john yang has that. >> yang: speaking in the oval office, president trump condemned the death of otto warmbier, who had been detained in north korea for nearly a year and a half. >> it's a total disgrace, what happened to otto. it should never, ever be allowed to happen. >> yang: he also indirectly blamed the obama administration for not getting him home sooner. >> he should have brought home that same day. the results would have been a lot different. >> yang: the president's spokesman said warmbier's death casts a shadow on mr. trump's stated willingness to talk to his north korean counterpart "under the right conditions." >> clearly we're moving further away, not closer, to those conditions being enacted. >> yang: later, in a tweet, the president seemed to abandon his goal of enlisting china to pressure north korea: "while i greatly appreciate the efforts of president xi and china to help with north korea, it has not worked out. at least i know china tried!" north korea's release of the 22-year-old warmbier has increased-- not eased-- tensions with pyongyang: he arrived in ohio last

john yang has our look.rning: this story includes images of violence that viewers may find disturbing. >> hello sir. >> yang: this week, the public got to see the dash-cam video of last july's fatal police shooting of philando castile outside st. paul, minnesota. jurors had watched it several times before acquitting officer jeronimo yanez. a conversation about a broken tailight quickly turned tense. >> i have to tell you i have a firearm on me. >> okay, don't reach for it then. don't pull it out. >> i'm not pulling it out. >> don't. (gunshots) >> yang: prosecutors said castile, who had a permit for the gun, was reaching for his driver's license. yanez said he thought he was reaching for his gun. the day he was acquitted, yanez was fired. since 2005, 82 u.s. law enforcement officers have been charged with murder or manslaughter for on-duty shootings, according to bowling green state university criminologist philip stinson. so far, 29 have been convicted, five of them for murder. yesterday, a jury found former

john yang has more. >> president donald trump. >> yang: as mika brzezinski and joe scarborough wrappedr msnbc show this morning, president trump had a few choice words for them. mr. trump said the hosts, whom he called "low i.q. crazy mika" and "psycho joe," were "speaking badly of him." even though they "insisted" on joining him at mar-a-lago. adding that brzezinski was "bleeding badly from a face- lift" at the time. within minutes, brzezinski responded, resurrecting the "little hands" insult that had been directed at him during the 2016 presidential primaries. the president's words ignited a firestorm, that even included mr. trump's republican allies: >> i thought it was inappropriate, beneath the office, and not helpful. >> i wish, i wish he hadn't made the tweet. >> i don't see that as an appropriate comment. what we're trying to do is improve tone, civility. this obviously doesn't do that. >> did you see the president's tweets about mika brzezinski this morning? do you have any reaction to that? >> distasteful. this is not acceptable, mr. president. >> principal white house secret

john yang has more. >> yang: late last year, in response to the russian campaign meddling, the obamaadministration expelled 35 suspected russian intelligence operatives from the united states, and seized two long- held, russian diplomatic compounds-- one on the eastern shore of maryland; the other, on the north shore of long island. the "washington post" reports that the trump white house is now considering returning those properties, widely considered intelligence gathering hubs. what's more, politico reports that alleged russian spies have been turning up in odd places around the united states, often near parts of the nation's critical telecommunications networks. it's one part of what u.s. intelligence officials see as intensifying russian espionage, and counter-espionage, measures, both here and in russia. with me now for more on these stories are: karen deyoung of the "washington post" and ali watkins, of politico. thank you both. these two stories are different enough, i want to handle them one at a time. so i want the turn first to karen deyoung. karen, walk us through how thi

john yang reports. >> yang: this afternoon, the white house deputy press secretary said it doesn't mattert president trump's executive order on immigration is called. >> i think that the president isn't concerned with what you call it, he's concerned with national security, and protecting people in this country. >> yang: this morning, the president was very concerned, stating: "people, the lawyers and the courts can call it whatever they want but i am calling it what we need and what it is, a travel ban!" in fact, it his own aides who refused to call it that. >> it's not a travel ban. it's a-- it's a vetting system to keep america safe. that's it, plain and simple. >> it's not a travel ban, remember. it's the travel pause. what the president said, for 90 days, we were going to pause in terms of people from those countries coming to the united states that would give me time to look at additional vetting >> yang: mr. trump also slammed his own justice department, saying it should have stuck with the original executive order, not "the watered down, politically correct" current version, even

. >>> i'm angie goff in for eun yang. we want to get a check on the weather and traffic. we'll get a look at your commute with melissa in a moment. first we want to start with chuck. wind and possibly hail today? >> absolutely. an enhanced risk for strong to severe thunderstorms this afternoon into early this evening. the weather alert -- be weather alert today. have your nbc washington app. download it and well. high winds and hail possible with the afternoon storms. the nbc washington app with interactive radar is a great way to stay ahead of the storms as they make their approach later today. quiet weather tuesday through friday. flash flood watches are posted. it's windy this morning. windy and mild. we're already in the upper 70s to near 80 degrees. highs today around 87 degrees. chance of severe weather later today stands at 80%.

john yang reports now on what's out, and what stays in effect. >> yang: president trump made the announcementmiami's little havana, before an enthusiastic crowd in a packed auditorium: >> effective immediately, i am canceling the last administration's completely one-sided deal with cuba. >> yang: while the president's action falls short of "canceling," he said it fulfills a campaign promise to undo president obama's re-engagement with cuba. >> today, the united states of america is changing its relationship with the people of cuba. >> yang: in december 2014, mr. obama restored diplomatic ties with the island nation, after more than 50 years of hostility. in march 2016, he became the first u.s. president to visit cuba in nearly a century. president trump says his focus is halting the flow of u.s. dollars to the communist government. >> our policy will seek a much better deal for the cuban people and for the united states of america. we do not want u.s. dollars to prop up a military monopoly that exploits and abuses the citizens of cuba. the revised policy bans transactions with enterprises, in

john yang begins our coverage. >> yang: america's top military commander, marine general joseph dunfordde no apology today for sunday's downing of a syrian warplane. >> we made every effort to warn those individuals not to come any closer and the commander made a judgement there was a threat to the forces we're supporting and took action. the only actions we've taken against pro-regime forces in syria, and there have been two specific incidents, have been in self defense. >> yang: earlier this month, the u.s. struck pro-assad forces approaching an important american-british special forces base in at tanf, in southeastern syria. in response to sunday's shoot- down, russia, which backs syrian president bashar al-assad, said it now considers all u.s. aircraft in the region a threat. in a statement, the defense ministry said: "all flying objects, including planes and drones of the international coalition, detected west of the euphrates, will be followed by russian air defense systems as targets." russia also said it suspended a military hotline with the u.s. designed to coordinate air missi

i'm eun yang. >>> i'm chris lawrence in for aaron.t's 6:00 and we're still seeing backups in the deadly crash that happened four or five hours ago. >> our whole team is working to get you out the door on time. we'll check on the forecast in a minute. but first, let's go to transportation reporter adam tuss who is live on the scene of that district heights crash. adam, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, eun. let's show you the aftermath of that crash there. unbelievable scene here as a huge telephone pole absolutely just snapped in half after this car hit that pole at a high rate of speed and

john yang has the latest. >> yang: more than a dozen women have filed lawsuits against baylor, the country's largest baptist university, saying the school ignored or mishandled their claims going back several years. the school's board of regents has acknowledged that 19 football players were accused of criminal, sexual or physical assault. one of them, tevin elliot, was convicted and sentenced to 20 years in prison. the head football coach, art briles, was fired, and the president, ken starr, quit after he was demoted. paula lavigne is a reporter with espn, investigating these allegations. she's the co-author of a forthcoming book on the baylor sexual assault scandal, called "violated: exposing rape at baylor university amid college football's sexual assault crisis." paula, thanks for joining us. remind us of these allegations. they've been around for a while, but remind us of the scope, how far back they go, the nature of the allegations at baylor. >> right. the allegations go back for more than a decade. in court cases alone, you have 15 different women filing title ix federal lawsuits aga

good morning, i'm aaron gilchrist. >> and the i'm eun yang.ere to get you out the door. monday is tough. >> it's hard. >> we have rain heading our direction to make it worse. >> we begin with the timing on that and what we can expect from our meteorologist chuck bell and sheena parveen who stepped outside this morning. hey, guys. >> still, no umbrella required just yet. before you leave the house this morning nkts you will definitely want to know where that thing is. >> yes, you will. you will want to know. we have rain on the radar not locally but it is on the way. currently 72 degrees. cloudy. live look at the airport. we are looking at the clouds around. the rain approaching fredericksburg. that will be one of the first areas to see the rain. 8:00 a.m. looking at it down 95 south of the

good morning, i'm eun yang. >> i am chris lawrence. look who's back. >> it was a wonderful experience, it was great to be back in south korea, i hadn't within back in 20 years. a completely different country. incredible to see. this is the hahn river in seoul. i took this because it is fun to show the kids. this is a temple, site of the winter games. that's at the top of the ski jump. very high. if you're afraid of heights, can't do it. there's lansing in the middle who accompanied me, the photojournalist, worked so hard at getting these stories we'll be excited to share with you from now to february before the winter games to give you a slice of life, what to expect, that's the hockey venue. it is ready. they're set to go. first day of summer. i can't believe it. >> we'll see what's in store with sheena who is headed outside and then check in with melissa for the morning commute. >>> we can't wait to see you. i'm outside the studio, sprinklers are close to hitting me, i told the producer, they're hitting my feet already. we are fine o

i'm aaron gilchrist. >> eun yang is still on assignment.ng before 6:00 if that's any indication. >> temperatures already in the 70s for a lot of us. it's only 6:00 a.m. we'll check in with melissa mollet and storm team 4 traffic. >> eun and sheena picked a great week not to be here sweating it out with the rest of us. early sunrises up today. 5:42 is when the sun came up this morning. another steamer. poor air quality once again. folks with heart and respiratory

i'm eun yang. >>> i'm adam tuss in for aaron this morning. let's get straight to that breaking news with melissa mollet and how it could impact your commute. >> this is going to be a major problem this morning. this is video we just got from the ground this morning. a massive, massive response. at least one person has died in the crash that involved multiple cars injured in a car fire as well. take a look at the map here now. we're talking about new york avenue on the anacostia river bridge. all lanes are still blocked. don't pay too much attention to all of the colors here. there was question about that earlier this morning. all of it is closed here this morning. so it should look purple. sometimes it doesn't catch up. alternates, westbound diverted at kenilworth avenue. southbound bw parkway has to continue on kenilworth avenue. pushed off at bladensburg road. >> justin finch is live at the scene. what a scene it is. good morning, justin. >> reporter: melissa, indeed, we're in the footprint of that crash while south dakota and new york aven

i'm angie goff in for eun yang. >> i'm adam tuss in for aaron. we want to get to your storm team 4 forecast. chuck and sheena are outside for that before we check in with melissa mollet. >> good morning. a nice morning outside today. rain has stayed away from us yet again. another morning without the umbrellas. >> yes, we're lucky this morning. it is very nice you don't have to worry about rain for the morning commute. very comfortable. 67 degrees in the district. there is a little bit of fog around the area. not everybody and it's not very dense. by lunchtime, decent, sun and clouds. mid 70s. pretty nice. by 5:00 p.m. a small chance for an isolated shower. not a big deal. not everyone will see that either. the rest of the area, comfortable temperatures. low 60s. we have a cooler day tomorrow. then we're talking about a heat wave in the ten day forecast. if you like the 90s, those numbers will return. i do know that melissa mollet likes 90s. >> she loves the 90s. >> she's crazy. >> the actual 90s, like the ones after the 80s. >> yeah. the 90 degr

yang wrong a they were struggling with the education of their 3-year-old son. the lives of these formerly middle class couples have since changed drastically. atop the wave of economic development, they stand among china's reg e wealthiest with annual incomes of over u.s. dollars. [ speaking foreign language ] >> the two couples have taken advantage of the lifting of the policy and had their second children. now they're working hard to maintain a family with siblings, something completely unfamiliar to them. [ speaking foreign language ] >> the first generation born under the one-child policy is now aproechiproaching their 40s facing a new lifestyle. this episode follows their journey through unchartered territory. this is the last we spoke with them they had his mother doing all the chores from the cooking and cleaning to the laundry, completely normal for the generation called the little emperors. [ speaking foreign language ] [ speaking foreign language ] >> the policy forbade couples from having more than one child, so great importance was placed upon the h

our john yang at the white house. and matt appuzzo, who's reporting on all this for the "new york times." john yang, i'm going to come to you first. the president's personal attorney was out today with the president's response. tell us about that and about what the white house is saying. >> that's right, judy. of course, we didn't hear from the president himself or from any white house official. they've delegated that task of responding to all these inquiries to the president's personal attorney, mark cass wits. he flatly denied the president asked comey for his loyalty or the drop the flynn investigation. and then he said something i'm told we're going to be hearing a lot more of the in the coming days from supporters of the president, he used comey's admission that he got his version of events into the press, he used that to try to undermine comey, to try to portray comey as part of what mr. trump supporters see as a conspiracy among washington, entrenched washington insiders, what they call the deep state, a conspi

the british have asked a got in an embassy and john yang. testify juney will 8 next thursday before the intelligence committee and it will be an open testimony. >> i expect there to be some fireworks. nothing has been dull. we learned this week that a letter had been sent to a lot of the key members of the trump campaign asking them for information. jared kushner has volunteered to testify. it's unclear if you received one of these letters. he was very instrumental in the campaign. youhere is an investigation can assume that jared kushner will be involved or question to some extent. we are less than a week of way -- week away from the election. ministerw the prime will likely fall short of a parliamentary majority. >> investors are starting to deteriorate. taking the risk. torres --ld have the the tories just short of a majority. toy may convince lawmakers lend them support they need to govern. together ancobble arrangement where they borrowed votes from the s&p, and the dems and greens, which is more likely than a formal coalition scenario.

and mika owe yang is back with us as well an attorney and former staffer on the house intel and house armed services committee. counsellors, welcome to you. richard, to jill's point, is this the nightmare client? and in light the vp lawyering up, is this going to end up costing so many people some real money? >> oh, yes. this administration is creating a lot of jobs in one industry for sure, that's criminal defense attorneys in washington, d.c. a lot of people are lawyering up. there's -- this investigation is going to a lot of different areas. it started with russian interference in the election. and who was assisting the russians. but there's now clear evidence of obstruction of justice by the president and perhaps others in the administration. this is going to be a very serious investigation. the problem is the president can't put his twitter away. he can't keep his mouth shut with respect to the investigation. he is president of the united states. he should be focusing on health care, on jobs, on the international crises around the world. let it alone. ifu he would let the whole r

amy yang and chella choi are in the clubhouse on five—under—par. for her round of 66. the defending champion, brooke henderson of canada, has also made a strong start, two shots off the pace after a 68. shot of the day belonged to american nelly korda — that at the 16th helping her post a two—under—par round, just three shots behind. that is all from me and the sport today team. see you next hour. hi there. june has been a pretty wacky weather month, with a number of records set. you'll remember last week it was hot and humid, temperatures up to 35 degrees, the highest temperature recorded for over a0 years, but this week it has been cloudy, cool and wet. now, we've had record rainfall across parts of eastern scotland. in edinburgh, 178 millimetres of rain has already fallen injune so far. that makes it the wettestjune on record and, yesterday, for a time roads were turned to rivers. now, looking at the forecast for today, low pressure is still with us. and we still have a lot of cloud left over with rain at the start of the day. but at least it is

. >> and i'm eun yang. it is wednesday. and we are working for you this morning to get you out the door on time. >> melissa mollet of course keeping an eye on how long it will take to get to work. chuck and sheena have moved outside to the deck. morning, guys. >> cloudy skies. i could see the full moon pretty easily on my way in. that is not the case right now. >> and it was misting a little bit outside currently. anyways, we do have cooler temperatures in the morning. 63 in the district. warrington, 52. frederick, 52. winchester, 48 degrees. 60 in quantico. right now, radar is showing a few sprinkles trying to develop near bethesda, district around gaithersburg, and we'll see the chances of showers increasing slightly. not a rainy day but showers around. look at those high temperatures only getting near 70 degrees this afternoon. we'll talk more about that and the big heat changes coming up. let's check the roads with melissa mollet. good morning. >> good morning. the beltway looking quite good. don't have any big issues.

eun yang, news4 today. >>> getting rid of belly fat isn't the only benefit of the common foods. dandelion tea helps with asthma and circulation. >> i had about five cups this morning, trying to work on some stuff. >> your circulation is fantastic. >> watermelon, also fool of vitamins, a, b, c, and papaya can be a great source of vitamins >> and pineapple helps with arthritis. >>> all right. hitting the pool is not just for fun. we're talking about a water workout your entire family can enjoy. our fit 4 summer continues right here tomorrow. >> are you getting in the pool? >> i am. >> well -- >> a different capacity? >> yes. behind the scenes. >> well, a lot of people are wondering if they can do it today. >> it's going to be close to 80. you were talking about the pool earlier. we had donuts the other day because it's national donut day and molette and i were standing there taking some pieces off of it. >> you can have more. i have more control. >> well, anyway -- whatever. it's going to be a nice day outside. maybe you can exercise outside today. the weather is going not a big d

eun yang is on assignment still.on gilchrist is still off today as well. >> what a difference a day makes. heavy rain and severe weather pounded us yesterday. today it's going to be a complete 180. for more on what we can expect, let's go to storm team 4 meteorologist sheena parveen and chuck bell. hey, guys. >> we're in weather alert mode yesterday. had a confirmed tornado in montgomery county. today, just like that, you're back from vacation and the weather is better. >> i don't take credit for that, chuck. >> put it back dm your suitcase. >> i brought it back from hawaii. the sun is up. you can it's still going to be 70 by 7:00 a.m. by lunchtime, warming quickly. mid-80s by the afternoon. upper 830s and notice the weather system that brought our storms yesterday. it's around the norfolk area. even farther south, looking at sunshine today. that's fantastic news. if unfortunately, you have storm cleanup, the weather is going to cooperate. we don't have any storms. we like to hear that after a day like yesterday. mor

. >> yang. >> i'm chris lawrence.e start with a check of the commute and that beautiful forecast. >> sheena parveen and chuck bell outside. >> first, melissa mollet has breaking news on the beltway. >> big problem on the beltway. breaking news. take a look at this. again, inner loop ativ van dorn street. we're shut down. this right now already a 1.5-mile backup. sounds like possibly a pedestrian struck. v dot is tweeting out that this is a collision, reconstruction situation. take a look at this closure. this is going to be a massive mess for some time to come. at 5:15, this came in. about 15 minutes ago. this iset some time. we'll keep our eyes on this. live chopper 4 will be over it soon. we'll talk with that coming up. >> not a good way to start a monday. >> not a good way. the good side to the commute, we don't have rain falling. nice, comfortable weather. >> very true. it's an open window alert for your drive this morning. you're beautiful out there. >> montgomery county at 56. 55 in fairfax. 67 in beautiful prin

i'm chris lawrence in for aaron. >> i'm angie goff in for eun yang. take a look. this is another look at the damage left behind yesterday's ef-0 tornado. we're bringing you team coverage of the cleanup and the power outages. >> first, wee want to look at the commute and today's forecast. sheena parveen and chuck bell are outside. we'll check in with them first. hey, guys. >> the sun is shining, sheen is aback from hawaii. everything is coming up roses. >> there we go. i picked a good day for t yesterday not good with the storms. but today, total 180. it's nice. >> beautiful day to be outside. there's a picture of the sunrise over washington. today and tomorrow the longest two days of the year. summer solstice after midnight tonight. lower humidity today and tomorrow. just super summer weather for sure. 90s not back in the picture until thursday and rain

i'm eun yang. >> i'm chris lawrence in for aaron this morning. a crew is headed to the scene of the crash. let's start with melissa and how it could impact your morning. >> good morning. we still have some lanes closed and we had these rolling closures happening. taking a look from the chopper. you can see the ikea in the foreground. they're trying to slow folks down so they can get the stuff out of the way, including the tractor-trailer and off of the highway right now. we're seeing delays, especially as things are temporarily, temporarily blocked here right now. inner loop and outer loop of the beltway. no major issues when you're lo it doesn't look terrible. we'll keep you updated on that. another live picture in a couple of minutes. >> thank you, melissa. we're following that breaking news in greenbelt maryland. near the scene of a very serious crash. justi justin. >> reporter: chris, we had to get out of the way so crews could tow that tractor-trailer away from the scene as melissa has been mentioned here. this wreck involves a truck and a t

. >> i'm yang. at least one person is dead and two others in critical condition after a bus crash in georgia. police say 38 people from a church in huntsville, alabama, were on that bus yesterday when it collided with a car. >> one of the men charged in oakland's ghostship fire that killed three dozen people will have more time before facing a judge. derek elmina was supposed to face a judge yesterday. >>> the results are in and the british prime minister lost her majority in parliament. theresa may didn't have to call this election. it could hurt her ability to move forward with brexit. some people are saying she should resign, but reports say she doesn't plan to step aside. the pound lost value against the dollar overnight. we'll follow any other consequences of this. >>> people are continuing to post notes and leave flowers for the victims of eight people were killed. 48 others injured after three islamist militants went on a killing spree last saturday night. two of the three attackers had been

i'm eun yang. >> i'm chris lawrence. aaron has the morning off. we want to get a check on your traffic and storm team 4. >> sheena parveen and lauryn ricketts are outside bearing down with the heat and humidity. how is it feeling? >> it's not bad. >> no, it's not. >> but it's warm. >> it's warm. >> you can feel the humidity in the air. we can also feel little mosquitoes. >> i feel my mosquito bite from earlier and new ones forming. >> the bugs are out this morning. it's humid and warm. 76 degrees. nice sunrise. but more clouds around than we had yesterday morning. tomorrow morning, rain around. by lunchtime, close to 90 degrees. by 5:00 p.m., hot, low 90s. there's tropical storm cindy spinning around the border of texas and louisiana. and the moisture from that is actually going to move here as we go into tomorrow. coming up in a bit, we'll talk about the timing of the rain for weekend. lauryn and i are back with the forecast. let's check the traffic with melissa mollet. >> delays inbound here. westbound 50 before mlk jr. highway. headed inbound i

i'm erika gonzalez in for eun yang. we are working to get you to school on time. chuck and lauren kick off our coverage outside. less humid this morning, right? >> si, senior and seniorita. that's all the spanish i know. >> that's true. this weekend is hot and humid. >> brought our umbrella to play it on the safe side. you'll want to find yours as well. there are rain drops. cloudy skies. it looks like it's just about ready to start sprinkling. on the top side of the capitol beltway. rain drops on i-66 east of the plains now. western fairfax county. >> hay market. >> i couldn't think of that for some reason. a bit of a muggy start this morning. 60s to 70s. today's high 85 degrees. chance you'll get rained on maybe twice stands at 60%. be ready for rain chances today. cooling up in a few minutes we'll look at the whole weekend forecast and lauren will have the break out of the father's day forecast. first 4 traffic and miss melissa mollet. >> we're going to get to that in a moment. >> first, here's megan fitzgerald at the live desk following a very bad crash. >> re

eun yang shares which foods you should add to your grocery list. >> reporter: belly fat is a problemor many people, and can be caused by everything from high stress to eating too much processed food. so what do you do when situps just aren't working anymore? dr. rovinia brock says start with a cup of tea. >> first, i want you to start with having dandelion tea. the reason, dandelion helps rid the body of toxins. often toxic buildup shows up in the belly. >> reporter: she adds watermelon, papaya helps. >> that contains an amino acid arganine which helps rid the body of water in general and around the belly in particular. >> reporter: like all weight-loss programs, sleep and exercise are key. eun yang, "news 4 today." >>> i want to eat it. >> i know you do. >> getting rid of belly fat isn't the only benefit of those foods. dan delion tea helps calmou pressure and circulation. >> the watermelon full of vitamins, a, b 6, c, even a little potassium. the papaya is a great source of fiber. you should start your day off with something with a lot of fiber in it. >> pineapple can boost your im

i'm erika gonzalez in for eun yang. we are working to get you to school on time.huck and lauren kick off our coverage outside. less humid this morning, right? >> si, senior and seniorita. that's all the spanish i know. >> that's true. this weekend is hot and humid. >> brought our umbrella to play it on the safe side. you'll want to find yours as well. there are rain drops. cloudy skies. it looks like it's just about ready to start sprinkling.

. >> eun yang is still on assignment. the sunrise is rising before 6:00 if that's any indication. >> temperatures already in the 70s for a lot of us. it's only 6:00 a.m. we'll check in with melissa mollet and storm team 4 traffic. >> eun and sheena picked a great week not to be here sweating it out with the rest of us. early sunrises up today. 5:42 is when the sun came up this morning. another steamer. poor air quality once again. folks with heart and respiratory that should take a bit of the edge off the temperatures. 60s and 70s now will become mid 90s across the area. heat index near 100 and poor air quality will knock the stuffing out of you. the forecast coming up. now back to the ac with melissa mollet. >> that's where i have to be. inner loop between branch avenue and saint barnabas. the broken down truck has two lanes getting by at this point this morning. as we zoom in a little, the other issue, outer loop and local lanes, route 1, alexandria. disabled vehicle, blocking a lane. charles street near washington aven

i'm eun yang. >> i'm chris lawrence. aaron has the morning off. thanks for waking up early on a monday with us. >> you might want to leave extra time if you have to drive on the beltway. melissa mollet has breaking news. we're going to check in with chuck bell and sheena parveen. melissa. >> great news in northern virginia. inner loop at van dorn street. we're shut down. a four-mile backup here this morning because of this crash. so we understand from v-dot this is a collision reconstruction situation. that means it could be around for a couple of hours. take a look at the backups on the map. all of these folks already in trouble this morning. if you need to head that way, you can do franconia road and do duke street depending where you're to or headed from. right now they don't look so bad. lots of people going to try that same thing to avoid this, this morning. major, major mess. we'll keep our eyes on it this morning. >> good morning, sheena. >> good morning, melissa. chuck and i are out here. it is nice outside. >> nice. early sunrises like th

eun yang is on assignment. justin finch is live at the field where it happened. >> the lights are on as the investigation continues. we'll get more on that. first though, check on your forecast and first 4 traffic. we'll start with chuck bell and lauren rickets who have stepped outside this morning. feels a lot better today than it did yesterday. >> certainly does. definitely. going to bed earlier, it's a little more comfortable when you step outside. >> i'll take it. >> me, too. >> get outside and run this afternoon in a couple of days. four things you need to know about the forecast. number one, no 90s today. awesome. chances for some showers today. mainly out in the valley. not much of a rain threat. sunday looks like we may be back into the 90s once again. if you're planning out your thursday, temperatures in the 60s and 70s now. look at that, a much lower slope on the temperature climb for today. afternoon highs up near about 85 degrees. rain chance 30%. most of that rain threat is focused west of the d.c.

eun yang is on assignment. going to feel why today is a weather alert day the moment you step outside. >> so, of course, storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell is outside on the weather deck for us. going to check in with melissa, too, with a look at the roads. chuck, how's it feeling? >> this time i walked out i went ahead and shedded the jacket before i came out. it's already very, very muggy out here early today. be very cautious today. make sure you stay hydrated. there's a picture of our rising sun now. poor air quality to boot. in addition to the heat, haze, humidity kind of a gujy sky overhead. in the 60s and 70s now. it's going to be a sizzler of a day to be outside. afternoon highs low to mid 90s across most of the area. make sure you have your spf on. nbc washington app will help you plan out the heat for the next later in the week. we'll take some of the edge off of the heat. let's go into melissa mollet. let's hope the traffic is taking it easy on us this morning. >> you know what, it's actually pret

i'm eun yang. >>> i'm aaron gilchrist. right back to preparing you for the holiday weekend. wtop's dave dildine is in for melissa mollet with a look at the roads. >> first we head to chuck bell who is outside. it's getting present i hot outside. >> following my media feed. aaron, you were tagged by a follower. a haiku about your comment and here's the haiku. a fine line between coming up position and some call it sunrise. >> who knew a haiku. >> that's beautiful. it's wonderful. who knew a haiku would be so easy to make so early in the mo washington. a look at i-395. four things to know about the weather. many 90 degree days ahead. a chance of stronger thunderstorms for tomorrow. behind that storm chance, it will be a little bit less humid for sunday and monday. i'm optimistic about dry weather for the fireworks as well. ten-day forecast coming up later on in the show. right now it's traffic time. good morning dave dildine. >> good morning, chuck bell. we're watching fairly light traffic on 95. first, good news a accokeek,

good morning, i'm aaron gilchrist. >> i'm eun yang.let will have a check on the forecast. are you sure it's june, chuck? >> absolutely. it's going to be a great day. number one rule of photography, don't fight the sun. backlit this morning, early sunrises of june. earliest sunrises of the year for the next seven to ten days. enjoy it. live view over capitol hill as the first rays of thursday morning find their way into your backyard. 49 in gaithersburg, 46 out in winchester, virginia. 56 downtown at

i'm aaron gilchrist >>> i'm eun yang. thanks for joining us early on this thursday, june 29th. we'rrk out the door whether you're starting your vacation now, lucky you, or headed to work. >> melissa mollet will have a look at the roads. storm team meteorologist chuck bell and sheena parveen are outside this morning. the sun is up. >> yep. >> is it already going to work? >> a beautiful day outside. >> it's my thursday and her friday. another day off. i have to look into this. there needs to be a full investigation. >> i'm going to be sick next week. that's what's happening. >> that's what it is. good forecast, sheena. hope flip she'll get to enjoy her long weekend and hopefully everyone at home will enjoy theirs as well. >> beautiful skies over washington. temperatures, a few spots in the 50s. frederick, maryland, leesburg, virginia in the 50s. everyone else, low to mid-60s. it will be a hot one today. upper 80s in the suburbs. about 91 in washington. not too terribly humid yet. the humidity will build as we get into tomorrow and over the weekend. we're off to a comfortable star

. >> woodruff: and lisa joins me now, along with our own john yang. so john, i'm going the start with you. you just heard what lisa's reporting about what they're doing on the hill. what is the white house doing? >> the white house is pushing infrastructure. yesterday airway, tomorrowwater way, thursday streets, friday permitting processes. you might think that means they have an infrastructure bill ready to go. no. this is concept, proposal, broad policy bills. they don't have a timeline for when they'll have an infrastructure bill ready to introduce in congress. they don't even know whether it will be one bill or a series of legislative packages. they're still on the drawing board. >> woodruff: sounds like it's still early. lisa, talk specifically about the time crunch. what is congress dealing with here? >> i think congress is looking at essentially a 60-yard field goal to try to get everything done that it has to. it has to be perfect. look at the calendar, what congress and republicans hoped to do this year. this is what they wanted to happen, ha