those buses became one of them disabled. it is a little bit slow at 95 south after triangleta it ss getting slow. warrenton after riley road, single lane getting by a multi-car crash there. sounds like five vehicles are involved and help is hopefully on the way soon. inner loop and outer loop of thy beltooking typical. taking a look at greenbelt, disabled vehicle there on the ramp this morning. 270ri fre down to the spur you are on time. >>> breaking news in prince gorges county. two people were shocked at mgm national harbor. >> what's going on r:re. >> reporun and aaron, the details are coming in. just before midnight las two people had to be taken out of the mgm national harbor and rushed to the hospital. we're told one of those people ning have life threa inj

we'll check in with melissa mollet. chuck, we'll start with you. >> yeah.he skies are about as clear as my mind this morning, whichou means,know, partly cloudy for the most part. there are a few clouds out there. a dry wednesday morning commute. nothing to worry about there. few team 4 radar shows a lonesome sprinkles. that's about it. rain chances are very low until a little later on in the cuday. ent temperature, far more tolerable morning. 67 in gaithersburg, 68 in maryland. 78 in leesbu, 79 in quantico and 70 degrees at joint base andrews. here's your planner then. it will be a quick the 80s.into no 90s today. 95rd degree day yes was misery. will be quite a bit cooler. 34 mid to upps. showers are likely later on in the afternoon. i think i inhaled a ball of spit. >> lovely. >> i'm gladl youe okay but i'm not hungry now after t listening that. prince gorges count earlier problem on 210. the paving has wrapped up for the day. for today we are done with that. inner loop after annapolis road, that has red. inner loop and outer loop rolling along as we look

we want to look at your fst 4 traffic with melissa mollet. >> a couple things happening.own and griffith, all lanes blocked right now. india inbound 66 aroosevelt, a crash in the right lane. >>> we will take a break and then check your forecast when we come back. stay witus. celebrate dad this father's day. save big on something special from ross, from gifts that fit his style to gifts that bring a smile. happy father's day begins at ross. ♪ you gotta go to ross here's money for pizza. here's the wi-fi password, but, if you go online while the boys are online the internet can slow down and... they don't like it. you guys don't have fios? [mrs. jennings] oh-no. but it's a 100% fiber-optic network with ridiculous speeds. you could have, like, a hundred devices online at once. interested, talk later. bye boys! don't even think about going online. woah... i can't work like this. the 100% fiber-optic network means more speed for more devices at once. so get a fios triple play with a 2-year agreement, and choose a free samsung chromebook 3 or credit towards other samsung tech.

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melissa mollet, i'll get to the beach foreca coming up in a bit. >> take me to the beach as well, that would be even better. >> no. >> indian head highway near farmington road -- each direction here this morning. just a warning for you.in not s much of a slowdown but it might be a little bit of a situation if you're headed out soon. 270 here looking good. northbound and soubound no big changes to 270 this morning.an alia, we had outbound with two left lanes ettingby. the beltway road work is still hanging around. right lane getting by and capital heights, two left lanes getting by w >>>ve all heard why the chickenrossed the road, but a snake? take a look at this video. this slithering creature caused a bit of a traffic jam. it's a bit hard to see. officer stopped traffic to help it gethe across street. >> it's not sure where it's headed but it's safe to say the drivers are glad it's away from them. >> i might crash my car. >> really? >> what are you going to do. >> run over the snake and keep going. why is this a thing? >>ng i'm not g to run over a snake. >> not difficult. >> take a lo

for now let's go over to melissa mollet. >> taking a look at a couple of things happening on the roads right now. first of all, in objectionentail, southern avenue at wheeler road, all lanes shut down trying to get more information on an accident there. in capitoleights inner loop at marlboro road, work zone on the and the right lane is getting by. >>> developing this morning in maryland police need help finding the driver who ran over a man and kept going. hi omar reeba cardenia was found lying. brother tells our sister station, telemundo 44, that omas was on way to put more money on his smart tlip trip card. >>> there is significant evidence proving martise austin fired at officers first. police say austin started running from police before he started shooting. this happened on first street southeast. officers fed back. police say the handgun recovered from the scene was in austin's possession illegally. >> the officer involved. we're told that footage will be released after it is reviewed by the u.s. attorney's office. >> the details of her disappearance and death are still unknown,

let' go over to melissa mollet and see howraffic is doing. >> taking a look right now. only real problem alexandria southbound 395 after seminary road. two left lanes gettingy that work zone. beltway we found it all after. work zone. one lane gt'ting by. now, all open. >>> hand the out about a ozen awards to some real hereees in montgomery county, awards forbr ery, life-saving citations and even an award to the family sandy cohen. that's the rock skrl volunteer firefighter who was killed helping a motor it's on 207 last t ar. zbliefrmll, it zend naert what kay of the week it is, if wu go down to the national museum, hel be be seeing this. lopg lines. look at that. everyone knows tickets to the pruchl are free, but it cane hard on your -- to get your hands on one of these passes. >>> now some of the free passes are showing p op line for sale. someone claiming to be an authorized ticket seller on craig's list is asking for clars 15 per pass. theinuseum rem the public that all tickets are free all of the time, and it may just take a littleatience to get one. >>> the 2018 w

we're going to check in with chuck bell on the forecast before melissa mollet has check on the road. is this humidity happening today? >>t's alreadyhappened. i'm surprised you didn't notice it on the way in. >> a little bit. >> the first thing i did when i took the d

chuck bell standing about melissa mollet also here working for you to get your stuts started. >> chuck bell, you start us off. how long can we enjoy this w lovem weather without the humidity? >> well, without the humidity just today. we'll hre coo than average temperatures today and tomorrow, but tomorrow even though we'll stil c beler than average, a lot more humidity and rain chances are back tomorrow as ll. partly to mostly clear sky over us here early this morning. that's allowed temperatures to drop to now 60 in haagersto. 61 for leesburg. 67 in arlington county at national airport, and 70 there in annapolis courtesy of some warmer bay water. nice day to spend some quality time by the don't forget your spf, of course. swould go 30 or higher today with that high angle. temperatures this afternoon will be hoveringen ithe low 80s. nothing to complain about there at all. highs in your hometown today, 81

chuck bell standing about melissa mollet also here working for you to get your stuts started. >> chuck bell, you start us off. how long can we enjoy this w lovem weather without the humidity? >> well, without the humidity just today. we'll hre coo than average temperatures today and tomorrow, but tomorrow even though we'll stil c beler than average, a lot more humidity and rain chances are back tomorrow as ll. partly to mostly clear sky over us here early this morning. that's allowed temperatures to drop to now 60 in haagersto. 61 for leesburg. 67 in arlington county at national airport, and 70 there in annapolis courtesy of some warmer bay water. nice day to spend some quality time by the don't forget your spf, of course. swould go 30 or higher today with that high angle. temperatures this afternoon will be hoveringen ithe low 80s. nothing to complain about there at all. highs in your hometown today, 81 in gaithersburg and waldorf. 80 in .fredericksbu a little more cloud cover farther down to the south, and i think if there's any chance for rain today, it's down below charlottesville.

a lot of you want to know there's another delay on the roadway, melissa mollet is keeping track of that>> but first chuck bell, more rain. every time we think we're going to get an end, we g

now let's go over to melissa mollet who is not wearing a red dress today. >> no, we're out of red dresses. good thinge're wrapping thing up. 95 at knewing ton, virginia northbound and southbound looking good. urbana, still has southbound 270, the crash on the left side. c have a tow there. there are aple of vehicles involved, a pickup truck on its roof. hopefully thateets out of way soon. inner loop and outer loop, no boblems. a tiny of red. we'll check into that and be back with that. in brandy wine at mount branch avenue, a worone there. >>> 4:32 right now. stayin on t of this breaking news. d.c. police investigating an overnight deadly shooting. >> one man is dead and they're searching for his killer. they're searching for two men, they were in a yellow dodge charger. thed shooting happeround mount olivet road. there's a valero gas station in that area. call police if you have any information. >>> we're also following a developing story this morning. a man isn dead after officer-involved shooting in southeast d.c. this cell phone vtueo cs a chaotic scene shortly after police say they s

ngght now we're going to check on your mor commute with melissa mollet and first4traffic.s, northbound 95, c32,sh in northbound lanes, seeing delays north and southbound. 270 southbound at west montgomery. that crash on the shoulder there at montrose pretty well to the spur. fairfax between draper and old lee highway crash reported there. >> thank you, melissa. we'll take a quick break and check your forecast when we ome stay with us. >>> nothing wrong with weather like this in the middle of summertime. current temperatures are in the low- wo mid-70s. itl be a very nice day to be outside today. a mix of clouds and sunshine. no rain though. ngce and mild. temperatures run few degrees cooler than average for today and for tomorrow as well. if you liket hot and humid, just wait. the heat and humidity return on thursday anday go all the into next week. >> all right, chuck. thank you. for now back to th.""today show t >>> i is 8:00 on "today."co ming up, taking to the streets.pr otests erupting across the country, ashousands of migrant children are waking up desperate to be reu

so first 4 traffic melissa mollet has some tips. here's what you need to try and avoid some of the traffic that will definitely be around for theeekend. avoid river road, first of all. it's going to be pretty slowha becauses the main route in there and out of there. you want to park at the roc springs parking lot. take the shuttle from rock ledge drive there. if you're taking a ride share you can use persimmonree road or falls road instead. i> the u.s now helping with a search for missing soccer team in thailand. time could be running out for the boys.e we'll h the very latest. >>> plus new information on a planned meeting between president trump and russian president putin. what we're learning about the agenda of the summit. >>> and replacing justice anthy kennedy. the concerns dem rats are >>>d u.s. thai rescue teams are not giving up hope they'll find a missing soccer team alive. today they had to give up the search becauseeavy waters made the waters rise making rescue conditions danger. they went into the a cave and they became

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i'm eun yang.in lo at the roads with melissa mollet and first 4 traffic. what's happening?lanes open from the earlier crash but still about a five-mile backup. beltway overall okay. inner loop crossg the american legion bridge, see that slowdown and laurelsouthbound g.w. parkway, crash on the left side. look at that slowdown. eun? >> melissa, thank cku. >>> a qreak and check your forecast when we come back. stay with us. whoooo. finding the best hotel price is now a safe bet. because tripadvisor searches... ...over 200 booking sites - so you save up to 30% on the... ...hotelock it in. tripadvisor. >>>morning, everybody. already climbing into the upper 60s to around 70 degrees buthe humidity remains nice and low for one more high temperature today right around 83 degrees. only about 82 tomorrow with clouds and a much higher chance of rain tomorrownto early thursday. then the heat and humidity of july mov in. chuck, thank you. >>> get the latest news and weather anytime in the nbc washington app. have a great day. [ applause ] >>> good morning,everyone. welcome to the program

we check in with the roads and melissa mollet. >> look at the roads.g slow downs. southbound, you can see the slow down approaching tuckerman lane here this morning. westbound, at vienna, westbound slow from an earlier crash,op of the beltway slow outer loop approaching colesville. >> thank you. >>> a quick break and check your forecast next. stay with us. >>> good morning. watching thunderstorms in the mountains of west virginia, eastbound. if they hold together long enough could make it in the washington area around lunchtime. take your umbrella wh you heading out the door. temperatures top out around 80 today. 90 tomorrow and in the 90s, well into the 90s by the weekend. >> chuck, thank you. >>> another local news update for you in 25 minutes. for now, back to the "today" show, after a short break. >>> it's >>> it's 8:00 on "today." tsking a stand. children and par separated at the border. this after the supreme court's decision to ntuphold presi trump's travel ban. >> we have to be tough and we have to be safer and we have to be secure. we have to

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melissa mollet is tracking the 4 traffic.our first >> then to sheena for some warnings from the weather department. melissa, let's start with you. >> good moing. is one starting top of the beltway in silver springs. chopper 4 will be over that in just a second. green belt, though, southbound bw parkway before 193. those lanes have reopened. this is where chopper 4 just was. those delays, look at that. five miles. still hanging around. if you are headeut sometime soon, take 95 instead. that's just a better ption at thint, and probably will be for the next couple of hours because of that delay.r inner loop n georgia avenue looks better than we expected. chopper ran over there for us tu sh really what was going on. looks like it's just on the shoulder now. inner loop and outer loop near georgia looking prett good overall. 95 north virginia after route one. trick fire. real delays as you are headed inbound. >>> good morning. it is a warm and mumd start as you walk outside. nice sunrise here, but that sun is reallng to be warming us up soon. 74 degrees right now. the sou wind today, that's g

. >> i'm melissa mollet with a lookt your first look at traffic. a partial closure for this weekenlk g about the beltway friday, starts at 9:00 p.m. and runshrough saturday unthe evening, around 5:00 p.m. the outer loop oversi kton parkway, three loanseclosed near cocut avenue. a warning, allow extra time. wntown, columbia heights day festival on saturday. we're talking about closures >>> back now with more on that breaking news. chopper 4 over the scene of a large fire at a recycling plant in montgomery county. this plant is located o south lawn lane at goody drive in rockville. you can see the smoke for miles. we a gathering more information about this, and we'll bring you updates as soon as we getthem. >>> in the meantime, a roller coaster ride turning into a nightmare rid s afterething went terribly wrong. take a look at these pictures. the first car on this roller coaster went flying off the track and plunged two riders more than 30 feet to the ground below. others held on for dear life as their carsaned precariously off the rails. this happen

. >>> i'm melissa mollet with a first look at travel and road. on metro blue line, arlington cemetery station will be closed fo. wo free shuttle buses between pentagon and arlington cemeteryu want to use silver or yellow lines to get around that problem. green and yellow l operating at regular weekend intervals this weekend.re line trains running every 9 to 18 minutes and orange lines and silver lines every 24 minutes. as for the roads, something tasty. the giant andio nl capitol arbecue -- pennsylvania avenue northwest between third and 7th. saturday, 11 to 9:00. sunday, 11 see you news 4 "today." hungry. getting coming to the end of graduation season. for some new grads, earning the diploma has been made harder by the high cost of getting to and from school. today we talked with michelle moore. she's graating 24 years after suppose -- she couldor only aff all the trips because d.c. recently adopted a program that helps pay the transportation cost for adults who are in school. >> now i want to go back to school. how am i going to get to school?

melissa mollet has what you need to know about the rails hding into the weekend. >> on metro, weekend on the red line, bes replace trains between friendshi heights and grovner. blue, orange and silver lines, single tracking every 24 nu s. on the yellow line tween huntington and mt. vernon square, 24 minute single tracking. >>> mlions are headed to the airport for the july 4th holiday. here's a live look atn rea national airport. it will be busy over there day. an estimated 2.7 million are expected to fly aoss the u.s. that could set a record. that's supposed to happen today. if you're taking off thi weekend get to the airport early enough to avoid the long lineso ande able to make your flight on time. >>> it's also going to be busy on the roads. if you're getting behind the wheel for the holiday, here are four things to know. aaa says more than 1 million d.c. residents ared expto drive. that's 19of the pulation. a new record. getaway traffic is expected to be i at worst next tuesday afternoon, july 3rd, from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m. that's because rush hour traffic will mix with the holiday

. >> i'm melissa mollet with a look at your first 4 traffic. a big or partial closure for the weeke weekend. talking about the beltway. the outer loop of the beltway around kensington parkway. three lanes closed near connecticut avenue. ig'll be a slowdown for a lot of people. just a warning. allowxtra time. columbia heights day festival on saturday. talking about closures between 11:00 and 6:00. 11th between kenyon street and park road. lamont street between sherman and 13th street. i'll see you monday for "news 4 today." >>> it was an official show for one of the most myrsterious artist in the world. sa thile a painting right off the wall. >>> a grandmother took a picture of a bobcat in her yardth and it attacked. you won't believe how the grandmother fought off the huge t. that story coming up right after that story coming up right after theer hak bs o4.eewn n cand then the two paleo itemsn on these two cards. split... ya. actually, no. put the food on the two cards and the drinks on the four. and then the rest of you can divide the rest on

. >> i'm melissa mollet with a lookt your first 4 traffic. a big or partial closure for the weekend. talking about the beltway. friday starts at 9:00 p.m. andg runs thraturday until the evening, around 5:00 p.m. the outer loop of the beltway over kensington parkway. three lanes closed near coecticut avenue. it'll be a big slowdown for a lot of people. just a warning. allow extra time. downtown, columbia heights day festival on saturday. talking about closurween 11:00 and 6:00. 11th between kenyon street and park road. lamo street between sherman and 13th street. have a great weekend. i'll see you monday for "news 4 today." >>> it was an unofficial show for one of theteost mous artists in the world. maybe that's why it seemed so easy for a thief there to steal the painting rig off the wall. >>> and a grandmother took a picture of a bobcat in her front yard, andhen it attacked. you will not believe how this grandmother was able to fight caoff the huge her story is coming up next on news 4. >>> welcome back. an art thief has something ine common

let's go to melissa mollet. >> good morning.uter loop at new hampshire avenue starting to get slow up top. sounds like we have one lane blocked by the crash. i'm going to try to get at camea on tor you and we'll see that. arlington outbound bridge before memorial circle, that crash.d urbana southboear 80 urbana. we have both lanes closed so we are quite slow as you're heading southbound. braddock heights, do have the crash there this morning showing a little bit of red on the p. accokeek, indian head h near livingston road, top of the beltway and we'll be back in a couplef minutes. >>> knohmelissa, you. overnight deadly shooting. >> police say one man is dead and they're searching for his killer. they're searching for two men at this point. believed to be in a yellow dodge charger. the shooting happened around mount olivet road. there's a valero gas station in the area. call police if you have any information. >>> we're also following a developing story this morning. a man is dead after an officer-involved shooting in southeast

melissa mollet, sounds like flip-flop. >> it sounds like flip-flop, thing suit weather. on both shoulds. as youead south of urbana, things look better. 109, nice and clear. pretty much down to the beltway. that will change as the commute pis up. braddock heights, westbound near 40 in frederick. we do have a crash there. inner loop and outer loop of the beltway looking good. taking a look a travetimes, 270 from germantown to the spur on time. route 95 to 270. 66 in und, northbound in virginia rolling along pretty well. remember to t listeno wtop when you hop in your car. >>> melissa, thank you. take a look at this unusual sighting. that's a deer that managed to get on the tracks at the crystal cityetro station yesterday. metro posted this video of the deer running betwe the tracks and platform. he one guy on his phone, clueless. >> until now. >> metro still isn't sure how the deer got into the tunnel here. don't worry though, the guy is backing away. he's going to be safe. yeah. i'm more worried about the deer. >>he deer mad it out safely so no worries. >>> here is a stor

yesterday our own melissa mollet spoke with joshua winer about the impacts of suicide and how to talk to your family about it >> the reason suicides of kate spade and anthony bourdain are tragic, they bothin left b young children. sadly, each year, 7,000 to u.s.0 children in the experience the suicide of a parent. any parenta t death isumatic for a child. but when a parent dies from suicide, it can make the grieving process more challenging. >> dr. joshua winer joins us to talk abouthis rarely discussed topic very top of mind these da. a lot of people feel like suicide, when you talk about it, how can they d at? what do you think about that? >> they say it's such a sacfish on the part of that parent. let me tell you what i've learned over my years and my practice. sadly having seen some people. before ty made a suicide attempt and before they completed suicide, what i think people should understand is that for these people, it's faulty thinking. but these people believe that they're actually doing theirhe family and kids a favor by killing themselves. they feel like, you know what, ye

let's go over to melissa mollet and see how the first four comme is coming along. >> 95 in maryland there at 198 northbound and southbound just seeing the normal volume there northbound and southbound. no big complaints there.er beltway, ioop and outer loop, everything is clear from the beltway. no big problems on the beltway right now. ,upper marlbo still have this outbound 4 at wood ya. left lan open. we have the right lane blocked there because of this crash. still hanging around there this morning. a reminder that white's shut down today because of high water on the potomac a 66. your on time in town and out of town. >> melissa, thank you. t> show dogs stayed home for this competition. well, their perhaps less attractive counterparts strutted their stuff. >> and we are going to introduce you to raki, a japanese technique that could help you destress and find balance in ur life. thyoat does your business internet provider promise a lot? t's see who delivers more. comcast business gives you gig-speed in more places. the others don't. we offer up to 6 hours of 4g wireless network backup.

for now it is traffic time, and that means melissa mollet. good morning. that means you're going to talk more about the situation here oxon hi. this is maryland d.c. line and southern avenue at wheeler road. we are still shut down there. this is because of a shooting investigation from overnight. all lanes blocked there. right now justin finch is out there. we're going to hear from him with a live report coming up in the next couple of minutes. in vienna hunter mill road at hunter station road downed wires with all lanes blockede hhis morning. as you look here at 66, fairfax county parkway to the beltway, no major issues there along 66, but a warning. also in northwest, wisconsin avenue near m and p we're going to f have am crew there between 6:30 and 8:00 today for a major motion picture. here throughout the day. eun. >> all right, melissa. ths k you. >>> it01. right now police are trying to find a shooter who opened fire on a man inea sou washington overnight. >> this is one of several overnight shootings in the ri di. news 4's justin finch is live now f

melissa mollet and aaron gilchrist here. tell us wppened and what you guys are working on. this is a massive resnse for you. >> massive response and it's an example of the interoperability toescue the three workers that were in the extended bucket of their boom truck underneath the woodrow wilson bridge. they are okay. but getting bowk to this started, very preliminary reports, you saw the change. the boom truck on which these workers were working on was stationary and involved in a multivehicle crash on the outer loop of the beltway. now, that resulted in a fire of the vehicles involve unfortunately, we do have injuries and we do have one fataty involved in that cras the fire has been extinguished. we do have hazmat crews coming on to the scene to make sure all the -- any hazardous materials, including fuel and engine products are clearedff. we will have that wilson bridge clor an extended period of time. we do have quite a few vehicle on the bridge that we need to get off, and we are still investigating the crash site and it's still going to be an ongoing process for an e

. >>> now a check on the morning commute with melissa mollet and your first 4owtraffic.roads looking? >> good morning. a couple things over silver springs before connecticut. traffic diverted to a lot and t baough connecticut avenue at the home depot there. as we zoom out, you can see the beltway looks nice and light this morning. no big complaints there. this is a big problem. upper marlboro, five mile back of inbound pennsylvania avenue. lanes blocked. use it's service road. >> thank you. and your k now forecast when we come back. stay with us. >>> good morning, everybody. it's going to be a hot one today. not too humid. heat and humidity builds going through the course of the weekend. temperatures in the upper 60s, low 7. pleasant day to be outside. a hot one. high low 90s. warmer going through the remainder of the weekend and into early next week. thers the ten-day forecast. mid-90s for tomorrow. pushing 100 sunday a monday with heat indexes up near 105 for sunday, monday and tuesday. >> chuck, thank you. >>> another local news update in 25 minutes. for now, ack to t