Here on capitol hill later on this morning, calling for tougher gun laws. Andy parker is still reeling from the death of his daughter and the photographer adam ward and hes working to prevent more deaths. He is asking lawmakers to do what ever it takes to stop the gun violence. Now, thats the slogan for todays day of action. Whatever it takes. And andy parker will be joined here on the hill by survivors and relatives of victims from the Charleston Church and sandy hook shootings and the sponsor every town is encouraging people to upload photos and messages to members of congress, calling for tougher gun legislation. Now, there are a number of events scheduled around the country. The events here on capitol hill gets underway at 11 00 this morning. Back to you in the studio. Thank you, megan. One possible new law would push anyone who sells a gun to a person not legally allowed to buy one. It would punish one of those people. It is called the responsible transfer of firearms act. Virginia senator tim kaine introduced it this week. He was governor when the Virginia Tech shooting happened. Developing right now, a man is recovering after being shot in southeast d. C. Late last night. The adult was shot just before midnight on stanton road near oxon run park. They say he was not badly hurt. Police have not released his name nor have they made any arrests. Its now 5 02. Today in baltimore the Six Police Officers charged with freddie grays death could have their trials moved. The officers are facing assault, manslaughter and murder charges for grays death back in april. Their lawyers believe they wont have a fair jury in the city. Theyre asking a judge to change where the trials will be located. Theyre expected to see more protests outside the courthouse with this hearing today. And police say they will be out there as well, but will not bring shields, helmets or riot gear. Today a judge in South Carolina will decide if a former officer accused of shooting a man during a traffic stop can post bail. Michael slager was indicted in the death of walter scott. Slager was shown shooting scott in the back as he ran away. Molette green at the live desk with some breaking news. Devastating flooding in japan. I want you to look at some video just in to the live desk. Look at that. Heavy rain, this is what heavy rain did after a Tropical Storm triggered this disaster in the eastern part of that country. A river broke its banks, washing away a home as you can see. Homes under water and there were helicopter rescues and those rescues are going on to save stranded residents. Were staying on top of this throughout the morning. Back to you. Thank you. Some metro riders fed up with delays and safety concerns are coming together to do something about it. Wmata wants to make sure metro hears the concerns. Theyre tired of the track maintenance repairs and safety issues. Actually were coming together to be more constructive and to pose both praise metro when theyre doing something right and help them find a way to be a better system. Metros new vital signs reports shows Customer Satisfaction dropped to 73 this year. A former d. C. Rabbi is apologizing for recording women in a bath. He said, quote, i defiled a space that was supposed to be private, sacred and healing and i caused people to feel unsafe, abused and objectified. And quote, im sorrier than anyone can imagine for what i have done. The former rabbi was sentenced to 6 1 2 years in d. C. Jail for voyeuri voyeurism. He is making the apology now because the jewish holy days this month. They call for soul searching and repentance. Today a judge could sentence a Montgomery County man to 12 years in prison. Austin hall was convicted of manslaughter for a crash that killed his friend. That happened in olney. Hall was 17 at the time and he was going 119 miles an hour in a 35 zone. 15yearold died and another teen was severely injured but survived. A couple of lawmakers want to hold hearings on the controversial arrest of a black uva student last spring. Those alcohol Beverage Control officers were cleared of any wrongdoing. The Virginian Pilot newspaper wants Terry Mcauliffes office to release the report on what happened and they have declined that request. Are you ready for some football . We are hours away from the First Official game of the season. A live report from massachusetts where the patriots are getting ready to take on the steelers. Just into the newsroom, an inside look at the apartment of convicted Movie Theater shooter james holmes. The shocking booby traps left behind. You might need the wipers on this morning. As you drive in to work. Depends where you live. Amelia segal joins us next with amelia segal joins us next with your commuter what did irans Supreme Leader get in the nuclear deal . To start with, 100 billion. They keep their Nuclear Facilities and ballistic missiles. There wont be surprise anytimeanywhere inspections. And after ten years, restrictions are lifted and iran could build a Nuclear Weapon in two months. Congress should reject a bad deal. We need a better deal. Take a look at the smoke and flames there. This was a lucky escape for dozens of students when their school bus caught fire in california. It happened yesterday near los angeles. A bus caught fire along a freeway. And you can see the flames and the thick smoke just billowing through the air. The students were able to get off the bus safely. Theres no word on the cause of this fire. Were learning more about colorado theater movie shooter james holmes with new video of his apartment. The atf put out what bomb squads found after the shooting three years ago. Now, take a look here. Several homemade bombs and explosives were in the apartment. Officers said they had to use a robot to examine the apartment because it was boobytrapped to blow up if someone went inside. Holmes killed 12 people at the shooting in aurora, colorado. He was sentenced to life in prison. 5 10 your time right now. Time to check out todays weather. It looks like youll need your umbrella today. Storm team 4 meteorologist amelia segal is at the takoma metro station this morning. We see you have your umbrella already. Yeah, its soggy and rainy, temperature on the storm team 4 x 4 is coming in at 70 degrees. Im tracking the radar on the washington app and well see light to moderate rain across the area. This includes arlington, bethesda, up around gaithersburg, in germantown. Some of that heavy rain pushing through the leesburg area as well. Toward frederick. Getting in on some of the lighter shower activity along 270. Headed down into the district this morning. Definitely dealing with soggy conditions. Your commuter forecast, its a wipers on kind of morning for many of us with temperatures in the generally mid 70s. So you want to keep that umbrella handy throughout the day today. Were using the hash tag, umbrella day. Temperatures this morning in the mid 70s. Low 80s this afternoon. Chuck will let you know what you can expect in the afternoon. For now we send it over to melissa with the latest on a new accident. What are you hearing . Good morning, yeah, brandnew accident in lanham. Police on the scene here are trying to get that out of the way this morning. As far as road work, Westbound University boulevard at New Hampshire avenue, left lane is blocked. Not slowing things too much. Maryland 95 at scaggsville road, no problems. Northbound or south. Prince georges county looking quite good. Indian head highway, branch avenue, pennsylvania avenue, youre nice and green. Nothing in the way this morning. 66 same thing. 95 here, top portion of 95 through dale city rolling along nicely. Hive picture of 270 coming up. Another ambulance miles away in an emergency. What happened when a baby stops breathing and what d. C. Fire has to say about the ongoing problem. Like the common cold or virus, youre watching news4 today. I find it a problem. You know . This is a life that theyre responsible for once its an emergency. For the second time in a week, d. C. Fire and ems crews took a baby to the hospital in a fire truck rather than wait for an ambulance. This latest case happened monday on hunt street. Dawan graham is thankful his baby is okay after the baby stopped breathing. Last friday a 5monthold boy died after he stopped breathing. In both cases, the ambulances were too far away so fire trucks rushed them to the hospital. In that instance the paramedic and the ems supervisor acted in the best interest of the patient. D. C. Fire and ems said theyre aware of the problem and the number of 911 calls along with traffic is part of what leads to these delays. Today, you can offer your thoughts on the relationship between miss and the community here in police and the community here in the district. The American Civil Liberties union is holding a town hall this week, it starts at 6 30. It is one of several being held this month and it is hoped that residents with speak openly about policing in their community. Muriel bowser may be back tracking when it comes to the release of body camera footage. She would propose that all video recorded outdoors by those cameras be released to the public, but according to the Washington Post a proposal submitted to the d. C. Council included an exemption for footage of all results. Footage that results in charges would be withheld. New research in the u. K. May suggest alzheimers can be transmitted between humans. We want to point out this doesnt mean that alzheimers is contagious. The study looked at thousands of children who were injected with Human Growth Hormone in the 70s and 80s. That hormone that hormone was contaminated with the alzheimers protein and several patients who died showed early signs of alzheimers in their brain tissue. Ill be excited to get out there thursday night. Obviously has been a long seven months for everybody. All eyes are on tom brady and the new England Patriots today. The patriots and the steelers kick off the nfl season in about 14 hours, 15 minutes from right now. Brady had his fourgame suspension for deflategate overturned exactly one week ago. Nbcs jay gray live in foxborough, mass, following the controversy and the excitement leading up to the big game. Jay . Reporter good morning, aaron. Yeah, game day finally here. I dont know where the rest of the fans are, but never too early to start with the tailgate party. Well have breakfast brats and burgers out here. It is game day and a lot of people are hoping that now the focus will return to the field. There has been a controversy over deflategate and now more questions about spygate and any other gate that keeps action away from what the league and the teams want you to see which is of course their product on the field. It should be a raucous start to the season tonight. One thing that can play a part the weather. Its beautiful right now, but we do expect rain to start later on today and continue according to forecasters through kickoff and throughout the game. Wont wash away the party. The patriots released their banner. One who wont be in the stands nfl commissioner roger goodell. He is the first time as commissioner not attending the first game of the season and he says that the league will appeal bradys legal challenge of the fourgame suspension. That is the latest from the parking lot here at gillette stadium. Im jay gray. Aaron, back to you. Medium, medium well, how do you like them . Medium well. Medium rare for me. You can watch the game here on nbc4. The game begins at 8 30, but coverage starts with nfl kickoff at 7 30 right after nightly news. Then watch news4 at 11 00 after the game ends. Thanks to jay gray, i feel like a nice steak. I know its only 5 20, but for us its lunch time. A nice tbone. Yeah, lots of clouds, raining for some of us already. Chuck bell, what do you say . I say molette green is eating jalapeno peppers over here. I cant talk now. We can eat anything. If you can get up early enough you can have hot peppers and steak any time of the day. We think its thursday, which mean the weekend is literally just around the corner. Im getting more and more concerned about rain chances impacting your weekend plans. I think showers are likely saturday afternoon and saturday night. And may linger well into the day on sunday. With any luck, well be able to get sunshine back by mid to late sunday afternoon, but thats an iffy prospect at best. Just know if youre driving down to uva for the virginia game, have your poncho ready. Thats a view from the tower, looking down to the National Presbyterian church and school along nebraska avenue. Wet pavement around the area this morning. Little pockets of fog hovering over the Northern Virginia and suburban virginia this morning. All yellow lights today. Morning, afternoon and evening a chance for rain drops to slow your commute in. Youre getting around during the day and your ride later on this afternoon. Grab your jeans, umbrella and rain jacket on the way out the door this morning. Heres storm team 4 radar, a band of light to moderate rain, pittsburgh down to nashville. This is all along and ahead of a weather front that will squeeze that moisture into the news4 nation today. You might get rained on three or four different times. Its a muggy feels like kind of morning. Temperatures in the low to mid 70s now. Not too much of a fog problem just yet. A little fog up in frederick county, maryland. Heres future weather. Showers around here first thing this morning, a possibility of more rain at 7 00, and more patches of rain to the south and west at that point in time. By 9 00, a little break in the metro, but another wave of rain showers comes through at lunch time. A sliver or two of sunshine before more showers and maybe thunderstorm chances bubble up after 3 00, 4 00 or 5 00. Not looking for much in the way of the Severe Weather threat, but a rumble or two of thunder cant be ruled out. Sunshine and dry weather for tomorrow. Thats your threat of rain both days over the weekend. Then back into the great september weather next week. Heres ms. Jalapeno pepper herself, melissa mollet. That was not the best idea right before going on air. My nose is running. Brandnew crash is starting to cause some delays here this morning. You can see on the right shoulder and the right lane, we have that blocked. So it could be some time before thats out of the bay and traffic is building there. Outer loop at river road, a crash with multiple roads on the shoulders. You will see the response. No closures there. Riverdale road at martins terrace, still that accident. Still on our radar here this morning. 66 is just fine. 95 just fine here this morning. No other major problems there. This is going to be an issue here, 395 northbound after duke street, some time soon. Its 5 23. Developing right now, fears that a sniper might be shooting at drivers in arizona stirring up memories of the beltway sniper here in d. C. Arizona state police are calling it domestic terrorism. They say there have been ten incidents in the last 13 days. Mostly along interstate 10. Just yesterday another vehicle was hit. One woman remembers the beltway sniper, she used to live in maryland. I changed my route to work. I drive further now. But i feel a little bit safer. And electronic billboards are flashing a shooting tips hotline number to drivers on i10. Today the flight 93 National Memorial in pennsylvania will honor the lives of those lost during the 9 11 attacks. The dedication will be held today at the new Visitors Center at the memorial. That takes place at 10 00 this morning. A new Learning Center will also open for the public for first time today. The multipurpose space will be used for Educational Programs and special events. Events to remember the crew and passengers of flight 93 will take place tomorrow starting at 9 45. A man is in custody this morning after a hit and run that killed a firefighter in michigan. Police say firefighter Dennis Rodman was deliberately killed yesterday. He was helping to raise money for muscular dystrophy when he was struck by a truck. Police say he had a confrontation with a man in the truck and then the driver of the truck circled back and hit the firefighter. Well, you may have seen this popping up on your facebook feed. A brave scientist and his dad swimming with sharks. It was shot last october in the National Marine park in indonesia. That is dr. Mark irgman alongside about 15 whale sharks. The sharks can be 59 feet long. Apparently they are filter feeders though. So they cant eat you . You want to test it . Not me. I know. 5 25. Happening today a group of Stafford High School students gets a sneak peek at their new school. What we just learned about when they can head back to school. Looking live at the district this morning where its raining in the low 70s. What will it be like where you live . Chuck is back with your hometown forecast. 5 25 is your time. Now at 5 30, as the world copes with the escalating crisis of refugees escaping war torn syria, u. S. Officials are at odds. What the white house says its considering. And virginia rolls out new confederate license plates minus a significant image. Looking live at of the of the ray at storm team radar, a lot of blue and green, so get your umbrella ready. More on that in a minute, but first, an update from molette at the desk. Staying on top of stories, this desperate fight toave lives in japan. We have learned that helicopters rescued nearly 50 people so far, but the crews cant keep up with the pleas for help. Some areas saw up to 20 inches of rain in a 24hour period following a Tropical Storm. We first told you about this at the top of the hour. This heavy rain, just pummeling the area around tokyo, forcing people to their rooftops. Back to you. Molette, thank you. Time to check out weather and traffic on the 1s. Lets go to storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell for a check of the rain. Rain drops across most of frederick county, maryland, these rain drops are going northbound to the masondixon line. More rain drops down to the south and the best. Have your umbrella ready to go. Its a mild start. 70 in frederick, 73 in fredericksburg. 76 in annapolis. And hometown forecast, beautiful capital heights, maryland, soggy start. About 81 at noontime today. Maybe a rumble or two of thunder later on this afternoon. Like yesterday we made it into the low and mid 90s, today mid 80s. It will feel like september, but it comes with the price of rain drops. Thats okay. Some of our yards are looking rough. Only our second rainy day in the last four weeks. I have been praying for this a little bit taking a look at something im not hoping for. 395 northbound at duke street, still blocking some lanes, a one mile backup. You can see a little bit of a slowdown inbound at duke street. Not as bad as i was thinking it would be. River road, crash on the shoulder involving four vehicles. 270 at old hundred road, getting a bit slow as you head southbound. Back in ten minutes with travel times. Thank you. Today, freshmen at Stafford High School will have their orientation in a brand new building. Stafford county inspectors gave the school the green light to allow teachers and students in. There will be an open house tonight. Stafford high had to push back the first day of classes because of delays in obtaining occupancy permits. Classes start on monday. Coming up on 5 31. U. S. Officials are weighing how to handle the growing refugee crisis in syria. Nbcs tracie potts live on capitol hill with the latest on this. Good morning. Reporter good morning. There are four million refugees who have poured out of syria because of the war. The conflict going on there. Another 7 million believed to be inside the country, but displaced. Its a lot of people, more than europe and the middle east can handle. And now the world is looking to the United States to lead this effort and to figure out what to do about this humanitarian crisis. Theres growing pressure on the Obama Administration to do something. We heard it from john mccain who said while the president talks about a moral obligation, as mccain put it, he s refused to act. Secretary of state john kerry said hes looking at admitting more refugees to the United States, expanding the number of refugees who can come here. Some like president ial candidate scott walker do not want to bring any of the refugees here. Also, theres security concerns because isis tried to infiltrate some of the refugees and get a free trip to the United States. Thats what the director of National Intelligence says hes concerned about. So clearly, some things that theyre trying to work through and work out. How many or when those refugees might come here if they do at all. Still up in the air. Aaron . Tracie potts on the hill, thanks. Looking live at the capitol, today the battle over the nuclear deal with iran will heat during a House Armed Services hearing. Some House Republicans are attempting an 11th hour political move to derail the deal. Theyre demanding more documents from the white house. However, the president appears to have enough support to move ahead with the deal. If you are at takoma metro station, you might have been surprised to see a woman pull out a gun. A plains clothes officer was pulled during the scuffle. The daughter of a woman killed in a car crash says she wants an apology from the man accused in her mothers death. Kenneth kelley has been charged for a crash in oxon hill that killed five people, including two mothers. According to the states attorney office, kelley was driving at more than 70 miles an hour when he slammed into the car. The blood alcohol content was nearly twice the legal limit in maryland. New developments in the Corruption Case against Maureen Mcdonnell. Bob mcdonnell and his wife were both convicted of corruption last year and Maureen Mcdonnell knew exactly what she was doing when she accepted gifts and loans from businessman Johnny Williams while her husband was governor. Her lawyers are arguing the conviction should be thrown out because she was not aware of a federal corruption law. Were getting the first law at new virginia license plates without the Confederate Flag on them. Take a look. The son of confederate veterans plate still includes the images and theres that one. You can see that they have three military leaders on horse back and the words sons of confederate veterans. However, they no longer have the Confederate Flag anymore. The dmv has sent out 1,600 of the new plates so far. First 4 traffic now. You can go to a meeting about construction on the dulles toll road today. Vdot crews are planning work on five bridges as part of construction on the next phase of the silver line. Vdot is holding a meeting at the Herndon Middle School cafeteria tonight at 6 00. And crews are updating two bridges that connect the airport to the g. W. Parkway. Theyre on the route 230 bridge that connects crystal city to the airport. You can run into lane closures. Its something youre doing right now, getting a bottle ready for the baby and how one dad did that and got his baby drunk. The rain continues to fall, but will the kids need the umbrella at the bus stop . Amelia segal is back with your answer. Your time ri a wisconsin father is in jail after his 6 week old daughter was mistakenly given a bottle with vodka in it. Police say the girls father put vodka in a bottle not knowing it was intended for the girl. And when the babys mother added formula the the parents havent been charged for the mistake, but the man has been charged with attacking the mother and blaming her for the mixup. And take a look at some of the pictures here of the burning limo. This started in the middle of rush hour on the interstate in san jose. It was carrying members of the band called the red dragon cartel. One of whom played with Ozzy Osbourne in the 80s. That band was on their way to a gig there in california. Police say a short in the electrical system likely caused that fire. Doesnt seem like anybody was hurt though. 5 38. Todays hash tag is umbrella day. You will need it today. Storm team 4 meteorologist amelia segal is keeping a close eye on the commuter forecast from takoma metro station. Still raining out there . Reporter well, eun, were getting a break from the rain right now, but i have my umbrella handy. Im going to need it throughout the day today. We are using the umbrella day to describe todays weather. On storm team 4 radar, tracking some rain in maryland and parts of the district. A lot of Northern Virginia is dry at this time. But you do notice some areas of rain back around that i81 corridor. So at the bus stop, you might want to have the umbrella ready for the kids if this rain moves back. All depends on what time they get at the bus stop. Chuck will have the exact timing on the rain coming up in ten minutes. Bus stop will be soggy, but it might be dry. Temperatures in the low 70s. As kids are getting home from school, rain is likely at that point. We could be dealing with some storms and potentially some heavier rain in spots as well at that point. Temperatures in the low 80s. Muggy today, but good news, we lose the mugginess as well as the rain chances for tomorrow. But we need the rain, so todays rain is a welcome sight. Melissa is tracking some slow go. Where is that . We have two areas. 395 northbound after duke street, still dealing with the crash, have a mile and half backup there. Look at this problem. Really just started bottlenecking here. Outer loop roach approaching approaching river road, theres a response and everything is slowing people down. Two mile backup. Outer loop at river road. This is not normal. As far as travel time, 270 south from germantown to the beltway, on time. Top of the beltway, 95 and 270 again on time at ten minutes this morning. 66 inbound, no problems there. 95 north quantico to the beltway also looking good. Remember to listen to our friends on wtop 103. 5 f. M. When you hop in your car. More on the slowdowns in ten minu minutes. A major scientific discovery that may alter views of human behavior. More from the live desk after the break. Plus a step to keep your child safe the next time you hit the road. And a violent carjacking at and a violent carjacking at a virginia metro selling 18 homes . Easy. Building them all in four and a half months . Now that was a leap. I was calling in every favor i could, to track down enough lumber to get the job done. And i knew i could rely on American Express to help me buy those building materials. There are always going to be unknowns. You just have to be ready for them. Another step on the journey. Will you be ready when growth presents itself . Realize your buying power at open. Com what did irans Supreme Leader get in the nuclear deal . To start with, 100 billion. They keep their Nuclear Facilities and ballistic missiles. There wont be surprise anytimeanywhere inspections. And after ten years, restrictions are lifted and iran could build a Nuclear Weapon in two months. Congress should reject a bad deal. We need a better deal. Molette green at the live desk. Just announced, a new species of human relative discovered. Breaking news coming out of south africa, where fossils were found representing at least 15 individuals in a remote cave chamber so narrow only a special team of very slender individuals could reach them. Now, this species is known as homo neleti and it appears to have been deposited bodies of the dead in that cave. Thats a behavior previously believed only humans exhibited. This discovery could alter views of human behavior. This is big. Well hear more about this throughout day. Back to you. Im storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell. Umbrellas finally needed for the first time in a long time. Temperatures in the mid 70s this morning. You may see a little sunshine from time to time today, but youre likely to get rained on two or three times during the course of your thursday. Have your umbrella ready to go check on traffic with melissa right now. Jammed at the outer loop at river road. Very slow as you are headed to river road. And 395 northbound after duke street, twoplus mile backup at this morning. Details coming up. 5 45. A new look at some dangerous criminals wanted by the fbi. Theyre wanted in a series of robberies in d. C. , maryland and virginia. It started in late august. The fbi says they have hit six separate 7 11, hitting three within a few hours of each other. With guns, almost as if they were rehearsed or practiced. So rather than being a crime of desperation, these are these are more organized and more planned out. You can see in this video they enter the store with their guns out. In each of the robberies at least two men demand money from employees. Police are looking for the thieves stealing handicapped stickers out of parked cars at the morgan boulevard metro station. Just this week, metro confirms at least five weeks have been broken into. Someone told me that they steal them and sell them for like 50 each. I think thats despicable. Metro says this is a small percentage and crime in parking lots is trending downward. Today the American Civil Liberties union wants to know what you think about the relationship between police and the community in d. C. The group is holding a town hall at the florida Avenue Baptist Church starting at 6 30 tonight. Its one of several town halls being held by the aclu. Residents will be able to speak openly about policing in their community. This morning a man with a history of threatening to kill president s is in custody. Secret Service Agents found archie glass, jr. , outside the white house last month. He had been released from prison and that was a violation against his parole. He once sought to be the next john hinckley, Court Records show. A nonprofit says student need to learn more about the constitution and today theyre launching a National Constitution literacy campaign. Essentials in education is pushing for students to have a better understanding of the bill of rights and the declaration of independence. Fairfax county is just starting the school year, but next years budget is already a concern. The school board met with parents to explain the budget last night and asked for ideas on how to balance it. The county is predicting major shortfalls next year between 50 and 80 million. We know the next round of cuts would have potentially serious consequences for whats most important to us and thats the students in the schools and the classrooms. So we felt like we had to have the Community Engaged with us in making decisions. The school board wants to hear from you. It has set up a special website where you can submit your ideas. We have it on our nbc washington app. Search school budget. If your child rides the school bus, stay here on nbc4 for the today show starting at 7 00 a. M. Nbc jeff rossen looks into why most school buses do not have seat belts. A school bus crashed with child sized test dummies and see the results live on the today show. The national Highway Safety Administration Says that school buses are one of the safest forms of transportation in the u. S. But accidents do happen. On average, six School Age Children die in School Bus Crashes every year in this country. Police are searching for the man who beat a Good Samaritan and stole his car. Fairfax county police say the victim wanted to help a man who was asking for money near the vienna metro station on august 25th. The victim took the seemingly homeless man to his own house for a meal but he refused to eat and instead made comments about the victims wealth. That man refused to leave, ripped keys out of the ignition and pretended to throw them and he got back into the car and beat the victim. After he beat the victim, he then took the vehicle. Its still an active investigation. Police still trying to find the person who did this carjacking and theyre saying that it is okay to be generous. But use caution. Well, it has 58 letters and it is the longest town name in britain, but one british weather man pronounced it perfectly. The forecaster was doing the Weather Report for our nbc partner, channel 4 when he said this. The sunshine in northwest wales, just up the road from the temperature got up to 21 stop it right now. Just rolled right on. I mean, like nothing. That video of course has gone viral now. More than 2 Million People have viewed it on the channel 4 facebook page. Were complaining about saying manassas. Wow. Here hes say thats insane. When i say quiet harbor, if you say that right you hear about it. A lot of places in virginia. Better say it right. No kidding. You better pronounce peoples hometowns right. Partly cloudy. Over yonder. Over yonder on that side of the hill. Thats where the rain is going to be. And the rain drops are coming to our side of the hill now. Rain drops have already impacted many neighborhoods and there are many more chances to be rained on during the day today. Umbrella day, our hash tag. 75 in washington. Temperatures are only in the 80s today. Thatll break the string of 90s. 94 yesterday. That was our 52nd day of 90s. But we may not need to worry about 90 again. I dont see 90s in the near future. It will rain off and on during the day today. Temperatures now low to mid 70s. It will rise up into the upper 70s and high today around 82 or 83 in the washington area. Probably around 2 00 or 3 00 with more rain chances and a rumble of thunder. And low 80s around town, but your rain chance today stands at 80 . So take the umbrella. Theres that first area of light rain showers and moderate rain in frederick county. More rain down across the southern parts of the shenandoah valley. Winchester and luray and thats part of the weather front. Theres the front in ohio. That should be through here late tonight. We should be dry by this time tomorrow. Tomorrow looks like a fine day to be outside. Good weather for High School Football tomorrow night. But otherwise, the weekend may be in trouble. You can always follow me on twitter, or at instagram and you should have our nbc washington app downloaded so you can see this, the presentation of future weather during the course of the day today. Later on this afternoon, an opportunity for rain with some thunderstorms embedded in it. That should continue through the afternoon and the evening rushes. And then the rain should taper off after midnight. Rain chances are back. Just in time for your weekend, everybody. Heres your seven day forecast. Rain today, sun tomorrow. Chance for showers saturday afternoon, saturday night and at least into sunday morning before sunshine is back just in time for monday. Back over to you, melissa mollet. Breaking news, outer loop at river road. We are jammed, about a 2 1 2 backup on the outer loop of the beltway as you approach river. This is the earlier crash still causing only delays, though it is off the roads. 395 northbound after duke street because of this crash, blocking the right shoulder and the right lane, very slow as well. West ox road, over 50, a brandnew crash that just popped up too with police there on the scene. Big look at the beltway, you can see Everything Else on the beltway looking good. But the two slow spots on the spur and inbound 395, nice and red. 66 inbound. No major problems there. 95 north, dale city is the slow spot. See you at the top of the hour. 5 53 now and some metro riders are fed one the delays and the safety issues are coming together to do something about it. The Wmata Riders Union wants to make sure metro officials hear then concerns. Theyre tired of the track repairs and limited Weekend Service and safety issues. Were coming together to both praise metro when theyre doing something right and help them find a way to be a better system. Metros new vital signs report shows Customer Satisfaction dropped to 73 on the rails earlier this year. That was down 7 from the year before. Apple introduced several new products but the stock took a big hit. Cnbcs landon dowdy has more on what caused the disappointment special after a big day. Thats right. The new products failed to impress investors, the stock fell 2 yesterday. New features on the iphone 6s such as the ability to shoot 4 mega bits may not be enough to get people to upgrade and they say the iphone pro is too big and too similar to the surface tablet. Apple has dropped half a percent on the day of iphone announcements in the past. Thank you, landon dowdy. Some big news for the fast food chain that recently announced breakfast any time. Mcdonalds is making the change to eggs that come from free range rather cage free chickens. They use 2 billion shell and liquid eggs a year. That is more than 4 of the eggs produced in the u. S. Cage free means chickens are allowed to move freely in nesting areas and barns. No word on if mcdonalds will raise prices because of the change. You may see more than calorie count on the menu in new york city. Theyll be the first to clearly label the menu items that have more than 220 milligrams of sodium. The dishes will have a small salt shaker icon next to them. The new rule takes effect in december. We are working for you and your familys safety. Many groups are asking you to check your childs car seat today. Less than half a million of the car seats recalled last year were fixed and in d. C. This morning, safe kids and the national Highway Traffic Administration is asking you to register your car seat. There are more than 3 million defective car seats on the road right now. His daughter was killed on Live Television and ambushed by a former coworker. Now andy parker is in d. C. Ready to take a stand against gun violence. His message for congress and the people who will be by his side at a rally today. [ cheers and applause ] a wave of gameday excitement is rolling into dunkin. Taste the new tailgater breakfast sandwich, stacked with smoked sausage, fireroasted peppers, and onions. America runs on dunkin. Medium hot coffee, cream, two sugars see you at the window. At dunkin, we make your coffee just the way you like it. If not, well make it again on the spot. Thats the dd commitment. America runs on dunkin. News4 today starts now. Right now, news4 today, he promised to do what ever it takes after his daughter was gunned down on Live Television. Andy parkers message for lawmakers as he takes a stand in d. C. Against gun violence. And Emergency Response times in the district, the close call for one family after their baby stopped breathing and what d. C. Fire is saying about its slow response. But first, the storm team is tracking a soggy day ahead for you as a line of showers rolls through this morning. Even if the rain stopped falling at your house, youll want to make sure you have that umbrella handy. Storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell has the changes youll see by the hour today. Good morning, chuck. Good morning, eun and aaron and good morning, everybody. Welcome to your thursday. Thats the view of nebraska avenue out to tenially circle. There are puddles to be dodged. Return of rain drops to the area. Maybe a thursday thunder clap or two later on this afternoon. Im getting more and more worried about the weekend. As far as weather slowdowns, off and on periods of rain showers there. Rain along i81 right now. 270 as well. Down into portions of charles county. Mid 70s now hour by hour today up into the low 80s for a time today. But have those umbrellas ready to go, melissa, with temperatures in the 70s and 80s. But rain drops aplenty across the area. Breaking news in first 4 traffic. This morning, outer loop at river road, we are quite slow. Chopper 4 over the scene. This is not normal. An earlier crash thats off to the right side of the roadway. Still have a 2 1 2 mile backup there as you come southbound on 270. 395 northbound after duke street, the right shoulder is blocked. That means a four mile backup at this point. Sudley road, a brandnew crash in manassas. Then this one southbound west ox road. And the rest of the beltway is looking quite good. Back with 66 and 95 in a couple of minutes. Thank you, melissa. The father of the young reporter killed on air is taking his fight for new gun laws to the hill. This morning andy parker will join gun control advocates at a rally. News4s Megan Mcgrath has more on what we can expect today. Reporter well, were expecting to hear compelling stories from thos
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