no big problems. 66 inbound from manassas to the beltway nothing in your way. if you're heading westbound. 95 northbound and southbound also rolling along pretty nicely. if you're heading to the beach soproblems on the bay bridge might good to know if you're leaving early this morning. prince george's county everything is rolling along quite well. >>> chances are you weren't f around the -- we are talking about the lunar landing. >> maybe you were. >> a lot of people probably were. we will tell you about the stuff going on ts weekend. honey, this gig-speed internet is ridiculously fast. we are seriously keeping up with the joneses. keeping up with the ford's. keeping up with the garcia's. the romeros. patels. the wahh-the-wahh wolanske's. right. no one is going to have internet like this. xfinity makes keeping up with the joneses sile. easy. awesome. want gig-speed internet? we've got you covered. or check out our other amazing speed options at new low price. get started now for as low as $29.99 a month. call, click or visit a store today. ha locally-owned nove

. > maryland is considering a major change to add tolls to i-270 the beltway. >> the state has agreed to conduct a more detailed review of a plan that recommends sending express lanes on virginia's portion of the beltway as well. "news4 today" megan mcgrath is live on the beltway th morning with more on the story. >> reporter: good morning. we are traveli along the express lanes here on 495 in virginia. take a live look here. now, the plan is to expand these toll lanes into maryland. the question,thugh -- in order to ease congestion but the question is how best to do that. another proposal has now been put forth by montgomery county in term of the transportation plaers to look at. our news partner wtop is reporting that m-dot will review a plan byontgomery county that would extend the 495 express lanes in virginia over a rebuild american legion brge into montgomery county. those toll lanes would then go up 270 to gaithersburg and would join the icc where traffic could then connect with 95. now this is not a done deal yet. maryland state transportation officials are going to take a clo

inner loop, outer loop of the beltway, no major problems. erville eastbound before 28 disabled vehicle on the right side. 270 looks od. so does 95 in maryland. eun? >> melissa, thank you. breaking overnight, new concerns about the treatment of migrant children at u.s. border facilities. nbc news is reporting tmet govern caseworkers who spoke directly with children in an uaizona facility have been instances of sex assault and retaliation for complaints. a 15-year-old girl from honduras says an officer groped her and a 16-year-old from guatemala says after complaining about the food and water his mat was taken from him and he was forced toleep on the floor. u.s. customs and border protection has pushed back on suchreports calling them bstantiated and says th all officers treat people with dignity and respect. >>> now to the prince georges county police department. officers are being told not to cooperate with i.c.e. to enforce civil deportation orders. >> news 4 megan mcgrath isive at the prince georges county police headquarters with more on t

top of the beltway, outer loopw at nempshire avenue where megan fj is wiitzgerald is ther. we e getting by one ride of the road. meagan, how are things looking at this point? this is a crash investigation. >> reporter: part of theood news this morning it does look like traffic is just now starting to me along the westbound lane of ther outeop before university avenue because according to maryland state police, the backup is miles. now to give you an idea of whatt happened ou here. we got chopper 4 flying above herto help give youome tisuals of what is happening here. y tell us that it was just 4 before00 this morning when a vehle going down the westbounep. lane othe outer loo here somehow lost control of its vehicle and c ishingto the wall.rails and the they being hushed to the hospital. o word on where ythat person lost control but we know one vehicle involved in the crash and that person taken to the hospital and their condition unknown. the good news it looks like traffic is just now starting to move along. melissa, back to you. i know you're monitoring a lot of other iss

inner loop and outer loop to the beltway looking okay. >>> back to the breaking news we have been following this morning. d.c. police released this image of a possible suspect in the deadlyhooting of an 11-year-old boy. karon brown was shot in southeast last night and died at tathe hospi police hope somebody will recognize the man you see here. he is one of several people that police areearching for this morning. >>> we have team coverage on the investigation now. >> lt's begin with news4 justin finch who is live in southeast washington. a sad story all around, justin. >> reporter: truly. just a sad and awful story, indeed. you might imagine, there are so mand questions this morning why police are looking to the public to help them findnswer and hopefully the suspects too. they want to solve this case that left an 11-year-old boy ron brown dead. this allse happened clo to 7:00 last night in the area of the 2700 block of nayl road in the southeast not far from alabama avenue. a pretty busy area where mayor bowser said there were other children last night. police say this shooting wa preceded

>> three issues on the beltway and two on 270. inner loop after connecticut avenue where justin was is a major mess for a lot of people.a we a lot of other issues too. also this one the other s uationouter loop after new hampshire avenue is shut down so that entire closure right now, because of a crash on investigati take a look at 270. ride is shut down. overturned tractor-trailer and fuel spill there so that wcl se some delays even as you're heading southbound, people looking in the northbound lanes and wondering what is going on. oe cleanup could take sometime. here is anothere. good morning, chuck. >> good morning, melissa. >>> four thing you need to know about the weather. a wet start this morning and shower are likely to linger into the afternoon. so much cooler. a little christmas in july present almost. sunshine back tomorrow and hang around the rest of the week. get through a rainy tuesday but with temperature in e 70s today. compared to 96 yesterday and 99 the day before that, 70s wl feel almost chilly. with the raindrops

the beltway collapsed twice this year and plenty of delays there and especially in the afternoon.the work continues at this pace, things are set to be back to normal soon. >>> the president of the fairfax county naacp resigned.ed po on facebook while others are promoted to dedicating equity i no longer believe the overall culture nate of the naacp prior ties the schoo. he also said his resignation is linked to his former nfrontation with the former president. sent a series of angry text messages after she had he was too confrontational when dealing with police. >>> virginia marks 400 years since the settlement of jamestown. the colony considered the first democracy. one of t attendees today is president trump. earlier this month a group of virginia democratsvowed to boycott the event if the attended. state lawmakers accuse the president of using, quote, racist and zion phobic. trump first tweeted that a group of minority female congresswomen should go back where they came from. t dn he blamedecade of trouble in baltimore city on congressman elijah cummings. >>> this morning, we ar

elsewhere outside the beltway, we have got temperatures in the mid-50s.ou may need a jacket early this morning but it's gorgeous out there. you'll need the sunglasses 100%o take a look. shenandoah valley those temperatures are in the 50s. temperates in the 60s and 70s. still a little bit of a crisp start out there this morning because humidity is on the low temperatures are able to fall last night under clear size. now we take them on back up into the mid to upper 80s. you may be encountering a few sunine delays for the morning commute and also evening commute but a beautiful walk to work if you're doing that or riding the be to work outdoor lunch perfect condition and exercise, great to get out right nowif you n. let's talk about the heat and humidity. it is coming. it will be filling in overnight. h hot will it get? show you that coming up. first, the road with melissa. >> good nmorni inner loop near 50 finding chopper 4 is finding as far as a vehicle fire, fedex truck on th de of the road and perhaps brake issue and they had to pull over but not seeing

we go up to the toll road. beltway outer loop and inner loop dozen any big issues. >>> "friends" fans have a chance to go in to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the show's debut. >> some people wil down in history with that show. >> warner brothers is setting up a- pop entertainment experience in manhattan's soho district starting in septembly and on month. fans can explore the show through set re-creation and props and costumes andou cost 30 bucks to visit and advanced tickets are required. >> i have an onunpopular opini about that show. >> it's still on tv. it didn't do it for me. >> i'm with you on that. >>> manys iconic athlete have graced the boxes of cereal boxes will you few to say they havth ir own cereal. >> one can count this another win. check out ovpos? alex ovechkin, can you imagine eating your own cereal and staring at your face on the box? it will come to stores closer to the hockey season.s cereal i a sweetened westbound toasted and everybody needs a individual box in my house. we are big cap fans. >>>

the crash was caused by a wrong way driver on the beltway. the wrong way driver was migued go mical and they say alcohol with was a factor in the crash. >>is morning, the search is on for a gunman who injured three passengers in northeast washington. police say it happened friday night in the brookhoand neighborod. the driver was on 17th and otis place when he was shot. ahe is expected to be ok the passengers were injured by flying glass in the car but they were not taken to the hospital. no arrests were made. >>> you may in the doors opening faster on the red line because they switched to automatic door e eration over the weekend. metro official hasted the system and trained operators. they plan to start operation on the other lines later this year and operators will continue to manually close the doors at all times. 2> at noon today a stretch of route in fauquier county will close and impact the northbound lanes from riley v road tonce hill road. they plan to remove hill that make it hard to see the traffic lights. southbound lanes will not

outer loop after new hampshire avenue shup down at the of the beltway. a crh investigation this morning. at this point, what we know single vehicle crash, somebody was trapped and they got that person transported into the eyspital and now ave shut the beltway down for that investigation. alsote outer loop a old georgetown road downed tree crowding the rig t lane and problems on 270 northbound before 109. ride is blocked overtned tractor-trailer and fuel spill. southbound lanes at father hurley. la are open there right now but the response causing some delays. chuck, are you as busy as i am this morning? >> why, yes, i am. i'm tracking rained. not severe wther, that is the good news. whave been ablet get ou ourselvesut of weather alert mode. ayhigh impact of the weather on your plans tod in the form of raindrops. no severe weather and no flooding expected and no craziness from the weather department. plain old quiet cloudy cool rainy day. it will feel nice to spend time outdoors today. 70 degrees with off and on rain showers and northwesterly wind and clou

. >>> a deadly crash is slowing traffic on the beltway. we're tracking the latest on the cleanup. >>> dueling really lietz wntown. far right groups stage a freedom of speech demonstration. they were outnumbered by counterprotesters. >>> jeffery epstein gets put in handcufck after landing ba in the united states. more on how this case went from a controversial plea deal to new child sex trficking charges. >>> got a lot going on on this sunday mornings. i'm adam t >> i'm meagan fitzgerald. we are probably seeing another day like yesterday. >> yeah. >> it's going to be hot, hot, and even hotter. so, lauryn ricketts, when can wet get some relief around here? >> i think that's coming lat tomorrow, guys, and into tuesday. y.d wednesda but it's going to be hot around the area. maybe just not quite as humid. it will definitely be on thee. drier sid but we are dry right now. for now, i mean, it feels steamy when you walk out there. let's take a look outside. we have got the cloud cover and that's the way it's going to be today. not the best pool day

in montgomery county, the work means that some lanes are going to have toede clos and at times the beltwayill shut down completely in both directions. take a look at the map here, you can get an idea for the area we're talking about, this work is going to be happening on both the inner and outer loops of the beltway between georgia avenue and connecticut avenue. they're installing structural seal over the beltway, the work begins on sunday night. and here's how it's going to happen, at 9:00 at night, one lane will be closed. at 10:00, two lanes will close, 11:00, they will shut down three lanes. and then total closures of up to 15 minutes will ppen as needed between midnight and 4:00 a.m., the work is going to be happening sundays through thursdays. all lanes should reopen by 5:00 a.m. in the morning in time for rush hour. now, the work should be completed by the middle of august. things will getoack toal then, it all begins staunting this sy at 9:00. back to you. >>> the kennedy center announced its 2019 class of honorees. the list includes linda ronstadt and earth, wind & fire. ♪ >> the

inner loop, outer loop of the beltway looking nice this morning. adensburg, water main break blocking bohe lanes eastd that is still around this morning. as you look at the bottom of the beltway, everything into and out of town branch avenue pennsylvania avenue, indian head highway no issues there. also looking good at 66 and 95 in maryland. eun? >> melissa, thank you. >>> it's 5:1 if you're trying to eat healthfully when you're eating out, you may want to pick something off the menu that's low in calories. >> even those options can wreck your diet. coming up, we'll help you figure out how to help you avoid the menu minefield. >>> check out en this afternoon. it airs at 3:00 p.m. on nbc 4 and we invite you to stick around for news 4 at 4. we'll get you through the news rnock this afn. just about 5:20. we will be right back. >> announcer: you're watching ws 4 today." >>> welcome back at 5:23. if you have been out to eat recently at a chain restaurant, you have probably seen this calorie counnext to the items on the menu. this happened to me at dheese

rest of the beltway is okay. ber to listen wtop 103.5 fm r when you hop can your caday. >>> molette green is live in rockville town square with details on the summer happenings there in the square. good morning. >> reporter: we are creating. i tried the wheel earlier in the hour. i wanted to get up and walk around and see what my classmates have been doing with their crea franco over here is very proud of these two little bowls. you proud? >> yep. >> ed yep. okay. as we walk down, this class is ee and it's somethingor you to do this summer and ryan here has been very patient with me. k r. t sno, justi artkidding. ha ha! the fun part is wrecking it like in the movie "ghost." re you okay? >> i'm perfectly fine with that. >> see what i did? you do this in class too. let's talk to the executive director of this art about all that is offered over the summer here. alice, we have ethis guitar in the middle of us. >> these are activities in rockville town square. there is salsa dancing also happening and check it out at r

rest of the beltway looking pretty good. volume not so bad here this morning on they. wa zooming in. southbound third street tunnel after new york avenue a crash in the middle of the road so that will slow you down a little bit. 60 miles per hour onceou get by the hershey truck on 270. remember to listen to wtop when you hop in your car today 103.5 fm. >>> four things to know. litary officials say 16 u.s. marines are accused of illegal activities ranging from drug-related oenses to human smuggling. they were arrested yesterday at camp ndleton incalifornia. nbc news will have more on the "today" show. haimswacdn masre ofar another crime. pushing a pregnant woman on a sidewalk. michael hilliaswa eael r custodp sheet and he is in court next month. >>> a massive house fire in anne arundel county. flames engulfed a two-storiy ho home last ynight in loathian. stay with us for the latest. >>> woodstk's 50 anniversary could be in maryland rather than new york. they are trying to bring the event there because new york turned it down. more details on the fallout in new york in th

capito heights, right lane and outer loop of the beltway, we one of them falls church inner eft side blocked by the work zone. 66 headed in bound, fairfax m 64es going to get you there temper feel like it's pretty warm out policen richmond say someone aftern because they saw a the mo10-h-old girl was hospit baby'sdeath. pr le are the most at risk on extrem hot, humid days like this. that's why it's a good idea to rememb to stay hydrated even if you are out in the heat, you if you don't have air condit local government's offeri cool places for public libraries are an option. there public pools and parks with water features. most communities in the d.c. for th public when temperature reach 90 degrees. go to the nbc washington app to and to find resources to help jail on sex crime charges. genepasay is accused of abusing two little boys. the victims are 10 and 11. the told police pasay enappr videos and invest asked anyone man call montgomery county sterli tucker served as a counci in 1969 before he went on to run as mayor >>> of the nation's longest >> justice john paul stevens court' h

southbound gw parkway after the beltway, lanes shut down because of downed wires. so that is going to be some time before that's out of the way. canal road still closed betwein charidge and fox hall. that flooding is the reason there. and chain bridge is also shut down because of the flooding. cheverly northbound lanes blocked because of a downedee tr travel times look okay on 270. top of the beltway, 32 miles per hour. 66 inbound, 4 m 2iles per hour, and rolling nicely on 95 northbound. >> melissa, thank you. >>> federal prosecutors announced sex trafficking and conspiracy charges against wealthy financier jeffrey epstein. he is expected in court later today. court documents unsealed today show he's charged with cheating and maintaining a net worth that allowed him to sexually exploit and abuse dozens of underage girls. the alleged victims were as young as 14 years old at the time. epstein was arrested saturday. he is already a registered sex e offen >>> a new political poll shows mixed results for president trump. more voters than ever think he's doing a good job'

the first on the outer loop of the beltway. this is between university boulevard and new hampshire nvga t. clpd e thhcr leavasing morning commuters sitting in a six mile backup. still no details on the victim or how the crash happened. >> and the other accident was also on the beltway. chopper 4 on thecene on the inner loop just after connecticut avenue.e e there. you see a truck split open spilling bundles of magazines on to the road. the lays remain. no word yet on what caused this crash either. >>> that is how it sounded and looked yesterday, mt. airy was under a tornado warning. peoplh waking up wit a big mess to clean up. >> you cane see on of yesterday's storms blowing right across the district. >> severe weather being blamed for one deathn maryland. a tree fell on a home in carroll county, killing an 89-year-old man inside. there are tree branches down ale across t area. including right here in northwest washington. our cameras got a look there, firefighrs in tenleytown overnight. drivers all over the region had a tou tim

a driver who may have been drunk was going the wrong way on the beltway. the driver crashed head first into her and killed her. she was 22 years old. >> s was a sweet girl. >> her parents say rene was working toward her dream of being a teacher by taking classes at prince george's commity college andalancing a nearly full-time job at silver diner. >> she was so friendly. >> her parents say she had planned for them to all go to church today. ow they're heart broken they never got the chance. >> we loved her so much. i think god loves her more. >> reporter: in upper marlboro, amy cho.s4 n >>> police identified the pickup truck driver. they said charges are pending he review by t prince george's county state's attorney. thousands of people headed home from the long holiday weekend. loud bangs sent people scrambling for the exit. some hiding in restaurants and bathrooms. in the end they said someone set off fireworks leading to all the chaos and confusion. people described the relief they felt when they found out nobody was shooting inside. >> we weret johnny r

the new toll lanes outside the beltway scheduled to open in 2022. by the way, the meeting next week by i-66 isch suled for wednesday at yorktown high school. >> turning now to theea wer. what's the late on the storms out there, amelia? >> most of us are getting a breakout there. it's ha nice ce of pace from rsterday. >> that wasough yesterday. >> that was rough yesterday. >> and adam is eheerywhere. 's on the side of the road. >> wns. >> he's t the metro, in the studio today. >> too much. >> nice and >>dry. yes. >> nice to be in here. that's true. >> as we check out your rain outlook on into the weekend 's what nd tuesday, he you can expect. again, most of us tonight going be dry. isolated range. you take ten people and two of them are saying she said it was going to be dry. what's goinge?on her eight of them god it for like one day. as we look to move of us can anticipate rain. sunday i think half of us will see rain and maybe had a little bit morhe and then other 40% of the area does remain dry and finally keeping it completely dry monday on into t

inner loop and outer loop of the beltway, no big problems. guys. >> thank you. >>> we are following breaking ns this morning. rews are battling a house fire right now in southeast d.c. on n street. a family wasti inside at the of the fire. >> news4 derrick ward is on the scene now with the latest from fire official. good rning, derrick. >> reporter: good morning. crews have been the scene here since about 3:30. we are in the 3500 block of street southeast. the good news, both occupants of safely.use got out and how that all happened is sort of a tale about the importance ofthings like smoke widetectors. th sme is veto. you had it was a smoke detectors that made this is not intaed as it could have been? >> sure. when you get a call at 3:30 in the morning about a fire alarm, fortunately they had working smoke dettors that activated. the daughter was able t get to her mom and drag t herthe safety of the front door and we helped them out the rest the way. >> wend the fire was containene to ooom in this house? >> it was contained to one bedroom. th

your trouble spots here no surprise going to be the beltway. 270 and route 50. as we come back out here live, we are seeing the police out here as well stopping people, but also again, pretty clear and open roads, but notice, too, if you're flying into or out of agan national onhe fourth of july, keep this in mind, the faa will have a ground stoppage of air traffic betw 6:15 and 7:45 p.m. and 9:00 and 9:45 p.m. for that military jet flyover as well as fireworks. big change this yr ar foe fourth of july for air travel, too, as well. we're live reporting on route 50 i'm justin finch, news 4. back inside to you. >> justin, thank you. >>> eight minutes after the hour now and the battle to get president trump's tax returns is heating up. the house waysndeans committee is now suing the treasury department and the irs. the lawsuit alleges the administration defied a congressional subpoena to hand over six years of trump financial records. in may, treasury sec stair steve the in told the committe request lacks legitimate legislative purpose. he president maintains he can

. >>> got new details tonight on that deathly crash on the beltway thated kill a two-year-old girl. e girl died when her father hit a porti of theut o loop near branch avenue. the girl, her mother and sister had been in the us. for less than a week and her father moved to the two years ago from ethiopia. >>> former redskins quarterback mark rypien has been aested for domestic violence. he was arrested for hitting had his wife in the stomach last night, allegedly. during a court appearance is morning, rypien said the two were having anrg aument. he's pled not guilty. rypien played for the redins for seven seasons. since retiring he's been open about his struggle with depression and says it's possible he has cte because of all the hits he took during his playing days. the former quarterback was also arrested for domestic violence in to 17. >>> the man who beautifully killed an alexandria shop manager last year is found not guilty by reason of insanity, now, ad m trial this year ended in aung jury and said they decided not to prosecute. a man was stabbed inside his offices almost one ye

a couple of them on the beltway and then one on 270. . a tractor-trailer has jackknifed and lost a load the and we are sending a crew there shortly. the other issue on the beltway, silver spring. left side blocked at the crash. look at this one. overturned tractor-trailer d fuel spell at thissite. more coming up. >> mek ssa, thanyou. >>> that right there is how it sounded, even looked yesterday while mt. airy was under a tornado warning. people are waking up with a big cleanup. >> check out te video from o tower camera here. one of the cells from yesterday iowing across the district. >> severe weath blamed for at least one death in maryland. a tree fell on a home in carroll county killing a man inside that home. treeranches are down including this yard in northwest washington. irefighters found here in tnnily town checking for damage rnoveht. >> drivers all over d.c. had a tough timeavigating through all of that rain. luckily today is the start of much better weather as chuck was mentioning. >> that is od news. >>> th morning, a gesture of

right now silver spring southbou georgia avenue at the beltway, police investigation on the right so see slightest dlely on the ride southbound. through prince george's county into and out ofown no problem. aaron? >> melissa, thank you. >>> breaking news in prince george's county. >> a police say they investigating a deadly shooting and jummy olabanji is at the live disk with the latest. >> good morning. detectives say they are working to piece together exactly what happened overnight but here is what we do know right now. police say they responded to a shooting in the 88 block of rich rough road at 10:30 last night. we are told a man was found lying on the ground when police got there and detective are working to figure out a positive motive and suspect in this case. anyone with information is asked to contactri the pe george's county police. >>> we have an update to breaking news we brought you last night at 11:00. pepcogworked overniht to restore power toan thousds of s cutomers. pepc o's outage map shows the outage is over. we are learning to figure out what caused the power to g

this line is closing in on the beltway. and it has the history of severe eather.hind here. this is remnants of barry, a little upper-level disturbance that will continue to pass threw. and with the heat and humidity we're seeing the storms pop and aney are flourishing with damaging winds heavy downpours and lots of lightning. so if you're enjoying sports or going to theey pool late thre evening, keep an eye to the sky. especially if you're north and east you'll see some of this and see thedeightning hea your way. especially up to gaithersburg and in to howard county. the heat index is coming in from 100 to 110 right now. temperugures as we go thro the day are going toon ctinue to top bottom out just in ñhe 70s overnight. it will be warm overnight. heat index, 80s and low 90s. avoid long hours outdoors, i know it's hard to do especially during the work week. is especially for the viewers we have outside. light colored and loose-fitting clothing. >> never leave kids or pets inside cars or anywhere where the heat is abundant. the sorms are watching through the area.

inside the beltway, outside the beltway. the details of what we should expect tomorrow. let's take look at what mother natuhi left d. has the scene on reservoir road. a huge o tree the right clipped this home in the area and landed on the wires nearby. it appeared no e was home for the first time. power was knked out in the area and the lightning strike caused this house on north n son street inlington to go up in flames. fortunately, no one in the home was injured. we're told the fire marshal is e on the sco investigate. be sure to open the nbc waorington app f continuing coverage on t t stormm 4 weather alert. >> scary moments after two powerful quakes rocked the region. friday night's quake was ten times more powerful than the one that hit on the fourth of july. residents are notut of the woods yet as nbc's miguel almaguer reports, they could be experiencing strong aftershakes for days or even weeks. >> reporter: it struck with fury at 8:19 p.m. >> that's okay. hold on. >> this isom the ment of impact near the he said center in ridge crest. the powerful quake sending

start with the beltway prince george's county on the outer loop.you can exit t the tractor trail is in two right linda. whether kenilworth can get on the outer loop of the belay. bay bridge is running two-way traffic and should be in the ens phe of that coming up. >>> all those in favor of equal pay say aye. the women's national soccer team! >> another win for the.s. women's soccer team last night at espy's award. it wrapped up a long day ofra celng that started in new york with the parade and ended in l.a. for the u.s. women's soccer team. >> i t knk we have beenwn as america's favorite soccer team. but from here on out, we will just be known as america's team. >> america celebrating their g spirit. >> each team member was also given a key to the city. >> the celebrations keep coming. >> pretty cool event. >> well deserved.!% so many athletes were recognized at the espy's last night. >>> eli emusk received a special tour yesterday. when the power went out at home in wheaton a while back, he had an idea. m i drew a design for a messaging systefor t

the way. no problem on thene beltway in loop and outer loop. 70 to the spur 67 miles an hour. g ts youhere in 27 minute. >>> five people shot in , washingtonc. overnight. >> one person hurt in northwest. more on that in a moment. first tell you about a quadruplo shng in southeast d.c. four people were shot around midnight on,martin luther ng avenue. two threatening injuries and two pohers were shot and expected to five. lice are looking for three suspects who wereearing masks. on the other sidef town in columbia heights, a man was found shot aund 11:30 near harvard street northwest and police are not saying much about that case only that the man is expected to survive. >>> this morning families across our area are trying to come to term with the sudden loss of someone they loved.at least nine people died over the weekend in car accidents on local road. one person died in a crash in centerville. one in gaithersburg and five odge in spotssylvanilylvainnia. >>> a wo22-year-old man died in a head-on crash involving a wrong way driver on the belay. aryland police identified the vic

if you're headed to work using the beltway, looking good this morning. if you're headed out to the 3w50e67 that looks good right now as well. tou don't want to leave, though, after noon ay. it is just going to be jammed trying to head out to the eastern shore. it will be a really busy day today. washington southbound third street tunnel new york avenue have a lane blocked there.r de island avenue at florida avenue have a crash. zooming in just a little here, eastbound, southwest freeway,p the rfrom seventh street ramp there is blocked by some flooding and in virginia, a couple of problems still hanging around, sterling southbound 28 at old ox road a fuel spill and old lee highway near rebel road shut down because of wires that are down. 270 northbound and southbound looks good so do the main roadsh throurince georges county. aaron? >> melissa, thank you. >>> 6:32. happening today many of you preparing for the long fourth of july weekend. there are several events happening in our region. >> a capitol fourth concert is happening we'll have a preview of that

beltway very quiet. volume is light. the rlain showers is talking about is moving through but with most everybody off today, we shou have lightervolume. back in to you. >> jack, thank you. >>> a massive sink hole swalwed a car in woodbridge, virginia. the hole run the length of prince dale road. you can see the car start to sink and soicfar, offal have not been able to get it out. more of that road caved in throughout the day yesterday. it's believed that weather is blame for the earth giving way. >> i recommend that e avoid this area and that includes sight seers to take a look so we have an active collapse zone so stay a safe distance away. >>ct expe prince dale road closed two or three days while it's than repaired. >>> in california and in the bahamas, we are tracking stories. >> in the bahamas, seven americans, including a west virginia coal executive were killed in a helicopter crash. e chopper left grand kay in the early hour of the fourth and heading for ft. lauderdalut 245 mines after it took offas it ound and it wa

the rest of the beltway and op inner los looking okay. >>> yesterday's storm knocked out power to thousands of people across the d region. this morning, about 5,000 people are still without electricity. largest group is in fairfax. dominion energy says 4,200 people are without power. arlington and loudon have also people in the dark. >>> developing this mornial. a l man is behind bars charged with sexual assault nd abduction. >> polce say 62-year-old steven edwards committed those crimes in reston. he was arrested yesterday.ti investors released the sketch you see there on the left after an attack last month near reston parkway in barron cameron avenue. one woman said she was shopping aty a nearb store when they struck up a conversation with man. when she left the store she saia tht man hit her from behind and raped her on a walking path. >>> a reward is being issued in hopes of finding the men who killed a morgan state university student in prince george's county county. manny luis was shot and killed during a robbery off campus last week in baltimore. he was on his way to his parents hous

getting ready to move inside the beltway. ok at all of that lightning i the woodbridge area, closing in on i-95. let's lk at some of the rain. we've got some pretty heavy rain that's falling. look at this wheres this, guys? this is leesburg. it rolled through leesburg.no leesburg is dry. in fact the severe thunderstorm warning for loudoun county has been canceled. the storms are moving so quickly out of the region. so again w we continue toch the back edge of this pushing through manassas, the storms moving east at 35, 40 miles per hour. let's talk about impacts, already some power outages. where this is head and where it's going to be done. the heat is coming up in 15 minutes. >> wow. thanks, lauren. >>> so a local gas station own ertificate calling it a wall of shame. he is putting up photos of people who he says have stolen buom him. >> at least one of his customers is complaining that the postings are going too far. >> news4's pat collins is live at 13 andpennsylvania avenue. >> steal something from this gas station in the

. >> inside the beltway a new lane under construction between the connector and paulson. that's the stretch that's gotten so much criticism about tolls at rush hour. a new meeting coming up in arlington about all the week. keep in mind for maryland drivers, a toll lane proposal uld look pretty similar to this work here in virginia. still years worth of construction left and new toll lanes outside the beltway are scheduled to open in 2022. in northern virginia, adam tuss, news 4. >> well, as the museum gets ready to shut its doors what the building's new owrs have a plan. they submitted a plan to convert the prime piece of real estate along pennsylvania avenue into a state of the art educational facility. this is what it could look like. as you can see, the school is proposing a dramatic change to the outside, but we know that that massive first amendment tablet will be thremoved. e newseum is set to close at the end of the year. it's not announced a new location yesterday. o >> still to c tonight, cutting the cord is more popular than ever for people who want to get their

you'll recall route 23 and the beltway collapsed twice thiy year and plen of delays there and especially in the afternoon. if the work continues this pace, things are set to be back to normal soon >>> happening today. virginia marksin00 years the settlement of jamestown. it is considered the first american democracy established in america. the celebration could be overshadowed by president trump attending the event. earlier this month a group of virginia democrats vowed e boycott thent if the president attended. state lawmakers accuse the en presidt of using, quote, racist and xenophobic rhetoric. trump first tweeted that a group of minority female congresswomen should goack to where they came from. then he blamed decades of trouble in baltimore city on maryland congressman elijah cumming >>> one of the most talked abouh players in e world will be playing in d.c. today. coco gauff will be competingatn a singles this afternoon at rock creek park. she won her doubles match last t mcnally. the two advance to the quarterfinals. last night was gauff's first u.s. appearance since beating seren

inner loop and outer loop of the beltway no delay. but allanes shut down because of a structure fire in arlington. i know you have moreon that right now. >> right. we return back to the news in arlington. crews on the scene of a largee fir a home on hayes street. molette green is near the scene with the latest. what are you seeing? >> reporter: we are any moment waiting for an update fromgt arl fire on the situation here. we are in the 2300 ock of south hayes street in arlington. alexandria and arlington fire crews are on the scene and now breaking down because the fire is out. that fire contained to the garage apartment. one person we know was taken to thhospital to a burn center with serious injuries. that is the very latt we can tell you. the fire is out and the street is still blocked off because there is quite a large presence of firefighting equipment and the gas crew are here on the n sce but they are breaking things down.t. the fire is ou ne person taken hot tonight with serious burn injuries. as soon as we get more, we will br

same situation on the beltway. no road work to even be worried about or complain about this morning. 66 and 95 in and out of town rolling along nicely. reminder on the brunswicklines, delays and cancellation because of trees down on the tracks. so if you take that line, check ahead and see if you can get to where you're going this morning. might want to think about an alterna e. >>> what better for gas mileahee? running t a.c. or driving with wins down in according to theen ronmental protection agency, you don't have to swe to save the fuel. the epa says putting the air on is much more efficient. this says opening the windows puts more strain our car's engine. >> i always run t. >> all the time! >>> a school district going to extreme to get parents to pay up for their kid' school lunches. >> this story is getting a lot of chatter online. rouly 1,000 students a pennsylvania school owe a total of $22,000. to get that money, administrators sent a lett ome to parents saying if they didn't ldpay, they couose custody of t

innnandale right lane geby the work zone on the beltway.t of the beltway looks good and even that area doesn't look bad. 66, 64 miles per hour gets you there in nine minutes. >>> chances you weren't right-hander for the real moon landing in 1969. actually, a lot of you probably were. we will tell you what is coming up in "the scene." >>> keep it here all day. "ellen" at 3:00 and stay news at 4:00 for your news. ♪ this is not j. this is not just a fever. this is not just the flu. it's meningitis b... andwhile meningitis btis uncom. once symptoms appear, they can progress quickly and can be fatal... sometimes within 24 hours. before you send your teen to colle... makem.ure you help protect the talk to your teen's doctor... about meningitis b vaccination. >>> welcome back. if you know tommcf m, you know he has a pulse on the scene around the region and why he is launching ouren new segmcalled "the scene." >> he scopes out the coolest things to do from night life to fun activities for the family. >> reporter: n b mean tog but this weekend scene

top of the beltway, 34 miles peu hor. wtop, 103 f.m.hen you hop "news combining work aftern don't miss ellen. >>> we are back at 6:24. just newsroom. amazon says this year's prime in a press release amazon says 175 million items during all of those items range from devices y prime d is also the biggest ala. everyo shopping. back over to you. i did buy something. >>> when it's as hot as it's you're now. t what ab a suit that wicks news 4's justin finch shows us about. electr bonded >> rep pinch between resear could help answer fashio bigges question. teemed u with the textile answer that led to this martber mper sweat a little bit, it gets like humid. and soon this maryland made athlet innovating. you ma already know their yoga appare but their office travel commut and items like they blend the fabric and the airpor maybe even a business our news 4 interns gave it a go. how are you feeling in those pants? >> i feel great. they'r very stretchy. easy move. i can move around in them.e thy'r breathable o.to questi could we wor

her name hasnnot bee released. >>> we are learningain may have played a role in a crash on the beltway friday during rush hour on the outer loop near avenue. a woman was killed and riding in the car with her family when anotr car slammed into their vehicle from behind and causing a chain reaction crash. her 5-year-old sister was also seriously hurt. >>> we are workato go learn wh sparked this fire at a home in fairfax on friday. chopper 4 captured the flames shooting through the roof of at room on clarks ranch road in great falls. two people were inside and able to escape and one firefighter suffered a min injury and is expected to be okay. >>> workers at the washington convention center could go on tien center already ntract with insurance.a >> we want fair contract. aramark came in and after six years try to replace us with robots and we have no work and we have families to take care of and trying to get a fair contract. >> 98 i strike in the sports da scounty ra reportedly findur-year million. he is suffering from aorn achilles now but when he is back on the court he willel have hp

no complaints on the beltway. 270 southbound 59 miles per hour. emember to listen to wtop 10 3.5 fm when you hop in your car this afternoon. >>> a woman got her business off the ground with an ice cream shop. her story is coming up next. >>> aso keep it here all day long. "ellen" at 3:00 and then your "ellen" at 3:00 and then your ews at 4:00.n choosing my car insurance was the easiest decision ever. i switched to geico and saved hundreds. that's a win. but it's not the only reason i switched. geico's a company i catrust, with over 75 years of great savings and service. ♪ now that's a win-win. switch to geico. it's a win-win. >>> dozens of ponies stepped off dry land to carry out a special tradition. >> ponies swam during what is called slack tide in a part of virginia. the easiest time for them to cross there. yestday was their 94th annual swim. i've never seen it butto i want check it out sometime. >> the money ised auctio off and the money goe to a volunteer fire company that cares for those horses. the dream to open a new ice cream store m soun

and princ right across the beltway. down towards the lorton area and mount rnon, heavy downpours, in towards d.c. as well. we're the slowskys. we like drip coffee, layovers- -and waiting on hold. what we don't like is relying on fancy technology for help. snail mail! we were invited to a y2k party..., uhdidn't that happen, like, 20 years ago?oh look, karolyn, we've got a mathematician on our hands! check it out! now you can schedule a callback or reschedule an appointment, even on nights and weekends. today's xfinity service. simple. easy. awesome. i'd rather not. >>> the federal trade commission has hit facebook with a record $5 billion fine. the soci media giant mishandled personal data in a separate firm was able to harvest info on nearly 90 million users, as nbc's liz mclaughlin shows us, the punishment may not change how silicon valley does business. >> this is a watershed moment in privacy enforcement. >> the federal trade commission's fine for facebook is record-breaking. >> a $5 billion civil penalty. >> it ends

back to the beltway. remember to listen to wtop 103.5 fm when you hopo in y car. >> i'm it's kate rogers. a federal judge has blocked ther trump adminision from requiring companies to disclose price the government says ten of the most commonly advertised drugs cost roughly $500 a month >>> one of the most highly protected species on earth. officials in china say they have now spotted two rare all white langur. locrs villagers found the fi in 2016 by chance and another one has been spotted in a nature reserve where monitoring equipment is set up for scientific research. fewer than 2,000 all while langurs exist in the world. >>> check this little guy out! that is a 16-foot long python and they just caught this thing in the florida everglades. official say it's one of he largest snakes ever captured. the python was found under a home! how about that? >> bye! >> 165 pound and there were eggs too. had to get rid of all of that stuff. >> this is an pinvasive sies and no pythons should be anywhere in this country

as we look he at the beltway, inner loop, outer loop of the beltway no major problems. aaron?20 is your time next on "news 4 today," feelingh groggy t morning. your phone might be able to el hp. >> we're working for your health. find out how sleep experts say you can get the most out of apps designed to promote better sleep. >>> and if you're home this afternoon, don't miss key yan that reaves.ar stick nd for news 4 at 4. we'll be right back. >> announcer: you're watching "news 4 today." >>> if you stru to get a good night sleep, you're not alone. 80% of adults have trouble sleeping at least one night a >> more and more people are turning to smart phones for relief but are they effective? >> reporter: sleep apps are coming a booming business. an app called sleep as android has beenan downloaded more th 18 million times since 2010. although the science on this isn't settled. >> while there has been some research on the effectiveness of sleep apps, it's pr iminary best. >> reporter: noise apps can help by blocking out that barking dog or street traffic. >> hi, and welme to relax

bladensburg 650 between 57th avenue and 295 water main break no complaints on the beltway this morning. articlingtop north key boulevard between north quinn and north oak another water main break. as we zoom outan 66 d 95 lookino d. eun? >> melissa, thank you. >>> this morning, president trump is calling on i.c.e. to dort undocumented immigrants, but prince geornts couy police will not be cooperating. >> police chief says his department is prohibited from ng cooperati with federal immigration authorities to or enfce civil deportation d orers. the department released a five-minute training video specifically telling officers what to do. >> when a criminmm iration warrant is located in the ncis the individual will be detained and confirmation with i.c.e. will be made. >> he says officers have received letters that plain the difference between a civil summons and a criminal arrest warrant. and breaking overnight, new concerns about treatment of mie grand children at the u.s. border facilities. nbc news reports government case managers who spoke directly children held in arizona facility s

we also had activity on the beltway out of the prince george's county. up at kenilworth avenue. the tractor-trailer has been dghup ateon he shoulder throughout the rush hour traffic. early delay 270 at clarksburg. >>> a late night crash on pennsylvania avenue. we know twopeople were killed accident. this is video from the traffic camera there showing the crash scene. this is at 21st street and va pennsyla avenue northwest after midnight.. ire officials say a third person is treated for critical injuries and we will update as youle rn more. >>> now more on the traffic alert that canal road closed this morning for sinkhole repairs. >> you may remember this scene where people stood on top of their cars surrounded by rushing water. they made it out safely but thet road was prebadly damaged. "news4 today" justin finch is live there with more on the repairs. >> reporter: the burst of heavy rain and flooding came and went on mond but the effects are still lingering all the way now on thursday. behind us here, you will see tht sh of canal road is cordoned off with tape and that is so, t

another issue on the beltway, anandale right lane gets by that work zone. northwest, broad branch brandywine, tree has that lane closed. two left lanes get by that milling project. adam? >> melissa, thank you very much. >>> happening today, the redskins reports to the first day oftraining camp. football is coming back. among those who won't be there, though, linebacker mason foster. he's been released frothe skins. his agent making that announcement on twitter. coach jay gruden is expected to announce this in a press conference later this afternoon. fans can attend camp in richmond. we have you covered. our live coverage starts today on news 4 laterthis afternoon. >>> we always hear how important it is to wear sunscreen. health experts want you to check the date on that bottle. they say putting on expired sunscreen is risky and it may not protect you from the sun. experts say if the sunscreen doesn't have an expiration date on the bottle or if it has changed color or c ahead and throw that aw y. >>> you may be among those who bring your dog shopping with you

rest of the beltway and tiner l loop isoking okay overall. nd 270 after montrose crasdeon the right you can see those delays really kicking into gear now as you're headed southbound this morning. wheaten northbound georgia avenue at reedie left lane gets by the fire department active. part of the sthbound lane also impacted. 95 in virginia after 17 left side blocked by the crash and delaysaded inbound as well. northbound 395 after seminary roadeft lane shut down because of a disabled truck. efshington, near the third street tunnel lane is blocked by an accident there. train signal tracking betweenco ta and red line. travel times 66, 39 miles per hour. 95 northbound 54 miles per hour as you look atry mand here, 31 miles per hour southbound on 270, top of the beltway 28 miles per hour on the outer loop. guys? >> melis, thank you. >>> you know in most baseball fights the batter charges the mou. >> but in cincinnati last night it was the pitcher starting the fight. take a look athis scene. reds pitcher garrett said he heard som conehirping from th

. >> how do you think this isng gto play beyond the beltway? one thing that happens here in washington and a lot of people around the rest of the country,t summertimey're doing their thing. do you think this was must-see tv? do you think it connected with anyone out there? >> so here's one of the interesting things about the entire trump era. i think so many americans have their minds made up about president trump and his presidency two years ago, but when you're talking about t 5 to 10% of the electorate that's in the middle. doesn't have their minds made up. i think that this story is so confusing, so complex, a lot of people haven't made up their minds this is what ended up happening today, might ge them more information to make a judgment on it pretty complicated story. you can see full coverage analysis of robert mueller's testimony. coming up tonight on "nbc nightly news." peopkee around our area wo up early and headed for the bars to watch today's hearings. coming up later on news4 at 5:00, tommy mcfly will have more on the watch parties.