all of the shenandoah valley is in the 50s now. gaithersburg 60 now. 61 manassas and 58 warrenton and 55 in winchester, virginia. summertime ff for for sure. your planner today. more sunshine than yesterday and a bitan warmer th yesterday as well but rain chances are low and not quite down to zero. rain chances are under 20%. just like yesterday but yesterday it did raint my house around 6:30, 7:00. >>> taking a look at the beltwa inner loop and outer loop okay near 50 a lane blocked because of a work zonee rest of theway looking just fine. here is ather situation. gw parkway turkey run because of work zone there and laurelpa bw way between 198 and 32 left lane is getting by and silver kpring georgia avenue northbound 16th street wor getting by that work zone as well. >>> aramatic rescue steps away rom onef the city's biggest attractions. police say a woman went into the water off district pier and does not come back up and took divers 25 minute to find her and the woman was taken to the hospital in critical condition. >> since t w

taken to the hills and the hamlets of the shenandoah valley without parole. now, his announcement on april 10, offering the same terms as those given at appomattox, had already convinced at least 35 men by april 14, to come turn themselves in at winchester. that is what they would do, they would go into the town of winchester, where they would seek out the provost marshal and find their individual parole. but, the possibility of assassins escaping south through the valley, heightened a sense of urgency. hancock gets in a bit of a battle with hallux, he is writing back and forth. how are you saying don't let anyone into your lives. hancock says wait, we are supposed to make sure that we parole all of these men. we have to encourage them to come in. he had reports that there were some that were going to come turn themselves in now with lincoln's assassination, it is unclear, is this were going to continue? are these men going to continue to seek out paroles? what hancock does, as he is waiting for a response from hallux which i don't think he really cared what

all of the shenandoah valley in the mido upper 50s. the western suburb in the low to mid six. even national airport a relative cool 67 degree. yo planneror today, plenty of sunshine. there will be a bubbling up of cloud later in the day and rain chances are not all the way down to zero today but rain chances, just lik yesterday, are under 20%. it's not likely that you'll get rained on but that doesn't mean that it's imressible. ths a big difference between a low and a zero percent. i know. i know. thank you, chuck. inner loop and outer loop belt hale ced out of the way on to. you don't have worry about that any more. this work zone out of the way as well so quite helpful. this one clear too. as we look at 295 here, after the beltway, that is now out of your way. good news. 66 and 95 nice and open. >>> new this morning. a virginia man face chargeser aft a store employee fod child pornography on his cell phone. police arrested 46-year-old jose luis torres of blue ridge and said the employee found that y pornograph the phone at the sprint store last saturday. the store manager ca

t are plenty of upper 60s in the shenandoah valley. mugginess and steamy today' turn into a hot handumid day. 94 was the high yesterday and i'm forecasting 95 today. there will also still be a slight chance for a shower or ceunderstorm. highest rain chan west of the shenandoah valley and west of the blue ridge. around town, can't guarantee there won't ab stray shower or two but rain showers are low. if you're heading to the nats taking on the braves, they won flist a st night. your ten-day forecast is coming up. >>> massas westbound 66 prosecute the rest area a tiny dip on the map. the yellow color, left lane is getting by the work zone there. major delays throughout the mornhtng even overn because they had a full closure a short time ago. nortound and southboundn 95 no issues. inner loop and outer loop of the beltway nor consttion. prince george's county, everything is rolling long and same situation top of the beltway. ro 29, bw parkway and 95 just fine. >>> data leakta at capi one, a seattle woman is accused of hacking into the comp

right now less humid air allowed for cooler weather in shenandoah valley where the sixw and seventh around town. dog walking forecast today. bo here is almost 2 and ready to be adopted and neutered and updated on shots. go to humane rescue analli.org to adopt bo. the pavemenot will be h late on the afternoon, jack. >> don't want to burn the pad. blank you, sir. eastbound span ock you find the ride are crews working on overhead traffic signals. been some sort of an issue to westbound span had been running two ver two-way traffic. canal road is still blocked from monday's storm with a sinkhole repair. >>> we ha new details into a rape of a woman on a met platform. >> this morning, we know the suspect is custody in the district awaiting extradition near maryland. the victim told police the assault happened at the ly chevierstation. the suspect is charged with first-degree rape. >>> fairfax county county health official are investigating what caused dozens of seniors living in a community to become sick. the outbreak happened over the past 11 days at grnspring retirement community in sprifield

t are plenty of upper 60s in the shenandoah valley. mugginess and steamy today' turn into a hot handumid day. 94 was the high yesterday and i'm forecasting 95 today. there will also still be a slight chance for a shower or ceunderstorm. highest rain chan west of the shenandoah valley and west of the blue ridge. around town, can't guarantee there won't ab stray shower or two but rain showers are low. if you're heading to the nats taking on the braves, they won flist a st night.

shenandoah valley youight need a light jacket with temperatures only around 60. in 72 in the greater washington area. we will slip a little bit as we tend to do around 7:00 a.m. and move that temperature back up. the good news out there today as you wake up and walk outside you'll feel that crispness in the air. we are talking about low humidity out there continuing through the day today but another heat wave in the work and rather hot as we go through the next coupled. humidity coming our oy al with daily rain chance. let's talk fourth of july not only here but at the beaches coming up in 15 nute. ow let's talk about the roadways with melissa. >> rockville southbound 270 near montrow road a warning there. no big problem on the inner loop or outer loop. as gets you there in 11 minute. re's 4:02. d.c. police looking for two men in connection with a deadly shooting in the district. >> two people were shot. one die >> police say that shooting happened around finels la5:30 l in an alley 15th and v streets. kelly cantwell was inside his apartment when he heard the sho

shenandoah valley, you may need a jacket this morning. temperature in winchester low to mid-50s. 95 corridor tempatures from the upper 50s in ft. meade to 70 in the district.ol a co start out the door and maybe biking to work or even a walk to work, it is going to be a nice morning for thasu. plenty of hine. temperatures in mid to upper 80s for t daye highs today but nothing to worry about on the road. maybe plan for outdoor lunches. it is going to be nice out there with a lighter wind compared to yesterday. exercise very comfortable out there. high pressure parked over us. that is clearing out everything. we have no rain in the forecast for today. barely any cloud. tomorrow, we do have an isolated storm chance that is less than 30%. i think we will see a stray one here or there. humidity and heat is back. low 90s tomorrow and feel like the upper 90s at times. ase head through this week, humidity is going to be thick out there. wednesday your temperature in the low mid-90s but feeling like a hundred. same deal for the fourth of july. same

valley. winchester, front royal and leesburg and martinsburg, the favorite areas for the afternoon thunderstorm chances today. 30% for rain. most of that is concentrated west of the i-95 corridor.ru i couldn' out a stray shower around town or if you're going to be basebagame this evening. unlikely to have a rain delay but it will be hot as you're heading down to nats ballpark. big game, big series against the waves. they last night and hope we have another win on the record today. you can see the broken line of showers now that extend all the r f oayom ohio dokentucky and tennessee and overall pattern is coming our directi n. today thest rain chance will be in the western half of the news4 nation. tomorrow, rain chances up for everybody. here is 1:00 this afternoon. all dry around town. there is a tiny little chance of a shower orbu two most of the better rain chances today will be focused on the terrain from leesburg and hic freder westbound so keep that in mind if you're traveling today. wh

another little batch of showers here coming into the southern parts of the shenandoah valley that will graze through here during the morning commute. off to a wet start on your tuesday. but the severe weather threat is arne. the flood watches over with. the heaviest of the rains are behind us now. nothin more than occasional showers coming on in. grab the reumba. showers could linger through the afternoon. temperatures rain-cooled this 72 in prince george's county. these temperatures are 5 to 10 degrees cooler than we were at the same time yesterday. this afternoon's high tomorrow almost 20 degrees cooler! yesterday, d.c. topped out at 96. today's high temperature, 77. melissa mollet, that is employee of the month stuff for me. >> definitely it is right now. take a look at this. first 4 traffic alert this morning. different issues around town. multiple issued. 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. l

ittle cooler out to the shenandoah valley. 64 in winchest the next 12 hours expect sunshine and few cloud into the .fternoon and eveni another chance of isolated shower out there. sun coming up about 6:06 this morning. as far as radar is concerned, nothing happening out there right now. keep an eye on the sky later on this afternoon for a stray shower or two pushing through the area. spotty shower possible as we get into your tuesday, we will have that rain to the west. shenandoah valley really west of the blue ridge mountains and all bets are off for everybody as wednesday's frontal system edges through our area and close before it pass thrgh a thursday morning and stalls out. tomorrow a degree or two warmer. more humidity tomorrow and storms to the west. spotty shower is possible later on this afternoon throuni this eveg. a 10% chance, that is it. tuesday morning, dry out there. the tuesday morning commute, okay. similar to monday morning. as we head into tomorrow afternoon a little disturbance well to t west and that is thunderstorms. heading to tuesday night, we will keep that chance

and take it to the confederacy and capture the shenandoah valley. stanton was incensed. he wanted had imto obey orders and do shut the -- shut up. i do not want your ideas just obey. this is something rosecrans has problem was in fact one of stanton private secretaries wrote to him and said stanton has taken a dislike to you, which is stanton has taken a dislike to you. his days are already numbered. now if rosecrans's suggestions had been followed perhaps stonewall jackson's ability to exploit the union divided union command structure might not have happened. and he liked to point that out after the war. fortunately for rosecrans, he was sent to mississippi and got as far away from edwin stanton as he could and he went to command under john pope in in mississippi. when pope was promoted and sent east. rosecrans took over the army of mississippi. hal okay the was promoted that receives grant in charge of western forces including the army of mississippi that rosecrans is head of. the two men got along well together. they had known each other at west point, they were frien

high chance for rain is west of the washington area in the shenandoah valley. parts of northern and western maryland in the mountains where the highest chances are. anybody could get a raindrop. here is 2:00. nothing going on on around towne but shos and thunder and lighti lighting there on the virginia g and west viinia line. frederick and leesburg and warrenton there getting close but not a lot of progress into the city. sort of drying up. any late evening chances for rain appear to be to our west and drying out tomorrow morning. then tomorrow afternoon a much higher chance for everyone to get a thunderstorm. herests that five-day foreca >>> on the beltway outer loop before university boulevard, chopper 4 showing you sme slowdowns opini slowdowns. be remember to listen to wtop 103.5 fm when you hop in your car. >>> next up, uptick in ticks. >> doctors are seeing more case of tick-borne illness. we ar working for your health with information how quickly you need to remove a ck before it can make you sick. >>> if you're home this afternoon, courtney kardashian

look at those 50s in the shenandoah valley this morning. all the way down to 62 now at dulles airport and 63 clinton, maryland. you can see here on the radar and satellite composition that mostly clear skies a the way from basically i-95 corridor toward st. louis and chicaaro. cleailing for your weekend travel plans. long radar loop one lonely 8:00 there about 7:30, last night. that was it. that added to only hundredth of an inch at national airport. for todll, there wi be bubbling up of cloud during the middle of the afternoon. rain chances are very, very low and anything that does happen will be like yesterday about hundredth of an inch and that is it. clear and dry overnight and tomorrow again mosdy sunny an maybe loneliest shower along to the west of the blue ridge but by and large rain chances essentially dried up here for the next coupled. our next good chance of rain medal part of next week. you'll notice that the humidity will start making a bit of a comeback as we get towards sunday into monday. not bad for today and tomorrow. but

might need a light jacket in the shenandoah valley. we have plenty of sunshine, could have an isolated chance of a shower or thunderstorm pping up later this afternoon. same deal heading into tomorrow. we'll talk about when we change things here in the weather department, all good things must come to an end. ming up. that on our ten-day, >>> breaking news in the philippines this morning. at least eight people have been killed in two strong earthquakes that hit just hours apart. the quake measures 5.7, and 5.9. about 60 people were injured. video of the aftermath is what you're looking at here. it's still circulating online. government officials there say medical and rescue teams are already on their w in part of the country to try and he out with the relief and then- cl. >>> this morning police are trying to figure out who stabbed a man to death at a popular park in prince georges county. chopper 4 flew over the scene yesterday atllen pond in buoy. investigators found a damaged silver suv you're looking at there near theeball field. it

fis 50s in the shenandoah valley. no weather worries for your mmute today. sun is up. it will be sunny all day long today. quiet weather as well. washed.t car no problem at all. dry weather for really the next coupled around here and high pressure in charge of our weather. you can see next chicago inclement weather and st. louis. a lweng time beforeave to worry about that. gher chance along into the west of the ridge for a stray shower or two. no impactful amounts of rain this weekend. ten-day forecast in the next half hour. let's go to first 4 traffic. >>> chopper 4 over this overturned tractor-trail 270 southbound at you approach 118. it is full of candy and started to come apart as they were towing it out of the way and now to off-load 40,000 pound of s candy that i a half of a load of your average tractor-trailer before they can clear things and reopen the ramp on angermwn ramp. three-mile backup heading south and ramp is shut down as they off-loa the candy. crash there outer loop 266 and two lanes bloed. remember to list to wtop when you hop in your car, 103.5. >>

the northern shenandoah valley, back throughrn nort frederick county, maryland. a few isolated showers out there. just light stuff through the area right now. as we continue through the day, we've got not only this frontal system back in the ohio valley, but another piece of the energy through the eastern coastline. that's going to develop these showers that will be strong in this heat and humidity we have. heavy rain expected. we're going to have isolated instances of flooding. i think they're going to move by pretty quickly. they're not going t hang around. wind is the biggest orfact >> again, rain pushes in, storms, yellows and the reds and the heavierat rain th we have. it moves out by 8:00. fog overnight. then tomorryw, we're d through the morning commute. about a 30 to 40% chance of thunderstorms. guess what? we do it again on friday. friday slightly better chances. we'll look at friday and ikeo the w aft this.er >>> it is round 2 tonight for the democratic debates. we saw the progreses a the moderate cid night in theirst linelloing at ged this morning, a c

temperatures in the comfortable range yet again. 50s in part of he shenandoah valley already and 59 winchester and still 71 downtown washington. i suspect we will drop into the six before too much longer. your hourly planner for your friday, get ready for near rfection from the weather department. comfortable weather to get you started and all sunshine all of the time those tiny rain chance we have been dealing with the last couple of days i think are outline dried up for your friday and weekend plans. closer look for your saturday and sunday is coming p. >> first 4 traffic alert. german town sohbound 270 before 118 left lane is by the tractor trail versus the cruiser crash. hoping to reopen another lane but it will cause some pain before it is cleared out of the way. here is another issue because of that. that ramp is shut down. >> thank you so much, melissa. >>> a homeless man who has been arrested more than 70 times is now accused of another crime -- attacki a pregnant woman. >> police released a picture of michael heller three his latest charges for pushing 8 1/2-month pregnant on a sidewa

tart.er comfortable shenandoah valley in the 50s this morning. humidity levels we suffered through last week are in check. not too terribly humid and sunshine will be here on not just friday but all through the course of our ycounty, virginia. fauquier county and 70 at national t.airpo no weather concerns today other than sun glare. sun up 6:04 an hour from now. highs in the mid t p go forup it! absolutely. dry weather for your friday and your weekend. we will take a check of the extended forecast and the beach weather as well in case you're thinking about going to ocean for the weekend. that is coming up. >> i know you're thinking about it, chuck. >> you know it. >>> a homeless man who has been merested more than 70 ti is accused of another crime, attacking a pregnant woman. >> police released this photof o michael hillert three years ago. this later charge is pushing an 8 1/2-month pregnant on a sidewalk in logan circle and we are told she is recovering at home but hillert is back on the street and that includes more than 20 charges of sexual v

temperatures right now from the upper 70s, mid-to-upper 70s in the shenandoah valley to the low-to-mid 80s here in the d.c. area. so it is a little on the warm side out there and we will e to see some warm conditions out there today. temperatures are going to be rising. low-to-mid 90s. we do have that slight chance of a shower or thunderstorm this afternoon. we are looking at some more showers and thunderslyrms possibs we get into your we will see more showers and showers and gaunderstorms. so ain we have sunny be ditions, it's going t muggy. look at these temperatures. you see the temperatures around noal tomorrow. 94 today. they start going up from there. let's talk about that. let's talk abt barry as well. that's coming up. guys. >> all right. lauryn, thank you. we know you will be following that closelo >>> we cinue to stay on top of tropical storm barry this morning. the slow-moving system is dumping rain and threatening communities from flo to alabama. >> nbc's jay gray in louisiana to explain why that state is getting hit the strongest right now.:arry annou i arrival with gufrti

shenandoah valley upper 50s. full sunshine out there todayot but the case all week. i'll talk about your fourth of july coming up in a little bit. >>> history made in north korea. president trump become the first u.s. president to step foot in that country, but doesthis mean a deal to denuclearize north korea is coming? stay with us. >>> stepping in to hi. over the weekend, president trump became the first president to enter north korea. he walked into that country standing bed kim jong-un during prtrip to the demilitarized joan. ident is back in washington this morning but many are looking forward what happens next. >> a lot of people are high hopisric meeting will be the first step toward a nuclear agreement with weapons? a long step to try tha team toget t try to restart these nuclear talks with special envoy steven began on our side dealing with as opposed to the high-powered presidential summit we saw that deadn't really ld to a solid agreement n withorth korea. but these pictures are a bit of a step forward for president trump as he tri open the doors with nort

valley into pennsylvania, into west gi vira, yes, you do watch out for the high water. as we talk about where it's coming from. take a look at the clouds from charleston, west virginia, moving into the washington area. and then sagging into pennsylvania. now, we had thunderstorms at this time about 24 hours ago. it seems as though things are rather calm,s but a we increase in coverage throughout the area, we'll add more impacts and talk about that and a complete forecast in a few moments. >> all right. thank you, clay. as clay mentioned a lot more rain ahead tonight so keep track of the flood watches right from your phone. just download the free nbc washington app to get all thee s you need and to check the live storm team 4 radar. > we have new information tonight on a deadly crash on the beltway in prince george's county. a truck and suv collided early this morning on the inoer loop th of route 450. police say the driver of the truck was traveling northbound in the southbound lane when it hit that suv. investigators say alcohol was a factor in this crash. we're also l

warmer to the eaern e1shor cooler out across the shenandoah valley andh(ve chance of rain showers, 40 tot( 60%.fá weekend, we talk aboutxd saturd and sunday. to thexd beach we t(go.t( 91, 92 degrees saturday and [p[unday, take your xdpick. hot and humid with axú hance of thunderstorms. heat is ncerned? monday and tuesday, we'll get a it in july, e1ooeveryone,jf a c front that will drop the temperatures, lows in the low 70s, high in the 80s. but won't take long, 90s will return across our area once again. buy plenty of sunscreen, drink plenty of warmer and enjoy the summer here in washington. >>> shockint( 2"0q&ations in a south american courtroom. a polician saysjfi] what really brought the olympics torio. >>> plugs thet(cgátu 4 i team i look toxd keept(jf y safe. buses hitxd nearly 20 people evy year. ahead4ájf a look atñr what vir tech researchers are doing to prevent that. (vo) this is will preparing for take-off.mi and this a loving render from his wife. this is will finally depositing that expense check. oh, and this is will paying his brother-in law back with zelle for the

we w to ourt approaching the shenandoah valley and winchester. for us inside the beltway, no problem. we'll continue to warm up throughout the day including close to 80 degrees already in town. and temperatures in the 70s to our west. here it is, everyone. 89 degrees. still warm and muggy today. and for the weekend, stie in th 90s. but everyone enjoy your friday today. >>> and that's your latest forecast. >>> dylan, thank you. if you think you ate a couple too many hot dogs at your fourth of july bbq, move over. >> in a moment we're going to meet the official hot dog eating champions who ate a combined 102 hot dogs in ten mins. here's h it went down on the boardwalk in brooklyn. >> the champion of the world, joey chestnut. >> favorite and defending champion joey chestnut gobbled nathan's th win at the famous hot dog eating contest on thursday. >> he feels confident and strong. >> reporter: >> he managed ton wolf dow 71 hot dogs and buns in ten minutes in a gust busting showdown. three weaners shy of his 2018 record of 74. >> miki sudo. >> on the

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mid 70s in the shenandoah valley. just a perfect monday. 87 with lowit humid actually, this is about normal for this time of year, but usually, july, we have humidity tacked on so it feels warmer. but today is a bonus day and absolutely beautiful. so get out to the pool today. it's going to be very comfortable. now tomorrow we'l have the heat and humidity in place. could see a straight storm tomorrow afternoon through tomorrow evening. i would say less than a 20% chance you'll see that where you are. wednesday we'll up that chance to a 40% chance of seeing scattered storms. nothing on the radar right now. feeling low 90s but like the mid 90s out there. now, as we go through the wednesday, thursday and friday, of course, as i said, that heat iindex is going to be rt around the century mark. it is going to be warm. on 4th of july, we also have to dodge some storms. 40% chance we'll have scattered storms for the 4th of july. let's talk about the beach forecast for theth and also we'll show you that ten-day forecast comin

in fact, in the shenandoah valley temperatures are in the 50s. your metro area wake-up weather, sunny and nice. temperatures in the mid-60s and jump into the mid seven-70s by 9:00 take-off. and this a loving reminder from his wife. this is will finally depositing that expense check. oh, and thiswill paying his brother-in law back with zellefo their annual camping trip. iand s will finally relaxing for the long flight. this is your right here,ight w bank. this is wells fargo. >>> across the pond in the uk, today will be conservative party leader boris johnson as full day as prime minister. he spent yesterday meeting with een elizabeth but h also met with protester. and he made one thing very clear, the uk is leaving the european union. >> and we are going to fulfill the repeated promise of parliament to the people and come out of the eu on october 31st. no if's or but's. >> johnson has said if no deal is reached by halloween, there will be a no-deal brexit which experts say could be an economic disaster. johnson replaces former prime minister ther

tratures out there right now in the low 80s. 70s back towards the shenandoah valley. nothinght happening rig now. however, yes, i saw this earlier. they do have a flash flood warning up there just to the south and east of right now because of the slow-moving storms. i have been tracking this storm leaving pittsburgh over the last two hours, waiting for it to get into the western maryland area. we will watch for heavy rain coming down through western maryland and towards the i-81 corteva between winchester and hagerstown we will watch that. mainly any showers before lunchtime are west of d.c. and then after lung all bets a-- lul bets are off. one or two storms could be strong damaging winds. i think the primtoy threat y is going to be the heavy rain that we are going to see. so again here is 3:30. scattered showers and a few storms as i sa and that will continue through the evening. throughout the overnight the reds and yellows are showing the heaviest rain around the area. we will have some showers and tomorrow morning. definitely some fog as you make your way out the

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 but it doesn't matter. the damage has been done. 66 inbound, fairfax county beltway going 65 miles per hour, will take you 9 minutes. inner loop and outer loop everything looks good. arlington north key boulevard between north quinn and north oak water main break there as well. aaron? >> melissa, thank you. 5:31 right now. last week we showed you a

some areas in the shenandoah valley in the low 60s. north wind keeping that humidity on the lower side out there this morning. it will be pretty low throughout the day.es lhumid this yesterday. blue skies all day long and as you wake up this morning by 9:00 a.m. that temperature is 80.roaching it's not going to be too hot out there today. temperatures will be right around seasonable but wait until get through therest of this week and it's very, very warm. some of the hottest temperatur we have seen all year and, of course, we turn to jummy. >> reporter: the hot temperatures. d.c. mayor murie bowser activated the emergency's heat plan. that mean the cool centers are open for anyone hoping to get while this week. here is a look at the shelters that will be helping out. the mayor also suggests if you or your family need to cool off at any point check out a library or rec center during norl business hours. call 311 if you're looking for more information. it's suggested everybody stay inside as much as ossible and drink plenty of water and

mid-50s in the shenandoah valley. even some of our northern and western suburbs have fallen into the fist this morning. national airport at 65. that is a erwinn. your planner for today. partly to mostly sunny. 20% of rain today, like yesterday. now let's go over to first 4 traffic. >> chopper owner eastbound 32 after 95. take a look at the track in the grass. a vehicle in the wood. thank you, chopper 4, for that arr arrow there. rest of t beltway looks okay. northbound 95 before 123, a crash there th is also blocking the left side. remember to listen to wtop when you hop in your car, 103.5. >> it's a great radio station. >> we are partners, you know that? >>> get ready for a stem explosion in prince george's county. >> we are checking out the great creations for kid preparing for a specialconvention invention and molette green is working for you in the community and she has got details. i like that plane behind you. >> they put it back together. >> they did. g thank for styrofoam, right? 2,000 to 4,000 kid will fill t

maybe even early morning shower neighbors end and there on the blue ridge and shenandoah valley and a possibility that those could make it into the d.c. metro area il end of the morning commute. not too worried about severe weather this morning. once we had a lot of daytime heating into themix,by 2:00 or 3:00 in the afternoon there will be an opportunity for isolated strong and severe storms once again so stay weather alert today. welcome to tucson, arizona!os none of t three days would be daily record at national airport. the records this time of the year around 105 degrees. >> that is dangerous heat. thank you, chuck. northbound 95 before centreport parkw a big delay and something you don't see this time of the day typically. five mile backup as folks are trying to get around work zones. ♪ "shaving has been difficult for me i have very sensitive i get ingrowing hairs" "oh i love it. it's a great razor. it has that 'fence' in the middle. it just stopping thath shave. irritation.... that burn that i get. i wouldn't use anything else" ♪ >>> imagine growing up in a food desert witho

in shenandoah valley temperatures in the low o mid-50s yesterday. warmer out there. the humidity is not bad right now bull fet you'll feel is out there. today 92 and increased in humidity will feel closer to 95, 96. isolated storm possible to the west. as far as your monday outlook looks -- no, it's tuesday. don't want to go back a day. on the warmer side but plenty of sunshine and no rain to worry about. could have an isolated storm yesterday. it's heating up so either early or later on t tonight exercise. slipping off thest coa high pressure so we are getting that return flow here in the area. and we are seeing those temperature andmi that ty really increasing across our region but not a lot of cloud cover out there right now. as we go throughhis week, we are having chance of rain. isolated chance today. t more chancorrow and then look at your fourth of july planner. 7:00 a.m. on your fourth of july, those temperatures in the mid-70s but we are going to have a heat index into the 80s. noon it will feel like the mid-90s out t we will be dry by noon but look at this.

temperature wise even across the shenandoah valley temperatures in the upper six to 70. ke-up weather, cloud throughout the day. 9:00 a.m. sticky and mid 81 degrees. as far as severe weather for today, more heavy rain, depending on where the thunderstorms hit and some wind but hailnd a a tornado not really looking s atvere weath weather. at the beaches not a bad weekend. chances of shower and thunderstorms, of course. temperatures will soar into the 90s once again. it is definitely july for the washington area. with that here are the temperatures across our area. if you like the heat it's coming the middle of the week into the weekend so hazy, hot, humid. keep the shorts handy and make sure you're hydrated when you go out and have eesunscr for the kid and senior as well as yourself when you go out because even with the cloud cover, you can get some serious burn on your skin so make sure you take eprecaution across the area. muggy condition so still will be hot and humid. normally our high temperature july in washington is about 87, 88 degrees so we continue to be above a

right now less humid air allowed for cooler weather in shenandoah valley where the sixw and seventh around town. dog walking forecast today. bo here is almost 2 and ready to be adopted and neutered and updated on shots.

cloud are rolling a innd storms blossoming around 3:00 in the shenandoah valley and continue to pop uphroughout the after. we could see flooding issues out there. but nothing is happening out there right now. here is barry. it's a post-tropical depression right now. we will see that arrive but note until la tomorrow night. temperatures tomorrow still will be in the mid ninth. here comes that rain for tomorrow. most of this happening tomorrow evening, tomorrow night and that will lead into thursday and the first half of tursday looks wet but thursday afternoon on friday we are dry by then. nothing too crazy. i think maybe we could have a couple of severe storms but other than that nod talking about aev widespread se outbreak. but we are talking about heat across the area. let's take a look at the road with melissa. >>> good morning. we have traffic getting by that area now and good for those who route.at it looks clear at southbound georgia avenue at the beltway. a police investigation but don't see the flashing light any longer. >> thank you. >>> next on "news4 today," protecting yur amazon pri

earlier than that across parts of the shenandoah valley. the rain during the evening hours betweeng8:00 and midni tonight, the rain could be heavy at times. there will be an opportunity for some flash flooding. there is a flood wat that goes from late tonight into the early half of your tuesday.ai fall amounts on average solid 1 to 1 1/2 inches of rain overall. there could be localized spots of 3 to 4 inches of rain over the next 24 hour so that is the reason for the flash flood watch latetonight and tomorrow. the forecast is accurate even though the computer doesn't know what day it is. rthe computer melted ovehe weekend, melissa. >> i wouldn't be shocked if you told me that. >>> on the brunswick line, delays because of trees down so check and perhaps make alternate plans of this little issue that a lot of folks are dealing with. no problem on the beltway right now. 66 and 95,no complaints. 270 southbound here from frederick to the spur 70 miles per hour. get there in 26minute. >>> next on news4, a cold brew right for you? >> child coffees

valley, a most dry star to the day. umbrella. you'll likely need it. very soupy outside this moing and relatively cool start the laugh few morn is a thing of the past now. a warm front has brought way more moisture in. the deep moisture will be turned to thunderstorms this afternoon. a likelihood of strong to severe thunderstorms with damaging wins gusnd because of what we had on monday the flash flood threat is very high for later on this afternoon. i'll show you future weather in a few. jack taylor, good morning. >> good morning. we will start with this. single file getting by that crash. this is accident is structural damage discovered from monday's flooding. plan for unusual delays. back to you. >>> there was a late night crash on pennsylvania avenue. wknow that twoeople were killed in that accent. here is some video from a traffic camera showing the crash. this was at 21st street in pennsylvania avenue in nofthwest d.c. a midnight. d.c. fire officl say athird person is being treated for cell injuries. we will have

clear sks have allowed for a delightfully cool start this morning. 50s in the shenandoah valley. plenty of sunshine today. there's a chance for a stray tori f retween00 aaindn yor the ada wweekndend either. a little bit of a warming t. >> that's your latest weather. craig. >> thank you. o> coming up, new esimag ofle ss ay kostial from t she was murdered. shedding new lights on her final moments. >> plus, we tak you inside e yellowstational park in the wake of that bisonttack as officials warn tourists to leave the wildlife alone. first, this is "toda >>> coming up, new questions about how a toddler was able to sneak on a conveyer belt meant for luggagehe at t atlanta airport. >> also,en one l hanging out with another. al sits down with one and only sir paul mccartney. mota bad gig. >> a dream come true and you'll be amazed what he talked about. tickets. he suffered andractured ha they're wkih>> wngeit start thi wiw details on a story we have been follong all week, as investigators gather evidence in the murder of ole miss student ally kostial. a group of her lifelong friends is r

it came up the shenandoah valley and took foreheadburg and came down georgia avenue to threaten washingtonst >> la week d.c. delegate introduced a bill to preserve civil war flight in d.c., maryland,nind virgi a lot of hi right under our feet in washington, d.c. >>> ready, set, shop! today isazon prime day. >> deals are already available and this year it go on for 48 suurs. consumer reporter n hogan is working for you with a look at some of the sales and how to make sure you don't miss out. >> reporter: well, amazon is actually promising more than 1 million deals during prime dayye this r, hoping to pass the 4.2 billion dollars in sales r shat ited in last year. so the discou are exclusive to prime members with new sales popping up across category every five minute and it can be pretty overwhelming and hard to keep up ith if you aren't looking for something specific but if you've been eyeing one of amazon's product, this is the time to grab it. >> some of our best deals are across the site but including our amazon devices so the fire tv 6 and echo and echo dot all have deals. you'll be able

later on into the week, thursday, maybe friday morning, much ofhe shenandoah valley and parts of maryland in the 50s. 50s ed! yes! a real cold front will be making its way here and bring an end to the heat wave. good riddance to this one.93 today. it's going to be hot and humid before the storms get going today. heat index close to hundred degree andtorms going at 3:00 or shortly thereafter could have yebig impact on the evening commute. low zone is the severe weather risk for today. the highest risk any way. thunderstorms this morning near pittsburgh and more this morning, across parts of the ohio river valleyal and along and ahead of the cold front that is due to arrive here tomorrow. fso here isure weather. a quiet morning commute for the monday ride in to work. through quiet weath noon time. in the 90s. hot and humid today. here comes our storm chance at 3:00 in the afternoon. storms likely from frederick, maryland, to leesburg and manassas and foreheredericksbur. watch what happens overni.ht tonight more pockets of heavy rain by this time tomorrow could have thunder and lightning aro

valley. he displayed his admiral strategic initiative, understanding of war. said you just replaced my single command with a bunch of different commands. you should have a commander here to take it. he wanted him to obey orders and shut the -- shut up. do not -- i don't want your ideas. i just want you to obey. it's something rosecrans has problems with. if the suggestions had been followed, perhaps stonewall jackson ability to exploit the command structure might not have happened and he likes to point that out after the war. rosecrans was sent to mississippi and got as far as away from edwin stanton as he could. that leaves general grant in charge of western forces. the two men got along very well together. they had known each other at west point. they were very friendly. he was an honest man to his wife after meeting him in mississippi. he wanted thoim get -- him to get a promotion. he was a bit miffed about this. rosecrans decide his strategy at rich mountain was worth a second try. the pl

slightly higheain chances in the shenandoah valley. muchthe next couple days, higher rain chances, especially .t' >> and tha the latest weather. >> thank y very much. still ahead, the second shark attack in just two days at tri same fda beach. we'll hear from the 18-year-old survivor. >> plus,ivexclus findings this morning from the nacongressio investigation into usa jum nastics and the sex abuse scanda rocked that sport. this morning, who is being blamed for failing to protect at leads? first, this is "toda >>> coming >>> coming tup, 16-year-old who just became a multimillionaire by playing fortnite. >> plus, the candid conversatioe they shaafter your local. let's go! ♪ b she's dra primal desire for meat. a lynx in the wild and your cat. for a lynx this need is satisfied by what the wild provides. for your cat it's meat rich blue wilderness because your cat is wild inside. if your mouth is made to amaze, let philtss sonicare give iare a raise. get a months worth of manu t brushing in justwo minutes. philips sonicare, nextelevel clea

so down to our south, there are some thunderstorms moving in from the shenandoah valley and rnthat one wag, but as it moves closer and closer to gaithersburg, it will be weakening. t temperatures as we mentioned, yes, we have the century mark in annapolis. 101. huntington down to touth and east, 100 degrees. plenty of 90s to go around. the story, of course, theed abo. some areas exceeded 115 degrees. with that, excessive unat warning til 9:00. on all the details when the heatwave will break. erika, we'll talk in a moment. >> see you then. >>> the oppressive heat has turned deadly, a woman hiking on the billy goat trail in great falls has died. news 4's darcy speer explains what the national parks service is doing to protect people. >> reporter: this dangerous head has now turne deadly. the national parks service has closed the very difficult billy goata" "rail here along the c&o canal after a woman who was hiking the trail suffered a diat-related medical emergency and later . montgomery county fire rescue posted these pictures. a woman had to be rescued along the bily goat trail near g

valley. by the way, when that was burping, sherman was not there. all this completed the strategic turn to the hardest kind of war which broke the confederacy's cast by and people's will to resist. they and the soldier has exerted a pivotal influence on the traject rift war. they claimed vick tritt by their hard fighting and underunder stood that many, if not most of the war's pivotal measures had commenced in the war. carried to the eastern theater by celebrated werners but also grand, sherman and sheridan but lesser known western commanders like john pope, stephen hurlbutt. montgomery. they collected hard line and hard war policies as responses to conventional and i go regular warfare that en gulf much of the west. all of which put civilians in the cross hairs of military policy. they became the collective strategic elements that ultimately drove the confederacy down. despite these officers' i am by lens to war timeey mans nation of african american soldiers, they believed that they had cau

not to say we won't have a lot of showers in the shenandoah valley. these torms start tobble up around 2:00 p.m. they could be just as strong, damaging winds, heavy downpours possible. t we'll keept chance as we go into the late evening hours. i know we have the rolling stones tonight. i know we got a nats game later on withfireworks tonight. so again could dampen the mood a little bit. we will have storm chances through tomorrow aternoon and tomorrow evening as well. just about 50/50 shot you're going to see them at about 9:00 .m. tomorrow night. again, 60% chance today. 60% chance tomorrow. temperatures stay in the low to mid 90s butel feng close to 100 degrees. forgot to move this. we all know fourth of july is on thursday. we wil have chances ofain as we get into your friday and get into your saturday. sunday and monday as well, those temperatures staying right around 90 degrees. looks like rain chances will end as we get into monday and nally we dry out but the humidity is not going anywhere next week. l let'sk at the roads. good morning, melissa

mfortable in the shenandoah valley, 65 in charlestown, west virginia. 63 in g.strasbur 66 in laray. closer to town, mid 60s in the wtern suburbs. your planner then for today, plenty of sunshine. maybe little patchy fog early this morning in some of the water crossings. that's about it. afternoon high around 89 degrees. for tomorrow, back up close to 90. heat and humidity in abundance tomorrow and that will lead to a likelihood for stronger thunderstorms. future weather for today, no rain to worry about around the e washington maybe an isolated shower up in the high country of west virginia. that's it. aiet overnight but turning cloudy muggy outside by early tomorrow morning. tomorrow we could have showersv heloping as early as around noontime, but t highest chances for thunderstorms come between 4:00 p.m in the afternoon and 9 p.m. in the evening. we'll be here to keep you posted on that and any individual storm could drop a quickinch or two of rain. obviously the ground around here is completely saturated. so, we do not really need any more rain at thisoint in time. so the flood th

not to say in the shenandoah valley you could see a showeror two. we're dry as we continue through the afternoon. but 2, 3:00 p.m. that's when we start to see these storms bubble up and again damaging winds, heavy rain, lots of lightning, that's going to be really what we're watching as we get into the afternoon and evening. that's why we're weather alert. i know we have a lot of things. going on we have a nats game and fireworks after the nats game and rolling stones at fedex ld fie i do believe those things in the evening could be in jeopardy. fourth of july planner could be in jeopardy as well. scattered showers and thunderstorms once again tomorrow into the late evening and could pack a punch with damaging winds and also some really, really heavy downpours, small hail possible as well. so, ay% chance tod and tomorrow. 50% chance on friday and saturday. and then we'll have those chances leading into sunday and monday. as i said, that humidity drops off on monday and then we have sunshine bpe temtures stay warm even into next week. let's talk abou

we have a few showers back here toward parts of the shenandoah valley. but that's it. yesterday 96. today a high of 77. just amazing how much cooler we were during the day today, and that's areawide. take a look at this. a great morning start. low humidity over the next three or four days. and yes, the heat does return. it is mid july. we do have another heat wave in the forecast. i'll show you when, we'll see you back heren a few minutes. >> all right, doug, thank you. >>> tonight a family grieves after a young man died while working on a construction site today. >> chopper 4 over the scene here in mclean, virginia this evening. a second man was injuredhe in t ditch. this is on solitaire lane in fairfax county. >> news 4's amy cho has been working this story since it she's in mclean with new information on what happened here. amy? >> reporter: doreen, jim, a lot of heartbreak in this neighborhood tonight. this is the construction site where that deadly accident happened this afternoon. police tell me workers were building a sewage line for a new neighborhoo on the other side of thi

the shenandoah valley coming much closer also played a key role. and inoperative things in the west are not important. argument is the east moves larger. people in various ways made that clear. of the west was one of the most important place, and not think you can overestimate its importance in all this. he is the man. he has become the man what he did in the west. that is what makes him what he is and klosterman to become what he was. sherman absolutely needs grant. with grant he becomes a very successful general. grant makes his name in the west. the fact that he comes in. more than that the fact that he accompanies the army of the potomac i think suggest just how vital it was in terms of perception in the united states. the irony, almost nobody considered only a general loss. i have never quite understood why gettysburg gets airbrushed when people look at me. you read letter. in his possession of lettuce. this is something like lee has never been defeated. of course he has lost. he has lost the battle of gettysburg that do not seem to clean. gra