Slow for about four miles this morning. Beltway at kenilworth avenue, a little bit of volume. No problem there. In laurel, brock ridge road between Whiskey Bottom and 198, still the overturned vehicle. A look at 95 northbound here through dale city, the slowest spot at 29 miles an hour. Back in ten minutes with travel times. Right now, your commute is about to get easier. Heres a live look from inner loop of the beltway at virginia in Northern Virginia. In less than an hour the crews will open the shoulder from the express lanes to the g. W. Parkway parkway. News4s Megan Mcgrath will show you whats happening. Some relief, megan. Reporter well, this is the choke point, the merge area where the northbound express lanes end and that traffic has to go over into the regular lanes. Well start driving it now to see the merge point here up ahead. You can see all the traffic that we have here. Those are the folks in the regular lanes. Were in the express lane. Well have to go move over and that really slows things down during the rush hour. Hopefully, some help is on the way. Beginning as soon as 7 00, vdot will open a lefthand shoulder to traffic, adding an additional lane. This is a 1. 5 mile stretch. From the end of the express lanes down to the g. W. Parkway. Theyll be doing this from 7 00 a. M. To 11 00. And then theyll reopen that shoulder again from 2 00 until 8 00 p. M. Coming up on an electronic sign here. Theyll have the signs with the red x or a green arrow indicating whether or not you can use that lefthand shoulder lane. Thatll let people know what is going on here. Now the hope is that by adding an additional lane thats going to ease the choke point, ease traffic. And people can get to work perhaps a little bit faster. Back to you in the studio. Thanks, megan. Today closing arguments will begin for Prince Georges County man charged with ordering his uncles murder. Brian mayhew is serving a life sentence for killing a man in 2011. Brian had someone kill his uncle nicoh mayhew from testifying against him in the murder trial. Winston and cannon are also facing murder charges nicoh mayhews death. Also today a panel of federal judges will begin a trial into the that looks into the political boundaries in virginia. The lawsuit here says the house of delegates redistricting plan is unconstitutional because it gerrymanders a dozen districts. The concentration of africanamericans is packed into 12 districts, so therefore, diminishing black voters influence in the other 88 districts that trial begins in alexandria at 10 00 this morning. This morning, Prince Georges County police are looking for a suspect in a shooting in oxon hill. Police say someone shot a man several times on chester street near the d. C. Border around 9 00 last night. The victim is in Critical Condition. Police say theyre still working to figure out a motive. Today there will be a prayer vigil in the district and that vigil will remember those who have been shot and killed this year. It begins at 7 30 at the grace View Apartments on 16th street southeast. Bishop holloway organized the vigil. Developing right now, the greek Prime Minister will soon be face to face with a roomful of angry european leaders. Greece under Major Pressure to bring credible proposals to the table now that the country defaulted on the debt. The Prime Minister is expected to offer a plan at todays make or break summit. The meetings come after they voted to reject a strict bailout plan. Everything is back to normal today. You could be experiencing some extra caution following yesterdays lockdown there. Police say you should always Say Something if you see something that concerns you. The lockdown started when someone called 911. It end with an all clear. Into the live desk what you need to know about a new program the white house says will cut your emergency bills. President obama will be in baltimore today announcing this new plan to get people more access to solar energy. The plan targets low to moderate income communities and People Living in federally subsidized housing. Mercy housing in washington here in washington and Community Housing partners in virginia are among more than 20 Public Housing authorities committed to installing the renewable energy. D. C. Will invest up to 6 million this fall as part of the program. Whos paying for it . Well, financial commitments from state cities and Solar Companies are going to contribute and the cost of solar energy has gone down. The National Community Solar Partnership is also supposed to open up more jobs in the solar workforce. Aaron . Thank you. 6 06. We are getting a better understanding of Maryland Governor larry hogans plan to cut 210 million from the proposed purple line project. The Washington Post reporting that hogan wants fewer station elevators and shorter platforms. He wants to change the wait time between trains. This is part of 43 proposed budget cuts. Hogan wants montgomery and Prince Georges County to pay more to get the project done. New this morning, some scary moments for passengers aboard a Southwest Airlines flight overnight. After their plane is forced to make an Emergency Landing. The problem that had the pilots turning around shortly after takeoff. Im Melissa Mollet in the first 4 traffic center. An update on the situation with slowdowns on 66. A brand new problem on g. W. Parkway. More on that when we come back. Plus new video as the running of the bulls begins in spain. The injuries that are being tended to at this hour. Your time is people of the coffee drinking world, dunkin has a dark roast coffee thats deliciously roasted just right for a bold start and smooth finish thats never bitter. Put down the dark roast youve been putting up with and reach for the one you deserve. New this morning passengers are safe this morning after an Emergency Landing forced by a blown tire. Pilots turned the southwest flight back around and landed in phoenix after they discovered the blown tire on the main landing gear. The flight was headed to san francisco. The search for the body of a hiker killed in an ice cave collapse is now suspended until the sun comes up. That collapse happened at big four ice caves in Washington State yesterday. Four other people were hurt. One of the people is in Critical Condition right now. These massive caves are popular tourist spots. The u. S. Forest service says ice caves can be incredibly dangerous in warmer weather. The High Temperature in that area yesterday was 80 degrees. And our temperatures here going to get much warmer than that. Its 6 11. Time for weather and traffic on the 1s. Tom kierein is here with a look at whats to come. Going to be hot tom. Yeah, it will. Look at your tv we have got a gold nugget sunrise underway. Live view from the storm team 4 tower camera. Hazy, hot and rather humid today. Northern and western suburbs, panhandle of west virginia. Highs upper 80s, near 90. In washington the mid 90s as will much of Southern Maryland and Northern Virginia, low and mid 90s. It will be near 90, hazy sunshine during the afternoon. A look at Storm Chances next seven days next weather and traffic on the 1s at 6 21. Got a problem on the g. W. Parkway. Big problem on the g. W. Parkway. Trying to getter more information about this one. A crash were thinking. This is southbound between the beltway and turkey run. At least the right lane is blocked and we have a mile and a half backup right now. Going to get more on that in a couple of minutes. 66 inbound here at west ox road looking better than it did earlier. As far as travel times no problem in maryland. Top of the beltway outer loop also looking quite good. 66 inbound, no problems from Fairfax County beltway. And listen to our friends on wtop 103. 5 when you hop in your car. Thanks, melissa. Were used to giving the Power Company a lot of money. Why one local utility is ready to give you money in return. Right now a somber day in london as people there marked ten years since the deadly terrorist attack on their city. The ceremonys underwa happening any second now, a rocket launch from Wallis Island in virginia. Youre looking at it live right now. This is a 54foot tall rocket. Its called the black brant 9. And whats happening is its a big nasa project and what theyre doing is testing two new space technologies. So the rocket is carrying up two different experiments that they hope will give them a lot of new information about the way things work in space of course. So again, youre looking at a live picture. This is in virginia. Where we expect a rocket here called the black brant 9. We expect it to launch at any moment now. Launch time was set for 6 15. The launch is expected to be visible from virginia to the mouth of the chesapeake bay. Thats it from the live desk. Thank you. Right now crews are cleaning uf after another Freight Train derailment. The rail cars were carrying shipments of plastic. There was nothing hazardous on board though. Last week a different one went off the rails near knoxville. That train was carrying toxic chemicals and caught fire, prompting evacuations. This morning several families are adjusting to new surroundings after a fire destroyed their homes. It displaced 42 people. The firefighters are working to figure out how it started. A 9yearold boy beaten for secretly eating a piece of birthday cake in maryland has died. Jack garcia was in the Medical Center with injuries to his back, legs and stomach. Robert wilson handcuffed an beat the boy last week for eating cake without permission in the apartment where he lived. Wilson is the mothers boyfriend. He is being held on 1 million bond. Jack celebrated his 9th birthday days before his death. Alexandrias police chief let the community vent its frustrations on a meeting in violence. That was in response to the murder of 22yearold shakkan elliott tibbs. Someone shot and killed him last week. Some at the meeting said the murder is a symptom of more violence in the neighborhood. The victims mother was at the meeting as well. She said finding the sons killer will help the crime situation. The state of maryland will appeal femas decision to give aid for the baltimore riots. Governor larry hogan requested a major disaster declaration and that would have covered 75 of the costs to clean up and rebuild parts of the city. The riots came after the death of freddie gray and caused an estimated 19. 5 million in damage. Its 6 18 right now. The attorneys for the six officers charged in grays death want the trial moved out of baltimore. According to the baltimore sun, the defense team for the officers said high interest in the case will make it impossible to seat an impartial jury. They want the venue changed now and prosecutors want to wait and see if tension in the city calms down. The trial is scheduled to begin in october. A quarterback for Florida State off the team after video surfaced of him punching a woman in the bar. It shows freshman quarterback Deandre Johnson and the woman jostling for position at the bar. You can see him swinging at her face. He was charged with misdemeanor battery. The 18yearold driver in potomac is out of the hospital and an attorney for samuel ellis says he is in agony over the crash that killed calvin li and alexander murk. Underaged drinking took place at party. Ellis has not been charged with anything in the crash. Several parents in stafford are suing the School District over a redistricting plan. According to the free lancestar, the parentill lead to longer bus rides and other disadvantages for many students. The Stafford School board is not commenting on the lawsuit, but says the parents dont have the Legal Authority to file this suit. June was a rough month for casinos in maryland. The lottery and Gaming Control Agency says revenues dropped 5 last month. Overall, casinos took in 91. 5 million. Maryland live took in 53 million down 8 since may. The lone bright spo saw its strongest month since the riots in april. You may want to try your luck playing powerball. Your odds of winning a cash prize just grew. However, theres a catch. You will have a harder time hitting the big jackpot but the overall chances of winning a prize are 1 in 25. Your chances of winning the jackpot will be 1 in more than 292 million. The Gaming Commission says the changes are intended to increase your chances of winning any prize and free money is always a good thing. Thats right. 10, 25. Whatever you got. 6 21. We are not winning with this forecast right now. We are waiting for the return of some bigtime heat. Storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein here with your forecast. Good morning. Yeah hottest day since june 23, some like it hot. Youll get your wish later today. Right now, weve got some clumpy, gray clouds passing over the metro area. A live view overlooking washington. On this Tuesday Morning the storm team 4 skycast 4 showing quite a bit of cloudiness for the morning, but some breaks in the clouds by mid to late morning and by noontime, mostly sunny. Hazy sunshine through the rest of the afternoon. Right now weve got sticky humidity in the air. But it will drop a bit into the the at least uncomfortable range. Not quite as humid by this afternoon. Right now, temperatures arlow 70s. Alexandria, arlington falls church, mid 70s around the bay. A little bit of patchy fog in the rural areas, but thatll be breaking up shortly. Overnight with increasing clouds our temperatures back down into the 70s after we reach low to mid 90s. We havent hit the 90s in a couple of weeks. More clouds around, and likely some scattered afternoon showers and downpours. Maybe some thunder and lightning, probably not severe storms but more rain. We have had nearly ten inches above average rainfall since june 1st. Then on thursday, a smaller chance of afternoon thundershowers. Temperatures in the upper 80s and near 90s. Partly cloudy and humid. Seven day outlook into the weekend, saturday looking good for Outdoor Activities and pool and beach weather. Next chance of storms after thursday will be maybe late on sunday. Sunday Late Afternoon and evening and perhaps on monday as well. Next weather and traffic on the 1s coming up at 6 31. Your walk to work forecast, we have breaking news on the roads with melissa. Breaking news. Big problem here on g. W. Parkway. This is a fivecar crash with one vehicle down an embankment. So southbound between the beltway and turkey run is where this crash is right now. The ramp from the outer loop to g. W. Parkway southbound is closed from the inner loop. Police tell us that is closing soon this morning. Heres a live picture American Legion bridge you can see that volume building on the inner loop of the beltway. A live picture from Megan Mcgraths camera where that closure is at this point this morning. A wide look at the beltway, overall, no other major problems at this point this morning. 66 headed into town, still a tad slow there as youre approaching fairfax. Getting slow in dale city and north of that. Looking pretty good. Looking at Prince Georges County overall no major problems there. But again going to a lot more on this story. G. W. Parkway, big problem there at the beltway coming up in a couple of minutes. You might want to turn away. This is tough for some folks to watch. One person has been gored six others have been injured in the first running of the bulls in pamplona, spain. Overall, seven people were taken to the hospital here. Thousands of daredevils hitting the streets of pamplona, spain they run a narrow course between buildings as the crowds cheer. On my bucket list actually. I would like to do that. I would. You might think that the one place that employees would not show up sick is at the doctors office, but doctors and nurses do it too apparently. Out of 500 physicians, Nurse Practitioners and assistants, 415 said they came to work sick at least once in the last year. This is from the Childrens Hospital of philadelphia. A vast majority of the workers said they didnt want to let their colleague or patients down. In news4 your health a new study says you can pass some of your anxiety on to your children. Researchers at the university of wisconsin did brain imaging on young monkeys similar to imaging done on humans. Part of what deals with anxiety has a circuit and that explains why one child handles a situation like one parent or the other. Now is the time to buy a new refrigerator. You can get some cold cash for it. Dominion is starting a new appliance recycling program. Theyll come and pick up your old one at no cost. In fact theyll give you 50 bucks for participating. In order to participant, the refrigerator has to be at least 10 years old and still working. Well, today there will be a moment of silence to mark a solemn anniversary in britain. Ten years since the 7 7 bombings. It was after a series of terrorist attacks. Many are laying wreaths to mark this tenyear anniversary. Four suicide bombers blew themselves up on three tube trains and a bus during a busy morning commute. David came and londons mayor have gathered to mark the day. Kristin wright thank you. A warm start. It will only get hotter as you look live at the national harbor. The conditions youll be dealing with as you go outside. Weather and traffic on the 1s at 6 31. Its a baby in our street. Calls of concern after a baby was found abandoned. The 911 calls made after that baby was found along the side of the road. Plus a scam police want you to be looking out for. The phone call that should raise red flags if you receive it. And breaking news in the first 4 traffic center. A big problem on g. W. Parkway southbound. And now on the beltway. That is because of some closures and a big crash involving five cars. Breaking news on the beltway and g. W. Parkway. A serious crash here with one vehicle down an embankment on g. W. Parkway. Right now, the crash we know about. G. W. Parkway southbound it is between the beltway and turkey run there. So right now we understand the ramp from the inner and outer loop southbound are shut down. Both are shut down. Heres a live picture from the scene and the american of the American Legion bridge, they kind of keep moving cameras back and forth this morning. Megan mcgrath is out there on the scene. She just arrived and your information is much more up to date. Making calls and stuff here. What do you know . Reporter well, melissa, im going to step out of the way here so you can see the accident scene for yourself. As you just said there are five cars that are involved. You can see that most of them are lined up here on the righthand side of the roadway. But in the center of the activity, you can see there is what appears to be a silver suv from our vantage point. That that vehicle has left the roadway and went down the embank embankment there. We have the ramps from the beltway to southbound g. W. Parkway parkway closed. We are not sure how long thats going to be the case. Apparently theres some fluid on the roadway. So once the tow trucks come and remove the vehicles theyll have to take care of that fluid before they can actually reopen the lanes. So this might be with us for a good hunk of the rush hour. We are seeing traffic moving on the northbound side of the g. W. Parkway. Right now were not seeing any major rubbernecking delays but that could change as rush hour wears on here. No word on injuries, but certainly if you normally take g. W. Parkway southbound from the beltway, youre going to want to avoid the area. It is closed between the beltway and turkey run for the serious accident. Now with more on traffic well send it back to you melissa. All right, thank you, megan. Of course were starting to see a little bit of red in this area. You can see a tad bit of yellow here southbound g. W. Parkway. Otherwise, beltway volume looking pretty light overall. 270 no problems here. You can see yellow as well. The top of 270 there just because of normal volume coming through the hyatts town area. Taking a look at the top of the beltway area no real problems. B. W. Parkway, 95 or 29 going to have more on this crash that is affecting traffic not only on the beltway, but of course g. W. Parkway southbound completely shut down at this point this morning there at the beltway. Back in a couple of minutes. Tom . You will be walking into sticky humidity on this Tuesday Morning. Waiting for the metro this morning well be in the mid 70 with dry walkways. The downpours we had late yesterday are long gone now. Well have some sun breaking out then. Hazy, hot quite humid. Dry walkways but it will be uncomfortably hot. Temperatures reaching the mid 90s by mid afternoon. Right now around the region we are hovering generally in the low to mid 70s. All clear on the storm team 4 radar. And stay informed and stay cool with the storm team 4 forecast on the storm team 4 radar as well. You can check all the latest whats going on at the nbc washington app. Get it for free now. Back to you. 6 33. Today a man accused of murder will be in d. C. Superior court. News4s Zachary Kiesch has more on jasper spires and the man that he killed. Reporter aaron, stabbed to death on a metro train on the fourth of july. Now, the Police Believe they have their guy, they have their suspect. 18yearold jasper spires was arrested yesterday. Hell appear today in court at 1 00. D. C. Superior court behind me here here on first degree murder charges. He was arrested just days prior for making threats and attempting to rob somebody else. The victim in this case, Kevin Sutherland, 24yearold American University grad with a political he was a political strategist, he had big dreams. He certainly had an impact on those around him. We heard from one of his former roommates yesterday. He believed in a lot of things. We believed him. We always stuck to his guns. If you ever tried to argue with him, he goes as long as you wanted. Reporter again, the suspect spires, will appear in d. C. Superior court at 1 00 this afternoon. Back to you in the studio. Zachary, thank you. Today, a maryland state trooper will head to court for a bond review after being accused of forcing a woman to perform a sex act on him. Brian tucker agreed to pay the woman for sex and the woman said that tucker forced her at gun point to engage in other acts. He has been charged with a first degree sex offense and the gun in question here, not the troopers service weapon. He was not on duty when this happened yesterday according to police. It is 6 35. We are hearing the frantic call for help when neighbors found a baby abandoned on the road in anne arundel county. Its a baby in our street. And no ones around. And the baby is just there crying. You still dont see anybody . No. Were looking around. We dont see anybody. And the carriage is right up in the street. You could hear the baby crying in the background of that 911 call. The 6 week old baby girl was found along the road on the fourth of july. The babys mom, sandra mcclary, is charged with two counts including child neglect. A judge set her bail at 500,000. She is scheduled to go on trial this week for a series of robberies and the baby is in the care of child protective services. Were working to find out how this mornings Iran Nuclear Negotiations went. The negotiations are led by secretary of state john kerry in vienna. Iran said the only way it will let inspectors into the Nuclear Facility is if the u. N. Lifts an arms embargo. That keeps iran from buying and selling weapons. If iran wont allow inspectors into the facility, then thats no deal. The deadline to reach a deal expires at midnight. President ial hopeful marco rubio talked in illinois today. Rubio is hoping the speech will kick start a more visible phase of his campaign. He has not activity campaigned much since announcing he was running. After the speech, he will visit iowa and nevada. Those states will hold key primaries next year. Many of you in the district want renowned d. C. Chef jose andres to dump donald trump. A petition on change. Org says andres should back out of his deal to open a restaurant at the future trump hotel. That hotel is set to open in the post Office Pavilion in d. C. Next year. Hundreds of people have signed this petition. The petition comes after recent comments he made about mexican immigrants. Andres is from spain. Breaking news right now on g. W. Parkway. We have a live picture of this serious crash here for you right now. And the big problem also inner and outer loop right now. The ramps are shut down. You cannot get on to g. W. Parkway, well have a lot more on this coming up. A controversial vote just hours away. South carolina lawmakers weigh in on what to take down the Confederate Flag. What we expect in the day ahead. Plus, more news that may keep you out of the water this summer. What were learning about another shark attack at a north know you can keep your financial big picture under control. Know you can see how much you have to spend and whether you should transfer funds. Know you can easily keep track of what youre putting away. And know youre budgeted for the great escape. Thanks to virtual wallet by pnc. Breaking news on g. W. Parkway. Southbound g. W. Parkway shut down right now between the beltway and turkey run. The ramp from the inner loop and the outer loop both ramps to g. W. Parkway shut down right now. Thats because of a crash. Megan mcgrath is out there on the scene. The crash here in the distance. One car down the embankment and four others involved in this accident. As far as travel times go overall looking pretty good. 270 south, top of the beltway, outer loop no problems. Inbound 66 looking as well. 95 north quantico to the beltway looking good in. Remember to listen to our friends from wtop 103. 5 when you hop in your car. Tom . Good morning, we have golden sunlight lighting up the capitol dome. Rather steamy temperatures in the 70s. Well jump into the 80s by midmorning. Then by mid to Late Afternoon, hovering in the low to mid 90s. Next weather and traffic on the 1s look at our weekend Storm Chances. Thats coming up at 6 51. Eun . Thank you. The waters off the coast of North Carolina are still a dangerous place for swimmers. Over the weekend a shark bit a marine. That makes eight shark attacks off the coast. This happened off shore at surf city. Camp lejeune said the 32yearold has a bite on his right hand and forearm. Right now were watching a change that could make your morning commute a little bit smoother. The new lane that promises to ease congestion along a busy stretch of the beltway. Where you often find yourself stuck in traffic. Plus, if youre one of the people whos grumpy before having that cup of coffee this news wont help. Why you may have to pay more we have breaking news right now at 6 45. Look at this. A nasty fivecar crash has southbound g. W. Parkway shut down right now. And these are live pictures. Looks like the car off to the side of the road. We are working for you to help you get around this accident. Well start with Megan Mcgrath live at the scene. Megan . Reporter well this is certainly causing a problem for people who use the southbound g. W. Parkway. All of the ramps are closed at the beltway. Headed in the southbound direction and you can see live here why. We have an accident involving five different vehicles and you can see the vehicle in the center there, the silver suv it actually went off the roadway and is kind of teetering, stuck sort of on this stone wall along the side of the road. Actually fortunate they didnt go all way down thats quite a drop in this section. The other four cars are in various states of being banged up. None are drivable. They have to be towed away. Doesnt look like we have serious injuries. Appears watching things that all the folks involved are still here on the scene. And are talking to Police Officers so i think everybody is okay, but a lot of damage here. We just had a tow truck, the first tow truck pull up on the scene. Looks like theyll go after the vehicle thats teetering on that wall there. Take that one out of here first. This will be here for a little while longer once they get the vehicles out of here we have debris on the roadway. Keep in mind, southbound g. W. Parkway closed at the beltway until turkey run. The northbound side is open and looks to be running at speed pretty much. Not any major rubbernecking delays. Now well send it over to melissa. All right, megan. Again, megan at the scene, g. W. Parkway southbound only the section between the beltway and turkey run thats shut down because of the fivecar crash where megan is. Remember, the ramp from the inner loop and the outer loop right now shut down. Tom . The air is soft and yielding this morning. Quite humid out the door and later on today a little less humid, but it will be hot. A little patchy fog in some of the rural areas. Dulles has visibility down to an eighth of a mile now. Mid afternoon temperatures soaring to low and mid 90s. Back to you. Tom thank you. Right now at 6 48. Crews are preparing to make your commute in Northern Virginia easier. In a few minutes crews will open an extra lane on the beltway for the morning rush. Vdot will open the inner loop shoulder from the end of the 495 express lanes to the g. W. Parkway. The 1 1 2 mile stretch will open at 7 00 this morning and stay open until 11 00 a. M. During the evening it will open from 2 00 to 8 00. Keep an eye out for the green arrows and red xs to let you know when you can use the lane. Today, a man is being charged with ordering his uncles murder. Brian mayhew is serving life in prison. Mayhew had someone kill his uncle nicoh mayhew to keep him from testifying against him in the murder trial. Stanley winston and Anthony Cannon are also facing murder charges in nicoh mayhews death. Also in the day ahead a federal trial will begin that will look into political boundaries in virginia. The lawsuit says the house of delegates redistricting plan is unconstitutional because it gerrymanders a dozen districts. The lawsuit says the concentration of africanamericans are packed into 12 districts, therefore, diminishing black voters influence in the other 88 districts. The trial begins at 10 00 this morning in alexandria. Also in the day ahead, South Carolina lawmakers are expected to take another vote to remove the Confederate Flag from the state grounds there. It was overwhelmingly passed yesterday. That was the second of three required votes before the proposal goes to the house. The measure would have to pass by a twothirds majority there. This morning Prince Georges County police are looking for a suspect in a shooting in oxon hill. Police say someone shot a man on chester street near d. C. Last night. Police say theyre still working to figure out a motive. Today there will be a prayer vigil in the district, that vigil will remember those who have been shot and killed this year. It begins at 7 30 tonight at the grace View Apartments on 16th street southeast. Bishop Shirley Holloway organized the vigil. Right now the greek Prime Minister will be soon face to face with a roomful of angry european leaders. He is under pressure to bring credible proposals to the table now that they have defaulted on the debt. He is expected to offer a plan at the make or break summit. It comes after greeks voted to reject a strict bailout plan. German chancellor Angela Merkel is facing public pressure as well. The biggest newspaper ran the headline this morning, no new billions for greece. Today the u. S. Secretary of deaf fence will be answers questions about the fight against isis. Ash carter will testify today. The chairman and the joint chief of staffs will be there as well. The u. S. Has launched 5,000 air strikes against isis since it started fighting the group about a year ago. Well, expect some people going to walter reed will be extra cautious following the hours long lockdown there. At least a dozen different lawmaker Law Enforcement agencies responded yesterday. It ended with an all clear. It was the right thing to do, to Say Something if you see something that concerns you. Youre paying more today if you stop at starbucks on your way to work. Cnbcs landon dowdy has more on whats behind the price hike. Good morning. Hey, good morning to you. Starbucks is raising prices on some coffee drinks by 5 to 20 cents in most u. S. Stores. Thats effective today. A tall will cost 10 cents more. The high cost as global coffee prices cool in the wake of the drought in brazil. Starbucks say it will affect fewer than 20 of the customers. I think this is a sign i should cut back on the three lattes a day. Maybe just two to start. Wean yourself off. Thanks, landon. Either way ill pay for it. All right. Breaking news on the roads right now. G. W. Parkway southbound, the section between the beltway and turkey run right now we are shut down this morning. So the ramp from the inner and outer loop to southbound g. W. Parkway also shut down. Look at the area of the beltway and g. W. Parkway. You can see some of that volume starting to build here this morning. Wide look at the beltway you can see the slowdowns on the left side of the screen. Top of the beltway is slow. Thats your normal slowdowns as you approach georgia avenue. 66 no major problems. 95 looking typical. Overall volume lighter than normal in most spots. Taking a look inbound, indian head highway a little slow. A crash on b. W. Parkway northbound after 197. So northbound a little slow. Southbound a little slow because of looky lous there. A bit of volume but really no major problems. Tom . Right now, we have some sunshine gleaming off the potomac river. Live view on this Tuesday Morning. It is quite humid. Respect the heat. Well have our hottest day in a couple of weeks by later this afternoon. So you have to be outside for a length of time, drink plenty of water. Wear loose fitting lightweight clothing. Sun block and sunglasses and stay cool. Well have the sticky humidity with us through the morning. But then by the afternoon, it will drop a little bit. But still be uncomfortably humid in the afternoon. Temperatures right now in the low to mid 70s. Metro area, around the bay, Shenandoah Valley around 70 degrees. Out in the panhandle of west virginia, sherwin took this gold and gray sunrise. Post yours on twitter and on facebook and share on instagram. Mid 70s by 8 00. Mostly sunny, upper 80s by noon. By Late Afternoon into the mid 90s with the humidity. It will feel like near 100. Then tomorrow, not as hot. More clouds highs upper 80s and quite humid and likely more downpours tomorrow with some thunder and lightning in the afternoon and early evening. Then a smaller chance of showers and storms with highs near 90. Finally a reprieve for a couple of days on friday and saturday. Saturday the best day for Outdoor Recreation and working. Highs near 90 degrees. Might get a storm late into sunday evening and monday. Over to you. Thank you tom. 6 54. We know the cuts that governor larry hogan is proposing in the purple line project. Hogan wants to cut 210 million from the budget. That includes fewer station elevators and shorter station platforms. The governor wants longer wait times between trains. Hogan wants montgomery and prince georges counties to pay to get it done as well. The 16mile light rail would connect bethesda and new carrollton. A scam to warn you about. The st. Marys county office says scammers are pretending to be irs agents on the phone. They say you owe taxes or bail and then they threaten to arrest you if you dont pay. They claim theyre Sheriff Deputies sometimes. They say theyll never call to ask you for money and you shouldnt give out your personal information over the phone. We are waiting to hear from the lawyers for comedian bill cosby. Now that the bombshell testimony has been made public. Court documents show he once testified in court he bought drugs with the intent of giving them to woman with whom he wanted to have sex. This has reignited the firestorm he raped dozens of women. Cosbys testimony supports the clients claims and they hope to use the testimony against him in defamation lawsuits. The documents were released after an Associated Press lawsuit. Stay with us. The today show has an in depth look in fallout from the new testimony including more on what this means for cosby supporters. It is now 6 56. Looking at the 4 things you need to know before you head out the door. South carolina lawmakers are expected to take another vote on whether to remove the Confederate Flag from the State Capitol grounds. They need to pass the measure one more time before it goes to the house. Tay marks ten years since the 7 7 london attacks. Four suicide bombers blew themselves up on public transit. Today a man accused of murder on a metro train will be in court in d. C. Police arrested jasper spires yesterday and charged him with stabbing Kevin Sutherland to death. In a few minutes you can use the shoulder on the inner loop in virginia. Vdot will open it from the end of the 495 express lane and to the g. W. Parkway. Right now big problem on the roads. Live picture here g. W. Parkway southbound, shut down between the beltway and turkey run. Right now, two tow trucks on the scene. The ramp from the inner and outer loop are closed. Hot day on the day. Probably the hottest in a couple of weeks. Hazy sunshine. All right tom, thank you. Thats the broadcast this morning. 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