called you illustrious, chuck, did you miss that? >> computer generates the data. >> there's an app for me alreadyu so i'm j here for personality. clear skies this morning, little early morning color as well. hetemperatures are in t 60s and 70s to get your wednesday going. hump day is here. 72 now in ngarticlip. 73 in quantico. 74 in annapolis.pe temtures in the mid 60s in the shenandoah valley. nice and mild this morning. ayre than enough sun. temperatures todill be in the upper 80s to almost 90 degrees. not worried about rain chances for today. tomorrow, that is a different issue. today will be sunny and dry. tomorrow hot, humid and an increasing chance for storms not only strong storms but locally heavy rains means that tomorrow's flood thr will be high. melissa, good morning. >> good morning to you. so clarksburg southbound 702 after clarksburg crash is on the shoulder. still seeing a delay as you're 20aded southbound on 1hen we have a slow down because of the earlier crash we did have two lanes blocked.'s now ion the shoulder bu

as chuck mentioned, heat today. news 4's justin finch has what 81 degrees here and it's already humid out here. we have re heat to come our at times it will feel even hotter nre days are o tap of more of a lot of us look forward to it. some tips, make sur you are toac. if you are going to be outside, that's best option. take breaks, too. make sure you are using cooling center as come out here live, if you don't know where a cooling they can give you a place to perhap even longer. >>> new this morning, a reminder how dangerous an extreme heat a virginia family is mourng in a car. someon called 191 around 2:00 saw a child alone in a car. the 10-montold girl was hospit sh baby's death. remain in jail on sex crime chge two little boys at the gaithe old. the boy told police say talked about and showed them inappr videos at the right now pasay is being held if you believe your child was victim call the montgomery divisi he became the first chairman of rules. he wen as mayor in 1981 anderved as hud secret he was 95 years o

thank you, jummy. >>> let's turn to meteorologist chuck bell. >> yes? >> i was going to make an age joke but i won't. >> no, go ahead! go ahead! >> that's not nice! >> it's friday. you're on vacation all next week. i have all next week to get back to you! go right ahead. >>> a check of the record for the weekend. the record high maximums andhe record high minimums. the record high minimums 82 in washington for both saturday and unday. the record high minimums at dulles airport 75 and 77. 80 and 83 at bwi. the record high maximums during the afternoons. tomorrow no matter h many miserably hot it gets tomorrow, that record is untouchable. 106 degrees. thats theall-time record high in washington reached on tomorrow's date in 1930. record high for sunday 104 and both out of reach. place that m haven opportunity to break the record most the dulles airport and stag and could be above 77 on sunday morning and those are within reach of 101. the 102 and 104 will hang on probably another year. sun is about ready to come have stayed mid to upper 70s around the met

chuck says 3 billion gallons. many couldn't see the road ahead of them. >> a lot of locality told us they have to spend time about the integrity ofthose. they don't know that something is collapsing ahead of time so the danger doesn't necessarily difppear with the absence o rain. >> the pipes that go under the creeks and you put that kind of water force through it and you he erode the dirt and next thing you know toad collapses. ideologic. our infrastructure took it on the chin yesterday. because we have paved over so much of the d.c. metro area on the extreme rainfall days, it becomes a higher threat for extreme flas floodinghan it would have been if we had not paved over so much. paved surfaces don't let the water absorb and as a result it has to run off into a limited number of place. >>> this mning on a tuesday, skies have been mainly clear overnight. there had been fog hanging over potomac ver. you're looking across the river into arlington county. there is the spire there in georgetown university. vibility n

you think that is funny, chuck? fan?don't like the >>> one of our own will be e thre. five-time olympic champion and bethesda native katie ledecky is competing in the games but having trouble this week. a medical issue forced her to ll out of tworace this morning at the world championships which are held in south korea.e u.s. t officials expect her ater but ck in the they are waiting for test results to figure out what is going o onhere. she had one of the biggest losses of her reer yesterday coming in second in the 400-meter freestyle race. >>> many americans it looks like are using antibiotics without a prescription, accordi to new research from baylor college of medicine. it found many people use leftover medicine, while others got antibiotics from friends, family, even flea markets, or online. experts say this ia dangerous actice and it could increase the risk of side effects and antibiotic resistance. meanwhile, millions of america who take aspirin to prevent a heart attack and may be at risk for other health problems. the american heart association recommends aga

>> thank you, chuck. brand new problemhat has quickly become quite an issue frederick, eastbound 70 as you're approaching 15 340 and 270 only the left lane is getting by the work zone there. so very quickly you started to get jammed here. as we're reaching00 a.m., about a three-mile backup right now. hopefully this work zone gets out of the way and everything sort of releases soon. >>> boyds 117, buck lodge road at moore, lanes blocked there because of the sinkhole and wk zone. 270 northbound, southbound looks okay. outer loop at k,braddocleft lane is still getting by that work zone. little bit of a delay there on the screen. and fairfax westb66nd after 123 right lane blocked disabled vehicle through prince georges coty we look good. 95 and maryland no is tes. >>nk you, melissa. >>> 5:01. the third street tunnel here in the district is open this morning after a gunman opened fire on another driver in the middle of traffic. >> police are still trying to find a shooter. news 4 justin finch is at the tunnel

thank you, chuck, for highlighting that for us this morning. the left side of the road is blocked here. you can see the delays building quickly southbound as you're approaching 216. you'll see those backups there. virginia a couple of different problems there now. northbound 95 near 6rd staffo left lane blocked by a disabled vehicle. >>> good morning. i'm rahel solomon at cnbc headquarters. exposed social security number of nearly 15 people and breach is one of the largest affecting consumers and equifax did not notice the breach until six weeks later. >>> what is good for gas mileage? running the a.c. or driving with wins down in according to the environmental protection agency, you don't have to sweat to save the fyl. the epa sas putting the air on is much more efficient. this says opening the windows puts more strain our car's in eng i'll follow those instructions and advice. >>> new on "news4 today," you're seeing back-to-clhool sales in stores. what you should buy now and suppli you should wait on. >> with the extrsugar and calories you ma

. >>> chuck? >> heavy rain across northern maryland. national weather service just extended the flash flood warning near frederick, maryland, and hagere >>> welcome back. 5:12. >>> today, managers at starbucks will meet with police after officers were asked to leave a store in arizona. >> the second day of meetingstw ben the two groups and it all started on the fourth of july when an employee told six tempe officers that a customer was uncomfortable with their presence. the employee asked the officers to move from their line of sight. the officers decided to leave. the tempe officers association calledhe situation disheartening and offensive and say they hope this can be a learning opportunity. while the #dump starbucks was on social media. meanwhile people had mixed reactions. >> they should not be asked to leave if all they are doing is having a cup of coffee. >> starbuckspologizedand called the incident completely unacceptable. the company says it's alread taking necessary steps to make sure this doesn't happen again in the future. >

chuck? >>> time to start thinking about the weekend. it will be blistering hot around here. how about a trip to the ocean? just know the eastern shore is not a whole lot cooler. temperatures in the mid-90s at the beaches this weekend. at index could be over a hundred degrees so if you're heading to the beach know you'll heading to the beach know you'll be sweating there not all water is created equal. only 1 billionth of 1% is filtered naturally. and emerges crisp and refreshing enough to bcalled deer park 100% natural spring water. born better® we like drip coffee, layovers- -and waiting on hold. we like drip coffee, layovers- what we don't like is relying on fancy technology for help. snail mail! we were invited to a y2k party... uh, didn'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. >>> welcome back. temperatures climb this high, you know your air-conditioni

. >> that's right, chuck. >> hopefly, we have sun today for those panels! >> yes. and the sun also lightens your hair up. be careful as you get older. like ame, your will lighten up a little bit. >> i'm already starting to hear it, buddy y >> aren'tou turning 40 this year? >> stop it! just get to the weather! >> if he is going to be here for e week, we will go ahead and pick on him. aaron is not here for my >>> temperatures way comfortable this morning. 66 here in washington. northwest winds will be in place again for a today andth keeps humidity levels down. but that northwest wind also brings in cooler air aloft and so just like what happened ay yesterdthere will be a slim, but not zero percent, chance for rain today. ehooy the morning rs. a dry start to the day. lots of sunshine. andoah 50s in the sh valley. most of the d.c. suburbs are in the low to mid six. 70s by the warm waters of the potomac. high today 87. like yesterday, rain chances are less.r look at the places that didn't get a drop yesterday. but over half an inch aic frederburg and national airport c

melissa mollet is standing by with your first 4 traffic, but begin with storm roam 4 meteogist chuck bell. we have been waiting for some nice weather. >> it won't be t hot or too humid like goldie locks just right on your wednesday. couple degrees cooler than average. sun is coming up little more than half an hour from now, 6:02 is sunristt li early morning daylight starting to appear. 63 in loudoun county, virginia. 63 in gaithersburg and frederick. a little warmer, the warm waters of chesapeake bayre holding temperatures for our bay side communities in the low to mid 70s. your commute for today will be unaected by the weather. other than maybe a little sun glare, temperatures in the 60s for the ride in about 80 at noontime todaynd low 80s for daytime highs today. so really nice weather to get out and enjoy it. car washing forecast, you bet.r go foit. dry weather will stick around the next couple days. little warmer trend, though. we'll talk about that with the ten-day forecast. melissa mollet, let's hope today goes easier than yesterday. >> after yesterday, i think i deserve a week

. >>> let's start with your weather with storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell. >> the storm today have aib possility of producing strong wind gusts in 50 to 60-mile-per-hour range with the stronger storms. after monday's flood emergency acro here the ground is pretty much saturated so any heavy rain coming withhese storms pose a significant chance for significant flash flooding. the storm threat is highlighted across the the bull's-eye on top of the washington and baltimore area. stay weather alert today and have our nbc washington app and have it ready to go and we will send push alerts as many more warnings or watches coming out. a flash flood watch at 2:00 p.m. this afternoon until 2:00 tomorrow morning ides all of the metro washington area. it's steamy outside this morning. te teratures are already inhe low to mid seventh. fternoon high close to 90 defoees bere thunderstorms get going today. increase just in time for the evening commute. a lot of possibility to snarl the ride home from work today. >> let's try to get through this morning. at least for now, dry. we thank you for tha

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. >> melissa mollet is standing by with first 4 traffic and lauryn ricketts is in for chuck bell this moing with a look at the day ahead. >> the day ahead not lao too a shy. if you like yesterday, you'll like today. similar conditions to yesterday. maybe a little bit more humidity and yore feeling that if you step outside right now. 76 is our temperature right now. stay in the 70 as we continue through morning. toping out in the 90s today. even by 9:00 a.m., that temperature already in the low 80s. we are dry out there this moroung. there c be patchy fog in some spots. we are heading into about 93 degrees today. listen. very similar to yesterday. it will be a little muggy. isolated chance of a shower and thunderstorm later on this afternoon. nothing out there right now.  to see this pattern change especially as we head into the middle part of this wllk. we wialk more about that and the changes you'll see coming up. let's talk about those road with good morning. >> good morning. clarksburg northbound 270 after 121 still a crash. overturnedcl ve and people say they had to be transporte

that is the quality of six oriole or 30 potato chips. >>> chuck? >> perfect weekend to get some of the yard work done across the area. it will be sunny and hot both days but we should be dry. cill a littleance for rained today. more about that coming up. here is a gardening tip for the day 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... uh, didn't that happen, like, 20 years ago? oh, look, karolyn, we've got a mathematician on our hands!it checut! 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. >>> after weeks of ttling the courts and his critics, president trump has abandoned his efforts to adding citizenship question for the 2020 census but in political defeat the president aured his supporters his fight was not finished. >> what is the president's plan? >> the president is backing off initial plan but not off th

. >> and lauryn ricketts is in for chuck bell. we will start with you. e she may be having technical difficulty with the equipment but we will keep talking until she is ready to rock 'n' roll. >> my feet got caught in the chair. >> sounds like your microphone is out too. >> it is. >> on there we go. >> can anybody hear me? happening?g happy 5:00 on a tuesday morning, everybody. starting off on a great note. a little warm out there. we have got temperat es that are on their way up along with the humiatty. is the main thing you'll notice out there today. the heat and o humidity isut there. not the bl skies we had yesterday. 77 degrees is our temperature ttght now. we will slip a bit as we continue through the 6:00 a.m. hour and start moving back in the right direction. 8by 10:00 a.m. it's going to feel like 90 degrees by that time. mix of sun andl cd out there. more humid today. afternoon, we could have a chance for storms and same with the commute soim we will t those out coming up. >>> good morning, melissa. >> good morning. taking a look at northbound 3

chuck bell is off today and lauryn ricketts is in to look at the forecast for you. >> we were talking about the panda over the weekend and we willing covering this night and day. breaking news. her mike is ff! let's go. we are still talking abut the panda!sh kingly. >>> listen. it is a beautiful morning out there. temperatures not that bad. 60s and 70s. humidy is low when you walk ngtside. sun comip just about 55 minutes from now. 75 degrees. it is very niceut there. we will stay in the mid-70s as we go through the 7:00 a.m. hour. plenty of sunshine once that sun comes up and that will take our temperature into the upper 80s today. now yesterday weere about 94 degrees where we topped out. looking a lot better out there today. not a lot going on in radar. high pressure over us and give us blue skies out there throughout the day today. looking pretty good. now, head down to our friend in ae south. tropical depression,ng probably dowded there throughout the day today. a lot of moisture still associated with and heavy rain working its way up through the missivyippi valley and h rain down

. >> mthissa mollet is here wi the first 4 traffic and lauryn ricketts is here in for chuck bell and look at the dawn of the day. >> it doesn't feel like july 1st ut there. low humidity out there right now. brilliant colors and the sun is coming up 47 minutes from right now. 71 degrees is our temperature and northeasterly wind at 9 miles an hour. not much of a breeze compared to yesterday. f your monday outlook and a.m. commute if you're biking or driving or tag the metro or walking, you could have sunshine delays out there but about it. m outdoor lunchke your plans to do it. it will be perfect out there. not feeling too hot. yesterday we were in the low 90s.da i think to in the upper 80s. as far as exercise is concerned, fairly comfortable out there today. high pressure parke over us. so we are dry with no cloud in place. no rain in place. if youvee trang, looking good up and down the eastern seaboard as well. let's urn to melissa mollet with a check on the road. >> southbound 270 appear old georgetown road a crash there on the ride of the roadway. everything else looking pretty goo

>> you should have your own chime, chuck! >>> controversy and celebration this morning. president trump head to jamestown to help celebrate the 400th anniversary but wills rhi recent words for a maryland congressman shadow the event? >>> 16 before the hour. a big day in virginia. today marks the 300 anniversary of jamestown which was the first representative democracy in history. celebrations will take place today in the williamsburg. >> plsident trump w be there but his recent comments about baltimore, congressman elijah cummings and four democratic congresswomen of color have some concerned his controversies could put a shadow on the celebrations. "news ttoday"racie potts joins us live withmore. >> reporter: good morning. the latest controversy is with civil rights leader and msnbc al sharpton. he say that the president has a particular dislike for black americans and for anyone of color. president trump still getting a lot of heat from what ed about baltimore being rat and rodent infested and disgusting. people in baltimore saying come up and take a look. u it's justp

storm team 4 somara theodore is here today for chuck bell. >> this setup is a lot of pressure on me! >> i know it's not your fault. you're just the messenger. >> let's relish in the beauty of this live shot. my goodnestu temperas right now in the upper 70s. so we are looking at a warm start to our fourth of july and we are on getting hotterrom there. temperatures expected to rise into the low 90s by about 4:00 or 5:00. you can see throughout the day, first the cloud begin troll in and we get that threat for showers and storms probably after lunch time really peaking during that evening hour 5:00 to 9:00 p.m. around sunset there. here are the impacts we are expecting with these storms. heavy rain. downpour. wind, damaging wind and possibly a little bit of hail there. the timing is 2:00 to 9:00 p.m. if you want it hour-by-hour, stick around. i got you. back to you.to >>> ay we celebrate our nation's independence and the fourth of july is a big deal here at tour nation's capital. >> now it's time tonjoy it all. >> that is the sound "the voice" winner practicing. she sounds great. it is

. >>> we'll begin with meteorologist lauren rickets in for chuck bell. it's a weather alert day, lauren. what do you expect? >> i expect some storms later on this afternoon any time after 2, 3:00 p.m. storms develop around the region. same deal as yesterday. you'll see those damaging winds, pretty heavy downpours as well. live city camera, it's calm out there right now. we have a little fog in some spots creating some low visibility, but we also have some dampness from last night's storm. again, beautiful sunrise coming up at 5:48. now current temperatures out there right now, it's warm. those temperatures are in the upper 60s to mid 70s. that is our range. we'll stay in the 70s through 7, 8:00 a.m. by 9:00 l we're in the 80s. it will be sticky out there as we continue through the day. now, if you're traveling, airport traveli today and then coming back on sunday, new york toks beautiful even fore fireworks they look gorgeous. coming back no issues. the only issue that you're really going to have is charlottecoming back fromhere on sunday, good chance of

a second but first up, let's check out your forecast with storm team 4 clay anderson who is in for chuck bell that morning. whis going on? >> what we have outside are rain showers moving away from the area. after about midnight last night into the early morning hours we picked up rain showers and residual moisture from the fourth ofuly but the cloud are still in place but the rain shower have exited and moving north in to pennsylvia. we showed from you storm team 4 radar, rain shower mainly in prince george's county and ry county but, for the most part, they have now moved even north of baltimore and picking up thunderstorms from the baltimore area but l we e talking about now are some cloud across the area. the forecast today, b is not a way to continue for the holiday. temperatures on the warm side. 68 degrees forleesburg- i hould say 73 for manassas and 72 degrees for culpeper. warm weather does stick with you, if you're vacationing w h us, and heat and humidity. make sure you have a chance to cool off as we get close to 90 grees today. now jack is here with your traffic report. >> be