We welcome you in. Lets go straight to our resident meteorologist. What are we up against to start the fourth of july weekend . Well, okay, there we go. Yellow weather alert. The main impact time frame were expecting is right around the evening commute. So its going to impact if youre trying to get out early, traveling across the bay bridge to the delmarva peninsula or fly out of town, heads up, its going to be one of those afternoons so keep the wusa app onhand. The evening commute could be wet for some people but we are expecting some of the thunderstorms to become strong or severe. Now as you mentioned, we have sunshine right now. Thats sunshine is destabilizing atmosphere. And it will allow temperatures to rise quickly and its extremely muggy outside. So we have a couple showers out toward the delmarva peninsula right now. But i want to show you the storms for this afternoon. 2 00 p. M. , back towards i81, look at 3 30, metro. Ill be timing out when they clear the area coming up in a few minutes. And you can track the forecast by downloading the wusa 9 app. And the Holiday Weekend equals Holiday Travel. Lets take a live look at route 50 right now. Approaching the tolls of the Chesapeake Bay bridge, kind of smooth sailing and changing quickly. Hopefully we see things end up working smoothly for most of the day. At the airport, crowds were starting to line up early this morning. And we have that part of the story. Reporter we are here at busy Reagan International airport where activity is picking up and heading into the fourth of july Holiday Weekend. The thought of Holiday Travel can bring about raw emotions, even from the youngest of passengers. Theres long lines and theyre tiring. Reporter but she and her family were lucky when they got to reagan around 8 30 this morning for their trip to wisconsin, it was smooth sailing. I think people travel earlier or go thursday, not necessarily friday. Reporter that said, 30 minute cans make a big difference. We tweeted out this picture of a line zigging and zagging through a reagan terminal earlier in the morning. You can see the length of the line changed as the morning went on. However, the tsa does have a few tips to make your flight less stressful. First, get to the airport two hours before your scheduled departure time. And you should make sure not to pack items that arent allowed on a flight. Tsa specifically warns against fireworks. She understands the rules and even in light of recent tragic moments abroad, she tells us she feels safe. Theres extra security that i could see but its been calm and i feel safe. Reporter and one other thing that seems to be helping here, we didnt spot too many delays in and out of the airport. So hopefully it stays that way throughout the the very latest, wusa 9. And you can stay on top of airport delay, road delays and Severe Weather every minute of the Holiday Weekend, just download the free wusa 9 mobile app. Now from the Prince Georges County bureau, the Patient Care Center was the target of robbers overnight. Two men in masks broke into the facility on mallory drive. According to investigator, they stole several bottles of medication. At least one was carrying a gun. And both were told got away. And and both were told got away. And we have no description of the vehicle they escaped in or the suspects themselves. We dont know why a 24year old man killed three people at a home. Police say lawrence rogers, jr. Shot five people last friday at the home. Three of them have died. And the man who rogers reportedly asked for a ride to his hotel apparently recognized him from Surveillance Video that was released by this week. One of the victims was a 60 yearold who worked for our parent company. Now he is remembered as a dedicated employee and a great neighbor. In montgomery county, a fire leaves one family homeless. The Fire Department says hording conditions led to the significant damage to the home. Two adults and two children were inside at the time. One of them was hurt. The injuries were told were not lifethreatening. July 1st marks the new fiscal year and a new set of laws to go with it going into effect. In the common welt, theres a new protective order to curb gun violence in virginia. Anyone served with a permanent protective order has to give up their firearms within 24 hours now. And its illegal to smoke in a car with a passenger under the age of 8. And for byober, corkage fees officially extend to beer and participating restaurants. In maryland, the minimum wage goes to 8. 75 an hour. And the gas tax creeps up about a penny. And the ban on powdered alcohol, thats extended for another two years. For more fallout from bill clintons impromptu yet controversial meeting with the attorney general. She has taken steps to separate herself from the Hillary Rodham clinton email investigation. But some say she hasnt gone far enough. Reporter the attorney general has decided not to make the final decision in the investigation of Hillary Rodham clintons private email server. The matter is being handled by career agents and investigators with the department of justice. Theyve had it since the beginning. Reporter lynch has been under fire since sheriff deputy an unscheduled meeting with bill clinton on monday. She says nothing sensitive was talked about with the former president but critics say the meeting was inappropriate no matter what was recuse herself and appoint a special council. Donald trump, Hillary Rodham clintons gop president ial opponent is speaking out. I think its amazing. Reporter she was appointed by the Obama Administration and she will accept the recommendation of career prosecutors on whether to file charges against Hillary Rodham clinton. I dont have a role in those findings, in coming up with the findings or making the recommendations as to how to go forward. I will be briefed and i will be accepting their recommendations. Reporter Hillary Rodham clinton has admitted using a private email server when she was secretary of state. The fbi director said theres no timetable for when the investigation will end. Cbs news, washington. Now both have known each other for decades. He nominated her to be u. S. Attorney for new york back in 1999. On the campaign trail, the count down is on to the gop convention, about two weeks away. And it appears narrowing down the list of potential running mates. He is vetting Newt Gingrich and new jersey governor chris christie. President barack obama meanwhile is expected to reveal as early as today the number of civilians killed by u. S. Drone strikes in pakistan and africa and yemen. And he is expected to issue an executive order that make process tacketting civilians more of a part of planning. Make protecting civilians for of a part of the planning. The man now believed to be the planner of tuesdays attack at the istanbul ataturk airport was directed the three suicide bombers. His whereabouts are still unknown. Still ahead this noon, what is featured on the cereal pod cast now that the conviction has been overturned. And Mission Metro brings stakeholders together trying to find metros top executives and leaders were here at wusa 9 last night for a first of its kind event. A town hall meeting for what its going to take a look at what its going to take to get past some issues. Some customers are already fed up. Theyre just trying to get from a to b and they want it to be ontime. And within the past hour, metro actually announced they are starting today, rail passengers have a 15 minute grace period from the time they enter a station. If you leave within 15 minutes or entering the gate, you will caught on camera, a rescue in las vegas. Two teenage girl, take a look at this, they found themselves stranded when a sudden rainstorm led to flash floods. A ladder was stretched in their direction and it took a fire truck to get them to safety. Once they were safe and sound, they explained they followedded a dog into the canal and the water surrounded them in seconds. In the northwest now, a Massive Wildfire is burning a town and forcing resident out of their homes. Strong winds compounded the problem for fire crews last night. By this morning, most of the fire had reportedly been contained. A new trial for the maryland man featured in a well known pod cast. And why a maryland boy is now fighting for his life after a trip on a cruiseship. Dealing with sunny skies right now but i am tracking the potential for strong storms later today. We will talk more about the yellow weather alert in just man hey baby, how are you . Woman i have a surprise for you. Man you have a surprise for me . Narrator at dominion, 1 in 5 new hires is a veteran. And when theyre away, they miss out on a lot. But they wont miss out on financial support. Because we cover any difference between their military pay and their dominion salary, and continue benefits for them and their families. Why do we do it . Because our vets sacrifice enough. Dominion. Depen ud ons for more than energy. Stand by me. Welcome back to the news at noon. Take a moment if you will to appreciate this picture, the Hubble Space Telescope captured images over jupiter. This comes just days before nasas new spaceship arrives to orbit the gas giant. Unlike the Northern Lights on earth, nasa says the ones on jupiter never cease and they are hundreds of times more energetics than here on earth. An 8yearold maryland boy had to be air lifted off a cruiseship and is in Critical Condition this afternoon because of a terrible accident. According to the new york police department, the boy fell anthem of the sea left new jersey. He was reportedly under water for eight to 10 minutes before crew members found him. Cpr was performed onscene and doctors were able to establish a pulse and the boy was taken to a new york hospital. The cruiseship returned to new jersey shortly after midnight and then departed again two hours later. With the first reported fatal accident in a self driving car makes the concept a tough sell to the public. A man died when the tesla crashed back in may. The cameras couldnt tell the difference between the white exterior of a turning tractor trailer and the bright sunlight. One month earlier, the same man credited the auto pilot system for preventing a crash. He wa prison for murder. Now he is getting a new trial. Reporter its a murder case that gripped the entire nation through a pod cast. After years of maintaining his innocence, the main character, a 35yearold of baltimore is ordered a new trial. This is obviously an incredible victory. Im trying to act calm right now. Reporter he has been serving a life sentence since 2000, convicted of killing his exgirlfriend, a classmate of his. She was found dead here in baltimores lincoln park. One of his friends claim that he helped dig the hole to bury her. The pod cast which has been downloaded millions of times examines the case and whether he was wrongfully convicted. His attorneys argued that testimony from an alibi witness was never used in the original trial and a cellphone tower examined. On thursday, the judge vacated the conviction and said the original team failed and that created the possibility that the result was unreliable. Denied the issue and granted it on the cell tower issue. Reporter his brother says the family is overcome with joy. We are, at first, very happy and then shocked and kind of like a numb feeling. Reporter and they have never lost hope. I always believed in my heart, especially for my mom, she is very strong and she would always, you know, like tell us to keep having hope. Reporter despite a crucial victory, his lawyers says there are still obstacles in the way. His Attorney Says the focus is to get him free on bail. The state of maryland does have 30 days to appeal which he expects them to do and says, quote, we are prepared to fight and were ready to go. In baltimore, cbs news. And surprising this was though, the actual coproducer and host of the pod cast said she was surprised by the actions thursday. A new deal for bradley peel b bradley beal. The guard just came to terms on a five 46 Year Contract worth 128 to 130 million. Do the math, thats more than 25 million a year. A slight bump in pay based on the 5 to 6 million he was bringing in this past season, negotiated within just hours of the Free Agency Period beginning. And we dont know where kevin durant will land. We are keeping an eye on that and we will keep you posted. You dont have to be a fellow florida gator join him. The jackpot in tonights drawing is 415 million in its own right. And makes his look like chump change. Thats the 10th largest in u. S. History. If you win and want the lump sum, you will get 286 million before taxes. Not a bad payday. The smithsonians air and space museum is celebrating the 4th birthday in style. You can visit any hour today, literally. They are staying open all night. And it will your first chance to see the flight hall including through artifacts including the uss enterprise from star trek and the apollo lunar module 2. I know that has to fascinate melissa. I would like to go there. I think that would be awesome. We are going to be live tomorrow on wakeup washington. I did hear that. Should be fun. Before we get to tomorrow morning though and your weekend, we have to kickoff your holiday week wednesday the potential for thunderstorms. These will be arriving as many of you are trying to head out from work, heading home for your threeday weekend, maybe heading to the beaches. So keep that app onhappened thunderstorms in the area. Its sunny right now. A hazy sunshine. Temperatures warming through the 80s. And look at the dew points, 71 degrees. It feels sticky like florida outside. This heat and humidity combined along with the sunshine were seeing, its going to be destabilizing the atmosphere which allows for thunderstorms to become strong as they arrive later today. Now its going to be quiet for the next couple hours but towards 3 00, 4 00 this afternoon, this cold front is going to spark more showers and thunderstorms in our area starting near the i81 corridor. And as the storms continue to press eastward, theyll be intensifying so the Storm Prediction Center has highlighted the metro area in the slight risk of Severe Weather. Meaning we will see scattered showers and thunderstorms and several could become strong or severe along the i81 corridor towards montgomery county. So stay weather aware for the afternoon. And in terms of the severe gusty winds to be that main Severe Weather player for today. I dont expect it to be a widespread Severe Threat but think back to tuesday evening where we had some thunderstorms that put down some trees. Thats going to be about what we see, a broken line of storms. Some hail cant be ruled out. And an isolated tornado but the winds are going to be the bigger player. And theres going to be heavy rain within the thunderstorms. Lets talk about the futurecast, the timing of this and how its going to impact your evening commute. From here towards 2 00 p. M. , look how we start to see thunderstorms popping up, especially along the i81 corridor. Theyll form into a broken line of storms. 3 30, leesburg, Fairfax County as well, and by 4 30, right on top of 95. Everybody is trying to rush home for the Holiday Weekend. There will be rain, gusty winds that youre trying to leave work. 5 00 p. M. , right over Prince Georges County. And it will continue towards the delmarva to 7 00 p. M. And then after we get past about 8 00 or 9 00, most of the Severe Weather out of the area, a stray shower lingers but things clear out for the Holiday Weekend and the holiday will look better than late this afternoon. Heres the rest of the day planner for the washington, d. C. Area. The western suburb, 3 00 p. M. , the chance of thunderstorms. Right about 4 00, 5 00 over the metro, Prince Georges County from 5 00 to about 6 00. And then things clear out by 9 00 p. M. And the rest of the Holiday Weekend. Tomorrow, looking great. Sunshine, low humidity, tomorrow or rather sunday, an isolated shower. Monday, a few afternoon thunderstorms were watching that could impact fireworks weather. Beach weather looks fantastic. But monday, keep your app onhand. And we will be tracking thunderstorms. Looks great tomorrow. And the rest of the seveny forecast. Past your fourth of july, lingering shower on tuesday with temperatures in the mid 80s. We will be back. Its our 4th of july sale. 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