>> storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell is out there in new carrollton with your commuter forecast. not too bad, right, chuck? >> not too bad. now, eun, you love the hot weather. >> i do. >> now you want a break from the 90s? you're confusing me, eun. >> i do love the hot weather. but i'm speaking for most people who don't like the humidity. >> fair enough. and there's a valid point right there. it is really thick outside this morning. we're at 76 degrees at the new carrollton metro station and as you make your plans to head out the door plan on temperatures mid 70s now. we'll be in the upper 70s to near 80 degrees before 9:00 or 10:00 this morning. so have your sun block on for later today. tom will be talking about the afternoon storm chances in ten minutes. but for now over to alexis for first 4 traffic. >> behind eig road and diamondback road, that's closed due to a fatal accident. your alternate is muddy branch road. elsewhere, 66, looking good. but seeing that volumed by building east of 234. elsewhere, at darcy road, again seeing some volume building but no incidents or delay

dollars the two counties will contribute more money -- the proposed herbal line would run from new carrollton to bethesda. along the route, and construction would alter the landscape. >> doing my job, i don't know where i would go -- >> riverdale work is at a gas station say they were informed the purple line will require this property -- >> we all for the opportunity and another job -- >> the future of the economy in this country reporter: is in suburbs and cities. but the product has support especially among those who believe it will alleviate congestion on roads and increase economic development. >> we need to go forward with the purple line. it is crucial. reporter: -- kellye: coming up, new questions over a tool meant to keep you safe. what is going wrong with dash cam's in what officials are doing to fix the problem. but first, the star attack, who was targeted and the protest is she was at that got people so angry. and after a day of heavy rain and storms, if you had to cancel your saturday plans, will view be able to do them outside on kellye: courtney love attacked in paris by anti-u

the purple i would run from new carrollton to bethesda in montgomery county. along the route construction would alter the landscape. >> if i lose my job, i do not know where i would go. reporter: workers have been informed that it will require this property. >> i will need to look for an opportunity and another job and that will be hard. >> the future of the economy is in her suburbs and cities. reporter: many believe it will increase economic development. >> it is crucial for jobs in transportation. reporter: this bill is far from a done deal. the governor's proposal calls from a covering and prince george's county to kick in more money. he did not say how much money he expects. just about three minutes ago a runner rent passes and said keep the trail, no rail. pointing out that there are still some hurdles for the purple line to overcome. steven tschida, abc 7 news. leon: that will be a waste to come. the purple line was part of the $2 billion transportation plan the governor hogan unveiled today. to find a complete listing of projects right now on wjla.com.

here's the new carrollton metro station. people wandered on into the metro right now. if you see us out here, come on over to say hi. we have a professional photographer who will take a perfect selfie of you with me. outside, temperatures mid to upper 70s already. we'll be back in the 90s again later on this afternoon. there will be that chance for some thunderstorms coming our way today. green light conditions for the ride in. for lunch but again, could have weather related slowdowns as we get into the afternoon and evening with the bubbling up of thunderstorms. aaron, i think the 90 degree streak is coming to an end tomorrow and again on thursday. >> i like when you say things like that, chuck. i appreciate it. >> i like how he directed that to you. >> smart man. >> chuck won't charge for the pictures by the way. >>> tonight the u.s. women's national soccer team set for the third appearance in world cup action this summer. we are up against nigeria. they have had a strong showing this time out. the game kicks off tonight at 8:00. >> go usa. >>> you can head to a watc

kress cement trail, through downtown silver spring, over to college park and it would end in new carrollton. hogan said today the way the state slimmed down the cost was basically by increasing wait times in between trains by a minute and a half. that saves on operational costs. again, the announcement coming just a short time ago. the >> the purple line is a long-term investment that will be an important economic driver for maryland. it will be built in part of our state that -- in a part of our state that has demonstrated strong support and use of mass transit. the purple line will integrate seamlessly with our current transit systems, combining metro, mark and amtrak. >> reporter: yeah so a lot on the table there. back here now live in annapolis. the governor talked about a ton of new road projects that he wants to build. more on that on news4 at 5. pat back to you. >> thanks adam. >>> a second prison worker charged with that prison break in new york is out on bond this afternoon. gene palmer worked in the honor block, that's where both richard matt and david sweat were housed. according

governor hogan did not comment on the proposed purple line, which would connect bethesda and new carrollton. he has been spec -- skeptical about the $2 billion price tag. the weather today was more reminiscent of a day in london. foggy, foggy day. there was a case of florida in the district today. experience can semi--- kiss immi brought an alligator on to the river. they are there to promote tourism for florida. that i present -- pronounce that properly? steve: an alligator with its mouth taped shut? i would not want to be holding it. it is wet out there and a lot of folks might be planning a going out to the baseball game. you might want to reconsider. it starts five minutes after 7:00 and a lot of rain is on the way. 65 degrees are high so far today. we will see your average readings as we move into the upcoming weekend. 64 at the airport right now. a live picture overlooking the airport. it is raining and cloudy in jury out there. it will stay that way for the next several hours. looking at satellite and radar. look at all the moisture pushing and from the south. this will stay with us

the proposed 16-mile route would go from new carrollton to bethesda. during his campaign the governor criticized the high cost of the project. >>> all the northbound lanes of i-95 are open in maryland again following a deadly accident early this morning. a construction worker was killed when a tractor-trailer barreled into that construction site. it happened around 1:30 near the entrance to the intercounty connector. the accident caused huge backups during the rush hour. the victim has since been identified at a 62-year-old construction worker from pennsylvania. >>> hazardous materials crews were called in to congress obtain a fuel spill -- to contain a fuel spill in pilesville. a tanker truck -- poolesville. a tanker truck overturned. several streets in the area were blocked for a time the driver was pinned beneath the vehicle. he was airlifted with the hospital with life threatening injuries. crews now have that oil spill contained. the cause of the crash is still unclear. >>> a second employee will be arraigned this afternoon on charges that he help

the purple line is a light rail streetcar-type system that will connect bethesda and new carrollton. back to you. >> the purple line alive is good news for dozens of current and potential construction projects along that proposed line. that includes this new library in silver spring. this was specifically built so that trains could run underneath it. not everyone is happy with today's announcement however. tom sherwood is here with both sides of this debate. tom? >> reporter: wendy, the governor's go-ahead had many qualification. it didn't really satisfy those fighting over the purple line. the new silver spring library it had a unique construction feature. the project already has a built-in spacing the future purple line stop. >> this cut through is designed to let the purple line come and make an easier turn onto wayne avenue. >> reporter: library visitors had mixed feelings. >> the traffic has increased, even in the middle of the day tremendously. so the purple line would be really, really helpful. >> not spend the money? >> that money could be used for something else getting the p

reporter: a 16 mile light rail that will run from bethesda to new carrollton with 21 stations and connections to the orange, green, and two spurs of the red line. he called it a good investment in the long run. >> crunch auction will mean 23,000 new jobs for maryland. -- construction will mean 23,000 new jobs. reporter: he is calling for more for montgomery and prince george's county. the transportation secretary says the new plan calls for fewer cars running every 7.5 minutes instead of six. >> we are producing a cadillac project is not a chevy project. reporter: he also announced nearly $2 billion for road and bridge improvement. >> building, maintaining, and fixing maryland's roads and bridges is our top transportation priority. reporter: for the d.c. region it is the purple line announcement that has advocates rejoicing. >> i am very relieved. this is crucial for the state of maryland to go forward. reporter: montgomery county executive spread out a statement saying he's looking forward to working with the governor. already prince george's county executive hasek dingle a willingness to ta

the governor is backing the entire route which would include stops in new carrollton and bethesda. people who fought against it said it will disrupt neighborhoods. supporters say it will connect all the stops so that maryland commuters don't have to go in and out of the district. he's allocated $200 million for the upgrades and it's an effort to lure the fbi to prince george's county. >>> so you probably have seen this video by now. it's a hammerhead shark right up on the beach in ocean city yesterday. the beach patrol said it's more worryied about her safety than yours. it is likely that the shark is sick or hurt. hammerheads are harmless to humans and they can grow to be more than 1,000 pounds or so. every time a shark comes on the beach it will cause concern. beach patrol says it will clear the water of swimmers in the shark returns. a lot of us go to ocean city over the break. >> harmless to humans, it's 1,000 pounds and a fish that will flail out of control with a hammer. harmless. okay. 6:11. we want to get up to speed on the forecast. a live look outside for you. the clouds

inappropriately touched a girl last week at a cvs store at the shopping center on riverdale road in new carrollton. the parent was in the store but in another aisle. they say the girl had wandered away. >>> we could see a plea from the man accused of stabbing an elderly man as he robbed a home in alexandria. horace white was in the middle of robbing a house on jackson place when he was interrupted by the elderly home owners. he stabbed the man and took off. white was caught after an investigation that involved the metro police. the list against him is long. abduction carjacking malicious wounding. >>> this man, alexandria police officer peter laboy doesn't -- he's officially retired this morning. 2 1/2 years after he was shot in the head. we have told you about his remarkable recovery after the shooting two years ago. last night alexandria police held a special ceremony to say good-bye. he served with the police department for 18 years. >>> maybe your commute takes you through union station every day. the major hub that serves more than 35 million people a year. that number is expected to double i

long-planned purple line in maryland is a g >> we will be moving forward with the purple line to connect new carrollton and prince george's county to bethesda and montgomery county. >> reporter: and between those points, stops in places like college park and silver spring. on the road side big things just around the corner. >> we are announcing today the investment of nearly $2 billion for improving maryland's highways roads and bridges. >> reporter: for us in the d.c. region, the governor talking about widening parts of 270 and easing congestion adding a new interchange along the beltway at the greenbelt metro station and widening route 404, which leads to you the eastern shore and ocean city, moves applauded by the business community. >> roads in maryland have been a real problem, the brings, the tunnels and so we commend the governor for that big investment. >> reporter: the governor also saying he will fix every structurally deficient bridge in the state. and back here now live in annapolis, now a closer look at the purple line and what it means for places like the capital, crescent trail. that's c

the proposed purple line would connect the bethesda and new carrollton metro stations without having to go through d.c. >>> 6:36. we are learning about a second raccoon attack in fairfax county. a 75-year-old woman was attacked on a path near the south run recreation center in springfield yesterday. police say she stop to take a picture of the raccoon. and that's when it charged her. she was treated at the hospital. that raccoon has not been caught though. sunday, animal control officers captured and killed a rabid raccoon. it bit a man on a leg while he was gardening. for safety tips and how to tell whether an animal might have rabies, head to the nbc washington app. >>> right now, we are tracking your commute after metro's surprise decision to pull dozens of rail cars out of service. this is in fairfax. we have seen the crowds come and go. what you can expect if you're getting ready to catch your train. >>> and a major mess on 95 in maryland. all of this just happened. we have three different crashes. how to get around a seven-mile backup. that is building this morning. that's comi

the maryland transit administration and connects two busy washington suburbs from bethesda to new carrollton. and we're talking about proponents pushing this as a way to ease congestion and bring jobs to the area. on the flip side, taxpayers could be tapped even those who do not use public transit. we'll keep an eye on this. the announcement comes later today, this afternoon at 2:30 and when the governor makes the announcement we'll send it out to you through push alerts inside our nbc washington app. we are live this morning in silver spring. i'm molette green. back to you. >> thanks, molette. >>> time is ticking to hammer out a new deal for the baseball stadium in spotsylvania. lawmakers are trying to decide how to finance it ands yesterday the president of the minor league baseball said it's unlikely that deadline will be extended again. the owner of the suns wants to move the team to virginia but he wants taxpayers to foot a large portion of the bill for the stadium. lawmakers have been wrangling over how to make that happen. >>> new information now after an i-team investigation surround

particular long awaited plan to bring light rail connecting bethesda in montgomery county to new carrollton in prince george's county. we are talking jobs and easing traffic, but it does possibly get taxpayers who don't use public transit to actually help pay for this. now we're going to send out push alerts inside our nbc washington app later today when the governor makes his announcement from annapolis. live this morning in silver spring, back to you. >> thanks molette. >>> today we could see more fireworks on the hill as the office of personnel management's director faces another panel of angry lawmakers. lax cyber security at opm left millions of federal workers' vulnerable last year. katherine archuleta refused to say if the number was as high as 32 million. the committee chairman said, it's time for you to go. >>> a maryland family says they finally received justice after their loved one was killed in drunk driver crash. wilfred olhlo pled guilty to the crash, but he fled to kenya. he was one of the most wanted men, and olhlo made a few mistakes that led to his capture. >> he just rel

a proposed 16-mile route running from new carrollton to bethesda. during his campaign for governor he questioned the high cost of that project. we'll keep you posted. >>> in charlottesville a court hearing is scheduled in the hannah graham case. jesse matthew is charged with murdering the uva student. a trial date could be set and there could also be action regarding a motion filed by defense attorneys. they want the judge assigned to the case replaced. she has a daughter attending uva who attended at least one of the vigils for hannah graham. >>> we're starting off great. temperatures are into the 60s and 70s. we'll see some sunshine but as the day progresses, we're going to see clouds increase. the humidity increase. temperatures into the upper 80s. it's this evening we could have a round of severe weather as a quick move. we'll have lingering showers for friday and saturday looks pretty wet at times. >>> we have an overturned fuel tanker blocking several lanes at club hollow road at elmer school road. emergency crews are making their way to the s

it happened in the new carrollton area. the man also touched a girl in the beltway plaza mall last week. if you want a closer look at the pictures we have posted them on the nbc washington facebook page. >>> the redskins trademark case goes to court today. a group of native americans challenged the trademark last week. in response dan schneider sued the group and the native americans want a judge to dismiss the lawsuit. their appeal starts today, but we won't find out a decision until later this week. >>> coming up on nine after 5:00 on a storm team 4 weather alert day because we're expecting extreme heat and storms today. >> and storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell with our forecast. good morning. >> good morning aaron and eun. could be one of the top three or four or five weather days of the year around here. definitely going to be a cooker out there from a heat and humidity perspective. temperatures now 74, rockville, 77 in college park. 79 at reagan national. so hour by hour planning out your day temperatures mid to up

this man inappropriately touched the girl last week at a cvs store on riverdale road in new carrollton. according to the police, the girl's parents were in the store but in another aisle. >>> the rain is moving out, but not for long. much more on the weather and your top stories today. good morning. i'm eun yang. >> i'm aaron gilchrist. let's see how long not for long is. tom kierein is in the storm team 4 weather center. >> it wounded on our roofs around -- pounded on our roofs at midnight, but it's now crossing the bay. on the eastern shore the little patches of green, light rain between cambridge and easton right now. temperatures are near 70. soaring to the upper 80s. mid 80s for the panhandle of west virginia. maybe low 80s near the pennsylvania border, and near 90 degrees in charles county stafford and spotsylvania and prince william and fauquier and culpepper. right on the bay, it will be in the 80s from annapolis, through eastern cambridge and pax river. chances of afternoon storms all throughout the region from the mountains all the way to the bay with the humidity returning.

. >> in carrollton, illinois streets are badly damaged. thunderstorms pass through new york over the weekend. the one world trade center building was struck by a bolt of lightning. look at that photo that was captured by a photographer with perfect timing. you can see the bolt striking the lightning rod on the top of the skyscraper. >>> a georgia police officer being hailed as a hero this morning for rescuing not one but two people in the same day. we want you to meet nathan earnst. he is a police officer at holly springs. he responded to a 911 about a man that is overdosing on heroin. hi rushed to the scene and gave the man a shot immediately to counteract the defense of the drug. and then two hours later another 911 call this time about a house fire. earnst and another officer jumped into action. >> i had to duck to go inside the house because there was a lot of smoke. >> they are both my hero. >> the the two officers saved two women, a mother, and daughter from that burning home. they don't consider himself a hero he says he was just doing his job. quite a day. >> if

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carrollton, illinois businesses and homes were badly damaged. streets are littered with trees, tile, and pieces of shingles. >>> thunderstorms passed through new york city over the weekend. one world trade building hit by a bolt of lightning. photographer perfect timing. got that shot. that is a perfect shot. you can see it hitting just the top of the skyscraper with the dense gray skies behind it. >> wow. >>> a police officer in georgia is being hailed a hero for rescuing not one but two people in the same day. meet nathan earnst. on saturday he responded to a 911 call about a man over dosing on heroin. he rushed to the scene and gave the man a shot to counteract the shots of the drugs. two hours later another 911 call this time about a house fire. >> i had to duck to go inside the house. there was a lot oversmoke inside. >> we were able to pick miss shirley up and get her outside of the house. >> they are both my hero. >> the officers saved two women a mother and daughter from that home. he does not consider himself a hero he says he was just doing his job. >>> a 92-year-old woman a cancer survivor has conquered a new challenge. meet harriette th