potomac river. department of natural resources is investigating whether o this may be a missing boater from frederick. earlier today the body of another missing boater robert lee was found in frederick. the two men went missing on sunday when their boat over ov turned on a marina maracco is on her way ana will join us with a report as soon as she arrives. now to the masstive bust in d.c. thanks for joining us tonight, i'm shawn yancy and i'm tony perkins. 10 people n are in custody and a seizure of nearly $4 million is off the streets. fox5's teisha lewis joins us us life from police headquarters with this story. teisha. >>reporter: tony and shawn, what an investigation we are are talking about tonight. what type of police work happened here? well, police sas their investigation revealed that payments and proceeds were funneled through personal and also commercial accounts. acc let's talk about this heroin that the folks here were able to cease. we're told that it came from fr india and africa befor

there is that little fog bank happ hanging right over the potomac. there are raindrops from hagerstown south and west of frederick. most are on the north side of the potomac for now, but they may drift into loudoun county and eventually down toward the great falls area. temperatures not too bad. we're in the upper 60s to around 70 degrees right now. next 4 hours look kind of on the cloudy side. no washout, though. a few showers around this morning and there may be a rumble or two of thunder between 2:00 and 5:00. and then drying out as whether he had into your friday evening. saturday will start out a little foggy, but on the dry side. more about the weekend coming up. let's go over to jack taylor, he's working morning. how about the work crews? >> hopefully they are worked hard and should finish up. rock creek parkway at kennedy center, a paving project. you will alternate by. edsall road still blocked from the water main break. you will need to reroute. georgetown pike, an accident yesterday damaged a power pole. it's closed between river bend road

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stadium armory and potomac avenue. prince george's riders, those who use blue, orange or silver lines, you need to consider alternate routes. there is planned track work as well this weekend. that's happening really around the blue line areas. operating between franconia, springfield and arlington cemetery and pentagon. no bus service between arlington and rosalyn. >> more issues for those of you who commute. there will be emergency road repairs on the inner loop of the beltway in prince george's county. this is happening next week. right there. a pothole they're going to fix. it's on a bridge deck near route 450. three of the four lanes will be closed during the repairs. crews going to minimize the impact by working between 9:00 p.m. and 5:00 a.m. >>> a scary story developing out of colorado where sheriffs deputy say a boy was attacked by a mountain lion. a 5-year-old boy was attacked. this happened in pit kin county near aspen. deputies say the boy was playing outside with his brother when the mountain lion jumped on

also no blue trains across the potomac.erned with route 50 and kettleworth corridors. 295 sluggish. we've got an eye on this. we're keeping track of it and let you know if anything changes. that's it for now. back to you. >>> 6:12, we're getting closer to the first rush hour commute under phase 2 of safetr by changes. >> this is what's different about today. trains will not run from eastern market to minnesota avenue and benning road. the potomac avenue and stadium armory stations are closed all together. there's no service on the blue line between arlington cemetery and rosslyn. metro officials say the reduced system simply cannot handle the usual number of riders. >> they are encouraging you to find another way to get to where you need to be today. right now we turn back to news4's david culver at the eastern market station with metro's general manager this morning. david? >> reporter: we've got general manager paul weiedefeld with me. do you think the message has been heeded and warning to find another way to get to work

kayaking on the potomac.rive where we've got a royal blue sky greeting you. there's a live view from the tower camera overlooking northwest washington in the foreground. montgomery county in the distance. all around the region, wrooef got glorious sunshine coming down. great weather to get some exercise. up near 80 degrees today. mid-80s between 3:00 and 5:00 p.m. with the bright sunshine and the low humidity in place throughout the entire day today. a very light breeze out of the north and east. right now around the chesapeake bay, gorgeous for sailing on the bay. enough of a wind there. it's around 70. inland away from the water, low 70s now. mid-70s parts of of virginia. and out on the shenandoah valley, the mountains climbing up into the upper 60s. storm team 4 radar all clear. no rain anywhere from the mountains to the atlantic beaches and the storm four-day forecast showing another gorgeous day on father's day. lots of sunshine. up into the mid-80s tomorrow afternoon. low humidity still in place. still

the potomac avenue and station armory stations are closed. check out the nbc washington app for a full list of shuttles that are available. >>> meanwhile, the potomac yard metro station is inching closer to reality. the alexandria city council has unanimously approved a master plan permit for the proposed station that would go along the blue and yellow lines. design still needs to happen but construction is slated to start in late 2017. the station would open in 2020. >>> maryland's planned purple line has taken another step forward. the group of private companies that will run the light rail line has reached a financial agreement on the $5.6 billion project. neighborhoods along the 16 hl mile route from bethesda to silver spring to new carrollton will change with road developments and trails. while some call what's going to voicing concern. >> i'd lose my job, sally would lose her store. it would effect everybody in this area. >> construction is expected to pick up in the coming months all along the corridor of the planned purple line. if al

the potomac avenue and stadium-armory stations are going to close.l between june 18th and july 3rd. also during this phase, no rail or bus service during peak hours between arlington cemetery and rosslyn. so folks will want to use the yellow line via l'enfant plaza instead. spoke to it a woman this morning, she is going to be impacted. she takes this station. she said she has a plan. what are you going to do? >> i'm going to catch this bus from my home down it union station. >> it's going to take longer. >> it will be longer, but it's safer. so i'm getting tired of getting pushed back inside the train trying to get off. >> reporter: so folks should expect major delays at all orange and silver line stations. there will be a press briefing at 10:30 this morning. we'll hear from metro about how things are going with the program and maybe get some ideas on what folks should do to get to work on time once this second phase gets under way. back to you. >>> well, it lks you are taking advantage of the capital bikeshare program. capital bikeshare had over 89

organized potomac avenue andue and stadium-armory if that's your normal stop those metroetro stationsre closed. clo at 10:00 p.m. no blue line lin service in the evenings and all other trains will runains wu every 20 minutes throughes t midnight at the usual closingalo time. melanie mentioned a lot of different alternatives for you, metrobus, capitols, c bikeshare, eye, lyft, car to go, car pooling withli coworkers. any questions at erin fox5ri d.c. on twitter.nwitt it's a lot of information toti get through a lot more changesug than what weh saw on the firste safe track surge. we got you covered on fox5. back to you in the studio.o >> part of the conversations between orlando shooting suspect omar mateen and police negotiators from inside pulling nightclub will soon be made public. >> this news comes as the city still works to recover from the mass shooting. last night thousands of mourners attended a ceremony honoring the 49 victims. meanwhile the fbi is still investigating how much help, if any, the shooter may have had in planning in carrying out his attack. >> we are talking to e

reagan national at 72 on the cooler waters of the potomac.he waters will be a bit cooler. get in your exercise. do it now between now and noontime. by noon, low to mid-80s, jumping into the upper 80s by 1:00 and the hottest period of the day between 3:00 and 5:00 p.m. hovering in the low to mid-90s and it will be rather humid. your storm team 4 four-day forecast will have the heat a little bit lower on sunday. but still pretty hot. up around 90 degrees on sunday afternoon and a bit blustery, gusting around 30 miles an hour bringing in drier air from the north and west. so hooped# humidity . lots of sunshine. low humidity in place monday. lots of sunshine. morning lows. cool low 60s afternoon highs reaching the mid-80s. getting into tuesday, might get afternoon storms. in fact, possibility of some severe storms so stay tuned with that. storm team 4 will be on top of that, let you know if there are watches or warnings on tuesday late afternoon as temperatures climb into the upper 80s. then on wednesday, should be sunshine in the morning, and ma

brad: two men missing on the potomac river. search is on as maryland's death toll from boating accident rises. at subway, you'll love our mediterranean collection. it'll make anyone's day brighter. my girlfriend and i just broke up. ohh. i need something to make me feel better. ohhh, i just broke up with my boyfriend and i need something to celebrate with. bree? i thought it was mutual. yeahhh. the mediterranean collection. try with chicken or steak. topped with crumbled feta and creamy tzatziki sauce. i feel better. me too! subway. fresh is what we do. alison: of course, summer means for boats on the water. and the chance of boating accidents. but bun simple act can drastically cut down on people who die in local rivers. even the chesapeake bay. maryland bureau chief brad bell is live in point of rocks where two men disappeared this weekend. brad? brad: the simple precaution is to wear a p.f.d. we don't know if the two men out here who are missing were not wearing

both stadium armory and potomac avenue stations are closed. the metro is providing free shuttle bus services to help riders get where they need to go. work crews are fixing sections of rail, replacing and doing other repairs. >> this is the worst experience i've had on metro yet. i didn't expect this and was not understanding it. >> not a super huge inconvenience because it's the weekend. but during the workday is rough. >6ç metro's safety surges will continue into next year. we have a guide for you on how to get around during all this. just search safe track in the nbc washington app. >>> today marks 30 years since the death of len bias. bias was a superstar for the maryland basketball team. he died from a cocaine overdose just two days after he was picked second overall in the nba draft. we spoke with his mother about his death earlier this week. >> we all have a good life and we don't realize we're really in the good life until the nightmare comes. and the nightmare came and here we are 30 years later. >> dr. bias currently traveled around

the crash site in potomac after an emotional interview. >> reporter: the roadside memorial has grown over. parts of it are faded but still vivid is the pain caused by the crash. >> his bedroom is precisely how it was before the crash. >> he had a really strong connection there. >> reporter: painted in the colors of the boston red sox, it reflects his passion for sports. >> he loved his clothes. >> he loved food. he could eat a lot. and sometimes when i'm making like a really good meal i wish he was here to eat with us. he really liked his food. >> reporter: alex's dog fred still lies on a box of letters is unopened. >> i can't open any letters they just keep coming. >> his grass cutting shoes. >> i decided i needed to keep him with us. >> reporter: his ashes sit on a shelf in the family room. a ball cap is a bittersweet reminder of the world series game he attended with his dad. without alex, the household is quiet and packed with reminders of a joy filled life. >> he loved kids. he was a kid. he was. >> reporter: a life that ended way too soon. >> reporter: they'll do something priv

lawrence gray died in a boating accident on the potomac river last weekend.arcy spencer reports gray was known for much more than the upkeep of a school building. >> he was like another brother to me. >> reporter: two former students that placed flags and flowers outside the high school in frederick county to remember a custodian, lawrence gray, who died in a boating accident last .eendke >> he was a lovable person. every time i walked in, he played basketball. he gave me a handshake and a smile. he was one of the greatest people i ever met. >> reporter: they were going to form a band. he plays drums. mr. gray plays bass. >> he was my mentor and means a lot to me. he would do anything for me. that's the type of guy he was. i mean, he would do anything for anybody. >> reporter: hs students. he shared his life experiences and gave life lessons and talked about retiring sometimes soon. gray was 62 years old. he was fishing near point of rock with a friend when their boat capsized on the potomac. both men died. gray's body was recovered miles down the river. five

which is to the potomac. this is part of the route 1 widening project scheduled to be completed some time a late this year, but you can simultaneously see this something of that nature construction zone and one of the firefighters who was here earlier when we arrived on scene said it's possible that some of the construction here may have an impact on some of the drainage that normally would have been happening in this area if it hadn't been disturbed by construction. so a lot of people to answer your question, holy. trying to take back lick road as a cut-through. back to you guys. >>> civil rights leader reverend review rented walter fauntroy is due in court today. the former dc congressional delegate is accused of writing back check for $55,000 back in 2012. he had an outstanding arrest warrant for fraud and failure to appear in court. he was arrested by border patrol officials while clearing customs. the 83-year-old had just stepped off a flight from dubai. >>> former virginia governor bob mcdonald. he thre

the potomac avenue stations are closed as well. erika gonzalez is live at the greenbelt with how commuters are coping with the closures. >> reporter: good morning. here is the greenbelt station. you are going to have buses coming and free express buses from new carrollton to greenbelt in this area. this is phase two. it looks nothing like phase one. this is disruptive for a huge portion of people. you have metro rail that is completely shut off for several days in a stretch of the blue, orange and silver lines you mentioned. this is really difficult for folks in prince george's county. about bringing riders to and from busy new carrollton station. we know the buses cannot handle the volume of people that really need to get to and from work, home, et cetera. it is an extreme situation. that's how county executive put it. so, obviously talking about employees having the discussions with employers to have the possibility to telework the next couple days. this is only day three of this phase. this is more than two weeks worth of work h

this is in potomac yesterday. for ea one, quicken loans donate10 to veterans group.,000 for the charity and the golfer. >>> an area student is one of four high schoolers representing the u.s. in a world chemistry competition in july. world chemistry competition that a high schooler is representing. joyce tian, a senior at thomas jefferson high school in fairfax is on the way to 48th international chemistry olympiad. the competition begins on july 23rd. i can't imagine what they do in the world chemistry olympiaolym. i know she's super smart and we wish her the best. >> lots going on there. >>> right now at 5:00 a.m., metro just opened many experience a new round of safetrack work. >> a number of reporters and traffic experts to make sure you get to work on time. >> i'm aaron gilchrist. >> i'm eun yang. back to 90 degrees for us. >> chuck bell here with our weather headlines. >> inching our way into the summer heat and humidity over the last couple of weeks. today will be noticeably warm back up into the 90s with plenty of sunshine for today. still tracking a chance f

and benning road and there will beil no trains between arlingtonin cemetery and rosslyn.osslyn the potomac avenue and stadium-armory stations aretis closing and there will be no blueline service in d.c., maryland or rosslyn. rslyn that's because this second thise phase of safe track surge number two involves a shutdown v between eastern market andst minnesota avenue benning road.nr we're talking about an impact to 70,000 riders. a lot fewer trains and metrod mo says it needs a 30 percent0 pe reduction in service.n in svice. here's what the gm saidm said yesterday.yester >> we will be providing bus shuttles between the closed cloe it will not be able to handledl this -- the volumes that wethlu normally get on this line so g you do needet to make other plans.pls. >> we're just asking everybodyas toki think about their commutese ahead of time and think aboutbot alternatives. >> this is going to be a tremendous stress on residentses coming into the district.nto clearly the shutdown overhutdow niece next two weeks are goingog to affect prince george's gs county tremendously.s >> reporter: back

crews have pulled the body from the potomac river. we thank you for staying with us, i'm tony perkins and i'm shawn yancy. the department of natural resources is investigating whether this may be a missing boater from frederick. earlier today the body of another missing boater, robert lee was found up in frederick. both men went missing sunday when their boat over turned during a fishing trip. also breaking tonight, polls just closed moments ago in california. the bi tonight's primary contest, rotor in six states. bernie sanders won north dakota hillary clinton is leading in montana and north dakota we now know she has enough delegates over the top to become the democratic party's presumptive nominee. tonight she claimed victory. thanks to you we've reached a milestone. (cheers) for the first time in our nation's history a woman will be a major part. history in the making there. meantime on the republican side, a clean sweep for donald trump. he thanked his supporters tonight. he even reached out to voters who may have been backing be

shuttle service potomac and stadium armory stations completely shut down but shuttle service available there as well. deep in mind as melanie mentioned crowded shuttle buses over hour wait times mixed in the traffic and avoid metro if you can. chose an alternate. arlington cemetery to as land on the blue line no service to d.c., maryland or now also keep in mind if you want to get around that and choose an alternate this morning for tuesday increased metro bus service. fairfax connect ter. v rext e chains. arlington rapid transit all options for you. left offering pool services which whirl reduce prices for you for taking a more lengthy commute. capital bike share if you want to keep it healthy and hitting the roads now 4:36, things are quiet across the board marylan maryland, 29, 295, 50 in both dreks and same story in virginia not usual congestion develop in stafford. any questions with alternates. @erin "fox5" do on twitter. back to you mike. >> busy day on the roads. it will be a busy day in the weather department as well more so than the last couple days. spoiled with the great we

crash activity police letting us nou know 395 at potomac watch for caution and delays there.e track underway. silver tracking orange and silver line east falls to boston. steve and allison. >> coming up next deadly apartment fire in the city of fairfax. >> plus checking with the sports junkies off their epic trick to las vegas. what can they t morning line is next okay, ready? whoa! [ explosion ] nothing should get in the way of the things you love. ♪ only from xfinity. >> just talking about prince. it would have been 58th birthday today. 6:30 writing now new dmv. live look outside. welcome back to "fox5 news morning" and first now overnight apartment fire levers one elderly man dead in fairfax city,al drive and they're signaturesing more than 20 other residents of that darment and no word on a cause. >> more that a dozen metro riders are recovering after a pickup truck everybody everybody swerved and crashed in a treech the driver of the bution suffered serious injuries and they planned to ticket the driver. d.c. mayor bowser wail announce a deal reach increase

of the potomac in through parts of northern virginia. that's why we had that flash flood watch in effect right on through we could see 1, 2, 3 inches of rain as we move on through the rest of the night all because of a very strong system in the great lakes. this system moving through lake erie. high winds, heavy rain, hail. low tornado risk. we have a risk of tornados, but it is a low risk. by 8:00 in about the next hour, these will be in leesburg right around manassas. this is the line coming through manassas and coming through gaithersburg and d.c. right around 8:30 and 9:00. you have between now and 8:30 to get ready. i bet that's the line -- i bet if i go back here, it is going to be the whole line. let's see if this pops up. right there the severe thunderstorm warning in effect for areas this is also around the warren county area, page county, shenandoah, rockingham county. this is going to continue to move in our way. as it does. we'll see those winds pick up. those winds will pick up upwards of 40, 50, 60 miles an hour. this one g

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stadium armory and potomac avenue. prince george's county commuters will notice a major impact.passengers that use blue, orange or silver lines are urged to consider alternate ways of getting around. and on top of safetrack, there will be track work this weekend on metro. blue line trains will only operate between franconia, springfield and arlington cemetery and pentagon. the good news is red, yellow and green line trains will operate on a regular weekend schedule. >>> the time is 4:31. we have rain and showers lingering this morning. amelia segmea is this going to work into the morning commute? >> showers around for the morning commute but for the most part very light in nature. grab the umbrella heading out this morning. know if your windshield wipers are on, headlines needs to be we dry out and increasing sunshine. overall a nice friday. a spectacular weekend and very little rain chances over the next seven days. right now 67 degrees. we'll find ourselves in the 60s throughout the morning hours. scattered showers through 7:00 a.m. 9:00 a.m., the majority of rain south of was

families are holding outut hope that rescue crews will find two fish men who went missing on the potomac. the bad weather interfered withh search efforts. marina maracco was in frederick county with the latest. reporter roar it's been a long day for search and rescue teams who had to holt their efforts al strong storms roled int througn the area. tonight they go home and the fish men are still missing.issi a search and rescue effort underway for two missingissi fishermen who sunday morning. they spent a little time outme this morning and then they were supposed to come backn. they were hoping to be back on land around 10 in the morning.ng instead one of the men was seen clinging onto a tree and another in the water, their boat sized. the boat is in good shape. the boat was recovered, but thee men are still missing. he's been fishing all his life.l my brother-in-law, that was his passing. the recent storms have stirred conditions and intense currents have made it difficult for dive teams to get in the water. he's been to the potomac quite a few times, but i'm not really sure that he knows

live view from the storm team 4 city camera overlooking the potomac river.orm team 4 radar not showing showers around the rarea. a small shower coming in, and perhaps an evening c(,u thundershower. hottest evening of the year so far. look how hot it could be and a chance for rain and a look ahead in the next few minutes. >> thanks, tom. >>> and a homicide that happened week, neighbors packed a gym in alexandria to talk with police. they're worried there may be retaliation, even more violence after a 28-year-old was shot and killed on wednesday. last night's meeting took place just a few blocks from where that shooting happened. >> how can we make a difference? sort of at the ballot but also to help enable you do your job? >> alexandria police say they're making progress but calling on witnesses to reach out. they want to hear from you. this is alexandria's fifth homicide this year. >>> and from the opioid fentanyl jumped significantly in the past year. 340 people died from fentanyl overdoses in 2015. that is an 83% jump from the year before. in just the past

" potomac watch columnist, the author of the new book "intimidation game." cited some examples of how you think free speech is being under attack. give us a couple. >> so, the book goes through a number of examples where you are seeing the same thing happen again, this strategy, and the same tactics that are being used sometimes by the same people on the left to silence and intimidate their conservative opposition into getting out of the political debate. you saw it in the irs. you saw it up in wisconsin where prosecutor went after 30 conservative groups that had supported scott walker's government reforms. you've seen it against conservative donors. you've seen it in attacks by liberal activist groups against corporations and free market think tanks that want to be in politics. >> so how does it manifest itself? is this the use of prosecutorial power? is that what you're saying? i guess in the irs case, it was targeting tax exempt groups for additional scrutiny of their bona fides as a tax exempt group. but the democrats would say look, the irs also went af

montgomery fire and rescue pulled the body out of the potomac river around 9:30. officials say a hiker noticed the body near great falls. >>> and today a jury could reach a verdict in a rape case in d.c.'s capitol hill neighborhood. 21-year-old antoine pitt is accused of sexually assaulting a woman last october. he was leased two weeks before the attack. he had cut off his gps ankle monitor. >>> thanks to you we've reached a milestone. >> thank you all! the struggle continues! >> i'm going to fight for you, like nobody has ever fought before. >> here we are stronger than ever. let's go out and make that case to america. thank you! god bless you! and god bless the united states! >>> breaking developments just in for decision 2016, nbc news is projecting hillary clinton the winner of california's democratic primary. 66% of the votes are in and clinton is leading 56% to 43%. results in overnight gave bernie sanders a win in montana. he also took the north dakota democratic primary. clinton won in south dakota, new mexico and new jersey. now clinton says the real race

orkw >> two fishermen go missing on the potomac. the latest on their search. sea get ready commuters, tomorrow is the first workday with metro'seo new safe track plan in place. fox5 news at 0 starts right n apparently we're in the presence of royalty tonightmiss districts miss usa. >> awesome. just crowned. that was great to watch. and come visit us here at fox5. > we'd love to have her. i'm jim lokay and i'm lauren demarco. we want to start with the storme in our area this afternoon. we were mostly spared from extreme severe weather, no tornadoes or damaging hail.ail one spot the whether did causeae problems however was here along brink road in gaithersburg whera falling trees brought downpour lines. gwen is standing by with the latest on the forecast.orec the storms today had the had potential to be a about itout worse. >> they absolutely did because b the storm prediction center hadd us under an enhanced risk of weather. we were watching the possibility of an isolated tornado, couldn't half ruled it out. fortunately we didn't have tidwell with that.tidw we

we have light showers just about to cross the potomac coming into washington on the eastern and northern suburbs over the next hour. father's day weekend outlook coming right up. >>> thank you, tom. we will want to start things off with a warning. we're about to show you a video from a brutal attack that is graphic. in fact, we can't show you parts of it because it is so upsetting. the man behind this attack is going to prison for 15 years. halen miller punched, kicked and repeatedly stomped on juan gentlem velasquez and his wife two years ago. >> whatever he said, i don't know if he really felt something or if he was really sorry. >> he never showed that he cared. he never looked at us, he would try to ignore us. >> at his trial miller apologized to velasquez saying he was 19 years old then and now at 21 that he has truly changed. >>> today is the first day of a state senator's trial. senator norman mcalister is facing charges for sexual assault. a woman said he forced sex on her in an apartment he shared with other lawmakers. but the senator says he's incident. five lawmakers could tes

stadium-armory and potomac avenue. prince george's county commuters will notice a major impact with all of this and also those traveling on the blue, orange and silver lines should probably consider alternate travel during that work period. you can find all the details about phase two of the surge on the nbc washington app, just search safetrack. and we'll live stream the press conference at morning. >>> it is a sad morning for the family of the toddler who died in disney world. 2-year-old lane graves was found dead in the water near a disney world resort. an gaet attacked and krag dragged him off. >>> also the orange county medical examiner will perform an autopsy to find out whether he drowned or whether the gaet killed him. they caught and examined five different alligators all without evidence of any attack. at disney there, are signs that say no swim willimingswimming, about alligators. some are concerning people are feed being the alley gate tors. >> anything small and moving next to the wall or at the edge of th

because it's the first operating station for passengers taking a shuttle around safe track shutdowns at potomac avenue. ellen brian road the shuttle this morning as they tried to get to work. >> reporter: it took us 24 minutes to get from benning road to eastern market. but once we got to that metro stop, it was closed. just off of metro bus, riders were upset to see the dc fire department caution tape blocking wednesday morning. >> take the train. with the bus it's late. >> the bus was late too. >> reporter: is this frustrating to you guys? >> yes. >> reporter: the hold up, an arcing insulator in the working zone area. the problem didn't reach the rail service but did keep some people from getting to work on the time. >> there's going to be a delay one way or the other. it is what it is. it's metra. >> reporter: on the shuttle bus, the same tone. >> it was kind of hard this morning. just trying to get to work. >> reporter: they directed buses to another stop closer to downtown, like federal center southwest. >> this ain't worth it sometimes. it takes too long. too long of a ride. >> reporter:

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this year's theme is pirates on the potomac. we have a lot of fun pirate things down your end. >> i can see. >> a treasure chest. >> booty. >> lots of booty. we have every kid that comes will get like a bandanna when they're visit us and staying overnight and the eye patch to be like a pirate. we have a morning breakfast experience that's absolutely phenomenal. you can actually interact with pirates. they're going to be doing games with you, learning how to talk like a pirate. there's a lot of different fun things. scavenger hunts and more. >> fantastic. you're going to be cooking up at the sports bar and grill? >> this is offered at pastime sports bar. we have three different burgers we're showcasing through the entire summer. today here we've put the other two together here but we're going to cook the sea treasure. >> that's what's called? sea treasure? >> yes. >> have. it's a little bit of cream cheese and some old bay. there's a little thickener in it and some fresh crabmeat. i have more crabmeat here. i'll take it over the

and earlier flooding we were talking about has cleared and skeept forsafe track two slowing us down potomactadium and armory. >> coming up on "fox5 news morning" ongoing struggle for autonomy struggles. i tent on changing laws. >> and they do not have authority to establish rules for tracking. >> a look across the d.c. region, time now 5:6. just turned 5:27 as i was speaking. fox news morning back after this ♪ ♪ >> today city schools willing tractor-trailered for lead. >> and after years of criticism obamacare leaders in the house are expected to reveal their version of healthcare for the country. >>> and control of d.c.. several members of congress are working to roll back a number of anti-gun laws in the district. fox news morning starts right now. >> good morning to you thank you very much for waking up us with i'm wisdom martin. >> i'm holly morris. >> today is wednesday, june 22. >> two other members of our team are here area ready to government michael thomas and erin como warm and traffic in a moment. off the top this morning 5:30 district taking major steps to ensure the drinking wa

and special marine warnings along the tidal potomac and just a serious blast of wind. rain showers are now mixing down the high speed winds from aloft, so winds could easily gust to near 60 miles per hour as this ribbon of rain showers goes on through. down to our south and west from about manassas southwestward to the shenandoah no rain at all for today. current temperatures 73 washington, but look how much cooler it is 61 in frederick, maryland, behind that rain shower. we'll talk temperatures and how cold it will be tonight coming up in a few minutes. >>> chuck, thank you. maryland's natural resources police have identified the body of a man pulled from the potomac river near great falls last night. identified as 62-year-old lawrence gray jr. they say he is the second victim in a boating accident. this marks the fifth boating death of the year. >>> today, a jury could reach a verdict in a rape case in d.c.'s capitol hill neighborhood. 21-year-old antwon pitt is accused of sexually assaulting a young mother inside her southeast d.c. home last two weeks before the att

>> we do know there's an air florida 737 jet crashed into the potomac river. >> panzer and his sound man make a u-turn and slip and slide their way back to the 14th street bridge which has two spans, one heading south from d.c. into virginia, the other heading north from virginia into d.c. by the time the crew gets there and unloads their gear a united states park police rescue chopper eagle one is already on the scene. it's been about 20 minutes since the plane crashed. panzer quickly aims his camera at the water and catches the rescue of flight attendant kelly duncan. >> her dress is all ripped and her stockings and she's hanging on for dear life. >> panzer shoots several minutes of riveting footage. the improbable rescue of five survivors in 34-degree waters. it's a shocking end to a flight that was in the air for only 30 seconds. >> the whole deal was like a bad dream. >> at the time, joe stiley is a private pilot and flight instructor and an executive with telecom gint gte, a seasoned traveler. he's on his way to tampa with co-worker nicky feltch. the plane arrives in d.c. from

reporting in potomac, i'm kevin lewis. back to you.ichelle: maryland governor larry hogan plans to honor the waterman two rescued more than 20 people from capsized boat. the group was on a field trip near bloodsworth island when they truck something underwater and slapping. jeremy shockly of toddville an scene and pulled everyone on to their fishing boat. governor plans to honor shockly with a citation for his life-saving actions. jonathan: a former pilot is safe after being at sea for 20 hours. he fell out of his boat in the gulf of mexico and he wasn't wearing a life jacket. the coast guard rescued him 17 miles off the florida coast. he was doing fine after the ordeal. he said he was in the process of grabbing a fishing pole while the boat was in gear. that is when he went in the drink. michelle: coming up at 4:00 -- starbucks deals. what and when to buy to save a buck. things you might want to buy somewhere else. jonathan: firsts, did you see disney released a version of "finding nemo" told in emojis? part of the ramp-up in the seek

this includes poolsville to potomac area.s is moving toward the east and around 35-mile-per-hour. the other storm we had across southern maryland is moving across the by a. warning has come down for that storm. chesapeake beach, conditions will improve in the next half hour or so. this is until 5:30. the height of the storm are now beginning to shrink to 20,000, 25,000 feet high. tomorrow, it will get better around here. lower humidity and the middle to the upper look at the quicken loans national at congressional, thursday, friday and upcoming weekend. we have temperatures in the lower 80's for the weekend. and moving in the middle 80's for the end of the weekend. give you a new update. this is northwestern prince william for loudoun and fauquier county. this is until 5:45. potential for golfball size hail. take control of the computer. this is just coming in and moving toward the southeast. at 25 miles per hour. we have the potential for golfball size hail but report of the wind gusts in upward of 70 miles pe to dulles inte

it is only been 80 years since he launched the aerodrome before it plunged into the potomac. amazing achievements tell us something even more important about ourselves on earth. the home at has been a reach for the unknown. for three and a half centuries, it has been explorers and inventors. all was searching for something new. across the continent, across the solar system and across the front tears of science. , beyondiers of science the boundaries of the human mind. confined in these walls and windows are the projects of american men and women. there's nothing more american than saying if you don't succeed, try again. it has learned americans from our beginnings and shaped and molded our society and our people. gertrude stein once wrote there is more space where nobody is then where anybody is. this is what makes america what it is. indeed, the impact of the unknown has left a permanent mark on the american character. in the early 17th century, a few fragile vessels and the mayflower in 1620. they sailed across 3000 miles of unfriendly sea. the passengers and crew knew far

stadium armory and potomac avenue stations are closed. virginia there are no trains from rosalind to arlington cemetery on the blue line. and attorneys will make closing arguments in a few hours in case against officer goodson. he was the baltimore officer driving the police van when freddie gray suffered his fatal injuries. goodson elected for bench trial meaning the judge will decide you can get more news, traffic and weather updates on newschanel 8 right now. hope you have a great ♪ >>> can you imagine -- they would have dressed if they knew were here. they did. our ladies sneaking in as their fans are binge-watch the hit show. some fun, isn't it? >> i think we're fans, too, i'm so excited to speak with them. i got to go to litchfield last year. i had to don the orange suit. >>> but we got social supertalk kerby rosanes. he's been here working on a new creation all morning for us. so, kerby, started doing what you're doing. >> i started -- i started drawing professionally two years ago. yeah, and apparently the type of art i was doing

mary's county, that heavy thunderstorm will cross the potomac in short order.nother chance for storms later on today. now it's traffic time, jack taylor with our number one partner in traffic, wtop. >>> thank you, sir. as we always say in washington, rush hour, that's what we've got. 95, georgia avenue, inner loop branch avenue, heavier up towards tysons. edsall road remains closed between south van dorn and south whiting street. so plan ahead. back in to you. >>> big heads up for anyone in the alexandria area this morning where a massive water main break is still under repair. how it could impact your commute and when crews hope to have things patched up. >>> and we head back to capitol hill where a demonstration by democrats on gun control is still undewr ay woman: i have a masurprise for you.are you? man: you have a surprise for me? narrator: at dominion, 1 in 5 new hires is a veteran. and when they're away, they miss out on a lot. but they won't miss out on financial support. because we cover any difference between their military pay and their dominion sala

. >> reporter: while destiny received a scholarship to potomac state in west virginia, she says she's still working to save money for books and other essentials the scholarship won't cover. if you'd like to help go to the nbc washington app and search college. in the district, mark segraves, news 4. >>> arrests outside the nr awhile sales of semiautomatic rifles are going up. some people are reacting very differently to the mass shooting in orlando. >>> i'm consumer reporter susan his story following a young actor's death that could be linked to the recalled vehicles and why it has consumers outraged. >>> still dealing with severe thunderstorms in our area. i'll bring you the very latest on today in our next severe weather threat coming up in just about ten minutes. >>> a home screen of your washington app to weather and watch our live radar. we're coming right back on news 4 at 5:00. okawhoa!ady? [ explosion ] nothing should get in the way of the things you love. ♪ get america's fastest internet. only from xfinity. >>> it has been a wild afternoon. the lightning strikes

gray and lee capsizing yesterday morning in quickly rising waters on the potomac. witnesses spotting at least one of them clinging to a tree. searchers finding their small boat. and gri, they are battle -- lee and gray, they are battling the swollen potomac. >> it's running rough and high. brad: natural resources lieutenant says that means no search sides or sonar use. it was a tragic weekend on the maryland waterways. on the south river, firefighters recovering the body of a man who jumped off a moving rented boat to retrieve a hat saturday evening. he left the boat in gear with his wife and children on board unable to stop and turn around. prompting reminder tonight about the value of life jackets. >> now tomorrow, the search will be out here again. it will be a surface search. they are hoping that the river going down will make a difference. i want to show you something. a simple difference between life and death on the water can be that. putting on a personal flotation device. at 5:00 i will share you the statistic that proves this to be true. point of rocks, b

t conquering the potomac rivertomr the same way they conqueredy coe their disabilities every day. from thewt commotion of the district, lie the serene oasis. >> surrounded by rushing white water. >> ♪ >> and all i can see are rocks s and >> ♪ >>> and there's no sign of human civilization. >> ♪ >>> i can completely forget fge that i'm 15 minutes away fromm metro buses and traffic and politicians and everythingd even that's going on in the city. >> ♪>> >> reporter: it is wellter: iisw worth the trek a haven for paddlers in a metropolis full of pedalers.ers. >> coming to the river was aivas place to release that stress.tr what a venue that we have inweav the washington, d.c. area.rea. this river. r this is world class white w water. >> reporter: some come here tor: escape.sc >> get clear of that rock island. >> reporter: others come to train. but the paddlers o runner come here to heal. to h >> kayak means work boat.kt. and so the work our kayak doess helps with health healing andhed purpose. >> reporter: joe morini started team river runner or12r2 years ago.ars a >> be a little bit

is on the south branch of the potomac river, not where i was born but where my dad was born. all my ancestors back 250 years on all sides of my family lived within a 30-mile radius of where i was born. i have a very stable and old and free black family. but the people i grew up with were poor white people. were working class white people. - right. - so i know that the patterns of behaviour that stem from structural poverty are colour-blind. - irregardless of race. - if we ever get the poor people in this country to realize that they have more in common with each other. - [evan] yup. - and that demagogues, they can resist the siren call of demagogues who make them think that their poverty is the result of the conspiracy of 12 rabbis who rule the world or all the black people or mexicans coming across the border. - rapists. - yeah or 1.6 billion muslims - right. - if they can resist that siren call. - yeah. - of evil and realize that what appears to be far too often in this country, attributable to race, is really an economic problem. - right. - and forge alliances, they could

that's going to be tracking south and east along the potomac. the big story today, though, is that heat. we also have an air quality alert today. poor air quality this afternoon. if you have a heart or respiratory ailment stay inside. otherwise, if you have to be out, reduce outdoor activity, drink plenty of water, wear sun block. up in the low to mid-90s mid-afternoon. this evening, a passing thunder shower, small chance of that. mid-70s by dawn sunday. tomorrow, blustery winds, sunshine, lower humidity, up near 90'sand high in the mid-80s monday. the rest of the week ahead, storm team 4 seven-day outlook tuesday, wednesday and thursday, chance of thundershowers. on friday, sunshine back, and a little less humid with highs right around 80. that's the way it looks, david. >> tom, thanks. >>> and we are back this saturday morning, june 11th, 20 2016. we are joined by a fantastic crowd on rockefeller plaza. >> this is a lively bunch. >> we have a valedictorian behind us. still to come in this half hour of "today," an amazing day for a group of new

two stations in the district will close, stadium-armory and potomac who use the blue, orange or silver lines are being urged to consider alternate ways of getting around. >> it will double the length of my commute, probably, ÷yeasily. it has to be done and it should have been done a long time ago. >> the closures for phase 2 are set to last for 16 days. >> also track work on metro, and blue line trains will only operate between francona and springfield and arlington cemetery and pentagon. red, yellow and green-line trains will operate on a regular weekend schedule. check out the nbc washington app for a list of stations impacted by the changes. >>> redskins sweat shirts and everything with the logo or name on it is banned at a well-known school here in the district. the student the dress code, and the mascot is offensive to the values of the community is what was said. >> if you are making plans to see the skins at training camp, you have changes to expect this year. and there's a brand-new video board you can see more of everything. there's a new timed obstacle cour course, and when a