mohamed khweis traveled to syria to join the terror group last year. he became disillusioned after a few months and surrendered to kurdish forces. khweis' attorney says his change of heart proves that he is he not a threat to the u.s. is he currently being held with >>> we just got this in, we now know what a man used to make a fake explosive belt before he entered a mall. salt and cookies they found inside the belt. we know that a second man has been taken into custody and is being questioned for driving this guy for the shopping center. as we take a look at video, you can see that there are people in the streets here. the lockdown at the mall has been lifted. police saying that the man was known to police for psychiatric problems and had a criminal history. at this point they are looking into this incident and whether it has links to terrorism or perhaps maybe it was a host. but brussels remains on high alert. that hasn't changed. >>> today a maryland man crash that killed his wife and sister-in-law. jerome wiggins is facing maximum sentence of 16 ye

. >>> today a preliminary hearing in mohamed khweis' case. he became disillusioned after a few months and surrendered to kurdish forces. his attorney says his change of heart proves he's not a threat to the u.s. he's being held without bond. >>> i think chuck is right. yesterday was hot, not that humid, but i think it will be worse day. >> four things to know about our forecast this morning. >> back up the it tape. what did you say, "up"? >> i said you were right. >> oh, thank you eun. i've waited to hear that my entire life to hear that from a beautiful woman. we're near 90 again today. a after noon in the metro area. still tracking a chance for showers early this morning. thunderstorms in the mountains of west virginia are only about two hours or so away from the i-81 corridocorridor. we'll time out the they have ju heavier storms coming up. dave, good morning to you. >> good morning. off to a quiet start ts morning. look at that, that sums it up. just west of this camera 066, they are picking up a work zone near haymarket. no longer divert

mohamed khweis is accused of travel to go iraq to train with isis fighters. the kurdish military took khweis into custody after he left iraq saying he had become disillusioned with isis. >>> also today, a jury back at work deliberating an trdrew schmuhl's fate. police say schmuhl tased, stabbed and shot fisher weeks after fisher fired schmuhl's guilty because he was high on prescription meds at the time. prosecutors say that's a lie. >>> it is now 5:36. in your first 4 traffic, first night of overnight work on 198 interchange just ended. crews are paving, restriping lanes and improving acceleration and deceleration lanes on the parkway. they will be working overnight through thursday night between 9:00 p.m. and 5:00 a.m. >>> safetrack second surge will cause some major problems for commuters in prince george's county. the 16 day shutdown on the blue, orange and silver line starts on saturday. buses will replace trains from eastern market to minnesota avenue and benning road. but the county does not think there will be enough buses to transport testimated 25,0

a judge will decide if 26-year-old mohamed khweis could stay -- should stay in jail until his trial. authorities say khweis travelled to iraq to train with isis fighters. in march he was taken into custody by the kurdish military when he left iraq. he said he became disillusioned with isis. >>> and today we could find out if andrew schmuhl is guilty. he's accused of brutally attacking a couple in mclean weeks after fisher fired schmuhl's wife. schmuhl's lawyers say he's not guilty because he was high on prescription meds at the time. and does not remember anything. prosecutors say that >>> it is now 6:18. in first 4 traffic as jack has been telling us about, the first night of construction on the 198 interchange on the bw parkway is now over. it was supposed to end at 5:00. crews are paving the ramp to 198, restriping lanes and improving the acceleration and diesel krags lanes. they will work on the project through thursday night. >>> could a regional tax help pay for metro? in two years metropolitan washington council of governments and greater washington board of trade plan to push

. >>> today a preliminary hearing in the case of mohamed khweis. he traveled to join isis but became disillusioned. he's currently held without bond. >>> right now two wildfires out west are coming dangerously close to turning into one. this is new video overnight from so-called fish fire. take a look at the flames. at least 400 firefighters working to put it at this point nearly 200 people have been forced to leave their homes and firefighters say it could combine with the reservoir fire as soon as today. >>> 7 after the hour now. and happening today, police will update their investigation into two crashes last friday morning that could be related. one led to the death of a 72-year-old woman. meagan fitzgerald is live at the scene of one of those crashes. >> reporter: that's right. we're expecting that conference to get under way at around 10:00 this morning and that is when we're expecting to know definitively whether or not the second vehicle crash that crash just behind us here in front of the bb&t bank is connected it anyway to that fatal coll

mohammed khweis traveled to syria and became disillusioned and he surrendered to kurdish forces.t a detention hearing today his attorney argued that his change of heart means he's not a threat to the united states, but a judge disagreed saying anyone who knowingly joins an organization that decapitates itsap >>> coming up tonight, a look at aggressive driving. we'll report on who is the most valuable on the road. >>> and a first for the auto industry, we'll tell you about a new safety feature that could prevent children from dying in hot cars. >>> great safety feature there. temperaturewise today not too hot in the region and just about perfect and 80 degrees and only 69 in ocean city and the temperatures in the next couple of days and we'll talk about that and more importantly, when are we going needto t the greek flavors of our mediterranean collection.ve your choice of delicious chicken or hearty steak. with crumbled feta and cool, creamy tzatziki sauce. try our mediterranean collection today. subway. fresh is what we do. >>> to a demonstration that showed just how dangerous s

mohamed jamal khweis has that detention hearing this afternoon.s accused to traveling to iraq to train with isis fighters. the kurdish military took khweis in custody after he said he had become disillusioned with the terrorist group. >>> and today a man accused of brutally attacking a couple in mclean, andrew schmuhl accused of the tasing and stabbing last november. fisher had fired smul's life from his law firm just a few week before at schmuhl's lawyers say he's not guilty because he was high on prescription meds at the time and does not remember anything about what happened. prosecutors say that is a lie. >>> 4:51. in your first 4 traffic, first night of work on the i 98 interchange on the bw parkway ends in about ten minutes. crews are paving the ramp to 198, restriping lanes and improving the acceleration and deceleration lanes on the parkway. they will be working overnight through thursday on the project there 9:00 p.m. and 5:00 a.m. >>> and safetrack second surge set to start on saturday, that means a 16 day shut done oig from eastern mark

mohamed jamal khweis told a tv station overseas that he flew out of bwe to jo wchltbwi to jo hundred decided to defect. he's back in court in alexandria next week. >>> it is the last day for anyone claiming to be an heir of the late singer prince to get their paperwork in. prince died but did not leave a will. court documents list six siblings or half slings as heirs to his multimillion-dollar legacy. >>> the world health organization says women living in areas with zika should consider delaying pregnancy. the virus is rapidly spreading. it could impact millions of couples that live in outbreak defects in newborns. s main defense right now is to avoid mosquito bites. >>> 25 people in virginia have contracted the virus and that number is up five cases from last week. mosquitos that can carry the zika virus are found in 40 dat s states and here in d.c. >>> muhammad ali will be remembered by thousands today in louisville at what is sxaekted to be a packed arena. sarah dallof is live with the latest on how ali will be remembered. >> reporter: good morning. in just a few hours, the doors

yesterday mohamed jamal khweis made his first court appearance this alexandria.e told a tv station that he joined isis last december but decided to defect months ago. he's charged with providing term support to isis, it carries a sentence of up to 20 years in prison and $250,000 fine. >>> the transit agency is adding to its customer service team to provide faster real time responses on social media. metro says it hired four new staffers to answer questions and provide are more frequent service updates. metro's safetrack program will alter commutes on the rails over the next year. and today marks the end of the first week under metro's safetrack program. prince george's county has announced its plans for the next surge which begins june 18. surge two will shut down the blue, orange and silver lines road and minnesota avenue. the county will shuttle commuters from new carrollton to the greenbelt station on the county bus system. >> we know this is a disruption, we know this is not going to be easy and we know that it will being timely. it will be a length of time t