Evening. Slippery streets as well. That may cause some fenderbenders this morning. A look at when this heavy rain is likely to hit the heaviest rain later this afternoon. Next weather and traffic on the 1s at 6 11. Slippery streets this morning. Any fenderbenders . Accident southbound bw parkway at route 450. Chopper 4 on the scene. Single file to the right but congested in the area. Very slow speeds. 10 miles an hour approaching the accident zone and past it. Further down d. C. 295 at 45 miles an hour. Elsewhere on the roadways, this is Maryland Route 50 right around landover road. Route 202 heading into landover road slow there as well. Elsewhere in virginia, inner loop of the parkway, sluggish but no major incidents. All right. Thank you. Its 6 01 right now. He just made us feel good with his movies and his personality. This morning Robin Williams death is hard to hear for fans around the country. Forgot about that one. From popeye to patch adams, williams is remembered for a range of roles spanning generations and today well learn more about the circumstances surrounding williams death after a News Conference. The coroner in california will release details this afternoon. Williams was found unconscious and not breathing from an apparent suicide. In boston, take a look at this picture. Memorial is growing at the park bench where good will hunting was filmed. Williams received best supporting actor oscar for the 1997 movie. White chalk outlined where williams would be sitting with a famous movie quote. Sorry guys. I went to see about a girl. One of my favorites. Right now youre looking live at the memorial growing at the hollywood walk of fame star for Robin Williams. Fans have been there throughout the night leaving all kinds of condolences. Williams wife hopes the focus will not be on his death but on countless moments of joy and laughter he gave to millions. My name is dr. Phil. Ill be your surgeon. There you are. Another one of them. Patch adams one of Robin Williams most memorable roles. The story of a doctor that believed humor would help patients heal. The president released a statement that sums up how a lot of people feel about williams incredible life. Robin williams was an airman, a doctor, a genie, a nanny, a president , a professor, a peter pan and everything in between but he was one of a kind indeed. Williams had been struggling with severe depression according to a spokesperson and its a topic we here at nbc 4 are bringing bring ing aawareness to. Crisislink is one of the local places that can help. They have a 24hour hotline. 7035274077. You can also look at resources on changing minds at nbcwashington. Com. Four minutes after the hour. In just a for you hours, Marion Christopher barry will be in court. Thats the son of d. C. Council member and former mayor marion by barry. Hes pleaded not guilty to disobeying police back in may. Dont get fooled by an ongoing phone scam. The confusing part is scammers show up on your caller i. D. As the citys nonemergency number. The caller demands money for court or traffic fines and threatens arrest if payment is not made. Police say no one from that department is making these calls and they warn that you should hang up if you receive one. Wssc wants to add a new fee to your bill. However, the company says it will keep your rate increases low in the future. The new fee would cover pipe maintenance. The Company Wants your input on your changes. You can say how you feel tonight at 7 30 at the Prince Georges County rms building on Mccormick Drive in largo. Were staying on top of a developing story in missouri for you. Protesters filled the streets after an officer shot and killed an unarmed man. The extreme methods they say they had to use to break up the crowd. You might as well throw your money away. The popular products we spend big on even though the people who know them best do not. Rain is here. It will be here all day. Well take you through where its moving hour by hour. Thats in your weather and traffic on the 1s at 6 11. Grandma, your biscuits are the best these are from dunkin. Granny i have a life, you know. [ phone rings ] oh, thats for me. Ooh dunkins chicken biscuit sandwich is a tender breaded chicken filet on a southernstyle biscuit. Grab one for 2. 99 today. America runs on dunkin. Welcome back. Headsup before you brush your teeth this morning. One of the chemicals in Colgate Total toothpaste may be linked to cancer. No term studies have been done on humans but studies on animals found reduced fertility, Development Issues and increased cancer risk. It can only cause problems in large amounts and users have nothing to fear. New Research Finds that we are missing out on an easy way to save money. Researchers at the university of chicago say ads are misleading us into thinking that brand names are better than generic versions. The study says were spending about 44 billion on brand name products every year including painkillers. Apparently the average household buys brand name painkillers 26 of the time while pharmacists only buy the brand names 9 of the time. I think if experts are buying the generic versions, theres no reason that i or you should be buying the brand names. It costs more money. A lot of it is advertising. The fact that we remember a certain name because we see it in advertising is why we go for that product. Its everything from salt to baking soda and that sort of stuff. You know the name and you buy the product. Creatures of habit. Price shopping. Look at the price. Look outside. Look at that. A lot of clouds for us to deal with here in the district this morning. And some of the other places around the area dealing with actual rain. Storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein here with your weather and traffic on the 1s. Its 6 11. Whats happening with our weather . Getting some light rain in washington now and temperatures right around 70 degrees. Theres a little bit of fog in the air. Storm team 4 radar showing the rain in Northern Virginia, maryland, and around the district traveling southwest to northeast. Its going to be with us between now 7 30, 8 00 this morning. Wet pavement. Be ready for that. Have an umbrella with you. The camera at the capitol has raindrops on it now. Sunrise coming shortly and by 8 00 still some light rain and temperatures near 70. Noontime through 4 00 p. M. , thats likely when well have the heaviest downpours. Maybe with some thunder and lightning during the afternoon. A look at which neighborhoods will have the heaviest rains. Next weather and traffic on the 1s at 6 21. Alexis davies looking at traffic early on. Any problems . Were dealing with a couple accidents. The first one is southbound bw parkway at annapolis road route 450 as you can see live from chopper 4. Police are on the scene. You are getting by on the shoulder. Two lanes blocked and tow truck on the scene to get rid of the accident vehicle. Route 66 eastbound traveling into d. C. , a little bit sluggish approaching route 50. Aaron and eun, back to you. A nanny in trouble. How investigators say she stole close to half a Million Dollars from the family she worked for. Plus, a new injury called mom thumb. The two repeated behaviors creating this new pain among mothers. Welcome back. Its 6 15. Were seeing rain sweep across our area. Check out storm team 4 radar. The rain is light so far. You can see from this live picture in maryland the roads are wet. This is in Prince Georges County. Storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein will look at just how much rain well get today in weather and traffic on the 1s at 6 21. Get off of the streets. A developing story overnight. Police in ferguson, missouri, fired tear gas and used rubber bullets to disperse a massive crowd. For the second straight day protesters filled the streets demanding answers after police shot and killed an unarmed teenager. At least five people were arrested overnight. The group says the officer who shot and killed Michael Brown should be put in jail. Witnesses say brown had his hands up when he was shot over the weekend and investigators say brown got into a physic confrontation with a Police Officer inside a squad car and thats when shots were fired. Everybody who know me know how i felt about my son. A good boy who didnt deserve any of this. Browns parents are calling for an end to the violence. The fbi is investigating the case. The palestinian news reports at that palestinian negotiators say israel violated a ceasefire agreement when israeli boats fired at gaza fishermen. No reports of injuries. Egypt trying to negotiate a longterm truce. This is day two of a threeday ceasefire. There is a stunt out there right now that youll want to warn your kids about. A teenager in sterling died doing this. Its called car surfing. We found this video on youtube to show you what it looks like. Police say a 17 year old was doing just this at dulles crossing plaza last week. Then he fell off the top of that car. He hit his head and he died. This morning a nanny faces 20 years in prison for stealing nearly half a Million Dollars from a Montgomery County family. Kadiatu sahid kamara pled guilty to fraud and identity theft. We stopped by her home but she wasnt there. Prosecutors say she used 430,000 to gamble at a casino and buy a house in africa. Court documents show when the family discovered the theft, the nanny told them i ask your forgiveness. You can take me to court. Send me to jail and throw the keys into the sea. A judge will sentence her in october. Coming up on 18 after the hour. Government websites are getting a major makeover. You may remember health care. Gov and problems when it launched. The white house is redoing all websites in an effort to make them less clunky. The project has a big price tag. 20 million. Somebody has already been hired to oversee this job. The government has not said when exactly the websites will change. You probably are paying more for your Airline Ticket than you should be. A study by travel website hopper. Com found that you are paying as much as eight times more than other airline passengers. Researchers found the price fo trips to our region and chicago change more because business travelers have to book them regardless of the price. They also found that trips to popular destinations like hawaii stay the same. You should compare prices and book early to find the best deal. A bear apparently caused quite a scene for one family on vacation. Take a good look at this video. You can see it a little blurry but clear that that bear right there is opening the door to an suv. This is in tennessee. There is some laughter and one woman going oh my gosh quite a bit of excitement at the site. They were on vacation over the weekend when the bear decided to get some food that was inside the suv. Thats what they do when theyre hungry. When he went in for seconds, the family scared him away. Of course captured the video to prove the bear was there and opened the door with his paw. You know smarter than the average bear this one. Thought it was a picnic basket i suppose. 6 19 on this Tuesday Morning. Weve been dealing with clouds and some rain around the area since last night really. Lets check in with storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein. Are we going to let a lot of rain . You wont have to water your garden or lawn. Some lawns are looking brown but this rain will help a lot. Beneficial rains on and off throughout the day. Scattered showers from West Virginia across virginia into maryland. Thunder and lightning that will stay well west of the metro area. Right now were getting light rain in washington, southern montgomery and much of prce georges county and fairfax and then down 95 and out 66 all of the way down toward fauquier and Prince William, a light rain but just enough to make the roads wet and slippery so watch out this morning. Its going to be wet. Neighborhoods getting the heaviest rains look to be south of washington. This area ined is from Fauquier County into Prince William and around the metro area half inch to an inch of rain. Could get a couple inches of rain. Neighborhoods south of the metro area by the time it tapers off this evening. Temperatures right now in Prince Georges County near 70 as is montgomery. Upper 60s now in fairfax and much of Northern Virginia. The district and by the bay, low to mid 70s. Later this afternoon reaching just near 80 grees. Well take that in august. And the rain will be ending by late tonight and tomorrow morning cloudy and sun back in the afternoon. Breezy tomorrow. Highs reaching the low 80s. Northwest winds bringing in lower humidity that will be in place on thursday and friday. Gorgeous both days. Still not very humid saturd into mid 80s getting hot and humid sunday, monday upper 80s to around 90. Just a small chance of scattered afternoon storms. Both of those days. Look at the neighborhoods where the rain will end first. Thats on weather and traffic on the 1s at 6 31. How is traffic now . A live look at chopper 4. The brake lights you see are traffic heading southbound on 295. We have an accident southbound bw parkway and annapolis road causing sluggish conditions from the beltway. People going 10 miles an hour in that area. Elsewhere northbound 95 out of stafford at Mountain View road, earlier car fire still hearing word that the on and off ramps in that area are blocked. Looking at the beltway traveling around by 95 looking good as well. Back to you. Before you grab your breakfast this morning, you want to hear about this next story. Right now theres a big food fight happening over a popular yogurt from whole foods. Its all over this 365 every day value brand plain greek yogurt. Its whole foods brand. Consumer reports found yogurt contains nearly six times the sugar listed on the label. Now theres a classaction lawsuit saying the Supermarket Chain is misleading consumers. Whole foods is still selling that yogurt with the same label right now. Whole foods chain released a statement saying it strives to provide the highest quality products with accurate product labeling. When you get to work this morning, you might want to inch closer to the window. In news for your health, a new study says the more Natural Light you get during the day, the healthier youll be according to research from the university of illinois. They say anybody within 25 feet of a window at work gets about 45 minutes more sleep every night. People with the extra exposure to light also tend to exercise more. Two window washers are safe after they were trapped on the scaffolding at a highrise building in new york. Crews rescued the workers stranded about 20 stories up in the air. Very scary. Investigators say their equipment malfunctioned in lower manhattan. Onlookers were frightened. Scaffolding kept swaying back and forth. It was very suspenseful. Very dramatic. And i was putting myself in their situation like what would i do if i was up there . I think i would have panicked. A lot of drama but no one was hurt. A new tool aimed at protecting your kids while playing full contact sports. Doctors are now performing baseline balance tests on kids who have had concussions. The idea is to make sure the kids who have been hurt dont Start Playing again before their brain is fully healed. Impact syndrome is where you have a second head injury probably immediately following the first. And theres actually brain swelling that occurs and it can kill the person. Doctors say that if your child is going to play a full contact sport, you should get a balance test before they start. That way you can get an accurate balance test if they do indeed get a concussion so they need that baseline to have a starting point to compare it to. Moms, if there wasnt enough to worry about every single day, we have to worry about something called mommy thumb. This is news to me. Apparently more and more mothers report mapain and numbns in the hds carryi baby or child around and putting them in the crib and car seat everywhere else your baby goes, the second reason too much texting. So some suggestions for trying to relieve symptoms here. Put ice on the thumb and the wrist. You also can take an antiinflammatory medication if youre not nursing. This sort of movement here. It makes sense. Its how you pick up your baby underneath the arms like this. Put them in the crib. Car seat. High chair. Too much thumb action. Sometimes trying to hold one and you have texting on the other. Its a lot of work. You can also wear a wristband until you feel better. That will help. Hard work. Starting today the smithsonian is taking on a huge project and wants your help. How you can help make history more assessable to millions. The roads are shiny with rain out there. Be careful. Storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein will tell us where it will dry up first in your weather and traffic on the 1s at 6 31. A 3yearold girl killed in Prince Georges County. The evidence that is missing because some technology dn do its jo right now, flowers and candles surround Robin Williams star on the hollywood walk of fame. This is a live look here. We have seen several people p their respects this morning. Williams died in an apparent suicide yesterday. This morning people around the world are remembering the happiness and the laughter that he brought to their lives. 10,000 years will give you such a krick in the neck. Whether it was his voice as genie from atlantis or his selflessness. He volunteered with the troops and helped sick challenge and challenged athletes. He was a very big hearted, kind, generous person. Robin williams was only 63 years old. Well continue our tribute to him and his work in about 15 minutes live from california. Right now we are getting ready for a rainy ride to work. Take a live look. This is a picture from Prince Georges County. You can see the wet pavement there. The rain will be here for most of the day. Storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein is tracking where its moving now. Tom, good morning. Good morning. Its fenderbender weather. We havent had rain in a long time and rain first hits pavement, it can be slippery. Treat it accordingly. Heading out the door this morning grab an umbrella. You may need rain boots leaping over puddles during the morning. Getting showers and thunder and lightning in western maryland and parts of West Virginia. East of there its light rain scattered light rain showers now across Northern Virginia, maryland, the district and all these areas in green, light rain. Theres intensity scale. Its tracking southwest to northeast. Its going to be with us all of the way into the noon hour. Then between noon and 4 00 p. M. , thats when well likely get some thundershowers coming through with heavier downpours and a lot of the neighborhoods to our west will see this rain ending first. It will dry out first in the Shenandoah Valley by around 10 00. And then by 11 00 still some showers and thundershowers metro area but after midnight well dry out in the metro area. Next weather and traffic on the 1s hour by hour breakdown of the temperature changes throughout the day. Now a look at our traffic with alexis davies. Whats happening now . An accident southbound 295 at annapolis road. Live look from chopper 4 showing the delays from this accident. This is 295 southbound at the beltway. Very slow going in this area. About 10 miles per hour. Elsewhere reports of an accident southbound 270 before route 109. The left lane is blocked. This is a live look at clarksburg road on 270 southbound just afterhe t accident zone. Moving here but during the accident youll have slow going. Aaron and eun, back to you. A mother is asking for a man suspected of shooting and killing her 3yearold daughter to turn himself into police. Knijah bibb and her mom were visiting a cousin and Davon Wallace was there. He accused someone of wearing his clothes, walked away and police say he returned with a gun and opened fire. This is the room where the little girl was playing when she was hit by gunfire. We counted six bullet holes there. We talked to knijahs mother on the phone. Turn yourself in. You took an innocent life. I will never see my baby again thanks to you. Knijah bibb would have been 4 years old next month. If you have seen Davon Wallace call Prince Georges County police. Crime cameras in the neighborhood didnt do t job. Police said they had problems with the cameras in the neighborhood since they were st. Police say Prince Georges County looked into how much it would cost to fix them and found its more expensive than their worth. Right now iraqs political leaders are in a battle of their own as that countrys citizens fear for their lives. News4s Richard Jordan live on capitol hill with the latest developments from iraq. Richard, good morning. Good morning. Early today secretary of state john kerry said its time for iraqs new government t gain the confidence of its citizens. Things appear to be moving in that direction. Prime minister Nouri Al Maliki is not going down without a fight. Maliki calling it a coup. He says the new president is violating iraqs constitution because he should have gotten malikis approval before moving forward with this new government. We are still seeing some u. S. Air strikes. Yesterday there were four air strikes in a matter of four hours. The pentagon says it appears the air strikes have been effective in holding back those isis militants, that terror group, slowing down their progress. Its not clear exactly what kind of longterm solution the air strikes will have. President obama has offered to assist the Iraqi Government to stabilize offering Political Support and security support and the humanitarian aid that we have seen over the past couple of days. That food and water to those Christian Refugees stranded on top of the mountain fearing for their lives because isis militants are waiting for them threatening to execute them if they dont convert to islam. Aaron . Richard jordan on the hill. Thank you. Today an exattorney general will be on the stand in the trial of Bob Mcdonnell. Hes now a private lawyer. Hes representing the man behind thousands of dollars in gifts to Bob Mcdonnell and his wife. The mcdonnell are accused of trading political influence for those gifts. If convicted, they could face decades in prison. The drug at the center of the trial is now being pulled from store shelves. Anatabloc is what prosecutors say mechanon promoted in exchange for those gifts. The company used to be called star scientific. A different trial in virginia starts today for a former sheriffs deputy. Leesburg Police ArrestedRobert Palmer last month for shoplifting from leesburg target back in may. Palmer worked with Loudoun CountySheriffs Office for 20 years. Apparently if you are gambling in maryland, youre heading to the casino instead of the convenience store. The maryland lottery and Gaming Control Agency says lottery sales dropped 1. 7 . Thats the second year in a row sales are down. Business is booming at the states four casinos. They generated 833. 3 in fiscal 2014. Overall the states lottery and casinos paid out more than a billion dollars to players. The ssmithsonian is lookinga digital volunteer. They want to make Items Available to researchers online. Recruiting begins today. One of the projects is a bumble bee collection. Some pretty incredible video to share that will make parents cringe. A stroller rolled on subway tracks. The Good Samaritan that jumped in to help. Getting back to school will not look the same for some of your kids. Changes some local teachers plan to make to protest their low salaries. Look at the rain on storm team 4 radar here. Tom kierein is tracking where the rain is moving hour by hour. Your weather and traffic on the 1s. Its 6 41. Stay with us. Stay with us. Sure. Hey canyou bet this . Thats our new interactive speaker wall. sup . Thinks its a speaking wall. This can even dim your lights. Your 3dprinted girlfriend will love that. Real mature. There you go. A laser drone for cats. I wish i had lasers. I dont. Pew pew pew. The new radioshack is finally here. The store of your past is now the store of your future. Come see one of our remodeled stores and get a free portable power charger with a 15 purchase. Look at this dramatic Surveillance Video here. A stroller with a child strapped in it is sucked on subway tracks in london. This video was taken last month. Well show it to you from a different angle. The train leaves the station and gets pulled on the tracks there. A man left a child in the stroller at the bottom of the staircase and went back up to grab some luggage. A woman saw that stroller roll off the platform. She jumped on the tracks to try to save the child. Police released this video yesterday. They hope to find the Good Samaritan and make sure the baby wasnt seriously hurt. My goodness. I cant imagine the frightening moments. The strollers move so quickly. You have to keep your hand on it. They put locks on the wheels at the bottom. Even that doesnt give me the peace of mind it should. Keep a hand on it. All right. 6 41. Cloudy skies overhead as we take a live look outside. Rain in our area. We want to check in with storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein for weather and traffic on the 1s. Well find out how much rain well get and where. Good morning. Its a wet and gray Tuesday Morning right now getting some showers and thunder parts of northern West Virginia into western maryland. That will stay well west of the metro area this morning. Right now Northern Virginia, the district, nearby suburbs getting some light rain. This is tracking northeast. It will be with us off and on through the next several hours. Theres that low, gray cloud cover over northeast washington. Now, by 8 00 it will be near 70. By noon, mid 70s. During the afternoon, upper 70s. The heaviest downpours between noon and 5 00 p. M. With thunder and lightning and it does look like the heaviest rains will taper off during the evening and then end by midnight and well take a look at big changes on the way beginning tomorrow. A look at the weekend next weather and traffic on the 1s at 6 51. Alexis, how are roads now . Good morning, tom. We have that accident southbound 270 before route 109. Left lane is blocked. Heres a live look at 270 after clarksburg road where traffic is moving once you get past the accident zone. Earlier accident in the clearing stages but causing a major backup all of the way to the beltway on southbound bw parkway. 95 northbound in virginia where you see sluggish conditions. 18 minutes from the bridge to the beltway. Earlier there was a fire northbound 95 at Mountain View road. All lanes are still blocked on the exit and onramp there. Back to you. Ebola outrage. The controversy growing about an experimental drug used to treat that deadly virus. New evidence that denim may be dying and a warning from metro. A scheme leaving people without money when they need it on their smartrip ca right now, it is a wet morning drive at 15 before the hour. You can see rain hitti t roads in a live picture from maryland. One of several stories were following this morning to get you up to the minute the minute youre up. We start in california where there is a memorial for Robin Williams this morning. Jennifer, good morning to you. Reporter good morning. Its 3 45 in the morning here right outside Robin Williams house and people still from the neighborhood are bringing flowers and setting them outside the gate. As recently as an hour ago at 2 30 in the morning, we saw people coming in and leaving mementos and lighting candles. Also on his star at the hollywood walk of fame, the fans are coming by to pay tribute to the man who brought so many laughs and smiles through so many years and so many great movies. Everything from the world according to garp to mrs. Doubtfire to good morning vietnam. Robin williams wife released a statement saying focus not on his death but on countless moments of laughter and joy he gave to people. Shes the last person to see him alive. He was found in his home near San Francisco unresponsive. Pronounced dead around noon on monday. Initial reports called it some sort of asphyxia and probable suicide. He had been suffering from depression of late and that it was at times severe and well expect to hear more about what happened at a News Conference this morning at 11 00 a. M. Pacific time. Back to you. Jennifer, thank you. Robin williams daughter is among mourners taking to social media posting this tweet saying in part, you, you alone will have the stars as no one else has them. In one of the stars i shall be living. In one of them i shall be laughing. And in boston a memorial is growing at the park bench where good will hunting was filmed. White chalk outlines where williams would be sitting on that bench with the famous movie quote below, sorry guys. I went to see about a girl. He may not be with us but his characters are etched in our memory. Youre looking live at a memorial growing at a hollywood walk of fame star for Robin Williams. A tribute to his work has been building overnight. His fans have been leaving all kinds of condolences. Williams has been struggling with severe depression according to a spokesperson. Its a topic we here at nbc 4 are trying to bring awareness to with our changing minds campaign. If you or someone you know is struggling with depression or other Mental Health issues, crisislink is one of the local places that can help. They have a 24hour hotline. The number is 7035274077. You can also find a lot of resources at nbcwashington. Com. Search changing minds. We have a warning for you this morning. Dont get fooled by an ongoing phone scam. Alexandria police are warning of fake phone calls. The confusing part is scammers show up on caller i. D. As the citys nonemergency number. The caller then demands money for court or traffic fines and threatens arrest if payment isnt made. Police say no one from their department is making these calls. They warn you to just hang up if you receive one of them. Investigators are trying to determine what caused this bus crash that hurt seven people in Montgomery County. Chopper 4 flew over the scene yesterday. Investigators say an suv crashed into the rideon bus at woodfield and field crest roads in gaithersburg. Another car was involved as well. Five people onboard the bus and two people from the other cars were rushed to the hospital. Theyre all expected to be okay. The spanish missionary priest who was evacuated from liberia last week after testing positive for ebola has died. Spains Health Ministry says it obtained the u. S. Experimental drug over the weekend to treat that priest. Its not clear if he was actually given the drug though. The California Company tt makes t dg s n t d itnot clear when more will be made. In the meantime, the World Health Organization says the death toll in west africa has passed 1,000 now. That number is expected to rise. As you start to get yo kids ready to go back to school, teachers in st. Marys county are getting ready and they want to make a stand this year. Teachers in st. Marys schools plan to cut out homework to call attention to low salaries and will cut out work done outside of the school day including volunteering for extra circular activities. Next time you buy jeans, look around. Fewer and fewer people are buying them. In the u. S. , denim sales are down 6 from last year. Levis is laying off employees. Athletic gear sales are up. People buy them because they want more comfort. You cant wear athletic gear everywhere you go although says who . I put on a pair of sweatpants. My boys want to wear them everywhere. Sometimes you have to put on real pants. Im about having lots of space. My goodness. Maybe thanksgiving. I give you that. Jeans arent waterproof and you need something waterproof this morning. We had rains coming on through and they have been with us off and on all night long. Roads, streets and sidewalks are wet and kind of slippery. Its fenderbender weather. Storm team 4 radar showing moving green on the screen is light rain. Where you see pockets of yellow is where its coming down harder. Getting thunder and lightning out in western Cumberland County passing well west of the metro area. Scattered light showers across Northern Virginia and neay suburbs thereon batch of moderate rain coming into central Shenandoah Valley. That one will be getting closer to washington. Maybe around 8 00, 9 00 this morning may get brief downpours so it is an umbrella day today. Youll be glad you had one with you. Youll be out and about with morning showers with us. Afternoon showers and maybe some flashes of lightning and thunder and slippery streets will be with us all day long and into this evening. For the morning commute, the commuter impact, walking to the bus or driving on wet roads and well have between 7 00 and 8 00 temperatures in upper 60s and near 70 between 8 00 and 10 00. Need an umbrella or rain boots to jump over puddles by mid morning. Temperatures 60s Shenandoah Valley. 70s near the bay and later today only the upper 70s. Dont be lulled into a false sense of comfort this summer. We have had it much cooler than average. Its only going to be up near 80 this afternoon with showers and thundershowers. Then tomorrow turning less humid again and breezy and partly cloudy moo min m 8 humidity in place thursday and friday. Cool mornings near 60. Afternoon highs both days with sunshine into the low 80s. Weekend plans, outdoor plans for saturday looks great into the mid 80s with low humidity. Sunday getting more humid. Getting hotter too into upper 80s to near 90 and partly sunny. Small chance of thundershowers hiking out in the mountains on sunday afternoon. And maybe thundershowers lingering into monday. Small chance of that. Look at our roads now. Any fenderbenders . Good morning, tom. We have some slow and sluggish traffic along the roadways. 395 northbound looking slow. Good news is southbound 270 earlier accident before route 109 has been cleared but were seeing some sluggish conditions. 66 eastbound at route 50, very slow. You get a brief break as you cross over the beltway. As you hit Leesburg Pike inside the beltway, slow again. Bw parkway slow at annapolis road. Back to you. 6 53. Before you leave your house to hop on metro this morning, we have a warning for you about smartrip cars. Fake smartrip cards. The Transition Agency says the cards are sold at a discounted price and only way to guarantee you get the real thing is to pay full price. Avoid buying cards from individuals or Online Auction sites. Instead, buy them from licensed vendors like metro, cvs, grocery stores. It will deactivate fraudulent cards even if they look legitimate. Major change could make your drive safer in leesburg. The new road bridge over route 7 bypass will open. It was once the most accidentprone intersection in the town. News4s derrick ward is live with the change. Hoping things get better for commuters there. Reporter well, i imagine that they will in just a few hours. Take a look back here. This is what its all about. You might say thats a bridge over troubled traffic. Underneath is leesburg bypass. E there. But in the course of one year, they had pretty much an accident every week. So what theyve done now is theyve made an overpass. You will no longer be able to access leesburg bypass but there are work arounds. You can take route 7 or miller drive which you can access from Battlefield Parkway or plaza drive depending on which side of the leesburg bypass you were on. There was closings of the bypass while they constructed that bridge. Thats over. At 10 00, theyll cut the ribbon and at noon theyll actually open it so you can drive over it. Its a 17 million project and its part of some broader improvements made here along the road which will reflect the increase in development in this area. So just a few hours now this will be a thoroughfare. Live in loudon county, derrick ward, back to you. Thank you. Live desk here. Unrest continues in a st. Louis suburb where riot Police Continue to get crowds under control. This following that Fatal Shooting of an unarmed black teen. Police believe at least two stores broken into, stuff stolen, lots of photos d videos surfacing of Police Firing tear gas to break up the crowd. Five people were arrested. Witnesses said that Michael Brown had his hands up when police shot him repeatedly this weekend. Its now 6 56. In just a few hours, Marion Christopher barry will be in court son of d. C. Council member and former mayor marion barry facing a hearing over the charge that he disobeyed police in may. He pled not guilty to that charge. Four things to know before you head out the door. You can say what you think today about a new fee on your water bill. Just head to largo at 7 30 tonight where wssc will hold a Public Meeting on that issue. Virginias former attorney general will testify against Bob Mcdonnell today on trial for corruption accused of trading political favors for thousands of dollars in gifts. This comes as a u. S. Made a fifth air drop of food and water to thousands of iraqis stranded on a mountain. An autopsy is planned today on the late Robin Williams. He died from an apparent suicide yesterday. California authoritila give an update on the circumstances surrounding williams death later today during a News Conference. For this tuesday, you will need an umbrella and footwear to keep your feet dry with showers off and on throughout the d and puddles. Afternoon highs reaching upper 70s. Maybe some flashes of lightning this afternoon and tonight. Nice change moves in tomorrow and toward the end of the week. Thank you, tom. Thank you for joining us this morning. The today show is next. Well be back in 25 minutes with news, weather and any traffic. Hope to see you then. Until then, have a great day. Make it a great tuesday good morning. Icon lost. The world is mourning the death of Robin Williams. A life filled with highs and lows. Considered one of the funniest men on the planet. And beloved for his dramatic turns. One of them even earning him on oscar. President obama saying he arrived in our lives an alien but ended up Touching Every element of the human spirit. Well celebrate the life of Robin Williams. A True National treasure today. Tuesday, august 12th, 2014. Announcer from nbc news